The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-03

EVANGELIST D. L, MOODY en-
= tered upon his work in this city
yesterday morning at service
u held in Elm Park church. Last
evening at 7.S0 he addressed an audi
enee Of men in the gospel tent on the
West Side.
Long before 0 o'clock yesterday
morning streams of people traversed
the various avenues leading to Elm
Park church, where Evangelist d. l.
Moody entered upon his personally
conducted mission services. The vast
ediflce was thronged with earnest peo-
pie who entered into the spirit of Mr..
Moody's work.
He opened the services by asking his
hearers to sing heartily the we'll known
hymn, "All Hail the Power Of Jesus
Name" In rendering the refrain the
audience did not please Mr.. Moody,
who desired to instil more enthusiasm
into the singing, and in compliance
with his request the refrain was re.
peatod and his electrical power of en-
thusing his audience had the result Of
more hearty rendition.
Thus early Mr.. Moody demonstrated
the sway he 30 mysteriously holds over
thousands. Rev. DR.. Robinson then
engaged in prayer. after which Mr..
Stebbins, the versatile composer Of
gospel hymns, sang, ~ Snail Be Salts.
fed" while the audience listened with
supreme interest to the masterful man.
ner in which he unfolded the beauties
of the words and music. Following
this Rev. w. G. Partridge offered
prayer and most happily took up the
expression of the preceding song and
applied it for the success Of the mis-
sion. After Mr.. Stebbins had render ed
"Pray Brethren, Pray" Mr.. Moody ad-
dressed the audience and stated that at
the beginning Of his mission the most
appropriate subject he scould discuss
was "Prayer," and gave several in
stances In his own evangelislic expert
snces of the power of earnest prayers
in ensuring the success OF the work.
ONE CASE IN POINT.
In one case the clergyman OF Lon
don church requested him to preach to
his congregation and he complied, but
in the morning service he found the
service cold and formal and it seemed
to him that he could not get hold of the
people. The church seemed like an ice
house or refrigerator, but in the even
ing there was a great change as if the
breath of God was in His house. What
was the secretP A member of the
church who had bsen i'll for many
years had read of the Moody services
in an American paper and prayed that
God would send Mr.. Moody to her
church. After the morning service
some Of her friends said, "Who do you
think preached in our church this
morning2' The Invalid guessed several
times until she found that her prayer
had been answered. and that MIR.
Moody had been in the church and
would preach again in the evening.
How earnestly she then prayed for
Gods blessing upon his services, how
she entreated for the Fathers grace to
shine in the service, and so the prayer
was answered and change wrought
and many souls brought to God. IL
| like manner he would ask them to pray
for the blessing Of God upon tho work
OF the coming week. They could all
pray, but let them remember the essen.
tial elements of prayer. First, there was
| alteration; second, there was confes.
sion, and in this Mr.. Moody was pow
erful in his telling sentences. II a bul.
let Of lead, said he. be in mans body
he cannot be healthy, because there il
in him u foreign element and 90 are the
uncontessed sins foreign element il
an unhealthy soul. SO many prayer!
had been offered in vain owing to tn,
cursed hidden sins which had not beer
confessed. A little boy had trouble
with his mother and was sent to bee
early in the evening where his father
visited him, and after reprimandinl
him asked him If he had prs yed
EYES," said the boy, II have said my
prayers. But" said the father
'have you prayed" He may have said
his prayers, but the paramount ques
tion was. had he prayed
PRAYED WITH LIPS ONLY.
Men were but big children, they sait
their prayers often, but did not pray
There was something wrong, they had
\ load Of unconfessed sins which pre-
vented their praying Therefore, le
all of them make an honest confession
of their sins. 80 that they may be BILE
to pray in spirit and in truth.
The reverend gentleman then spoke
upon the necessity of restitution" II
concluding his address, after which
the doxology was sung and the first Of
yesterdays meetings was brought to a
close.
At o'clock in the afternoon Mr.
Bliss, who has conducted the Gospe
tent mission during the past week, ad.
dressed large number of young msr
at the Young Mems Christian associa
tion rooms on Wyoming avenue. wher,
his address was listened to with rapt
attention. Mr. Stebbins and Caswallon
Davis, of the Moody quartette. sang
the wellknown tune composed by the
former to the words "Thers is green
hill far away. and Mr.. Davis also sans
"God Bless My Boy" also the compost
tiorlof Mr.. Stebbins. and was assisted
in the chorus by the excellent NAL,
Chorus of the Young Mems Christian
association.
At 4 o'clock Mr.. Bliss again appeared
at the Gospel tent. where q vast con
course had assembled. The musica
portion was we'll sustained by a choil
under the leadership of Chorister Jones
of the Simpson methodist Episcopa