Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-28
Mr.. Moody's Eloquent Appeal at
Convention Hall Last Night.
MRS. CLEVELAND ON THE PLATFORM
The RevivaIist's Earnest Injunction
to Stand Up for Jesus.
T II E NC RVICE.

| the up.urned faces last night seemed like
a great army. Hundreds had been turned
away from the doors before o'clock. with
none of the 1000 seats untitled. The music
was repetition of preceding nights. with
a new element of interest in the soprano
voice Of Miss Dorothy Byrde Rogers, and
the sermon shifted through the changes of
eloQuence anecdote and practical appeal
which alternate in all of Mr.. Moody's talks.
Mrs. Cleveland Attends.
There was distinguished gathering Of
people on the platform at the meeting last
| evening. At late hour a messenger ar
rived from the White House with the in
formation that Mrs. Cleveland would at
tend, and Mr.. c. N. Richards, chairman of
the executive committee, at once made ar
rangementS for her reception and comfort.
With Mrs Cleveland were Mrs. Gresham,
Mrs Bissell and Mrs. Carlisle. They were
met at the X street entrance by Rev. DR..
Mckim of the Church of the Epiphany, and
escorted to seats in the center of the plat
form. At the conclusion of Mr.. Moody's
talk on the need of confessing Christ he
asked that all those who were not ashamed
| to acknowledge Him should stand up. Mrs.
Cleveland and the others of her party were
among those who rose up, and they also
remained for the inquiry service which fol-
lowed. Mrs Cleveland and the ladies with
her were greatly interested in the services
| and promised to again attend. These serv-
Wednesday Of next week-One week from
| tonight
The Song Service.
The first selection Of the evening was
a solo by Miss Rogers. with organ accom-
paniment. by Prof. Foster. the leader of the
chorus. Not Half Has Ever Been Told"
was the title of the song. which was given
in rich clear tones, filling the full acreage
of the hall. There was brief. fervent
prayer by Mr.. Moody, succeeded by rustic
of expectation as Mr.. Sankey seated him
self at the organ. The song which he had
chosen was a simple Scotch melody. be-
ginning. Il Am Far Frae My Hame and
I'm Weary Afterwhiles," with a deep cur
| rent of pathOs through It,
There was a chorus 80 Round the Cross
We Sing" on the refrain of which the
bassos rose with magnificent volume, and
Rev. ]. J. Muir made an ernest prayer.
| That song of Sankey's. The Ninety and
Nine" which has not lost its power in the
What though the way is rough and steep.
l go to the desert to find my Sheep and
| swelling into the final triumphant shout,
Rejoice. for the Lord brings back His
sheep"
The next PRAYER was by Rev. Dr. H. ].
Smith. and after the announcements by
Mr.. Moody. Rev. DIR. r. II. McKim of
Epiphany Church kneeled on the platform
praying. The scriptural passage which Mr..
Moody presented was from Romans. begin
ming: IF thou shalt confess with thy
mouth the Lord Jesus. and believe with
thy heart thou shalt be saved"
How TO BE Saved.
mo passage of the Bible sets out the
truth palmer than this" began Mr.. Moody.
in his direct way. Confess with thy
mouth, believe with thy heart and be not
ashamed. The religion of Jesus Christ is
the only one ever heard of that people are
ashamed off,
In India he had seen the Mohammedan.
Whenever a hour n nrax- Anl- hi,,,
sink to his knees. Wherever the Chinaman
was found he ran up his colors, proud in
California of being a follower of Confu-
cius. Once when he rode to Salt Lake with
| 4 Mormon the man tried to convert him.
| Believers in every ism" were proud of
their faiths.
Yet. which of them has done for man
what Christianity has" he asked, with q
pause FOR the truth to sink home.
III there was a back door to. heaven
some of these people could come in at
would be. If they could get to the Mount
of TRANSPORTATION without going by Cal
vary. all would be there. When did Peter
fall? When he denied his Lord
Local Hit.
There seemed to be something which hit
the mark when Mr.. Moody told people how
they came to Washington into government
positions. failed to acknowledge that they
were members of the church. rotated from
their Christianity. Then the evangelist
touched upon the people who go to church
on Sunday and show no signs of it on
Monday.
What kind of a soldier would he be who
was ashamed to put on the uniform Of his
army? he asked How would Washing
ton be guarded If the policemen felt that
way"
He regretted that some Of his remarks
touching churches had been miscons.ruei
Far from his purpose was it to belittle the
good work of the churches. He was in
himself, and did not intend to get out 1t
had beer too hard for him to get in What
he did want to enforce was the truth that
not the church could save but only Jesus
Christ. and He alone
There were stories drawn from the ex
periences of the evangelist's work in New
York, the most striking of them being one
OF young man who long deferred his ac-
encouragement of Christianity because ne
feared to have his roommate see him read
ing the Bible. Finally it DEVELOPED that
both of them had been attending the meet
ing at the Hippodrome. both felt the power
OF Christianity, but each feared the other
own Up and Don't DODGE,
There, are five hundred of them in This
house." he said "Own up now. Don't
dodge it. I go down there. talk to a man.
wife sitting beside him. bushes up to his
hair. afraid to have her hear 1t. Talks
tariff all day, free trade horse racing, but
when you beg him TO talk religion wants
to sneak out. Oh yes, plenty of these:
young men, too. Not ashamed to stay out
all night gambling. not ashamed to come
home drunk, but afraid to have his infidel
room mate find him reading the Bible That
lnfdel roommate wasn't afraid to swear
before him. Oh. no.
when Christ was doing His work around
Carmel there were plenty of croakers there
Said the work wouldn't last, you know:
wasn't the work OF God"
Again he said: It's not the most fiippant
and fluent witness that makes the best i'm
preston on the jury; it's the one that tells
the truth" 1t was a terrible thing in the
old days to be cast from the synagogue, and
there was no wonder that men hesita.ed to
follow Christ. It's different nowadays.
Methodists cast you out, Presbyterians take
you up. Presbyterians cast you out Con-
gregationalists take you up. Congregation
alists cast you out, Baptists ready"
How Many Know They Are Saved,
After telling of the young man whose tes-
timony was to the point, This I know,
that whereas once 1 was blind, now 1 can
see," he asked:
How many Of you are there here who
know whether you are saved? You? Are
you? Your"
AS he put these questions. Mr.. Moody
leaned far over the rail, gazing into the
thousands of faces, which met his gaze
with impressive silence.
Another reminiscent story followed of
how gamblers I'm Chicapo had nv UNIV of