Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-27
THE MOODY MEETING
The Great Revivalist Speaks on the
Subject Of Christ.
MUST have HIN As A SAVIOUR
He Can Deliver Man or Woman
From All Sin.
AN ELOQUENT APPEAL


Through slush and slop the unwearying
people poured last night In the usual thou
sands to Convention Hall. and by Z o'clock
the great room was well filled once more
though there was the novel spectacle Of
seats to spare. The choir was tardy in ar
irving. but the thousand on hand at the
seventh hour seemed to give forth about
as much volume of song as the full chorus
as they sang hymn after hymn to keep the
religious atmosphere up TO the proper pitch
While the hour for opening the regular ser
vices was approaching
Preliminary Exercises.
Mr.. Sankey and Miss Carrie Aver opened
the evening by singing speed Away" as q
duet, which was followed by a quartet, COM
posed of Mr.. Sankey. Miss Aver Prof. Fos-
ter and Mr.. Geo. W. Havell, who sang No.
60, Let the Savior In" Then the congre-
cation rose and with the choir sang the
2lIth hymn, How Firm the Foundation"
Congressman Morse offered the first pray-
er and Mr.. Sankey sang There is a Green
Hill Far Away" No. 1S5, in the chorus Of
which Prof. Foster Joined. Rev. Dr. Nc
Kim prayed and the choir sang the s0Tth
hymn.
Mr.. Moody read from the s4th Psalm. he
ginning How amiable are Thy taberaacles
Oh. my Lordr' Mrs c. b. Rheem ard
froi. roster sang the Bath hymn as a duet
only a Beam Of Sunshine" after which
Mr.. Moody gave notice that the talk this
afternoon would be on the Overcoming
Life. He called attention to the difference
between professors" and ''possessors
which ne said. he would explain under this
topic tomorrow afternoon ne would talk
about the return of the Lord. The conere-
cation and choir sang "Abundantly Able
10 save, after which Mr. Moody began to
TAX about what Christ is willing 10 be to
each one.
The Right Kind OF Christ.
1t would take more than one night. he
said. to tell about all that Christ wants 20
be to all. IL one hasn't the right kind of
Christ. the sooner there is a change the
better
You may have a historical Christ or n
dead Christ or You may have some sort
OF Christ in your head. What you want
10 Savior Christ. and you want to get
Him In your heart You must also have
INN as denverer as well as a Savior.
Iheres great difference in that distinc-
tion. cont believe In a Christ who saves
us from a danger and then leaves us right
In the way OF the same kind of trouble
again L don't have any idea that God
means TO leave us in Egypt, but that He
mas sent some one to deliver us as well a.
to save us from bondage.
~" rom All SIN.
There isn't a man or a woman here to-
night who is suffering from any SIM
don't care what it .s-from which Christ
can't deliver them. There isn't anything
that stops Him. He is even a match for
devils He can cast out the rum devil
among Others. / can see some OF you here
tonight with the marks of that fend ON
your face You can't hide that devil. Ii
is bound 10 make its appearance on the
surface and IL as one of the worst devils
or all the legion of he'll. and one OF he
mar lest 10 conquer. But Christ can stamp
the life out of IL. and He can Kill rum devils
by the score here tonight IL you only want
Him TO do it, He's got just as much pow
er tonight as He ever had. and IL don't take
any more power 10 save sinners and TO kill
devils tonight than il did centuries ago.
He Never Lost n Case.
Christ never lost a case that He under.
took to cure. That's u wonderful record. I
tell You. Suppose a physician should hang
out shingle here in Washington and ad-
vert:se in the newspapers so that every one
would believe him that he had never lost a
patient. Don't You suppose he would do q
rushing business? Don't you suppose Christ
can do better than that?"
Mr.. Moody told Of the woman mentioned
In the Gospel of st. Marx who had been
sick for twelve years. wasting away under
the care of successive doctors and who
heard of Jesus of Nazareth. who was going
through the country healing and curing.
She pressed through the crowd, Glowing
until she came near Him. and then her
heart failed, for she was so lowly and she
feared for His displeasure. But suddenly
she had faith. and IL came TO her TO know
that IL she could but touch Him or His
clothes she would be cured. So she pushed
ner bony arm In between two OF the disci-
pies and finally touched the edge OF His
garment In an instant she was made
whole. The Savior turned in establishment
to ask who had touched Him The wonder.
ing disciples said that the crowd had been
touching him all day. They didn't know
the difference between the touch OF the
crowd and the touch OF faith. There are
many here" continued Mr.. Moody, who
don't know that difference. There are some
here tonight who will not get the least drop
OF dew. They will go away wondering what
all this meeting means. anyway. They will
look to the roof and listen to the music and
feel bored and go home 10 say that they
have had a dreadfully stupid time. They
have missed that touch OF faith"
As 20 Doctrines and Creeds.
Then he went on TO speak OF doctrines
and creeds in a way that made the ears Of
some OF the ministers on the platform tin
gle.
Il meet many people," he said. who are
quite willing to go TO Christ IL they only
know which way to take. There are 70
many creeds. and ways. and doctrines
they say. and they despair at the outset.
They hear the Baptists calling TO them
that theirs is the only true path Is heaven,
while the Presbyterians contend that theirs
is the right way, and the Methodists insist
that they have the only straight road. Then
the Episcopalians and the Catholics and the
Lutherans and all the Others cry out that
those who don't go their way are lost.
Don't listen to them, Don't mind them!
Look to that one grand figure that shines
above them all-look at Christ as He calls
out: i am the way II you want light
and peace don't look to preachers. or dea-
cons or ministers, or eyangelists, but look
to Christ alone.
The True Copy.