Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-22
THE ARK OF NOAH
Mr.. Moody Thinks the Antediluvians
Made Fun of the Ark.
WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN?
Many Rise and Make a Request for
Prayer.
STRONG RELIGIOUS INTEREST

not have any effect upon the faithful thous-
ands in attendance upon the Moody and
Sankey meetings, for Convention Hall
should have been elastic to have accommo-
dated all that reached the building. The
services were opened at I'D by Mr.. Sankey
who sang number 35s. I'VE Are Only Re-
membered By What We Have Rome" He
explained that this song was sung at M
Surgeons funeral at the Tabernacle in
London about two years ago. The choir
took up the grand strains of the chorus and
gave Mr.. Sankey's voice a beautiful back
ground.
The entire congregation rose and sang
number 43O, "Win Jesus Find Us Wanting?"
Rev DR.. Butler then led in prayer, and Mr..
Sankey sang She Only Touched the Hem
of His Garment, number 42S. After a
minute Of silent prayer Rev. HeZ Sven
offered fervent petition that the meeting
be the best of the series. The choir sang
the 301th hymn, In Heavenly Pastures"
and DIR. Hamlin read the third chapter of
the second epistle of Peter.
Mr.. Moody announced that tonight he
would speak of THE Prodigal," and he spe-
cially asked that those who could attend
the afternoon services should 90 so in prefer
ence TO the evening meetings. which were
always overcrowded. The congregation arose
and sang the good old-fashioned tune of
Days of Absence"
Mr.. Moody's Mail.
II am getting a great many letters" said
Mr.. Moody. asking NE to visit the sick. /
do not see how 1 can do it, l am using up
about all my physical strength in these
meetings and L could not go out to visit in
dividuals without missing some meetings.
Then, too. L am getting many letters asking
for visits to those who have just been con-
Verted. That is impossible, too, but I'll be
glad TO pick out book that will help you.
and I'll send Ii to those who send me their
names and addresses. Then. too. some of
the choir want me to turn around and talk
u them, but If / do those here In the front
would get up and go out. l can't afford to
lose any hearers. I've nothing against the
choir. I'd like to talk right at 'em.
I'd like to turn around once in awhile
and talk to the ministers, but I'd lose
the congregation for their quiet attention.
L have never before had such an audience.
Il want to call your attention to text
from the first verse of the seventh chapter
of Ger esis: And the Lord said unto Noah,
Come, thou, and all thy house, into the
ark have been asked by many people
IL l believed in the story of the ark. OF
course 1 do. l believe in it just much
as anything else in the Bible. One hun
dred and twenty years before the Lord
said this Noah had received the most awful
communication that ever came TO man.
Men lived long enough in those days TO
mature their plans. They had ripe years
then. L wonder what would happen today
IL the men lived as long as they did then.
I
all of us. But the wicked only live now
adays about thirty-three years. The Bible
tells us that the life of man is three score
years and ten. and the wicked only live
out about half their days"
Skeptics of NOah's Day.
Mr.. Moody went on to give humorously
graphic description of the experiences of
Noah he tried to convince the world of
the day of the danger that was ahead. J1e
M hot
Noah must have been a deaf man, or he
could not have stood all the scoffings and
derisicn heaped upon him. Yet he was not
so deaf that he could not hear the Lord
when He told him to build his ark. There
were probably public burlesques about
Noah and his queer ways. and perhaps
there were plays to poke fun at the
drepmer. There were likely songs hat
made merriment out of the quaint old man
who was building that hideous boat down
in his garden.
Then the speaker told of the coming of
the last day of the hundred and twenty
years of probation, when the Lord came
down and shut the door of the ark, and so
strong had been Noah's influence with his
children, and such faith did they have in
him. and such respect for his religion, that
they were all inside the boat. Not one had
been left out.
Your last minute may come tonight"
called Mr.. Moody. THE storm of death
may break over your heads before morn
ing. VIII you die inside or outside Of the
ark? And II you are inside, will your chill
dren be in there with You? Will You have
so lived that your children vii, respect
you and follow you into the ark?
Christ the Ark.
Christ is the ark. You can 70 into Him
tonight. 1 think that many are coming in
now. There is a wave of salvation sweep
ing over Washington just 1ow that is car
rying hundreds through the doorways of
the great ark. and 1 hope that it will not
miss the little ones
DO you know where your son is now?"
he asked pointedly. Are YOU sure he is
not in some place where ne SHOULD OF be?
are you sure he is not .iisgrlcing you at
this moment? Or have you taken him into
the ark with your"
Mr. Moody told how, when he began his
public work, he confined himself to talking
to children, but he determined to address
parents the first chance he had, and when
the opportunity came he talked righ- away
from the children and straight at their
elders, and with such success that he has
never ceased since.
After the sermon Mr.. Moody prayed more
earnestly than ever before in Washington,
and the congregation were novel to ex-
Carnations that bespoke a genuine re-
hgious awakening. Then the choir sang
number 119. Il Hear Thy Welcome Voice."
while those who wanted to get home early
left the hall.
Requests for Prayer.
The 413th and the 429th hymns were also
sung, and then Mr.. Moody told the congre-
CATION of the efficacy of prayer in behalf
of those who were stumbling on the road
10 salvation, and then asked all who deSjr-
ed to be prayed for to stand up. one after
another in the congregation arose, slowly
at first, but soon others got courage from
company, and all over the auditorium men
ana women got on their feet. More and
more arose at every repeated invitation
of the evangelist.
Then he turned and requested those in
the choir who wished to be prayed for to
arise, and all over the vast terrace of hu-
mainly men and women made their desire
prominent. Dr. Hamlin led the congreSa-
ton in prayer, and after Rev. DIR. Muir
mad delivered a powerful address the meet
ing became conversation between the
earnest Christian workers and those who
sought spiritual help.
MIR. Foster, director of the choir, request
ed It's members last night to meet in Con-
Nention Hall today at II O'Clock noon sharp
to have photograph taken and to sing
Tor the monograph. 1t is hoped that every
singer will be there