Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-14
7 H { OIL D W AVS
Mr.. Moody's Practical Address On
Personal Reform.
CROWDS UNABLE TO ENTER THE HALL
The Afternoon Meetings to Be Held
in Convention Hall.
AMONG THE UNCONVERTED
AMONG THE UNCONVERTED

When the customary multitude rallied TO
quite fill Convention Hall on Monday night,
it was feared lest the second week of the
Moody and Sankey meetings might demon
strate that the crowds at the opening meet
ings were partly the result of curiosity.
But last night the doors had to be closed be-
| fore o'clock, and the throngs that poured
away from the building showed that the
storm had more to do with the lcssened
crowd than any slackening of interest in
| the great revival. The scenes of the open
ing nights of last week were repeated and
far more were turned away than could be
accommodated in the Assembly and Mt.
Vernon Churches, where the overflow meet
ings were held. a
The chorus doors were also closed some
time before 7:30. and the meeting was start
ed ahead of scheduled time by a prayer by
Rev. L. b. Wilson, after which Mr. Sankey,
with the aid Of the choir, sang when the
Mists Have Rolled Away" There was a
short period of silent prayer, at the close of
which Rev. Mr.. Bttinger of the westmin-
ster Presbyterian Church prayed fervently.
Mr.. Sankey then sang He Was Man of
Sorrows" with the choir taking up the line
Hallelujah to the Savior" at the end of
each verse with remarkable effect After
three verses. Mr.. Sankey asked the audience
to help out in this line. which they did with
energy.
DE-. Bartletps Cheerful Notice.
The choir next rendered No. 276, and DR..
Bartlett made brief but business-like an
nouncement.
THE finance committee" he said. has
placed on me the very grateful and cheer
ing duty Of making a suggestion on the
subject Of money. No congregation has any
respect for minister until he has squeez-
cd To-
Christian feels himself defrauded If he is
not called upon to make a contribution out
or his purse. 1t has been simply from a
lack OF time that We have SO far allowed
q single crowd to escape from this building
without taking up collection So we shall
now pass the baskets among you This
money is to pay the expenses of this hall.
Not penny of it is to go to any man.
than you want to-"
Then Mr.. Pugh's young men took two
dozen little round baskets and went through
the aisles both on the floor and the stage
among the audience and the choir The
latter however, continued to sing two
hymns, while the coins chinked into the
baskets. 1t was a generous crowd and
nickels, dimes and quarters fell among bills
In such numbers that the ushers had to
grip the baskets with both hands as they
went back to the platform
MI mad good deal Of difficulty" said Mr..
MOODY, when the thinking had concluded,
in getting into the hall tonight There
are now crowds outside of those doors and
they are just the folks we want to reach
NOW, l suppose there are at least a thou
sand here inside who can just as we'll come
in the afternoon. To accommodate them
we shall change the program tomorrow at
ternoon. and hold the day meeting here in
stead or IN the Congregat ional Church.
Then let me ask those who can come in
the afternoon not to come at night too
II you don't come We can reach twice as
many. 1t is hard to speak in this big hall
a hone q lS hxyc
body q chance"
Mr.. Moody's Theme.
Mr.. Moody read from the 55th chapter of
the Prophecy of Isaiah. and then the choir
and the audience rose and sang: Halle
lujah for the Cross" The hymn was rem
dered with unusual effect, under the in
fuence of Mr.. Moody's plea to the audi
ence to sing heartily
The evenings address was based on the
words in the It'll verse Of the 18th chapter
Of Isaiah: Let the wicked forsake his way
and the unrighteous man his thoughts, let
him return to the law, and God will have
mercy on him and he will have abundant
pardon
There is nothing unreasonable about this.
said Mr.. Moody. If man Is not willing
to forsake his wicked ways he can not ex-
pect God to have mercy on him. There are
some things God can not do. He cannot
forgive a man who doesn't want to be for
given, nor can he make d Ddu man happy
in this world or the next. He told an imag-
mary story Of a boy who lied to his father
and refused to confess until he was corn
cred and then refused to promise not to
repeat his offense.
"Tll do it every chance I get cries the
boy. That boy has put himself beyond
reach. His parent can do nothing for him
until he submits his will.
"Why has Mohammed more disciples than
Christ? 1t is often asked. 1t is because the
followers of Mohammed can live in the
foulest, blacklist sin. and no disciple Of
Christ can.
LET the drunkard turn now from his
cups, We ask. But his friends say hat he
cannot, because he has not the will power.
GCd accepts a willing mind and gives it
power. With the command comes the DOW
err. You can't scare man into the kingdom
of God. Suppose should go down in front
and point revolver at that man there and
order him to repent. What do YOU suppose
he would do? Why, he'd say quick enough
that he was converted. Remember how
God gave Pharaoh his orders to let the Jews
50 out Of his land. and how He sent blight