New-York tribune., 1896-11-18
GRACE NEEDED FOR LIVING.
MR. MOODY NOT TROUBLED ABOUT
DEATH.
HE REIIE:Es THAT CHRISTIANS SHOULD sToi
LIVING AT A POOR DYING RATE'-AN

,,r REIJE:ES THAT CHRISTIANS SHOULD sror
.rIy:vG AT A POOR DYING RATE'-AN
OVERFLOW MEETING NECESSARY.
One Of the most interested persons In the great
rooper Union meeting yesterday afternoon was lhe
blind hymn writer. Fanny Crosby. sitting oS ,he
organ. at which her warm friend of many years Mr.
Sankey was playing, she heard several Of ner oeau-
tifu! hymns sung by the large audience F"w peoP'
present knew her but they sang Jesus Is leHu'iH y
Calling" Saved by Grace and other hymns "n'"
have come from her loving heart. Mr.. Moody mas
said publicly that he considers the hymn Sa'ei pS
Grace he OF the best written IN the preSe"'
century. Mr.. Sankey who went to Phi"dePhid on
Monday and sang at several OF the meetings "hch
are in progress there. returned yesterday mofhhS'
and told of the deep spiritual interest prevai'hs IN
that city. -
Mr. Moody preached yesterday morning on Ihe
Holy Spirit" and will have that for his theme TINS
morning and tomorrow morning Tomorrow after
noon DIR ] Wilbur Chapman. of Phiadelphia. MT.
Wanamaker's pastor. Will come mere 10 pI'aV" 81
Cooper Union on "Rcceving the Holy spirit MI
Moody has sent for him to deliver this one serhoH'
because ne ls deeply impressed with the thought tha'
the one great need OF New-York churches Is the
Holy Spirit
So deep is the interest In the Moody meetings thlt
an overflow service l. being held every day TINS week
in the Church of the Strangers. at when Dr' p'*op'
OF Brooklyn. breaches and Mr. SanKey ''"sS. '
Drpachcl
has no sympathy with the idea that If person pP-
c,ues a Christian he cannot hold out. lie believes
that when A man is converted the LORD gives MN
grace 10 live out mis- salvation lie illustrated ''S
thought by an experience in London
4 woman sat "A whecl-chair in 'front.' "i hiS ".7 X
day after day Her fac" was hard She iook'd dI'-
gusted with all that she heard AT ilr'i. bu' l'er me
coniemptuous look gave way 10 one OF anxiety oh'
day instead Of being taken to ner carnage a'''' "
meeting she went into the Inquiry room anu s'Id 10
Mr. Moody that he had something which she n'd not
nossess There was no peace or Joy in her life Sne
asked him how she could secure that DIessIns anu
no told her ,he story Of the birth bui siiii sne
was not satisfied She afraid she could no, honi
out after the meetings had ended ana Mr. Moo'tS
had returned 10 America.
In a sermon one day ne told the fable of the ''o'h
pendulum. The pendulum figured up now many
miles II would have to swing before the machinery
OF the clock wore out and the distance seemed so
great that the poor pendulum was wc.i-his" us
couraged and nearly stopped swinging. Then Il
happy thought struck 1t. and 1t said to i'Sef:
1T ls only a tick at time. | can surely SWING /
tick AT time" This Illustration helped the troubled
woman and she went home and wrote Mr.. Moody
\ letter saving: 'I1 trust Christ for to-day. ana
that may no, forget the illustration n'vr DouSn'
A clock with a pendulum. ana keep IL III my Iyon H.
and every time see Il swing "a! 10 mySo''' u !
only tick az n time -. 49,, ,.,.,ts , ~,
10 ner servants so much about ne peniuiun M iMnd.
ih,y gave her the name Of Lady fcnd",um W ~
otot Wt,.. bo,el confaining A clock from Lady
prniuInrn and Mr. Moody sad that II the audience
nres,nt Yesterday would come 10 Nofih1cl next
summer he would be glad 20 show them thA COCK IN
mis- home few years ago-ien or tweN, arr tna ne
s.rmon which Helped this woman. n" n"t ner III
IonIon arl she said. THE old clock i sun u'k-
ing Her faith is shown by her works, 'or slc hS
missionaries. whose saiHrl'S s'e '"''' "''7 80
Tkr nrearher said that II ne were millionaire ana
iiv.I an dollar week people would call MN Hi''I
rd unGf IN teach Others how to i've but Christians
.r.,n satisfied To I've crumbs "h-n ~" I.ori N
.ufD he
ror.I Tor them He IL tired OF IN" siAt. ncht ire
nu.ntlv neard that hc golden age was IN the past or
% a., *. nresen, he believes with Andrew Murray.
,hat the God of the future Is better tnan tn' Not o.,
Inc past" 4 man IN Texas spok" oi nun a. ga
NJ, ,,d he went TO a mirror 10 see wn"ine- y.
was crowing old He believes that Christians shoulc
grow Younger instead OF older.