The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-23

Mr.. Moody Tells the Result Of One
Reported Sermon.
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune.
Mr.. Moody began his address on the Holy
Spirit in Cooper Union yesterday morning
with the request that the Christian people
would ask the Lords blessing upon the
reports OF the meetings which are sent out
through the newspapers. He said that at
one time he Was afraid OF the press, or he
thought that the reporters attended the
meetings just TO get hold of grammatical
mistakes and items for sensational head
INES but he has changed his views on this
subject. When he went TO St. Louis TO
hold series of meetings. one of the papers
announced that IL would publish every
WORD which Mr.. Moody uttered during the
week. Sermons. prayers. notices and ev-
erything appeared verbatim. poor grammer
and all In continuing the story Mr..
1t was like Turkish bath to preach
tnat week; every word i said was taken
down by two stenographers If one left
out word the other put il i'm. Everything
went In, plumbers and all. And then the
headlines were the most sensational possi-
What Must / Do TO Be Sayed?' and the
next morning the paper appeared with a
iuil report OF the sermon with this head
line. How the Jailer of Philippi Was
Caught. The thing went on through the
week and then the paper announced that
IL would Keep up the verbatim reporting
severest strain that 1 ever was under
BUT knowing that everything said was GO
ing 10 be printed. worked i'm more Scrip
before 1T was a good chance 10 get the
Bible into the homes of the people.
;. "A copy OF the paper about the Philppian
Jailer was lying on the floor of ST Louis
prison. and one Of the most hardened GRIM
i nSs saw the headline How the jailer OF
Phiiippi Was Caught That's good: / am
Serts He though Philippi was a town i'm
ILLINOIS, across the river, and he began TO
lead the story TO find out what the jailer
bdu Deen doing and how he happened to be
arrested In "A moment his eye fell on the
uxt, Beiieye on the Lord Jesus Christ and
t t,nS shalt be saved He couldn't imagine
Jalier, but as he read the sermon he was
convicted OF sin and cried to God for mer-
was noticed by the under sheriffs. but the
sherin OF the prison said: Burke is play
ing the pious dodge in order TO get light
sentence. AT the trial by some technicality
burke was released from prison and tried
to get honest work He came TO New York
Tor that purpose, but he could not get work
and returned to st. Louis.
Six months after his conversion the
sheriff sent for Burke and he supposed
that some old charge had been trumped up
the last six months TO his great surprise.
the sheriff said that he had nad him shad-
owed every DAY since he had left the pris-
anQ or his straight life. and now ne wanted
10 appoint him deputy sheriff. In a little
while he became treasurer of the sheriff 3
office. During all that time / had never
seen him. but when I was preaching in
Snicago once he got off for a week to see
IN the daily paper and had been the means
or bringing him TO Christ. When / went
10 81. Louis two years ago, on my way TO
Mexico a man showed me two photogrs phs
-one of Burke when he was i'm prison.
taken from the rogues gallery, and the
other taken a few days before / was there
The Lord had changed the appearance OF
the man s face SO that should never have
known that the photographs were of the
same person.
I'm Texas 1 told about the great change
wnlch mad been wrought in this man. and a
minister who was present rose to say that
ne had been invited to hold ten DAYS
mission in st. Louis. and when he was un-
able to remain the last few DAYS and
looked around for some one to take charge
OF the meetings. everyone said: Send for
valentine Burke He sent to the sheriff
10 see II Burke could be excused for a few
days. but the sheriff said that just then
Burke was in charge of store containing
large number of diamonds. and he had no
one else 10 whom he could intrust this
very important mission. Burke had won
his way into the confidence of every sheriff
from 1850 until his death. in 1895. When he
died the city was moved from end TO end
Thank God for the daily press which led
to the conversion of this man, who have
been told by a friend in ST. Louis. was one
or the brightest stars won for the Re-
deemer by that series of meetings i'm 1SSO,'