The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-04
STORIES OF MOODY.
Chief Worker In aho Great Religious Re-
vival Now Going On.

Mr.. Moody frequently does acts OF
kindness which endear him to all with
whom he comes in contact At one OF
the conferences Of college men held at
Northf,eld each summer he one morn
ing called upon the young men to con-
tribute what money they could to help
along some worthy cause. The follow
ing motning Mr.. Moody arose at
O'Clock to have an hour all to himself in
which to study the Bible.
His house is on the main street, and
as he glanced out OF the window he saw
one OF the students trudging along car
rying heavy grip. He knew the young
man was on his way to the station,
nearly two miles farther down the
street, and that he had long, hard
walk before him.
"Perhaps that young man added his
bus fare to yesterdays collection, "
thought Mr.. Moody, and he arose, went
to the stable, hurriedly harnessed the
horse, overlook the young man and took
him to the station.
At another time the college students
gathered at the conference had raised
about 5000 sor Fou~tc.l of July cele bra
tion. Two days baiore the Fourth, Mr..
Moody told a very pathetic story about
q woman in town who had been left
widow and was almost destitute. She
owned the small house in which she
lived, but there was mortgage upon
II, and unless this was paid she would
be Obliged to vacate and would lose all
the money put into the house.
"Would it not be BETTER" said Mr..
Moody, "to keep that worthy woman
in town than to spend the money in fire.
works?"
OF course the students voted to give
the money to the woman.
Several days previous to the Fourth
Mr.. Moody preached that sermon which
he preached the other afternoon in
Cooper Union, about God often using
the most insignificant things to accom-
plish some of his greatest miracles. He
spoke of David killing Goliath with q
stone, of Moses going down to free the
children of Israel with a crooked stick
for staff, and finally of Gideon's army
being supplied with empty pitchers. AS
he spoke of the last he turned to the
delegation of Yale students, some 90 in
number, and said:
"Now, what would q Yale student
do with an empty pitcher?"
The students shouted with laughter.
This, however, was not the end OF
the Joke. On the Fourth the students
gathered in the vast auditorium to hold
o patriotic service. Each college delega-
tion had q section Of the hall assigned
to it, and these sections were decorated
with the college oolors. The audience
occupied the center Of the hall in q
semicircle under the galleries. After
the audience was seated each delegation
marched in, singing college song and
giving vent to college yells. Mr.. Moody
headed delegation Of about 150 Mount
Hermon boys, and as he marched down
the aisle blowing q tin horn and look
ing Justly proud Of the boys from his
own school he was greeted with cheer
after cheer.
After he had taken his seat on the
platform the Yale delegation came
marching in. singing "Here's to Good
Old Yale" AS they approached the Sec
tion assigned to them it was noticed
that the decorations of this section in
cluded a large white pitcher, suspended
bottom side up and tied with blue rib
bons. Before sitting down the students
in one voice shouted:
"Mr. Moody, what would Yale stu
dent do with an empty pitcher?"
Mr.. Moody smiled one Of his wonder
full smiles, and the audience shouted it
self hoarse.
While at Northfield in the summer
Mr.. Moody takes great interest in
athletic sports Of all kinds, and when
there is O ball game on hand he is al
ways there. One field day when the
Mount Hermon boys scored more points
than any Of the other colleges, Mr..
Moody was present. and his face lighted
up with smiles as he cheered his
boys" as he calls them, on to victory.
Mr.. Sankey's youngest, Allen Sankey,
is q fine all around athlete, and last sea-
son played ON the Princeton university
baseball team.