The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-20
IS IT'S CHIEF NEED
ENTHUSIASM WHAT THE CHURCH
NEEDS NOW MORE THAN
AUGHT ELSE.
EVANGELIST MOODY SAYS
ROW LIFE FROM THEIR
WORLDLY PURSUITS.
APATHY THE GREAT DANGER
Things Spiritual in Modern Amer
ica-To Aid COnvicts.

Christian People" was the subject
of an address at the Central Park Pres
byterian church last evening by the
Rev. Dwight L. Moody, of Chicago
The vast auditorium of the church
was crowded with hearers, in fact, it
was wholly inadequate to accommodate
the thousands who had assembled, and
many were turned away from the doors
unable to gain admittance. On the
platform were seated a number of local
ministers After an hours song serv-,
ice, led by c.. j. Hunt, the
manner the good old gospel
hymns, the eminent divine spoke on his
pie of Jesus Christ Is to ask himself,
preston, humorous and direct to the
point. The evangelist has a terse way
of saying what he means, in good
Anglo-Saxon, and will tell homely
truths, unpleasant though they may
be, with force of expression and direct
ness of application. His discourse was
illustrated by innumerable anecdotes
and the quotation from the Scriptures
of applicable parallels, told in his usual
quaintness of language. He said in
brief:
THE first impulse of the true disci-
theme. His address was full of ex-
What can I do for Him.? That was
the cry of Saul of Tarsus. Lord, what
wouldst Thou have me to do?
First of all, the Christian must have
faith, faith not only in God, but also
faith in ability to do His work. He
must also believe that God will use
him. Abraham was not a great gen
eral, an astronomer or q scientist, but
he was the most renowned man who
ever lived-because Of his bOundless
and incompatible faith. His fame was
known to the Mohammedans, the Per
slams and the Egyptians. When the
twelve scouts were sent out, ten view
ed the walled cities and were discour-
aged; they had no faith; only Caleb
and Joshua had faith that they could
be captured, and these two lived to en-
ter the Promised Land; their names
will live for all time, but no one knows
the names of the other ten-nO one
wants to know them.
"a Christian man should be a man
of courage; most of them are towards.
God is not going to use a coward;
when a man has become discouraged
and lost hope he is of no account. A
minister who lacks courage will find
in five or six weeks that Discourage
sits in the Dews Of his church.
''The Christian must have enthusiasm.
Do you know what enthusiasm means?
1t means In God Other people say
that enthusiastic people are fanatics,
that they possess zeal without knowl-
edge. [ would rather have zeal with
out knowledge than knowledge without
<a1
making mistakes that they never make
but one mistake in their lives-that is,
they never do anything. Phil Sheridan
was worth more to the army than d
hundred common generals. / was In
the army when he was promoted and
given charge of a corps, and l tell you
when the soldiers heard the news they
shouted so they must have struck ter
ror to the rebel hosts. 1t was his en-
thusiasm which inspired the rank and
file with enthusiasm. You want more
such enthusiasm in the churches-mOre
excitement. Why, when wheat was
worth dollar a bushel this fall, you
had more enthusiasm in st. Paul than
you ever had in all your churches put
together. Some of you may not like
this talk: well, | am glad of it. l did
not come here to flatter you and 1
would rather have you get mad than
to go to sleep.
''The Christian must have perseVer-
ance; my experience is that you must
keep hammering away if you want TO
accomplish anything. You must work
The hardest man to reach is the bald
headed man who has been sitting at
the end of a pew every Sunday regu-
larly for the past twenty-five years.
He has been rejecting religion regular
ly; it has been slipping off his bald
head.
1.-The worker must have love. No man
can preach successfully unless he has
love in his heart. The Christian must
have sympathy. You hear of some
churches which send out to get d draw
ing minister; my friends, you want to
be drawing church members. That's
the kind of religion we want, religion
that people have in their hands and
feet"
At the conclusion of the address a
collection was taken to purchase copies
of Mr.. Moody's books, THE Way to
God" and Sowing and Reapfng"
These are to be distributed in the jai!s
and the prison Of the state. Mr.. Moody
stated that 2,21O had already been 50
distributed in Minnesota.
Mr.. Moody will conduct services in
the House of Hope church next Mon
day afternoon and evening. and Tues
day forenoon and afternoon. Today
he speaks in Minneapolis.
MEMORIAL SERVICES