The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-23
MOODY ON THE BIBLE
THE EVANGELIST ADDRESSES A
LARGE AUDIENCE AT THE
PEOPLES CHURCH.
SPEAKS TWICE AGAIN TO-DAY
DELIVERS A CHARA CTERIsTIC AID
DRESS ON THE NECESSITY OF
NEW LIFE.
SAYS SATAN IS BUSY ALL THE TIME
People May Belong to Church and
Say Their Prayers, but Still
Not Be Christians.

The Peoples church was the scene Of
another rousing evangelistic meeting
last evening conducted by the eminent
Churchman and evangelist, Dwight L.
Moody. The distinguished clergyman
has been. before the public of both con-
tinents for nearly two score years,
and, owing to his advancing years and
long service in the evangelistic field, it
is thought this will be his last visit
to Minnesota.
Mr.. Moody has traversed the length
and breadth of the United States for
nearly thirty-fve years, in company
with such Dmengas John B. Golf, Sankey,
Sturgeon and other evangelists Of ma
tional repute@. Mr. Moody has prob
ably converted naere& people than any
other evangelist now living, as in point
Of years he has been longer in the Serv-
ice than any of those now alive. Mr..
Moody has written many books of a re-
ligious nature, and has during his life
time made fortune, but he is a
broad-gauged=m and has diverted his
resources into channels where it would
do the most good. Mr.. Moody, in spite
of his years, is a man of great activ-
ity, being actively engaged all the
time.
Mr. Moody will leave tonight for Chi
cago after addressing two meetings at
the House of Hope church, at 10 a. m.
and p. m. Mr.. Moody does not look
at all like a minister. On seeing him
in the pulpit for the first time one has
the impression of a Well-to-do business
man. Mr. Moodys success in the work
of his choice is largely due to his earn
estness. In addressing an audience of
several thousand he seldom scars into
the realms of oratory, but talks to the
assemblage in the most unconventional
manner, more like a talk before Sun
day school, but Mr.. Moody says point
ed things which tell, and has fund
of amusing incidents and stories-good
stories.
1t does not take much advertising to
get a big crowd out to hear Moody"
as his name is a household word in
this country and long before the hour
of service arrived last evening every
seat in the large auditorium was taken,
and by o'clock good many people
were standing up in the back of the
hall. A characteristic audience greeted
Mr.. Moody; it was not wholly made up
of Presbyterians, Methodists, etc, but
was a mixture of all, every denomina-
ton in the city seemingly being rep
resented last evening. During the
| course of the address the audience was
kept betwixt tears and laughter. Mr..
Moody spoke on 1.-The Bible" He said
in part:
Some people are like the Indian who
got lost in the woods, and, when asked
about his adventure, declared that it
was the w;gwam that was lost, and not
himself. There are some people who
think they are always right, and, be-
cause they are born in a Christian
country, and go to church regularly
every Sunday. Some of the biggest
villains who ever went unhung were
born in a Christian country 1 want
to point the way to God tonight and
tear down some Of the scaffolding of
skepticism. A man thinks because he
goes to church on Sunday that he is
a Christian, while another thinks even
because he has Joined the church he
is a Christian, but [ tell you a man
to become a Christian must be born
again. A man may says his prayers
and not pray. Satan is the first one to
come to church. He comes to catch
you asleep. He was in this church
before the church was completed, and
he has passed in and out of that door
many times. 1t does no good to make
new resolutions unless you are born
again with a new purpose in life. If
the resolutions made by. this audience
during their lives could be put on
parchment, it would take fourteen
horses to haul it. l once made a reso-
luton and signed it with my own
blood, and in less. than. twenty-four
hours l had broken the resolution. You
must be born again. Some people are
laboring under the impression that
they are so good that they cannot be
converted and born again. The king
dom of heaven cannot be attained by