The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-19
HE TALKS IN MINNEAPOLIS.
THREE MEETINGS AT THE sWED-
ISH TABERNACLE ATTENDED
BY THOUSANDS.
Monster Rally in the Evening the
Greatest Ever Held in
the Mill City.


menced to fill the large church, and
in a half-hour over 5000 were present.
AT the afternoon service it was esti-
mated that nearly 5000 We're there, and
the audience was fully as large in the
evening. The large auditorium was so
densely filed that not another person
could have been accommodated, and
many hundreds were turned away. A
large choir, composed of members of
the different chuch choirs, under the
direction of Nathaniel Mccarthy, rem
Chicago, sang solos.
Mr.. Moody has lost none of his old
time eloquence, and is still able to
move the souls of men as he did when
he and Sanlley stirred the nation. He
does not show the weight of his years,
nor the hard work in which he has
been engaged. His locks are white,
but he is still a robust man, and when
his voice rang out over the vast throng
moved to tears or convulsed in laugh
ter at the speakers will. His religious
fervor has increased with his age and
he speaks with the conviction of a de-
vout and earnest Christian.
His subject, both at the morning and
afternoon services, was Prayer" He
said that prayer was the greatest
thing in the world. There are several
things necessary in prayer" said the
evangelist. "One Of the most important
clements of prayer is forgiveness Of
i1sif n h.
that we forgive. Other elements of
prayer are unity, perseverance, faith
and petition, each Of which the divine
explained in his own direct and lucid
manner. He closed by telling several
touching incidents of the power Of
prayer, and with a strong plea for
Christian living.
THE MORNING MEETING.
The meeting proper was opened by
Rev. w. w. Dawley, of the Central
Baptist church, who offered prayer
Rev. d. N. Beach, D. D., Plymouth
Congregational church, followed with
another prayer. The choir and au-
dience then rose and sang the hymn,
There Shall Be Showers of Bless
ings," and when they finished Mr..
Mr.. Moody kindly thanked the min
listers of Minneapolis for inviting him
to remain and speak in this city for
two days as he passed on his way to
Chicago, and he hoped that he would
be able to assist the light to enter
some souls that did not know what 1t
was to love God.
Mr.. Moody then announced that he
had chosen the subject Prayer" and
%1yc hot
the greatest thing in the world. He
would rather have been Daniel in the
lions den and have his prayer re-
Warded by an immediate answer than
be the angel Gabriel He told of how
the best sermon. the sermon on the
mount, was preached by the Lord aft
er he had spent the entire night in
prayer; how the greatest things that
Moses had ever done were answers to
prayers, and how most of the acts of
the apostles were permitted them in
answers to prayers, and If one want
ed to get to heaven he should get to
praying.
God keeps His books different than
we do" said Mr.. Moody, land you
will find when you get to heaven that
it will not be the worldly man that
has his name heralded all over the
country in the different papers, who
Some one unknown, perhaps some
one in this audience may be seated far
above him."
Mr., Moody related number of instances
where PRAYERS offered for some particular
cause had been answered, one being when
he visited London many years ago. he lett
the United States for England, intending TO
drop church work and devote his entire time
to gathering knowledge, so when he returned
to this country he could take up his work
| hoff attended a
| meeting in London one evening shortly after
| his arrival. and took an active part IN the
| services At the close he was approached by
| minister who invited him to speak at MS
| church in North London the following Sun
day. Mr. Moody accepted the invitation, and
! the following Sunday appeared in the pulpit.
| He was very coolly received at the morning
! service and he half regretted that he had
! nromised to speak again in the evening, but
when evening arrived the church was crowded
| and he could not account for the change that
| had come over the congregation, as his ad-
| dress was warmly received.
After he had finished his address here
quested all those who were sorry and wished
| to repent and embrace the Lord to stand, ana
| he was dumfounded when almost the entire
! congregation arose. He could not account for
| it. and after offering prayer he again re-
| quested them to stand This time more than
before stood up. He was not sure about the
| sincerity of all of them, and told them to re-
turn home, and If they still desired to en-
brace Christianity on the following day to
return and the minister of the church.
! That night Mr. Moody left for Dublin, where
he received a telegram from the minister,
begging him to return, as the crowd was
| larger than ever.
WHAT PRAYER CAN DO.
"And now, my friends continued Mr.
| Moody, you shall hear the sequel to this
! story. In a building near the church lived a
| moor invalid woman who could not attend
church and one day she began to think that
| she had done nothing to warrant reward from
| the Lord, SO she spent her time In praying
| that the Lord would look down onto he1
church and do something for it, and this con-
version of over 400 people was the answer tc
her prayer.
"But one cannot pray unless he makes g
true confession of his sins. There are many
people who wonder why they DO not receive
any satisfaction from their prayers, and it is
! simply because there is something between
their souls and the light. The church must
have some kind OF confession before true
| light into our souls and see If we can pray
| to the Lord in the true manner.
1--WE must not think that the mere comics
sion of our sins is enough. After their con
| fession comes restitution, and it is folly tt
ask God to forgive US our sins If we do no
try to right the wrong we have committed.
''While in London a woman attended oul
meeting whom I could never get past a GER
| tain line. She seemed to have something OF
her mind that she was afraid to tell. At las
one of the ladies obtained her confidence
| and the woman told her that she was
housekeeper, and that when working for I
man who was very sick she had stolen five
bottles of wine, and every time she attempted
to pray the five bottles would come between
| her and the Lord. She could not return
them. as the man and his wife died. 1t was
found that his son lived in the country, ant
| the woman was advised to go to him, con.
TESS and pay the money that the wine was
worth. After several days the woman sum.
moned up courage and took the money into
| the country and offered 1t to the man, con-
| rvbo oh
THE man refused to take the money, as he
! did not want it and told her to do as she
| inst cd hoi