The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-03-10
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Chief Worker In the Great Religious Re-
vival Now Going On.

Chief Worker In the Great Religious Re-
vival Now Going On.
Mr.. Moody frequently does acts OF
kindness which endear him TO all with
whom he ZONES in contact. AT II OF
the conferences Of college men held at
Northfield 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 morning Mr.. Moody arose at 5
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 Il 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 "a 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 for a Fourth of July cele bra
ton. Two days before the Fourth, Mr..
Moody told a very pathetic story about
q woman in town who had been left a
widow and was almost destitute. She
owned the small house in which she
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it, 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, ITO 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 a
stone, of Moses going down to free the
children of Israel with "a crooked stick
for a 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:
Nov, what would a 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
q patriotic service. Each college delega-
ton had u section of the hall assigned
TO il, and these sections were decorated
with the college colors. The audience
occupied the center of h hall i'll a
semicircle under the galleries. After
the audience was seated each delegation
marched in, singing a college song and
giving ven to college yells. Mr.. Moody
headed delegation of about $50 Mount
Hermon boys, and as he marched down
the aisle blowing a 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 "Hcre's to Good
Old Yale" AS they approached the sec
ton assigned to them it was noticed
that the decorations Of this section in
cludcd 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 "a Yale stu
dent 90 with an empty pitcher:'
Mr.. Moody smiled one Of his wonder
full smiles, and the audience shouted it
self hoarse.
While at Mortified in the summer
Mr.. Moody takes "a great interest in
athletic sports Of all kinds, and when
there is a 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 "a fine all around athlete, and last sea
son played on the Princeton university
baseball team.