New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-18

better s. Sna Tpvd na Se 70 done hat could DO
The minister had Id ss a' ana an sos to
a'i po gdpn OF Scripture and going to pray.
ana her coins to Pa the e. Gs .Esd n h 'se M
mon What are our Judges doing? What are anS our II
would rot take Ions to evangelize this count,y al !.
could only get the pulpit in the pe Nv, me Sar min
isters alone look At The talent right here to-day.
What could be accomplished II we coula ss go MAJ
he can 81 is tho best ne can do God docs not re-
qlro any one to do more than tha, ,,ooa,rs Sunday
evenings MI Moody would rot ha"' a te'I dsi
meeting on sundsS night sS by F go preaeh
ihe Gospel or the SON Of God. Have your tenn
Gc2n ba ee,n n @ esr YOU %f7n take he Bac and
YOU have the whole sweep-you have any quani,in
once week You have your hands flSl You VIII
BEGIN 70 sigh for harp o. thoutinn ss'ii and
The Gospel covers everything temtera,n'e nnd
ovcrvthing else. and You can get %nole Cromp
together and bring In Temperance w'.n - swU oIe
! have hoen abused great deal hy tise ter,p.n an.
people because DO not preach more 10 rpa
hu Ike 10 get crowd on SOWING ano reaPl Th:y
would not come 10 a temperance meeting; hut they
come 10 hear that. and get them Inc bl'i' 'oN-
er5 all that. you know
\ CLERGYMAN's DUTIES.
Quostion-Would you recommend a minister TO
stay in church Sunday evening all The time. or 90
around the streets? Mr.. Moody--It depends alto
Eether upon where he can do tho most good. Ihat
IS a question for him to settle. am not going to
stay In one place n can do more gSod somewhere
else but VIII keep tho fires burning there. II all
the people night around that chu,f have been
pretty well eyangelized. get of. and strike ne"
OF course you cannot lay down rules. II you do yon
WI break them, but sunday night. os have sag
before IS the time to evaneerze ~, eet n ,l Oh
non-churchgoers and tho careless and thoughtless
and IL Is an awful fact that our churches are
given up 10 everything but that.
9uestionIWould you have stat efl after meeting
every sunday night? Mr. Moody-L would. Every
| ed In 4l Al r a
70 get hold Of the people. Every rhne preached
Gospel meetings There are three four Kinds Of
meetings For instance. when you come around the
build up, to instruct meetings Ike we have here
tcachng those things - 10 feed the Church OF
mon to como to he kingdom OF God expect they
are going to come right then and there.
AFTER-MEETINGs on SUNDAY NIGHT.
Quesuon-Don't you think sometimes IT would he
wise to have an after-meetlng at The close OF the
morning service2 Mr. Moody-Onee in "A while you
might. but as say. Sunday MORNING az a gen
eral thing you need to feed the church and build
them UP. At the same time w.len you do that
you very often carry the truth to unbellevers and
that they would be free to ciane at anv tne
So People sn saw you'd Gt aim for AN
/ You have sowed the seed now don't disturb II .
/ Aud have had ministers use this illustration:
Moody goes and plants some seed. and then he
E oes ana puIIs II UP every few days to see II II
and not h 1qP r. The S" crows s w
get NJ H. too II Il f. not narrowed in. You want
cant get IT, and then let It sIrout
/ ,snpposes man breaches powerful sermon to-
1w;SGnng ana The people are brought under con-
nvon s ana men 10 SAYS Next Friday night the
snbiec, S r., 10 haye conyersa'Sn with him on the
i hlsnt The Impression OF Sunday night is gone
Gs aon F he xa Gse he s. has az mg5essO9
mosphege oy ne sets out into the chilling at
,- Notnins VII straighten man out himself Tx.
yis 20 help others II you smoking men take
J TOBACCO and you ask him 10 make an unconditional
sT!fficnaer. It would siraighten out lots OF you.
TO make different man OF aim a, once beieve
your progressive euehre would TO tho four winds:
card-paying dancing and th.atro. And It f. the
sn,s %, christian work theTc Is nothing Ike Il.
greatest Joy would ever know on earth but when
over knew on Garth and remem dny 10y 10y MY MN
How this Old world receded from my vision Talk
10 mo about progressive cuchre / would as soon
take cod liver oil.
THE AGE OF ADVERTISEMENT
Question-Would you advertise the topic on which
you expected to preach on Sunday? II so how? Mr.
Moody-lf my audience was waning and wanted
10 hold my audience and get the thing started up
nbAh' would give out some popular subject that
thought they would all Ike 20 hear and give I,
~ ,"c OF tlee days ahead and have II worked up.
Us ~ lne age of Advertisement. and you have to
a SUBJECT would rather take them by surprise
a,n. See an losins and want to catch my
,,,.t,,o,..t W QUO you adFne - pastor IN holding
day services to use c;s? r s'G Moo T'h Sgr
wSs , n,om,nct minister taken from Western
/ MY thousand Inhabitants. lie had Il magnincen,
"-5ence SUNDAY morning.. The church was pac ked
ana they had 10 brng chairs into the sis,es n.
preached there Tor a year and hair and dnaliy
I he told tho church officers that he was going Ia
hand In his resignation. The church was greatly
/ aFiiated and the officers went to him and said
nr mo- a@ onn,eh n"ver IN IT'S pamiest days. SC
coming I'VE miles 10 hear him. and what more did
u" "nnt. ne SAID ne was young man. and hC
was Iikht IN ms prime II he could get only on.
aNdlouce week he only irad-well. he did not hav,
were spent away IN summer-about forty-hvc time,
~ me year - preach. aod Il was not enough. and
OH the ranbhth ana, then. n he wanted then
weekdays, no could get fhom. Well they said me
had nearly one hundred every sunday night ani
pr sioirs dld not have any more than that IL.
,atsfy him They asked what they could do u
kefp nun. Ncl. ne SAID my Views are SO radi
,urb the church. and IL IS best FOR mo to slip on
e 1 ha y9 FsS s s9G one es, There are plenty
Well they said, what are your terms "lr
nc sn, hrst Place donI want that quartet choir
nearly empty want chorus choir. aud | wan
elders 10 come down and act AZ ushers You neve,
come sunday night. and want YOU 10 b. here ant
o on on M stree. wb c aHa s on osqS men
want people on the street invited to come" Tha
Was an innovation 20 that old. conservative church
but he Was popular. and they consented 10 do n
end inside II three months they packed tina
/ church on SUNDAY nighgs.
ANYTHING TO FILL THE PEws
NOV. you ask me n would hnve tickets or hand
bills or bills OF any kind would have ans hing n III
or than empty pews Will not preach 10 empty pew
. II help myself | hope God will take me 7,
Heaven before | do Il. It does not do any goo,
preach TO them, YOU mi ght az well preach 10 III
wind and 7 don't thtk God ever Called q man I,
preach - empty pows. You have either made
mistake IN your call. you don't use tact And
don't think n as beneaih a mans dignity 70 20 on
! and ask people 10 com" IN Let people know yoi
want them enough Many time | have told .
man was going 10 rr,''ch n whole sermon To him
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