Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-05

was tnfrd owner OF the EPSON races and
a well-known character in sporting circles.
He came to the meeting out of curiosity,
but his heart was changed before it closed.
He became a Christian, gave up his sport
ing connections. sold his horses and all his
racing interests. and thereafter lived an
exemplary Christian life. He had several
sons. all of whom are earnest Christian
workers. This was a remarkable case. but
there may have been others to equal it,
though the change does not stand out in
such strong contrast"
DO you ever pick one man out of an au-
dience and preach to him.
Sometimes see man or a woman who
Is plainly having a struggle who has bsen
touched, but not quite convinced. Then l
try to say something that will appeal d.
rectly to those persons. Any man who Is
accustomed to speaking from a platform
can tell whether he is carrying his au-
dience with him or not Sometimes l have
Unexpected success in that way. and some
times there is discouraging GOODNESS. But
1 believe that there is always way to a
mans heart if only you can find it."
DO you prepare your talks?
Well, 1 do and / don't. / am always
making notes and clippings. and these l
keep in envelopes. Here is one one of
Christ's parallels" quilting bulky pack
age from his pocket). Whenever I want
to get up sermon / go to one of these en-
velopes and jot down number of points
on little slip, which 1 take on the plat
form with me. But l don't always follow
these closely"
who is your favorite Biblical charac-
teri"
st Paul He was, I think. the model
for all Christian workers-fearless, sin
gle-hearted, the most heroic figure in all
history.
Success In the Ministry.
You know. Mr.. Moody. that there is
nothing that interests young men so much
as the answer to the question, How to
succeed from one who has himself made
success in life. Can you give me the
recipe for success for young men going
into the ministry"
"Singleness of purpose. whole-hearted
work. concentration. There is no better
motto for a man to hold up before himself
than that one line of the Bible which runs,
This one thing / do And then he wants
to pitch in and do it with all his mind,
and never quit or let up until it is done.
No great thing was ever accomplished by
half-hearted work. No man is big enough
to do lot of things and do them well
enough to last. When you take him and
spread him about over a lot of surface he
makes a layer too thin to form any i'm
preston. But If you take and hammer
him down with the sledge of some weighty
purpose, even If there isn't enough of him
to more than fill a bean-shooter, he'll
make an impression when he strikes"
And to what do you attribute your own
successful the qualities you have just
mentioned%'
For once the great evangelist was stump
ed. Moody cannot answer that question in
SO many words. There Is nobody who is
less able to understand the reason of his
power over men than he. AS he once told
Prof. Drummond. he honestly believes that
there are 10000 sermons preached every
week by unknown men. in obscure towns,
that are better than anything he can do.
But the facts remain Moody began a
poor, untutored clerk with no grace of
manner or elOquence of speech. Others
who started out with far greater advan-
tages are still plodding along they be-
gan, while his influence has swept over
the world like great wave carrying con-
viction to tens of thousands. What is the
secret of his success? What is it that has
made Moody so big that his name needs
no handle to identify him?
Reason for His Success.
The answer-though it is not his-may be
found in the fact that he is man over
flowing with vital and indomitable power
He belongs to the type of men who have
made America a great industrial and ma
terial empire-the great captains of indus
try, the builders of our railroads and our
cities; in word, our great constructive
men of action. That is why he has made
every charitable and educational enter
prise with which he has been connected a
business success.
An incident that nicely illustrates this
point occurred twenty-five years ago dur
ing his evangelistic tour of Great Britain
He was speaking in Liverpool, when one
of the city preachers who appeared on the
platform with him declared that in his
opinion, the thing most needed in Liver
pool was some cheap refreshment houses
to counteract the influences of the saloons
When the speaker finished Mr.. Moody
begged him to go on for ten minutes more
Meanwhile he was busily whispering with
some of the prominent citizens on the plat
form At the end of ten minutes he came
forward and announced that company
had been formed to carry out this very OBJ
ject. The stock was subscribed on the
spot. THE British Workman Company
Limited was thus formed. 1t continues
to this day, a flourishing institution that
has done vast amount of good and has
incidentally paid dividends almost from
the start though that was not considered
in its inception.