Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-12-29
MAY VISIT SANTA FE.
A Letter from Evangelist Moody lntimates
the Probability of His Visiting the
New Mexico P~enitentiary,

A friend and acquaintance of Mr.. d.
l., Moody, the noted evangelist, resi-
dent of this city, recently wrote him,
asking that on his route west he would
not forget the prisoners in the New
Mexico penitentiary. A reply was re-
ceived this morning from the great
preacher, in a letter dated Colorado
Springs, December &c, as follows: How
many prisoners have you in your pris-
on, and how many speak English, and
how do [ get to your town? Will you
let me know? Yours truly, D. l..
Moody
Every person in Santa Fe who is in
tereSted in any moral or evangelical
work will be pleased to learn of the
probability of Mr.. Moody's visit to this
city, and to the penitentiary. OF late
years he has been making it a special
point to preach to the inmates of penal
institutions, and the prisoners have
shown themselves only too glad to hear
the noted evangelist. Mr.. Moody
preached last Thanksgiving day to the
convicts in the Colorado penitentiary,
and out of $50 inmates of that inStitu-
ton $50 We're present. Mr.. Moody has
been especially successful at the Hin
DIS state prison at Joliet, and in gener-
al the results of his prison labors have
been 50 promising that he has had Sc
rious thoughts of giving up preaching
to the public at large and combining his
work to prisons. An answer was sent
to the evangelist at Colorado Springs
today, with an expression of earnest
hope that he would visit Santa Fe.
The next thing in order will be to APP
point a committee of entertainment,
and doubtless some carriage owner will
be glad to extend to Mr.. Moody the
courtesy of his carriage to the peniten-
tiary and back. There ought to be also
a volunteer choir to go out to the prison
to lead the singing. Moreover, while
the evangelist is in town there will GER
tainly be an effort to hold a union meet
ing, and that the church will be packed
goes without saying. A visit from Mr..
Moody will mean a great deal to the
Christian people of Santa Fe.
Warden Bergman, Assistant War
den Merrill and the rest of the peniten-
tiary authorities were much pleased on
learning today of Mr.. Moody's letter of
inquiry, and Colonel Bergman assured
a New Mexican reporter that every
courtesy possible would be extended to
the evangelist.
MINISTERIAL ACTION.
The following joint letter was sent
this evening to Mr.. Moody by the Meth
odist and Presbyterian pastors of this
city:
MY Dear Mr.. Moody-It has just
come to our ears that there is a posi-
bility of your passing through Santa
Fe in the heal future. We most urgent
ly join in requesting you, if you can so
make your arrangements, to give us a
could find time for. No place in Amer
lea needs the Holy Spirits quickening
more than this, and we pray that you
may be able to give us a message. We
promise to see hat your expenses are
met, and to join hands, hearts and
prayers with you in the work. If you
can possibly ONE, let us know all con-
ditions and we shall endeavor to meet
them. Most fraternally yours,
w. HAYES MOORE,
Pastor Presbyterian Church.
G. S. MADDEN,
Pastor M. e. Church.