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PREACHED TO THOUSANDS.
EVANGELIST DWIGHT L. MOODY At
THE HYPERION.

THE HYPERION.
Theater Packed and Thousands Were
Turned Away-Great Evangelist Thanks
God for the Good Yale Has Done for Hia
sons-Addresses His Hearers on the SUBJ
Ject of Rest-A Noteworthy Meeting.
IF my boy who is now in Yale" said
Evangelist Dwight L. Moody before an
audience Of three thousand people at
the Hyperion yesterday afternoon,
gets as much good out Of Yale as my
other boy did, will thank God through
time and eternity. We all ought to
| praise God for the good Yale Is DOING
These words. uttered at the beginning
of his address, were received with ap-
plause quickly hushed, however, at tha
request Of the great evangelist. Adj
ditional weight attaches to the words
at this time, when sensational and hyss
terical "reformers" (self-styled reforms
ers) have undertaken the task Of rid4
1 ulilS dis eyes Ol IIlOLSSs
Mr.. Moody has always taken a great
deal of interest in Yale. His Oldest son,
William Moody, graduated from Yale
In the class of 81 and now is looking
after the financial interests OF the
Moody school for young men at Mt.
Hermon. His youngest son. Paul. en-
tered Yale last fall. The evangelist
has not alone seen much of Yale life
and Yale men here in New Haven, but
in past years many Yale students have
| been his guests at his pleasant North
field home. At his summer school for
students at Northf1eld, held each July
and attended by students from all the
! universities and colleges Of this coun-
try and from many of the European
universities, the contingent Of Yale men
in attendance has at most II not all Of
the sessions been far greater than that
Of any other one college or university,
and Yale men have been among the.
most active to engage In the work
4 there. OF the students who enter coll
leges and universities after leaving MT.
| Hermon, school founded and main
tained to very large degree through
Mr.. Moody's efforts, those who come
to Yale outnumber those going to 9TH
er institutions to a very marked deSl
gree.
Mr.. Moody Is credited with having
made the statement not long ago that
he considered the religious life at Ya16
to be healthier than in any other col-.
lege in the country. In view OF these
facts especial weight attaches to his.
words at the Hyperion. In all respects
80 1nry 1x,oc q, f55T
Moody meeting. Every available part
Of the theater was occupied with peo-z
Pile, while outside crowd Of several
J thousand stretched from the ti1eater
d entrance across the street to vander-
bilt hall, interrupting the passage Of
the street cars considerably. The crowd
inside was made up Of the regular
church-goers, pulpit and pew, and the
non church goers Of New Haven's pop-
ulation.
Such rousing evangelical songs as
Throw Out the Life Line" and "AlI
Hail the Power OF Jesus Name,r fol-
lowed by the more subdued melodies,
Jesus is Calling To-day and Nearer
My God to Thee" prepared the hear
ers for the words Of the speaker. In
manner and looks the evangelist has
changed little from the time back iii
the seventies when the Moody and
Sankey revival meetings, held here for
a month, carried the city by storm. a.
little more portliness Of form and 81
sprinkling Of gray in hair and beard
are the telltale marks of the years. III
earnestness, in zeal and in perfect sin
cerity of manner he is the same Moody
as of old.
: After the singing and prayers by Rev.
Mr.. Hall Of the Taylor church colleo-
tion was taken UP in typical Moody
fashion to pay the expenses Of the
meeting. Rev. Mr.. Foster of Olivet
church offered prayer. Mr.. Moody, af-
ter his reference to Yale given above.
spoke on the subject Of REST" in part
as follows:
The Bible Is filled with promises. !
} find new and precious promises in It
, every day. 1t is hard to tell what is
the best promise, for one is best suited
for us on one occasion and another will
satisfy US better when we are under
different circumstances. All Of the
, promises which God makes He will
, keep. Men sometimes make promises
which they do not keep, but God never
| made a promise which He could not
, fulfill.
, Some Of these promises are made to
{ individuals some to nations and some
to the world. Thus God promised
, Abraham that He would make His seed
as numberless as the sands Of the sea
shore. Then God made promises es-
| pecially for the Jewish people, God
} would rather give ten thousand worlds
like this than break one Of His prom
ises. The promise about which want
to speak few words to you to-day Is
this given by Jesus, Come unto Me all
We that labor and are heavy laden and
I will give you rest
The cry of the world to-day Is,
Where can rest be found? In all the
civilized world there is a restlessness
such as was never seen before. People
everywhere are seeking to find rest,
; and do not find it. want to say a few
! words to you about rest. You can't
J find it in wealth. Men to-day in great
, numbers are hurrying to the Klondike
in search of wealth, and many are
seeking wealth in other ways, but the
man who has the most wealth in the
world gets the least comfort out of it.
Neither can you find rest in pleasure.