New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-19
TALKED OF CUBA AGAIN.
AN EARNEST APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS MAZE
Am ,4oorx At TILE EyFNING MEETING.

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BY MR. MOODY AT THE EVENING MEETING
The starving Cubans were again the SUBJECT OF
an appeal by Mr.. Moody las. night. He reminded
the audience that this afternoons collection woud
be devoted TO the sufferers relief. Tnirtyhve
cents" ne SAID twill put bushel OF whea' III
Cuba hope Senator Proctor's speech VIII go ou'
over all this broad land. and stir up the peope
tha. there will be no more dying In Cuba IhoSe
people," added Mr.. Moody. who are starving nave
no more to do with the war than you or l.
~ don't think" he went on. that any one VINO
u,d r.fuse helm 10 the starving can be saved. II
vou don't want TO give stay away. for II you como
here we'll make Il mighty uncomfortable TOT you
Mr. Moore then offered prayer for tho CuoanS'
and the hvmn. Rescue the Perishing, care TOT INC
Dying" was sung.
the subject Of Mr.. Moody's address was ,no
"Prodigal Son" He read the paraoie from NV
fifteenth chapter OF ST. Luke. ana suppheo '0
ming commentary In his usual forcipe s'yie' .
oa.,I,rc NJ the famine in Egypt when the prooi-
ca, son had run through his money. MT. Moody
said There is always going TO be famine !" '"'
devils country some day; you may De sure vi ''
A little while ago ! read about a milhoiia"e o0''-
hitting suicide and I asked some one VINO h"e"
him wha, had made him kill himself Wei' .he
man answered he had sampled the world ana 'rieu
ahout everything Flo tried yachting. ana 1hst
horses and a stock farm and everything else' ana
there was really nothing left for him to DO put XIII
himself
There are thousands and tens Of thousands in
this condition IN New-York tonight. what these
men want Is to know the Kingdom or Goo' lhey
wouldn't get tired OF living then"
Speaking about the prodiga feeding swine, MI
Moody said: ITO feed swine Is about the lowest &C.
cupation a Jew can find. But do you know. nave
a respect for that man. IT was better than begging
or stealing anyway. A strong able-bodied man mas
no right 10 be a beggar in city like this can't
go from here to the hotel without being stopped by
beggars three or four times They should get up
wv hen the son got tired Of the restraint Of home
life and went TO Egypt. ! suppose the temptations
In hs S he
At the best bar and was called Jolly good fellow
YOU know: 1t didn't, take him very long TO run
through his money. Most any man can tool away
son lie doesn get s fair show and
oripped-has no opportunity to develop what Is n
him l have good deal more respect for a rich
mans son who does something than for the son OF
poor man, because It's SO much harder for him,
different state Of things! The very men who helped
TO squander his money were the first to point the
sa is strip man and when he is an old
opsr ksk him out This sounty produces n about bout
were converted and obtained Gods help they would
be able TO the that now drive
things descend 70 he slnms; Because ,S Of their
i is1H the devils service IS an easy serviee 80
rhe son in Egypt lost eyery1hins he had but on:
love that brought him home. lie got 10 thinking
one day In his distress. Do you know this would
be the grandest meeting ever held II every one
here would Just think? The battle went in the
sons heart Ii a terrible battle, the battle OF
life He was afraid OF ridicue from the servants.
from his old friends, II he went home, But the
baltic was fought and won before he rose from the
Nj Moody then went on 70 describe, In his own
original way, the meeting between the fs her and
SON The boy had a very fine speech ready he
said but when his father met him. all he could
saw WINS I sinned. That was enough. and the
father fell on his neck and kissed him.
Loan YOU conceive OF him wanting TO go BACK
again TO Egypt after he had once returned TO his
fathers house? Don't you think he had had
enough OF the swine and husks? Every drinking
man who is converted fears that he will be tempted
God you viii never want to slip back
u haven't any doubt" concluded Mr.. Moody.
that there are more than ten thousand men In
NeW.York who wish they were dead tonight.
That's how the devil serves you. After you have
served him faithfully he tells you 10 drown your
~. there a wanderer here tonight God wants
you Is there prodigal here? God loves you.
Make ID your mind 10 come home. There are only
two more days before this blessed mission will
The battle right TO the gate"
Mr. Moody then offered prayer, In the course OF
which he PRAYED that the works OF the devil may
be destroyed In many heart tonight Now. oh.
Cod Save the lost. now. Set the captive free,
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