Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-01
Speaker Discredits the Idea that
the Days Of Miracles are Past
THREE KINDS OF CHRISTIANS
one Ei ii Looks Upon nciision' as u
Ftrc.Escspe. by which TO Get
Away from Perditiou.


Of gaining an entrance to the building
on the occnsion Of tho appearance OF
Evangelist Dwight l.. Moody.
within the church the scene was an
animated one. Every seat was occu-
Piled ana people stood four deep at the
back. every inch Of space being taken
up. even TO the extent that ladies sat
along tho edge ~ the platform at the
speakers feet. The audience was one
OF the most cosmopolitan gatherings OF
people that salt Lake city has Wit
ncascd for n long time past, being com
posed Of all nationalltles embracing the
negro. Chinaman, Japanese. down to
the man who was born and reared In
the city. Possibly the ladies were more
in evidence than the sterner sex. BE
that a. II may Mr.. Moody had a SPLEEN
did audience, several hundred % whom
sat In the adjacent parlor that had been
thrown open for the occasion. from
whence the auditors hoped 10 hear. and
that was about all. The FIRST part OF
the services was n musical one. during
which the sale Of hymn books was
pushed with vim. Mr.. Moody person.
ally experimenting operations from the
fostrum. from whence he Informed the
audience " they couldn't afford thirty
cent? he wc'iid lend them the money"
Then followed duet. Throw out the
lifeline" and n solo entitled. Home
land" after which the inevitable COLI
lection was taken up.
Mr.. Moody opened his remarks by
stating that possibly what he had to
ray to the audience would be very dry
TO on-oodfearinK people; he asked the
people TO question themselves as To-
what had really brought them together.
n the answer came nothing" those
individuals would undoubtedly receive
nothing. lie then went ON TO state that
the country wns dead and needed llven-
ing up. what We want and what the
country needs. II a aulckcnlng church"
continued the evangelist. lie took for
his text Acts I chapter. \ verse;
But ye shall receive power. after
that the Holy Ghost In come upon YOU
and ye shall he witnesses unto me both
IN Jerusalem and In all Judea.'
The preacher started out with the
statement that humanity. when they
thought they had attained little Dibli-
cal learning. when they hnd been
through n course % theological train
Ing. that they were full.ficdgcd Chris
tinna and teachers instead of tRrr3ing
like the disciples until they had re-
ceivcd tho Holy Ghost and could NO
forth In power and could teach In his
name. After dwelling on the subject at
some length. during which time tho
speaker maintained that college learn
ing was Of no avail without the Spirit.
he went on TO state that there
were three kinds Of Christians
that were 20 be encountered In
tho third. fourth and seventh chapters
Of 81. John. The first kind. Of whom
the Nicodsmus typc-convinccd but
ashamed TO publicly own up to the
Master.
Tho second kind were NJ the Rcbccca-
nt-the-wcil order. who. as soon M they
recornired the Master. "stralghtway
rushed into town and turned the place
upside down"
sThc woman nj the we'll" continued
the speaker. didn't stand on her dig
nifty like Nicodcmun; no. n she had
been "a member Of the Sanhedrim. she
would have busted II wide open"
Then followed n dissertation on wells.
''an'ne dried up In summertime. othern
frozen up In winter"
The last and true type of Christians
were those In John VII. asth verse;
HE that bclieveth on me, az the
scripture hath said. out OF his belly
shall fow rivers OF livln~ water"
Mr.. Moody discrcdited the prevailing
idaa that miracles ceased In the old
Apostolic days. and coming down 10
more modern times cited the Instances
OF Martin Luther, Spurgcon, Wesley
and Whitfield, regarding the latter'a
efforts. he said there were today no.
900 Methodist ministers saving souls
IN the world. Mr. Moody continued
TO dwell at length on Chri-ta promise
10 the thirsty soul. The evangelist
said he had no Use for the whining,
falsely modest Christians who prayed
for the crumbs" they should ask for
the whole loaf"
III a millionaire asked him." con.
tinued the speaker, how big q check
he wanted 10 help along the cause NJ
building schools and eninrsing Coda
work"--he only wished he could get
the chance" He wouldn't he bashfui
he would ask for "A pretty Htin sum.
The preacher went on to demonstrate
how the Spirit rupplants woridlincss.
by pouring water Into an empty glass
aud thus cxpolling the air therein.
During this operation. that was contin-
ued throughout his talk for some i've
minutes the audience. ovlnceo decided
mctrimsnt owing to the fact that two
young ladies' who sat upon the edge
II the platform at the speakers feet
and Ia plain sight OF the audience. were
greatly distressed as To tho ultimate
fate OF their creations of the milllncrH
art that they wore upon their heads. as
the venerable preacher scattered the
AQUA pura In the vicinity with lavish
After repeated reassurauces. the
speaker continued with the remark
that some people looked upon religion
as Kind ~ IRE escape by
which TO escape perditlon. Then
the border Christians. who got kicks
on both sides-from the church and
the devil" received considerable at.
tention, and several anecdotes were
related 10 cllnch the argument Fur
Their along Mr. Moody touched upon
the sin Of drunkenness aud stated that
for the past year the country had rung
with the cry, Remember the Maine
all thatcryoyer three hundred men. whom
every day OF our lives an equal number
Of drunkards reel Into their graves
practically UNDECIDED. Last year there
were 20 600 divorces and during the
past four years 3N.5lg murdera were
committed In the United Stntcs. all tho
direct result ~ vim and the absence
OF the Holy Spirit dwelling In the hearts
OF the people,
Mr.. Moody concluded his remarks by
eNhoftlng his hearers mot TO look 10
deaeona ana elders for salvation, hut
70 look up Again lmpressing upon
MS hearers the fact that the day NJ
Pentecont was lust ns possible Ia the
nineteenth century ua I'm the days of
old tho sneaker drew his remarks 10
q close. after which the majority of
the congregation remained to particle
pate In n prayer meeting.
MIR, Moody addressed another hacked
house at the Congregational church
THIS afternoon. ana will again speak 10
nm audience In the same place at 1880
p. m.
TOMORROW