New-York tribune., 1899-08-12
HUNGER FOR MEETINGS.
MR.. MOODY vAINLY STRIVES TO SAT-
ISFY 1T.
THE DAY TOO SHORT AT NoRTHFIELD-
MANY PEOPLE TAKE BARELY
TINE TO EAT.
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Eas,Nor+hAeId Mass Aug lift should appoint
every meeting that asked for there "ouiu ho,
be hours enough in the day TO get the'h H. So
Mr. Moody this morning Il am DONG inc D.o'
can 10 satisfy your hunger. but there Is limit 10
all things" The limit seemed to be nearly reaoieu
TO-DAY but II is probable that there VIII De houry
r,.a.nos on Sunday morning. Prayers are heu
AZ $40 o'clock in the halls. and are praoucaIy
midweek prayer meeting II not sunday service
Mr. Never conducted prayer at weston fia" anu
gave one Of his delightful talks. in which ihc'.
dentaly he said that he has no stated pastoral
saIarv He told the officers 10 pay the bills' ana
~ there were anything over he would receive IT,
He did not lay this rule down for any one eise 70
follow he said. but somehow he felt that ne coulo
serve his Master more easily ana not nave 'ne
fear of men before him quite so much' as ne "ou'"
81 they paid him a regular salary
Mrs Mary H. Hunt. the National superintendent
of scientific temperance instruction In the woman
Christian Temperance Union. spoke AT speciai
service held al O'Clock this morning on the recent
report of Professor Atwater OF Wesleyan Uni
versity. TO the effect tnat al'ohoi Is io' ~
not a poison"
In the afternoon there was conference at the
Mortified, where plans were considered for meet
ing the attack which has been made upon tem-
perance instruction in public schools The rev.
DR. E. N Packard. OF Syracuse, spoke at 10 O'CLOCK
about the work which had been done In his city
nv Dr A T Pierson DR.. c. /. Scofeld and others
along the line of the Mortified teaching HAN an
hour later Mr. Sewyn drew many helpful lessons
from Fire" Mr. Meyer followed with search
.ne address on "The Surrendered Life AT
o'clock Dr. Torrey spoke upon THE Return OF the
Lord" to an appreciative audience Mr.. Moody an
nounced that he would speak at O'CLOCK put ne
advised the people 10 go driving or rest ior 'he
evening meeting When he entered the nan ne
found more than a thousand persons waiting to
hear him At 4:aO O'Clock Mr. Meyer answered
opestions which ranged from church quarrels TO
the final Judgment. At $50 o'clock the Rev DR..
Broughton. Of Atlanta, spoke, and Mr. Morgan
followed at 1SO
Tomorrow Mr. Morgan goes TO New-York where
he will preach on Sunday morning and afternoon
in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Mr.. MOODY ON THE DEAD LINE.
The following is the substance of Mr.. Moody's
address
dead line line" in the ministry Now want say
that II a man will keep fresh and adapt himself 10
asS ABOUT dead line People i've and think and
act msn 5han at hS hTy time qa Wanted 40 little
business in Boston, he would write four pages OF
sSe letter into ten words and sends It by telegraph
People think quick and ehey aG. n his mind from
h1S 10 papeT how WI in the world does he
pIe nj 10 carry the same sermon home with them?
Horatius Bonar would not quote poetry IN ms puI-
But what could be better to use in sermon than
the hymn. Il heard the voice OF Jesus say III ii
them in one Of his sermons good man that ne was
i believe that they would have improved MS SER
mon ft is good thing to use Illustrations in sermons
An usiTaGn g IN is ke Sa never forget the dierence
hetween blameless and fautless. after hearing MI
istfer "a" It was ungrammatical. the spelling was
bad and the writing crooked Ihere weLe Siid SnSS
done his S best h. neTser fayess nor bamees
ha mar should do better tndn tne Dol- di"asS
carry notebook. and when see or near "a a s0Ta 200
5hng Monsan od pI us "a good thing about singing and
got into print pretty quiSS Psfe MacKense
full Of native humor most soaly man aS.v He n was
be 9ad he s Ss Ane hsre VIII aSy
ing in heaven when get nd there Ps Snd w Peter Eaer
have oSeT PayG saints w1n raheT T around for song
win announce hymn fT9 90 !Hf Nv cod Nv Father,
Wb,le Es1 eS ''i Stray But some one will say: That
won't do. You are in heaven. Pe{er-'nSet tSats so $40
straying, here! And Will say: 1eS' '"'' s'
Let us sing No 65l
Though waves and storms go DER my heso'
Though friends be gone and hopes ne oeau'
But another saint will nerTuPt re Peter net storms y1s
%s mill try psa4 sEanPSS Peer 49, some ano one W2 viii
oay oaf ,nSppToprate mp T ate hymns viii ask What can
we ns snFb bs SONG Ane Of 5g Moses W and the Lamb
Do you think that will ever predaGh uPSH dc
we get these from ENGLAND for II we h aae
not learn from them: me iiouSTt bsVe cot
heyygb ,hey fe from Mr. Seiwyn to-day that is worth
gong Two men ne looked out behind prison bars.
One man saw mud and the other stars
Somewhere I have heard that The angels gels feli I'll
Gsthsemane What a thought TO use in sermon
on the text Let him that thinketh he standeth
take hsed lest ye fall
THE VALUE OF CERTAIN BOOKS.
Mr. Moody then advised the people to get a good
which they could
write the thoughts that they get from sermons,
the newspapers any other source. He has twelve
such Bibles. He also urged them 10 get topical
text book and a Cruden's Concordance. The two
cost only g. and with them one may get up a
PRAYER meeting talk a sermon which will be
both Biblical and interesting He told how he be-
gan his public speaking depending entirely upon
the three books. Bible. text book and Concordance.
He would take several texts and when he was
prosecuted in he would flee TO another. He
also called attention the Bible readings published
in THE Record OF Christian Work" saying
One day was going TO preach about the Holy
Spirit and picked up the little book containing
. these readings. The text for the day was Acts
4. s. "Ye shall receive power after that the Holy
Ghost is come upon you ana ye shall be witnesses
Guy Pearse. of London:
Look at It, Think OF II. hundred and twenty
men and women having patronage, no promise
OF any earthly favor no endowment, wealth;
B 15 dy @ and bused With s all the
household duties Of daily lIe. and yet they are
is intrusted a work which is 10 turn the world
upside down. None so exalted but the influence OF
this lowly company shall reach to them, until the
throne Of the Caesars is claimed for Christ. None
far off but the power Of this little band gath
cred IN upper room shall extend TO them until
the world is knit into brotherhood. Not a force
is there the earth, either Of men or devils, but
they shall overcome f. until every knee shall bow
70 their Master and every tongue shall confess that
He is Lord A thing impossible, absurd; look at
II you will, until you admit this: they TO
be filled with the Holy Ghost. Then difficulties
melt into the empty air: Then there is no limit
10 their hopes. for there Is limit to their power
Their strength IS not only "As the strength OF ten
II is as the strength OF the Almighty. This is
Chrst's idea Of Christianity. the Idea not OF man:
It is Infinitely too sublime-the idea Of God
Another helpful comment from the issue OF
.'The Record which Mr. Moody did not read is
given herewith. Although first OF the three presi-
dents who the one hundred and twenty