Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-11-13

We might as we'll try to blot the sun out OF III
heavens as to bot this truth out Of the Word of God
II is heavens eternal decree The law has been Ell
forced for 5000 years. Did not Cod make Adam real
before he left Eden? Had not Cain to reap outsid
or Eden? a king on the throne like David, or :
priest behind the altar like Eli: priest and prophet
preacher and hearer. every man must reap what III
hundred times more to-day
Strikes Rum a Blow.
Applying his text to the liquor traffic, Mr.
Moody said:
THIS is a tremendous argument against selIia.
liquor. Leaving out the Temperance and religion,
aspects Of the question. man on earth can arorc
70 sell strong drink. If you a saloonkeeper. dom
.el out. Close 1t up and put card in the window
No more liquor so!d here!"
"a" but you say. II would starve'' Would you
Kansas City. rs been long time imagine. since
mere was martyr here. 1t would be grand thing
ar ,e church and Tor this city, and for the world
Mouioh t-tae example Of 4 man starving TO death
because he refused TO sell whisky.
Lei me tell you that every man who sells liquor
mas drunken son or a drunken brother or a drunken
relative. Where are the sons of liquor dealers? To
whom are their daughters married? Look around and
see IL you can md who has been IN that bust
ness who has not skeleton in his family.
threw that challenge down once. and said
TO me the next day: II wasn't at your meeting laa:
night. but l understand you made the astounding
statement that no had been in the liquor bust
ness twenty years who hadn't the curse in his own
Yes" I said. 'T did"
9. II isn't true he said, ''and want you to take
u
Iumseller. and the curse has never come into my
fathers family or mae'
said: what! two generations selling this in
fernal sun, and the curse has never into the
family! / will investigate it,
There were two prominent citizens Of the town in
the room, on whose faces noticed peculiar express
sion as the man was talking. After he left, one Of
DO you know. Mr.. Moody, that mans own brother
was drunkard. and committed suicide few weeks
age and left widow WIKI seven children: they sre
under his roof now"
ReapinE of Liars.
Mr.. Moody told graphically the story of
Jacob and how he deceived his father
Isaac and secured Esau's birthright.
BY this lie." he said. "he got his broth
er's birthright blessing, but he paid ten
thousand times more for it than il was
worth.
Who steals my purse steals trash; a
map who steals my pocketbook IS the chief
sufferer, not l. When Jacob had grown to
De an old man, he lived in continual sus-
picion that his sons were deceiving him.
the sin of deceiving his own father bore
fruit. On, be not deceived. God is not
that shall he also reap II you are a liar
and you have ten children. you will in all
probability have ten liars. L often hear
people say they cannot get truthful serv-
ants, and often think know why. When
the doorbell rings, you peep out at the
visitor and tell the servant TO say that you
are not at home Then the servant turns
coin. You are reaping."
There was a fiutter among many of the
dressed women of the audience
as Mr.. Moody told the servant incident
Many were apparently familiar with ii.
Mr.. Moody dealt loose morals a plain and
decisive blow. Immoral men, he said, were
no better than immoral women. and their
retrlbution was just as sure, although il
might not seem so. He spoke OF the way
gamblers, drunkards. licentious and other
vicious classes iocked together and how
M mo n E1d
observe mean traits in his neighbors and
vice versa He spoke of David as having
taken another mans wife and ruined his
family and said the commounesS Of that
sin made him sick.
''oh, you need not be turning around
there. he said. as there was a commotfon
among the male members of the audience.
No names will be called This caused a
smile.
Such men, he said. ',are lepers, not fit
for earth or heaven
A Daniel Webster Story.
One OF Mr.. Moody's anecdotes. showing
how the man who sows good deeds reaps
a good harvest, was as follows:
An insurance case was brought to Dan
lei Webster when he was a young lawyer
IN Portsmouth. Only a small amount was
involved, and a So fee was all that was
promised He saw that TO do his client full
justice, a journey TO Boston would be
necessary, in order to consult the law IL
expedition, and for the time he would re-
,eive no adequate compensation. But he
determined 10 do his best, cost what ii
might. He went to Boston, looked up the
authorities and won the case
Years after, Webster, who had mean
Shlle become famous, was passing through
was 10 be tried that day, and one of the
consul had suddenly been taken ILL., Money
Mas no object, and Webster was begged TO
name his terms and conduct the case
: L told them, said Mr. Webster. that
I was preposterous to expect me to pre-
1are a legal argument at a few hours no.
ook at the papers, and this / finally con-
;ented to do. 1t was my old $40 case over
again, and as l never forget anything. 1
lad all the authorities at my fingers ends
The court knew that had no time to pre-
lare. and was astonished at the range of
N.Y. requirements. So you see. I was hand
nat journey to Boston. And the moral is
nat good work is rewarded in the end"
Thousands Turned Away.
= Mr. Moody's sermons are very short.
They average between thirty and forty
but seem shorter. The afternoon
services were over by o'clock yesterday,
Ilthough II was 3=e5 O'clock before Mr.
Moody began to speak
The meeting was advertised tn begin at
o CLOCK, but long before that time eyery
'treet leading to the hall was a solid pro-
'ession- BY 20 y. m. most of the seats
we're occupied There Were IL 600 chairs in |
ne pulldlng, and another 90 were added |
was estimated that at least an additional |
90 were accommodated in hooks and
orners ana in standing room making a 1
otal OF 1900 Several minutes before 2 |
clock the doors at all the entrances were
losed and barred and there was no further |
dmittance.
A service of song and prayer took ND the |
lTst twenty-five minutes after O'clock |
luhoreus OF singers on an extended stage
we're led by Professor C. c Case. who Is
with Mr. Moody. Professor Case
vas assisted by two eornetists. a woman
no q man. When the vast audience added
Is numerous voice to the voices of the
horus. the cornets could barely be heard. |
MY now and then rising above the sllrp-
ng symphony. II lacked about two min
lies OF 1 O'Clock when Mr.. Moody ceased |
peaklng IN the afternoon. but so immense
'as the audience that at 4:l5 great streams
y ,iIS peopIs Were sun pouring from all the
many feet and the swishing of garments
Ike the murmur of river All were NOT
ut Of tie hail until 4:es p. m.
An Overflow Meeting.
The same thing was repeated at nipbt
xcept that all of the overflow that couId
et into the Second Presbyterian church
cross the street, went there. Soon an
udience that would have fattered any
aStor IN the city was assembled there
5ut tnere was no preacher. A note was
ent into Convention hall and carried IN
n' ne sronp I oI Ministers seated on the plat
orm. Dr jenkins. of the Second Presby-
erian church, and DR.. Wilcox. of tho
'rand Avenue Methodist church. went over
nd preached 70 the overflow
DR.. Henry Hopkins and DIR. S. NJ. Neel
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