Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-01-13
EVANGELIST MOODY.
Two Rousing Meetings Held
Here Yesterday.
The Greatest Divine That Has Yet
Visited This City.
His Two Diseourses Heard BY Immense
Throngs Of People.
HE SCORED TIE MORAL cowARDs.
HE SCORED TIE MORAL cowARDs.

Dwight L. Moody, the great evangelist,
has come amp gone. but his brief visit TO
Albuquerque made strong impression on
the people and will leave a lasting ef-
feet on the moral and religious stmos-
phere OF the city. Those who attended
his meetings yesterday afternoon and
evening at the Armory hall cannot
doubt that the seed he sowed there shall
be followed by bountiful harvest.
When the time set for the afternoon
services TO commence arrived the Armory
was crowded with an eager and expect.
ant multitude. Mr.. Moody superintended
the work OF the ushers and saw that
every seat In the building was utilized.
A large choir. composed Of many of
the best singers In the city, had been or
gsnized by Mr.. Towner few minutes
before the meeting and 1t led the audi
ence In singing gospel hymns. with
which the exercises opened. hr. Towner
sang two solos paul and Silas" and
"Jesus Will Come" In manner which
stirred the souls OF sll his hearers.
Prayers were offered by Reverends Allen.
Beattie, Hodgson and Kinney. Mr..
Moody gave preliminary talk on his
visit TO the penitentiary at Santa Fe on
Wednesday, saying that he found q
Christian organization there, TO which
eighty out OF 200 prisoners belonged. He
also took occasion to score the liquor
traffic, which he said was the cause Of
thirty out Of every forty OF the prisoners
being there.
There was some more singing and
then Mr.. Moody began his address taking
for his text, Matthew XI-2S.29 80:
Come unto me all ye that labor and
are heavy laden, and | will give you rest
Take my yoke upon you and learn Of
me; for am meek and l0wly In heart,
and 20 shall find rest unto your souls.
For my yoke is easy and my burden is
light.
This, he said, Is one OF the swee.es,
promises OF Jesus Christ.
The cry Of the world to day Is for rest.
He didn't believe it was to be had unless
through Christ. This dissatisfaction OF
the buman mind was, In his judgment.
one Of the strongest proofs that man is
made to live In two worlds. The efforts
OF men were made to obtain rest. But II
he we're looking for rest II Is not among
the wealthy, the aristocratic, the politl-
clans or the pleasure seekers, but among
the faithful In Christ Jesus that he would
go. He said Jesus was burden. bearer
~ we'll as sil-beartr, aId we should learn
to cast 'all our cares upon him
The evangelist dwelt upon the fact that
II wasn't Christian.like to wear long
face; there was nothing gloomy about it,
and II il a libel on Christianity TO say
that II makes man gloomy 10 get a
clear title to heaven. The Joy of the
Lord is the Christians strength, and the
way to get to Christ is just to come.
The speaker roundly denounced the
liquor traffic and said that for the las,
eight months not twenty-tour hours have
passed without this expression being
heard: Remember the Maine" Now,
lass than three hundred brave men per.
ished in that disaster, while In every
twenty-four hours three hundred men
and women in this country fall into
drunkard's graves. Hadn't we better say,
Remember rumy"
In conclusion the evangelist dwelt
upon the great need OF moral courage
among Christians. He said we are all q
pack Of moral towards and II there were
back door to heaven. where men might
st'a in and pretend to have been there
all the time, heaven would be crowded.
THE EVENING SERVICE.
The crowd in the evening was larger
than the one in the afternoon and proba.
bly, the largest ever assembled in ArmOry
hall. Several minutes before 7 o'clock
every seat Ia the hall was occupied, but
the people continued pouring in and a
large number were obliged to stand up
during the services.
Rev. Craig opened the meeting with q
prayer. The choir and audience sang
several hymns and Mr.. Towner sang two
solos. Mr. Moody then explained that a
collection would be taken up and what
ever remained, after the rent Of the hall
had been paid. would be used 10 purchase
literature for the prisoners In the peni-
tentiary. He asked all who we're In favor
OF that project to raise their hands and
nearly everybody signihed their approval
in this manner. NOW put them down
deep In your pockets" continued the
evangelist. The appeal had the desired
effect and a good round sum WAS collect.
ed,
Mr. Moody took as his text, Gal vi, rs,
"Be not deceived; God Ia not mOcked; !;
whatsoever man soweth, that shall he
also reap"
tie said the text applied to saint as
we'll as sinner, Jew as we'll as Gentle,
old and young, preacher and hesrer
Here is law that meets every man on
the face OF the earth. A man must reap
what he sows. FOR the last 5000 years
all have had to reap You can't get
around; it is law, You have got to
reap whether you want to or not. Moth
ing IL 80 deceitiul as sin, nothing 80 De
ceitiul ss the human heart.
The speaker divided his discourse into
four parts, viz, the sower expects TO reap
in this world, he expects to reap the same
kind OF seed. he expects TO reap more
than he sowed, and Ignorance OF the .
nature OF the seed makes no difference.
III you plant lie you will reap lie
every time, Take lying father and a
lying mother and see II you do not have