The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-23
DEATH Old WIGHT. MOODY
THE EgAN8ELIST P.fSsEs hWLY AT
HIS NOM ~ NISSICHUSETTS.

EAST NoRTHFIELD. Mass. Dec. 22.-Dwight
L. Moody died at his home In this village at
II 80 o'clock this morning. He first knew at
O'Clock last evening that he cou' ID not recover.
lie was not surprised and when the Knowledge
came to him his words wero:
THE world il rcccding and heaven OPEN
ing"
During the night. Mr. Moody had Il number
Of sinking spells, At o'clock this morning.
DR. " l.. Wool. the family phys clan. was
called n, the rcuucs, of Mr.. Moody. lie was
pprspiring and h. requested his son. law.
A. T.. FIT. who spent the night with him. to
call the physician that he might note tho
symptoms Dr. Wood ndmlnistere n hyro-
.dermir injection 81 strychnia. This caused
tho heart to perform its duties more regularly,
At Il 80 O'Clock this morning DR.. Wood wns
called. and when he reached Mr.. Moodys room
found his Iatrnt IN "A f'mi-cnnsciOus condi-
ton when Mr. Moody again recovered con.
ciousness he said with all his old vivarity:
What's The matter; what going ON here"
4 little later he said TO his boy.:
u have always bcen an ambitious man. no;
ambitious to lay up wealth. but to leave you
work to do"
In substance Mr. Moody urged his two sons
and his son-in.law. Mr.. Fit. to see that the
schools in East Mortified. at Mt Hcrmon
and the Chicago Bible Institute should receive
their hest care. This they assured Mr. Moody
they would do. During the forenoon Mrs. A.
I. Fit his daughter. said to him
Father, we cant spare you
Mr.. Moody'S reply was:
I'm not going to throw my l!ic away n
God has NOR" work for me to 10. I'll not lie"
DR. Wood says that Mr. Moody did not hav"
the slightest fear al death II" was conscious
until icss han u minute before his death The
cause death was heart failure.
There were present in Mr.. Moody's chamber
when he died, his wife. his daughter Mr.. A.
T. FIT. and her husband. SIR. aud Mrs. W. liam
II. Moo ". Paul Moo ~. the Youngest son, DR..
N. p. Wood and Miss Powers tho nurs ;. Mrs.
MOODY has carried herself during the sickness
OF her husband with bravery and patience. hut
when death came she was Frustrated No
arrangements have yet been made for the
funeral.
When Dwight Lyman Moody set out as a
he was tod by wei mean nv friends that he
could do better work for the Lord than to try
never he his. Rhetorical cioIuSncc. never was
his. but simple language and ready anecdo'e
t Tsd' m9 him powerful o spccsS
the Christian Church In this country.
and male him known far beyond II. He leaves
who's" methods, manner and influence from q
counterpart ~ thos. that gave him tho psru-
liar power which he welded for SO many years |
over people In ana out Of the churches: Tn" per
manenc- of his influence over individuals who |
10 large numbers were affected by him has |
been disputed, but h" always declared that |
wherever he went In recent years H. met pro- |
pie who came to him and told him of their con-
simple speech was Moody's strength; Short |
let iaprs IN grammar bother him ' a, nG all e Sut
his direct words. ready illustrations, his /
earnesness and his emotional Intensity made
great crowds listen to him with wrapt a't-n- |
ton, He persuaded those EXCEPTIONALLY sus- !
ceptiblc to 60 TO the p.niten, bench. II his /
listeners were already in th" church, he fl.led !
them with desire TO 10 something more than |
they had been .ioinR, A nervous ,yibran'y |
rapidly. more than two hundred words a |
minute sometimes. yet he never seemed TO bs |
Sss tS' AMI he hi ,sGh,S,
Incident. 80 abruptly and so frequently, that he |
kept his auditors constantly on the aler,. Once |
he sestned to know il at once and Will" keep |
ing up the play Of his ok changes, he never |
shaken; Tho unbeieyns sometimes sue.
He did not not SEEK I" eSroun ~" dnStrne "H H.
sought to show that Christianity was the best |
,hT on 70 earth snf Ssq, He peGrs he was
rs the greatest thing TO come. and reasoned !
back ward that there must be its opposite He |
d int always call II he'll IN late years.
a young man came to me after one Of the |
meetings In the old Hirpodrome and said he |
s"s out and take ~a eM M"o he
said. because his roommnt"-he boarded over |
n Twss,n'y.nrs, stree, tnere-Tonld aush a,
finally promised to go home and talk to his |
He found him reading the b bio,
That man is n happy man now and knows he |
did right Isn'tit worth while to be courage
Mr.. Moody would not push tho point. but |
would turn TO some other illustration or incl. |
Heaven is city like New York. Iheleve |
that, And II there Is q heaven there must be |
an opposite r,ace-c,iL u he'll, or rer,litinn or !
two ends, II heaven Is Que end, whore ia the |
otherl II seea man doing wrong know he's
in my MINI that heaven is place OF Joy, And |
DO you think that ,carna man L. going TO |
oHy Can I Mo ShpnS 1w nm ow on n1
path that will enter heaven. We shall ace our |
friends there and Wen have the angels and |
chsrnnlm and seraph'm. Oh. we'll have select |
Such was the evan gslist,s familiar tals at the
big meetings he addressed. Once in n while he
ri watt IN Thanksgiving before telling
whether the meetings are successful, Then Il !
the homes o tn rich to tho homes u IN. vsry
poor. and II there IS charity AMI love in album
dance, 4 will say that they havs been sue
sS ~I.n. s % %Gcsk sroke plainly o. evil.
taught me- that you don't want o I,ut on gloves
when YOU are handling sin" he said, "iccarse
then you can't feel "
One OF the practical phases OF Mr. Moody's
character was reflected In his nvnwaI that a
mans duty TO TAX. care Ut his family was ahead
OF his duty to the Church. His simplicity Of
speech was backed by simrl lei y of ideas that
sOm"tim"s was start ing. During n Wis I to
this city while QUO Wallis was being rea by
ev"rybo ~, n Roman ntholir priest ca lied up0n
Mr. Moody a. his Invita- On to disrnss n scheme |
of work along lines In which both were In
rerested, A cory OF 20 Vad S" lay on tho
table aud the priest rrmnrke thai he was
book"
20. my" Moody exclaimed. I'm not read.
ing L. SOMEONE sent II 70 my witt nnI when
shc found what an uwfOl book tt was sh, lid !
M and al she wa going to throw l. into tho
waste BASKET. | said no. that the tryanis
nlrht get It thgn 50 would take II ~ 81"
Don't do that" said the priest, civ, sto
We'll, said Mr., Moody Won may lave II "a.
i snnpoH", said the rr CT IN Telling Nj
story, Tint h. thought was MS wrong as
That Mr.. Moody was sincere tho priest who
Is widely known mnn here, did not doubt
though h" Srokc peculiarly. Tut tho evangelist
lmpuIslNtuc.n amused him tWic" un TINT cc.
raSlon. Al The beg inning ~ his call MIR looiy
IN I -urge tod that they knGel town and pr,y |
Now 10y the thuchs ruling prrst may nor
pray with hereto. hut he may Ot cOur-u hnve