The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-27
EVANGELIST MooDY'S BURIAL
Eloquent Estimate OF HIS Life and
Character by DIR. shoffieId.

East Mortified, Mass, Dec. 2e-Funera
services over the remains of Dwight L
Moody were held at the Congregations
church today before a large audience
Men who for many years have been con.
nected with Mr.. Moodys work took part
Rev. C. L SchoheId, D. D.. officiated, as
| sisted by Rev. r. A Torrey, OF the
Moody Bible Institute, Chicago. There
were services at the late residence OF
Mr.. Moody early in the day, only rela-
| tives and close friends being present. DR.
| Schofield read the scriptures and Mr..
| Torrey offered prayer. When the fam
| lily had withdrawn, the corpse, which had
| been permitted TO remain upon leather
| couee, was placed in the casket, which
was Of simple design. black covered, and
open at full length. The body was borne
| to the church on an oblong. bIack-cov-
/ Mortified Institute Before the bier was
raised white roses were sprinkled about
! the casket. DR.. Schofeld and Mr.. Tor
rey led the procession, while following
the bier came the following honorary pail
bearers: Ira D. Sankey and George c.
Stebbins, Brooklyn; r. c. Morse and D.
W. McWilliams, New York; Rev. W ].
Herdman and Rev. George c. Needham,
Philadelphia. The bier was placed in
front of the pulpit and the lid of the
casket was removed, showing spray of
palm and ivy extending from the feet to
the breast A large number of villagers
and visitors then began to file past the
body. Mr.. Moody's face had every ap-
pearance Of one enjoying peaceful sleep.
The body remained on view in the church
until o'clock.
At the public funeral service the music
was rendered by the choir Of $50 students
An invocation was followed by the scrip
ture lesson, read by Rev. A. T. Pierson
of Brooklyn. DR.. Schofeld then delivered
the eulogy. in which he gave an estimate
Of the man and his work, and made
extended reference to the source Of his
greatness DR.. Schofield said in part:
I'VE are met, dear friends, not to
mourn defeat, but to celebrate a tn
umph. He walked with God, and he was
not, for God took him. There in the
west, in the presence Of great audiences
Of 1900 of his fellow-men, God spoke TO
him to lay 1t all down and come home
He would have planned it so.
This IS not the place nor am I the
man to present a study Of the life and
character OF Dwight L. Moody. No one
will ever question that we are today
laying in the kindly bosom of the earth
the mortal body of great man. Whether
we measure greatness by character by
qualities of intellect or by things alone,
Dwight L. Moody must be accounted
great. The basis of Mr. Moody's char
acter was sincerity-genuineness He
had an inveterate aversion TO all forms
OF sham, unreality and pretense. Most
of all did he detest religious pretense
and cant. Along with this fundamental
quality Mr.. Moody cherished great love
of righteousness. His first question con-
corning any proposed action was Is it
right" But these two qualities, neces-
arily at the bottom Of all noble charac-
ters, were in him suffused and transffg-
ured by Divine Grace Besides all this
Mr. Moody was in wonderful degree
brave, magnanimous and unselhsh.
Doubtless this unlettered New England
country boy became what he was by the
grace of God.
'The secret OF Dwight L. Moody's
power lay: First, in a definite experience
of Christ's saving grace. He had passed
out Of death into life and he knew it.
Secondly. Mr. Moody believed In the Di-
vine authority of the scriptures. The
Bible was to him the voice of God and
he made it resound as such IN the con-
sciences of men. Thirdly, he was bap-
tized with the Holy Spirit, and knew that
he wss. 1t was to him as definite an ex-
perience Of mis- conversion. Fourthly, he
was a man of prayer. He believed in
living and unfettered God. But, filthy,
Mr. Moody believed in work, in ceaseless
effort in wise provision, in the power of
organization, Of publicity.
Il like to think of Dwight L. Moody
in Heaven. I like TO think of him with
his Lord and with Elijah, Daniel, Paul,
Augustine, Luther, Wesley and Finney.
Farewell for little time. great heart.
May a double portion of the spirit be
vouchsafed to us who remain"
The Rev. Torrey followed DR.. schoheld
His eulogy was based upon Mr.. Moody's
life eXemplifying the grace of God. Fol- !
lowing Mr.. Torrey, remarks were made
by the Rev H G. Weston, Of Crozier
Theological Seminary, Chester, Pa; the
Rev. \. T. Pierson, of Brooklyn, " Y. /
Bishop Mallalieu, OF Boston. and Rev |
J. ". Chapman. OF New York The body |
vas then carried to the burial place at /
Round Top The chorus sang Jesus, |
Lover Of My Soul" and after prayer and !
a benedicton. the body was lowered to |
its resting-place.
New York, Dec. 2s.-Memorial services
for Dwight L. Moody, the evangelist. /
were held today in Calvary Baptist /
church, simultaneously with the funeral /
services at Mortified. The auditorium 1
Of the church. which seats about 20oo /
persons was filled. The service was Of /
an undenominational character, arrang-
ed by the friends Of Mr. Moody here. and
a number of ministers OF all denomina-
lions were present The services opened 4
with the rendering Of ChoDin's Funeral +
March.
Rev. F r Morse, assistant pastor OF
the church. conducted the ceremonies. In
his remarks Mr. Morse said that Nj
Moody did not read the New Testament
IN the original Greek. or the Old Tesla
nent in Hebrew, but he was an assidu-
ous student OF the English Bible. He
said 1t was hardly exaggeration 20 say
that NJ. Moody was more familiar with
the English scriptures than anyone in
this country.
Rev. D 5 Macarthur in his address re-
2aIed peculiar coincidence dating
BACK 10 last summer, when he had writ
en Mr. Moody asking him 10 preach in
! tent and al night a. the Calvary /