Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22
,.,,d Evangelist Falls a Victim
to Heart Failure.
GwAs STRICKEN ON NOV. II
Addressed $4,000 People In =
..,,,vu q, Kansas city, uo.-At'
,..t Not Considered scrious.

Moody. the famous evangelist.
"A at noon today.
:. r,s not expected until yesterday
= n, members Of Mr.. Moody's family
Immediate circle Of friends that
IN would be the result Of his illness.
=. e.u,c OF death was n general break
!, down, due to overwork Mr..
v,oays heart had been weak for a long
-. and exertlona put forth In eonncc-
=. with meeting In the West last
In brought on a collapse from
...h he failed 10 rally. The evange-
" broke down In Kansas city. Mo.
- he was holding services about "A
Am aro and the seriousness OF MS
edition was 10 apparent To the phyM-
80 Who were called to attend MIN
~, ,hcv forced him to abandon hia
-, ani return TO his home with all
,,,slble speed. After he reached North
81 eminent physicians were consulted
- everything done to prolorg life.
4 fulletln Issued last week commune
800 Inc tldlngs TO the public that MIR.
r.dy was very III but that a little
-ofoyement was noticed. This week
- patlent showed steady gain until
r,ierday. when he showed symptoms
4 nervousness. accompanied by weak
-. which caused the family much
ttntty.
ms morning the weakness continued
al al o'clock Mr.. Moody called his
M ard children, telling them that
NJ end was not far OF. The family
,ualned close by the bedside all the
i,,,aoon. The evangelist was almost
he from pain and occasionally he
ukrd With apparent ease. About the
Nd words he was heard to utter were;
i have always been an ambitious
.An no, to lay up wealth, bu, 1" Ind
sofk 70 do"
Iust before ~ o'clock the watchers
NV that the end was approaching and
It exactly noon the great preacher
passed away.
Kansas City. Mo-. Dec. 22.-Dwlght l.
Moody, the evangelist. was stricken
viii hear, trouble IN this city on No
wmber II last, while holding revival
nestlngs az Convention Hall.
The meetings began ON sunday, Nov.
4 The crowds were immense, thou
ands Of people iilling the hall afternoon
ard evening OF each day. The strain
sgQn Mr. Moody was great. He preached
W lnst sermon on Thuftdry night.
November iG, fully fifteen thousand peo-
Ne listening TO an earnest appeal that
rany stamped as one OF the evangelist 8
greatest efforts. He was stricken the
ptl morning ut his hotel, but laugh
lisly declared that he was all right. aud
you'd be- able to preach that afternoon.
Ne grew worse gradually ana II was
deemed best for him TO start for his
tome the next day, although the ply
SEDAN stated Mr.. Moody's condition was
toi necessarily serious.
Nr, Moody first knew at \ o'clock last
Uenlng that h. could not recover. We
vas satisfied that this was so.and when
m Knowledge came to him. his wor Is
tee.
The weild ls recedinG and heaven
ePering"
pusiig the night Mr.. Moody had a
.lnlbcr Of sink Ing spells. lie vas.
hseyti. kindpesa itself to those about
Tin. At o'c.fek this n,ornlng Dr. y.
v Wees. ,ne family phvs rip, Miu
'Eent tie Llght At the nome. WAS called
u the request of Mr.. Moody. The pd-
nea, was perspirlng and requested
hs son-in-law, A. u. Fit. who spent
he nrst Of the night with him. TO cal
Ne physician that he might note he
.fmpoms. DIR. Wood administered q
hlpodcrmc injection Of strychna.
This caused the heart to perform III
.tutA more regularly anu MIs noou,
himself requested his son-in-law, Mr.
llu, and DR.. Wood to retire. Mr.
Noody's eldest son, VIII II. Moody, wh'
hid been sleeping the first OF the nigh
vent the last half with his father. Al
~ this morning DR.. Wood was callet
,hd when he reached Mr.. Moody's room
oind his patient In a semi-conscioui
condition. when Mr.. Moody recovered
Consciousness he said with all his oil,
Nacity What's the matter. WHAT
going on herc2"
Some member OF the family replied
FATHER, you have not been quite ~
well and 80 We came to see you.'
little later he said to his boys:
have always been nm ambitious
nan, not ambitious to lay up wealth
pat 10 leave you work TO do"
IN substance, Mr.. Moody urged hli
Two boys and his son-in-lnw. Mr.. FIT
70 see that the schools In East North
neld, at Mount Hermoln and the Chi
usa lnstitute should receive their bes
.aw. This they assured MIR. Mood,
mat they would do. During the fore
noon Mrs. A. =. FIT. his daughter
'ald 10 Mr., Moody;
rather, we cannot spare you"
ar Moody's reply was;
am not going to throw my lif'
away II God has more work for mt
" DO, III not die"