The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-31
MR.. MOODY
ON INGERS0LL.
The Noted Evangelist Finds
a Revelation of God
:. in the Agnostic's
Death.

Moody and Sankey conducted the
regular Sunday morning services
at DR.. Richard S. Storrs' Pilgrim
Church in Brooklyn yesterday.
There was present congrega-
ton that crowded the large auditor
ium to the doors. Mr.. Moody
preached with moving effect and
Mr.. Sankey was in excellent voice.
Mr.. Moody took the life OF Mary
of Bethany as the theme of his SER
mon. In the course of his remarks
he referred to the death of Inger-
soll-not by name, for he says he
has never mentioned the name of
the great agnostc in the pulpit,
but unmistak ably. He said:
II think God Almighty has been
speaking to this nation the past
week in way that he has seldom
done before. Conceive to yourselves
a home into which death has come
and where there is no hope of any
life beyond. Is there anything
darker or sadder on earth?
'Yet such is the sadness that un-
believers must endure. If death
ends all, what miserable thing
life is. If death closed the door Of
my lite forever. l would cultivate
hate instead of love.
81 would not let my children Irvine
the arms of their love and nope
around me, as the ivy climbs round
the oak, if my short life was all l
had to offer them. What a pitiful,
terrible thing it is to be compelled
to look forward to nothing but dark
ness. | look forward to unending
light. Thank God for the gift OF
light"
The remainder OF Mr.. Moody's
sermon was simple appeal to
church members and back sliders
to give up their petty sins-many of
which they might not even consider
sins and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES alb
solutely to Christ. He said among
other things:
81 don t think anybody will over
come anything in his lite, no matter
how petty it may be, unless he re-
CARDS it as sin.
zone cross and irritable person
can keep a whole family in trouble
all the time. Many a boy has been
sent into the streets at night and
ruined because his mother aud Sis
ter fretted and make things disa-
greeable at home.
"You must not get overworked in
your Christian work. Many good
person becomes peevish because he
overworks. 1t is not that we get
tired of work, but in it.
"Trouble is sure to come to every
man. If we dom learn to lean on
Jesus Christ IN prosperity, we are
going to be sorely perplexed when
troubles come. God stands by us
in trouble. THANK God for aChrist
that can stand by me at the open
grave and weep with me.
I'VE must get close to the heart
of our Master and do what He tells
us to. The Judgment OF Christian
people is not always safe. The
best things have ever done for my
Master on earth have had morefault
found with than any other things |
have tried to do.
II would adjurc you above all
things to do the best you can for
your God. lean t imagine Il higher
trjhI,tp that ran he Maid to n mortal
being than to have it said when he
dies: "He did the best he could. ~
AT the conclusion of the sermon
Mr.. Moody asked the congregation
to bow their heads insilent prayer.
AS they did so, with the room almost
absolutely still, Mr.. Sankey sang,
expressivoly and touchingly, Scat
ter Seeds of Kindness. In the
early part of the service he sang,
"Some Time, Some Time, Well Ua-
derstand. "