The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-01-15

| He was also a master of popular favor
Few men ever climbed the heights @
popular favor with finer purpose tina
Mr.. Moody. But all the favor tina
f God gave him with the people was ben
= to the one purpose-the furtherante o
humanity. When Moody spoke to me-
they felt the divinity in them stirred
and the tears trickled down thei
cheeks. The greatest work of Mr.. Mood
lives to-day in the men and women h
met and blessed.
Rev. DR.. Brown, pastor of the Firs
) Presbyterian church, followed DR.. Ed
redge. He said he would as soon at
tempt to analyze the organ at whicl
Mr.. Sankey had played but short tim
before as to attempt an analysis of Mr.
Moody's character When analysed, tn,
organ is shown to consist of wood
metal. ivory and other uninterestins
materials. But under the guidance O.
a master hand it thrills with sound ant
feeling, and inparts inspiration to al
! who hear its music. So with Mr.
| Moody. An attempt to analyze the
man and his different characteristics
seems almost futile, but everyone knows
| the transcendent power of his voice
and influence under the divine inspira-
| ton and guiding hand of the Master
| He moved almost everybody with whom
he came in contact, by his wondrous
| power The tribute that we pay Mr..
| Moody's memory on this occasion lies
not in any remarks that many be made,
but in the great gathering that has as
| sembled animated by the one purpose.
| Henry S. Coffin of the Yale Y. NJ C.
| A. was next introduced by Mr. WEIGH.
| He said he desired to utter testimonial
| of affection TO rthe late Mr.. Moody on
| behalf of the Yale men, who had known
| and loved the evangelist. We love to
| think of Mr.. Moody as a Yale man. he
said. When Yale was under reproach
Mr.. Moody defended her fair name.
During that period, on one occasion,
when asked why he stood up for Yale,
he said: my eldest son graduated from
Yale, and If his brother gets as much
good from it as he did, / shall be
thankful" To this love Yale has ever
responded. Every year hundreds of her
men have attended the conferences at
Northfield, and there have come into
close contact with Mr.. Moody In COL
leges opinions undergo a change, and it
is to the credit of Mr. Moody that he
has made that change one for the bet
ter in great many doubtful cases. De-
void of hypocracy and free from all
cant phrases, no man was better fitted
to hold up to men their sins and dan
gers, and at the same time longingly
point out the way of escape. His en-
thusiasm was contagious; his love for
men was unbounded. Nature never
wove temper more happy than that
of Mr.. Moody. He will always be re-
membered by Yale men as an exponent
of Yale principles.
William G. Lotze, secretary of the
Young Mems Christian association. told
how, nearly two years ago, just after
speaking from the same platform. Mr..
Moody had suggested evangelistic work
in New Haven, and had impressed upon
him the need of it in every city of it's
size. Upon his suggestion Mr.. Lotze
said he arranged series of ten meet
ings and carried them on at the Grand
opera house. Later, he said, Rev. A. r.
Irvine was engaged to carry on the
work. Ever since then the work has
been carried out in this city as Mr.
Moody suggested, and hundreds Of
souls have been saved by the open air
in the summer and the Grand
opera house meetings in the winter.
At the close of Mr.. Lotze's remarks
a collection was taken up with which
to defray expenses, and the response
was very liberal. During the interval |
ensuing the Y. M. G. A. orchestra rem
dered number of pleasing selections.
The addresses We're resumed with |
Secretary Fenno of the railroad branch |
Of the Y. M. c. A. as speaker. Mr..
Fenno described Interestingly his per-
sonal experience with Moody, which
was mostly during the big meetings in
Madison Square Garden, New York, /
years ago. He said that while listening
to Mr.. Moody you got the impression
that you We're listening to a great big
man with but one purpose-to win all
his hearers to the Lord Jesus Who
that has heard him speak, asked the
speaker, has not felt the spell of his
personal magnetism? You would wend
your way out of the meeting with the
ndelibly stamped upon your
mind that it always seemed easier to
owe God with Dwight l.. Moody speak
ng.
DR.. Frank Woods Baker, rector of
trinity church, followed Mr. Fenno and
poke very interestingly of Mr. Moody.
lie spoke of the purpose of the meeting
md queried as to what had brought