The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-01-15
DWIGHT l. MOODY H0NORED
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great deal Of trouble in this particu
lar. Sometimes, he said, the leader o
the singing would give out long mete
hymn and sing it to short meter time
AT that time was enjoying a com
Portable position, and l said to Mr.
Moody, II don't think I can do it..
MI Moody said: ooh, think you will
/ want you to go home and pray owe
it, and I'll pray for it also" 1t WASH
long before Mr. Moody had prayed nj
clean out of business. Shortly after my
meeting with him / met Mr.. Moody il
Chicago, and he invited me to attend
an open air meeting with him. | ac'
cepted and going with him to his des
tination participated in what 1 ther
thought one of the most remarkable
meetings / had ever seen. The place
selected was street corner in one OF
the business portions of the city. Near
by was grocery store, and entering
this Mr.. Moody asked the proprietor if
he might use one of his unused boxes
for a short while. He received permits
sion to, and carrying the box with him
he left the store. Outside he stood it
on end. and mounting it he asked me to
sing a hymn. 1 sang two, and inside
Of ten minutes there were more than
300 people gathered around us. AS soon
as he saw that he had an audience Mr..
Moody opened his Bible and began to
preach, the same as you have heard
him speak before you. The effect of
his words upon his audience was Won
derfuI ia behold.
1t was not long before you could see
the eyes Of. the workingman grow
misty and a tear force itself down his
cheek. Everyone looked up into Mr..
Moody's face with look of wonder
ment showing itself upon them. 1t
was a look of confidence, though, as
though each one realized the wonderful
love this man bore him. And after ten
minutes Of preaching as the crowd con-
tinued to swell and grow great he said,
Friends, we'll have to close this
meeting. Well have another one i'm
mediately in the opera house. If you'll
come with me We'll all go there now.
Mr.. Sankey will sing hymn for us as
We GO
And down the street we went, l sing
ing hymn, and the great crowd trail
ing at our heels-a kind of preliminary
salvation army as it were. We all
crowded into the big opera house and
filled it from top to bottom. Mr..
Moody Jumped upon the platform and
preached as l never had heard preach
ing before. For nearly an hour he held
them there spell-bound until he per-
ceived some delegates to the Y M. c.
A. convention which had met there ear
lier in the afternoon returning from
their supper, prepared to resume their
session. They stared with amazement
at the vast crowd and at the speaker
and doubtless wondered what it all
meant. Moody then abruptly closed his
sermon. Let US pray" he said, and
that ended he added, 1.-THE delegates to
the Y NJ C. A. convention are at the
door, waiting to resume their session.
They are discussing the subject, How
to Reach the Masses" And then with |
a wave of the hand he dismissed them.
/ went back to my office the next day |
and resumed my labors, but my heart |
was not in my work. Shortly after |
that handed in my resignation to the
head of the department and Joined Mr..
Moody. 1t is said we parted, but no, We
never parted until death parted us the
other day at Mortified.
The last hymn 1 sang for Mr.. Moody
was in DR. Storrs' church, Brooklyn. My
wife and I went down to hear him
preach. / never tired of hearing Mr..
Moody speak The hymn was curiously
enough the one I sang for him first,
Scatter Seeds of Kindness for Our
Reaping Bye and Bye" After many
years we had returned to the same old
hymn. / next heard him at DR.. Parks
church, when he made that celebrated
remark: "Some of these DAYS you'll |
read that Dwight L. Moody is dead,
but don't you believe it," 1 next look
I'd upon him in death at Northfield.
May God bless his memory.
Rev. Gardiner Eldridge of the First
W. E. church was introduced as the
next speaker by Mr.. WEIGH. He spoke
n part as follows: There are many
ways in which.the life of Moody appeals
o us. Some remember him to-day as
he man who led them to Christ most !
# us remember him as the great kindly
magnetic man who thrilled all with his
words. Few men have ever reached
Ind helped so many men as Dwight L. 4,
Moody. In his personality he stands !
,efore us to-day as one of the masters ]
# the century Not a master of letters, / ;