The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-13
THE SECRET Of SUCCESS
WHY MOODY WAS ABLE TO SWAY
MILLIONS.
Charles L. Moody Spoke to More Peo-
pie Than Any Man of His Day-His
Firm Belief

which attended Mr. Dwight l.. Moody's
evangelistic labors has moved to Won
der many Christians and nOn-Chirts-
tians; for Mr. Moody apparently Ii ,lged
many of the qualifications uslL re-
garded as necessary for suCn 81 as-
DR.. Lyman Abbott lin the 4NCrl AL
erican Review February says;
without office in church or states
without theological, collegiate, or even
the better Sunday school educations
without a church or society behind him
or a constituency, except such as he
himself created, to afford him moral
support; without any of the recognized
graces of oratory, and without any am
bition to form a new ecclesiastical or
ganization or a new school of theOlog-
ical thought, and perhaps without the
ability to do so; nevertheless, Dwight
l.. Moody probably spoke to greater
number of auditors than any man in his
time in either Europe or America, un-
less possibly John b. Cough may be
an exception, and he spoke on spiritual
themes to audiences which were less
prepared therefor by any previous spir-
itual culture than those addressed ON
such themes by any preached since
Wesley and whitfield
! What is the secret of this eXtraordf-
! nary power? asks DIR. Abbott. Many
! persons would reply that it was some
personal quality, or magnetic power in
| Mr.. Moody which enabled him to appeal
directly to mems souls and lead them
to any form of creed or life to which
! his environment and nature had predts-
| posed him; similar in it's fundamental
! principle to the wonderful success OF
Zarathustra, Paul, MOhammed, Inger-
! soil or numberless other men in the
history of religion. DR.. Abbott, now
! ever, believes that Mr.. Moodys power
was due to the substance of his teach
ing; that he drew men to him because
! ba rraaphad Christianity. NOT as a
theory of ethics, or a form of worship,
| or a philosophy, but as a. life and
principle which would free men from
remorse for past sin and satisfy their
aspirations for the future. Peace and
hope are what all men desire, and THESE
| Mr. Moody promised and brought to
countless thousands. DR.. Abbott says:
"Mr. Moody belonged to a denomira-
ton which discards all notion of priest
hood, whose ministry are only layTnen
performing a special function in a
church without orders. In this church
he never had such ordination as is gen
orally required of those who desire to
exercise ministerial functions. His ser
vices were attended neither by baptism
nor by the Lords Supper He believed
that the latter was memorial service
not a bloodless sacrifice; that any ChTis-
tian, whether lay or clerical, was equal
Nv a priest; to him the church was q
meeting house and the altar a COM
munion table or table of meeting; anu
most of his services were held in un-
consecrated halls. But never ul1 a.
high church priest of the AnshCaiS
church believe more profoundly that 10
him who had been given authority 10
promise the absolution and remission
of sins. than did Mr.. Moody belleVen
that he possessed such authority. Rare-
Nv. If ever, did priest. Anglican or cam
olic. hear more vital confessions OF
nronounce absolution with greater as
surance. The high churchman thihKs
! that he derives such power throusLI d
, long ecclesiastical line; Mr.. MOODY pc
, lieved that he derived III throush N ,
the last analysis obtained 1t by their
faith in 'one Lord Jesus CHRIST
who for us men and our salvation came
) down from heaven The one no less
: than the other spoke, or clalneu 70
> sneak, by authority; both derived 'n na
oEr,tJo,itty from some great historict fact
L and the attractive power whlch are"
nnnumbered thousands to the preach-
I ing of Mr. Moody was in its essence ChS
; same as that which draws unnumpetSu
1 thousands to the altar ana the buchShi
" list -
. authority of the ecclesiastical organlza-
s ton with the churchman, nor IN the IN
d fallibility of the Book with Mr.. Moody
l. The authority to pronounce absoluuon
s and remission for the sins that are past
' and to proffer the gift of life to fulfl
s the aspirations of the soul for the flu
s ture. / take to be spiritual, not &c
o clesiastical nor traditional and to be
& long equally to every one who has re-
y ceived such absOlution and remission
l. and such gift of spiritual life. But
r. am sure that if we of the so-called libe
l. raj faith hope to retain in these more
g liberal Gays the attractive power of thu
d church. we can do it only by HOLDING
a fast to the great historic facts of the
= life, passion, and death of Jesus Chris
y essentially as they are narrated in tn
4 Four Gospels, and to the great spiritua
\ fact that in the God whom He has de
= clared to us there is abundant forgive
W ness for all the past and abundant lif
lg for all the future; and we must declar
al this, not as a theological opinion, to b
p defended by philosophical argument
ne as a rational hypothesis, but as an as
e. sured fact, historical certified by tn
l. life and death of Jesus Christ and con
firmed out of the mouth of many wit
Of nesses by the experience of ChriSts dis
is ciples and followers i'm all churches ant
I'd in every age. If we fail to do this mel
al will desert our ministry for RomanisH
is Anglicanism and Evangelism, or, in dis
II. pair of spiritual life in any quarter, vii
al desert all that ministers to the highe
as life and live wholly material life, al
is ternating between restless, unsatishe
ar desire and solid self-content. And IN
g fault and the folly will be ours MGR
n than theirs"
ma REVIVAL IN A BASKET FACTORY
nd Owing to the results of a revive
n which is being held here at The Metho
u, dist church, a large basket factory ha
n to close down Friday. Soon after
a O'Clock in the morning about thirt
in women employed in the factory becarr
We enthused with religious lerVor ana DC
Ig, gan TO pray sing ana shout Ihe me
e. at work in another department were al
b. tracted to the scene. The proprietor
Is. the factory who is a prominent Matl
IS. odist, was called. He made no effol
IS to control the girls, but told them
ne shout ana reJolcc' ana ne would pa
of them as much Tor ms as Tor Workln
u NnN-e of Ihn nnnNnanLnl dnl1lnn eLII N