Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-31
TELLS ABOUT MOODY
sankey Speaks of Their Famous
Combination.
TELLS OF THEIR FIRST MEETING
Stories of Henry Drummond, the Chi
cago Fire, and Other sideltghts
Upon the Biography of
the Evangelist,

Upon the biography of
the Evangelist.
Nqliving man was better acquainted
with the religious work of the late
Evangelist, Dwight L. Moody, than Ira
~. Sankey, the gospel singer. Peculiar
= interest attaches, therefore, to Mr..
Sankey's "reminiscences of the life and
work of his former friend and co-labor-
er. Mr.. Sankey adds a great many eN-
tremely interesting sidelights to Che
Moody biography, which has just come
from the press.
he day following the death of the
! famous evangelist, Mr.. Sankey was Of
/, Tered ten thousand dollars to write a
biography of his former co-worker.
When he learned, however, that Mr..
Moody had expressed desire that his
own son should write the story of his
life, Mr.. Sankey promptly declined the
tempting offer. This adds interest 10
these stories of Moody which the book,
written by William R. Moody, suggest
ed to the famous singer.
How Moody aud sankey Met.
Many interesting incidents are con-
q nected with my first meeting Mr..
Moody" said Mr.. Sankey. 1--WE met
at an early-lnorning prayer meeting in
indianapolis in 1870. The meeting was
& brought about by the odd circum-
stance that / was urged to sing a
gospel hymn by psalm-singing min
lister
The Rev. Robert Mcmillan was this
ministers name. By mere chance j
happened to sit down beside him as I
entered this meeting. Mr.. Moody was
leading the meeting. AS 1 sat down,
Mr.. Mcmillan touched me on the elbow
and whispered: Mr.. Sankey, Tn GLAD
y you've come. The singing here this
morning has been abominable, and
when that man gets thru praying !
want you to start up a Gospel Hymn
for u.s. When the prayer was over /
started up There Is Fountain Filled
With Blood At the close of the SER
vice some ministerial friend said to
me: i want to introduce you to Mr..
aioody, as I think he would like to
4 know YOU
III What took place, Mr.. aloody's son
Vtells in the biography. Mr.. Moody
dsksd me a number of questions about
my amily ties and occupation, and
Z then Ae apRannced, in his character
! istic fashion: y.Well. you'll have to
give that up! You're the man I've
been looking for, and I want you to
come to +, Chicago and help me with NY
Thus was formed a relationship
which continued until Mr.. Moody's
death, nearly thirty years. later. Ii
q seemed that Air. Moody and Itwere pc.
culiarly ftted by our previous .relig-
4 lous training to work in concert, aud ]
81 believe. that this preliminary training
was one OF the great secrets of DIR
success.
MIR. Moody and the Catholic Churc Ii
Most readers will be greatly inter-
ested- oftentimes astonished, perhaps
at the references in the Life to Mr..
& Moody's relations with his friends Of
the Catholic church. For example,
few persons are aware that a definite
proposition was once made to Mr..
Moody to enter the Catholic denom-
nation. This incident took place in
Chicago.
Mr.. Moody had been conducting a
series OF meetings, and had been great
" worried by Interruptions of Cath
ole boys in the neighborhood. He
called upon Bishop Duggan, of that
him that the boys were of the worst
element in the church, he said: Your
zeal and devotion in behalf Of these
people is most commendable. All that
IS needed to make you great power
4 is to come into the fold of the only
true church.
Then occurred most remarkable
conversation. Mr.. Moody told the
bishop that whatever advantage be-
coming Catholic would give him
among Catholics themselves would be
offset by the fact that he could no
longer work among Protestants. why,
certainly, you could still work among
the protestants,' replied the bishop.
But surely you would not let me
pray with protestant if I became 4
Roman Catholic Yes said the Dish
q OPP, you could pray with protestants
as much as ever
4 Well, I didn't know that said
a Mr.. Moody. Would you, bishop, pray
with Protestant?' Yes, I would,
4 replied Bishop Duggan. Then said
the young man, I wish you would
pray for me now, that I may be led
Alright in this matter And they forth
with knelt where they had been stand
q ing in the hall. They were warm
friends after that.
This incident was typical of many
others. Mr.. Moody had great heart
and a broad mind. While he stood for
/ the soundest orthodoxy, yet he was
able to see good in everything and il
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