The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-15
THE SUCCESSOR OF MOODY.
an Interesting sketch OF Rev .
Campbell Morgan.

movement, the man upon whom the man
t!e Of tho originator Of the Ncrthdeld
idea Dwight L. Moody, seems to have
fallen. and VINO is TO conduct a great re-
vivaI i'm Washington. began the long
planned series Of union services at Mount
vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church
this city. yesterday
Ar Morgan came over from PEilaGCI-
phia. where ne has just concluded a So
ries Of meetings. At noon he met the
ministers Of the city in the lecture room
0f Mount Vernon Place Church and out
lined 20 them the details for the services
TO be held during the next ten days
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon the first
public meeting took place and at O'Clock
last night the series Of night services was
inaugurated- Both OF these meetings were
held in the main auditorium OF the church.
The doors were opened half an hour before
the services. and in a little while the
church was well filled Not a vacant seat
Was 10 be found at the afternoon service
on the first floor.
The audiences at both meetings were
made Up Enthusiastically Of church-going
people Not only church-going people.
but church workers they looked to be.
Practically every denomination IN the
city was represented by ministerial and
lay members as well The conversations
were like ali church audiences i'm having
an excess OF women over men. But the
. masculine portion made good showing
nevertheless, far more than the usual
SprinkiIng Of men among the l8ity being
present in the afternoon elderly men
and women gave the dominant notes to
the personnel Of the audience At the
meeting at night the audience was a djf-
ferent one The younger element from
the churches was ont IN great force
Both public meetings began pUuCtuGlIy.
Mr- Morgan told the ministers at their
conference in the morning that he wished
10 dispense with the ceremony Of an in
PRODUCTION TO his congregation. He re-
qucsted also that the customary practice
In such services OF speaking Individually
70 persons in the congregation be omit
Il would rather" he said. have lust
twenty men, who with elaboration have
counted the cost. abandon themselves to
a new lie and turn their backs upon the
old life than 70 have thousand swept
I in by the point Of assault"
So the services opened with no other
Introduction than the preliminary song
service. which commenced fifteen min
utes before the time set FOR the meetings
After the singing Of the opening hymn
at the afternoon service Mr. Morgan step
ped forward % the reading desk and
opening a small Bible pTOcCCS ID TO read
selected portions Of the Scriptures. He
began with the first chapter Of the Cos
pei OF St John. THE Word became flesh
and dWelt among men Then he turned
I quickly batA 10 the Gospel OF st. Mat
thew, forward to the EpIsIle 10 the He
bTeWs. back 20 the Gospel Of St. John.
l ending with a passage from the Epistle
10 the Romans
He turned the pages quickly but not
hastily or nervOusly. but rather with
ease As he stood there he looked to be a
mSu OF about f0rty-pOsSibly a year or
IwC younger. Silh0uettCd against the
dark background of the pulpit furnishings
he stOOd out cleaTly-a tail. spare figure. a
figure fashioned in an ascttic mold. gaunt
almost 20 the point Of emaciaticn- The
nrst and strongest impression was OF a
Egure. an anomaly. cast entirely in linear
measure. a figure without breadth or
depth, nothing but length.
HIS clerical garD. black brOadclOth suit.
with long black fruck coat buttOned tight
/ 10 the chin. Just line Of white across the
front and triangular patch Of white on
the sides. showing the low collar. futensi-
fed the impression Of length Pale. yet
with saving glow or vitality. he IS so
. hOmeiy that his very hOUeliness gives his
face an air Of distinction His features
are rugged-aquiiiue C~@-- high check
bones, large mouth. mobile lips that part
once IN while. only rarely, in a smile
whose sweetness transhglIres the whole
face. His hair IS light brown It's thick.
heavy mat Of hair. that is worn parted
high on the right side and with a long
thick lock sweeping far down over the
left brow At point some distance back
IN the church the effect OF that lOSk is OF
a thick velvet caa. cooked over violently
to the left side Of the head
He read slowly. distinctly. and with
precise, deliberate enInClatIOn- He dWeit
with special emphasis upon some Of the
wOrds-signidCant words. words whose
significance he made plain in his ad-
cresS-ln the passages he read His words
had the clear crispness that distinguishes
the English speaker from the American.
The vOwels were richly rounded. rs were
distinctly sounded, almost rolled IN a
French faS mon. and sylIables ordinarily
blurred were sounded plainly.
He put on eyeglasses while he read, but
dropped them again after he began 20
speak Ar- MOrgans subject for the
afternoon was Prayer" At night his
subject was Holiness" He announced
that the subjects would continue the
week. progressive phases being consider
ed at the successive meetings.
He seemed TO have expected that his
audience would be made UP Of church
gOers and his address was planned ac-
. c0rdlngly- His reasons for selecting
Prayer" for his subject he gave in his
fact. he said that the disciples never
bCsought Christ 10 teach them how to or
Eanize- They did ask 10 be taught how
And is there anything that the church
needs more TO say he said, than % be
taught % pray2'
1t may say still" he said. ..as in the
days OF old. that man without God is sick
IN SIN and that Jesus is stiu able To save
from sin To this tw0-fOId statement We
can add third Never before has the
. L.
lie against sin I admit that there is much
in the church TO Sadden the thoughtful
but al the same time. never before in the
history OF the world have there been so
many agencies at work in the churches
Yet, We are constantly hearing Of the
aearth of conversions. We are Sadden-l
again and again because the results do not
seem Commey.sura t. with the strength rv-
pended Why Is it, Il Is easier TO ask
than to answer the question. But the
question has its own answer Is il not
true that our very multiplicity of activi-
ties has been IN danger Of making rs for
geTTul OF the church as place Of PRAYER
! What We need is 10 get down on our
knees: and got there inteiiiSeUtly know
ing what IL means"
Three fundamental and interdepondent
facts. he said. make prayer possible 10
mem The revelation If tho Father. the
mediation Of the Son. and the inspiration
Of the Holy Spirit In regular sequence he
ing its relations 10 and its iuseDlrabIr-
ness from the next step. dwelling upon
the Incompetence of each one without
the other TWO propositions.
His manner was simple. earnest direct
He made use Of no OratOricaI tricks There
was nothing controversial In his tone or
his attitude toward the subject neither
was there any attempt 10 arouse emo
tional frenzy His speech was so simple
that "A child could not have failed 10 catch
his meaning He talked as a teacher 10
pupils-nOt as though they We're on a
lower plane intellectually. but as though
trainIg and habits Of mind had prepared
them for the message to be given
The voice, the manner. and the ges-
lures Of the speaker combined 10 make
the lesson impressive, 10 bring IL home to
each individual consciousness voice
by its rich vibrant quality. hts manner
by its sincerity, his gestures by their ex-
preSsiyeness.
More Than The majority II sneakers