Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-23
THE DISCOVERY. OF MOODY
How the Rev J. B. stillson First Met
 the Great Exhorter.

HOW the Key J. B. StlilS0n HlrSC Mel
 the Great Exhorter.
 The Rev J. B. Stillson of Rochester N. T., ''the man who discovered Moody" gives the following account of his first meeting with the great evan gelist, who was then mere lad:
 "The year 1857 was a year of great revivals all over this land and Chicago was sharing in the impulse. God was preparing the fathers and the young men of this country for the civil war. These revivals of religion before great wars are facts of history, although I believe but few people have recognized i them
 ''I myself was eager to do something 1 in an evangelistic way for God and the l opportunity came to me through an ac- 1 quaintance which formed with Lock wood Brown, who was then conducting [ the Bethel mission. I ascertained from him where lay the worst quarter :, of the city, and I began to devote my spare time to visiting among it's resi- dents, talking with them wherever the opportunity offered and distributing papers for them to read. T had been in this business for three or four weeks when one Sunday, having followed the river up as far as Van Buren street, I turned into a lum- Der yard, just about noon. There ran across a young fellow dressed in gray-spun, with brogans on his feet, but clean, every inch of him. He, too, was engaged in distributing papers. "'What is your name?" said I.
 "'D. l.. Moody was the reply. Whats your name?
 t.I told him, and then asked him where he came from.
 He was back at me like a flash with every question which I asked of him, and seemed determined to know as much about me as I should con corning him.
 < I told him that I came from Ro- chester, N. Y, and inquired how long he had been in Chicago.
 :" Four months. How long have you been here?
 1.-Two months,' said I. and what are you doing. if I may ask?'
 I'm working for a shoemaker named Henderson, said he. What are you doing?'
 "I'm building the new Custom house. I replied. Then I asked him who he knew in Chicago.
 :" I don't know anybody he replied, but MT. Henderson. Who do you know?"
 It was hard work to kep my face straight at these counter-questions but he was too sincere to laugh at, so I replied as best I might, and inquir- if his parents were living.
 '.Mother is-father's dead.' was his laconic response Your folks Twin?
 ..I asked him where his mother lived and he replied, Tn Worthwhile, Mass
 'I asked him if he knew how far it was from Chicago to Boston, and Moody replied that he had no idea
 We'll said I, you're just about thousand miles from your mother Then the thought came to me with overpowering force that if I had a boy a thousand miles from home and moth CT, I'd be mighty thankful if some Christian man would pay a little at tentiOn to him in city like Chicago. invited the lad to accompany me i'll my walk. When We reached my hotel on Franklin street, invited Moody to come in and have dinner with me.
 .sHe glanced down at his rough homespun and hesitated.
 "'Come in,' I urged; I'll be real glad to have you
 "With that, his reluctance vanished and we went up to my room. I sug- gested that since we had been about the Lords work We might kneel down and ask His blessing upon our efforts. The prayer oyer we went down to the dining room. After dinner, and while we were in my room again. I told Moody that had an invitation to speak that night in the Bethel mis- sion.
 MT. Stillson,' said he. in the slow fashion that. characterized him, I'd kinder like to go with you to that meeting' Kinder like,' was a favorite expression with him.
 ''Well we went together to the mis- sion and when the meeting was over he accompanied me back to my hotel and into my room. After sitting quietly for few moments, he blurted out:
 "'Mr. Stillson, I'd kinder like to work with you
 .'I replied that possibly such joint effort might be productive of some good-that the Lord was accustomed to send out his disciples two and two.''
 Such was the beginning of MT. Still sons connection with the great evan gelist. Express