The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-07-08


Courier-Journal.
to win souls. Dwight L. Moody was
holding revival meetings in South
California and so big were the crowds
that l had hard time trying to hear
him. But l said to the big police
man at the door: Look here, Mr..
Policeman, 1 have come 5000 miles
to hear Mr.. Moody and you just must
get me in
THAT was how I first met Mr..
Moody. l stayed close by him and
when he left for the North it was l
who carried his satchel. Mr.. Moody
was astounded to find me following
him to the train, and was more
astounded when I told him that
I was going with him. l told the
great preacher that I wanted to be-
come an evangelist. l asked him
what school l should go to. I said
I had asked two people and they had
given me different advices. Mr..
Moody said: If you ask five people
you will have five different advices.
There is only one being who can ad-
wise you truly and that is Cod And
I said to Mr. Moody at once: It's
all decided, I'm going to the Moody
institute at Chicago
Mr.. Kimura was getting interested
in his "reminiscences and was punctu-
ating his story with some Of his e&-
pressive gestures.
"Mr. Moody looked up at me and
said: Young man, how much money
have you got?' l answered, 'Mr.
Moody, I have got 35 cents The
great evangelist looked me over with
a good deal of astonishment. We'll,
he calculated, how do you ever ex-
pect to study two years in Chicago
on 35 cents?' And l said quickly:
Mr.. Moody-Philippians 4-19.'
Scholarship Awaiting Him.
"Mr. Moody smiled broadly and he
sang out to one of his followers:
Please remember this young man.
He is going to Chicago to study
When I got to Chicago | found
scholarship awaiting me-
Mr.. Kimura came back to Japan
and proceeded to have six years OF
evangelistic work with the Japanese
people. There were only thirty-five
members when he started, but there
were three hundred when he finished.
Then he resigned to take up bigger
evangelistic work and in June, 1914,
he went to the United States, stop
ping at Honolulu long enough to con-
verl over a thousand japanese to-
Christianity. There is one thing
that I have learned from you Yam
KEGS, you Americans declared MIR.
Kimura. as a pleasant aside. "and
that is your 'sticktuitiveness.
1t was in Denver that kimura first
saw. Billy Sunday. 1T was the first
time in 25 years that l had such an
experience" he said. Il wept six
times in one hour on hearing him. y
He Joined Sundays meetings at Des
Moines and during three weeks at
tended over so meetings.
Kimura came back to Japan in
April of this year and began to take
part in the great evangelistic cam
paign. He has been talking to big
crowds and every week for the next
year and half is filled with engage
ments. When he breaches he often
uses a blackboard upon which he
writes in Japanese or Chinese char
acters the texts of his sermons. This
method, he said, made things much
clearer to everybody. Sometimes,
when his voice fails, he uses a mega
phone. He found that preaching two
or three times a day in the vigorous
manner he uses was very tiring. so
he goes to bed every afternoon to pre-
pare for the evening sermon. Il
try to make things as simple as posi-
Bile for everybody" he said. and |
think nobody ever goes to sleep when
I'm preaching. Especially, I'm after
the backsliders. I'm after them all,
every one of the 6O.OoO,O00 people"