The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-08-28

ecutivs committee shall consist Of twenty
one members, seven Of whom shall be
aected every year. thus allowing fourteen
vo hold over from year to year. The ma
donal Baptist convention can say by its
new constitution. No money given by the
people Tor one purpose shall be diverted to
another. And. indeed. to do otherwise
wnl BE- dishonest.
Now, brethren, let us cease biting and
0svouring each other. Let us prayer
fully TASK wisdom Of God, who giveth
70 al literally and upbraideth not, " and
90 to Chicago, not with carnal weap-
ons nor In our own strength. but as
servants Of the Most High-go as men
serving the interest Of our people; as
men looking to the God Of the present
and the future for guidance. Caesar
and Napoleon were great men. Where
arc they3 Only dust Only the good or
eyil they did lives after them. Oh, so
many big talking men whom we knew
IN associations and conventions, men
who loved prominence among the
brethren" are gone and not remem-
bered By ~ among whom they caused
discordl
All Of thsss things are matters of the
national convention, Of which each Of
us II q humble member, 80 why lose
our heads, show ourselves unfit to
serve ~ pastors or In any other Ca
pacity as leaders among an all too
excitable people, who will love, hate,
help or hinder-largely on our advice?
There Is power in prayer. We tell our
people about Daniel and the Hebrews
being delivered through prayer. Now,
as men, let MS practice what we
preach, and at Chicago preach what
we should practice at home.
There Is story told Of Mr.. D. L.
Moody, telling how he was led into
International service. The fire in Chi
cago had destroyed his church and
scattered his people. While waiting
for the finishing Of his new building
he went to Europe to hear the leading
preachers and to study their methods
Of work. On one Sunday morning he
was invited to spend the day with
one Of the largest churches. At the
forenoon service things seemed cold;
everything was draggy until the great
preacher regretted that he had an en-
gagement for evening service. How
ever, on returning to the evening serv-
ice he found the house crowded. The
services began about as the morning
services ended, but along about the
middle Of the sermon the atmosphere
completely changed.
At the close an appeal was made to
the unsaved, and to the utter surprise
Of the preacher a large number arose
In response to the invitation. Mr.. Moo
dy was confused and concluded that
the people did not understand him. So
he asked again, "All Of you who wish
to become Christians please retire to
the adjoining room" A number of
those retiring became Christians, and a
great revival broke out, resulting in the
conversion Of hundreds Of happy souls.
Mr.. Moody sought the cause Of this
unusual awakening and traced 1t to the
room Of an invalid member Of the
church, q Christian worker who for
years had prayed that Mr.. Moody might
preach In her church.
On that particular Sunday, having
heard after the morning service from
her sister that Mr.. Moody had spoken
that morning, this Christian interces-
sor, refusing to eat her midday meal,
gave herself to prayer during the entire
afternoon. 1t was the Anal tug in the
long pull Of years Of intercession. It
followed that this not only brought
great blessings to this community, but
placed Mr.. Moody into a position Of in.
ternational leadership, made possible
his widening spheres Of influence and
blessing throughout the world.