Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-07
Moody as a Revivalist
Kansas City star.

INoRTY YEARS ego about this time Dwight l..
i Moody. the best known and most successful OF
a former generation OF evangeIsts, was in the
height of his power His name had the place now
held by Sundays And strange az It may seem, his
methods much like those employed by the base
hall evangelist. In series OF letters written from
London England in the summer Of $50 and published
in religious weekes In this country the father OF
Kansas City man drew interesting picture Of Mt
Moody's services in old Bow Road Hall in the British
capital
THE hall il canscious frame building shesthed
in corrugated iron which erected for the meet
ings In easy reach OF vcenfested poverty stricken
district. which MT Moody thinks comes nearer he'll
than any other place earth. thick carpeting OF
sawdust laid the ground forms the floor
Bow Road Hall had seats for more than 1900 and
scripture texts In white letters red background
the walls. chorus choir Of seventy-five TO
one hundred young and women occupied a part
OF the platform.
Promptly al o'clock Mr. Moody steps and
plants both hands the rail that runs along the
front Of the platform and forms his pulpit" Here
II noted that Mr.. Moody has stout since
leaving America and a flowing beard But
there is installing the soon as he opens
his mouth In his audience Mr.. Moody secs many
people whose faces becoming familiar. Then
comes a. explosion that would do Billy Sun
day. IT'S time for the Christians 10 stop coming
here and orowding into the best seats It's time for
them 10 go out among these sailors and drunkards
and give them the best seats"
Near Mr.. Moody sits Mr. Sankey the singer. at a
cabinet organ that "'kst o'whistes' which so scan
daEed some Of the good Scotch brethren" Mr.
Moody calls Mr.. ssnkey for hymn, Jesus OF
Nazareth Passeth By"
The hymn tells" 4 prayer by Mr.. Moody. brief
eiacuatory and fervent." follows Then Mr.. ssnkey
sings again. This time There Were Ninety and
Nine"
The sermon this particular day is simply story
Of the closing Of the Ssviors life II IL told
in "photogrs phic OF who has studied It so
ntenty that the whole stands out in clear de-
tail and intensely real before him There
Moodysh touches to the pictures" Sundayisms. We
would call them today.
Judas made great professions. lie got
enough TO the Savior TO kiss him But he went down
to damnation"
Like sunday Moody had a faculty for "grsmmat-
cal mistakes and lliteraces as the spirit done It,"
faint use" git right up" he come to him"
But like Sunday these minor blemlshes sink out Of
speaks"
-Four things impress who asks how Moody
draws and svays such audiences" this newspaper
man Of forty years continues.
First his mpetuouS imperative eArnestness. His
whole heart Is in the work Of saving souls Men
listen 90 him from a shipwrsck a battle
field dhs written by who had from
both not many years before).
Second. his OF the Scriptures The Bible
IL his library his storehouse his arsenal II the
Bible a thing lie so. IT'S
Third his skill I'm illustration.
Fourth his pulpit address. He IL always plain,
often blunt in his language The FULLEST listener
knows Just what he means
The expenses OF the meetings In the opera house
| (another London hall used by Mr. Moody have been
| $500 a week"