The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-04

him that he hadn't spoken to anybody
about being a Christian, and he got
up and started to dress, and the devil
said,
"Oh, don't get up, Moody, you're
tired; don't go out On the street hunt
ing for somebody"
He was just about to listen to the
devil and he said, well devil, I am
going to do it because you don't want
me to do it."
So he dressed and strolled out on
the street near the City Hall, and it
was half pastStweive, and he met a
fellow. He said, Hello, stranger.
Are you Christian"
The fellow said, None of your
blankety- blank business. Who are
your"
He said, 81 am Moody. Who are
your"
| He said. go and mind your own
blank business"
Moody said, There's blank to fill
out when you make up your mind to
| be a Christian"
The next day this fellow went to ].
/ V. Farwell, the merchant prince, who
was president of the Y M C. A., and
he said, "Farwell, l want you to call
| that fool Moody off because he's do
| ing your Y NJ c. A. more harm than
good He stopped me on the street
and asked me if / was a Christian
and | told him it was none of his
blankety-blank business"
Farwell went to Moody and said
Now, Moody, I'd be a little careful
about what l did. / admire your want
ing to help the cause"
Moody Stands Pat
On Proposal
Moody said, Il don't propose to have
you or anybody else tell me when and
when and to whom l am to talk about
their souls salvation 1 have a com
pact with God Almighty to try and
win somebody everyday. l have been
SO busy sweeping out your office and
doing lot of detail work that ]
oughtn't to have to do, that l went
10 ped and forgot about it, and l got
up and found that fellow, out on the
street, and if you don't want me to
Talk about any particular thing that
see fit to talk about, / won't talk at
ALL
oh" said Farwell. Il don't want
Eyou to talk like that"
And you can have nv resignation
right now" said Moody.
They didn't accept his resignation
You bet they didn't! They wouldn't
allow fellow like that to get away
i take 1t from me, and Moody moved
over On the West Side in Chicago. One
night he went to bed and he hadn't
spoken to anybody that day, and when
he awakened it was one o'clock in the
1 morning and 1t was raining furiously
| great gusts OF rain were sweeping
dow nthe street. The devil said.
Moody, go to bed; don't go out
there and get wet and get pneumonia
go to bed"
Moody said, "AIl right I'd 60 to
heaven quicker if l had it than if ]
didn't"
I So he put on his clothes, he pu;
on his rubber boots, and he put on 2
raincoat, took an umbrella, and start
ed out. He saw a fellow with his
coat collar turned up and his hal
drawn over his head, in the rain, and
Moody went up to him and said.
We'll, stranger, you look as though
you are having a hard time navigat
ing against this storm. Here, take
my umbrella
/ Moody had a raincoat and rubber
boots and the fellow was just drench
ed, and Moody said, Take my UNI
brelIa''
/ The fellow said, Thank you fol
the little help You have given me-
i Moody said, Where do you liver
Il live at 500 West Washington
Boulevard
4 And Moody said, well, 1 don't live
very far; will take you home.''
i Then Moody said, Are you Chris
TAM"
He said, well, l used to be and
came up here to Chicago and go
crazy making money; 1 haven't beer
near a church" He said, ~What,:
your name?"
A" ~ =
:. He said, How did you happen t.
be out here on the street tonight p
Il Moody said, Il went to bed and hac