Year: 1877

From the Boston Globe, April 26.]


Mr.. Moody addressed the meeting upon the
Financial Aspect of the Revival Work, and
the compensation the revivalists were to re-
ceive. He said: Tomorrow at all the meet
ings there will be collection taken up for
the expenses of the meetings, thank offer
ing, and we would like to have every man
give as the Lord has prospered him, or as his
heart is inclined to give. / could not stand
here to ask for this collection if l were to
carry off any part of it. There have been
some very exaggerated rumors that we were
employed to come for so many thousand dol
lars-$10,0 900, $15, 900, 500, 900, or even $780,,
600. Now, let me say that this money is to
20 to D. E. Snow, of the Fremont Bank, who
is treasurer of the committee that have put
up the building and have paid all the bills,
and not one dollar of it is coming to us. We
not only raised money to pay the expenses in
Chicago, but $3.50, 900 to pay the debt of the
Young Mems Christian Association. Then
some one writes to an intidel paper that
their pockets-pretty good pay for three
months work. We find good many people
believe it. II we took money from the pub
lie it would be we'll to report what we did
with it, and how much we received. AS there
never has been any collection for us, and we
are not employed by the public or any COM
mittee, l do not know that it is necessary
for me to say anything to justify myself in
the way have been employed the last six
teen years, but when gave up my business
sixteen years ago, after three months of the
severest struggle in my life whether l should
20 for dollars and cents or for souls, from
that day to this l have no more lived for
money than l have for water. My friends
have blamed me because have not laid aside
something for my family. Some of them in
sisted upon my wife having some money, and
they bought her home in the country. and
the rumor is that it cost $3.50, 900, and $50, 900
to furnish it. The home cost $500; and
there have been some improvements, and the
furniture and everything cost $4,000. 1t
belongs to my wife and children. My father
died at the early age of forty-one, and if die
tomorrow there will be a roof over the heads
of my wife and children. Voices, ''Thank
God."] Some one said in the inquiry room
man would not come because I paid $4 900
for house. Take off So, 750 and you will
find it all right.


AS far as dollars and cents are concerned,
| could make more in one night than l have
made in Boston. l have been offered $500
night for lecture. have been offered 5000,
$500 and $500 night to lecture, when |
might talk an hour and then go to COM
Portable hotel but as it is now [ work at the
Tabernacle day and talk till midnight with
inquirers, and when am done have hardly
strength enough to go to my room. If you
want to attack me do not attack me there. l
have weaknesses, but they are not in that di-
rection If had come for money it would
have been in some other work. (Applause.)
1 detest that applause. The royalty on the
hymn books amounted last year to $68, 900,
but it all went to the trustees, and not one
dollar came into the hands of Mr.. Sankey or
myself 1t belongs to US as much as the in
come Of your business belongs to you, but
we give it up. We do not want one dollar of
your money in Boston. Give it to the Lord
as long as you please. | would rather live
on crust Of bread than have people think
we came for your money. If any young
man here wants to so into the work of the
Lord for money, advise him not, to do it.
Now don't want any one to 60 off and say
that we preach for nothing. for we do not.
We preach for souls, and the Lord takes care
of u.s. l never knew what it was to want
for money in the sixteen years have been at
work for Him. The Lord has taken good
care of me, and l have not known what it is
to want. This statement was received with
great satisfaction by the congregation, and
there were many exclamations of sympathy
with Mr.. Moody.