Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1894, Page 9

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The capacity of the vast building was severely tested, and with the hour of seven there went forth the word that not only were the floor and gal- lery packed, but that the platform w filled almost to the danger point. The au- dience on the floor was confined without an exception to men, and the effect of their sturdy, earnest faces, rising from above a sea of black coats was remarkable. Soon after seven, when the choir had sung several hymns, Mr. Moody announced that the work of conversion would be con- tinued in the churches after his departure. Special services are to be held for a week, beginning tonight in the following church- es: Epiphany, Assembly, Covenant, Fourth Presbyterian, New York Avenue, Gurley Memorial, Western Presbyterian, First Con- gregational, Ninth Street Tabernacle, Mt. Vernon, Hamline, Grace, First Baptist, Calvary Baptist, E Street Baptist, Fifth Baptist, Luther Memorial and Gay. Prayer und Music. Dr. Hamlin next offered fervent prayer. Mr. F. H. Jacobs and Prof. Foster then sang a duet, rendering with beautiful ef- feet the splendid hymn, “I Shall Be Satis- fied.” After the choir had sung again Mr. Moody called for a few moments of silent prayer, into which he broke himself to |pray for the utmost of the power that might be sent to him in his last effort. He pray- ed that the next thirty days might be bet- ter than the thirty days that have just ssed, which, he hoped, had proved the Eooeunt and best days’ Washington had ever known. As he prayed for the various elements of the series, the ministers, the singers the ushers, the policemen, and the reporters, the men in front rapidly caught the spirit of the occasion and resounded their solemn “‘Amens” in a way that spoke well for the unction of the prayer. When he had concluded his petition Mr. Moody called for “just one more rendition id number 12 ‘Hallelujah for the " and he asked that every man in the house might join in the chorus. This appeal was responded to with spirit and the echoes were raised as n Mr. Moody asked the congregation on the floor to excuse him a few moments while he said something to the choir. So, turn- ing his back to the front he gave the sing- ers their richly deserved praise. “ I want to thank the choir from the bot- tom of my heart,” he said, “for the good service they have rendered during the past thirty days. I hope the people of Washing- ton now see the difference between singing in a known ard an unknown tongue. We have had good songs here in good English, and every word has been understood. The other kind may be very fine music. I be- Meve it is called classical. I call it abom- inable. I tell you many a church has been emptied by too much classical music. I am not conceited enough to claim that these thousands of people have been coming here night after night to listen to me alone. I believe that half of them came to hear this magnificent chorus. When you get to sing- ing hymns so that people get hold of them and begin to whistle them on the street, as I have heard them whistle since I’ve been here, you have done a vast deal of good. While we were in London we divided the city up into districts, and in each one we managed to get a good choir—not so good @ one as this. I have never had such a choir as this either in this country or Eu- rope.” The Choir Indorned. At this the people on the platform began to applaud, and there was instantly a wave of handclapping that swept over the hall. “Well,” continued Mr. Moody, “we hadn't been in a district a week before the people had caught the tunes and even the hand organs were grinding them out. Keep up this work. Don’t drift away, but keep to- gether. I see no reason why forty beaut!- one. ers ful choirs should not spring out of am glad of one thing—you Andi All Sorts and Conditions of Men, have been s0 patient while I have been talking to these folks here in front. You must remember that I've never had so many people before behind me.” While the people were laughing at Mr. Moody's Hibernianism he went on to thank the ushers. He said he generally gets many letters in each city that he visits complain- ing of the ushers for not doing forty things at once. But here he had not received a single complaint. He thanked the police- men, too, and said that he had marveled at not seeing a single cross officer. In fact, he had found all the Washington people very good natured, and in going about among the congregation on the floor he had only met two cranks. But they were born so and could not help being cross, so he would not hold them up against the ac- count of Washington. “I can’t thank the press enough,” this he went en. “The newspapers of city have not aid a single unfriendly thing against me or my work since we came here, but they have encouraged thousands wpon thousands | to come here, and they have scattered my Sermons to three times as many people as I have reached with my voice. The press is a mighty power, and when it is on the | Tight side it works a tremendous amount | of good. If we could only get a permanent union between the press and the preachers MS should make Christianity like a red-hot ball burning its way through and through | the world. But before that can come about you must close up the Sunday papers and give the reporters a day of rest. As to Sunday Newspapers. Again the eager auditors broke out in ap- |plause, which lasted for half a minute. When it had subsided Mr. Moody held up | his hands and said: “You know I don’t like applavse. Just put all your energy into this matter. Don’t buy any papers next Sunday. When your newsboy comes around in the morning tell him you never want an- other Sunday paper.” The sudden outburst of “‘amens” cast a gloomy horoscope for the active and enterprising venders of mam- jmoth sheets on Sabbath mornings. Mr. Mr. Moody Listens to the Music. | Moody went on to talk briefly about the benefits of a six-day week, and then said | that there were two institutions the influ- ence of which has been very beneficial and helpful to him while here. One of these was the Central Union Mission. “I hope you will keep up this grand insti- tution. I have heard of it for many years, and I have met men all over this country |who told me they were converted here at | this mission. It is a great thing to take a | tramp out of the street. and not only feed | him and clothe him and shelter him, but to | give him a sight of God. It pays, I tell you; , but I never felt that such work on tram |was not thrown away until one day the manager of just such an institution asked |me if I shouldn't believe in it if my son were a tramp. Of course I thought so then, | Suppose your son were a tramp, and yours” —pointing to a gray-bearded man in the front row—“and yours. Then help this mis- \sion. I don’t know if they want any money | tonight. If they do not it would be strange. \I never saw one of them yet that didn’t want funds. “Then there is the Y. M. C. A., which is one of the very best in the country. But |It ought to have larger quarters. These | young men are too crowded. What's.a few | hundrec thousand dollars when such a mag- | aificent work is considered? These lobbyists come here and work their schemes for pub- |Me buildings and get their money, but these pend men have to suffer. I hope that when come back to Washington I shall find a large, beautiful building for the young men. So, my good people, stand by my friend, Mi Pugh, in the way he has stood by me dur- jing the past thirty days or nights. Money for Expenses. “Now let me say a word about money. This hall has cost $2,300. It has been one of the cheapest investments ever made. | They are building a hall in Richmond that | will cost $2,500, and it will only be used ten days. We've not had a collection from \the men yet. About $1,300 has been paid so far, and we want ancther thousand. See if |you can’t raise it now. If you have no money with you send your check to Mr. | Truesdell, and if you can afford it put your pocket book right in the basket. Don’t let these ministers go begging for this balance after we have gone.” While the ushers were passing the baskets the choir sang and then Mr. Sankey render- ed “They Will Not Forget the Song,” which | Mr. Moody said was the first hymn he had ever heard his colleague sing. Mr. Moody next read from the thirtieth chapter of Deuteronomy, and asked Mr. Sankey, in re- sponse to many requests that had been re- ceived, to sing “Where is My Wandering Boy Tonight?” After the music had died away Mr. Moody asked for a silent prayer | | sham. There are men who plant one foot and then the other, and then wonder way they don’t go ahead. Ah, laugh! You are laughing at yourself. I have met some of | you down there. You have been here for thirty days listening, and haven't made a foot of progress. You are like a river that | has only thirty miles to run, but that takes such @ zigzag course that It passes over 180 miles before it reaches Its end. I know just such a river up in my country. we are come to the last night, and where are you? Which side are you on? Are you halting between two opinions? I have no use for men who tell me that they can’t believe in this or that. What I want to find is a man who cen believe. He's worth two of the other kind. There isn’t a man here, I warrant, who doesn’t expect to be- come a Christian some day. When will it be? Will Christ ever have more power over you than now? If you are not saved the fault now lies at your own door. Hundreds are kept out of the kingdom cf heaven because they lack moral courage. They are afraid of public sentiment, or the sneerings and jeerings of companions. I wouldn’t give a snap of my finger for such folks.” Then Mr. Moody told the story of and Ahab in that simple, colloqtial style of his that has made him such a power here. He sketched the journey of Elijah to the court of the king and of the prophecy cof the simple man clad in a camel shin coat. ie was received with scorn and con- tempt, but he persisted in his announce- ment that untiH the people recoznized the true God of Israel egain not a drop of rain and dew should fall in the land. Ahab for- got him, but presently there came mur- murs. No rain! No dew! No mists! Ahab sneered. “They're always ‘nding fauit!” he said, and forgot their complaints. Then the famine began to creep over the land and folks were dying. Still Ahab was heedless. Suddenly the truth of the drought came upon him, and he remem- bered Elijah and began to hunt for him. There was not a trace of the simple proph- et. Three years and a half dragged by, and the famine and drought were terrible. Even Ahab began to suffer, and one day he and Obadiah went forth by different roads to find materials for their feasts. Then Elijah Was Kin, “Hallo! Who's that Obadiah sees coming up the road? Why, it’s that same shabby chap who foretold the drought and for whom Ahab had scoured his own and the neighboring countries. Obadiah runs for- ward and makes Elijah stop. ‘You go and fetch Ahab! commanded the shepherd. Obadiah was shocked, but Elijah sat down under a tree and waited. He was hing then. He was not afraid to face Ahab, though the tyrant had threatened to kill the man who had locked up the heavens. At last Ahab came back and Elijah faced him manfully. He flinched not a step, but defied Ahab to his worst. The king was awed. “Oh, we want some Elijahs now to go abroad to crush out false religions. “So they arranged, after a long talk, that there should be a prayer test on Carmel. They should soon see which was the true God, Jehovah or Baal. The Baalites were not anxious to go, but those who believed in Jehovah were eager for the morrow. Some of them slept on Carmel that night. Early in the morning 830 Baalites, clad in long robes, followed by the king and his retinue on camels, came up the mountain that ev: pd wanderer might return. Follow- ing up this thought, he next had the choir A Short Rest. sing number 71, “Welcome, Wanderer,” and then the choir and the congregation joined 5. singing “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ jame.”” Mr. Moody’s Sermon. Mr. Moody then preached the most ef- fective sermon of the entire series. it w: based on the text of the twenty-first verse of the eighteenth chapter of Kings: “And Elijah came unto all the people and said, ‘How long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow Him, but if then follow him.’ And the people answered him not a word.” “When Elijah made this appeal there was no response, no applause. Those people were in the balance. It was as if the Presi. dent, cabinet, Congress and the judges here should throw over the religion of Christian- ity to take up some new-fangled belief. Ahab and Obadiah had left the God of Israel and begun to worship Baal. It looked as though Elijah stood alone in all that land. To be sure, there were perhaps seven thousand who would not acknowl- edge Baal, but they were not saying any- pay and their support didn’t amount to muc! Seven thousand people don’t count if no one can find them but the Almighty. They didn’t dare to come out and stand by Elijah. Ahab thought he had swept the land of all the believers in Israel, but Obadiah had managed to hide a few of the faithful in the dens and caves. Some of the people tried to serve both Jehovah and Baal, and had two altars. I tell you if there is any one character that men detest more than another it is that of the man who tries to be on both sides of the fence at the same time. There are too many such folks. When they are with saints you would think that butter wouldn’t melt in their mouths, they are so pious, but when they get among the wicked they swear by the hour. You can’t serve Baal and the God of Elijah at the same time. “I remember during the early part of the late war there was a little town down in Kentucky where the people were anxious only to be on the winning side. They had two flags, and when the wearers of the blue came in sight they would fling out the stars and stripes and shout for the Union. But when the gray came along, down would go the old flag and up would go the new one. At length the soldiers found them out, and one day instead of fighting each other they fell on those hypocrites and stripped them of everything. They had more re- spect for men who had the courage to stand by one flag or the other than for the cowards who were trying to carry water on both shoulders. Religious Frauds. “There are men like that in Christian life, and their religion is @ fraud and o side. They were not very confident, but they could not back out. The people had little faith in Ahab. He had plenty of in- fluence, but no power. There are lots of =o men here. ey have not got linked “Where was Elijah? He had not come yet. Had he fied? No, here he was, strid- i up the mountain, clad in his shabby old camel skin coat. ‘If Baal be the true God, then follow him! he shouted, but there was not an answer. All those people were dumb as oysters. They slew a bullock and laid it on @ high altar of stone. The God that answered prayer by striking the bullock with fire was to be the true God of Israel. “Does your God answer prayer? Man, wake up there!” called the speaker, leaning far over the railing and pointing to a man in the front row. “Wake up and answer!” “Yes!” came the response, as a gray head was uplifted and a pair of dark eyes flashed back on the preacher. Elijah Jeers the Baalites. “That's the true test. If your God don’t answer prayer your religion is a sham and a fraud. Well, those Baalites began to pray. They prayed loud and long and there was no sign. Three hours passed and still the bullock lay on the altar un- touched. Elijah stood by and _ smiled. ‘Your God must be asleep,” he said. ‘Pray louder. Maybe he has gone away on a journey. Pray louder.’ And they kept on praying for three hours longer. jut yet there was no fire. The Baalites had prayed for six hours and were tired out. They gave up in despair. Then Elijah came forward and told his people to build them an altar. They- wanted to use the | other, which was all ready, but Elijah told ‘th Don’t have anything to do with Baal's altar. It's no good. Let's build a new one.’ So they put up twelve stones, one for each | of the tribes of Israel, and, to be sure there was no trickery, Elijah had the folks dig a trench around it, and then they poured water over the bullock, until it filled the trench, twelve barrel of it. The Baalites were still panting from their long prayer, they had not yet got their breath. But Elijah was fresh and strong. He lifted his | voice and prayed, simply, serenely, calmly, for the God of his law to show himself be- fore those people, that the right might con- quer over the wrong, and then, suddenly, like a flash, down there came the fire from heaven. It poured down in a straight stream; it fell on the sacrifice, and burned it up, and then it burned up the stones of the altar, and the water, as though it bad been kerosene. The question was settled right there. “The God that answers by fire is the true God, and I wouldn't give a snap of my fin- gers for a God that doesn’t. I want a God that will pour down into my heart the di- vine flame that will burn up my passions and lusts and appetites. I want it to come Gown here on you and burn you all up into true Christians. That's the kind of God want. Mr. Moody at the Capitol. “I was up in the halls of Congress the other day, and one of the members said to me: ‘Mr. Moody, don’t you want to stay to see a new state made? Of course I did, and so I sat down there and waited. Well, af- ter a time there came the vote, and there were two men standing down in front, and the voters passed between them. Only LIT of them had the courage to come down and | answer to their names. Ah! I'd like to have the power to station two men—yes, two of you Congressmen, up here on the plat- form—at this east side of the stage, and two other Congressmen at the west side, and tell all you people to pass out by the way of their choice. Those that Jove and believe in God should go out b; and those that think that Baal is th god should go out by the other wa a man should escape. Wouldn't it make @ stir? Which way would you go?" The voic® of the speaker rose until it rang through arcuss the electric liere | a TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisers are urgently re quested to hand in a@vertisements the day prior to publication, t= order that insertion may be as- sured. Want a@vertisements will be received up to noon of the day of publication, precedence beitig given to those first received, | jingle. He was terribly in earnest. “Whi | way would you choose? Is your mind i Fg That's right!” as one man pointed to the east, and then another, another. “Are you honest now? Remember, you can’t ol rd by filibustering. Ah, you laugh! Ye ou've been laughing for thirty days past. 7you don’t do much ore than laugh. You have not got the courage to choose be- two ways. Wouldn't it be @ | grand day for this city and this country and the world, if this magnificent body of men would take the true step this night? Is Your Christ a Myth? “Your Christ is either a true Christ or He is a myth. Is yours a myth. Is He unreal to you? Then you may as well burn up this Bible, and scatter its ashes to the winds. You may burn your churches and make seloons in their stead. Clear out your om phan asylums and turn them imto dance halls. Build temples and shrines to Vol- taire. Worship all the pholosophers of atheism. Is your Christ a myth?” The speaker. paused. There was not a stir in the vast house. The moment was the most Pregnant of the whole series of meetings. “Then if he is not a myth he must be real to you. He must be a living God. All those to whom God is real and true raise your hands.” The effect was electrical. It was as though Mr. Moody had turned on a ful current. In an instant, quickly as the fire had descended upon the bullock on Ca mel, there was a forest of hands extended toward the roof. There they waved, thou- Parting Words. sands of rugged palms of men, and softer palms of youths, all swaying under the in- tense influence of the great preacher's pow- er. “All you here! Thank God!” This prayer was echoed by a hundred “amens” from the people on the platform. Then, in an in- Stant, the speaker turned facing the choir, who had beea watching 1 proceed! with breathless interest. “You, too,” he called. “Tmt no one escape. Hold up your hands, you singers, and show me if your God is a true God to you.” Again there was a@ rapid uplifting, until every hand in the great platform was raised and the entire house with one accord broke into applause. Mr. Moody quickly turned und and held up his own hand, but this time in depreca- tion. Engage ta Christian Work. “Don't applaud,” he urged. “Please Ge not applayd. It is not for these moments, Now let me give you people who have just raised your hands one word of advice. | Take your stand. Go into some church and go to work. I am going away, but this work need not cease. There is a broad field for you. I have been working for the past thirty days, and now it is your turn. Perhaps you cannot find a perfect church, according to your ideas, but you will find one that is pretty near right. Settle the question with yourself and your God, and do not waste any more time. You raised up your hand just now. Now lift up your heart. “What appals me is thst I could never duplicate this audience again in my Ife. Never could this vast assemblage be got together again. So it is with thet magni- ficent choir. Why, it has changed for the eternal even since I have been here. Two of the singers have already gone home, and tonight, I am told, one more lies at the point of death. So you see we never know where we stand. May God be with you.” — Mr. Moody had concluded his last ta! Mr. Sankey then sang “The Bells of Time” with wonderful effect, an Dr. mer gp mye prayer of the most beautiful power. prayed for all the le who had attended the services and for who had taken part. When he had concluded his original peti- tion he began, in a low tone that was taken up by those in front, the Lord’s prayer. Re effect was marvelous. The closer i had scarcely repeated the first of ey fa- miliar lines before the people back further ee kee ee who had to go so early filed out and their seats were taken at once by those who ha@ been standing during all the services. Many ladies thts found places in the rows. Mr. Mi called for the choir sing “When the Have Rolled away, which was followed by No. 437. Dr. Ham- lin started the after meeting by speaking for fifteen or twenty minutes on the neces- sity for a choice in the Christian life. watchword of the meeting, he said, h been “Choose,” and he hoped that thou- sands would fallow the apn gue by Mr. Moody. He gave his thanks isters ee associated with Sue in the meetings, to the two evangelists who have labored so hard and so faithfully. “We ministers,” be said, “have made new choices since these meetings i the new choice will stand up and testify. A score of young men were on their feet in_a moment. Then Mr. Sankey for the last time went }to his organ and sang “Throw Out | Life Lire” was his song, and he sang it eg. jhe never before did in W: mn, was followed by Dr. McKim, who = the last talk of the evening, and said that the churches are very ready to welcome all those who might determine to take Mr. Moody's advice to go into the regular churches to Work. Christ, he said, Is ready to give a welcome to all who come to Him, and the churches should be even as eager as He is Rev. Dr. Hamlin announced that on next Sunday at 3 e’clock there would be a spe- cial serviee at the Grand Mall for the old soldiers, wearers of th jue, as well as the wearers of the gray. He asked the choir and the congregation to sing the dox- ology, and then the people were étsmissed with a benediction. Mr. Moedy ‘Leaves the City. ‘The choir struck up the notes of Dr. Ran- kin’s hymn: “God Be With You Tul We Meet Again,” and those in front of the hall made @ rush for the platforin to grasp the hand of the great evangelist. But he had foreseen the onslaught and had fled. He wanted to reach the 11:20 train for the north, and so great was his haste that he forgot his bat and precious Bible, without which he seldom stirs. These were after- ward taken to him by Mr. Sankey, who waited to shake the hands of all those whe managed to crowd on the platform. | Then the choir had a little meeting all to itself, and the result was very happy a pleasant. Mr. Fe the lea made the singers a little s\ in which he told them how he thanked them for their aid and persistent attendance, and he broach- ed the subject of a permanent organization, which was taken up with enthusiasm. He had some difficulty in making himself heard, but at last a singer in the front row sprang up and, with a voice that had not beem wearied by a month of work, presented a f resolutions, which were unanimously pted. They organize dred singers, whore ny rolls of the great Moody @ permanent sacred sin on