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Moody's Meetings

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Day
16
Month
January
Year
1890
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Public Domain
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Of all the men who are to-day engaged in christian work there 3 probably no onewhosename is as familiar throughout the civilizod world asistlie name of Mr. Moody. The wonderful work accotnplished by him in the British Univeráities which brought the Studd Brothers and Stanley Smith into such active christian work made his name a family word in England. Smith and the Studds have visited America and their infiuence has done much toward arousing that enthusiasm in the college volunteer missionary movement which has made it one of the strongest if not the strongest missionary movement the world has ever known. As the direct result of thia movement over three thousand college students have offered themselves for missionary work. Mr. Moody 's work in Scotland was also wonderfully successful. The largest cities were all visited by him and the numbers who were started on a better life by hia efforts there reached many thousands. No better testimonial could be given to the esteem in which Mr. Moody is held in Scotland than is given by the fact that each summer a number of students cross the Atlantic for the purpose of attending Mr. Moody's summer school at Northfield, and the one aim and desire of all in their coming seems to be to know and hear Mr. Moody. i J'.USV WOUKKR. His work in this country is too well known to need any comment. There are three colleges, two at Northfield, Mass. and one at Chicago, which are supported very largely by his efforts. These colleges are established on such a basis as to make the cost to students who attend very small indeed. Over one thousand 6tudents are in attendance at these colleges at the present time. In addition to this work Mr. Moody is raisingrnoney all the time for. many institutions with which he is in no way connected. While in Ann Arbor he expressed bis willingness and desire to try to raisesomemoney toward the completion of Newberry hall, and no doubt we shall realize something from his efforls in this directlon. Mr. Moody's preaching is a revelalion to many. All must acknowledge his power, but few can explain in what it consists. He makes no pretensions to great learning or eloquence, but still it is safe to say that no man in the pulpits of to-day has botter control over his audience than has Mr. Moody. He is the best illustration possible of the power of simplicity in public speaking. He takes a theme, and by application and illustration he presei.ts that theme with such force and vividnessas tosend it home to his hearers with tremendous power. It is impossible to hear him preach without feeling vpry often that he is talking to you. His wide experience has taught him that the chief difficulty with men is that they do not think enough about themselves, and henee he continually aims to turn men's thoughts invvard upon themselves. IIIS LAIiOKS IK TUIS CITV. While in Ann Arbor, Mr. Mood3' conducted three services each day, two being held in the Methodist church and one in University hall. These services were all largely attended, but the largest crowd gathered on Sabbath evening whenthe churches of the city united in a unión service and on YVednesday evening at the closing service. In the evening service Mr. Stebbins would begin with a half hour song service. This would be followed by several brief prayers and then Mr. Moody would preach. At the close of the sermón he would invite the unconverted to meet him below in the chapel. Here with the aid of a large number of workers each person who was not a christian received special attention froin Mr. Moody or some of his helpers. It is impossible to estímate the number who attended these after meetings but it was large in each case. One of the most striking features of this series of meetings was the heartiness with which the various churches and the Students Christian Association united in the work. Mr. Moody carne here as the resultofan invitatíon extended to him by the delegates from the S. C. A. to the Northfield school last summer, which has however been repeated several times since. Mr. Savford and the national coni. Y M C. A. also brought their iuUaeiK-u 10 bear upon him to induce him to make us a visit. But the heartiness with which the pastors and members of the city churches assisted in making his services a success was a great inspiration to the students interested. EXPENSES. Many questions have been asked during Mr. Moody's visit here ás to how the expenses of the meetings were to be paid. Mr. Moody makes no charges for his . services ; but as many here expressed a desire to contribute something to his work, such contributions will be received by the pastors of the various churches, or the Pres. of the Students Christian Association. It is hoped that liberal contributions will be made. All that Mr. Moody receives above bis expenses goes into his schools, and other benovolences, and the liberal hearted people of Ann Arbor will certainly want to do something to help oh his work.

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