The Life of Dwight L. Moody Chapter 40 Later experiences with the Young Men's Christian Association. References have frequently been made to Mr. Moody's early work on behalf of the Young Men's Christian Association. His loyalty to that organization was never lessened in later years. Notwithstanding, the growth of the institution directly depended upon him for support. It is true he emphasized the directly religious figures of the work above every other branch of effort, recognizing in the Christian life of the organization the vital force which could make it most useful in the truest sense. Educational privileges and opportunities for athletic prowess he recognized as secondary to the original plan and purpose. The association, to his mind, was a means to an end, and he had little sympathy with the spirit that willingly sacrificed the preaching of the gospel to what are called association methods. He was strongly opposed to the exclusion of women from the Sunday gospel meetings of the association, believing that in many instances mothers, sisters, or friends might be counted on as efficient helpers in bringing to the meetings the very men whom the association should reach. Instead of poorly attended gospel meetings supported by a few elderly Christian men, he believed the association meetings would be well attended by the very class they should reach. if they were, but thrown open to mixed audiences. These views he often expressed, and in consequence it was felt by some that Mr. Moody was disloyal to the organization. But if he was able to serve the Association in early years, the last twenty-five years of his ministry showed still greater results of his service on their behalf. Early in his evangelistic work in America, Mr. Moody seized every opportunity to secure the cooperation of local associations and never lost an opportunity to work for their interests. In financial help to various building enterprises, it may be fairly said that Mr. Moody's cooperation added about $1 million to the permanent property fund of the association. For some years after his return from Great Britain in 1875, out of the fund for Christian work under his control, he appropriated to the International Committee Treasury an annual contribution several times greater than the largest gift from any other donor. Later, in order to help the Student Department of International Work, he solicited for a term of years several thousand dollars annually. Mr. Moody was especially desirous that the spiritual activities of the Association should be warm and evangelistic. He was at times a critic, as he was a critic of the Churches, but as he loved dearly all branches of the Christian Church and worked for their advancement, so he worked for the upbuilding of the Association. His student conferences, beginning in 1886, were one of the several evidences of such cooperation in the program and arrangements for these conferences were largely left to the Association men. In 1875, at the close of the evangelistic campaign in Brooklyn, he turned to the Association as a valuable helper of the churches in caring for the converts, writes Thornton B. Penfield. Secretary of the Brooklyn Young Men's Christian Association. The Association was crippled for what it means, and its discontinuance was threatened. Although Mr. Moody was much reared by his extensive labors, he did not leave Brooklyn until he had secured subscriptions for about $8,000 to relieve it of its indebtedness and to enlarge its activities and usefulness. From that day, the Association never taken a backward step. In 1884, he became interested in raising the endowment fund of $150,000. coming to Brooklyn more than once and aid in that effort. The largest church collection ever taken in our city for the Association was at the close of a statement made by Mr. Moody, which occupied about ten minutes, concerning the value and the necessity of young men's Christian Association work and expressing his great indebtedness to the Association for what it had done for him. In 1885, Mr. Moody laid the cornerstone of the central building in 502 Fullerton Street. and even on that occasion made so pointed an appeal that some of the workmen employed on the building would let to Christ. When the great Hippodome meetings were held in New York, William E. Dodge, President of the Association, was in general charge of the campaign. and Robert R. McBurney and Richard C. Morris were among the leaders in connection with the inquiry meetings. A great deal of the work centered in and about the Association building on 23rd Street. At the close of the campaign, a service was held in the interest of the Association. $200,000 was secured, $150,000 of which was used in paying off the debt of the 23rd Street building. and $50,000 appropriated to found the Young Men's Christian Association Institute in the Bowery. Twice, Mr. Moody raised funds to erect the Young Men's Christian Association building in Chicago, which today has property worth over $1 million. Through his excursion, many of the leading organizations were greatly aided in times of special financial straits. Two instances of special interest were recorded by Mr. Walter C. Douglas, General Secretary of the Philadelphia Association, in the following letter. In the winter of 1879-80, when I was General Secretary in St. Louis, the Young Man's Christian Association of that city was a young and comparatively weak organization occupying rented rooms. The association was instrumental in getting Mr. Moody to come to St. Louis and spend the winter in a great evangelistic canvas. The Association was very weak in the work, and it was my happiness to be closely associated with him for the whole of that winter. After closing the campaign, he voluntarily undertook to raise $37,500 in order to purchase four caches, the property of the Union Methodist Church at 11th and Locust Streets, and present it to the Young Men's Christian Association. Although a conservative community up to that time, but little interest in association work, Mr. Moody's great ability and influence carried the plan to success. The amount was raised, the property was bought, and deeded to the trustees, free of debt. Some years later, this piece of property was sold by the association for $128,000, which sum was the foundation of its presence, funded building, and widely extended work. In Philadelphia, the central building of the association was begun and finished during the financial panic of 1873 and the hard times that followed. As a result, the building, when completed, had a debt upon it of $200,000. In 1882, that debt had increased to $400,000, of which some $200,000 was in notes. The association was in critical condition and seemed to be about to lose its property. This would have been disastrous to the work in Philadelphia. and the moral effect would have been felt throughout the entire country. The case being presented in this community he had once came to the rescue with all his unselfishness and great executive ability. He had a large appropriation made from the HMBUC fund, in addition to which he secured contributions from prominent citizens of New York City. He came to Philadelphia with $60,000 obtained outside of the city, and then on his excursion secured $140,000 in Philadelphia, making up the sum of $200,000. with which the floating debt of that amount was entirely paid, leaving only the mortgage debt of $200,000. Thus, by his personal interest and individual effort, this valuable property was saved, and a great shock to the credit of the Young Men's Christian Association in the United States was averted. The trustees recently refused to offer an offer of $750,000 for the piece of property thus preserved by Mr. Moody's efforts. He came to Philadelphia again several years afterwards and started a canvas for $200,000, with which to pay off the mortgage remaining upon this property. This last effort was seconded by the Honorable John Wanamaker, and others, and $150,000 was collected and paid upon the mortgage in this second canvass. In the first canvass, Mr. Wanamaker was associated with Mr. Moody and contributed $50,000 himself. In the second canvass, also Mr. Wanamaker contributed largely both in time and money. In briefly stating these two cases that come within my own knowledge, I may add that Mr. Moody carried on his work of money raising in the spirit of the Christian service in such a way that it proved a great blessing to all with whom he came in contact. During a mission in Richmond, Virginia, Mr. Moody undertook to raise sufficient funds to erect a building in that city. About $30,000 was pledged, and the building began. Before completion, it was found that $15,000 more would be required to free it from debt. and this sum increased to $20,000 in the course of a few years. In 1894, Mr. Moody returned to Richmond for a second meeting, and during this visit was successful in raising the deficient. Mr. S. W. Traverse writes as follows of this occasion. I was then President of the Association, and it was at the request of the Association, endorsed by the Christian Ministerial Unions, of various denominations, that Mr. Moody consented to revisit Richmond. Mr. George F. Tibbetts was then Secretary. There was erected an immense building seating over 5,000 people where a successful series of meetings was held. At one of these meetings, Mr. Moody presented the claims that the Christian Association of Richmond had upon her citizens and Christian people. He did nothing more than this in 1894, but that was enough and shortly after the meeting closed and he left us, an appeal was made by the Board of Directors, supported by the local press, that resulted in securing parties aggregating as well as I remember $21,000 and $22,000. I am satisfied that we owe our association in Richmond largely to Mr. Moody, for which the city owes him a lasting debt of gratitude, and I am positive that his memory is warmly cherished by all our people. It could almost be said that Mr. Moody's evangelistic tours could be traced by his influence upon these organizations. Mr. H. J. McCoy of San Francisco writes of his efforts in that city. The work of the Young Men's Christian Association for their Moral and Spiritual Protection All of the young men owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Moody for its growth and development throughout California and particularly in this city, largely the result of his effort and timely help in 1881 when he came to San Francisco and, by the blessing of God, rescued the Association and raised the debt of $64,000 on the Center Street property. Through his wisdom and forethought, the work was reorganized, placed on a firm basis, and started on legitimate lines of effort for young men, Mr. Moody contributing liberally on his own private funds towards the indebtedness. Mr. Moody came to this coast at the request of the International Committee of the Young Men's Christian Association. which committee hardly cooperated and amply assisted him in their work at that time, a work that means so much to the young men of the Pacific Coast. Through his efforts I came to the secretaryship of the San Francisco Association in August 1881. For more than twenty-five years he was a close personal friend, and to him, more than to any other man living or dead, I owe the facts. of my being in Christian work. From Mr. W. M. Dannis, Secretary of the Denver Young Men's Christian Association, comes a similar testimony as to your interest taken in associational work during Mr. Moody's last year of evangelistic effort. Mr. D.L. Moody's work in Denver in 1899 resulted in the raising of $3,600 for current expenses of the association. This was only incidental to the great meeting's health, but was sufficient to save the association from a miserable deficit that had been embarrassing the organization for years. Frequently, Mr. Moody's direct influence in behalf of the association was no less strikingly helpful in a material way. A former secretary of the Albany Association writes, In 1886, Mr. Moody held a service of services in Albany, New York, in the management of which the Young Men's Christian Association took a prominent part. Mr. Moody, as was his custom at the closing service of the convention, made an earnest appeal to the people of Albany to provide better facilities for the work among young men, and earnestly advocated the need of a building for the association, stating at this service that the organization had undergone done more in developing him for service than any other agency. The suggestion board for Mr. Charles F. Waterman was led to make a generous inscription and to advocate earnestly the need of such a building. Through Mr. Waterman and the earnest advocacy of the movement by Mr. Moody, Mr. James B. Germain became interested and made the Association a gift of its present building, and later largely increased this gift so that his entire benefactions to the Association exceeded $100,000. I fully believe that credit for the suggestion of the erection of this building belongs to Mr. Moody. The Reverend S. A. Taggart of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for many years, State Secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association, at length regarding Mr. Moody's efforts on behalf of young men in Pennsylvania. Mr. Moody was one of the pioneers of the Young Men's Christian Association on the continent of America. Previous to the Civil War, 1861-65, the associations in this country were few in number and had gained little more than a foothold. The oldest of them had been formed scarcely ten years. Many were disbanded during the years of strife, and the existence of those that were left was, for the most part, little more than nominal. It was only after peace had been declared that they began to take on an aggressive spiritual life. In these initial aggressive movements, Mr. Moody very early appeared on the scene. The Christian soldiers on their return home called to mind the impressive meeting of the Christian Commission in the various camps, and the next question was, why not have a young men's Christian association in our town and city? Soon Mr. Moody was in demand for the promotion of associations in all the sections of the Northwest. It was about this time, too, that he was chosen Executive Officer of the Chicago Association. He told me of his first visit to Pittsburgh in the interest of the Association. He had been in Philadelphia in 1866 and on his way stopped between trains in Pittsburgh. He said, my time was limited. I rushed down the street and stopped at a store and said to the first man I saw, give me the names of some of your most earnest ministers, he said. My pastor's one. Who is he? Henry Johnson." He replied. Where does he live? He pointed me to the house. I rang the doorbell and was shown into the house and found myself in the midst of what seemed to be a dinner party. I saw that they were astonished at my abrupt entrance. I was overflowing with zeal. I told Dr. Johnson that Pittsburgh ought to have a Young Men's Christian Association and I urged it upon him at length. He agreed with me at once and said that a movement was then on foot in the interest of such an organization. In less than two months, this committee was back, January 1867 in Pittsburgh, attending a Christian convention. His efforts on behalf of the Young Association at that time was extremely useful and greatly appreciated. Before the winter was over, a deep religious interest prevailed throughout the city, and a large number of young men were led to enter into a Christian life. Soon his services were in great demand among the association, not simply in the region of Chicago, but as far as Boston and Philadelphia. He attended the Indianapolis Convention in 1870. It was at this convention that he uttered his ivy saying, The law says do. Grace says done. The law says do and live. Grace says live and do. The gospel says to the sinner come. It says to the Christians go. These sayings soon found an echo in every association hall in the land. They could readily be expanded into volumes, and they formed a large part of the basis of what, in after years, was Mr. Moody's working theology. Over thirty years ago, while I was stopping in Chicago for a day or two, I got my first impression of Mr. Moody by personal observation. Passing along Madison Street, my attention was called to a bulletin board at the association building on which was the announcement. Meeting. Tomorrow night in Farewell Hall at 7.30. D.L. Moody, speaker. Subject, Jesus. A few minutes later, I attended the noonday meeting at which Mr. Moody spoke. He did not seem to be afraid that he would exhaust the subject of the next evening, although this theme was Jesus. There was an urgency about him far beyond the ordinary. He had seemingly such a vivid and large conception of Christ that he was bound to tell it out. If I could make a composite of all that he ever preached or said in religious meetings since that time and blend it into one word, it would be Jesus. In less than two years from that time, I was elected State Secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association of Pennsylvania, a position entirely new and without precedence in any state in the Union. However attractive it seemed, I soon found that it involved particular problems and difficulties. I turned for counsel and help to those who were older and had larger experience. I thought of Mr. Moody, among others, in the fall of 1871 visiting him in Chicago. I found him in the office of the Employment Department of the Chicago Association dealing with young men who were out of work. I told him I had come for his help. He said, I can't promise to help anyone. I am too busy. If I were able to divide myself into two or three men, I would have no spare time. The outcome of our conference was that He agreed to come the following winter to help in conventions in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Scotland, Harrisburg, Erie, and other places if he could find the time. It was scarcely a week after this that tidings came of the Chicago fire. Mr. Moody's mission and Young Men's Christian Association buildings, as well as his home, were in ashes. Thousands of people were homeless and destitute, and a multitude of new cares were thrust upon him. I felt that his agreement to come to Pennsylvania must be postponed indefinitely. Early in 1873, I was in Philadelphia and had occasion to visit Mr. John Wanamaker of our state committee. Mr. Wanamaker being present said, get Mr. Moody to come to Pennsylvania by all means. He has been in our church and in Dr. Kyers in Brooklyn holding meetings. He is the greatest man in America to get men to think of their sins and of another world. Mr. Kyer agreed with me. The Association of Pittsburgh has been conducting special meetings during the last week of May 1873 and Mr. Moody gave a single Bible address May 27. The last service he held in the country before his departure and what afterwards proved to be a wonderful mission. I have never forgotten that address. I took no notes of it, and yet, for nearly twenty-seven years, I have carried the theme and its four divisions in my memory. The subject was the love of God. The four points were, first, the love of God and the gift of His Son. Second, the love of God shed abroad in our hearts as a preparation for His service. Third, the love of God and the afflictions that come to His people. Fourth, the love of God and death. Upon the last point, his words seem almost prophetic in his dying moments. People say to me, have you grace to die? I say no, I have only grace now to hold this meeting. The Lord promises to give grace when we need it and not before. And when death comes and not before, will he give us dying grace? They say to me, how do you know he will be with us in death? I say because he tells us in his word, precious on the side of the Lord is the death of his saints. His spirit inspired one of his servants to write for our comfort. For I am persuaded that neither life nor death nor angels nor principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to come nor death, nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. As if someone might be doubting him, the first thing he says is, For I am persuaded that death cannot separate us from the love of God. My friends, when we are called upon to die, if we love God, we will know in a moment that God will take care of our loved ones. He may be sorry to part from our loved ones, but he will give us life. It might please him in the hour of death to give us a little sight of the glory of the future before we pass out of the body. If so, this world would be spoiled forever. We will not even want to look back. We will know in a moment that God will take care of our loved ones. I cannot help comparing these words with the utterances of Mr. Moody more than 26 years afterwards when he came to the close of life. Earth recedes. Heaven opens before me. been beyond the gates, God is calling. Don't call me back." I cannot but think he must have caught a sight of the future glory. In closing the meeting, he said, I am going over to the manufacturing towns of England for three months to preach the gospel while our church in Chicago is being completed. I want you to pray that I may be so full of the love of God that I can speak of nothing but Jesus Christ and Him crucified. We who heard him, the Lord imagined that in less than six months audiences from five to ten thousand people would be listening to the story of the cross by his lips in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. Or that such a widespread awakening would follow his labours that he would spend twenty-six months instead of three in his mission abroad. The great spiritual awakening in attending Mr. Moody's labors abroad was felt by the Association of this country long before his return. This was evident in the States and international conventions, and by the increased evangelistic spirit shown among many of the organization, this spirit grew in intensity upon his return. For over twenty-five years during the latter part of his life, Mr. Moody had no official relation with any local association. And yet, during all that time, his spiritual power, attested in his multiplied neighbors, served as a kind of dynamic force in communicating itself through the network of conventions to the great number of the associations all over the continent. So all-prevailing was his influence in the life of the association in this country that it would be hard to tell what might have been their course had no such relation ever existed. This is true not only in the spiritual life of the Association, but to a great extent also in their temporal equipment. Many Association buildings owe their origin, in whole or in part, to the unselfish efforts of Mr. Moody. Notably in this case in Pennsylvania is Philadelphia's Scranton Reading in Williamsburg. It was during the year of 1885, through the joint invitations and cooperation of pastors and associations, that he held several day services in each of the following places, and in the ordered names. Harrisburg, Chicago, Germantown, Philadelphia, Newcastle, Pittsburgh, Reading, Williamsport, Belafonte, Altoona, York, and Chester. These gatherings partook of the character of convention. three sessions a day being held. The evening services were evangelistic. The various cities were not visited consecutively, but at such periods as he could best give the time. The first was visited as early as January, and the last as late as December of that year. At most of these places, the local committees of arrangements had the advantage of using the large skating rinks that had been erected a little while before. They had been seated and comfortably heated and accommodated very large numbers of people. I think I make a conservative estimate when I say that in the aggregate at least 500,000 people heard him, and 150,000 different persons were in audience during these gatherings. They were attended by a wonderful interest. At one place I told that nearly 200 ministers outside the city were present. The same was true to a great extent elsewhere. The after-meetings were attended by many inquirers, and the reports of pastors bore witness of much substantial fruit. At a convention in Stratton, Mr. Moody called upon me to speak upon the subject, what more could be done for the young men of this city. He followed this by announcing that a collection would be taken that night for a building for the Young Men's Christian Association of Stratton, and that he would like to raise $75,000. This practical part of the subject was new to the people. I could see many of them shaking their heads in doubt. In the meantime, the alert board of managers of the association had taken advantage of the occasion to invite a special committee to dine with Mr. Moody at the hotel that evening. Around the table, 25,000 was subscribed for the new building. One who had been specially invited to be present and from whom, by reason of his wealth, had they had hoped for help was not there. Mr. Moody proposed to go and see him at once before the meeting of the evening. Some shook their heads and said they feared it would be of no use. Mr. Moody said to Colonel Boies, B-O-I-E-S, get your sled and drive around with me to see this man before the meeting. I like to talk to rich men, particularly if they don't want to give. They are a neglected class and need a missionary. No one ever thinks of speaking to them about their souls or their stewardship. He called to see this man and said to me, we need a Moses to lead the way for the young men in Scranton. The association is out on the street nearly all the time begging for its living, and it ought to be trying to save tens of thousands of young men of the city. We want you to give $20,000 to lead the way for a building. This request staggered the old gentleman for a time, and he could not make No reply, but finally he said he would not give. Moody then talked to him about $10,000, but with no satisfactory understanding. He said to him, you will be at the meeting tonight? Yes, was the reply. Well, I want you to take a seat on the platform. When the time for the meeting came, we had worked our way with difficulties at the platform. Mr. Moody said to me, do you see Mr. X anywhere? Before I could reply, he caught sight of him on the edge of the platform. and worked over as near as he could get, and then a shouting whisper said, How much is it? Ten? Ten? Oh, no, was replied. Just the half. Just the half. When the name of this man, among others, was announced that night of giving five thousand, it produced a deep impression. He was known as slow in giving, and yet, for that very reason, it seemed to inspire the host city with confidence that the project must go through to success. From that hour, this man took the deepest interest in the building project and was greatly blessed in his gift. The result of the subscriptions and collections that night was less than $35,000, but the subsequent showed that Mr. Moody understood the situation. He had then informed that many who were interested in the business enterprise of Scranton lived in New York City and elsewhere, and he assured the people of Scranton that the building would soon be erected. That night we took a train for the next place of meeting, Germantown, Pennsylvania. I was anxious about the situation at Scranton and was wondering where the rest of the money would come from for the building. Mr. Moody said to me, write to your friends in New York and find out if Mr. Samuel Sloan, the President of Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, will be in the office on Saturday at what hour and tell them to telegraph you in Philadelphia. After the Germantown meeting, we were invited to take breakfast at Mr. John Wanamaker's on Saturday where a large company was present. While we were in the midst of the meal, I received a telegram stating that Mr. Sloan would be in the office in New York that day at a certain hour. I handed it to Mr. Moody. We read it, and he immediately rose from the table and said, Friends, I am sorry to leave you, but the King's business requires haste. And in a few minutes he was on a train to New York, calling upon Mr. Sloan. He soon secured his hearty cooperation in the proposed Scranton building. While thus engaged in conversation, an old gentleman came in, to whom Mr. Sloan introduced Mr. Moody, saying, This is just the man you want to see to help you at Scraton. Before Mr. Moody could say a word, the old man said, Is this the man who has been creating the great stir in Scraton? I am afraid he is getting the people to give more than they are able. I will not give anything. I have given away over 700,000 of various things within a short time. Why don't you go to the people who don't give anything instead of coming to us to give?" Mr. Moody said. I would like to tell you a short story. No, said the old man. I don't want to hear any story. You must sit down and hear this story, imposed Mr. Sloan. Mr. Moody, you must not be discouraged. This is the way he always does when he is making up his mind to give. Finally, the disturbed old gentleman listened as Mr. Moody went up. There was a man once who went to solicit money and came to one who made your objection. Why don't you go to the people who never give instead of to us who do give? To this the solicitor replied, if you want a good pail of milk, would you go to a cow that is milked regularly or would you go to the one that only milked once in a long time? The story had the desired results. And Mr. Sloan assured Ms. Coonerty that, although our friend doesn't laugh now, you will not be able from here, ten minutes before, he will be in all the offices of this building telling what a good story Moody told. Mr. Moody said nothing more. Within a few days, a subscription came from the old gentleman for $5,000. The result of Mr. Moody's efforts on his rest day in New York for the scrap fund was an assured increase of nearly $30,000 more, making a total of $60,000 in less than four days. The whole amount needed, $75,000, was secured in less than six weeks. He often related this experience and called it a red-letter week. I had tried for some time to think of someone with whom Mr. Mooney was not acquainted to assist him with more than an ordinary contribution in his educational work at Northfield. After considerable thought, I said, I have a friend in the old oil region whom I have known for a long time. I knew him when he was poor. and he is now prosperous, and his prosperity has not hurt his Christian character. I wish you the right to him explaining your work and its need. A short time after this I received a letter from Mr. Moody in which he said, The Lord answers prayer and I must testify to his goodness. I wrote to your friend and after finishing the letter I prayed that God might incline him to give his son I had named, if he was able to give. He has sent me his check for $5,000. Some days afterwards, I was in the place where this man resided and called upon him. He said to me, I think you must have sent Mr. Moody after me, as I have never met him. I received a letter asking me for $5,000 for the schools in Northfield. And when I read the letter, I thought I could not give anything. Then I thought I would send $500 anyhow. In a little while, I raised it to $1,000. On my way home to lunch, I thought of the hundreds of poor young men and women getting an education for $100 a year, and the large extra expenses resting on Mr. Moody for which he must make provision. And the thought came to me, make it $2,500. Before I reached home, I thought, if my wife agreed with me, I would make it $5,000. When I showed her the letter, she said, give him the sum he asked for. This all occurred within an hour, and that afternoon I sent my check for the full amount. The Rev. George A. Hall, at present one of the State Secretaries of the Young Men's Christian Association of New York, was one of Mr. Moody's warmest friends for 25 years. He prized his grade in two letters, the first received at the beginning and the other at the end of that close friendship. When Mr. Moody left Brooklyn for Philadelphia in November 1875 and put Mr. Hall in charge of the Young Men's meeting there, he wrote, My dear Hall, I wish you would drop me a line and let me know how the work goes. I do hope you can arrange to stay in Brooklyn this winter. If you can, I will try and help you sometime this winter or spring. The work there has stirred up the young men in this city, and there is a great work started, although I have not said one word to the unconverted yet. I am just sure God is going to do a great work this winter, and I do hope you will stand by me. The eyes of the world are on Brooklyn now, and it is quite important that the work be kept there. Much love to all the young men." While on his way to Kansas City, November 8, 1899, Mr. Moody stopped in Philadelphia and then wrote the following letter, which serves as a valedictory. Dear Hall, It may be a treat to be in a convention with you once more, and God willing I will be with you. It must be hard on to 30 years since we were at Pontiac, Illinois with our friend Colbert, who has gone home. What an army has gone since then. What a grand time we will all have when we get home. I am on my way to Kansas City. Nor were Mr. Moody's labors for American associations only. At his suggestion and by his efforts, Lord overtook the Glasgow Bible Training Institute which is equipping trained workers for Christian service. In Alberta, Mr. Moody raised $25,000 for the erection of a building for the local Young Men's Christian Association. And in Dundee, he succeeded in raising $27,000 for a similar purpose. In other cities he aided indirectly in the work, laying a memorial stone in the Liverpool Association in 1876 and the cornerstone of the Cork Association in 1892. Owing to his efforts, several missions have been erected as living testimonies of the permanency of evangelistic missions conducted and with And with many of these, local associations are affiliated and in active cooperation. At a memorial service held in Chicago Association after Mr. Moody's death, the following resolution combining a brief history of his relations with that organization as well as a tribune to his memory was adopted. Memorial Tribune to Dwight L. Moody. The Young Man's Christian Association of Chicago holds this memorial meeting to pay tribune to the memory and character of Dwight L. Moody. The great work of Mr. Moody's life was not local or limited. His name has long ceased to be a Chicago possession. Yet while the voices of two consonants recount his services in every strain of affectionate appreciation, We may here recall the days and deeds which prepared him for his larger career. The services of Mr. Moody to this association in its early days were of inestimable value. From 1861 to 1870, he was the most active and persistent leader in the work of the association. During part of his time, he was the librarian, a position which afterwards grew into a general secretaryship. From 1865 to 1869, he was the acting president of the Association. He gave to it the first years in which he wholly devoted himself to Christian work. Before this, a well-known businessman in whose store he was employed said of him, Mr. Moody would make quite a good clerk if he had not so many other things in his hands. Those other things were the eternal interests of his fellow men, and such a spirit as his could not long to be confined even by the bonds that hold most men to the appointed tasks by which they earn their daily bread, with an enthusiasm that could not be dampened and an energy that continued to the end. Mr. Moody entered upon the ministry to which he was called of God. It will ever remain a precious memory of the association that he began here, this larger ministry, and obtained here, the preparation so needful for his subsequent career. what he did for communities and for nations in later years he did for his association in its early days. This association has claimed him as its greatest single champion. For years he was its leading delegate to association conventions, where he stood for the supremacy even into exclusiveness of evangelistic work in the association. During the dark days of the Civil War he was the leading spirit in making the association a power for good in the armies. of the Union, as well as at home. It was active and secure in its first, second, and third buildings. The first Farewell Hall, which was also the first association building in the world, was opened in 1867 while Mr. Moody was president of the association. Four months later, it was burned to the ground. When the flames were fierce, just a call for prayer was sounded, and a daily prayer meeting gathered in the lecture rooms of the Methodist Church at the usual hour for prayer and praise. After the great fire of 1871, in which the second building was burned, Mr. Moody served on a strong committee of the Association for General Relief Work. He also, for some time afterwards, rendered various and important services to the Association. Only last year, in connection with the 40th anniversary services, he expressed the hope that the greatest work and greatest success of the Association are yet before him. The Chicago Association honors and cherishes the memory of Dwight L. Moody for what he wrought here and for the greater work which he has since pursued with such success for the world's evangelization. It rejoices that one whose training in Christian work was in part obtained in its service should be so manifestly used of God to advance his kingdom among men. It extends its sincere sympathy to the members of the family in this hour of bereavement.