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Show A Nlory About Moody. . Those who have heard Mr. Moody . tell the story of his life will appreciate this from the Boston Transcript: "Tha picture of the small boy, Moody, leaving leav-ing his home because the funds of tha family were too straightened to support sup-port them all comfortably; his departure depart-ure for the pluce in the country which his brother had obtained for him, there to do tho work needed on a farm, his homesickness and despair, and his sitting sit-ting down by tha way to have 'a good cry' these are tho shadows. "Tho light thrown on the canvas came from the kind-hearted man who made a point of giving a cent to every new boy who arrived in tho town. Tha cent was given, one of the old-fashioned, old-fashioned, generous ones, and so bright and shining that it looked to the child's eyes liko gold. "But bettor far than tho coin was tha act of this samo man, when he gently lifted the boy's cap and laid his hand upon his head, giving him a hoarty 'God bless you.' Tha action of mind on mind is mystical, infinite. in-finite. Who can compute tho result of that blessing on tho youthful head? Mr. Boecher has well said, Men need brotherhood and sympathy as much as thoy need tho loaf. The soul is often hungrier than the body, and no shop can soil it food. |