ONE DAY IN FORRES
The evangelist reached Forres on Tuesday forenoon in the midst of a snowstorm. The snow soon passed away, but left the roads sloppy enough to discourage ordinary churchgoers. It was the weekly market day and that probably swelled the big gathering that filled the fine Mechanics Hall. A more eager and attentive audience the evangelist could not have wished, and Mr Moody tested their attention pretty well, for he spoke over an hour. To a still more crowded company in the evening he preached on Confessing Christ. This duty and privilege he pressed home with great power. The weather had not improved towards evening and the distance to the hall and the Baptist Church for the after-meeting may have prevented many from taking the step that the preacher so fervidly urged. The workers were kept busy however, till a late hour, and real solid work was done for eternity.
The Forres meetings were attended by numbers from distant places, among them being a goodly contingent from Nairn, who drove home through the storm. There was an unusually large muster of ministers, who, it is to be hoped, will carry away some of the holy fire generated by the proceedings of the day, and give it scope in their own spheres of work.
From, "The Christian," January 7th, 1892
Now the Town Hall