Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-06
MOODY AND SANKEY.

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eter Hall, London. Exeter Hall is
always dim by day, and Moody
stood up like dark post amid SOM
bre trees; and it was only by aid OF
an opera-glass-most worldly and
profane medium-that / could dis
cover who was the sman of prayer"
If Moody were spiritual artist,
he would dress himself like the
white Quakers,- when he in his
snowy calico would be obvious from
afar. Certainly he is a model saint!
"A defiant jaw, a double chin, graces
the fat believer, who discloses a
smart eye, voice that means a
thing or two; altogether, Toody,
the slnner-saver, is as sleek as por-
poise. No fasting, no penury, no
care, no anxiety, no leanness, ap-
pears in that we'll fed apostle Such
placid. contemplation Of perdition
we have not seen heretofore. Wes-
ley was white in the face; Chal-
mers was sad with great thought
Charming had care for progress
marked upon him Irving had
grand solemnity after the manner
ofhis own classic eloquence. Moody
and Sankey are bumptious and OLE
aginous in the epidermis. They
give us the impression that they can
put us up to smart thing in saliva
ton, if we will give heed to them.
They began in London by saying,
"Let us thank God for what he is
about to do in London y which
made the Spectator think they
thought, by dlscounting bills drawn
upon the Deity, that he would feel
bound to honor them, or seem
shabby. We never had profanity in
piety so pronounced as these spirit
ual adventures show it. They tell
the public that God will grant all
things to those who put their trust
in him. Moody has not done this,
else the Holy Spirit had vouchsafed
him knowledge of grammar. If
St. Peter has any culture, he will
not admit the converts whom Moody
and Sankey send to his gate. They
tell us story how General Grant
captured Richmond by ordering a
simultaneous advance upon the cop
perheads, and that the goodly people
must do likewise; as though heaven
was an enemy to be taken by storm.
They teach that, if converts are in
earnest, the Holy Spirit will give
the talent. But the Holy Spirit
appears not to be either padagogue
OF professor, and expects converts to
qualify themselves in these respects.
In Glasgow, some thirty or forty
earnest youths were imposed upon
by this easy, ignorant, and vulgar
logic. After Moody and Sankey
were gone, they went to the Pres
bytery and offered themselves to be
led against the camps of Satan. The
Scottish clergy had sat on the San
key platform, and allowed the hope
of Triumphant illiterateness to be
held out to'the poor youths. When
/ the time came to respond to the ex-
pectation Of these foolish converts,
the Presbytery referred them to the
university, and told them to browse
for two or four years on Pagan
classics, as the devil was informed
and shrewd, and could not be cir
cumvented by uncultured and in
coherent divines of the Moody
order
| At public meeting, when tire
some speaker will not give over, a
chairman is tolerated in pulling at
his coat tail. Judge the consterna-
ton and laughter of London, when
Moody was seen doing this to gen
tlenen at prayer, if they prayed too
long! Heaven is surely the best
judge whether it is bored, and
knows, | suppose, how to silence
the garrulous troubler. But Mr..
Moody takes this matter into his
own hands, and only allows God
five minutes supplication by the
same person, as though he thought
the ear Of the Almighty wanted va
riety.
| We hope that Mr.. Variety, who
has come up to convert you out Of
compliment to your sending Moody
and Sankey to convert us, is a gen
tleman and saint, conversant with
Lindley Murray, or whoever your
national grammarian may be. We
count you a nation where popular
schools prevail, and not like Eng
land, where the common people
are kept ignorant by act of Parlia-
ment. We certainly expected that
| you would send ministers of heaven
somewhat acquainted with the liter
ature of the earth. However, as
we are taught to give certain per-
/ son of very extreme reputation his
| due, will be just to these singular