The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-01

From the Capital
The Rev. Colonel Moody, who is
at present engaged in the cheerful
pursuits of making II corner in
birthstone, by saving English souls
by the acre, is full stomached
gentleman of immense lung power.
And yet, his "head being larger than
common, o'erbalanced the rest of his
fat" which means that his skull
carries more adipose than intellect.
Moody-Colonel Moody, ID. b
figured largely in the late war. BE.
ing an humble follower of the Christ
of peace and good will, he roared
for blood, immediate blood, and a
good deal of it, And to prove his
sincerity ho volunteered himself,
not as chaplain, but as colonel of a
regiment. We saw him vt Camp
Dcnison, Ohio, where the humble
follower had a huge silver plated
sabcr at his pious side, with two
immense navy revolvers, and the
reverend colonel carried more loyal
religion TO the square inch than
any swash- bucklcr and hot gospeler
CON bined of that troublesome time.
1t was loyal religion in tho scarlet
fever. His training consisted OF
firing his revOlvers at imaginary
rebels, and when his revolvers were
being loaded he would swear a
prayer or two" and then to war
again. 1t was understood by the
SovenLy-fourth Ohio that the colonel
would do all the fighting, and that
he would eat all he killed, and con-
vert to the union and Gods grace
all the wounded and prisoners.
When the regiment got into active
service, so long as the Rev. Colonel
Granville Moody led, retreats We're
eminently successful. When fight
came to be necessity, the reverend
colonel would turn the command
over to his lieutenant colonel, and,
retiring to some quiet spot, try the
efficacy of prayer. Whenever the
reverend colonel was observed re-
treating to the rear for a better
communion with the Lord, the men
know that pounding would be the
order of the day, and, inspired by
patriotism, commissary whiskey
and prayer, the Seventy-fourth Ohio
gave good account of itself.
The RI Rev. Colonel Moody's
greatest exploit was the saving Of
Nashville. This was done, not
through fighting, but through An
drew Johnson and prayer.
When Major General Don Carlos
Buell. fell back from before Chatta-
nooga and Braxton Braggs thirty
thousand to the Ohio river, it was
thought he would evaouate Nash
vile, where the inebriated Andrew
was playing at governor. While
Buell's forces were fling through
that beautiful town, OF the march
made famous by the dexterity with
which the trains of the two armies
were kept from mixing with each
other, and the air was full of the
evacuation of Nashville, and the
two consulted and advised IN
gloomy spirits. Suddenly Colonel
NJ, moved by the spirit, cried out,
.aLet. us pray" and the governor
responded, LETS, and the two
going down on the gubernatorial
and church militant marrow bones,
addressed the throne of grace. First
Moody roared at the Lord, and An
drew shouted "glory." Then An
drew howled and Moody responded.
They grew so excited that they
moved, on their knees, to each
other, and embraced aud wept. 10,
the efficacy Of prayer The little
lighting cock, Buell., did not aban-
don Nashville.
After the war, the Rev. Moody
divided himself between the pulpit
and the stump, if, indeed. he made
any marked difference between the
two. He exacted pay from both,
charging from three to five dollars
for a stump speech from the pulpit,
and as much money as he could get
from suffering committees for an ex
hortation from the stump. The two
articles differed only in their being
fewer dirty stories in the pulpit,
but the lies, denunciation and sound
were the same on all occasions.
And now Granville is in England,
where he isnot known, pouring out
theological perspiration and eternal
birthstone, soaring the female Bulls
into hysterical salvation. Where
the corpuIent old expounder is
known, he is regarded as a selfish,
sensual, hypocritical variegator of
facts.
Nox we must have this thing nm
derstood. We are not much on the
ology, but we want it known that
if Granville Moody is booked for
heaven we don't want TO go. The