Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-03

~ '"i'oh VIEWS OF THE GREAT REylVALIT
Moody EPIGRANNATIc RLoQUESCE AND
Th~ INFLUENCE OF hts PREACHING
Charles NordhoiF, the we'll known writer
publishes IN the Herad his views Of Moody
the reviTa!ist We quote
have heard him a number OF times, and
aiWay with interest ard qualification; and il
seens 10 he that this rose mainly-aside
from the interest which any thoughtful man
rnay i2vo IN thi- suhjsct-hecause he gives
Lac impression "t possessing remarkable
common >er~e, tie clear head Of \ business
man. and habit a.! attending To the one
thing which he has on haud and making
all parts % The audience DO the sam. The
meetings ara opsned and closed promptly :
tic preaPpl.n;,d hour tuere iS not even
A minute @: tinc lost during the meetings
by delays: his own prayers are brief. very
earnest and directly II the point and his
eXhortatIonS are a running commentary on
passages OF Scripture which he reads rapidly.
always asking the audience to turn to the
passage. Indeed. 50 far as Mr. Moody Is
concerned. thero is little or no "machin-
cry. lie opens Il meeting as though his
audience were the stockholders of a bank to
whom hc wgS'abOat to make a report. lie
has the air OF 81 business man to whom tiln9
Is extremely valuable. and slow and tedious
people are eviicntly trial to him.
EP.GRAMHAric EIoQuEScz.
lie has in perfection that faculty Of cpl
I grdmmatic statomen: which one often finds
Among the farmers and laboring people of
/ New England. and this has something the
! tlect OF hum0r. Thus. preaching at the
/ rink from the text, w here the treasure Is
there the heart will be also" he remarked.
1T You lind 4 man : household goods on u
/ freight train, YOU may he pretty sure 20
hld hIm On the next passenger train" On
another occasion he tod # 4 woman who
came tc him saying that she had sought
thri-t iur three years without avail. Il
told hcr there must be some mistake about
. this, because an anxious sinner and an
anxious Saviour could not need three years
To hni each other. Speaking OF persons
who "crc ambitious to make themselves
prominent he remarked at does not say
make your light shine. hut let your ligh:
shine. You can make a light shine. II iU
Is ,caiy a light IL will shine in spite of Won
-~alF don { hide il under bushel. Let 10
shiae. Confess Christ everywhere - ''Sa-
tan got his match when he came across
john Bunyan. he remarked. lie thought
be had done "a -lreWd thing when he got
the pJo- tinker stuck in.a Bedford jail. but
that was one of hiS biunder>. 1t was there
that Buryan wrote the Pilgrim Progress,
and no u3uh. he w. more thankful for the
impri-JnmtIt than sur anything else in his
life
,Qcakinc Of ,Ae goodness Of God and Of
grace ahouDdlng.' be told striking
story OF u rich man who ~ent To A poor
friend in di,:rc-. Saj in an envelope on
winch hc wrote. More u follow. "
"NUw. said he, which was the more wei !
cJme-the money or In, gracious pr,1Di., 1
Of further helps So il l. with Gods Grace. /
there Is ALWAYS mora ., roIln,v - Cnotras, /
.rr the la,v,-n Gosnd he e,id ..N,ses
ia Eyypt. Turned ,yafe- jr-, Mood wbicb j.
death. Christ turned water inn, vine wbi,b !
is I.G. inv md ,Is3rc-. - >ncak;,r ~
future pu1i,h,nent in one If his rink ser- /
mon m. he SAD, "Uod WILL NOT punish u.
before I'D lIe Mi rern ~ oyer le' n onre
seize. C3ant read the hao., Of ,.onr o,e-n-
orv. lie will say" --.irr thc dutv or
Immediate repcnfancc AMI ~. INV in h6,vc,
ovtra rcpentant sinner. he said 'If the
President et.Hlf die ts-riab- o- If the ra,--
orner of th. >.ate saonIl he sb,, fbst
world make an 1-t.-, horc P.t merriam.
even - great ~, ,ye.., .,.,i,l not b. mon
toned in be2vcg ar ali Rur - sais he
rising his voice l-.tlc ..ir sorYc sinner in
this assembly were iu,t converted there
would be a ,rea; s5ln, IN heaven - Dwell
luL- gnIQ fine t.rrsalnr- If frrrr.. urui-it- 3
meut. he 7emarke! - mo ueopIe t1ubt
.t thev think q a i.Si foyin5 thet he
viii make I'D distinction Ia another world
But do you imagine That when men had
become :, wicked that tio.i ssnt n,oI 10
axter.nirate them hccause tbcv were M,
.t to i've on earth-i1 Won ~unp9sc taat
3, hcn the waters ca.neaD,. drowned them. lin
took tais wicked generation INTO lli- bosom
lud lett poor righteous Noah to drift about
n his ark DO You suppose that when
ii- chosen pcopin crossed the Red Sea. and
'1arsoA's host were drowned. DJd took
hose idalatrods Egyptians directiyto heay-
90. and let the children Of Israel wander
uiserAb y over the desert ior forty years 2'
"a A'""' . 'Ni 'i''ef-
J dorot know whether these passages
A hich ] have given from Mr. Moody's ex- /,
l0rtatiuf~ vii. seem to those who read ;
hem as lereibie a. they were TO nc who :
ieari them. | took down what appeared TO !
ne hi- most striking utterances. a. the
le-t way 81 showing wherein his power :
,yer az audience consists. Thathe is man
IF genuine power, there can be no doubt
lie has gathered, and held into silent at I
enti5n, and deeply moved. some Of the