, 1875-11-06

David fall Ho tanlelv urOn tho cara Of Chriasinu
] man, wunn quaint a:tI Eueririni "rocl'A rrr-
MT SUNG aGnf n,'diug n toIt until lellfo4,'c-
inrnta c,'n9. u :i-'ltug sheep tat had tt5a, eli
from, the fold! or n1nnt .lesH- Of tsHxarnt paAr.
ing by. will move hundreds Of tEars ind awaEn
tbs anlF.t Of PRAYER IN tho dormant i'oartB Of
nlutiklldaA2 :
soopy c"MrAnEi, r., wir1i m OTHER "Evissttsrs.
brother MOODY ID not of scholarly hnllt 1lo
taooB not poaseHs \ trained mind. In thought,
to ,a 1,asrow md shallow. lit 'langnngo. lila
vocabulary - nseagre. I1o Ia not giftcd will!
power uf ratiocinstlor. lfa II nitnost wholly
destitute Of t!lo faculty OF Imagination, n,l liH
unty illustrations hre et0ries. which. though
Rosl!osines toucEinEIy told. ara OF poor quality
nnti is not At nil conversnnt w,ti tho moorcsl
4sicatinns OF Biblical INTERPRETATION. lie does
not seem 10 ho tl1ntl Of marked nt)lty, natural
Or ar1uhetI, n any direction, aud wo have not
been alD to discover In him any Anch lore of
character M could lop to account for his sue.
cess. There ia An ll-'lotned Bort uf thing called
poreonnl magnetism. which some r8oplo Bnpposo
to he the secret OF indivsnual influence; but no
lar M We have ever found out what 10 fmplfod by
that arm. and 40 tar as NC have observed tho
men wlib nre said IN be its roasesaor1, ,-s1en iko
Henry Clay, for cxnmpfc.-wo do not 900 that It
exists to any oxtent in Brother Moody. .
In mauy Ut tlIeae reapecta Alr. Mondy differs
from other renowned roylya(la;s. 1ohn. Wesley
null George Whitotiefd wero scholars and theolo-
Eianu, men of eminent Intellect. and possessed Of
great powers Of clio luance. Wlltetlelh Was
consun.uate orator, had u glowing IMAGINATION.
md Hluvc1 tho wat multstudeB whom ho aa-
tlresaeIl through forcep which aro apprccablo to
tho human mind. WcaIev vas nol only mnn
o! rich speech, but had tho yery gcnuH Of Car
not for orgun,zatinn. Furthermore. both Of
them we're mon OF great natural force and stri!s-
ing personal character. The celebrated rorivnf-
iats OF our times, befoio tim appearance Of
Moody and Snnkoy. were tho Rov. Mr.. Einney,
Elder Knapp, and tho liov. Mr. Hammond, tho
last named OF whom has boon operating in the
Western BtRtas Knapp was rude.fnan, III
o1srayaBant aenaatlonhltst OF to most cxctable
mud exciting kind, aud won suci, succoss
to be carried away py his appeals. Abous HAM
nond Nc know less, though ne understand
that Ills power IL principally over cbtlsou, who
arc easy victims to senttmentality mud terror.
Flnnev. Tho most notable Of thoso named,
wrought out great results IN his time. As n d.
viner, ho was Iear1eu In theology and metapllys-
ics. belonged to the Hchoot OF high Ealvinism,
and possobBod Logical faculty OF such oxtrnor-
dinary potency thai, whom once he got hold Of
him waA ae!zod with an nbjcct feeling OF help
lessness and despair. We havo aeon him grim
Piled With multitude till they seemed Daralyzed.
lio would set out with what appeared to be All
obvious proposition. and, II you admitted It, or
were In a passive or pliable state of mind, Ito
would wind the nnY1o'ding chain of logic arornh
your souI till rnsisthnee was Impossible Thnp
he would mako sucl, displav OF Diyipo ven-
goancs mud tho toErura Of The law as drose tho
'croHs. Wo Ahonld look to Brother Moody in
vain for my such powers as belonged to Whito-
fnId, Wesluy, Fiuney, and othor suceosstuI re-
vivAlists.