, 1876-03-12

further cid. Bagater Bible, With MI index o
subjects. Cruden'H Concordance, and q few com
mentasles comprised bis textbooks. Willie il
Dubiln' . friend gave him tho Bible be now
at the meetings. o. tue hy-leaf il bears the III
sc1lpt1on: D. L. Moody, Dublin. Dccember,
J 1872. God is love- ". Fay" 1t is an Svo
bagster, with flexible black morocco covers and
mr. Moegs edgs hs Volume ha os9a
appears IS il it had seen ten years
service. Some Of the leaves nro worn
through with usage, while nearly all tho margins
4ayo become yellow with many flnsor-marks.
! In the Old Testament nearly every page is an-
parts treating of the history Of tho Israelites
the chosen peopls OF God. But in the Now Tes-
tament tho pages are annotated iu black. red
and Dluo lnk to wonderful extent. On many
pages thirty marks may be counted. Sometimes
lew "orus are underscored OF an entlre verse
IL inciosed IN black lines, with three or four
words unde1scored or encircled with Ink, wh1le
mysterious numbers or letters Appear on nearly
every page. Around tho margins aud at tie
heads OF chapters few words may often DO
1oand commenting upon ueighborlng vcrse or
referring to some other passage. There IL
scarcely b page in the New Testament where .
dozen such annotatons could not bo counted,
while III some places the whole margin is filled
With them, aud scarcely verse Las escaped A1r.
Moody's pen.
in Brooklyn, the thorough Acquaintance he hnd
gained With the Bible wns very evident. When
reading chapter la would name kindred verses
and give thoir plnces with the utmost facility.
In the noon meetings nov held at tho Hippo
drome he also manifests this wide study of the
Bible, though in less marked dogroo. His
Two schools~-1nlssionary experience and Bible
6tudy-laFe formed him what he Is, and couati-
tute tho reservoirs from which the material Of
bis scl7nons is drawn. Ills limited general edu-
1fH1 1T1b1f 1fT%v nrt.H
business experience aud the largo acquaintance
he has noado with men Of the world and learned
clergymen have furuiahed him the remainder OF
bis educat1on. OF his imperfect school learning
be ID painfully aware, and has suffered much
from the annoyance which it gives him, In h,s
prayers aud sermons he occasionally mentions
- this poor etammeriug tongue."- About
the time he began his Bible.readings in this
country-in which he has met With II SUCCESS
that loads writer to call him "one
Of the most successful Bible teachers in Amer
lea "-he had serious mlsglyiuga abont the fnture
OF lis work. Even now he often expresses his
grief over some mistake lie has made through
bus impuislyeaess in speech Or manner. Bus be
has changed immensely Within few years. His
early adureaaea somo o0o called ." hailstor1n |
haranGues," and gentleman who knew him |
naany years ago says tho contrast bet'Feen what |
ho vas tleu and is now is simply alunZiue.~
When 10 "aa II years OF age be left his Masea- |
clnsctts homo and went TO Boston. A parson |
who saw him thou says 't1'hcre was far more I
Of the mountain than Of the schools in his con-
yersation and mannor.": lie wont away with no
other plety than q lova for his widowed mother !
and sturdy determination to be an honest man.
Among tho boys in school he Was leading
spirit, and, but for the outreaties Of his mother
would have been dismissed by tho teacher.
To nny ono who studies Mr. Nloody's belief it
will very soon appear that Gods love for the
world is large and controlling element. The !
Scripture quotaton on tue ayleat Of his Dagster