The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-04-15

that this wis their mission would not
their zeal take very different complex
inn from that which II now wears? Moody
sccms to believe that he is largely respon-
sibIe for the salvation Of society around
him. He hears voice commanding him
to be up and doing; to be instant and
earnest, in season and out; TO cry aloud
and spare not; to stretch forth his hands
appealingly to the people and beseech and
entreat them to come forward and be
saved "now while il is time; this very
moment before they are cut on in their
sins"
The learned divines listen 10 this mans
matter Of fact expositions OF the Gospel
TO his business dialect and bad gram.
|mar-and are astonished at the hold he
has on all classes Of people. Every body
feels the spell Of his influence, for IL
is irresistible. Even those "who go TO
mock remain 10 pray" And all owing
TO his plainly disccrned unSelfish sinceri-
ty and zeal. His case therefore is one
that the negative side Of the Philippi PRO.
position can, and no doubt will, lay great
stress upon, in order to show that uncd.
ucated ministers are not only not in
furious 10 the cause OF Christianity but
positive benefit TO ii. An other case,
still more remarkable, which they might
instance, ia that OF John Bunyan, author
OF the celebrated book called "The Pill
grimS Progress" one OF the most won-
derful books in our language, written by
u poor tinker who was confined l2
years in an English Jail on account Of his
political and religious principles, and
who when offered his liberty, il he would
give up preaching, always answered, "if
you let me go to-day, ! will preach again
tomorrow" The mans carncstness made
a profound impression on everybody who
listened TO his homely appeals. Nothing
could shake his belief that he was called
to save sinners, "neithcr sneerS, nor
threats, nor his own health, nor the con-
dition OF his family suffering from pow
erty." Is il any wonder that the people
locked TO hear his remarkable revela-
tiOns touching his own experiences. These
were the secrets OF his power, He h"d
passed through years OF torture from his
conscience. His little book was all real
story to him. The story OF "Christian,"
his despair and struggles, his escape from
his neighbors Pliable and Obstinate, his
contempt for the counsels OF Mr.. Worldly
Wiseman, who lwelt in the town OF Car.
nal Policy and went to church in Moral.
iiy, his meetings at the wicket gate and
the house Beautiful, his dreadful fight
with Apollyon, his passage through the
Valley Of the Shadow Of Death, and, in
truth, the whole OF his triumphant pill.
grimage was all part and parcel OF his
own lie. Not all the educated clergy OF
England achieved 80 much for Christian
ity as this poor tinker and street preacher.
But while it is true that such preach.
era as Moody and Dunyan attract the
people and profoundly impress them, yet
the proposition Of the Philippi Literary
Society, "Ihat nneducaled ministers are
injurious TO the cause OF Christianity" is
not thereby disproved by any
means. The trouble with an educated
ministry ia thai, as a rule, they lose zeal
as they acquire wide range OF education.
This fact is not peculiar to minister, but
applies TO politics and TO matters OF OPP
inion generally. A man OF one idea,
whose nature is OF FIRE with sense OF its
Importance, far out strips in effectiveness
among The people the man Of many ideas.
This Is the explanation Of Moody's sue.
cess. lie has not one idea in len as com.
pared with thousands who listen to him,
even on the subject Of religion, but that
very defect, so 10 speak, is the secret OF
his success. In this world there is no
competition between zeal without knowl-
edge and knowledge without zeal.
Moody has zeal and very limited knowl-
edge, while many Of his brethren have
knowledge with very limited zeal. This
is the difference between them.