The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-03-09
A FEMININE CRITIC ON MR.. MOODY.

Mrs. NJ. II. Fiske writes from New
York, under date Of the 9th, to The st.
Louis KtpIblicGr: From the dimmest
ages up to the present time the cruelest
misdeeds have been done in the name OF
religion and for the glory Of God. The
crusade of Moody and Sankey is no eX-
ception, and their outbreak IN New York
is marked by more brutality at the gates
and more chcanery on the platform than
is usual even to that sort Of affair.
Moody is a well-lcd stoAt-lunged, ungram-
fnatical old p rty deal better suited to
running q hotel, or commanding canal
boat, than acting as master OF ceremonies
IN these REVEALS. | should think that
entering heaven under his auspices was
arriving at a pleasant conclusion by very
question: bic means. The priggishness of
the sanity Sankey is exasperating to be-
hold, and the conduct Of the the thou
sands who 90 to see the free show is aw.
full.
In the interest Of The Republican
out nv head into this lions mouth of
hole last Monday night and saw sights
and heard sounds enough to convince me
that the Hippodrome is unsafe morally
and physically. De icate ladies were
hauled through the gate and dumped like
sticks within the entrance. The GROWING
mob pushed by to gain the interior,
trampllng on the fallen women's clothes,
catching their feet i'll trailing bits Of
hounces stumbling, pushing, swearing
their way along. About twenty women
had no bonnets on. Two out Of every
three had their hair tumbling down.
False hraiis, puffs, and curls were torn off
by the hundreds; one lady wearing silk
cloak lined with fur. had the silk torn to
ribbins off her shoulders and sailed to a
prominent position, with the wrong side
of her fur-lning draping her shoulders
One great burly man squeezed his breast
coat pocket into my shoulder till the i'm
preston Of a pistol and whisky flask was
plainly Lrinted, and began to entertain
suspicious as to my safety. Then taking
an observation, finding that those women
got inside first who tainted quickest,
your correspondent gave two curdi'rs
bowls and was seized each side by wings
and boosted over peoples heads; got IN.
under false prctcnse, with the loss OF all
the ends, bows, and pull-off-able things
on her dress. Then, once inside, having
having lost her party, she attached her
self to the first bald -headcd man III white
cravat, and cstcnsibly as Mrs. DR.. Levitt
Gus, went trlumphant,y into the place
pennel oil, for elect, clergy and then
wives.
MIR. Moody, upon his entrance. looked
at the wild multitude, at the fierce anc
unruly men, and evidently thought he sao
met his match, as he was slow III coming
up and uncertain when he got up. No re
ports of his sermons gives any lGca OF ms
illiterate style, his sioveniy pronuncia
ton and his grammatical outrageS. FOL
instance, after giving out his text, some
thing concerning the Almightys usins
weak things to overcome mighty ones, h
launched out about the pcddlers who wer
crying all sorts of Moody and Sanke.
song books, pictures, and medals. etc.
up and down Madison avenue and tn
cross streets. Leaving his subject, n
made "A raid on them in this style, whicl
was reported by The Witness next da
rs you find it here quoted:
MOODY. WITNESS"
Monday Night Tuesday Morning
"Theys men come Parties from Phila
from philadelty to ped deipha have arrive
die my potugraps. Just tor the purl ose OF de
sect you dou't buy lci' wing you on III
'em / amt had no DO streets by spurious pic
tograps taken tur stures | have had n
wears These they got photographs taken IN
Iookner more hike me years The specimen
than they DO like you they present are utte'
nor 40 much. That ly unlike, bearing n
what INJURIES US. Buy more resemblance
your sony -books in the me than TO you. PEI
stnrs-(one is opened haps not so muol
by the concern ON the Avoid thes" imp >ste
corner OF the Hippro land purchase yos
drome buildingl land song books in tire prof.
let them pedders er depot, the store.
alone"
Then NJ. Moody returned to his tex
and among other instances cited the bu
mess Of the ark in three words:
''Look at the deluge--was the poop
told tn 90 doin any big thipgs!- n
uuthin was said to cone but Noah and
was told to be buildin an ark-and tn,
one ark.a contemptous thing, was the or
thing saved
There was never such trash written ,
this ponderous overgrown Ignorant
gives ut.erance to.
INFRINGING ON HENS RIGHTS.
from the New, York Church Union.l