The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-12-14
peeiai Correspondence If The Cecil VIZ
LETTER FROM BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE. December OH. -

BALTIMORE. December g:h, 1873
DEAR WING Among the many inter
esting letters from divers places, which You
give your readers from week to week. we
notice that there's a child among Us tax
ing notes" ycleped 'Qnilp." who it APP
pears is visiting this city, and is giving
sprighily glimpses of Baltimore and its
doings.
Alas. ever, body must have Mordecai
at the gate" and "Quilp has his. among
the rest. He has not, it seems, been able
To get into Moody meeting. That is his
Mordecai.
Now, we hare been To 4 Moody meeting,
and although We are far from wishing to
encroach upon his prerog ,tive as scribe par
excellence, yet we hope We will be pardoned,
inasmuch rs We feel pretty sure letter from
him will appear in the same issue with this,
wherein he will tell US he has heard Moody
and will give 2 much better account of it
than We can possibly do.
Nevertheless, it may not be unwelcome
to your readers to hear the impressions of
two persons upon a subject which is a topic
of general interest here.
We had been wishing to 90 for some
time, but as ticket, though free, was
necessary for admission, and one had to go
a considerable distance At $ A. " to get
one, and rnn the risk of finding they were
all given out for the week, before getting
there. We had concluded to wait until the
tabernacle. which they purpose building for
the Moody meetings. was built, which idea
we will mention IN PEASANT has been given
up, and he will continue to preach as here
tofure in the different churches.
Well. as We before remarked, we had no
ticket and did not expect n get in without
one. but thought ii worth while to make
the trial; SO one lovely afternoon a few days
ago We went To the Eutaw Place BAPTIST
Church an hour before the time. and found
the church nearly full. Unlike your CORE.
spondent, we passed in without challenge
from policemen or ticket receiver which
courtesy we suppose was due To our being
lady. while he is only gentleman.
We were surprised at our own good for
tune. for We not only sailed calmly and
peaceably in. but had seat in the middle
aisle four pews from the pulpit. We felt
a little anxious. fearing that some person
with a ticket, whose place We had usurped,
could not gain admittancc, or If. having
done So would have TO stand; SO, Is 4 salvc
to our uneasy conscience. made a mental
resolution that, If we saw anybody in that
predicameut, we would squeeze ourselves
in the smallest place possible and make
room for her. But this magnanimous re-
solve was not put to the test; the large
church was full. bat all were comfortably
seated, and none denied aimittance This,
we suppose was due to the ticket system.
and explains the reason of its adoption; it
prevents tine Jam which would he the in.
evitahle sequence. in whatsoever church
Moody occupied in turn, for no church in
the city is capable of accommodating the
crowds who would 60 to hear him, whereas
the tickets allow jus; enough to fill the
i y.
comfort, and in consequence, disturbance.
Excuse us, ''Quilp." that we take thi,
view of the case; remember we got in. and
+ you did not
Although there was fine choir, Mr.
Moody requested the whole congree alton
to sing. lie remarked that he could not
start the most familiar hymn himself, III
I fact could not sing at all. but lie did great
deal of singing down in his heart, to which
lie could give no utterauce through his
/ lips, but he loved singing and would try !,
/ himself, and that was one reason he liked
congregational singing, he could join in
/ without putting other people out
/ His text was Adam. where art thou -
and was addressed particularly to profess
ors of religion and backsiders Ia ia.
+ prescribed limits which we feel is all We
should occupy in i paper designed espc
cially for local news, we can only mention
a few remarks Of the many which struck
us as being unique and original. He asked
/ church members and every body IN the house
To ask themselves TIE question, ~ he.e do
/ stand in the sight of God 80
/ He remarked that many people thought
! themselves back slidcrs, when the truth oi
/ the matter was, they had never slid for.
ward very far.
! His preaching is entirely extempore. and
seems more like a genial, pleasant CONVEX
sation. than 4 studied theme or sermon
! His ideas are clothed in the most practical
/ of illustrations, such as the youngest chilli
/ in the house, who could understand Ian
/ guage at all. could comprehend. and Yet
! charm those of more mature intellect who
/ are privileged to listen.
I lie is in no way remarkable for rhei0rical
flourish or brilliancy; At times he is NJ.
even grammatical. hut one never wci"hs
| him in that balance for a moment, and
( would as soon think of smiling at a good,
| kind, old-fashioned mother as at him. MOI
/ that We would have so little respect for our.
selves as to smile at any one whose educa
tional advantages had been limited, but in
! Moody's case, we would think it impossi
| be. He is so simple and earnest He.
! just without rant or cant, breaches the Cos.
| pei; preacnes it in such 4 manner that il
cannot fail to impress others with what is
such vital interest Ia him. and sends every.
body home wishing they could come back
| in the evening, which he has expressly com
/ nanded thsm not To do.
! He said after the sermon was concluded.
Now | expect to preach this evening al
Madison Square Church, and am going t.
| preach the very same sermon preached
this afternoon. and want an entirely new
audience. | don't want 10 see one face This
evening that is here this afternoon. You
think will not know you. because | see :,
many people, but YOU would find yourselve.
very much mistaken. Why. at the very
last meeting in the afternoon in which
/ gave out this notice, same eight or ten pres
ent came in the evening, and actually had
the GOODNESS to walk right up here in from,