Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-30
MIR. MOODY IN BALTIMORE.
An Interesting Description OF
the Man-Review of His Meth
Ods, His Style, and Results OF
His Work.


idea of the person whose name is at the
/, head Of this article. | confess my IN
ability to do SO, first, because | hardly
| know how TO commence, and secondly,
| when commenced, how or where To end
In appearance Mr.. Moody is about five
feet ten inches and weighs, | should
| Judge, about one hundred and eighty
pounds. There is nothing particularly
striking in his appearance; you would
| Judge him, if you met him, 10 he plain,
| simple business man with great deal OF
energy. Well, he is just all this. He is
| So simple in every respect that he Will
| permit no fuss to be made over him. Ills
| business is to win the unconverted AMI
| infuse new life into those that are luke
| warm; no man was ever better lifted Tor
| the business, because he thoroughly un-
| derstands it, and his energy Is undaunted
| in the prosecution of his work. lou
would ask, is he an orator? lie Is, and
makes no effort to he. Is he eloquent?
He is the essence OF it, for he possesses
| the magnetic power to make you feel
and think as he does. Is he for
ensic? He is, without being fulsome-
" 50. IIei just plain, simple, natur-
~
the Lve OF his subject, and a keen sym
| pathy for those who are out OF the ark
of safety. His application OF a rough
truth to the thin skin OF vanity" the
! wealthy who are professed Christians
once week who should be shining lights,
mot to make their light shine but just
to let it shine, represented 10y the anec-
dote of the blind man who was noticed
sitting on the street CurbstOne with a
brightly burning lantern in his hand,
and passer-bv, being struck with the
strangenesS OF a man with his confirmed
! blindness for doing so, asked him why
he thus sat as light WAS the same as
darkness to him. He replied that he
did so "to keep from being stumbled
over Some Uf these Christians
would never he known To he such
if they were not stumbled over
every now and then 10y some one
striking them. Some desire Ia lead III
Church matters a. in all others, by
making their light shine instead ot let
ting it, rs il any seli-righteousness could
save them, instead oi letting the rcttec-
ton Of their Christianity fall on some
benighted sinner, whose humility would
do to win more. He pictures the last sup
per with Jesus and his disciples, when
arising and binding a towel about Ills
Ioins lie takes water and washes the
feet of His disciples, and coming to
Peter, the one He knew was going to
deny Him, lie washes his feet also. not
withstanding Peter protests: When
he 50 touchingly describes this scene OF
Christ's humility, emotion chokes ms
utterances, tears roll down his checks,
and responsive sobs are heard through
out the vast assemblage. This Is the
sublmity of elnquencc, 50 simple yet :"
pathetic Mr.. Moody's tender sympathy,
his earnest effort just to win those who
are unredecmed, no matter how vile or
depraved, no one can help but ieel his
effort of love. In speaking ot the
derisiun some fashionable lady made ni
the "Women'5 Christian Temperance
Union, ately-eeifyeiie.i IN this city, he
said: when pledges fail, when friends
can not prevail, when drunkenness has
So strong hold as almost to become
A disease, ii Jesus Christ don't
pick UP the drunkard who will
pick him up?' This simple thrust
came home to many one. Ills views
~ to the rcgencrating influence OF bap-
tism, If that would make new creature
in Christ, he would just as we'll stop
preaching and 90 out and baPtlse
whole audience al once; AMI speaking
Of the serpent that was raised up III the
wilderness, and all that looked on II were
cured. 80 all oi those who looked
| to Christ as the only hope oi salvation
were saved, but great many people
looked at the pole and not at the ser
pent. The pole was the church, and II
! any one expected the church To save
them, they needed regeneration, Tor he
ministry held up the church with christ
on top, and you must look right at
| Christ first, and as to the matter of what
church YOU should join, you would lind
one quick enough il You found thirst
| first. Many Christians say they hnd II
80 difficult "a hold on {" CHRIST; don
try to hold on to Christ just have Him
in your heart, and lie will hold on to
| ynu: that sheep were not expected to
! hold on to the shepherd; VIII" ever
| heard of sheep taking care of the shcp-
| herd; His sheep know His voice, and
! when he calls they follow. The shep-
| herl.feed the sheep. Who ever heard ui
the sheep feeding the shepherd? In
! Palestine. the shepherds are 50 careful
Of their sheep that they know them all,
and the sheep know the shepherd; they
! will listen 10 no call 10 follow but the
shepherds; will obey no one else, except
when they get wsak and S'ct and then
| they will follow any one, and that Is
| lust the way wial some Christians
! when they get 50 cold in Christianity,
the voice oi any one else To them il just
the same as the shepherd-that the
reason Christ does not hold on 10 You,
| you will not let him, you don't treat
YOUR other friends ~ YOU do Christ. If
YOU were going ona journey you would
20 10 your friends bid them goodbye
and tell them YOU were going Ia leave
them. Why don't you seek the privacy
of Christ's friendship and -ay, Christ ]
Am going to leave yOu, goodbye, and
put YOUR hand in His. If YOU put
your hand in His to bid Him goodbye
lie would not let you 20, bat We all Tor
get our manhood, and cOwariiy sneak
| Agay. We are not men and women IN
the truest sense 30 Ia act; We don treat
Christ with the courtesy that az mortais
We demand of each other, and then eK-
beet Him to 20 out to hunt Us up when
We insulsed Him by quietly and STEALTH.
" stealing away from Him. said
when commenced writing On this sub
iect of Mr.. Moody, I would not know
where to stop. ! will close tins letter
by saving. there il no sensatIonailsm
about him. Religion is a matter Of calm,
cool deliberation; feelings are very we'll
in their way; do not wait for feelings,
just open your heart and invite Christ
Ia enter and leave the balance 10 Him
He will come when YOU invite Him.
His preaching is a pure, simple
doctrine Of faith and reslg-
nation of your will to God.
His simplicity, persuasion and his strong
powers of illustration 20 make plain
the whole plan OF salvation, makes the
Bible book to suit opposite extremes,
10 the weak minded and uneiucsted,
and even the most ignorant can under
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