Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-12-09

Mr. Richard Whiteing writes from Paris
to the New York World: "Messrs MOODY and
Sankey have been here on a fortpights mis-
sion to the heather. Some times they appear
in an English and sometimes in French
church; In the latter case the words of the
evangelist were translated, paragraph by
paragraph, by French preacher. Their
coming would hardly be worth notice il it
did not coincide with what appears to be a
widespread attempt 10 evangellze The French
people by Anglo American methods. The
Salvation Army is here, and that campaign
deserves study. The army has lis camp In
dreary little hall in the heart Of low
quarter by the Quai Valmy. There is much
in it to remind the British exile OF his earthly
heaven of dissent at home The hall is
dirty, dim and uncomfortable; il seems quite
like dear old England again. The interest
OF the experiment lies in the fact that the
Salvation Army wishes, in its ignorance, to
apply exactly the same methods to The
French as have been found 80 effectual with
the Eoglish mind. 1t has drawn out from
the lunber-room of religious orstory certain
properties which most of US thought would
never reappear. 1t has refurbished the
throne and used it for a great set scene OF
final judgment, with troops of avenging
spgels and great noise from trumpets OF
brass. This Is the imaginative side of ap-
peal and another side Of il is found 10 kind
OF obscure mysticism, which is found TO be
effective with English crowds, almost in
proportion to their want OF logic. 1t was
most tinteresting-could such methods be sue
cessful with The French. Their known Vol
taireism ought TO make them reject the first
and their passion of clearness 10 reject the
last, at least 80 l thought, and so l still think
after attending service at their hall. To
me that service wss an experiment, and an
experiment fairly tried. Tue au Hence was
Just such one as would be found in England,
men who seemed TO come In from their work
and who had moi mad time even 10 wash them
selves, workwomen nursing their babies, and
looking as though they wanted good deal
OF spiritual consolation to help them to
bear the haIdships of life, knots of un-
ruly boys who were occasionally kept
in order by cuffs from their fathers,
and one or two groups of hObbledehoy youths
and girls in the counting stage, who came to
giggle aud unfortunately did not rem ain to
pray. In the sharpest possible contrast to
all these were the preaching women of the
army on the platform. Oae was a mere
preaching girl, of about sixteen, with face
good to study for it's expression of iuteI-
lectaal pride. You might guess that she
had been a shining light at Sunday-school,
and from that had advanced by her own or
dination to the preaching chair. A certain
amount of word-piling that she may be pre-
suned 10 have possessed in her mother
tongue, failed her in French, owing TO her
limited knowledge of the language She
was often at ludicrous loss for a word, and,
what was much more serious, at ludicrous
loss for an idea The last defect, of course,
would be common TO her use of both tongues,
but her resources in English would enable
her to hide it. The other lady was a few
years her senior. As to appearance she was
intensely English ILL % ade clothes and all:
but as 10 manner she had a sanity ecstasy
which bespoke profound couviction-and
without that il would be impossible 10 at
tempt such work in face of the unsparing
ridicule of the French. As she spoke or sang
her eyes were half closed, as in a re-
ligious trance; her whole soul seemed TO
be in her work, and il was really quite con-
ceivable at times that she did not know ex-
acily where she wss or what she was doing.
1t was the typical figure OF the American
camp meeting in the epileptic Stages.
Theresa 6oueled with Cooks tourist. The
FIRST half of the character was found in the
zeal and in the absorption, the second In