The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-14
Moody'S Preaching.


everybody asks his neighbors now
: adays. Well, We are going to an
swer this question very honestly.
We heard Mr.. Moody's last lecture
esteemed by some his best and by
others by no means so. Ind;vidu
ally we were not peculiarly i'm
pressed by Mr.. -Moody's preaching
But there was the thronged house be
fore US, packed as we have never
seen it by any entertainment, with al
classes Of people, and So it had been
from first to last. 1t was plain tc
see, ther, that NIr. Moody's way OF
preaching was wonderfully attractive
for most people. This was the case.
not with one class Of hearers, bat all
In no part Of the house could We OBJ.
serve anything but wrapt attention.
What was it that so engaged the in
terest of men, from the gravest divine
to the idlest,-street gossip? It was
imnossible to resist the fact for there
It was before our faces.
There was nothing new, nothing
grand in this mans manner Of speech.
None but the plainest, though the
most familiar truths, coupled with a
diction, plain at times to inelegance,
were used. There was nothing like
oratory attempted. Now and then
the voice of the speaker would be
raised in earnest emphasis, but this
was rare, and seemed rather the nat
ural result Of the speakers own emo
tion than any intent on his part to
impress others. What was it, then,
that so moved men?
To begin with, the preacher seemed
IN dead earnest. It seemed as if he
had come there to have a hand-to-
hand talk with men about their souls.
And literally he talked to them
quietly, fervently, freely and sQuarely,
just on the plane of ordinary human
ity. AS Shakespeare has it, he told
them what they themselves did know.
He framed no powerful argument,
but with the Gospel message on his
lips talked right alongside Of the
humblest mans experience in the
matter Of religion, and the craving
of every mans heart for healthful
spiritual condition, or, in simple
words, to be a better man. It was
pointed out how in every mans life
this knocking at the door was heard,
and just there the plain, simple, yet
gracious promises Of the Gospel weceif {
repeated IN the most natura}~'A'
but with the most esrnes~sdvertisse4t
their oa7ceov der mateFTw
There is vour w'~ction in in..tttt # faith i
I know it. Ycier, on
kide it from me?m4ssfeole 4ssfeole case my frient
.yyasssgse3s-edtu need lot think t
ton 81 the board, /; You cannot hide
= ls9ke53ksssas5e' ass sess or your God. Yo
- know your own need of saving grac
better than I can tell it to you, an
here is the whole remedy offered yor
No price is asked for it. You hay
lived life conscious of your oW
needs. You have tried all else, an
you find that you are no better no'
than when you began. You kno'
your danger. You are conscious @
infrmities. Now here is thi
blessed word sufficient TO every man
wants. I, your brother, tell you sc
have labored and mourned just q
you are doing now. And now l tel
you thst here is the way and the life
You have tried all other ways, tr.
Jesus's way now. We pretend no
to use the language of the preacher
We are only illustrating the simpl
way used of getting at mems hearts
The varied experience of the preache
enables him to apply just such Gospe
truths as be has found most efica
cious in dealing with the solemn
Necessities of an awakened spirit
The same experience enables him t.
relate incidents from the lives Of mel
and women, which he knows will fnt
ready admission to the hearts anl
self.experience Of those attentiv,
hearers before him. All. says ON
after another to himself, That is my
case precisely" The speaker ceases
The old hosannas swell out from
Sankey's tuneful lips, and all g
home to come again, anxious to hea
the old story Of salvation told L
them with the same earnest simplicit!
with which they had heard it at
mothers knee. This is ali we Cal
see about it. 1t is the old story O
confounding the wise and the exalted
with the simple words Of sobernes
and truth.-Colum5i0 Register.
The fat has gone forth. and hence
forth the education Of the farmer il
all the minutie Of his calling, wit