The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-01-22
The Boston Preachers Express their
Opinions of Evangelist Moody.
From Chicago Record.

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Chicago's famous evangelist,
Dwight l.. Moody, is having pain
Iiul experience in cultured, analyti-
cal Boston. The revivalist is
viciously attacked by various
preachers of the city. His meth
DDS are caustically criticised, with
apparent show Of envy on the part
of some of those ministers who have
"A long list of degrees attached to
their names, but with very abbrevi-
ated congregations. While Mr..
Moody will not say much about the
matter, it is manifest that he is
deeply grieved at the uncharitable-
ness which has developed where it
would have been least expected.
His meetings have been held in
fremont temple, the magnificent
structure completed last spring at an
Iexpense of over 100000. The
main hall in this building will seat
more than 800 persons. AT every
Injecting OF Mr.. Moody's since he
began last week, this audience room
has been crowded to standing limit.
The evangelist says that no matter
/, what certain of the cloth may at
fect to believe, il is assured that the
!, Boston public is with him and that
his work here will 60 on In spite OF
criticism.
; 1T is hard enough" he says, "to
have the powers of sin to fisht with.
/ out having brethren to stand in the
, way and heap unfeeling faultfndine
upon my efforts"
t WONDERS AT MooDy's Powers.
The Rev. Thomas Van Ness, pas
: tor of the Second church, took fol
his Sunday subject, "Religious Re
vivals. During his address he
said:
Sin the religious world the law
of extremes is seen, as everywhere
else, for after periods of unbeiie
come strong religious revivals.
have wondered why illiterate anc
,uncultured men like Sam Jones anc
Mr.. Moody could draw such large
4 crowds to hear them. These meet
ings are feature of the times. Blu
we must discountenance the who'll
> system of salvation as preached b,
these travelling evangelists. In thl
system no account is taken to hered
I, ity or the fact that nature never for
! gives sin. Tens of thousands o
prayers will not avail, for the very
penalty of sin is wrapped up in sir
itself. Take the drunkard who re
pents. As long as these meeting'
continue he is able to stand, bu
when the excitement is over, the ole
craving for drink returns and HI
falls again. The head must be edu
Gated as well as the heart moved.
: ; II feel that evil is done to tn,
! young by these meetings, and if
, had my way l would allow no on,
Ito attend who was under the age o
20.
"Then holy things are treated ir
, reverently; not willfully, but unde
the excitement. Stories are Otter
o told which are not of the highes
i order and should never be hearC
: outside the home. Some of them al
. reported would have as bad an ef
feet upon the young as some OF th'
scandals aired in court.
: "Then, at these meetings there
e are often erroneous ideas given o
IS the highest truth. The bible il
I. looked upon as infallible, yet it
: many discrepancies are apparen
o ito any reader"
RABBI FLEIscHER's ATTACK.
! Rabbi Charles Fleischer in hi
Z sermon at the Temple Adath lsrae
n said:
: "While admitting that, fairly con
, sidered, revivalists do good work
n the true revival counts in tn
of reason and science owe
religion and faith. Freedom o
speech and thought was made TO
. emancipations from inherited doc
Is trines. Having come thus far
4, shall men take up the old doctrines
hi Moody answers 'Yes'-bible, Jonal
story, creeds and all-and neve
mind religious indigestion. II
.o says it is to doubt Gods omnipo
n tence if one doubts the Jonah story
,r No. replies the liberal, one simpl
N nIaffirms the story-tellers imagination
"Mental and religious coward
look to the past for help. Catholi
Z cism is the peaceful home OF the pei
'e picked Christian; infdelity is tn
; stormy sea of the perplexed Jew
!, 1t is easier to return to the old or I
A. die Of indifference than to make TO
the new and to seek new life"
= "BARBARIsM" IN REvIvALs.
tel The Rev. Herbert N. Casson,