The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-23

language c< preachers in order 10 deter
nina whether or not they are orthodox
while very indifferent 20 dogmatic dis
sfnctions. however. he may be called
slave TO the Bible He knows no church.
law. creed. science. standard. morals.
logic and very little. In fact. outside OF
vhz. he regards as literally the word OF
God. All that is in the Bible be believes
20 be absolutely true. and all that was
done by anybody In Gods name must be
Internationally right. He is as fervent
a believer In the prophecies OF 81 John
the Evangelist as In the creation OF Gene
sis. He sees no aliegory IN the resurrec-
ton: no phansssy in the revelations
And as 10 coctrinal morality. he goes
not beyond its covers. The stern retriou-
tive Law OF IAN eye for an eye. ana
tooth for TOOTH IL consistent 1ustice
with him, no less than the sdnonition
that II we BE smitten on one cheek turn
the other. He applies parallels. precepts.
metaphors, poeticai fancy and example
with ready apsnsss TO any Illustration he
uses, any point he makes or any argu-
ment he wants TO ciinch-
Mr. Moody represents the type OF preach
er who by constant reading OF the Bible
has come to regard himself as very fam
liar with the designs. methods. and pur-
poses OF the Almighty. When he reads
that the Lord. after making the earth and
the stars and animals and man, rested
on the Sabbath, he accepts it-as much
a matter OF fact as that the woman OF
purple and scarlet described by the vision
seeing enthusiast OF Patmos typefies the
to Mr. Moody so stop and inquire wheth-
er there might not be . doubt about
the creation OF man and the animals on
one small sphere taking as long as The
creation Of all the rest OF the universe.
He would regard the suggestion az ir-
reverent. and the application Of scientific
discovery to Biblical statements shocks
him as impious.
Such preachers are I'm strong contrast
10 those who, leaving the generalities
alone pick out stray illusions and en-
dow them with an importance which
10 the lay nlnQ SeSiils dAtosehASk AispAo-
portionate and discern intentions and in
terpretations which call for the acutest
poIemical analysis. OF the two. the re-
vivalist preacher Is the more harmless.
His object Is the betterment OF human
nature. His adjurations are to a purer
Iife and although he is very apt TO IN
cIude in the prohibitions of the decalogue
everything he does not like himself. he is
always on the side OF good intentions. 1t
might be that this would be a very duh
and straight-laced world IL ali his be-
hests were obeyed, but 1t would also be
free from very much that Is vicious
The community in which the theories OF
such as Mr. Moody prevail generally has
not been established yet, not even on the
shores OF Gslilee; nor on the peaceful
plains of Bethlehem For nigh two
thousand years no country. people. city
or even village has survived a trial OF the
very simple and much to be commended
system OF government by which each
shall do as he would be done blythe SYM
opsis OF the law of Moses. and the wisdom
OF the kings.
Perhaps. however. the world would be
even worse or, but for the pious faith
OF such as Moody, and the fervor OF
their periodical adjurations.