New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-07
DIR. GROVE on Mr.. MOODY'S WORK.
HE ACKNOWLEDGES THE GOOD DONE BY
THE EVANGELIST. But ATTACKS
HIS DOCTRINES

The Rev DR.. w s. Grove Of the Church OF the
Eternal Hope. Eighty frst-st. and Columbus-ave..
preached yesterday morning on The Good and
the Evil Of Mr. Moodys Work" DR.. Grove began
thus:
The good results Of M MooSy's wGrN require Feoa
ing e Muliiudes Of debased husbands and sons
sent back to their families to begin decent man;
there has been. at least for tine healthier
sense and a higher tone of morals. The common
laxity In club and press and business and politics
has felt his rebuke. while the entire community
was stirred 10 it's depths, with questions OF per-
Wherever he has gone the churches have 6 been
aroused. ct least for season, from tne'r dead
tenae Of ath ana action they have
been shocked n0 he cGn more tbp eoveSus &
votional exercise OF the well dressed Preachers
by The thousand at his call have risen TO no:
Ser concepton Of their duty as moral guides and
where The Moody meetings have brought conscien-
tiousness of purpose have crea ted sympathy ana
kindness have awakened new enthusiasm or
told IT win he said that through him a multitude
Of lives have been redeemed. and that sacred Joy
/ would be glad II we might pause here win no
criticism TO TtsT but MI MHGeg 5aS anr the
protest Of liberals a necessity. The good results OF
his work 10 morality sadly matched and mated
With evil results TO intelligence. More than any
other thousand men in this country ne has kept
s sdTe M He has perssteny opposed the truths Of
science with the fears Of superstition. Entirely In
Rs OF and nS m
ars TO the full extent Of his influence with all the
hib!ted the exercise OF commons sense In religion
AS the foundation Of bis moral and spiritual effort
as the only fOunda ton OF ethics and prayer-he
claims the inspiration and infallibility OF every
sentence in the Bible This Is his logic Morality Is
bic; the truth of the Bible depends the intalli
bnity of each text. Thus is the pyramid poised on
ts
II that were all We might question his Judgment
ao cds s. iT that he can really believe the cx
Psalm infallibie or the story Of Esther inspired
charitable with him. Nj Moody does not keep to
his personal affairs. he is rankly aggressive in
what We snail no, believe. He is the special cham
pion Of what is known as the 'ail-or-none theory
il IS true, Everything. IN the Bible is or noth-
true or nothing in morality or in human nature
nothing in experience history, Is TO be depended
have ground for believing that Christ ever lived
II the earth We're not created out OF nothing
a i is GeusSn II Elijah we We're c no, n taken Up
20 heaven IN Iour-wheeled chariot there no
such things as right and wrong In this present
!. the Hebrew children dii not walk about COM
fortablv In tha. blast furnace, heated scvenfold.
Nj nor commenda6ei If the story Of Jonah he not
mon on the Mount is tissue Of iasehoods: If the
y;h q hgnns; R 0fGs o. lSiMto i
erals must enter their protest, though MIR Noolv
were reforming ali the sinners IN he world "a
possible good 20 morality can Justify that whole
sale destruction OF cornmon-sense Knowledge IL
as necessary arc morals 20 human progress The
practice OF virtue Is not essential 10 the well
fare Of mankind than is the pursuit of truth
Surely there Is natural necessary union Of
Sans MS exploits with the worship of Col The
Samson s,ory is a Hebrew version Of the ancient
ur-rnvth. as the Hercules story is q version az
IN. earne ancient myth. Mr. Moody may ~ wei
say that YOU must believe the labors Of YIorcrIjae
p,e-c historic give up your faith ia Deity T6e
I-ebrcy instead Of the Greek version has bcen as
s5ciated with Christian worship.
Mr. Moody is simply one Of the millions who
have ALWAYS associated ,he! gious experience
their worship Of God, their hope % !mniort atv
With the Black garments o. superstition Nv
that he modern intellect appears in cocrs. with
it's rational and happy pursuit Of truth these chill
dren OF Gloom lift up their hands wall: oar
religion IL broken ~. God will never love anv ~
rs any more, and VIII never be good to Us again
unless the Church dscar1s It's garments OF he9r,+v
and returns 20 the cid clothing OF superstition
accept Mr. Moo0ys entire sincerity | can
understand a. ! suppose No really believes ,he.
,hc rlt,ing away Of Che Eden poem and tho Sem.
son r1y:h and mo fey furnace and Daniels lions
and f.lliah's chariot ara Jcnah's whale would he
tho ruin Of the worlds morality and rs yyorshio
and rs hove. | have lived 70 learn that In their
theological relations WISE and strong men often
have weaknesses and foil!es which a child might
pity. Tho supreme rity Of Il Is that such weak
nesses and such folly shall be popularity accented
az tho very genius Of religious teaching