Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-03-29

Saukey, began a meeting at York,
England. They met with such re-
markable success here that they
were invited to Sunderland, New
castle. and several other places in
England. In sl! parts of Scotland
they sang and preached to immense
crowds. They converted so many
Roman Catholics in Ireland as to
call forth an interdict from Cardinal
Cullen. Returning to England, they
held enormous meetings at Liverpool;
Manchester, Birmingham and Lon.
don. In London Mr.. Moody spoke
daily in Agricultural Hall to audi
ences of from 10000 to 10000 peo-
pie. On one occasion he had an
audience of $4,000 men.
Mr.. Moody's physique was robust.
g wish I bad your body" said Glad.
stone, the first time they met. 81
wish / had your head" Moody re-
torted. His voice was not musical,
like Whitefield's or Spurgeon's, but
it was penetrating and powerful. He
had a great personal magnetism.
His sermons, while mediocre from a
literary point of view, were usually
couched in simple, direct English.
He was constantly on the lookout,
whether reading, conversing or tray
elling, for telling illustrations and
anecdotes, and accumulated such an
abundant store that he could draw
on it night after night for weeks at a
stretch and never repeat himself.
81 never studied theology" he
said on one occasion, "and Pm pre-
cious glad / didn't. The single
verse, Come unto me all ye that
labor and are heavy laden, and 1 will
give you rest,' contains all the reli-
gion l need, or any other man or
woman" His message usually was
as simple and as far removed from
scholastic disputation as this remark
would indicate, and in the simplicity
and intense earnestness with which
it was delivered, largely consisted his
power as preacher.
He sometimes attempted to break
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through the limitations with which
early lack of education and lifelong
want of studiousness had fenced him
round, and then he criticised theo-
logians who did not share his narrow
views of the Scriptures with the as
perity of ignorance.
The remarkable effects of Moody's
work abroad aroused much interest
in him in his own country, and the
meetings he conducted in Phila-
delphia, New York, Chicago and
Boston, on his return to America
were attended by large crowds, and
resulted in many thousands of addi-
tions to the churches in those cities.
In Boston a $4,000 tabernacle was
built for him, and he preached there
three times day for three months
to crowds numbering from 5000 to
10000 people.
From this time until his death
wherever Moody went he was sure
of as large audiences as could be
drawn by any living preacher. One
of his most remarkable campaigns
was that which he conducted in
London in 1888. He secured three
large movable tabernacles and spoke
in each of them every day until his
voice had been heard in every corner
of the great city. In 1891 he went
to Scotland and preached in ninety
nine of its towns and cities.
In the winter of 1899 he was
preaching in Kansas City with his
usual vigor and power to an audi
ence of $4,000 people when he was
stricken with heart failure. His
death followed soon after his re-
moval to Northfeld, Mass, the place
of his birth, of his home, and of his
tomb. s. O. d.