The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-05-14
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The discussions about Billy Sunday
pro and con remind me of those
have known and read about regarding
other noted Evangelists. wildly
recall the newspaper reports amount
ing to attacks on Moody and Sankey
when they first went to England about
1874; criticism sought to impair the
quality of their religious propaganda
by insinuating that it was a money
making scheme on their part by sell
ing their hymn books and having a
commission on the sale of the cabinet
organs such as Mr. Sankey used; and
/ well recall how the truth about the
matter had to chase the lie around
through America and England, show
ing how those two consecrated men
devoted all profit from the sale of their
hymn books to benehcient causes,
and the celebrated schools founded
by Mr.. Moody at Mortified and Mt.
Hermon, Mass, are the living evidence
of the fact Whether they had COM
mission from sale of organs | do not
remember and nobody cares.
About the time | reached manhood
Finney has ceased his great revival
campaigns, and was devoting his en-
ergieS to the Presidency of Oberlin
College; but l we'll remember warm
discussions about Finney's heresies
which were matched by his methods
of evangelism in the minds of old
school Presbyterians and Congregat-
ionalistS; but when the National Coun-
Gil of the latter denomination met at
Oberlin in 1871 President Finney was
welcomed to its sessions as one OF
the later Apostles might have been
to a gathering of the Early church.
and his wonderful addresses were
received as a benediction by that body
and while before that day | heard
many warm discussions in Connecti-
cut regarding the relative merits OF
Nettleton'S and Finney'S revival meth
DDS, now those disagreements are re-
ferred to as unhappy and unfortunate
misunderstanding and criticisms.
| rejoice that | had a father. who
while strict in his own Puritan belief
and practice, was liberal in his fellow
ship with all religious schools or OF
no religion. And he early taught me
to try to put myself in the other mans
place and consider his training and
environment. He told me that appar-
emily no church had all the truth
any more than any one class of homes
had all the comforts; but he loved and
stood by his. and his kind of a home
because it was the one in which he
was born and raised; and he was sure
it was much better than many. and all
he wanted if not the best And Sc
of his church and religious beliefs;
and he deplored narrow and unchrist-
ian things he saw in his own denomin-
alton. So / was early taught. and !
have found it blessing to so think
and act as l have come along through
ife's journey. / we'll remember the
hue and cry" about the Salvation
Army at its beginning; but am glad
to recall that never in my mind did ]
condemn them. and after my first visit
to a Salvation Army barracks at Den
yer wears ago. and seeing their march
through the streets with their band
and hearing them in their meeting
have felt deeply that God had called
them: ! might not be able to work
sir wav but God be thanked for it
and for them,