The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-17

Showing annoyance, he took fair aim
and threw hymn book straight as
a bslllet at me. It took me in the
stomach and I think it raised me
about two feet from the pew, but my
CONSERVATION was no whit greater
than the surprise OF those who sat
with me. We were strangers, but we
all sang out Of the same book, and
Moody from that moment was my
acknowledged master.
He was man finder, he discovered
Henry Drunmond and introduced him
to the American people. He found a
great preacher in Campbell Morgan
of London, and made him at home IN
the American pulpit He took inter
est IN liberal and conservative. 4
The Mortified conferences, which
continue to this day, FURNISHED an
opportunity for testing the mettle of
promising men in England and this
country. A number enjoy an inter
national reputation who owe their
start to the insight OF MIR. Moody.
He was a builder Of institutions.
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion work throughout the country
was assisted by him. He raised
great sums Of money for the work.
The Mount Hermon schools for young
men and women are one Of his me-
MORALS. His evangelistic work reach-
ed dts zenith in his British campaign
and at the worlds fair in Chicago.
The Stolen Oyercoat.
The last time heard Moody he
made an impassioned plea In behalf
OF CRIMINALS and prisoners, and while
he was making 1t an ex-convict stole
his valuable new overcoat- 1t was a
study In practical theology to observe
the effect of this disappointment up
on, the great preacher, who while
furious at first, finally submitted 10
the inevitable with the grace that an
evangelist is supposed tospossess.
Gypsy Smith Is one OF my favor
lite evangelist. He is flill-blooded
gypsy with q swarthy skim and beau
tiful big brown eyes. Socially he is
"a hail fellow well met" and one vi
the ripe friits of the Moody, and
Sankey British campaign. He has a
keen sense of humor and, wit that
is inexhausttble. His voice is music
al, and 1t Is q treat to hear him sing.
Gypsy Smith uses fatllt less English,
n asked him how he acquired this
Addisonfon gift of English diction, and
he said that after leaving the gypsy
camp he was placed In a refined Eng
lush home, where he heard the best
grammar. II you have ever heard
Gypsy! Smiths great sermon on WASH
ing the Stripes" you have listened to
a discourse that has all The qualities
OF great preaching.
A Cultivated Gypsy. lis
He Is perfect gentleman on tine
platform, winsome, attractive, elo-
quent, good natured and sympathetic.
lids mother was a fortune teller. The
life in the fields and tent has enriched
his imagination, given him strong
body and aided him in living a clean,
pure life, and not since the days Of
John bright has any man appeared
in England who has more perfectly
revealed the possibilities Of Anglo
Saxon speech. =. s. Z.
II. Wilbur Chapman wos a Philadel-
piSta pastor. For some years he was
the pastor of Bethany Presbyteriaii
church; then he became q world
eyange Hist \:
Z Doctor Chapmans approach To- The
people may be likened to the sun eait
Ing It's way through a snowdrift.
Here IS y Sqiiiet earnest deVout man,
who alkeS a pAssage of Scripture ana
illu&tna les & n his d1te5pF atio1s