The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-08
THE MOODY-SANKEY MISSION.
AN ENGLISH CHRISTIAN WARNING AGA
vIYALIsr EXCITEMENT.

vIvALIsr EXCITEMENT.
From tho Liverpool Post. FEB. 25.]
Yesterday the MONDAY servlc, was largely at.
tended. notwithstanding the cold and the ais.
agreeable state OF the weather. Tne requests iOf
prayer included one OF thankulness on the part OF
CHRISTIANS Tor the great blessing already given to
Liverpool; Tor IA large and continual blessing on
tho sin eng OF the Gospel hymns by Mr.. Sankey;
for the Jews In Liverpool that they may be led TO
see That Jesus is Christ; Tor invalids. that God
would bless the messages carried TO them from
{ Is hall; Tor one wnV has come eighty miles to
these services, and Is stu bnrdened with his sin:
for youns minister unsettled IN his mind
ABOUT the cardinal TRUTHS OF religion; for Jour
ord persons, aged Seventy-two, seventy -Sevcn,
elrnt eight and ninety; by lorty-three praylny
fathers tnaJ they may live to see their prayers
cred Tor thclr children; by tweny-one sls;ers
who are very anxious ABOUT beloved ones Mr..
Moody took Tor the subject OF his address ycster.
day the tiity-lltn chapter OF lsaian-"H0, every
one nal tniIstcln." Tue service was the same as
to tne doors ut the evening service. Mr.. Moody
SAID he had received by the evenings post the FOL.
towing requests nom two Young men. One was
as ioliows:-"l am IN despair am 80 bound by
the cnalns Of my past lie That cannot escape.
There Is no opening Tor III. put death ard. mere
am a miserable wretch II, IN answer, deliver.
ance comes, YOU Will nave delivered lost wretch
from the jaws OF death, Tor l cannot nucn longer
endure.' Tn. Other was TO the following efect:-
.Sr. nave attended several or your meetings
since he first u. the hose oil being blessed. have
lett much amazed anu assumed at the hardness Of
my heart. | nave never 'rsen,' nor nave eveI
gone into the inquiry room. VIII the meeting
pray or mc?" In asSinr tne congregation to en-
ga Q in prayer Mr.. Moody II lded, LET Us rcmem.
Der these two cases and ie cases oil Others pres.
ent WHO may wish TO be remembered" Mr..
Sanxey SANG the hymn commencing "lnere were
ninety ana nine thaL safely .ay,' and TINS vas o!.
lowed ny an address from Mr. Moody ON "Faltn."
Inc "Overiow" meeting at the Circus was
crowded.
A WARNING AGAINST EXCITEMENT LEADING TO
[From the Christian (London) World, FEB. 2AI
me age is beyond oil other ages intellectual
and 1t is OH the very ace Of the Moody and Sankey
revival that IL Is the least in telectual II all re.
vivals L. addresses Itself expressly 10 the leel.
ings by means OF popular orator and musical
performer. Mr.. Moody ls we gladly believe. sin.
cere and earnest man; BAT, unless he has been
perslstently msre presented, he substitutes strong
assertion Tor argument aud dogmatic confidence
Tor Intelligent alln. This Is not the KIND OF rev..
ydlisIn taat IL most needed IN tue present day.
We cannot tnar IL would be unreasonable III
any workingman to tell MI. Moody tnat he tnlnks
Professor HuXey better authority than Mr.
Moody on cosmogony, and MI. WestcOtr better
authority than Mi. Moody on the history
and inspiration OF the Bible Mr.. Moody
speaks WIN pere nptory dogElari ism on both points,
lie OBJECTS TO reports o ms addresses. and We
trust ina. when he arrives IN the metropolis, we
snail lind either that he has been msre presented
or that his eXfortatiODS nave become more Splr
tuaI: but we nave been wonderfully misln formed
II he does not uepcno too much upon appeals %
terror. The preaching OF Icar even wnen H. Is nn
excsptiOnaoie on doc rlnal GROUNDS, requires TO be
most carefully guarded. t Is perfectly Certain
every doctor VIII tell you sothdt IN certain states
o. the nerves or IN very early liie persons Can
be thrown into fits OF terror by mere imaginative
Stlmulants without any action upon the
reason Whatever. TO gather little children
together close rooms and harrow up their
souls by pictures OF hell Is simply cruel ana
aDomlnable. Accustomed to believe all that their
parents aud instructors tell them, the children
are passive in the hanus OF their torm.ntDrs, ana
the effect easily produced a, IL IS sure to be
either neetlng or asiingly Injurious. mere are
several kinds OF false or feeble reasoning apt to
be in iroduced IN addresses to general audiences
and printed IN tracts. Some one, Tor example has
81 Orn That he would not 90 to revival meeting
ana mas iacn down dead THIS Is practically
given out as u miracle. The unreasonlny
speaker does not reflect that Paplsts can
produc', on demand, any number OF suca
miracles or special prOvldences. Or. New.
man, IN his "Gram.nar OF ASSENT manes use
exactly such an Illustration as Is Imputed 90 Mr..
MOODY. me terrible danger connected WIN hese
sensational anecdOtes Is mat they my Tx on the
Hind some person OF tender conscience. Suggest
that the un pardonable SIN has been committed,
ana lead TO madness or death. Another mode oil
working tue senslDilltes apart rom tne reason
ing cuties, is by stories OIL ueathbes. Surely 1t
Constantly can be more nObIy lustrai ed by the
records o Christian lives than Dy tue deaths eth er
OF inhdes or OF those dou0ting Christians who
have dled heartDlOEen ny sorrow on account OF
suppO ED non-acceptance by CDrist, the very ex-
lslcnce OF wncl sorrow, as lneir iJolisn pastors
snOuiu have told them, implied the deepest love TO
the saviour