, 1875-11-06

nf sIc,ats. Moody mil sauxoy. Tho hetory Of
| resIsA... lH rat. 4!,nHa TINT they AlwAya Gunl-
,nci,co will, tho cumlllon ,o,nio: tilero noycr
wa, thai iii not 70 comm. uce. Tho Eunr
"tra the sr cullycEta to tho t'hriAtIaa church.
| 1T. thfyao1tom, 1itlloF. and Mltitoinld frat
preached to tho poor, and BY the ponr were irst
Gl riIlctl. "1'ho hest statement yu,i can make
| from mo. ~ ho SAID 10 ra'ortet. 'is tt,,s: |
hnfo FREQ RoEsise every Sunday night intontfod
Tor the very class OF people 10 whom thoy are
[ speaking, at which nso their hyml,.book. III
NY onnlon there vii! ho great Religious awat-
AnnE lung entnro they como TO Now York.
During Tho paat summer tho l1o,,ao Of EvanRe-
ists layo brsn holding at the ascrnEe fifteen
open air mecfnKa every SUNDAY, "a figure never
reachc,a bo:oro. This aud p,anv other Indications
| t,oint to great Re'iyity III tegioun concerns, /
| nm tn favor OF everything tia. viii nil Moody
md S.nkey. and ins opinion ia that lasting bene-
tit viii result frnn lhcir wolk"
| THE REs. q. II. fnorIfiNaMAs4
] Aaih lie Wan tcrhlOlty oppoAea III ln movement
IN principle. lio whs Opposed to II not Lecaueo
it uas culuctcl by Moody md Sankoy, whom,
| llo believed carnost and honest. but hecauHo Le
I lid not Lel;ava It would effect auv 20 o1nanout
coed. It waa movement that should not bo
encouraged he thought. 80 far AS l,o had nt all
thnagill ahnut 1t. II would no doubt be fruitful
III calling fnrtlI good deal Of praise aud prayer
hut would be moro likely to exhanst tho multi
improsou,cnt in human society could not 10
stimulated l,y aUrh oyanCsccnt means. All sucIl
naeitcmsnts arr followed by mischief working
reaction. which lnarcs tho community in worHo
| advent. Apreallng III this way to human rcars
and liopeH unnly agltatcl people, and tho ex-
c,tcntcnt aet:lns tho atsei'blel mas gavn al air
Of sincerity to tho whole. whilo only vory small
.hopo wore 70 bofare. Altar the great Now Eth
gland Notwithstanding which tho emotions woso
iinal1y Ftrrot-ylce cot III, and . wotfe condi-
tiou Of society sncceodcd. Such agtatIons arc
Irrational, md to'ld to no permanent good. "
tcleye in moro ratioEal methods. he sad. "for
tho iinprosclnont Of soeIcty. ! do not think
that N1r. s1oolys audtrnces carry homo With
tlotn many new ideas. Indeed, Eo docs not m
pear nj any panR TO appeal TO tlaarlnteilect Mt ALL
do not believe that any elevation OF society Of
any t>lmlhnton Of ,ice reHnltel from thc,r work
in i:uglantl. do not bclfnya tliey cloHcd there
petnlahe nsty sluglo gin.sl,or or Rnpo BROTH
81. Tho whole DRIFT Of NV reading has led up to
the conclusion that nil R,ch attompts as tlsev arc
making have resulted In positive OWL. People
suddenly and Violently aroused to religious on
thllaiasn do not kcep up tho fcrvor with uhlcli
thoy commsncf d, and when relapse cofnpa It
leayes thom worso than they we're ut first 1t Ia
like applying tic gaIvanc battorg to poor, dis:
abled mai, and maAiug lin jump about tor
munont or two, only to learo him In & moro
HeAkcned condition from tho objects OF tho
SHOCK. No good can cnne Of any elrort to gal
vanize aonls When a}o.}dY and HAnk0y come to
Now York ehail conttder 1t n,g duty to study
thom moro ctosely thnn havo hitherto cared to
10, and M public teacher 1t may DO my duty to
speak opontv my opinion Ut them and tho OBJECT
of the}E work. At prosont should think 1t
would he difficult to ascertain definitely tho opin-
ION of tho ministry On thla Question. There arc
many Of thom WHO are afraid Of running conu-
ter 10 p1nutar notions. -nfraid Of what alrs
philosophy OF tho thing, will APPEAR willing to
tolerate II for tho possible good in It. Nv oppn-
Rltinn 10 it Ia founded TN IElnclplo; m dlabe-
Lief IN the trno efiicasv If it, md objection
to EaIyanziDE Thu Autlls Of the cOmntirltr.
These rcopio were novelty in Engand; their
method III not now ilorc."
THE Et.gCTloS-DAr SERVICES.
Tho m-h0liday nlnnnor III which election
day II observed kept many men away from their
business, aid permitted thon TO attend tho early
praycr-nretine. There WAS lago proportion
Of iE,en IN the audience reversing rho iatio that
had been Usual of two women to ono man. The
lotitcians seeiued 10 be aware that tI,eto waa sn
nnliAtlal harvest to be gathered for thore woro
runners from tho different candidates ready to
MET the departing congregation, mud busily to
distribute tickets among Ihenl.
Mr.. Moody. IN his sermon. followed Out tho
RubJect of redemption through faith. which has
hecu Ills the1no Tor several InyE. lie read tho
story OF tho woman who, sick with the plague,
pressed through crowd of men, and, touching
the hem OF ChriHt's garment, was tioaled. "sbe
Was roor woman,' said tlio preacher, "who.
lcasing that the Lord Waa IN tho town. grabbed
up hor faded shreadbaro shawl, and Ler we'll
worn s,ln-bonnct. aud hurried to flu Him. II
aho was aiiso now. sho would probably be spond
ing h her monot for patent medicines, going
perfect faith that euro would be wrought. Hho
wGus to try The leRelng lower ot tie Savior, Just
as sno would Try pottlo Of patent medicine. but
she had faitll in Him, aud was cu!eI."
told the sturv OF the blind beggar, Bartinseus.
who vas made to seq, aud exhibited tho pec,t-
liAritieB OF his dialect to marked degree. IIa
said: 'AitoE Bartimeus waa CURED tho il.st
viii 70 right down 10 jericho nnd look a. my
Wifo and sec what kind OF n womau slle is' And
hn ran as fast aA hc could. And he mot noig1.-
hsr, who askod who ho was. iss mo. who was
blind, c!lod Dartlueus. Why, whore did you
xnt them oYes ? askott The nolghbot. And Bar
tin.ouB answered him md hurried along" Again.
describing the rapture Of q young convert ho
hia eyobull."
There vas iu the Rink man who llrcs In
day to taas young woman 10 theatre. Al he
Wns standing before mirror arranging his hnir,
something told him, HI he havn, that ho must
not keep hlH appointment. Iio therefore re-
na'nrd III bis rootn, mud on Sunday morning he
went for tue Arat time to iiHten to Moody and
Snnkey. He attended, NIL tho Hotyicea that day.
and OH Monday morning, instead Of going homo
to take caro- Of important business ho tried q
aay night he went into the Inquiry room. ~
can't understand Why do such things," said be-
" for my business demands mo every momont.
But, ttstea1 Of going homo, I btav at tho bt.
Sichulas Hotel and follow np all thcBe meetings.
Aud can't got away from them"
THE ruW2n or PRAYER,
II The Editor n The Ghttago Tribune:
lsloHf1kLp, Nov. l.-In Juno, 1871, hlr. Moody,
Of Chicago. was called to tho CHAR to pre-
side over our sta:o sabbnth-Schooi Conven-
tion. Which was in sosson IN tlle City
wore to ba electod for the coming year the
Rink (at which rho Convention was held} con-
taiso1 thousands. there being representatives
from noarly eYe9Y county tn the Htato. motion
waa made nominating our entiro official State
Board for reelection, Une member objected to
thn motlon ataIns that " llo was not in favor Of
having our State sabbnth-schoo work run by a
Fiug." etc. This WAS like a tlrebrand csst in the
midst OF our lAbors, which bid fair 10 coDsunle
that apiEst Of harmony which had prevailed In
the assembly.
Air. hlnody comprahendinR tho situation,
said. "Let lii pray" The sole1pnity aud power
Of that prayer is still froah IN the minds OF bur-