, 1875-08-30
CHICAGO, MONDAY, AUGUST 80, 1875.

rs thia. s!do Of the OCEAN. Why, ron oould not
go Into an evangelical church III England but
what largo majority hsd their Bibles IL their
bands to sre whether tho minister preached cor
rect 9osPe' Or not. They did not pm tbor faith
on the p!leets to lead tbem through, bur wcro
determined to know aud undcrh.a,id for thrn1-
te!soA. 10 far ~ human intellect could take 1T.
tho truths Of tile Word Of God. Then, Why weto
theao tnon,
uSEprcATrp A.p uKurnA1pEp,
and Without Introduction by prominent men,
a,lccoFsful Could wo account for 1t On auv
other hvpothesln than that tho God Of Tsraoi
ilonofed H!s own word aud comnAtdn now Just
AZ IN go DAYS Of the first preachers Of tho
OF ehe Church 1hen cut in tho wilderness led
BY hloses7 ? That waA tho only solution 10 the
a"eat!oh. and ne must accent that solution un-
leh' ti'cre aaa Any other. Thus all difficulties
ihe only rational understanding Of tho great
iuct which noN Stood cut IL history. Englaud
to-day wna tho centre Of this world, conmcr.
cfllty; It the centre Of this world inteliectu-
a'5, and. "e might ssy. the co'tso Of thts aurId
70 religious Hense. because they cortsiplv havs
tho gTehtess minds and the Rteatctt authors III
England that there are III existence. Aud wte,
re looked back few hundred years and san III.
hablted 1000 caatea that arc, except wo in ruins
wro must acknowledge tn1s. W. must rtrnemb,r
that whou the heathon Princa atket t!,e
Queen the secret OF tho power OF tia.
great country. tbs AnsHor was by
laying hor l,and ou thu Bible aud saying, "Thls
ia tho secret OF Eng'aud'a Ernnlnern." Zap
pIauso.l Tuen 30 hnyc tie solution uf nov
those 600 castles, built to protect mems JIyes
fsotu the furY Of the u1an who lived III tho castle
ovor tho bill. lavo succumbed 10 the march Of
tho wondsoua truth Of Coils word, which llas
boon l,old up III England By ,hn martyrs b!ood. 3D.
TIC word Of God had TO belndorsed by tho blood
u mon In England before 1t became sufficient
bold 10 drive aWar thoHo castles to maae pihee
for hospitals aud churches. England to-day
NAE
TIE CENTRE or INTEREST
OF the world. lie Loped Amerlca wou1d be tho
ccntro ono Of those days; wo hA4 area enough
for 1t, and Christian intelligence enough to 10 It,
II ~ 70 put or knomledgo of tue so'Fees Of power
into orctation Tor thzt cnd aud pnf;oso. While
England Init her rastteH, and gained churches
and hospitals We fouud also that It WAS CHRIS.
uan lsbctty--tho pursuit and i miro Of lt-tha:
reopled thih land Of ours aud tho very war by
Which NC Obtained our political liberties waa to-
dav matter Of congratuiation on tho other
sldo ~ tho tneaus Of bringing mnto liberty to
t!Iom. The lesson that would DO taught To En-.
gland. before TBS revival waa shtoa eh. would
bo that the cccleahht!caI liberties Of tho poodle
would have to be enlarged.
THE fua9 1T Ero1
showed tho parrow pre]ltccs which sill! existed
in Great Britain, III thls connection SIR Far.
woIl felhted tho factB connected With tho Eton
~ tho newspapers. This incident, ho con
tinued, showed it was nttlc danger
ous to preach tho Gospel among tho
scEons Of the. ariotocsacy. but 1t ntso
meant tlat tho lbert'ea Of the PEOPLE ners to
oc extended in this direction, nnI that ssl The
churches arc to hare this Gospe1 lrtachtd In
them in lts s:mpo purity by whoms ooEcr tho .or
shall send, not only hY tho mon who had ths B,ah-
op's hand laid upon them bufore they could open
their nttit hh. Tue result of Brutfer Moody's
uisalou had far exceeded hls eet,1nate of liz Ie.
suits. Not 10,0o0, but ten t,mes lU,0on
souIs bnd becn brought into tho light
by tho teaching OF tlloBe simple men,
Tho preacher then rapidly Bkctch"d tto:r visit to
Edlnb11R. whose tna1rsement, he remarked, wan
ali that wRs needed to gam tllem tho attention
Of every other piaco in Gscnt britain ana a!.p
related hnccdoses connected with tho revIvals.
Their succeta MAS to DO attributed to their aI-
hcronce to tho plain ScrlptutAl lactfinos mud
tholr earnest efforts to 81 roa4 them abroad
Tic word Ut God was very woi In tho.zy, bnt 1t
must be taken hold Ut IN 1rnctcs before person-
a possession Of ita grhco could be obta;ned
prayer Was o1etrd bY Maj. y. W. Wnlsle.
Mr.. FaF"ell then rose to ANNOUNCE that there
would be And
SECOND MEETING
at tho conclusion OF this ono. to whlch nl1 were
inyite1, Thoso who wished TO depart however,
.,1ltd have an opportunity after the LAST hymn.
'.The Light Of tho World il JesnH" was sang
by Mr. Bliss. The rendering OF this beautiful
pIcco WAS essentially sankcy1ah. aud bud per-
ceptible cfFoct upon tho audience.
hfr. Farwef1 1oee to c1pltin that BROTHER
Wether1y, who bad bean expected to address ths
meeting, WAS detained III Canada BY evan.
gc1izalton work. Brother Wctheriy, II should
bo told, was mcmber Of tha: Committee of
Fifty who took charge OF Moody and hlH work in
London. aud who, when il was feared shat tho
o1choques would fail, offered to ray out Of
their own pockets tho Deficiency. The othor
Engilshman with Brother WctherlY IN this
country ras young laHser.
The Audicnce was then requested to risn and
Join in singing - Hold the Fort" after WHICH
most Of the people departed few remaining to
take part III the prayer-meellug that had been
announced.