, 1875-07-10

NiOUDl AND SANlAls1s
How They Gontriveh to Got tho Eur
OF the ltnys Mt I:fon.
Io,int, 7tnts, June AZ.
Mcsarr. Moody and sankoy held the meeting
which Inns glyon rIho 10 20 much cxctoMcnt in
nuro than o.lc quarter yesterday afternoon, buk
uot III tue spacious tent which Ind hocn nrectcd
for tho purpoao In tho South slcaslow,
just outside tho grounds Of Eson Col
cEc. It waH notified, It seons, early In
Ito day tn Mr. Graham and Mr. I1ogg.
who l.avo taken an nc!ivo past In promoting tho
meeting, TINT stonld argo number Of persons
assemble nj tiit apos, they must not oxpcct tn
l.avo tho aid Of tho Buckinghamsl,Iro Police in
occurring. They, IN those circnmatancce
thought they would 10 1,nrdtv Justified IN ad-
l.uring TO their original intention to hold
sr,ieq , IL to te mo"doW vos and appfaan
for the .lso Of the Tnw1l-llAll. 70 this npr1ica-
tim. 1t IL pail, to at first acccdod. but shortly
before 3-tlio hour fixed for tho sorvlca-tioso
WIN ns,em,'lc4l outside tho building wero snr-
lnaetipg would he letd there tlat dny. It was
thou reported that tic Mayor had withdrawn tho
permission Of tho morning. and thcro waa much
Moody. ana sankc, y was known. Ind arrived
from London ahortly after o'clock, blit from
no ono, for littio timo, could any doflnlto In
fotmnton bo obtained o. to what course thoy
Tint thov had determined to hold tho mcotingin
the garden at tho back ot tho house OF Mr.
Garley, linen.draper, who lives in tbo
IIist. - street, Immediately opposite tho
az my fear Of intrnaou from tho general public
was concerned, could scarcely havo boon Beloct-
Ell. Tho garden is of nnode1u aizo, and Hnrronnd
cd by high walls. no th2t. with the exception OF
tho fow who woro enabled to !ook down upon tho
proceedings from tho roofa md windows Of tho
adjonng houaos no ono could 500 TINT \
nurnbar OF persons wero assembled there, or
pes;oimod. 1i H. ~ sovoral u iates N aud ' s sone
tletnen were in Tho garden shortly nftcr half
o'clock. still III doubt AZ TO Hhethcr thoro wonld
be 4 service At all, far 1t had been stated that
bo ther intontion not to hold one uuleaB soma,
as least, Of tho boys from Eton attended. All
uncertainty on tho poiut. however. was aoon sct
at rest by the arTtral Of considerable number
wero at least soyenty or slightly hoys in the
garden, accompanied III fow Instances by ther
pnrcntt:. Tho sssyco then began with tue hymn
"rcll S1o the old s'ory," wl,ief waa succeeded
pi icAent, viii, considerable effect. by
.!ha time tho number Of tho boys from
ton IN astsnssS on% 9eo Ind @ to h..
Of tho audience could not have amounted to
lesB than batween 300 and 400, including tho
Ear! Of Casan: Lord Mriothcsloy lsussoil. Mr.
st a sonc %na mase,a p9' o' lbs cea
Soun after O'clock tho Old 11undredth IBan
having bcon g,lug and IN opening prayer offered
up by tho Earl Of cayan. Mr. aanloy gave tlln
forty-slirtl hymn. eon'n,ooneing, ut was ninety
Mr. Moody thcu standing upon a cliar under
tho shado nf 4 largc chestnut stoc. and imme-
diately surrounded by attentive groups OF Eton
boyu, delivered Ii long address. in which he dwols
with },fH NHt1nl RAfunattrNH tn Hnli4N 0f thu
Gospel, which, he said, lla1 removed from h!s
path tho Mttercht enemies withiwhtch he had
over had to contcnd--tl,s fear Of death, talg-
ment ssn,-an which le urged Ills audience -
accept ~ oontsipipg the best ttdinEs which had
| over boon conveyed to man. Bono twenty yenrs
ago no had himself boon aavel by receiv,ng tho
Word of God. sud l,o hoped all those whom ho
ad4lreaacd would deyo.e sloir bess efforts 70
seeking salvation. whicl. to those WHO sought 1t
was III FREQ gift Of tho Almighty ~ the or thoy
brcathcd. alr. Moody departed little, it At all,
oal.ostati,yn., md houo!y ilIussrat,ons
with which many Of our roatle1s are
! already familiar. Iharo was nothing in his ro-
marks which Ind special reference to tho youths
~ many of thou might occupy in s4e future
high positions III tho bsato, they should do their
utmost. by tho curly cultivation ot ChEistia4a
yirtue, to qualify tho1nsoiyos to lll those POSI-
after which was prolniHed to Ill tlose who con-
1 formed to tho will ot God. Lot thom make
up their minds tllat beautiful afternoon to boz
coluo scconeiled to Him, II ther waFo not 50
como tho lleira Of etornal lifo, Lie did mot know
that ho Khouid sec them again tho shores OF
time, but II thoy acted IN acrordApce with tho
teaching OF tue Gospel tloy would all meet
wharo thore would 10 no moro partiugh.
| tIr. Moody announced iu the coursa Ut Lis ro-
nasEs, that he had fow minutes before he con-
fnencaa received tologram stating that several
{toi1arn f,nH n nf1nYS that ry1nrs amt