The daily gazette., 1875-08-26
SdnHey the Singer.
His Rcrp:io:. nj New Castle oil His
Return,

Return,
Ira d. Slnkey, The singing cvangc
list, returned to his old home at New
Castle, Pa, last week, and on Sunday
last was rendered religious reception
at the Opera House, the exercises be
ing of an entirely undenominational
character An address OF welcome
was delivered by Cyrus Clarke, Esq,
an elder in the First MethodistC Church
and a cousin of the evangelist. Mr.
Charles c. Sankey sang song OF greet
| ins entitled" d"TheCarrier Dove" After
ward Ira ID. replied in brief speech
In the course of which he gave graph
ic sketch of his experiences with Mr..
Moody. God" he said. "directed us
TO probably the most spiritually dead
town in oil England. We met three
| men who came to see us not imbued
in the faith. We to.led slowly. They
took us for two Americans with sAis-
ter designs. We organized prayer
meetingsnoonday prayers. AT our
first meeting there were but four per
sons-ourselves included. But we toll
ed on, and we lived to see our noon.
day prayers attended by,eiShtthousand
ing of four persons commenced the
great work you read about The first
ntlle meeting gave me more enjoy,
ment than the one of eight Thousand.
We kept on for two weeks and then
got Baptist minister interested in
our work. The last we heard from II
this Baptist church had increased its
membership double. We were next
invited to go to city on the seaboard
but we subsequently got a message
which said much obliged, but we
would like you to postpone, as your
appearance in this busy bathing season
may interfere with the collections.
Subdued laughter.l We then went
IN another direction; and would here
like to say word. We did not take
all professions of faith 20 coming from
the heart, for, like in our own country
there are good many there who do
not stick, We went TO New Castle
on-Tyne. All the Protestant denomi-
nations were here brought together
previous 10 this some denominations
had held aloof. Wewent then through
smaller towns, and thence to Edinburg
in Scotland, Not note of opposition
did We find there. Our Scotch friends
educated to sing psalms, and psalms
only-came with US to hear songs. Wei
went then TO Glasgow, into the high.
lands, over 10 Ireland, and back TO
England. You know the rest. take
this gathering to-day as no expression
ON behalf of myself-it is due to Jesus
Afterwards Mr.. S2nkey sang several
of his most popular songs In regard
TO his singing correspondent of the
Pittsburg LeadeT writes "As a sing
er Mr.. Sankey is certainly success.
His voice is rather sweet for q male |
one, but his mainstay is the power,
and is enabled to change from very
high pitch to very low key. When |
the open air probably for two or three |
squares, while he gets down so low
that you can scarcely hear |
him dozen feet away. His articula-
tion of the words is very clear, and he
holds his audience speelbound while |
he sings. Singing is truly Sankey's
forte, for as preacher OF orator he Is |
q failure. Neither has he sufficient of |
the fire in him to make him a good eX- |
horter. But he has the winning ways |
that draw his hearers to him. He Is
no preacher-no first class eXhorter-l
simply talker and singer" On Mon
day MIR. Sankey attended the Leets-
dale camp meeting and sang there, and |
this will be his only public appearance |
until he joins Mr.. Moody in Washing
ton, on the 1st of october, to begin |
the long-desired reformation of charac-
tar n that ritV