The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-08-23

Moody and Sankey.
AN OUTLINE OF THEIR PLANS HERE.
The evangelists Moody and Sankey we're
surrounded by the reporters Immediately
upon their arrival at New York. The former
escaped by hurried departure from the city,
but Mr. Sankey WAS thoroughly interviewed.
WHAT THEY PROPOSE TO DO.
Mr., Sankey stated that be thought the pub.
lie would be more interested IN what Mr.
Moody and himself proposed to do in this
country than in the details Of what they had
douc abroad, which bad already been re-
ported in the newspapers. I'VE have had,"
be continued, "a great many applications
from various towns and cities in the United
States to hold meetings, and 10 begin at once,
but we have made no arrangements yet.
We need rest, and we intend to take
| vacations of from six weeks to two months
| before beginning our work again. Mr..
Moody has already gone home 10 his family
| in Mortified, Massachusetts, aud shall go
Tuesday 10 visit my parents in Newcastle,
| PENNSYLVANIA. After our vacation we shall
| 20 10 our church in Chicago, which we are
| anxious TO visit, and we shall bave some
| work 10 do there. In the tal--I can't tell
exactly when--we will begin our work on
| the same general plan which we pursued in
| England. We have not determined where
to begin, but it will probably be in one OF
the great eastern cities-NeW York, Brook.
| lyn, or Boston,
The press in Great Britain treated US with
| marked respect. We uniformly declined to
| be interviewed while there, but were treated
| with great fairness and consideration, and we
! have not had to complain Of much mi>repre-
sentation. The great leading English paper,
the London Times, especially spoke of our
| work in manner and spirit eminenlly fair
and Just. OF course, as public men We are
subject to criticism, and We cannot fear that,
for our only object has been to preach Christ.
| Still, We do not like to have our work misre-
presented.
The character of our meetings is perhaps
misunderstood. There is one fact that
should like to have the public hear, and that
| is that in our meetings there was no excite
ment. We distinctly discouutenaDced any
hysterical excitement, confusion, or noise.
| Ia all our meetings there was not a single
case OF Mysteries Some people have a wrong
| idea about this. Those who never attended
the meetings may think that We attempted
| to stir up religious excitement. On the
contrary. the exercises were characterized by
| the best possible order. Mr.. Moody would
not 60 on without il. No church services
| were ever conducted more quietly and
| solamnly than our greet meetings in the
| chef cities of Great Britain and Ire
land. Our audiences frequently numbere ed
many thousands, but they came, listened,
and went away with surprising good
order. Once in London we held meeting
for men, from which women were excluded.
! There were ten thousand men present. Just
| think what scene if that vast asSemblage
had orce risen But they sat and heard US
az quietly as i church congre cation. There
was never any outside disturbance of the
meetings. The crowds outside were as Or
| derly As those within. They were respectful
and quiet and never greeted US with mock
cry or jeers. There WAS no sign Of it in the
meetings. When we held them in Dublin
and elsewhere in Ireland we expected TO be
| disturbed by the Roman Catholics. but we
were not The large meetings Of Irishmen
which we addressed were as orderly as any l
ever saw. The reason Was because we sought
to excite no opposition from the Roman
Catholics. We avoided offending them.
We left controverted questions alone, and
merely preached Christ. and that could give
offence to nobody. Our business was not to
| discuss ecclesiastical questions, but to preach
the Saviour to those who needed Him. In
Scotland we had the same success. Our great
meetings in Glasgow were wonderfully or.
derly and effective. The people showed the
utmost seriousness, and were solemn ard at
tentiYe in their demeanor.
HOW THE MEETINGS WERE CONDUCTED.
| Our plan was sometimes 10 hold five or
six meetings at once. In Liverpool, for in
stance. we could not meet in one place alI
who wanted to worship with us, and so we
divided them up and met in different places.
| MIR. Moody has preached four or five times
| in one evening, and have sung as many as
seven times. l would begin by singing an
opening hymn at the meeting where MIR.
| MOODY was, and then drive rapidly in car
! riaue TO another meeting and sing there. and
so on until I had sung at several places. l
| did not feel great exhaustion alter sucn ID
Dor. l could sing with perfect ease" In Ag.
ricultural Hall, in London, the largest nall
| in England, which will hold 10000 people,
| and has seats for Is 700, sang so that my
voice iIled the building without getting
tired. 1t was very easy for me to do 1t. !
never saw better place to sing in.
We We're disturbed only once IN London
| will tell you how that happened. It was
I in Cambefwell Hall. That was large bulid-
ing OF corrugated iron, put up especlsiiy lor
| our meetings. 1t would bold l0,00o peo'
around the amer walls Of the building there
was separate place, where we held prayer
meetings with converts after the great meet
ing was over Ali around the building q
high fence was put up to&eep out theereWd
after it was fun- 1t happened that when we
met in this hall the buildiag was filled at an
early hour. The floor was sprinkled with
sawdust, and chairs were placed upon 1t
as close together SIS they couh stand, and the
people coming in &alked as noiselessIy as GA
q CARPET. That night large delegation fsem
the country had eame in on The evening
trains, and OF course they Weie anxious,
having come from q distance of ten or
twenty or. even forty miles, not 10 miss
the meeting. When they arrived. how
ever, the hall was already, full and The doors
were closed. Mr.. Moody, learning OF -tne
arrival OF these country people. many OF
whom were poor, and had bought return
tickets in order to 60 all the way home 2iter
the meeting, made speech to 1.-THE audience
representing how matters stood, ana ASKING
them TO crowd up a little closer, and get t9ree
instead of two on chair, 10 order 10 allow
the country people TO come in. They cheer.
fully complied. The committee then vent
out 10 open the gate; hut when this lwas
done, along with lhei country people the1
crowd from the city outside began ~ Fush