St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-03-26
The Great English Revival.

such Il leading editorial as the follow
ing, which we find in its issue of Satur-
day:
We have recorded from time to time
in our general news columns, our relig-
iOus department or our cable dispatches,
some of the features attending the
great religious revival in Great Britain
under the labors of AIessrs. Moody and
Sankey, the American Eyangelists.
The time has not vet come for summing
up its results, nor would it be easy at
this distance to give any adequate
sketch of its effects upon the people.
The movement, however, has gained
so marvelOusly in scope and intensity
that it is worth more than Il passing
notice, from whatever standpoint we
may choose to regard it. As for the
two leaders in the work, they do not
require much description. Mr.. Moody
is well known in many parts of this
country as man of little or no culture,
but great earnestness with plain
ness of speech verging upon cOarseness
and possessing singular vigOr and sim
plicity us ii lay preacher. Mr.. Sankey
Is il singer of revival melodies, with Il
rich, full voice and much force and in
tcnsity of expression. 1t was III the
summer of 1873. we believe. that the
two men commenced their labors in
Great Britain. York was the first
town selected, and the Evangelists met
with no very cordial reception. They
were strangers to the people, the clergy
looked upon them with dIstrust, and
their methods of work were unfamiliar.
Before they left, however, they made a
favorable impression ION the people.
Other towns were visited in the ssssnfc
of England, among them Newcastle,
where Il revival of great power followed.
This led to Il visit TO Edinburgh and
other points in Scotland. after which
the evangclistS went to Ireland. and
still LATER to England. where they are
at present engaged. Edinburgh, Dun
dee, Glasgow. Paisley. Perth Aberdeen,
Elgin. Belfast. Londonderry. Dublin,
Manchester. Sheffield. Birmingham and
London are among the cities where the
revival has been most impressive. The
largest halls and churches have proved
Inadequate to hold the multitudes that
have throngcd to listen to them 4: their
audiences have numbered as many as
twenty and twenty-five Thousand per
SONS. and thousands of others nave
blocked the avenues of approach t" the
place ri meeting and been turned away
Tor Lack of room. These facts are
CLEANED largely from the English secu-
lar journals. and will suffice to give Il
tolerai'ly accurate idea of the charac-
ter aud extent of the work. The
sources from which they are gathered
constitute sufficient guaranty Ihat
they are not exaggerated.
/" explain II movement ;" vide
spread and ctlccting 81 many thousands
OF persons some adequate cause must
he assigned. y smccr is not IL sufficient
answer /" il. 1t can hardly he tScri 'ed
L" the workings of the Imagination.
The people among whom it has pre-
vailed are the least Imaginative posi-
bic. They are, I" Il large extent. hard
headed representatives of the working
Glasses beer drinkers aud witt-beateI>
many of them have been. furnishing Il
tull qd"ta To the records of crime.
They are not Il people easily worked
upon or likely I" be carried away by
sudden gusts OF virtue. Some of the
conservative religious journals. and
certain secular papers of the Saturday
Rev lew order, have been pleasantly
>ui"rrIli"n> over the matter. and have
found Il fund of auII-ement in the un-
cultured ways OF Moody and Saut,y.
This whole matter of revivals thcl
regard a. emiuently unrciined. Their
criticism carries its own answer with il.
The farm lah"rtr, in the filth of his
howell. keeping his family from starving
on thirteen shilliugS ii week-the miner.
black with Coal-du>t, and living the life
of il brute rather than a mantle
factory operative. bowed down with
premature old age, and hearing the iu-
cessant clang OF machinery in his ears
what d" these know or care for "rul-
tine . What Is REFINEMENT" to them
except it be the embodiment of a pin
ciple which gathers up its skirts. and
holds Itself aloof from them You
may talk transcendental platitudes To
them year in and year out without
reaching their iron cased conscienceS.
or moving them to the abandonment of
Il single sturdy vice. These men need
a fiery gospel -S"mething to search
them and quicken them. Precisely this
they have obtained from these evangel
lists. The old story of the cross has
been told them with such simplicity |.
and passion and pathos that ii has he
come wholly il new story to them. and
they have taken its lesson home To their
hearts. Jesus of Nazareth is no empty .
phantom or refined subtlety to them, |
but living and ever present Saviour. /
For. toe 1t remembered. these beer
drinkers and wife heaters. these foes of
order and scourges of the community, /
Il
brutal lives, have become singularlv .
transformed under this revival process. |
We have the testimony not only of the .
religious but the secular journals of
Great Britain to prove that better NOR
ais and more sober and honest lives are .
among the results which follow in the .
wake of the evangelistS. The dainty /
of the modern apostles of
couture" could never have effected .
such changes. 1t was not Il gospel of
refinement but gospel of salvation
that these men and women needed.
A Man Shoots his Wife and Blows out
his own Brains.
LOWELL, Mass, March 23 A shock
ing tragedy was enacted at about four
o'clock this afternoon at a boarding
house in this city, No. 5 Broadway.
-Four weeks ago last Friday young
woman came to this house and told her
mistress. Mrs. Martindale, that her hus-
band, DIR. c. W. Martindale, had engag-
ed her to do homework. She gave her
name as Sarah Low. aged % years. re-
Gently from New York, where she claim
ed to have a husband living. Later
this supposed husband appeared at the
same place, but only made calls, not
taking up his abode with her. 1t APP
peaIed from the wOman's statement