The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-08-21
THE AMERICAN EvANGELITs.
Mr.. sankeI's story OF the Revival
Work 10. be. Begun Here In the

ur. SnukeI . etOry OF the hefiN"-
Work 10. be. Begun Here In the
Fall.
Mr.. Sankey WAS found on Saturday
evening by a New York Tribune re.
porter, ut the house Of an old friend Of
his in Brooklyn He was at first, adverse
to speaking about the work Of Mr..
Moody and himself in England, pleading
his weariLess after 80 long voyage as
reason for not talking, but finally,
in Il courteous and enthusiastic manner
be gaze some curious facts about the
great religious revivals in which he
played so prominent part. In person
Mr.. Sankey is tall and somewhat in
cllned to obesity, but straight and erect
with broad, full chest. He has rich,
iull voice, very melodious and pleasing
His Face is square and somewhat mas
sive, his eyes dark and bright, and
shaded with heavy brows, and his hair
and Burnside whiskers nearly black
and closely cut. He has slight British
accent, and when interested, speaks
flueatly, with strong gestures, while a
good natured smile fits continually over
his face
MR.. SANKEY'S STORY OF THE WORK.
"Mr. Moody and myself" said he, "do
not wish to appear in public through
interviews. as speaking much about our
work. 1t is not our Ccsire to thrust
ourselves forward as if We attached any
personal merit to what we have done.
Our work has been greatly successful,
l.. zalt
though We have done anything peculiar Y
praiseworthy. We know and recognize
that it is the Lords work. and not ours,
in which we Lave been engaged. We
have merely gone right on ana preached
Christ 10 tho peoplc-th.. Is all
Mr.. Sankoy then stated that ho thought
the public would be interested in what
Mr. Moody and himself proposed to do
in this country than in the details OF
W hat they had done abroad when mad
already been fully reported IN the news.
papers we have had, he continued,
IA great many applications from var.
lous towns and cities in the United
State, to hold meetings, and TO begin
ut once; but We have made no ar
rangemcnts yet. We need rcst,and intend
TO take vacations Of from six weeks TO
TWO months before beginning our work
again. Mr.. Moody has already gone
nome to his family in Mortified Mass,
and | shall % on Tuesday to visit my
parents ia New Castle, Penn. After
our vacation We shall go to our church
in Chicago, which We are anxious to
visit, and we shall have some work to
de- there, In the Fail | can't elleyactIy
when, we will benin our work, on the
same general plan which We pursued in
England. We have not determined
where to begin, but it viii probably be
in one OF the great Eastern cities
New York, Brook yn, or Boston
The Press in Great Britain treated us
with marked respect. We.unIiormlIy dc,
clned to be interviewed while there but
were treated with great fairness and
consideration. and We nave not hsd to
complain of much misrepresentation.
The great leading English paper, the
London Times, especially spoke of our
work in manner and spirit cmincntly
fair md iu,t OF course rs public men
We are -uhioct to Ci.icism, snd we
cannot fear that, for our only object has
been t. paeach Christ. Still We Go not
ike 70 have our work misrepresentcd.
"The character 90 our meetings is per.
hans misunderstood There is one fact
al sh,uId'Hhe 10 ta,e the public hear
md that Is that IN our meetings there
WAS no excitement. confusion or noise.
In all our meetings there was not sin
gle Gaze Of Mysteries. Some people have
u wrong idea nbou. this. Those who
never attended the meetings may think
that we attempted to stir up religious
excitement. On the contrary the exer-
cisrs we're characterized by the best
ros.Ih'r order Mr. Moody would not
,,o on without No church services
we're ever conducted more quietly and
so,emnly than our great meetings IN the
chief cities oil great Britain and Ireland.
Our cadence. frequently numbered
many thousands, but they came, listen ID
and went away with surprising good
order. Once i'm London We held meet.
my for men. from which women were
excluded. There were 10000 men pres
ent just think what Il sccneif that vast
assemblage had once risen! But they
lat and heard ne rs quietly ~ church
congregation, There was never any out
side disturbances of the meetings. The
crowd, outside were rs orderly rs those
within. They were respcctiuland quiet,
and never greeted US with mockcry or
,ners. There was no sign Of 1t in the
meetings. When We held them IN
Dublin md elsewhere in Ireland We eX-
prcted to he disturbed by the Roman
Catholics. but We aye not. The large
meetings OF lrishm,n which We address
ID were ~ orderly as any | ever SAW.
The reason was because we sought to
excite no opposition from the Roman
Catholic, NO avoided offending them.
We left controversial questions atone,
and merely preached Christ, and that
could eve ohcnse to nobody. Our bus
irc.s was not to discuss ecc|esiastlcai
questions, but TO preach the Saviour TO
those who needed him. In Scotland we
had the same success, Our great meet
ings in Glasgow were wonderfully or
derly and effective. The people showed
the utmost seriousness, and were solemn
and attentive in their d"mean0C.
Forced Resumption.
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