, 1875-07-18


petent for the duty, and man Of personal
rectitude, will also be free from all responsible
tv for. and ali association with the wretched
administration Of the police force during the
past,
THE WORK OF MOODY AND sANKEY.
.Brother" MoopY and his me1odious COM
panion, SANKEY, have concluded their mission
in Great Britain, and are probably now on
the blue water resting from their labors and
headed for home, to await the '* Well done,
good and faithful servants, from their friends
in Chicago Time Was when Chicago alone
would have woven their laurels, but now the
whole country will join in the welcome.
The work they have done is something very
remarkable, more than that, it is something
unprecedented in the annals Of the religious
world since the days Of the Reformation.
Not even WHITFIELD himself aroused
such q furore and drew such crowds
to hear him, although he had wonderful elo-
quence and magnetism. In London alone,
during the past four months, MOODY and
SAxkzY have preached and sung in GO meet
ings ct Camberwell, to 100000 people; IN 45
meetings at Victoria, to 400, 900 people; in GO
meetings at the Opua-House, to $50, 600 peo~
pie; in GO meetings at Bow street, to 6oo, 600
people; and at co meetings in Agricultural
Hall, to 100000 people. In the aggregate,
therefore, they have held 2S5 meetings, or an
average Of 2 per day, to 2,53o,ooo people,
giving an average attendance Of nearly 5000
people at each service This Is but small
part Of the real work done, for MooDz and
SANKE1 have not only been busy in
London, but they have traversed Eng
land, Scotland, and Ireland, speaking
in cities and towns. They have drawn
to their services both mobiles and commouers.
They have stood up before the peasants and
laborers, before the low and vicious classes
and the high and educated, before trades
men, scientists, clergymen Of all denomina-
tons, literary men, members OF Parliament,
Lords, Earls, Dukes, Countesses, and Prin~
cesses, and the Royal Es.nily (an except the
Queen), and including the Prince Of Wales,
let Us hope to the betterment Of his doubtful
--x-A-E-u haroa fA---- THY As~--- set a1l the
churches of the United Kingdom into warm
discussion Of the secrets Of their remarkable
influence. They have agtated Parliament.
They have stirred up the violent opposition
of the high-toned and fastidious literary jour
nails like the Saturday Press, Spectator, and
Ataeneum. They have invaded the classic
precincts OF nncient seats Of learning, and
disturbed their proprieties and cobwebbed
conventiona1iies- They have taken prece-
dencs Of every other attraction, and made
themselves the reigning sensation They
have shaken the whole United Kingdom IS
with tho rushing Of a mighty wind, and have
stirred up all classes of English society, from
the besodden laborer in his hovel to the Prin-
cess in her palace, as they have never been
stirred before.
The first questions which will be asked by
every Chicagoan is, How has MOODY done
this? By what secret has he caused this
great commotion? Has booDY suffered sea
change into something rich and stranger Has
he become another Moopx since he left us2
Where has he found these new powers of
fascination which have drawn the multitudes
about him by thousands and tens Of thou
sandB7 What is it that has caused it 2 People
here never ran after MOODY much. He ranked
low in the scale as compared with the aver
age ministerial standard Of the city. No one
ever suspected he was pulpit orator or
would rise any higher than the superintend-
ence Of = mission school or the direction of
a prayer meeting. He was small star with
a itle twinkle, liable to be obscured by any
thin cloud that came along; but 10!
all Of sudden, he appears as
blazing comet sweeping msjestical]y through
the sky, with all the world wondering
at its brilliancy, and paling all the old stars
We have been accustomed to regard az planets
Of tho first magnitude. We can only explain
it on the grounds that the prophet is not
without honor save in his OWL country. 1t
home, We saw MooDy every day, and were 60
familiar With him that We took no note of the
possibilities Of success in his composition.
We saw only the iliterate, self-opinionated,
obstinate, enthusiastic, dry, and somewhat
tedious, and, as Mr. COLLIER says, "muddle-
headed, MoooY. We did not see the daunt-
less, unabashed, determined, Commemorative,
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earnest, sincere, inAe1ible Christian, with no
great gifts, but ready to perform any hard or
work he might find to do
in the ranks- We did not see him
as the grand leader, with his campaign clearly
marked out and moving to its accom-
pnshment with an Irresistible determination
and strength Of purpose. This is what the
English have seen. His labors in Chicago
were evidently only the training for this
work In his wreatle with vice and sin in all
their forms in this city, he was preparing
himself for this wonderfully brilliant. career
as rerivalist- And so it happened that,
although in every oue Of his audiences there
were scores, if not hundreds, Of men ADLER,
more learned, more eloquent, more gifted in
intellect, and equally imbued with piety,
they gladly listened to him, and were fssci- |
mated with his earnestness Of purpose and
the simple, but direct, manner in which hs
sought to accomplish it.
AooD1's work in England Is over. Of |
course it remains to be seen what he has
reallv Accumulated in thA uav ~ 1o.t;~c