National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-09-27
ELDER HORACE L. HASTINGS.
His Labors as an Evangelist With Moody and

While the people Of Washington are on the qui
vire to know when Messrs. Moody and Ssnkey
are to come to Washington, they may be inclined
to overlook the occasional presence among us OF
those who, though they have not yet acquired,
like them, Q transatlantic reputation, have the
same devoted spirit, together with equal, If not
~ aeDtiema5 Tbois name Rsads this notice. and
who spent day with the Young Mems Christian
Association here about Q fortnight since, speaking
father was . clersynan, and he himself; ike
Spurgenn, commenced to preach when O mere
boy, and soon became popular; but, feeling
through the press than from the pulpit, he COM
mencea to write and publish short and pungent
q few years established in Boston the "Scriptural
Tract Repository" from which he issued, MP to
the time OF the great fire, besides an excellent
liops Of pages Of tracts for old and young at the
bare cost Of printing, and many of them gratu-
itOusly, for circulation in prisons among sailors,
West His establishment and plates being de-
stroyed in the fire, he suspended his publication
Of tracts but continued to Issue the CRristiaR and
the Little ChrfsffGn, without the omission Of q
single number.
Mrs. Hastings, who is q true. hsIpmeet having
gone South soon after the war and established
several missions and schools, some hundreds Of
dollars worth of food and clothing were collected
and transmitted 20 them from the repository tore
both white and colored. Amid his incessant lit
erary labors Elder Hastings has continued to
preach as an evangelist, ADD with great accep-
lance particularly s. camp meetings at the North
and West. Recently, finding thaE the English
publishers and tract societies we're spproprIating
his original articles from the ChTiSfidR very ex-
tensiyelg, without credit, ne visited London, and
while there, bei0g an old friend Of Mr.. Moody, he
attended bis meetings, laboTed with the inQuirers,
and, on one OCCASION arriving with many others
too late to gain admission 10 the vast hall, he
preached to the crowd outside from the text, 'And
the door was shut" While there after observ-
iDg the vast field white for the harvest and the
feWness of the IabOrers, he decided after much
prayerful consideration. 10 remove with his family
to London, publish his paper there as we'll as
here, and endeavor to aid, as opportunity may
OFFER in carrying forward the work OF eyangeliIa-
tion, so we'll begun by Messrs Moody and San
key.
When Elder Hastings stopped here the other
day he was on his way West to take leave Of his
many friends in that section At Rev. Mr.. Halls
request he gave q short but graphic account Of
Moody and Sankey's labors in England as they
had come under his observation. His short but
open air showed him to be man OF the true
MOODY type, thoroughly devoted to the work Of
saving souls, and possessing an originality Of
thought, felicity OF illustration and q magnetic
eloquenee peculiarly his own. He has written the
4. ID. U. A. that he will be in the city again on
Tuesday (to-morrow) on his return, and will be
ready to work, II desired. It Is thought that he
o'clock meeting this evening, and he will probs-
ply lead the MONDAY meeting and speak ct the
and O'Clock meetings tomorrow, as we'll as
preach ut some church in the evening, which will
be announced. We know OF no one more worthy
70 precede Messrs. Moody and Sankey, and ali
Of Christian workers should not fall to embrace
This oppOrtunity.