The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-10-06

operations for the fail and winter IS yet liked upon II
~ no intimations are given As to what i Is
W nat 81 the results ol the meetings held hereY
'Well can only very imperfeotly say. few hays
professed conversion Most Of these are persons who
noted, am told, for
CONC wHIcusvER WAY ruE WIND blows,
and have little stability OF character Some Of them
have been hard cases If these will stay converted we
shall ali rejoice; but i in company with a great many
others have quite as many fears as hopes II the
meetings close now the orthodox Church and cause in
the community Will be somewhat strengthened though
not greatly think tie general impression is even
among Mr. M0odyis friends that his work here has
been on tho whole rather iailure than otherwise
think he feels i 50 himself HIS congregations, while
they have boon part Of the time respectable In size
yet have at no time been anything like what he
pected and at the beginning announced that
they probably would be- Nor has he been
able 10 hold his congregations. On the
first Sunday the attendance Was much larger than it
has been at any time since; and on the departure
OF Messrs Sankey, Bliss, white ana stuart Ihe AZ
tendance fell on ia very marked degree II - my
judgment that Mr.. Moody mado great mistake IN
beginning his work in this country in New England,
and especially IN beginning II IN place where people
are SO uniformly intelligent ana haDt1ateu 70 'nihkns
Tor themselves as the people OF Northleid are he had
better gone outside OF New England, and TO large
city do not predict for him success anywhere ex-
cept In large cities There, the orthodox churches
will back him, rs they did in England and Scotland l
think he will accomplish considerable though have
no sort OF idea that no going lind his career in
this country anything equalling his career there.
How have the revival meetings Affected tho Unita-
ran cause.in Northhed2n
sA"a ~ AA'S SS~..
Not mcfnber Of Mr. sunderland's society, far as
know, and not more than two three members OF his
congregation, show any indication oil being drawn from
Us Our congregations are large; our Sunday school
nourshes; our people were never more united; do
not think our society stood higher in the estma-
ton OF the community generally"
"As to the feeling Of Mr.. Sunderland's society
toward Mr. MoodyYN
II think il is generally kindly and has been from
the beginning. But OF course they have sympathy
with his theology with his methods Of work and
only more and norc surprised that intelligent people
anywhere in the light OF the nineteenth century
fall in with either. one good effect am sure Mr.
Moody has had upon us all, ana that i 70 make US
prize particular religious faith more than We have
ever DONE when we see Mr. Moody's theology placed
along side Of IL"
.'How was that sermon Of Mr.. Sunderland's two
weeks ago, received BY the community"
"The people OF the town. of ali faiths and no faith,
seem to have become thoroughly aroused by that ser
mon OF week ago. and believe II was printed In the
HERALD. In addition to its publication in the HERALD
II has been printed in OF our local papers, tho
Franklin County Times and also in pamphlet form,
the latter by request and subscription Of the society
OF the pamphlet edition 1000 copies first printed,
supposng these would be all that would be required
But soon the call for them became great that 600
and then 5000 more were printed, and the demand Is
already going far beyond these Mr. Sunderland is
urged 10 publish edition of 100 900 copies at once,
for circulation throughout the country Requests for
the sermon are pouring in from all directions-some
From several places there have been applications for
800 copies each, for general circulation as liberal
tract The society had been desired To supply parties
in Bratteboro with 500 to 100 copies for distribution
there before the coming of Mr.. Moody.
q Do you apprehend That Mr. Sunderland will con-
tinue his liberal missionary work IN opposition to
orthodoxy expounded by Mr. Aoody2'
''0h, yes; for he followed that first sermon up by
another bearing upon another phase the Moody and
Sankey revival His subject the Salvation Of the
Life that Now Is and the discourse he repeated
Greenfield in tho evening, and he has had numero
requests to issue 1t IN pamphlet form. y
NoRTHpIEID BE THE HEADQUARTERS OF EvASGEL~
ISM?
Mr. Moody is very shy OF disclosing what he purposes
TO do in the future Whether he will, after leaving
here, begin his work in New York Philadelphia
elsewhere is a matter which he keeps entirely 10 him
SELF In fact doubt If he knows exactly what he will
do and IL is likely anything else that he will
remain here in Northeld for the present He has pur
chased farm adjacent to the owned by mis- broth.
ers and the is generally entertained that only
Mr., Moody himself but Mr.. Sankey, MAJOR white and
all the other eyangelsts identified with him will make
this their future home. He went New York last
evening, but will return in time to preach his usual
afternoon sermon next Sunday.