The New York herald., 1875-09-26

wonderful excitements produced on the public mind
by causes In their origin the most Insignificant, and
which resulted often in disastrous consequences
Claws Scheme" the "Missssippi Bubble" the
"Great Plague in London" sFessenden's Terrible
Tractors" tho 'horus Multicaalis Mania" TO say
nothing of the "Fox Spiritual Manifestations
and the great revival times Of Jonathan Edwards and
later the same system OF protracted meet
ings by Finney, Burchard Manit and Elder Knapp OF
which Jonathan Edwards said In his day, '1t swept
over New England like prairie hrel" And he might
have added LETT burned and blackened desolation be-
hind And now comes ''the Moody and sankey
viva" in England, to ''come o'sr like a summers
cloud, and not escape our wondsrl"
hultitudes, that no man can number 1ocked to the
meetings OF those two men, that many crushed
almost to death TO hear unlearned man expound the
Gospel, while the other sings in melting strans:-
Come to Jesus. come to Jesus,
Bishops priests and deacOns lords and ladies' flock to
hear something they think they have missed in West
minister Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, in spurgeon's
Tabernacle or In Rev. DIR. Parker's Pavilion. The
movement began, as all such movements begin, with
the undertow. Indeed, barring the singing feature,
there had beon failure the Irishman would say,
before 1t began The religious world has been set agog
at this modern movement begun when all was quiet,
and Is now wondering whereunto 1t will grow
NOW 70 the honest endeaVorS OF Ignorant
people to difase knowledge of Christs
ligon among men, the real Christian will never do for
II IS part OF Chrsts teaching that the woman who
swept the house and found the piece OF silver which
she had lost naturally called her friends and neigh
bors to rejoice with her. And so it Is with all who
come TO parake Of the joy of the Gospel salvation
by law Of Chrst's kingdom a knowledge superna-
tura must be expansive in its growth we see in the
OF Philip and Nathaniel who said "Come and see
If any good thing come out OF Nazareth
At the time, who shall say 1t Is uncharitabe to
question the conduct and actions OF those rentlemen
in Ia
and in Engand2 They certainly ignore the experlence
and wisdom OF thoughtful men who have given Ions
lives to careful study OF the Scriptures and do in
effect put forth their crude sayings of worth in
bringing sinners TO Christ than be found in any
other way 1t Is true they can point to the multudes
VINO nock 70 their services as an evidence OF ther
success beyond the staid methods OF preach
! ing the Gospel in the churches. And they may
say, also, can -you deny that God is blessing
our work in this drectionS Well let see The
careful survey OF the whole enterprise shows two
thngs-First, there exists in our large cities such
London, Edinburgh, New York Chicago and other
places OF ignorant degraded and besotted people,
whose lives little above beyond that of brues
who cannot read write think beyond what they hear
from better informed people This class among the
most impossible and excitable of our popuatio1 as
demagogues can very well attest The food for
element has always been found among the slave popu
lation of the South. There no religion could be
shouting, swooning and vlsonl The advent of Mr..
Moody lin Engand), who aimed his shafts Of fiery
vengeance against the mpeniten by startling anecdotes
of sudden deaths as awful warnings'-found ready
response and powerful echo in the hearts and minds
ofthose whose lives are spent amid scenes OF debauch
cry restricted comforts and pleasures That the zeal
and piey of all the clergy of all denominations fail in
reaching the masses, gives, nothing else will give
color to the neod of such work Moody and Sankey
doing, there is denial But such spasmodic
Efforts likely to prove of any permanent advantage
Thoughtful Christians, of long and large expe-
rience, say no permanent good may be looked
for in this or any kindred movement
The machinery is not new 1t Is the old patent of for
leaders of revvas without the merit Of previous
experience to excuse the blunders which they honestly
made The godly Edward Irving created as great a
furor in the deserted sums OF London Messr Moody
and Sankey have done. Wesley Whitfield and their
compeers found the Church OF England in a comatose
state, when they took off their surpces and went down
among the miners of Cornwall to preach the Gospel to
them Hence permanence is not to be expected now
when England can boast of Salisbury a Coutts q
Kingsley and hosts of others ready to pour out their
treasures their hearts in ameoratng the condition
OF the poor But the danger lies in relapse into q
dreary doubt and dstrust of all religion not having it's
origin Gin the storm and whirlwnd" OF religious ex-
citement SALTWATER.