The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-16


this also that gave the apostles such power human
hearts and conscences in their ministry and this is
the power thai In every age since has given the re-
formers and cvangests Of the world their influence
over masses OF men. And Just il In the DAYS OF
0hrlst so ls IN the days OF MOODY and sankey the
Pharsees and high priests and the doctors either OPP
pose the eVangelsts and elormcrs they give them
a wide berth and shake their heads and pass on.
LUTHER AND WESLEY AND WHITFIELD,
&c, were ministers or priests 10 be sure but their sue
came only when they left their pulpts and their
prayer books aud came down and touched the
with their thought and their sympathy and their Chris
tan love. And every who viii follow IN their foot
steps will find like reward SO, them the lact that
machinemade men, not titled theolOgans-Ls one great
source Of their power and success.
This factor again oblges them to be simple In ther
presentation OF Gospel truths How shall we reach
the masses p asked meeting Of ministers in Chicago
one day OF Mr.. Moody 500 for EN- was his senen-
ous reply And therein lies one Of the chief secrets OF
his He ''goes for the masses and the masses
'gon for him. And hence he is obliged TO be always
ready with his message, and has consequently no Tune
to study out polished sermons, if he could And
in his wonderful success as an evangelist we have an
other and very emphatic Illustration Of the apostolic
fact that it peaseth God by the fooshness of preach
ing them that believe. 'What mean the 10000
nGurers in London alone, who have been into the
rooms set apart for them to inquire more
perfectly about the the way OF the LordY" asks
Mr. Farwell OF Chicago who has witnessed the
work Of these men at home and abroad. What
mean the crowded halls Oiled with Christians before
breakfast every Sabbath morning 10 learn how TO work
with and for these nqurcrs2 Is IL tile voices Of two
preaching and singing the Gospel Of Gods saliva
ton? Or is salvation ITSELF working in these hearts,
il? Food from heaven, broken by hands that have
been clasped by the Gyer who alone pronounce the
benedciion upon II for such marvellous increase, is tho
only nourshment capable OF creating and satisfying the
hunger OF the soul Dr. Schs of this city, observer
IN every way competent te judge Of the methods and
RESULTS OF THE EvANGELGsTs' LABoHs,
writes that it is Of the chief recommendations Of
their work that IL free from all sectarian aims
Their only purpose was lead men to Christ as the
Saviour from sin and death They have proved the
power Of the elementary truths the hearts of men
more nightly than all the learned professors and elo
nfE prIap nd 40 Acf haM afbo diet
revival more than hundred years ago, stopped the
progress Of Desn God these plain laymen from
America to turn the tide of modern maeralism and
atheism. 1t is tho old story OF the fishermen OF Galee,
who coufound the learned and the mighty. Ii is the
grace OF God behind those which explains the
traordinary religious interest they have awakened all
Scotland and England. 1t is the best reiutaton of
modern infdeity. II shows what power the simple
old Gospel story Of sin and grace still has.
There is great deal OF preaching which resembles
thatof the angel Of the Church Of the Laodiceans.
II issheither cold nor hot-t is even warm; il is
ukewarrn. If were cold might be intellectual;
II it too hot it might be redeemed by its emotional
mesmerism; but 1t has none Of the merits that nhere
in these extremes any that belong to any
between them, and is therefore extremely unsatis-
factory.
Great stress is laid here on the fact that the ministers
Of Great Britain Of every denomination heartily CO.
operated with Messrs Moody and Sankey and with each
other before And to this attributed their
success And it is gavey argued in one OF our religious
exchanges that revvals of religion procurabe by
the use of the proper agencies are natural events by
natural means" Why, then, have not Of
them and of better sorLf But the writer just quoted
adds saving clause TO his proposition-'but never
without the presence and power of the Divine Spirit"
That Divine Spirit is surely available for New York
doctor OF divinity for Chicago layman and yet
fail to see the like results from the preaching Of both
The trouble is not in the unavailablity Of the Holy
Ghost in and his availability in the other; nor
in any lack OF means in instance and superabun-
no Church machinery TO back him and help him our
doctors of divinity have And yet where he succeeds
they fail Why9 Simply because while
THE TITLED TIEoLoGIAS MDAIR
is brushing the dew from the cherubms wings or pois
ing himself for grand fight toward the stars or peep
ing for journey into the ante-Adamc regions oil the
earth the simple ayman delivers the simple message 10
sinful that Jesus Christ into the world 10
save sinners They believe that truth, accept the
Saviour and saved The layman is not sentimental
enough learned enough 10 rise beyond the level OF
his hearers but stays with them until he introduces
them TO Him whose powerful arm can Lift them up and
set them in heavenly places
And this necessitates drn faith in the personal pres
of the Redeemer and an intimacy with Him equal
20 If not greater than that existing between two men
in the flesh. And such faith, assured, hessrs
Moody and Sankey have In God, the Father, Son and
Spirit Hence II is that the one sings and the other
breaches OF Saviour at hand and not afar oof
present help IN the ume OF the pehltehss trouoie
Hence, when Mr. Moody invites sinners TO Christ he
does So the London Times says, to Christ waiting
be gracious Christ ready and anxious to The
errors OF the law says the same journal have little
place in his teaching The Gospel that he breaches is
one Of glad tdings The theme in the main is the
boundless compassion of the Saviour not the terror Of
hell The best that Mr.. Moody could give 10
Archbishop Tsits Canterbury charge Of "unwise and
untrue representations of the almost universal
necessity of instantaneous conversion which, the pref
ate thinks, involves an ignoring Of the full Scripu-
raj teaching 70 the nature Of repentance is the num-
Der Of almost instantaneous conversions That have
taken place under his ministry. And these results
could have been secured had not there been wait
ing Saviour and ready and receptive soul What was
the object of Chrsts teaching repentance because the
kingdom of heaven at hand If It not at HANDY
OF what avail could be 70 His disciples TO sound out
the call after His ascension, were He not diynely
present to help them and 70 saver But their faith in
His personal spiritual presence gave them boldness in
the presence Of Jerusalem mob, and like faith has
through many and great dangers for eighteen hundred
years These then are briefly the main elements Of
success in the ministry Of Messrs Moody and Sankey
during the last twentysix months
WHAT MOODY AND SANKEY'S MINISTRY PROVES.
And now what are some OF the practical results OF
their mission?
They are Of two kinds spiritual and material OF the
former there the numbers 10 whom the Gospel has
been preached many OF whom might never have heard
it for the going Of Messrs Moody and Sankey among
them These numbers are estimated in the aggregate
at nearly and half millions OF people And these
not all Of the middle or upper classes, though
nultitudes OF those attended the The Rev j.
NJ Bruce writes that be has in the opera House In
London audiences consisting chiefly Of the very poor
Men and women there in beggars' rags and many
with besotted faces During their four months stay IN
England the evangelists held 225 meetings and
much of the time present daily at meetings in two or
three different districts They have repeatedly preached
and sung the same evening IN halls five miles apart
Another result which is only part OF the foregoing and
It's legitimate outcome, is the numbers who have
tered Oh life Of faith through the influence OF their
word
''What do you go to England forP" some one asked
OF Mr. Moody when he about TO leave these shores
years ago 81 60 for 30, 900 souls'' was his
prompt response Twice Ooo it Is estimated have been
his reward.
Another spiritual result Of their ministry the proof
to-day well eighteen centuries ago, that the sim
pie message Of the Gospe-the lifting up Of Christ-s
attractive ever; that 1t pleases God still by
the foolishness OF preaching not by foolish preaching
them that believe and that the Gospel continues
be the power OF God unto salvation unto all such
Another result is the blending into harmonious
brotherhood Of Christian workers the ministers and
members Of different denominations. This is the true
unity Of the Church-not oneness in denomnat fell
lowshp but IN Christian activities for the saliva
ton OF men,
Another result Is the manifest difference between
ECCLESIASTICAL ORDINATION AND DIVINE ASoTNTEG.I
Not many mighty, not many great or noble we're
called 10 this work 70 aid IN its Advancement But
to-day, in apostolic times, God chooses the weak
things Of the world TO conound the mighty and base
things 70 conound the honorable yea and things that
not to bring nsught things that are no flesh
should glory in His presence.
Another result is the proof which their ministry gives
that the Bible contains yet unexpored mines Of truth