Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-04
Moody and Sankey.

/ anu OaANNis
! From The New York world.
| In appearance Mr.. Sankey scarcely hlls
| ones idea of an Evangelist, nor indeed
| that of a sweet singer Of Israel, Mr.. San
| KEYS portion Of the great revival lying in
his silvery throat. But the throat be-
| longs TO a large mana man upon whom
/ the good things Of this life seem TO set
! well-apparently thirty-five years old,
/ with Il clear, gray eye, and wearing dark
| Burnside whiskers of rather sparse
/ growth. He is simple in his manner,
| ready 10 converse, but with the air Of a
! man who speaks Of that which has no
| connection with himself. Concerning
/ their work he said:
| '.Of course we had no anticipation OF
! its magnitude. Our church was burned
| in Chicago, and while it was rebuilding
/ we determined to go abroad, possibly for
! four months, i'm response 70 an invitation
/ of Mr.. Pennifather and another gentle
man. We found both dead. We didn Z
want TO go about hunting other men, so
we determined to commence ourselves,
and went first to York, a little, cold, ca
| thedral town. We didn' do much at first.
/ People thOnght We were fpst two Ameri-
cans huRting asseHsatioil..sl lt 'ktEas not un-
| til they finally began 10 have faith in us
! that we began to seceed; after that it was
all easy, and from the time we went to
! Newcastle our meetings were like roll
! ing SNOWFALL, always increasing. OF
course London was the elimination"
''What do you think of them yourself,
Mr.. SankeyE"
"It is the spirit of the Lord, that is all
can say. Such things were in times
past, why not now! People explain
them differently. Some say magnetism,
and some one thing and some another
The only explanation we can give is that
= r. =. IL
do it. Just let them try it if they think
they could. But with the Lord it is just
the easiest thing"
Your labors don't seem to have wear
led yOu?''
THAT'S another evidence. Only look /:
Both of US in robust health, constantly
speaking and singing, and not an ailment
TO hinder us"
GREAT RELIGIOUS INTEREST.
Gas for what we've done, we know
nothing but that there has been a great
religious interest. Other people try to
sum up the results. We know better
than TO do that. We don't say a soul
has been converted. You may make pro-
fessiOns. How do l know they are true
We only know that the interest increased
until the last day, that it pervaded all
classes of people, from the royal princes
to the hOd carriers. The Duchess of
Sutherland came almost every day. We
know that excitement had nothing to do
with it. Everybody gave that up in ac-
counting for our numbers. We do not
believe in it. Mr.. Moody always discOur-
aged it. Our meetings were as quiet as
those Of any well ordered church here or
there-as quiet as our conversation. No,
it was the Lord working through us as
instruments, by the fOOlishness of preach
ing, as the Bible says; mind, not foolish
preaching.
'"The interest was universal. / don't
believe there was hamlet in England to
which We were not invited. We had an
invitation from Oxford, signed by three
hundred students, but we couldn't accept.
We went to Eton because we could get
back. And, by the way, it was Eton that
sought us, not we EtOn. Eton students
and the members of Parliament asked us
to go. We went and had quiet, impress
siye meeting, and l believe did great
deal of good"
but what will become of all your work
now?"
"Now, if it is of a man it will die, but
it is left in the hands Of the local commit
tee.''
"But what evidence did you have of its
value?'
Nothing, only great religious inter-
est, upaccOuntable If il is not from the
Lord. We had not much intercourse
with individuals, although we received
letters from some and heard from others,
and through the inquiry meetings."
"YOU propose holding meetings here?"
''NOt until October. Mr.. Moody has
gone to his home to rest, and will then
go to Chicago 1 start Tuesday for my
home in Pennsylvania. Then will meet
Mr.. Moody in Chicago. We haven't de-
cided yet what we will do. We want to
o1R rEt I n in two
years this country is much changed. New
York, Chicago, Brooklyn, Philadelphia,
any of these places may be our starting
point