, 1875-03-24

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Moody IND EANIET.
Somo Time n}o, Chicago, conscious that its
worldwide fame for purity and picty matla
itH engaging in missionary effort highly
proper, decided to evangclizo the British
Isles. So she sent forth her aIooDY nud her
SASKEr. They havo wrcstled with Satan nntl
ovorthrown him. Twenty-Five thousand
British converts testify to tho power Of
AlooDrs monologues md SANKEY'S songs.
Chicago's position, as the great centre Of
moral reform, has been triumphantly estab-
Esled.
0nr twd missionaries visited England on
the Invitation Of two residents Of York. ar
rived Mt that city, they found both their
friends dcasl Nothing .daunted, they went
to work on their own account, ".rho sword
Of tho Spirit" wielled by their doxtcrous
hands WIN soon destroying sin at n groat
ratio in Edinburg. They almost converted
Glasgow en- anassc, stopped on their way to
Ulster "to savo Il fow snallor cities, rs it wns
sneoringly said, mud then swept through Ire
land trinmphantly. At Dublin they filled tho
largest hall to oyeyaowing. The whole popu-
latiou was excited. Cardinal CULLEN is
sued pastoral against them, md two
clowns caricatnrcd them on tho stage,
but tho clowns were hissod down
aud the Cardinal was ignored. Birmingham
was next visited, where many thousands
were converted, In Sheffield tho SUCCESS
WINS equally great. Manchester and Liver
pool We'd with each other in furnishing con-
verts. At last, the grcat metropolis itself hos
been attacked. Moopr is preaching at It,
and sASKEy is singing at it, mud people nro
fighting for chance to get into Agricultural
Hall, D vast structure aa big as the Exposi-
tiou Building in this city. Tho "Thunde1or"
thunslcrs in their favor, Fifteen to twenty
Thousand persons crowd TO hear them nightly.
According to the London Telegraph, "vast
public et|ificos nro filled to tho skylights and
cd, tho gin-shops emptied, tic streets depop-
ulatcG, and tho very natures and habits of
worl-a-lay world seized and transformed by
them into something new and strange" Mr..
MooDY l,as, wo are told "a voice Of prol;e-
ious power, but full Of soft and persuasive
tones he filings abroad tho thunaerbo1ts Of l1is
gospel, and aftarwar4l soothcB the affriehtod
and despairing hearts which hiF searching
eloquence has stricken. 6ANEEx is chlcf
musician; he commands in strange porfco-
t;on, it is said, tho fine art OF singing success-
fully pioua llts, songs Of Zion. None of
yonr hnmlrum, old, accustomed Hundredth.
Psalms, whi~.I drone rural congregation into
B!cepincss in preparation for the afternoon
sermon, but rous'ng ballads Of righteousness,
forvid and flowing outbnrsts OF religious rap-
ture, wl.cro words that stir like tho voice Of
q trumpet caught from tho battlefield and
tho camp aro set to tunes that flood tho com.
mon heart with tidal-wnvcs Of rhythm, and
set tho inner spirit throbhing."
Tie Englisl. papers arc full of comments
on tho Chicago missionaries. They describe
MooDg's style aa "tho simplest Saxon; ho
never bcnts about the bush, bnt calls things
ly their names, and Scriptural metaphors
aud phrases arc intorwoyen In all that ho
says. His skill In illustration is marvellous,
md Is constantly employed. In tlisposing Of
tho objections Of those who think they arc
too bad or too good to become Christians, llo
described very yiyialy, what wo give only in
substance, tho process by which men were
made soldiers in our lato War, The richly
dressed aud the ragged volunteer hal both to
be stripped OF their garments and clothed In
tho national uniform. They were thon equal,
and not until then soldiers. Tho Btory OF tho
mercy of President LINCOLN, and ita applca.
tion To religious entls produced remarkable
effect upon Ills audience. According to TO-
np~t., = 49, ~ l. -. ~.