, 1875-02-07

me the hoy house, SO taat the Father Of al speateth
HIMSELF "Open ye this gates that there may enfef III
righteous peopls which gnardeth the t1uth."
MOODY AND SANkEY.
THEIR WORE IN ENGLAND.
4 writer in the Sheffield Eng.) Post OF Jan
9 speaks ut length OF one Of the meetings held
there ty the two Chicago reviva1ists. The
copy Of the paper from which the following ox-
trscts vero taken was brought to tho Office by
some Of the religious coworkers and sympath-
izers With Mr.. Moody, with the request that 1t
be given publicity. After speaking OF tho crowd
ed hall and the c1pcctant waiting for the dlst'n-
g1,ished strangers, he comes to personal descrlp-
ton:
Mr. Moody-or, TO give him his full nane, Dwight
L. oody-is not vt all the Kind Ct person
to zee. There is nothing O: tue traditional Yakee
hut the opposite OF a these characteristics. Ho u
abort thickse rather bul-uccked, with shaggy beard
and dark hair which, from distance, appears 10 10
prr aud pasce Of his broad shoulders. His conntcn-
anee Is decidedly dark-an impression helghteneu NY
the ebony hue and lu1uriance Of whskors, mustache
and beard as vel By his olack suit and ABSENCE Of
starcl, * Absence Of starch is characteristic Of
him in every ssnse} He hns habi. Of stopping MS
head, which has ma1e him slghuy rolnd-shouldered-
a,rows-one hand g:Toiing bis beara.-hs does not
look like man who would SGT = town Oh A1e- You
wonder how it il he has made such scnsatton
throughout the entire religious world. You wonder
iii 5ou hear him. aud then you wonder no longer. BE
could never bare remained clerk in shoe store q:
slaoo year OF clerk anywhere else he WIS no!'nu
10 como to the front. To work for Jesus and live
by faith," earned him tho title Of Crazy Moody" !"
ii was sublime :. craze, for it found hi missaon
the glory Of which no man can measure. There was
successful Admiral whose rgalR cosnnlatncd to tue
King that be WAS mad a1ad. is hc7" rctorted the
monarch g wish hc would bite some Of you" 80
.Crszy Mood" made unoeieving Chicago oet,eTe IN IN
,r,fho inf MSAfN - 6.--Hnh
besan that gorloua doW Of religious lntereat hso the
Roig Of river TO tho sea, eycr widening Oh It's way
nan % Dist platform. # it not Tor sharp look
here sud theze,-a restless twitch OF Ms eyebrows
aud !. word now and again to Brother Sankey or Mr
Fiathec,you would think he had nothing TO 90 Will
tic thousands before him.
IRA .. sASKET
Is anita smother sort Of na.. His is thoroughly
anglo FACE. Of tyye you sometimes % met: eat
counten,uce he n,resscs you very fa1orably Moody
has terrier-liks aspect sort Of loos which, ho
anywhere else, would have boded i'll for the wild
heast4. They would uot ulako martyr out Of Moody
without arusg:e Like tha scottish maid on Lilafds
cdse he would dght LONG Is he had one stump left
to hold his body up. Moudy gives you ths idea Of
man who IS grandy In earnest he would meet any
Odds + ths1s we're evil sprits to sht IN tse & ten. r.
thu spirits. Mr. Sankey, on tbs other hand, gives
you no such impression He has fms, intellectual
composed. Every pa1tfcle Of Mr. Moody14 brain must
Ee nerpc.ualIy working. s1r Sankey, like all masters
Of song and poetry, appears capable a commanding
dered, evidently strong and heartythe possessor OF
a healthy mind in healthy body. Ono point they
have in common: they aro both wonderfully IN
graphic and simple Mr.. oody,a marvellous power js
in his simplicity His sorics-and be is the Prncp Of
storytcllersare 70 thrilling and 30 easy to under
stand and follow ihst there Ia not In the hall from
tho chlll in the front seat Of the saloon 70 the grtmy
faced workman in tho gallery, who does
not understand them. So with Mr Sankey- He speaks
NJ he nings The words never lost in the music.
He nercr lots the artistic obscure tho losson Talk Of
the Singing pilgsiml Nj. sankey is worth thousand
Of him. The and:snce hang upon his meodies' as Il
theT h:d never heard sweet sounds before.
THE SERVICES.
After little t1ms the audience settled down. and
31r. No ody commencol hs-wtat shall call III It
wss no sefa,on> DISCOURSE. no grafton. Taa sub
ect The folly Of looking to he saved hy tho Law,
and tho inability Of man to keep himself right IN
a1e IA 6aa lin IN s'tb "a oarcn
Eden, aud hound him BY golden chain to Heaven;
but tho chain .waa broken There Adam was per-
does SATIN got IN than down falls Adam. He did no.
suppose Satan was III Eden more than thirty minutes
before he had swinded Adam ont Of 81 he bad. IN
this strain 1r. Moody went On to show how man had
eyer been failure weu lie tried his own skill at saw
ing himself. There written on erery man's brow,
" failure and "en." We were lanaa and xe could
not Ha1k unless God held Up. Unless God held us
up We could not stand at all. Then camo grand1s-
stirring and simple appeal TO aeeept the substitution
for f, opdea eor '1 H. T sf upon Mind vas
tina. Mr. Moody cannot help moving bis bearers. He
is earnest and yet 80 genial 80 stirring and Jet so
simple SO telling. withal; that somehow Or other yon
feel something coming in your eyes that shuts out
Mon1y and Sankef, md all tho rest. You are stirred
befuro you aware. and there drop tears from
we women, to whom tears strangers In relig
ious meetings. Meeera. Moody and S7pkey rise in
another point. They do not let the little guns fire on
before and after. The peopls who come to hear the
S Euns not first raKed fore atd at by the small
ones. Mr. Moody goes right ot 1t, and he kRows wheu
to stop No other person rises to uter weary pl2i-
tudAs and deadcn tho impression. The audience 20
sway With the arrows sticking in their hearts, and
AM persuaded there are thousands in Sheffield who
will hlesa the day thcy heard the two marvellous men
from Clicagoth erea Miracc-workcrs Of this geuer-
alton. There Is describing these 11eu Each must
60 and hear for himself.
PRESBYTERIAN cR111o1sx.
Tho Rev J. Kennedy, D. D.. Scotch Presby-
terian divine, has studied the revivdl lnauguras-
cd by Mcssrs. Moody and Sankey, and has pub
lished q pamphlet on the subject, aays tho
Christian Union:
In which be seeks to cast ridicu1e upon the rneas-
onsIy to the singing Of .t unnzprca hYmns instead
Of Dzyid's psalms, and TO Mr. Sankey's me4odeon.
The instrument, Gays the Doctor, - brought in to
make religion raatabe to whom spiritual worship is
oIeuse" mud he adds: It Ii pleasant to enjoy the
new sensation: They can be At concert and church
at the time. They can gets at once something
for the conscience md something for the feahn Dr.
Kennedy gives this as his description OF the SORT Of
moluscous, fabby creature, without pith or symme-
try breathing only III the heated afr Of meetings. cray~
ing to be IaInpered with yapid sentiment, and
pufed up by foolish rla.tery to be in ttate Of
in SCOUTING addressee, as yUid OF
Scripture truth OF common sense, and pclclins
1ippant questions in the face Of all he mccts."