, 1875-10-17

| IT'S RESULTS.
The New York Herald has au interview Win
the Rev. Mr. Sunderland, Of the UNITARIAN
Church ut Northfeld, where hlr. Moody mas
been for some time laboring, and the following
| forms q portion OF the opinions expressed.
"what have been the results Of the meetings up 70
this time so far as conversions Ara conees .,r
donht whether The number has been great as was
| antcipated Indeed, tho impression seems 70 ~, uo
pn ~ cnntsct viii The people, that Mr. Moody and
his friends considerably disappointed at tne tes"
Of The mectings As t9 ehs a~ naos os 1ssnR mamoels
n the otlc cr society," or those who have risen 1os
| nrssers yefy few of them have been persons OF my
What do you think Us to the pernanoney OF this
work in No7thAeld?" ;"
This is matter about which hesitate to express
An o1niou. OF course hope that the Influences Of
| thr r.yiyai 90 far as they good Will femain l
hone that those who have been converted from thought.
rsan esa and rfeNRon to thDughnutness and interest,"
In rcioun viii continue on in the way they have be
gun but whether they will or not OF course only tao
future tell have m5Belf been through COZ COZ
aiderabe number Of revrals both large aud snail
scales in both city and country and have also watched
the operations OF many others In which hare not had
.r go0a de o. ss aa1
wish could hare more confidence than confess 20
have in all this hind Of way Of trying 70 do good;
Wora u a's is nns usu,y dssp & 1orE or
work And. moreover, I have been gradually
forced to the conviction that great deal OF positive
harm comes from it In nearly l1ite eVer! case llF-
ing during my earlier life as did, in the midst OF re.
sivals and people who believed In resVals supposed
them to be, beyond question: ana Gooa ana
it Was only very slowly and reluctantly that became
convinced that it shortsiGhted view, and that
there is another very serious side to this revival sub
tcct."
50, then, understand you think that the work
done by reviyalists is usually more like lighting pile
Of shayings than It is like hnasing lasting hre OF
good, solid hickory wood. But you say tha IN add
on to the tranatofy character Of the good that cnnsa
from reyvas you think that acsual bad resuts ctten
OF usually come from them Will 5ou be 80 good - TO
explain Whist, far Jour observation goees t1ose
baI results ars7"
Well, SIR you ask grave question. and ons to
which wonder thar the attention Of the thinning fe
gious people Of the country is not oftener directed
OF neither you nor have time, nor Ii TINS ne
place fer to eay more thao few words upon ms
subject. I haya no doubt that persons are oi .en
reached by revival efforts. especially BY the efforts put
forth in connection with this Moody aud sa13sy
movement, who would not be reached 50 epeedily ana
directly by aqy other fnstrnnentaty. And If were
looking only at Immediate and direct results including
brief future should doubtless regard such edorts
as good But there is something to Al this kind
Of thing than what appsars % The Immediate fruit
Ny observation teaches me that it 1ant good thlng
III: men usually to drink liquor. Why not? Doea 1t
nj produce revival In their bodies and htains7 10
be sure it does Both physical and mental nature work
with al unusual activity and vigor under tha
influence Of the hqunr And this would be something
very much 10 I've desired only there was not some
thing else sure to follow. What is tina. Arcachon
The Excitement Of body md mind has been not nstu-
raj, but UNNATURAL and ae0c8 tAe penA1tJ usI GLUE
Of subsequent sinking below the natural eycl equal
to tho preceding artificial forcing abovo It. So IT Il
with al unnatural ex1temeuts matter what par: OF
our nature they affect. So j. forever must be with
such religious e1citaments necessarily stirred
up In revival meetings.
What OF the results Of the meetings heid here ;"
professed conversion. Most OF these persons who
are noted om told for going whichever way TIE wind
blows and have little stability Of character. Some Of
them have been hard II these will be converted
we shall all rejoice; but I, in company With grea:
mauy othe1a, have quite as many fears Us hopes. II
the meeting close now, the orthodox church and Cause
in the community will be somewhat strengthened
though not greatly l think tho general ina-
preston il, even among MF. noodys fr1e1lds,
that his work hera has been the whole rather 1
ure than otherwise. think he feels it SO hnlkef.
His congregations, while they have been part Of the
tina respectable III Size have 1t no time been anything
like what he expected, and at the beginning announced
that they would Nor hAa he been able to hold his
| coueregatoas On the first Sunday the attendance
was much larger than It has been at any tne since
and On the departure Of 3essrs. Saakey, Bss Whit
tIe aud Stuart the attendance fell of m very marked
| degree. It Is my judgment that ". Mood! made q
Rrtnt mistake beginning his work In this country In
New EnGand, Especially i'll beginning it IN place
where people SO uniformly intelligent and h4etu-
ated to thinking Themselves the people of Moth
field nre. He had better gone outside OF New England,
md to large city. do not Predict for him success
anywhere except in large cities. There il the cr!ho-
dnx churches Will back him. ns they did In England
and Sco;asnd think be viii accomplish considerable
though have sort Of idea that he Is going to find
his in this country anything equaling his career
| there"