The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-07
ORDAINED OR UNORDAINED
PREACHERS.

MEssRs. HENRY vARLEY IN AMERICA AND MOODY
AND sANKEY IN ENGLAND.
The value OF churchly ordination is, in these
latter days, receiving some curious illustrations
While the successors OF the apostles in England
aud America squabble and fight over the success
sion and o yer matters OF little or no consequence
to the Church or the world. and while, too the
houses of worship are comparatively deserted on
Sundays and are altogether closed on week days.
two American laymen, with no other qualifca-
tons than the possession OF q good voice
by one and q good knowledge OF the
Scriptures by the other, succeed In arous.
ing the British Islands and iniusinR q
new religious life to hundreds OF dead churches
and bringing thousa nds OF ungodly men and wo-
men to q knowledge OF God and OF salvation.
Another layman, from London. coming over to
Canada last Ial to attend q ting OF the DOmin
ion Evangelical Alliance, has wrought almost
similar results there, and during his two three
wee ks in the United States remarkable crowds
attended bis ministry, even IN the business hours
OF the day. his qualifications, too, are thorough
knowledge OF the BIBLE and wonderful aptness
IN its exposition, combined with simplicity OF
manner aud drectness Of application OF the truths
that he presents from heart OVERCOMING with
human sympathy and love. Messrs
MOODY AND sANKEY, OF CHICAGO,
fnd merchants and stOIekeepers in all the large
close their shops and counting houses that they
ana their empioyes may attend the simple ex-
position OF the Word OF God, but these business
men are ready ~ spend their money Freely TO hire
or puiId halls large enough to accommodate the
thousands VINO mock TO hear the American evan
gellsts. IL ls estimated tnat the labors OF these
men IN England. Scotland ana Ireland have re-
suited IN the conversion OF rs 900 or 10000 people
In London the largest halls IN the city were
crowded during business hours Win per-
sons anxious to hear tnem. and SO ANXIOUS
were the merchants OF Liverpool to get
the lay preachers to that city that they erected
a frame ouilding IN one OF The public squares
winch would nod from $1,000 to 10000 people ana
= MN fnr n a Inn "A
only one mouth. And there, day alter day and
night alter night, these two iihterate laymen-
CLOWNS and noun LebanKs their enemies called
tnem-drew larger crowds tnan, perhaps, all the
churches In the city combined can gather together
Oh tne sabbath. Ii Is not likely tnat shrewd bus-
ness men OF that great seaport would spend their
money SO literally Tor months entertainment or
coupe Of american CLOWNS, especially when en-
counted In moral excellence rather than
In pounds and pence. Tnis Is not the
usual manner OF merchants and bankers
and shOpKeepers. so tnat we may conclude there
Is something more attractive IN the message
when they carry than IN The messengers. 1t Is
the good news from the ar country winch the peo-
pie seek In cnurcDes but rarely ind, since every
ordained MINISTER who stands up In the pulpit
now lees tnat ms reputation Is at stake unless IN
one TWO sermons he demolishes Iyndall and
Darwin and HuNle, and Draper ana Fisk and all
the rest o. that school. AS
MR.. HENRY vARLEY
remarked a few days ago In MS afternoon address
In BROOKLYN the Lord sent MIN not to discuss SCI
ence ratIonalism with any school or man, out to
preach the Gospel. Pauis estimate OF an lmpor-
l
similar wnen ne wrote That the Lord sent him not
10 Daptlze, buC TO preach the Gospel not with the
wisdom o. words, lest the Cross OF Christ should
! be made OF none effect
There are many peculiariues alike and many
that are dissimllar III Mr.. Moody and Mr.. Varley.
! The former uses many quaint Illustrations Drawn
| from American ne and mduner5, and Mr.. Varley
uses many drawn RON English lne as well as rom
other countries in hch lie has travelled and people
whom he mas met But botn are alike simple and
direct III their interpretations and application OF
! truths and both interpret scripture by scripture
| Neither them Wastes side
! and cOlaterals, but they deal directly with the
| Individual anu ms responsibility to God. In New
/ York Association Han was crowded day alter day
! to hear the simple words OF the unordalned Eng
llsn preacher In BROOKLYN, during the
/ past week, Association Hall too has been
/ fled. There Is not the shadow OF the dogmatic
tneologlan In Mr.. Varey, and his discourses are
/ he sits DOWN anu now he stands up and PAGES the
! platform, and anon Shaping his thigh when a ludi-
CLAIMS That Is capital: indeed itisi' Inc other
day, when he was calculating the declaration that
God's thoughts are not as our thoughts, he quoted
an illustration rom Isaiah, where The carpenter
made an image and the goldsmith covered IL over
with god, and then IL was fastened with
sIver chains lest some covetous person should
steal IL away. Starting up IRON his chair ne
slapped Ms thigh ana uttered suppressed laugh
as ne drew to the surface the aDsurdlty OF trust
ing in such god Tor help. Where DID they get
tnls ldea o. Cod ne asked. Certainly not out OF
this Word. ne added. he agreed 10 prove TO any
man in hall an hour that men have ialse thoughts
ana ideas about God, and ne declared that until
their own thoughts are superseded by Gods
ians, ii Christians at all. Mr.. Varley has the
faculty OF
INPREssISS HIS STRONG POINTS
upon his hearers with frequent "Mind that,
now ~ MARX mep Listen 10 my wOr0s." and
similar expressions, as well as 10 the simple
earnestness OF his manner. Though not uumIud-
iul OF the duties and obligations oil citizenship he
remarked, In one OF MS addresses last week, that
ne would not care II he never saw another paper
! or book or publication OF any sort, except the
BlDle, as long a. ne lived. 80 eager nave the
people been 20 hear ms simple message that tne
I largest churches IN Brooklyn nave been opened 10
hIul-Dr. Scudaers, DR.. Cuyler's and Dr. Tai
mages-aDd, to satisfy In part this increasing
desire, the hlppodrome IN this city, when VIII
| hold nfteen or twenty thousand people, mas been
freely offered 10 MIN Tor a service THIS evening
Wnle Mr. Variey expects 10 leave the united
STATES this week, there Is possibility that ne Will
ne detained here little longer CIV
Tag has Bible readings and eXposlti0ns
: And this the man VINO, without
d theological education, without an episcopal
ordinat on, Is looked up 10, not mercy by laymeI
and women, but Dy associations OF leIgymen; FOL
ne mas addressed two ministerial BODIES IN tni'
clb-tne hcthOuists ana the Baptists-and tnel
cheeruIy rat at ms feet TO learn the power ol tn'
simplicity OF the Gospel, just as his countrymer
sll at the leet OF American lay preachers to re
q . \. una..