The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-12
THE EVANGELISTS.
The Work of Moody and
Sankey Abroad.
SKETCHES OF THE REVEALS.
Is New York to Have It's Re
hgion Rearoused?

Nie'Ss 'hNN"J great American revival
lists while comparing them with apathetic English
preachers OF Gospel truth may be expected here within
few hours, upon the good steamship Spain, Of the
National line, which left Liverpool on the 4th inst
large number of their friends going Quaran-
tine to await their arrival and welcome them back
their homes To millions of people the British Isles
their names have become familiar household words,
while their converts are scattered among all denomina
tions and classes of men. Royalty and paupers have
listened to their stirring appeals What their pro-
gramme in this city is is not yet known but
it is believed that one of their first addresses
will be given at the Round Lake Camp Meeting
The work they have accomplished in Great Britain and
Ireland has been marvellous. Invited to England in
1873 by two liberal Christian gentlemen-Mr Penne-
father of London and Mr., Baimbridge, of Newcastle
the evangess reached England only to find that their
hosts had been buried On the 22d Of June 1873 they
began their mission work in the city of York, where
they remained several days Early in July they went
Sunderland thence to Newcastle Tyne to Stock
ton, Carlisle, Edinburgh, Liverpool Birmingham Lon
don, &c, in every succeeding town meeting with in
creased success In Newcastle and some other places
thrtyfour meetings held in different locations in
one week, nearly five day AS early October, 1873
Mr. Moody in presence of congregation Of 900 people,
declared his consciousness of being the eve OF
vival greater than any known the apostolic times
Subsequently they visited Belfast Londonderry and
Dublin, in Ireland and preached to immense audiences
In Dublin they preached in the great Exhibition Palace
TO 20, 900 people
FIGHTING OF GOD
While the successors of the apostles in England and
America fight and squabble over the succession and
other matters of little consequence to the Church
the world these two American laymen with no
other qualifications than the possession of good voice
by one and good knowledge of the Scriptures by the
other succeeded in arousing the British Islands and in
fusing a religious life into hundreds of dead
churches and bringing thousands of ungodly men and
women to knowledge Of God and salvation Messrs
Moody and Sankey, of Chicago, found rich and poor
ready to close their places of business that they
might come and hear the simple exposition OF the
Word of God 1t is estimated that the labors
of these have resulted in tho conversion
of at least 100 600 and women In Liverpool the
merchants and others erected frame building at cost
of $4,000 capable Of containing 25 900 people, to
commodate the thousands who 1ocked to hear the
American evangelists And there, day after day and
night after night, these two laymen-' 'cowns and
mountebanks" their enemies called them-drew i'm
mense crowds Their sermons contained no illusions to
Tyndal, Darwin Huxley Fisk and all the rest of that
school They said that they not there to discuss
ratonalism or science with any school man. but to
preach the Gospel Their words simple nterpreta-
tons and applications of truth, and both interpreted
Scripture by Scripture In their dscourses there
no shadow OF dogmatic theology, and they were do
vered in manly conversational STYLE They possess the
faculty Of
EXPRESSING THEIR STRONG POINTS
upon their hearers with 'Mind That Now" "Listen 70
My Words, 'Mark Me-" And their simple and fervid
dscourses have carried conviction to the hearts of hun
dreds of thousands of their hearers.
LIVERPOOL.
A memorable service held by them was the oath of
February last when the MONDAY service largely at
tended Notwithstanding the cold dsagreeable state
OF the weather The requests for prayer included of
hankfulness the part of Christians for the great
blessing already given to Liverpool for continual
blessing the singing of Gospel hymns by Mr. sankey;
for the Jews in Liverpool that they may be led to
that Christ is Christ; for nvaids for one who had
eighty miles to the services and is burdened with
his sins; for young minister unsettled in his mind
about the cardinal truths of religion by forty three
praying fathers that they may live their prayers
answered for their children Mr. Moody took for the
subject of his address the fifty fifth chapter of Isaiah
'Ho every that thirseth." At its conclusion Mr.
Sankey sang the hymn commencing
''THERE WERE NINErY-NINB THAT SAFELY lay"
and this followed by address from Mr. Moody
Faith" after which the immense gathering dispersed
ATTACKED LONDON PRESS.
The English press in majority OF cases, was opposed
to these revival meetings. and the Christian World of
London expressed itself as follows
"The age is beyond all other ages intellectual and it
is the very face Of the Moody and sankey revival
that it is the least intellectual of all revivals II ad-
dresses itself expressly TO the feelings by of
popular orator and musical performer Mr. Moody is
gladly believe, sincere and earnest man. but I'M
less he has been persstenty msrepresened he substi
ues strong assertion for argument and dogmatic conf
dence for religious faith The preaching of fear
requires to be most religiously guarded To gather
little children together into close rooms and harrow up
their souls by pictures of hell is simply cruel and abom-
Unable. Another mode Of working on the sensibnities
apart from the reasoning faculties, is by stories of
deathbeds, " &c, &c
The Saturday RerieD was also very virulent in its
attacks upon the two preachers
AT THE AGRICULTURAL HALL LONDON
On Sunday March 10 the preachers delivered ex.
hortatons was estimated that upward of % 900
people assembled in and around the hall The fol-
lowing Sunday the revival services were continued in
the same immense hall, and the attendance was i'm
mense it being computed that IL 900 were pres
en the afternoon services and in the evening 20 600
men. The following day 10000 people present,
while the streets in the neighhorhood we're crowded
with people unable to obtain admission. On the 10th Of
March the attendance large ever although the
ticket system had been adopted expressly to prevent
the overcrowdng Of the hall and blocking up Of the
streets.
PEOPLE CRUSHED FIGHTING.
On the 10Th Of March the pressure was tremendous
many people were badly crushed and there was some
fighting On the following day the London Times favor
ably reviewed their mission On the following day the
ticket system Of admission to Agricultural Hall was dis
continued because persons prohtng by the enthusiasm
OF the multitude sold their tickets The immense at
tendance still continued, and the utmost enthusiasm
prevailed
On Sunday the 2lst OF March, three services we're
held, morning, afternoon and evening. Al the three
services the audience numbered respectively 16 600
IA 900 and 10000.
On 22d March Messrs Moody and Sankey held a meet
ing in Exeter Hall and thore abatement In the
enthusiasm OF their hearers. The day they held
conference with ministers Of all denominations TO con
slider the question OF continuing the revival movement
which they had opened with such extraordinary sue
ON the goth Of March at their service the Rev
Dr. Newman Han occupied seat on the platform
THE ENTHUSIASM ABATISG
AT the services in Agricultural Hall on 25th OF March
the attendance was reduced to s 900 people The Times
expressed It's opinion tho following day that the popuar
interest In the revival movement dying out but other