, 1875-04-11

Tbs Epglieh press still teens with comment
upon the reyivals conducted By Hesars. Mood,
md Bankey. Tho Saturday Reuie.1 calls Mr
Moody AZ ranter OF the most vulgar type" ant
says that Mr. Sankey's "arr is OF tricky kind. :
The Spectator is more favorable, and gives nr
Moody the credit of having "shrewdness AMI
presence Of mind, very familiar style, good
deal of Yankee sang froid, and that complete
satisfaction in assuming tho truth Of the Bible
the whole Bible, aud nothing but the
Bibls, which almost By magic seems tt
take Possession Of parsons who hare
found in the words Of some parts OF the
Bibls the secret Of nav LIFE" The Churc1
Times (extxems Ritua1stic) disoovers in the
effect. produced conclusive answer to The
fashionable infidelitJ OF England The follow.
ing pasaase Of it's estimate, though coarse. has
point: These immense gatherings have shown
singular disrespecs for the philosophic doubts
cast By Prof. TJndau On tho utility of prayer.
Yhey have fulfilled the Catholic duty of Inter
cessory Prayer NTH N eatnestnsss which re-
duces to degrading inut,Iity tbs profanity Of
AIr. Auberon Herbert, md sufficiently demon
strated thai tho oddit1es who lay the hatterine
JUNCTION to their souls that the needs Of human
nature can be met BY the coming OF pretty
words like Agnostaciem are behaving very much
as il they wers trJine to stop Niagarx BY fioat-
ing number Of dead 1ackaases down tho cur
rent"
Tho London, Lancet the leading medical jour
nal Of England, makes the following reflections
On tho alleged tendency Of their meetings to pro-
duce insanity:
Religious illusions ara common enough IN the IN
zane, bEt that probably xrises from that region OF
thought md feeling presenting the most unohsrueted
deld for excessive action. It il in perod1 Of rev1va8
when religious emotion Is stirred in disproporouate
degree that tbs danger Of such results IL greatest and
this aspect Of movement erteneve that now
eoaenced in London coznea fairly Eithin tbs range
Of the phyaican's consideration. Judging. however,
from personal observations, We should say that no
Of tt extent could well present 1esF dxnger
Of e1eesvs o. perverted emotional effects than that
most uupretudioed observers il to the Rame effect.
The services anguIary tree from the objec-
don&hls element Of revival uleetiuga- 6Jnpathetic
nesz-sotnetimes hutaor-of the sermon the char
a1axisdcs which mark the service from most ordi-
nary preaching Of the Eame theological school and
there Is nothing to point artificial stimulation Of the
worship and earnest preaching in Large concourse
Extracts from the sermons Of Mr. Moody ire
obtaining currency, ~ in tho following para
graph:
Ar Moody, who is giving England the benefit Of his
theological knoviedge says that "the very next day
He couldn't stay IN Heaven He right down into
the garden, liz want looking al about to find him. He
cs1no right down, and cried o Ad21n my poor lost
soa Adam, where are you7'* ~ might bs expected,
hen hEurz eonspicuous,r IN his preaching. ii BE-
1ieve IN ths od-fssh4oned he'll, he says. aHI did
not believe In he'll for ever, would I CONS here to
s pfomstnt doctrine Of the Moedy theology. q ii 4
was not the life Of Christ he tells his hearers that
sxyed; no imitation Of His life would sutce but His
death nts blood The Bib1e w:s bound together by
scarlet thread-the blood all through. Blood had
just two cries. It cried either for salvation DAM
1aAtsn!"