Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-24


Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,
Snatch them in pity from sin and the grave;
Weep DER the erTing one, lift up the fallen
Tell them of Jesus the mighty to save.
Though they sighting Him, still He is waiting
Waiting the penitent child to receive;
Plead with them earnestly plead with them gently
lie will forgive if they only believe.
Down in the human heart, crushed by the tempter,
Feelings lie buried that grace can restore:
Touched by loving heart, wakened by kindness
Chords that were broken will vibrate once more.
Rescne the perishing-duty demands it
Strcnth for thy labor the Lord will provide:
Back to the narrow way patiently win them;
Tell the poor wauderer Savior has died.
There were ninety and nine that safely lay
In the shelter of the fold ;
But one was out on the hills away
Far of from the gates of gold
Away on the mountains wild and bare
Away from the tender shepherds care.
Lord, thou hast here Thy ninety and nine;
Are they not enough for thee ?"
But the Shepherd made answer, ''This of mine
Has wandered away from me
And although the road be rough snd steep,
! 60 to the desert to find my sheep"
But none of the ransomed ever knew
How deep were the waters crossed
through
Ere He found His sheep that was lost.
Out il the desert lie heard its cry,
Sick and helpless, and ready to die.
"Lord, whence are those blood drops all the way
That mark out the mountains track -
"They were shed for who had gone astray
Ere the Shepherd could bring him back"
"Lord, whence are Thy hands rent and torn ?''
"They ale pierced to- night by many thorn"
And all through the mountains. thunder riven,
And from the rocky
There rose a cry to the gate of heaven,
"Rejoice | have found my sheep!'
And the angels echoed around the throne.
"Rejoce for the Lord brings back His owm!'
Mr.. Sankey then stated that he
thought the public would be more in
terested in " hat Mr.. Moody and him
self proposed to do in this country
than in the detail OF what they had
done abroad, which mad already been
fully reported in the newspapcrs.-
We have had" ne continued, ga
great many applications from various
towns and cities in the United States,
to hold meetings, and to begin at once;
but we have made no arrangements
yet. We need rest, and intend t. take
vacations of from six weeks to two
months before beginning our work
again. Mr.. Moody has already gone
home to his family in Mortified,
Mass, and shall go Tuesday to visit
my parents in Newcastle, Penn. At
ter our vacation we shalt go to our
church in Chicago, which we are anx-
ious to visit. and we shall have some
work to do there. In the Fall can't
tell exactly when, we will begin our
work, Oh the same general plan which
we pursued in England We have
not determined where to begin, but it
will probably be in one Of the great
Eastern citieS-new- York, Brooklyn,
or Bostou.'
The Press in Great Britain treated
us Will; marked respect. We uniform
" declined to be interviewed while
there, but were treated with great
fairness ana consideration, and We
have not had 10 complain of misrcp-
rcsentation. The great leading Eng
lish paper, Tie London Times, espec-
tally spoke of our work in manner
and spirit eminently fair any just
OF course, rs public men We are sub
iect to criticism, and we cannot fear
that, for our only object has been to
preach Christ. Still we do not like to
have our work misrepresented.
The character of our meetings is per-
haps misunderstood. There is one
fact that | should like to have the
public hear, and that is that in our
NEE ings there was no eXcitement.-
We distinctly discOuntenance any
hysierical excitement, confusion, or
noise. In all our meetings there
was not single case of hysterics.-
Some people have a wrong idea about
this. Those who have never after d.
ed the meetings may think that we
attempt 10 stir up religious excitement.
On the the contrary, the exercises
were characterized by the best possible
order. Mr.. Moody would not go on
without it. No church services were
ever conducted more quietly and sol
EMMY than our great meetings in the
chief cities Of Great Britain and Ire
land. Our audience frequently num-
bered many thousands, buCthey came,
listened, and went away with surpris-
ing good order. Once IN London we
held a meeting for men, from which
women were excluded. There were
TO- 600 men present. Just think what
a scene if that vast assemblage had
once risen! But they sat and heard us
as quietly as church congregation.
hNtC W a. iiNNN1 an OOl0'hO NiSb''
bance of the meetings. The crowds
outside were as orderly as those within.
They were respectful and quiet, and
never greeted us with mockery or jeers.
There was no sign of it in the meet
ings. When we held them in Dublin
and elsewhere i'm Ireland we expected
to be disturbed by the Roman CatLO-
lies, but we were not. The large
q Tr;- i.h oI
dressed were as orderly as any / ever
saw. The reason was because we
sought to excite 10 opposition from
the Roman Catholics. We avoided
offending them.
We left controverted questions alone,
and merely preached Christ, and that
could give offense to nobody. Our
business was not to discuss ecclesiasti-
cal questions, but to preach the Sa-
Viour to those who needed Him. In
Scotland we had the same success
Our great meetings in Glasgow were
wonderfully orderly and effective
The people showed the utmost seri-
BUSINESS, and were solemn and atten-
tive in their demeanOr.
HOW THE MEETINGS WERE CONDUC-
TED.
Our plan was sometimes to hold
five or six meetings at once. In Liver
pool, for instance we could not meet
i'm one place all who wanted to WOr-
ship with us, and so we divided them
up and met i'm different places. Mr..
Moody has preached four or five times
in one evening, and l have sung as
many as seven times ! would begin
by singing an opening hymn at the
meeting where Mr.. Moody was, and
then drive rapidly in a carriage 10 an
other meeting and sing there, and so
on until l hai sung at several places.
| did not feel great exhaustion after
such labor. ] could sing with perfect
ease. In Agricultural Hail in Lon
don, the largest hall in Eng land,