, 1876-10-11
OUTSIDE TESTIMONY.
Moody AND sAnKEY IN GREAT DnlrrAn.

AOVu1 AND sAHkEf IN GREAT BRITAIN
- Ms Editor e The Tribune.
Cu1cAao, Oct. 10, ls76.-As the public mind
Is largely occupied at present with the cyangcl.
cal movement, unacr the direction Of Aicssrs.
Moody aud saukcy, In connection with the pas
tors and churches Of Chicago, II may be proper
for passing stranger tovo!untecr word Of cx-
pcr!cncc as Testimony III behalf OF this we'll
begun wotk. It was my privilege to attend the
various Conferences Of hiethodtsm in Great
paternal delcISatc from tie kethodlat Protcs.
tant) Church Of tho United States to those
bodies. During my vtsitatjons At the Confer
nnees, VIZ: tho Wesleyan Conference at Not
rastlc-on:Tyne, the New Conncxfon At Dcws-
bury, and the United Methodist Free Churches,
at Sheffield, made careful inquiry touching
the pcrmancncy Of the revival work accomplish
meetings r. that country. The Uniform reply
Nus thut this MAS the best Of II all-is stability
and fruitfulncss! Not only has there becil
steadily 1ncrcasing gain OF membership in the
England itself, but The contributions to bcnevo.
lent obiccta-the best test Of sincere dlsclplcstp
-.llaye been corresponlIngly Increased. The mis-
sionarY cause receives larger funds, Religious
literature u more Eo,erally patroned colleges
Of tue Christian Church are more efficient than
ever before. The result Ia visible al,l real.
but small proportlon Of the enthusiasm, COM
PAAkfVi3f iAh GuEIfESEGQ I'll H}Cft t1jks kHG
lets Of the revived dlsciplcd and tho new con- nc
ycrts haye been such as to convince the world OF
the gcnuinonsss OF the work. This criticism ia
taiE ono. Tho truth 10 able to answer such
inquiry, and to measure results by this uncrrlng
gauge. IN the reports brought up from
every quarter to theseveral Conferences relntiyo
to the spiritual condition Of the congregations,
the ,ancs ot tho American evanEsllsts were
spoxen, .a, wlth g5ateful emotton, as tho tnstrts-
toward the Kingdom Of Heaven.
III Scotland, among tue Presbyterian Churches
the testimony ts the came. ! conyersed with DR..
EnSs EEana E tsS IL cesfs Re1 M Msss MfS 1 q1@sh p IN
drew Thompson, Of different branches OF tho
Presbyterian Church, also Of Edinburgh, Dr..
Black, u Inverness, and other pastors OF Glas-
EoW. and all wcre hearty in their Endorsement
Of the methods Of tbs cvangcltsts and emphatic
In tllcir belief ~ thu pcrmanence of the work
accomplished. I attended MONDAY prayer
meeting ona week day ~ tho Free Assembly
Hall In Edinburgh, and the memories OF the
spoken IN many tcarftlf and grateful express
sion. The great revival moycs on-llke tic
flowing tide Of thc sea-as II swayed By some
ecisstia! power; NJ human rh'losopliy sa,I
who attempts TO detine spiritual things by
the little terms Of ILLS school Of raason.
Il Is, indeed, thu power Of God unto salvation.
rtenec, expressed IN tears, n songs, in exlorta.
tons, and especially 10 life, Il IN argument
S'licl stands before tue world, and which oven
tug unbelicying world believes.
The Christian people Of Chlyago arc united in
their Prayer fur similar thorough work in this
city. Tho plyna power Is never inefficient,
never exhausted, never uncerfaiu, 1t thorough.
y aGcompllshes tts work. Il u the way Of the
tcrnlost., Alay the gracious revival which still
b1esaes the multltuags In Great Britain be ex-
Tended e to tsls great Northwest Until the