The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-06-02
MOODY AND sANKEY.
How the Great HRevIvaIisGs
Look and work.

How the Great HEevIvaIisas
Look and work.
A correspondent ofthe Common
wealth writing from Kansas City
on NJ 18th, thus describes how
Moody and Sankey look and how
they conducted their immensely sue
cessful revival meetings at that
place:
The Missouri Sunday school con.
vention which has been in session
here for three days adjourned to-
night, an unusually large number
of delegates have been in attend
ance, and eastern Kansas has been
represented by many Sunday
school workers. Each evening dur
ing the session has been DEVOTED to
q mass meeting conducted by
Moody and Sankey, and the meet
lngs during the day have been
made intensely interesting by the
valuable practical suggestions of
Mr.. Moody and by Sankey's songs.
OF course, to see and hear these
who, like the old tent maker, are
charged with turning the world up
side down, was the great ambition
of the curious, and the Opera
House, seating ordinarily over two
thousand, was made to hold nearly
three thousand, when the
doors were closed and hundreds
shut out.
Both look strong, health and as
though capable ofgreat endurance.
Either will weigh nearly two hun
dred pounds. Sankey has very
pleasant, and rather attractive face,
overlooking with good nature, and
evidently does not allow the caree
of life to injure his employment or
destroy his digestion.
Moody is a little more portly,
broad shouldered, and with q neck
have any; long full beard and vest
buttoned close. a near view of
his large, muscular hand and arm,
together with the broad powerful
chest and shoulders, would lead
q stranger to be quite as likely to
take him for pugilist as q preach
er.
HOW THEY. DO 1T.
Moody appears on the platform
when the house is beginning TO fill
up. From this time on he is master
of the situation, constantly moving
about giving directions about seat
ing the audience, ETC., not in a
''fussy" way at all, but like one who
has business on hand. Suddenly he
advances to the front with q little
ten cent hymn book in his hand,
''Let US sing the 18th hymn. Some
one lead. Let ali sing" Imme-
diately a leader st$rts the hymn, a
volume of sound goes up from the
whole house. AS soon as the hymn
issuing another is announced, until
three or four have been sung. Now
the announcements for the future,
and the collection, if any, is to be
taken. By this time the house is
full. Mr.. Moody announces the
fact and then the doors are closed.
Some clergyman is called forward
to lead in prayer After which
Sankey takes his place at the organ,
says he will sing if the house can
be perfectly quiet, and remains mo-
tionless until perfect silence in all
parts of the house. He then prefac-
es with a story connected with the
writing or singing Of the hymn or
some remarks in harmony with its
sentiment. A few notes upon the
organ and he sends forth the words
as clear and distinct as they could
be spoken, in q voice distinctly
heard by all, and of wonderful pow
er and pathos. AS soon as the song
is ended, Moody rises, bible in
hand, reads a text or portion of
scripture, and before the audience
have begun TO expect it. he has dash
ed off upon his sermon, and from
thirty to fifty minutes, with rapid
delivery, intense earnestness, SIM
pie words, common forms of ex-
preston, pointed and pathetic illus
tration and argument, he holds
his hearers, they having neither
time nor inclination to criticise the
speaker or his words.' With no in
timation that he is about to con-
clude, at the close of = sentence his
hand is extended: "I4et US ask the
divine blessing" and short pray
er is uttered. Hands again extend
ed as the 'ameu" is said. Receive
the benediction," ans before the
audience realizes it, the service is
closed and they are dismissed.
Now they began to recall what
they have heard, and to realize that
they have been impressed, as posi-
bly,, never before; that they have
ben weeping, perhaps, as that as he
has rung out his appeals to their
reason and conscience, almost IN
consciously good resolutions had
been formed. At any rate, they
have listened to an earnest, honest
man, that knows thu world and it's
ways, and fully believes that there
is better world and q better way
in full sympathy with the humblest,
and sicerely desires all to go with
him. s.