The New York herald., 1876-03-17
GONE MAD FROM RELIGION.

THE INCREASE OF INSANITY AND RELIGIOUS
MANIA AMONG THE ATTENDANTS OF THE RE-
vIvAL MEETINGS.
Tho powerful exhortations and jealous and fervid
appeals of Messrs Moody and Sankey have had an
effect outside of evangelism that is not generally
known in tho community The fact is that there has
been since tho beginning OF the revivas at the Hip
podromc an increase IN the number OF people who
annually lose their from outward excitement or
from some peculiar frenzy or monomania that may
take possession of them for time tho exclusion of
all other ideas AT OF the uptown station houses
II has been noticed within tho last thirty
days that coming to tho hour OF midnight
men, and in few cases women, havo been
brought into tho station house charged with
drunkenness and disordcrly conduct whose appear
would be absolute denial of the charge These
respectable looking, we'll dressed people werc dis
charged, of course the station house Gained them
instantly and extricated them from their religious
frenzy. which the of their and secm-
ing drunkenness Senstvey organized people are of
delicate FIBRE and their constitutions easily over.
powered by tho tremendous appeals made nightly by
Mr. Moody, and there have been many of reIi.
gious mania, resulting from the revvals, within the
last three weeks but in nearly every case the friends
OF the unfortunate subjects of rclgo mania have
ried them out Of sight, either to give them private or
close family care or to havo them sent 10 one OF the
WILLIAMS
The most violent yet made public is that OF the
coored boy Edward Williams who arrested by tho
police while making charge on Henry Borghs office
with n rusty Revolutionary cavalry sabre, he
charged In, waving his sabre over his head with
righu energy and shouting at the top OF his voice,
"Git out quick / am Godi Mr.. Moody has sent me
from jesus Look out for your skullsl Edward Will
Jams was secured after hard struggle and taken to
Bellevue Hospital, whero ho was strapped down on an
iron bed In a cell Ho became less violent Here Ed
ward stated he saw $3.50 OOI angels standing aronnd
fhan
angel" ''Oh God ~ said Edward, who is handsome
looking mulatto lad Of nineteen years of age with
intelligent face, 'if only had celestial banjo for 10
tho divine Etr sanSoy, woudn's ''"Sn%' mat be- b,
his month"; and tried to tear his nco ana srangle him
SELF This Is rs sad caso as could be known. Young
Williams was porter in the employment OF tho Do
mestic Sewing Machine Company at tho corner OF
Fourteenth street and broadway and universally
liked and noted for his honesty and fidelity. He be-
came an attendant at tho Moody and Sankey meetings
and after visiting there for a few evenings he camc
homo TO his mothers house in Fiy third street com
pctely crazy and irothing at the mouth from sheer
several meetings. few days since the poor
lad was taken from Bellevue Hospital
to the Luhatc Asylum Blackwells
Island and while the boat going over he had lucid
interval, but on his arrival the asylum he became
crazy than and had to be tied up in which
state hc now makes night and day mourniul with his
heart piercing cries.
A reporter Of the HERALD visited the Bloomingdnle
Lnnatic Asylum, at l7th street and the Grand Bouo-
ward, yesterday to ascertain II thcro were any pa
iients recently admitted who had lost their reason
through their attendance Moody and Sankey's re-
vyal or other religious meetings, and lac was very
courtcousy taken through the Institution BY Dr. W.
II. Mcdonald. and careful Inspection Of the patients
made but Dr. Mcdonald stated that the asylum
was not for the class whicn would be
liable TO become from religious re-
vivals Tho asylum for those who were in
prosperous state Of life whose friends were IN a
prosperous enough condition 10 pay at the rate of
SO week Tor comforts which they could pro-
cure for S25 a week in their own homes. Dr. McDon-
aid added, however, that number Of patients dis.
charged from tho asylum with which he connected
hc had heard, 10 be nightly at the revival
meetings OF Moody and Sankcy, and that thcy wero
peculiarly adapted 10 listen with delight Mr. Moodys
life