Arizona weekly miner., 1876-02-25
Method of Moody and 6ankey.

There are those who will set aside spir- ituil explanation of the success of Messrs. Moody and Sankey and try to comprehend it solely from human point of view. To such eople We might suggest that, loook at the subject merely in that light, perhaps the great factors conducting to that success is the extraordinary enthusiasm of the evane-lists, their capacity for an unlimited amount of hard work and the broadness and thorough ness with which their plans are laid. Mir. Moody's enthusiasm, like the vcstal flame, never goes out. His appeals, though they are without logic, are full of pathos, and his voice Is often strained through tears-such tears as Christ may have shed when He wept over Jerusalem. Mr. SaDkey has voice the volume of which might almost be calculated in cubic feet. It is not cultivated voice and has just touch too much of the "bellow" in it to be strictly speaking, musical. Bnt it will stand as much wear and tear as Carl Formes' has un. d.rgone and as Wachtels is undergoing at present. His singing of "Ninety and Nine" and "Jesus of Nazareth Passeth Bly," is awaited by a certain class of religious people with as much nervous excitement as Watch tells interpretation of the "Diquellapira" by Germen opera-goers. His solos are given with broad dramatic effect, and preceded by g. pause of expectancy and followed by a subdued murmur of admiration. Then be- sides, the actual work which preacher and singer do, daily and nightly, the long pre- vious work of organization must be borne in mind, an organization that includes the training of large choir, securing the CO., operation of ministers and Young Mems Christian Associations, and the drilling of laymen in the difficult art of personally ap- bearing to the impenitcnt. In a word, Moody and Sankey seem to rely upon that kind of inspiration which has for basis a great deal of very hard work.
 Mrs. Van Cott is more emotional in her way of going to work than Mrs. Lowery, mentioned further on. Mrs. Van Cott, pos sessing a powerful voice whose melody, though impaired, is not entirely destroyed, large, affectiOnate, magnetic manner and a strong, ma:ronly frame, IS just the sort of woman to awaken an electrical response to her warm and pleading entreaties. She dwels almost altogether in the sphere Of the emotion.
 Peter Dwyer, an evangelist of very different kind, who is now illustrating the power of the Gospel by doing the work of an evangelist at No. 3S Vandam street. For many years Dwyer was one of the roughs of the Eighth ward, spent a great deal of his time in getting drunk and in doing unseemly and outrageous things. He is indeed brand plucked from the burning. For some time be was a negro minstrel, and while in Cali fornia gave promise of one day becoming eminent in that profession. Had he chosen to adhere to that, possibly be might at the present time be making Sl50 per week with "Barney Finnegan" or something of the kind in affinity with the kind of talent required in the song and dance artist.
 Mrs. Lowery, the converted actress, is usually announced as the reformed actress" unwisely so, we think, for the epithet "re- formed actress" impies that an actress could not be . religious woman. Mrs. Lowery may be a reformed woman, but we have no reason for supposing that she was ever any thing but what she now is, namely, respect al le, estimable, industrious and efficient. These considerations, however, are side issues. At Port Jervis, where she has lately ben preaching, Mrs. Lowery is said to have converted 600 souls.