, 1877-02-25
BOSTON.
11ae story Of the Attitude Of the IT.
eral Christians. "
'0na Weiss Opinion Of the Mood, ma
SankeJ Revival.
aF' Sa''s' Reteirss Ahnsi5t Letters for c7itI,,,.
the Rtrira|.
Unitarian federation and Ti,n;a;t,- I'M
Greed Of 0hristeudom. a'

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q Special Correspondence or ~. r~.,.
r BOSTON, Mass, Feb. 21.-f1nt ~ ;.ssas
astrong and rapidly increasing resnas. &s'' @ u
liberal thinkers wt1o do NOT .nn.. ss 'ot u
: noous ana sankey system,-to say nothtn,1 :. =
49,. 49, ssss VI tac ease-l think it Is high tn.
snat the true story Of 1.-THE other side : e,eu9 ea
Nc eolo. Inc Boston Newspapers have ~
quoted as ''filled with Moody and sank., o'e s
1nc inference drawn thercfrom is TINT ~ n4 sa'
, ~ *oraa soaaS'ng oJ-a0 intelligent Ro.to. ~ :
gong oy the board oTer to Moody and 49,. :?
o' tne doctrines that they 50 yehemen.1.s :.
caNatc' 1t Is not surprising that Westerc ss.4 ~
snoo'o sccept this view OF the matter ~.
dices pre!1-
"o1FoLLf JUMP AT THE CoyCLrs,ov
lnAt some OF them dc. Here, for Inst,n,. /.
wa. one Of the correspondents Of one of th.'" -
ne,shoofs has to say on the subtert. 'Asso
one Is tempted just NOW to doubt vhs.,.-
alleF all' boston is SO unorthodox a. ba. ss.-
eialmcd Or charged by friends aud foe* ~ 20 :.
pcnese the boast Of others that It Js con-a ~. ~
ASeatiy sound III the faith evangelical th,n ~.
otnes city 10 the Union. It /, said that r..
-noouy came to his work here with ao,ne ~.
sns ss.., ~ 10 ofs reception, though perhaps ~
n''te aouot as to bis final succe.s. n -
| oe nas been disappointed at least in ~ ~
| opening: The daily press, without ~
! eeption, have spoken farorsb1v ~ -.
coming, and Of the beginnings Of h,. 1,,.N w.
and OF all the pulpits, with dtye1rcot ~ s' .
hostile theology, scarcely one can he ,s;s ~. :.
nave been arrayed against him. Mr. ssr..' -
MNn tue zeal OF young conyerLit Is onIT,
1en yeafs s1nce nc was radical CaIviuist and
stn' lever s1nce he ceased to be an orthodox
mlnister-sgnal1zcd his utter departure fnr
christianity bJ caticaturc Of Christian o do.
trhe IN sermon which he entitled sNrocdr,,
uoa.' on the other hand, many of The sh1:<t
4eaoels OF the liberal school are shoxtn.
genuine sympathy with the work.,
In the hrst place, to state fact that
e'sHi oS6 WHO IS At ALL KgoW1sG 4sorr
NEWSPAPERS,
Is perfectly we'll aware of,-the column. # :,
oa1ly papers are filed with reports Of aay nuh,s-
proceedings that there is call for from snNt.
Gent portion OF the community to make It M.
tlae IS, to sell the newspaper The Moo1ra ana
sankey meetings 'pay,n for they are the ,,xt
excitement. This IS to srate II simply and
oafei'. and perhaps boldly. But am speaking
now OF newspapers as business. j great nnn.
oers WHO seem to hare sufficient sense nm,
other business undertakings seem n.ver "a
comprehend that newspaper is bushes. mn
aertakang like any other, aud that while a,
aonest, htgh-minded editor will be curetul M.
% aomat anything to bis columns which nil
1s9onor them, he will admit errat
1eal. With which be himself has No pe,son,J
'ynpathy- 1t Ii only fair to suppose, then, that
may by just possible that the fqu r.
,oFts IN the Boston papers aud The
asoraoe speakang are quite as much due to The
business enterprise of the editors rs to psson-
! sympathy. ! fancy it would be dificu1t tn
make many Of the reaAy Intelligent peo3le hers
el!e7e that it Is much of a personal nnxttsr
,1sh the Boston dailies to publish the reporta
toe Moody and Sankey mectings-beFond
ae personal desire for business sucres.
s .eani ihe eyangeltsts and their sympathizcrs Il
ould no doubt infer from this that i
aE BOSTON EDITORS WERE IN VERY Bg-
S1GnrEps CONDITION. III
y. y. make The statement on my own fespouxf
altS; and nom my knowledge of them, BE- i
evnS them to be of the really. and not merely
Intelligent party Of the community! II
ud in this connection it Is quite spfopos Til Il
SHOULD etye John Weiss opinion Of tie a
val matter contained in one of his cpizram, II
ATTIC replle5~ DO you think that Il
~: - IN =. S.1stL11EScE or BOSTON IS INsCLTED II
this Moody and Sankey enterpritcr' asked Il
!. e o. OF the liberal thinkers Of nr. Weiss-
- No, " responded afr- Weiss, for don't
INK the Intelligence Of Boston has been ID
Mr. Weiss, It will be perceived, puts much Il
sher Interpretation or meaning to the wurd
diligence than is commonly used
In speaking the other day With gentleman 4
the orthodox" persuasion, who,
1t TIE START OF THE REVIVAL. NEXTTSHl
dressed great deal OF interest and sympathy
was met with decided change, ,ot opanioo
lch str1ck me as very significant Il m
appointed" sai1 this gentleman. "Whta
ctinss, I sympathizcd with and heartily IN
seq ats course, which seemed to be devoted
morality; but DOW he has developed tho Old
tflnal scheme THAI was IN vogue toftT Jears
, and worn out then. I am very sorry toE
'1evelopment aud exceedingly disappointed
nc list OF the sympathizcrs At any time Jet
dlsarmcd by tho evangclists' gentIc start
something more than disappointed bTthe
Developments Mr.. Sayages stand tron
hrst had been that Vt bold and uncom-
nising opponent. From the first be bis de-
ID that hc believed Mr.. Moody to be astneess
earnest man. He had no personal antagoo-
Whatever against him, but he believed Just
lrnestly that Mr.. Moody's plan Was ms'
aud perntctous one; in short, IN unt1la
Which perverted the Scriptures and msde
fixed creed, scheme Of salvation, as:hs
ioad to Heaven and g.
OCT or THE JAWS or HE'LL
ON this standpoint OF belief afr. Sassea
preached for several successive SundaH
sltion sit on to Mr Mooay's sermons- ais d.
yes have been critical analyses OF tas 1c'
ISIS words. OF course severe criticism hss
! upon himself for this course It wSto
pected from those who svmpathized nm
syangellsts, but scarcely from tho.e VIZ