The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-23

suosts saNty longing TOT oodlcb ot ptiut
paper and pasteboard. Lotnroop's .'Lives OF Moody
and Sankey." Russel.'s "Livcs OF tho Two American
Evaugensts'' ana Lockwood aud Brooks forthcoming
"Great invisatiOn," even Roberts Brothers "From
Traditional to Rational Faith" weud hardly have
the light had not the preacher and singer visited
the city, and Professor Townsends forthcoming vol
umc 1.-The Supernatural Factor In Revvas'' lice Il
Shepherdl woulo surely never have been written ex-
cspt to explain tho mysteries Of these ''seasons Of
awakening" II Is not wonderfully brilliant book,
but u 10 certain TO find many readers IN Boston just
and to make small disturbance In certain CIR
cles Dr. Townsend. as IN duty bound. both BY mis-
creed and his position, believes In REVEALS and in his
arguments he always certain things for which
unisar,ans demand proof, and ignores cer-
tain conclusions which Catholics are accustomed TO
take for granted but he Wishes no says In the preface
TO collect mpartiay several facts relating To revvas
with a view VI showing therclrom the more obvious
deductions and CT testing the modern revival
and religious methods lie begins by considering
the "Facts OF Human Nature and Human Appliances"
taking fret OF all Theodore Parkers views OF the need
OF natural revival and deciding that such thing IS
impossible that only aChrlstian spirit nancstng
itself in practical pcty VIII bring about the revival 10
political commercial and social life, which is the need
OF the hour The normal forces in human nature are
he asserts, utterly powerless producing essential
desirable and permanent revvals and reforms ana
seven now, alter nearly two thousand years OF Chris.
tran history with all mighty ecclesiastical improve
ments and contrivances with our magnificent church
edhces with eloquent and cultivated ministry even
IN this grand Republic oil America, the people arc In
starving need OF something not yet possessed Even
our Christian church organizations do not save us.
whelmcd and sinking amid corruptions and dishonest
les the people continue their cry Tor the great
thing or somewhat that makes for safety and REFORM
.rhe lesson OF history is that those VINO trust 10 mere
culture In art science, to the improvements and
OF IN 0dern civilization, or to tho masnl-
ccncc OF churcn organizations, lean upon nothing but
broken slan' But DR.. Townsend goes on To say that
tho rev,vast who trusts revival agencies as
the o reforming the world is as unwisc
the radical socialist who trusts ~ society or the ecce
siastic who church routncs and services rho
Church may nearly as safely believe that the tce-
graph pole and wire cvangcizc the world as 10
believe that revival appliances arc tho basis OF rcllg
ious reforms.
Having thus shown or tried to show, that the addi
ton OF natural and human agencies IS Inadequate TO
lie production OF revival Dr. Townsend briefly reviews
tho history OF the Jewish and Primitive Christian
revyas and those which took place ~ Great BIitah
1887 ana IN America IN l74O. 1900, 1881 and 1867
Dr. Townsend's CONCLUSIONS regarding tho religious
experience any indivIdua arc equivalent 10 those
which he cnunciatcs concerning communities. aud
had his book ended here II might, indeed, have Oeen
read by those OF his own belief who wished TO con-
hrm themselves Ia their iaith out by lew others. He
went further and has drawn some ''ni"rencos con-
corning ovangelsts and revival agcncies" and has |
written two chapters about 1.-The Boston Tabernacle"
friends What ho says about ApO!lOs and John Wesley
Will trouble nobody, but when he begins 10 LAX about
Mr. Moody Boston Is likely 10 dissent cmphnticaIy.
He says .that Mr. Moody Is plain, humble, honest.
praycriul and good nun, who deserves none Of Tue
abuse that Boston sceptics have heapcd upon HIM"
Sceptics o Bosoun Is phrase which seems 10 cover
multitude 0i sinners IN the eyes o some persons out
in plain ruth '.the sceptics OF Boston" have not
smoker ut all John Weiss made cutting remark
IN answer to a question; DR.. Barto preached SER
mon the cvanges.s and their work, he breaches
ON all passing events DR.. dudley spoke word Or two
oil gay SATIRE but these three gentlemen are Christian
clergymen, and So s The Rev Mcrriot j. Savage, VINO
has ATTACKED Mr.. Moody's doctrinose but not Mr..
Moody ne Times has assaulted the preacher, but
the Tunes secular paper and represents neither
the pulpit nor tho PLATFORM but the people. So much
Tor the ..abuse heaped UPON the evangelist.
This passing remark Is tiny drop compared TO the
ph,as Of wrath which Dr. Towpsend pours out upon
seems us extremely illibcral aud extremely narrow"
and the city us laughing stock On account OF the
conccitcd vanity pretencc that attempt 10 show
why the tabernacle movement can be resisted or will
not succeed He briefly relates the history Of what
calls the Boston radical reform, and his MISTAKES
which arc neither few small, should be EXCUSED
according 10 iootnotc on account OF the rciiccnce
In certain quarters where he sought Information Had
he examined the files OF a Boston newspaper he need
been troubled by this rcticence, but tAeo-
logical hatred sometimes binds one 10 simple means
OF acquiring knowledge
Tabernacle has given more breakfasts AID dinners TO
poor people wilhln eight weeks than -adcatsn has
gwen 500 years He that he shall lie glad OF
CORRECTION and IL is TO DO hoped that the Rev. Edward
Everett Hale Will crafty him. as he easily can, II the
South Congregational Church keep any OF the
charity which IL bes,ows on all, irrespective Of aith
ssUur,nV eight weeks the Tabernacle has given away
breakfasts and dinners to poor people,, and as they
IRON tho table policeman guarded them into
tho prcscncc of MIR. Moody The meal was bribc Tor
attenouncc on the service, Dr. Townsend remarks.
<s3y their fruits shall know them" DIR. Townsend
savs mai the Tabernacle emuut has reformed more
ungodIv men lnebriate5 since It's dedication than
New England radicaiism dating IRON It's beginning
There is doubt that some conversions have boon
made, ana the Tabernace should have the credit or
them but the temperance movement has Ceen In full
swing aud the Reform CLUB played no small
part in the last State election. Dr. Townsend attr-
bules the attacks made upon Mr. Moody ana Mr..
Sankcy IN the Sunday Times TO Boston radicals, |
whereas they written by an Englishinan. tho son
OF Dissenter, who strong In the aIlh, are pub
lishcd by permission OF proprietor who Is not III.
tartan, out sharp man Of business, anu the papers
are bought by a sympathizng city.
Three or four newspaper correspondents, some OF
them church members and others OF no protested
faith, have told the truth about the REVIVAL but the
editors OF noarly all The Boston papers have been too
cautious TO There IL immense amount OF
evangelical advertising TO be considered, and more
than one tradcsfnan who foot in the Taber
nacc wouu Withdraw tbs advertisement II Moody and
sankey were condemned criticised. During
the nrst iortngL, there crowd about the rabcr
nacle before the doors were opened great rush Tor
three m les md then amplc room and verge enough
the ushers to walk about and look digniled Then
time OF apathy many oi the street railway COM
panics took oil their extra cars tickets Tor reserved
seats distributed on tue strcets tue debt grew
larger every day and nobody offered 10 pay It. The
Rev. Joseph Cook spoke twice to dimnutve audicnccs
the Rev. Philips Brooks addressed the beet house o
the season. but the day after their the audit
larger than before. -Four or five thousand
persons IL large number, but tour or hve thousand
persons easily be collected ut free entertain
mcn; especially twenty columns OF good advertising
arc expended 1t daily AT this very moment The
paulist iatncrs are noding mission IN suburban
church, at four O'Clock In the morning, hour
before begins 5000 persons arc IN their seats
awaiting the priests, although the only advertising
that they had half dozen sentences from the
altar Joseph Cook has large audience at bis Mon
day lectures but he has never dared TO put It's loyalty
TO the test by charging admission ice, and tho
weekly collections show that each OF his hearers value
his coQuence at about five cents an hour.
n
tho managers OF the revival business und press prayer
meetings have been established. Mr.. Moody has
Issued proclamation, saying that the rcvvai was u
uccess, and prayers have been offered IN
all tho churches TIE reporters who attended
the business prayer meetings say that they
saw nearly the vi dIers at all Of
lhcm. aud very few prominent business men
except half a dozen who have been church members
Tor years Tho Tabernacle itself has been Tiled by
country people, and by the dcnizcns Of distant cities