Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-05-05
IZO0DY ANE. SANKEY.
THEIR BOSTON LABoRs ENDED. ,

These great, and world-famous
evangeligts. terminated their enraoe-
,ront IF ts,oo months a. ,ho TaLo.
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VIII marx an era IN the religious
development an1 history CT the
United States. M l9bar,r in ,ha
,,r,o oe tho ,~os,oI ,,. ono.,.oI o.,,,
~ '''0>' -
I" S..i@'''''l' '''l'. "'.I "o'ol suoH crowds
OF listeners, as Dwight ~ Moody has
done, since the days Of the im1noyta!
GEORGE Whitehall. And. rndonh.od-
T., moro otta,,;c, hos hooc d;noo.oa
=. - zTaas-, .Lnn n,aa o,.o,, aa,'',lI ~
~ '1oo'2, Vi'N ".'' ''9i o''''eu "
8 n''e'0'o' h''ise'l anu IT'S WORK Is
already calling forth larger amount
Of literature.
Who, T. WOO nro,o,ol tho, ~,
wondo,rn nroacbar anI tha swnoI
e;roo. who co.onorotns with h;n,
shonld vieis the ,notrono,;s NJ Nv,
TrrIo,d . voet rnmhnr Of n,,;,o.;r,ns
wnga ,.;.od AnI ,hcy woro nt,owaJ
and written rv erontirs onI Ionl,+nrs
who n-,snmci thot ,o nowar or .Lo
,rntb ccnld pGpct . snititrol cLonoo
amon0 the inhabitants Of fLot nIoHo
Whom il woe nrorosod NV earorol
Benevolent end enth.siostic opntIn.
man io erect 3 Taberpaclp. so ,bot
these two servants Of COD ror,,1 ,vnrl.
to tho host odvontarp tho o,roe;.ion
hocome still mere deciaad tbon oypr
before. Not even III the minissars
and memb2ys Of the vast evanupliroI
chnrrbes favored sprh nIap AMI
ono nostor coIt ca styonglr against i,
that NE ncnucd lone commGnicotion
to = nromioent manor olI Of which
was pnblished it. was his nrinrinol
argument, in Il. that the money which,
such an immense house or woryhin
would cost, should be dislrihntoG
among the poor. It is TO be rcmom.
bcrcd. however. that tbis was tho
objection which Judas Ioca,iot made
when a devoted woman wos norr;mc,
a box of perfume Shat cost SAX nnn1
tie Lords body. Iii spite Of the
caviIs and objections. the immense
structure for TIE eyonoeIists woo
built, And reasonab,o man ho ho
religious, or not, must be pronarod to
admit, that more good has been done
in it, than would have been conferred
if the funds which it has cost had hpon
used to provide for the cltv's manners
The truest kind of charity is thot
which helps destitute peonle TO aid
themselves. True benevoIence will
not erect houses for the DOOR and
bestow upon them every needed orti-
Gle, while they are allowed to live in
idleness. But it seeks to place them
in a condition in which thew will he
competent to earn their own livelihood.
Moody has preached that sort OF
Christianity that attracts all pconIc.
He founded his discourses GA the old,
Orthodox doctrines which have en-.
dured since the Bible itself was writ
ten. Like John tie Baptist. he NOT
only proclaimed that men should
repent, but he repeatedly, and en-
phalculIv insisted that men sbou}d
bring forth fruits meet for repent
ance." lie does not wish to have y
man suppose that he can be a salts
factory Christian. because he is yoadv
to believe in certain formal doctrines
and crceds. But he unsl show. and
prove that he is a Christian, by his
honesty. trustworthiness. kindness
and daily example. These are the
elements that we all want, in our
religion. And the more prominent
these elements are. the more success.
| full will be all the Churches
Remarkably Iarge oudiancae bovo
greeted Moody and Sankev in all Of
their public meetings. And an aston
ishinr fact which is connected with
them is this. The crowds did not
diminish. nor did fine interest dorIino
from the commencement of tho nnnt,
mos. until their close A bloal,
cloudv dav With The rain aosconIing
in torrents is ant 10 MT ont noo,,Io'oo
desire to attend Church inst as a
pail of wafer will extinonish q littlo