, 1880-07-11

fl
nd szr,t are the songs we may hear;
ana VOICES Of loved ones beyond the dark river
tiie music may fail on the ear.
Aud the night never falls
On the glitterng walls
~ the wonderful city OF SILVER and gold.
Weep not for the world, but look upward In
xor arn,s. IN this dark vale below:
rhere!s @ fest for the heart that Is burdened with
and balm for all trouble and wo.
Tho fulsc friends may grieye us,
The Lord will NIT leave us.
He ,oveth the iowly; He heedeth their prayer.
LANSDA1E, CHICAGO EUGENE ). Hall
THE CHICAGO TYPE.
CHARACTERISTICS OF RELIGIOUS LIFE IN THE
WESTERN METROPOLIS - MR. AooDf's
r4EY EyASGEL1sTiC INFLUENCE UPON
culcAGo CHURCH LFE-vIslT TO HIS
srSDAYSCHool~
Corrsspof.dxnce Baltimore .4TRefIcdn-
= CHICAGO. June 22o.-1t will sound strange,
bptit is fact, nevertheless, that there is
moreof what may he termed aggressive Chris
tianIty in Chicago than in any other of the
la,Re cities in this country. There is mild
type Of religion Which likes to move on in
eyay it has moved in for a hundred years,
that is to say, not to move on at all. 1twould
have the minister monopolize all the spirit
Of proselytisln, and take no other means for
resenerating the world but preaching bar
zen, stolid sermon once week.. and taking
up missionary collection now and then. 1t
is the professional, formal sort OF Christian
ity that thinks religion should never be men
toned outside of a frescoed church with
cushioned .pews, and that puts on kid gloves
to give the hand OF fellowship to converted
sinners who have belonged to the slower
classes.'' There is very little of this in Chi
.cago. The religion that passes current IN
the most of the evangelical churches here
is that true Christianity,-the religion Of hu-
manity. t'Pure religion and undetiled," says
Scripture, ''is this: to visit the fatherless
and widows in their af1iction, and to keep
yourself unspotted from the world"
Any one taking up one Of the Chicago Sun
day newspapers cannot help but be struck at
glance with the number Of church services
announced and the decidedly evangelical
stamp Of the announcements. Never Sun.
.day passes without such notices as that The
Rev. MIR. So-ai,d-so will preach in the MORN
ing at such church and in the. evening at
the Stock-Y ards''; or that After the ser
mon at such fashionable church there will
be a prayer aud experience meeting; OF
.to...... a., .,.,+.- ,.ro,n3,;pcr 81 +7o
else, living W tne psaStot p1oaen11a At NC
prison, Bible service will be held at sucn
and such a church." Ministers exchange
pulpits great deal, sectarian lines are moi
drawn close, ahd there are many other evi-
oehces OF aealthy ana vigorous CHURCH nte'
The extent to which the influence and efforts
OF single individual has contributed to this
result would be hard to measure, but it has
been very great The line or evangelical
labor pursued SO successfully IN many OF the
cnuFeles Is tAat followed Oy MI. u. l..
Moody, VINO ~ some points begun and los
1e5sd ;s, rs grac1ice. :.
1he lnnue'ice OF ttns remarkable man IS
taIeacllln boan III this country ana ABROAD.
nut hele N Ialcago, ne scene OF MS earliest
,s,eliat ,, IT, e1ats tt au SUCCESSES, M ne appears
Vii ~ Iase M it,; rosan ~. ep y, ~ ~ s petsoiS,
weil as VI lts pleaculas anu ms Rractice, 10
tsteae ts;Ee eA'eat upon ule e'angeA1cal cnufcn
NJ; ,,n .toa.a
.,,!a't aMenayaoaT years aSo M. y Mooay was
Suliar. gu snung li'go o salesia, wae ensasee
~ Suunas ,sGipot Wp,h because oi Eas az
essg sp,aii " =. In, 1a'stlan @ pTosf,5a,sm LIZ y
nlal WHICH uau 10 1!ass sent. N9t pelng aole
10 ~ @ vidssl nc pithSo up elgnteen paIe 3:
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