Daily Republican., 1881-12-21
Mr.. MlndY In EnHlAnd


| The Evangelists, Messrs. Moody
and Sankey, closed their mission of fl va
weeks, at Newcastle upon-Tyne, on
Sunday, Nov. 18th. Ga that day four
services were hcld, one in the High
West Street Chapel, Gateshead, in the
afternoon, for women onl ly; another in
the Melbourne street APPEL, Gates
head, for mcn in the evening; and two
In the Central Hall, Ne ycastle, held
respectively in the afternoon and at
ight. The interest and ankle y of the
Christian Public may safely be said TO
have Centcred in the two last named
meetings, for which tickets were issued
only To those who could honestly avow
themselves to be anxious inqnirerS or
young converts There was large
demand for tickets some days before.
hand. Notwithstanding the fac that ap'
pli ANTS under vent oss.eXamiultiDu
a. TO their claims to be present. The
test was attended wi h the most sur
prlsiug results the numb OF those
who prot sSed to have been rescued
and turu.d from darkness to lighJ"
was very large and bo,h the morning
Upwards of 500 persons who pt)f' ss-
ed to lie converts or anxious inlulrers
werJ supplied with tickets of admls-
SION on Friday aud Saturday.
The New Castle Chronicle Of the l4th
says:
ON point Of numbers, the present
visit OF the cvangrllstS has been char
actrriz Il by a'teudancrs at least three
times larger than hose witnessed III
1873, even when the record OF Other
nee ingS held Is pot talleu into account
The aggregate number of persons must
have exceeded the population of ooth
New C4Slle and Git"Suead put togeth-
tr; bat as tuany persons attended sever
nj OF the me things, II IS fair TO assume
strangers coming from the outlying DIS
triCts tax N in;o COlSlutratlJn-tht
the number If ditferent persons VINO
heard Mr.. M)o'y preach ani Mr.. > .n-
key siug would reach about lOo,O0O-
tn largest number tnAt mas ever attcn'
ded any series OF services held in ths
dis rlrt. rne inuuiry ne ,ing1 have
been attended by sJue hundreds OF per
sons uightly, many converts nave be'n
made, aud yesterday meetings demon
strl'ed TO II gre.,' extent that he evan
geisg, have left an influence behind
them wlich, ICou p religious aspect,
should Dg attended with the most bene-
| ticii, results. The campaign 50 ans
piclonsly b, gun i'll New Castle will he
| courmuci at other parts OF Great l'rltan.
| lnvl, t,ious from all parts have lowed
| in uuon hs ryargrIlsts,
Rev Richard Lcirch writes in regard
to the results Of Mr. MoUdy's visit to
Na",a,,it: 81 have just returned from
nloSl important NEE ing. 1t was Que
of mlulsrtrS 10 he a report OF conVer
sious. No fewer u AN LBS have given
in their names as having yietued their
hears 10 Cod A ,nsiderable propor
ton Of these belong to the surrounding
district, but by far the greater number
are connected with Newcastle add
Gatrshead OF this number OF pro'east'l
conversions, $50 belong 10 30 church,
sh wing that Mir. NJ o"y's well iuteh-
tOAed fort 10 reach The nOn-Clurch-
gVcrs has been very successful.
| OF those who profess to have a church
connection, ,6 belorg to Brunswick
Wesleyan Chapel, 81 TO St. Nicholas
| Church. 26 TO join * uOx Presbyterian
| Chur II, and 30 To ot ,iOhu'S Church.
| Nearly all the o. cr churches are rep
resented by persons ranging III number
| from tnlrIV down to three. or course,
many are not included in the above
| list"
The Scotsman of Edinburgh, recent y
published a report that Me>srs. Moody
and Smkey, while publicly III KING hu
mention Of money, nere in the hap't ol
making strict Stlpu.a'lonS privately as
to p.cuniary remuneration, and that III
on case as much as ZOO " month ha'l
been demanded by them. This report
was regarded by the friends OF the
Evaugelisis as too absurd 10 be contra
dicteu, but On It's beiug reiterated, one
VINO was acquainted with the facts Ill
the ca rtp.iei through thi Scots
man
| 81 am in circumstances to know fully
about Messr,. Moody and Sankey
affairs, aud can distinctly assert that
| they not only do not make any such
eXorbitant demands as those mentlone
in the letter referred 10, but tley never
either iu public or in private, make any
stipulation what ever about pecunlary
| matters. Further, | may say thai,
though have been III rs close relation
with them, perhaps, rs any other per
son, have never known them III words
drop the slightest hint oi a desire Tor
money pay, or in couduct dp anything
thai could be cons rurd INTO sucn IL
him"