The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-01-04
Messrs. Moody and Sankey in Edin.
burgh.

Messrs. Moody and Sankey continue their la
bors in Edinburgh, with unceasing interest and
success. DR.. D. A Moxey in the Christian saws
Let me say that the meetings are daily and
nightly increasing in numbers, in interest, and
in power, and the symptoms are rapidly devel-
oping of that widespread revival that 1 pre-
dicted in my first paper very blessed fea
ture of Gods working at this Cime is the mum
Der OF souls that, every night as they sit on the
benches, tier over tier. in the crowded hall ac-
cept Christ as their Saviour, and go on their
way rejoicing, without needing to cross over to
the inquiry meeting i'll st. Johns church And
yet there are dozens nightly there, pressing for
ward, willing, and often eager, to be personally
dealt with. Truly the Lord is in this city NAV
every child of God recognise the glorious fact -
Referring to Mr.. Moody's method and power
the same writer says he realises the advantage
OF gathering around him large and influential
representation of the local clergy. 1t is simply
wonderful to see how he manages and utilises
this most important contingent, and how readily
and Joyfully grey haired veterans, whose names
are familiar to Christendom, respond to his call
The very absence of any attempt to attract any
one to himself personally seems to be one special
reason of his personal popularity and he has
an extraordinary knack of making everybody
do something AS to his skill in managing a
meeting, any one who could have seen the roWdv
mob Of University students outside of the col
lege gates on Sunday night, pushing shouting.
and deriding the object of the meeting. and then
have seen them inside the hall, awed into silence
and compelled to quiet by that one man, must
have acknowledged it, One of the Edinburgh
ministers (Rev. j. II. Kehuan) at the noon meet
ing on Monday referred to the same meeting as
follows: " / think one of the most remarkable
meetings at which l was ever present was the
one held at seven o'clock last night. This hall
was crowded with men. The vast majority were
students number were not, because the crowd
was so great that 1T was impossible to distin-
gutsh between those who had, and those who
had not, tickets Any one present could not
fail to be struck with Che admirable order and
excellent behaviour Of the students. 1t was ex.
tremely delightful to see their earnest looks
when Mr.. Moody was speaking and when Mr..
Sankey was singng-an eye occasionally over
flowing with tears. One could not help giving
God thanks After the meeting held here. an
inquiry meeting was held in st. Johns church
l went over there, and was exceedingly struck
counted, in rough way, $50 men, chiefly
students, IN that meeting, and the earnest wist-
| tul looks which they cast towards the speaker
and the whole appearance Of the place, were
/ not to be forgotten We have much to encour.
/ age u.s. During the week Mr. Moody delivered
/ four powerful addresses on the Bible dealing
| principally with the points from which it is at
lacked by inGdels Rev. DR.. Cairns. Principal
Of the D. ?. College, and Rev Horatius Bonar
D. D., took part in the meetings.
Belfast Witness.