St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-02-09
The American ReviyaIisIs in
England.

and Oxford The English press gives
full and generally appreciative ac-
counts of the meetings, which have
been attended with no small measure
of success. In Cambridge immense
assemblies were present at the services.
Both the speaker and the singer were
listened to with rapt attention and the
number of anxious inqulrers increased
daily hut the special services held for
the University students are spoken of
a. the most interesting. 1t was chleny |
for the benefit of the students that the |
evangelists decided to go to Cambridge.
SUNDAY evening about two thousand of
them assembled but some of them
were noisy and greatly disturbed MI.
Moody. whose courage and resources
were taxed to the utmost. lie, how
ever. finished the services and was en-
couraged for the meetings which were
to follow. The gOwnsmen, after they
had heard him several times, discOy-
cred that he was worthy of respect and
worth hearing. "They listened" says
an attendant. "were impressed, sub
dued. and won BY Friday night "A
hundred aud thirty had given their
names To Mr.. Moody as inquirers and
brilliant in the University. The last
dav was the best and most impressive
of all. At the last meeting for the
students about seventeen hundred were
present. Mr.. Moody preached of
Jesus and the Resurrection" after
which the inquiry-rOom was speedily
filled, and Mr.. Moody left Cambridge
feeling that he had never had greater
reason to be thankful. Upward of 300
names of gOwnSmen who we're specially
blessed through the meetings were
handed to Mr. Moody. supplementary
services for them. 10y the Rev. Neville
Sherhrookr. have been held, and there
is general rejoicing over the results.
one of the most pleasant features of
the meetings was the cordial cOOpera-
ton of all the denominations. Eccle-
siaStical distinctions were lost sight OF
and Episcopalians and NOncOnfOrmists
worked zcalously, side by side.
At Oxford the evangelists had reason
to expect Il cold reception. AS Uni
vrrsity paper remarked, ''the traditions
of oxford and the preiudices of the
higher class of undergraduates would
naturally be against such unauthorized
methods of preaching the gospel, while
the dread of excessive excitement III
religion. which is often characteristic
of refined natures, would make men
hang back from participation i'll the
movement" At the first meeting Mr..
Moody was interrupted 10y noisy dem
onStlations, such as the Cambridge
students had made. He Immediately
closed his Bible, and, administering a
4. 4. oil " A
wished him to go on to rise. Nearly
the whole audience rose and the dis
turbrrs were thcnccforth quiet. On a
subsequent evening, when he happened
to find himself in the midst of those
who had been most demOnstrative, he
plainly but very cOurteously pointed
out to them the reprehensible charac-
ter of their conduct and told them that
an apology was certainly due from
them The young gentlemen very
readily expressed their regrets.
one evening, after ii stirring sermon
on the value of bold confession of
Christ. Mr.. Moody dismissed the audi
encc and directed some very persua-
sive appeals to the large number who
remained. He told them it would be a
great cross for them to confess Christ
ON that occasion but, if they would
do 50 they would never regret it. Then
he called upon those who were will
ing to say ~ will" The responses
came thick and fast, and Mr.. Moody,
with great emotion, interpolated them
with encouraging sentences.
''If Il number of you," he said,
"were to come right out for God togeth
or. YOU could change the whole tone OF
this University. 1t makes men trem-
BILE when they see others coming out
and boldly testifying for Jesus"
The responses were so numerous that
he was encouraged to 90 further. Ask
ing those who occupied the front seats
to vacatc them, he called on those who
had confessed to come forward and
knecl Soon five or six rows of seat.
were occupied by PROSTATE forms
The editor of the London Christian
says:
1--WE have seen a great many of Mr.
Moody'S and other evangelstic meet
ingS; hut, if we can trust our memory
we have never seen it on this fashion
before. The power of God seemed t.
be present in such degree that thes,
young men, many of them among the
cream and flower of the rising intellec
of our land, seemed to be swayed al
his will, like the ripe standing corr
before the breezes of heaven"
Canons Wilberforce and Gird.estou,
and many other clergymen assisted at
the meetings. Canon Wilberforc,
spoke very fervently:
"They were squabbling he said
III Fl
credibiity of miracles. without comm;
to any conclusion, while miracles, o
conversation and evidences of holy lif
the only testimony which could no
Ice gainSaid-we occurring arounC
them every day. Let them CRITICS
as they would, il mighty wave of spir
itual awakening and wide spread stir
ing up of the dry bones were seen il
all directions, and they might as wei
doubt their existence as to argue agains
its genuineness. They might say
was excitement but he could Civ
them endless instances to show that
was a great deal more. EXcitemen
there was, no doubt, and must neces
Salily he where men and women wer
in earnest about their souls: but
was far more than mere passing emo
ton"
This was on the last night of tn
STAY of the evangelists and Mr.. Moody
closing address was very impressiv,
Two of the happiest weeks in his lif,
he said. were those he had spent i
Cambridge and Oxford, especial
among the undergraduates, for h
realized the infinite possibilities tia
Law in their lives. He charged them I
conSecrate themselves to the service {
the Master, to seek for the souls of mel
to have good courage, knowing
whose hands they were. Let them b,
Gin in their colleges. There was M