The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-05-15
MOODY AND SANKEY.
They Have Returned from
Successful Revival Work
Abroad.
Preaching to Noisy Oxford and
Cambridge Students In
England.

England.
New York Tribune, May 7th.
Moody and Sankey, the famous evange-
lists. arrived here yesterday mo, ming by the
steamship Alaska, after an absence of over
eighteen months. A Tribune reporter
called upon them in the afternoon at the
residence of L. HoraIio BialOw, No. /
Rutherford place, where they are tenn
porarily staying. Mr.. Moody was suffer-
ing too much from the effects of the sea
voyage to be seen, but Mr.. Sankey appeared
in splendid health. He is looking some
what stouler than when last here but
otherwise he is unchanged.
Yes" he said, in answer to the report
ers congratu atoms upon his appearance,
81 was never better in my life. From the
day / left this country nave no: had one
moments sickness Mr.. Moody, too, has
enjoyed unusual health, and he would be
about now but he is not as good a seaman
as am. In fact he is about the worst sc
man i have ever known. In regard to our
work abroad would say that at our first
visit to England the clergy OF the Estab-
lisued church did not receive us cordially.
l could probably more correctly describe
describe their reception of us by harsher
phrase, but / will simply say that it was
by no means cordial. This time, however,
they warmly welcomed US. They saw that
We were the means of bringing them souls,
for our work was then as il has been every.
where, not to start an opposition to the
Established church. but on the contrary to
do al in our power to aid them. IL took
them some time TO realize this fully, but
iht y have done SD and / want to say pub
licIy that / could not have asked Tor
more cordial and hearty reception than Mr..
Moody and received from the clersymen
of England.
NEARLY all our work was done in the
provinces. We began in the northeast of
England. took in all the chief cities and
towns except London, where We did but
Little reserying II for later visit, and then
established our headquarters at SWANSEA,
Wales. Here We met with immense sue
cess; in fact, we did everywhere. The
places in the United Kingdom we look
back upon with most pleasure are Oxford
aud Cambridge. We were invited by some
Of the leading clergymen of Cambridge
to visit that famous seat of learning and
preach there. but large number OF stu
dents resolved that they would not allow
US to hold our meetings. On the other
hand, an equally large. if not larger
number, declared that We should
preach, and SO every one, even Mr.
Moody, feared that we would have great
disturbance ut our meetings between the
two sets of young men. The night OF our
first meeting, there were at least thou
sand students present. Those that were
friendly to us sat in front those opposed
% us remained in the rear. When Mr..
Moody began to preach, great noise was
heard in the back Of the hall Every Stu
nent there began stamping on the floor
with his cane and kicking his feet, and in
TACT they made such q fearful row, it was
almost Impossible for Mr.. Moody TO pro-
coed. He stopped in the middle of his
sc, mon and called out in q loud voice
All those in this hall who believe in the
Lord, will please rise Ali the students in
front, arse. Nov continued Mr.. Moody
so all thOss who do not believe with us, |
simply say We have hired this hall TO hold
religious me- ting, Ms We have perfect
RICH: TO do. We are conducting ourselves
as gentlemen, and appeal to your sense
Of f,irness if all who come in aud in,erf, re
With us are not acting ungen:lemaniy'
'Mr Moody said this SD quietly, and it
was So different from what the students ex.
pected, that it appeared to make every one
Of them ashamed, and all the noisy ones
left the hall. They came back, however
one by one until the whole school Joined
us. And they were with us not only al
that NEE iiDg but at every other meeting
we held AT Cambridge. Mr.. Moody so won
them over to the Lord, that when We left
England, we had not in the whole United
Kingdom more earnest, devoted W rk-Is
Than the students IF Cambr dye. The
recollection of the great numb OF fine,
promising young men that We saved from
ruin at Cambridge and Oxford fer il was
Al Oxford pretty much as it wa~ at Cam
bridgr-i is what makes me say that i Look
back with most pleasure to my work at
those places.
I'VE spen: short time in Paris, and
our meetings there, too, were very success
fuI. We had an Interpreter who would
translate Mr.. Moody 8 sermons into Frenc...
We sang first q French then an Engl sh
hymn, and, strange as 1t may appear, we
drew enormous crowds.
II am now going to my home in New
castle, Pennsylvania Mr.. Moody wi xO
to his home in North6~ld, Mass. Our
purpose in Coming over here was simply 10
rest ourselves. In October we will return
to England and begin our last campaign
in Great Britain. Our work will be ex-
clusively confined to London.
In thu evening Mr.. Sankey attended the
Cooper Union Gospel temperance meeting,
where he sang sumo Of his hymns.
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