New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-07
ARRIVAL OF MOODY AND SANKEY.
SUCCESSFUL REVIVAL WORK ABROAD.

SUCCESSFUL REVIVAL WORK ABROAD.
NOW THEY WERE RECEIVED IN ENGLAND
ppr.c1ING TO NOISY OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE
STUDENTS.
Moody and Ssnkey the famous evangellsts' ar
r,ved here Yesterday morning by the steamship
Alaska after an absence of over eighteen months
A TRIBuSE reporter called upon them in the aiier-
noon at the residence of L. Horatio Bglow, No
Rutherford place. where they are Temporarily stay
ing Mr.. Moody was suffering too much from Tue
frcts of the sea VOYAGE to be seen. but Mr. Sankry
appeared in splendid health. He Is looking some
what stouter than when last here but otherwise he
lie unchanged.
.Yesr he said in answer to the reporters con
CALCULATIONS upon his appearance, u was never
barter in nv lie. From the day l left this
country have noe had one moments sickness. MI
Moody too has enjoyed unusual health. and ne
would DO about now but be is not as good seaman
as lam In fact he is about the worst seaman
nave evsr known. In regard to work abroad /
vould say that at our first visit to England the
clergy of the Established Church did not receive Us
cordially could probably more correctly describe
their reception OF us bv harsner phrase, but VIII
simply say it was by means cordial, This limo,
however, they warmly welcomed US. ihey saw
that we were the means Of bringing them souls
for our ork then as 1t has been everywhere
not to start an opposition to the EstaUhshed
Church. but on the contrary to do all IN our power
TO aid them 1t took them some time to realize this
fully but they nave done so and want to say pup
licy that could not have asked for more cordiai
and hearty reception than Mr. Moody and 4 re-
ceiyed from the clcrgymen Of England.
Nearly all our work was done in the provinces.
webegan in the northeast of England took n all the
chief cities and towns cept London. where we did
INIT little reseryng il for later visit, and then es
tablished our headquarters at Swansea "aies'
Here we met with an immense success IN lacI, we
did every where Thb places la the United Kingdom
that we look tack upon with most pleasure are OK.
ford and Cambridge. We were invited by seme Oi
the leading clergymen OF Cambridge o. visit tna !.
famous seat of learning and preach there. Dut
large number of the students resolved that t9ey
would not allow us to hold our meetings. On TIE
other hand an equally large if not larger number.
declared that we should preach and 50 every one,
even Mr. Moody feared that we would have gieat
disturbance at our meetings between tue Two Hets
of youne men. The night OF our inst meeting, There
were at least thousand students present Those
that we're friendly to sat in front those opposed
to us remained in tho rear When Mr MOODY oegan
to preach great noise was heard in the back OF the
hall Every student there began stamping on the
floor with his cane and kicking his feet and IN fact
they made such fearful row II was impossi1,e ioI
MIR Moody to proceed. He slapped IN the middle OF
his sermon and called out in a loud voice; All
those In this hall who beieyein the LORD MI please
r1ssJ All the students in front arose. Now, con.
tinued Mr.. Moody. TO all those who do not believe
with us ] simply say we have hirod lhs hai u
hold N religious meeting, as We nave ptIlcct rlsu'
10 do We are conducting ourselves AS gentlemen
and apneal 10 your sense of fairness If all who
come in and interfere with us are not acting ungen
tlemanly.I -, .
diHerent from whaI the students expected. that II
anneared to make every one OF them ashamed anc
ali the noisy ones left the hall They came back
however, one by one until nearly the whole schoo
1oined us And they were with us not only at ina
meeting but as every other meeting that wa hello
in Cambridge. Mr. Moody so won them over I,
the Lord that when we left England we had
cot In the Whole United Kingdom more earnest
devoted workers than the students OF Cambridge
The recollection Of tho great number OF me
promising young men that we saved from rum al
cambridge and OxfOrd-fOr it was al Oxford pretty
much "a II was at Cambridge-is what makes M
saw that ] look back with most pleasure to my wcrL
at those places.
ave spent short time in Paris and our meeting
there TOO were most successful. w
had an Interpreter who would translate
Mr. Moody's sermons into French. We sang first
French then an English hymn, and. strange as J
NAV appear, we drew enormous crowds.
81 am now going to my home ID Newcastle
Penn Mr.. Moody will go to bis hom
in Norhfeld, Mass Our purpose IN com
ing over here simply TO rest ourselves
In October we will return to England and begin on
last campaign in Great Britain. Our wOT9 will b
exclusively confined TO London"
In the evening Mr. Sankey attended the Coope
Union Gospel temperance meeting. where he SAM
some of his hymns.