The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-09
MOODY AND sANKEY.
Their Reception in Notwithstanding to
Crowds of Noisy Students.
Interview in New York Tribune.

Interview in New York Tribune.
Mr.. Moody was suffering too much from
the effects of the sea voyage to be seen, but
Mr. Sankey appeared in splendid health. He
is looking somewhat stouter than when last
here, but otherwise he is unchanged.
YES" he said, in answer to the reporters
congratulations upon his appearance, y
was never better in my life. From the dag
l left this country have not had one mos
ments sickness. Mr.. Moody, too, has en-
joyed unusual health, and he would be about
now, but he is not as good a seaman as am.
In facS he is about the worst seaman 1 have
ever known. In regard to our work abroad
l would say that at our first visit to England
the clergy of the established church did not
receive us cordially. l could probably more
correctly describe their reception of us
by harsher phrase, but 1 will simply
say 1T 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 it has
been everywhere not to start an opposition
to the Established church, but, on the con-
trary, to do all in our power to aid them. 1t
took them some time to realize this fully,
but they have done so, and l want to say
publicly that could not have asked for o
more cordial and hearty reception than Mr..
Moody and 1 received from the clergymen 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, reserving it for later visit, and then
, established our headquarters at Swansea,
/ Wales. Here we met with an immense
uNyb nF
The places in the United Kingdom
! that we look back upon with most pleasure
are Oxford and Cambridge. We were invited
by some of the leading clergymen of Cam
| bridge to visit that famous seat of learning
and preach there, but large number of the
students resolved that they would not allow
| us to hold our meetings. On the other hand
| an equally large, if not larger number, de-
! clared that we should preach, and so every
one, even Mr. Moody, feared that we would
| have great disturbance at our meetings, be-
/ tween the two sets OF young men, The night
| of our first meeting there were at least a
| thousand students present. Those that were
friendly to us sat in front, those opposed to
us renamed in the rear. When Mr.. Moody
began 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 it was impossible for Mr..
Moody to proceed He stoppedin the middle OF
his sermon and called out in loud voice. All
| those in this hall who believe in the Lord
will please rise All the students in front
arose. Now, continued Mr.. Moody, to all
those who do not believe with us, l simply
say we have hired this hall to hold religious
meeting, as we have a perfect right to do.
We are conducting ourselves as gentlemen,
and | appeal to your sense of fairness if all
| who come in and interfere with US are not
acting ungentlemanly.'
'Mr. Moody said this so 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 hail. They came hack however, one by
one, until nearly the whude school joined us.
And they were with us not only at that
meeting, but at every other meeting that we
held in 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 workers
than the students of Cambridge.
The recollection of the great number of
| fine, promising young men that we saved
from ruin at Cambridge and Oxfori-for
it was at Oxford pretty much as it was at
Cambridge-is what makes me say that I
| look back with most pleasure to my work in
those places
I'VE spent short time in Paris, and our
| meetings there, too were most successful.
| We had an interpreter who would translate
| Mr. Moody's sermons into French. We sang
, first French, then an English hymn, and
strange as it may appear we drew enormous
crowds.
81 am now going to my home in New
Castle Pa. Mr. Moody will go to his home
| in Northfeld Mass. Our purpose in coming
over here was simply to rest ourselves. In
October we will return to England and
begin our last campaign in Great Britain.
Our work will be exclusively confined to
London"