The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-20
SOME RELIGIOUS RKrIrhLJsrs.
DiFsrins Methods OF Moody. Mills, H.rri
son, and sam Jones.

DiTsrips Method. OF Moody. Mills, Hsrri-
| son, and sam Jones.
| The travelling revlvalist employs tricks as
we'll az the more worldly trsdesman. To be
successful he must know how to convert the
most people In the briefest time; that 10. to
bring the multltudes to the repentant sinners
| seat. and to keep them there. The success IL In
part due to the persuasive power OF the orator.
but II 10 also true that many OF the most
| successful evaugelists are not orators.
| They reach the people In different ways.
Sam Jones brings out audiences because
they EXPECT to hear quaint. original and
funny sayings They go to hear Thomas Har-
rison. the boy evangelist. because they look
for the unexpected at his meetings. A promi-
nent Brooklyn preacher told SUN reporter tn Q
other day that Harrison is ready to do any
thing even to jumping over the seats and
dragging sinners forward by their hair. Jones
and Harrison reach class Of people that are
cold and Indifferent to such revivalists as
DWIGHT L. Moody. b. Fay Mills. J.Wilbur Chap
man. Charles Il Ystmsn, George G. Needham.
Major Whittle. and others The methods Of
these men are also quite different.
Mr.. Moody still ranks far ahead OF the Others
and at the age Of 81 years he lie as active and
hearty as whom he made his first successful
tour through the country with Ira L. Sankey.
It 10 said that he has less culture than tho
other revivalists. He Is not q great preacher
ana people who hear him for the FIRST time are
sure to be disappointed. He lacks the Rraces
and arts Of the orator. and his vocabulary
10 confined to narrow limits. The secret OF his
success Is his personal magnetism. which al
ways appears to best advantage In the inquiry
room. There he comes into personal contact
with his listeners He shakes their hands,
talks to them with sense OF conviction that Is
most effective. and shows personal interest
that never fails to produce great results.
But this 10 not all. Mr.. Moody is gifted with
sound practical sense and shows mastership
him In the bus world. He is the friend Of
the billboard man and the newspaper pub
arsste,t OF All Evan elists, Is announced IN
big letters on rec PHI; dSys before he
about the town prso.eiy a. t6eatqea i' nsn
m 1os, to zee that the attracon has
tion Of the room. the collection. and others.
does not care so much f!r the singing as for
nobody but protested Christians In the choir.
rs ssy to Ss" IN
uers under Mr. Moody,s instructions. In the
resent great revival at Was5ingon there we're
was never a meeting at which less than 1000
OF the choir were present. More than forty
churches were represented OF all denomina-
The Rev. B. Fay Mills who will preach in
the Brooklyn Tabernacle during the absence
OF DR.. Talmage. 10 an evangelist OF another
class. He talks cold logic to his hearers. He
like argument that they can enter into life Of
everlasting happiness by becoming Chris
tians or go to hell by continuing on their way.
He 10 q mastery reasoner: he convinces his
audience by Assem- bling only facts. deduc-
lions. and conclusions for their study. He
never seeks to turn sin ners by arousing their
emotions and II 10 doubtful II he would sue
successful in his own line OF working and his
services are In great demand.
DR. ]. Wilbur Chapman. next to Moody. is
probably the most successful Of the revivasts
who work through the emotions. Charles ii.
Yatmnn 10 close to him. and Others like George
O. Needham. Major Whittle, and A. @. Dixon.
have made great records. Needham. too. has
his own methods; He converts people by Bible
readings from which h he draws everyday les;
attracts and entertains audiences By his keen
and quaint wit.
Evangelsts are never hired for stipulated
sums. They are paid by collections. Men like
Moody, Mills. and Chapman receive from 5000
to $500 week; the others receive from $50 to
800. Moody has made a fortune but has
spent Il IN founding four tine SCHOOLS for girls.
populstly supposed to be well to do Few have
open dates for q year ahead. Not long ago the
Evangelical Alliance OF BROOKLYN wanted to
engage DIR. Chapman for a series OF meetings
next winter. He wrote that his engag ements
would keep him busy until 1905