Smyrna times., 1894-03-21
Moody Says the Religious Revival
Will Eclipse That of 1857.
A GREAT MOVEMENT STARTED IN THE
METROPOLIS


Following the panic of 1857, there
was a great revival of religion. A
similar revival has been expected to
follow the equally severe panic of 1898.
SO far as New York is concerned, how
ever, it has been slow in coming, but
at last, the ministers of the metropolis
believe that they see signs of an
awakening, and that a religious move
ment has started, the results of which
will be remarkable and far reaching.
Last week an immense meeting was
held in the Broadway Tabernacle.
which was addressed by D. L. Moody.
who also spoke at another big gather
ing in the same place this evening.
Ihree great religious mass meetings
held in Cooper Union, on Wednesday.
Thursday and Friday afternoons.
Scores of special meetings are being
held in all parts of the city every night
and Rev. A. G. Dixon, of BROOKLYN.
who Is taking a leading part in the
movement, said that he expected that
meetings would soon be held in the
principal halls and theatres in the CITY.
as well as in the churches. Omen air
meetings are also being held Mr..
Moody, in the Brooklyn Tabernacle.
said that "the fields were ripe far har-
vest" He thought that the spring and
summer would be a good time for a
great revival in New York, the in
huence of which would be felt all over
the country. During the past four
months over $4,000 persons, he said.
had been converted and had Joined the
churches in three States alone, a result
which fully equalled anything that was
accomplished in the revival of 1857.
Mr.. Dixon, in asking for financial aid
Tor the movement, said that the ex-
pense OF the committee now amounted
to $50 day, and were increasing. and
1t was necessary that the treasury
should be filed. He hoped that some
one would set good example by con
trlbuting $500. My Moody Immediate
ly jumped up and said: "Whv not
make it $4,000? This ought not to be
a narrow gauge movement" Judging
from the spirit manifested the move
ment will receive substantial financial
support. As it has been said, the re-
yiVal has been slow in coming. The
first meetings in the Young Mems
Christian Association was slimlv at
tended. Only few of the ctv pastors
were apparently interested in the work
but now it looks as if all of the Protest
ant churches would be drawn into the
movement. Upwards of 200 clergymen
attended the conference at the Young
Mems Christian Association.
MIR. Moody urged his hearers to ac.
cept, to believe, to preach and to live
the whole Bible, not part of it.. He
objected to true and the rest as simply
fables. He believed in the whole of it.
Old as we'll as the New Testament, the
stories of Jonah and the whale and
Sodom and GOmOrrah, as well as the |
history of the Incarnation and the
Resurrection. Instead of the Bible 90.
ing out of date and becoming a back |
number, it was, in fact, Just coming in.
More Bibles had been printed in the
last eight years than all of the 1900 |
preceding years. London and New
York alone are publishing 25O0 every
hour. The sermons and parallels of |
Jesus were printed in every language.
Never was the interest and study of |
the Bible so absorbing as they are to-
day.