Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 6, 1875, Page 10

CHURCH UNITY. Bishop Haven Again Denies (s Present Possibility, Eplscopalians Will Never Recognize the Orders of Their Methodist Brethren. Opinions of Leading New York Clorgy- men of Moody's Work. The Inquiry Room and Its Mission—Com” parison with Othor Evangolists, - Xnatanca of tho Power of Prayer. THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, BOMETHING QUNCERNING ITH BTATUS AND ORIOIN, To the Kdutor of 1'he Chicano Irioune: MaLDEN. Mass., Nov, 2.—I liave read in your papor two answers to my reasons why Method- Int Episcopalians and Proteatant Episcopalians will not unite. The gentleman addcesees ma by person, but, a8 ho daclioes to give bia namo, I am preventod from a corresnonding act of cour- tesy. Idonotapprova of anounvmoua debato, especially when the anonymons part is all on ous sido, 1mwmmst therofors address mysell to you, as Ldid in {ue provious lettor. I should not have thonght it neccesary to have notlced $hese addrosses to mo, hat far a alight correction in ooe of my own statements, and also beocause Bome might think, If [ paid no attention to thom, that thoy wore conclusive and oven unanswer- ablo, I thereforo crave o comparatively small ¥pace m your colunons for my roply. 1 doclared tho two bars to aunlon of thess Iwo Churchies loy in the fnct that tho Protestant Episcopaliana would not rocognizo {he orders of their sistor Church as valid, and that tho Method- Ist Episcopalians would notchange their s:siem of itinorancy for that of their mister Chureh. Tho writer half—perhaps moto Lhan half—con- codes tho possibility of the aduption of the itinorancy by his Church. I'ér ho says: ** Onr clergy gencratly would prefer to bo seut by their Dishops to their fields of Iabor ny in conformity to Catholie practice, nud as the wisor syutom. Thoy do not rogard nur vestry arraugoments as Beriptural or hotie, and would gladly bo ro- fensed thorofrom Bat this is only & possibility. Ilo does not droam of its accutnplinhinent. Nor does bo bo- ove that our systam of Bishops, instoad of that of “vestrice supplying tho poople with pastors and pastors with people,” will over beadontod by his Chureh. Bat this possibility of nccepting the itinerancy for tho sake of union ig not matahied by anv hko concession in the matter of recogniz- ing orders. Ho doss not even prant the powsic bility of such n Butrencer. ‘That was the point I chiefly dwolt upou. ‘That Is tho point, ho in well aware, whore Lie dillienity of effecting urion oxists. And yet that point i3 never onco xo- ferred to in al] theso long and nlonc-rnukcd aind Jandly-phiaved cofumua. 1t wonld uot have tuken tive words, not a singlo lme of tho hun- dreda ho baa Bo genially fited, to bave wsimply g1id, **We_wil recoguize the ordeis of the Methodist Epircopal Cuurch if that Chureh will recognizo ouiy.” Why did hio not say it ? Decanse ho dare not, o kaows thero i8 not o minister, hardly a vestry- man, of that Church who would conthm that deciaration. Ho kuows that thin is o glanng im- posmbility, Why, then, spond six_or oight col- Aumoa in pleadiogs concerniog unity? Why ail the long (quotations from l'rotestant and En- glish Episcopal counciia and lendurs, whon every one means that we shall come to them, and not thoy coma to us, nor half way tous? Does vnr friend aupnose that Dr. Pusey’s begging of the Weeloyans meant that the ordinations of tho (at- ter woroe to ba recognized? Docs b believo thint any ono of tho uppeals of the Amerncan ur British Epscopalians which ke quotes so pro- fusely over mtended to recognize the equal mivisterial righta of the Chuich to which theso pathotic entroatica wero directed 7 1t be does, a single sentcncais safi- ciont for its declaration. Until thas eentones is uttored, all other utterances aro vain. Thaey aro *Vox, ot prateros wlil.” Toere wera two or tbreo rimplo tests which I auggestod,—tho short~ est and simplest bLomg tho exchangiog of bia ulpit with that of his ncarost Matlodist neigh- Ear. If ho soeks unity under the conditlon of equal ministorial rank, bo can cvinca it easily and spcedily in this vielblo manner, ‘Tull then, my declaration is unanswered and unausworable, Thero is vo possibility of union. Our Protestant Lpiscopatian brotbren ching to the idea of their supetiority of order with a conseless, 1 hnd almost smd an undying, tenaclty. Thoy think it would be thoir doath w suronder thut dogmis, and a3 one thinketh tu his boart, so ho. “They faney every one outside their fold, puteide the Church, unicss ho inin the Groek or Roman comnninion, Thoy sit on the rock of succeasion, aud bewail the multitude that sail away on the deap of ocelesinatic lifo, as withont tickm, of eompuu, or chart, or ussurance of the benvenly port, ‘Yhoy faney thnet thoy are set to bring these wanderers Lack to shelr Yook, liow trutbfully is this conecionsness sot forth in the eloning patagraphs of our frioud's nppeal: *+As an Episcopnlian, I refoleo to atl back upon the futbunitative, 1 may even say nuanimons, dee- lavation of the taure Fiving Auglican sud Anglo- American Fpiscopato” (no tecogmtion of any othor than hiy own)y nud tuin’ia the * Lang- ng "y Wa batiove that If the Protestant Episcopal Church In the Unbtul Kaus v to tie 1o (he measurs of bee daty ag the Cathelie Clhurelof e country, sho must Lo ready (o Fie awl conmlder o great inany fdeas ‘ et kirtling ut fiest, If eho s to boal the xadd ddiviklons of thw seot-torn laid, )t tmust wob Lo by sitting stitl und wayfug, * Here I am, como to me ani Lo ticinlers of to Frostant Episcopal Church and el witl he well." 1t must be done by raing up and sukiug B what b can do—bow sho can mako the unification of Christiaufty alout hee in auy degree wanker to men, **Tho Catholic Chirel of tho country ™ s the quiet arstaption of this pothede ey, *Blie is to lieal tho ¥ad dwvisions of this soct-torn land.” 3er work, therefore, must be, in tho judgment of the beat lovers uf nuiou in ter commumon, to bring others to her, tot to absorb horselt in them. This scil-coneciousness—( will give it w0 hareber namo—is the keynote of the wholo six-coltmued appeal, Even lore, despite the declaration to 1ho coutrary, it s siill, **Como to us, Wocannot come to you," ‘Truly did I de- clare that thoy dit not seck an athanco with us, lut o nubmission of us, We mu-t como nuder the Forks, and deny the validity of our ording. tions, or avo thia unily cau come. Theroforo, § soud, it never will como, or no Methodist Lpiscopalian will ever dony bis vrdots for admice #ivn into uny othor cburch on earth, aa ba g suro it will uot be roquired that hu should deny thiem to be welcowmed to the Chureh i Honyon, Our good brothor must therefore sit, as Hmor- #on suys, 88 an mperor dosertod Ly his troups, whisthing or weeping, n8 L8 temporamont way be ; for Lwperor though s Chureh muy bo, no troops will cowo througng to ils scopire fiom this section bf the comman fleld. f3ut our brother seoks to loail us astray from tho point by a long and labored troatiso on the Methodist “Episcopal ordinations, questioning thelr validity ou the point I ralsed, I thought s might be well to turn ageiust itself the weapon that Church usos agalus ¢ otbors, by suggeating tlLe posrible wvahdity of thair owa ordinatious, aud tho possivlo validity of our own ordinatious, and thu theds might be, even lu their oan oyes, superior Lo their owue. I thereforo futroduved tho story of Ersewmns, prefaced by the remark that the Grosks ut the Boun_Conforenco ques- tioned tho validny of the Britwh ordination. “Lhiy oyr fricud Lardly domes. If bo will turn Yo tho®Iudependent of tho duto of that Confor- «nce ho will fiud its correwpoudent declaiey that such a question was rated. I did uol sy that they retunined uusatistiod, but they questioued the' fuct. Thin our brother concedes. On thast 1 wsuegestod that, lad even the miwors couceriing Mr. \Wesley boon true, tho Urecke would 1ind 0o cause for come plaint at our presocer, and our Protostans Epis- copulian brethren might yot by svokiug tho pure anoiuting frow their Methodst brotiren, did noy iz this 1o bo s fact, nur did I rate jt us high aw bea own call Lo funid the Cliureh, ovea 3t ho had received thls consecration. For I dus clarod that had tio this ** hivtorio und ecclosiati- cal ™ authority, bu bud slso 8 wupenior and divine sutnority.” UOur brother gxamines tho story of Wesloy's relution to Erasmus no far ks 0uo or two author- ties go, mud agks wo 1wy of fuion as Lo it erpdi- Vility, 80d sl8o wy opiugon 44 1o thoe Views of fue editor of tho New York Adoocale ou tho orders in sur Churcis, 1t I did oot seem disoourieous, I should eimply say this msiter did ot concern our brother, or, inrongher Saxon, that it wew hona of bis busines, Lab 14 a mutter ior tho Methudusty to s6tiio swong thoumelven.” Whatover viows of their owu orders provail auiong thomselvos, thoy are unanimousiy sareed that those orders arp ratisaclory to” themselves, sud that, 1t sny/| Cuwwine; sbey woul ehurch sosks to uuite with thew, it must acconl these ordera aa of oqua! ty with thmr awn, Tt an 1 1~ a slight mistnka in tolling the #tory that has gor:e the raunds of tho press, I dosito bo ehangn ita form. 1t wasw not the firt Rishopscleet, but o Mishop-eleet amony the first, who waa urged to aoek coneceration from Wess fay's handa, T eanuot vouch for the truthof tho prorv, [ did not prosnme to do so. 1 uned it rather ag n Jen d'eaprit than an argument. Nor nm [ apxious to make out that John Wesloy wad ordaed by Erasmus. I have no caro on that potnt. I hsve read this roview of tho case, ang cannot aay that vour correspondent Lias proved o negative. Trerman fv not an cxhaustive an- thority, nor woukl Amoriean Methodists necopt him s such. His whole story of the planting of onr Chureh i8 refected by us as being prejudicnd sud wufair ; #o much eo that the American edi« tion ta rovised by notes from Dr, Able Blovens, to correcs hin partisan blunders. He has ho (ispo- sition to connect Wesloy with Erasmus, boeanse s Chureh declined to -ccust the persons Wes- lev conaecrated, nnd o fatled to comply with s whilo American Mothodists did comply. Fnt this statoment of tho does ~ not prove tho nepative. My friosd will sco from Toplady's charges tlat it nag 8 crimo for Wenloy to receive such imposition, As ha says, “Inail this did you 1ot :alpably violato tho oath of mupremncy.” ote,? }Inrl Wesloy acknowledged thin imposition ho would have boen lisble to fmpriwonment. Witht Ao miany onomies his acknowlodgment would havo been fatal to hia career. DBut ho dul uot deny thene charges of Toplady. [lo foft it for Lin preacher, Thomas Olfvor, to do the densing. and he doos mot dony it. Vors carefully uo cuarda his words, He mmply dewies that Wes. oy asked for ordination, low if it was offeved without the asking? f¢ ts asked why he did aot toll bun brothar Charles, Simply bocsues lis Drother wan so extremoly Iligh-Church that he wonld have biujted it to the worid undor n sense of duty. This [ donot attirm to be the case, but that had ho been thus tonched by Erasmus ho must have vbeerved thus perfect silsuce. You epeak of the diflieulty of his getting such n favor from Erasmus, becauso one Bisliop can- not consecrato anothor. Buch seruples mighs liave weighed in the Greok's mind bad he boon at home, bt bo was iu Englaod, whose sncces- rion It Is coacedod camo through ineuBicient hauds, and whoro noncauonical imposition 18 the very {mporfection that the Greeks of Bonn probably detoctod in it. Aud o, beibg in Rume, o way have folt justitiod in_doing a4 the Ito- mana did. DBmng in England lio might have felt nt liborty to do as Lugiand had done, and by nn irrogalar but not iuvalid imposition trausmiy to Wesloy precisely the »amo gift, whatevor that might bo, whick hiad boen transmitted at Nag's Tend to {h * entiro living Aogliean and Anglo- American Episcopate,” 1o all this mattor 1 hinve no especial interest. If it hioa done its dutv i awakoniug our brethren ol the I'rotestant Episcopal Church to the quos- tion of tho less or auperior validity of thoir or- dera, 1 am content. It will probably remain an unsolved problew, a riddle, like so many in his- tory, that history will nover unravel, “Ihero is one othar point in this interosting re- mone that Is of wore value to us, and that is, Bishop Coke's estimnto of bis own consecration. Iuis true that he did carneatly desirs thio ouion of the two Chnrchos, 1t is traa hio sought 1t. It laprobably truo that ho offored to snbmit to ordination st the hands of Bishop Vybite, it auch a uniop could be effectod. Lut it {8 also truo, an my brother fails to note, that, when lug Methodst brothren grew rostiyo umdor Lis con- cognions, hs declared to them, **1 neverspohed to the Couvention (Itotestant Epi-copal) for raconsecration. 1 never lutenled that either Bishop Asbury or myself should give up our Lp.scopal ordination. My propoeals socured our diseipling at all ponts.” Bislop White tates that ono of the outlinos of Dr, Coke's plan as to the Methodist minmters Aras thoir continuing under the “ supenntend- anco then existing,” which did not involve the reotdination of DBishop Asbury or of tho Elders whom he and Bilhop Coko bad or- dained, Of courso they ropelled the movemont, for 1t secmeod to question the vaiudity of their orders, and the attempt felt to the ground. Coke 180 in aard to hava declared in Engiand that he liad a better Episcopal ordination than tho Arch- bishop of Canterbury, How waa this, unlees Lo believed that Lo had raceived it from Erssmus, and Ao from Titus and Paul 7 Dut Low is thie, wihos, Ao caro vou may ask. consiatent with tho willingness 1n ludin and in America to bo reconsociated ? Simply beeauso he wisiod nlse to bo a Dritish isliop, which ho was awaro was not the case. is English blood and feclings sought sfter an inferior consecratfon to that which he avowed Limsell to have alre.di; possessed. ‘Tuat ho believed in his ordination was seen oven a8 lato as 1793, Lwo youra pearly after Wes- loy's deatt, when he and Alexander Matlier ut- fered to ordain Adam Clark to tho deaconato aud olderslnp, and otlier Waelyan ministers, which ordora thay wore miling to racoive, but a minis- ter nameod Kiliam, tho tounder of the new Meth- odiets’ counection, get up such av oxcitemeont over it, that thoy foared to go forward, Bishop Coko nevor doubted lis equal rank with Eishop Winte n tho Clurch Orthodox snd Cstholic, nnd even beliovod lumso:f the superior, becauro of tLe bottor vaildity of hus ozdajner, * Boon ulter this wixed and unforuinnte atiempt to Protestant Lpiscopalize Alethodism, ho left the coun iy aad nover rotnroed, Dishop Asbury becamo tho rocognizad sole head of the Church, till such time as collengues were elected and copsecrated, aud ull offeria for union at the soemiug expouso of equal rights properly camo to an end. Inced only to refer to another romark. My friond #ays I complaln ot his saying ** the Moth- odista were roversd from the Chinrch,” and then proceeds to show that Joln Wesley did not ap- provo of much sovorance, and that he novor sev~ ored himself from the Church of England. Why then did our brother say, * The Mothodists wero Rovered,” We nover took a step exoept under the leadings of Wesley. If our well-read brother witl go to a littlo and very common book, ontitled the * Discipline of tho Methodist Lipicopal Clwreh,"” ho will hind, on its firs: page, that soveral years boforo somo of theso uiter- nances wers mude, ho did eatablish the Mothodist Episcopal Church as an mdependout Church; that it 1a said thors, * Lecauso of many places being doatitote of tho Olristian sncraments, nud our venerabla fricud, who, uodor Guod, had boeu the fathor of tha great revival of roligion uow oxtonding over tho earth by means of tho Motbodists, determined to ordain ministers for America.” Then follows tho familiar story of Coko aud Asbury. Wil our brother tell us how Lo could do this work of ordination and canse- cration, and not bo guilty of civil troason to the Church of Ingland, and not really and iruly es- tablish o Church # Yot all this was douo jn 1784 ; aud somo of theso passagos against his own #ovorance wers pouned in 86, ‘a6, '80, and "84, Owur_explanation 1 casy, Itia Wealey's own, o did that for Awmerics, aftor uhe bad becumo independont, whiss ho had refused to do in Engiand as & member of ita National Church. 1o did the same in part for Beotlaud, and for tho samo reasou, that in_occlesinetical mattors sheivindependent of the Church of Englaud. But while, as bo himsalf saya n ‘01, It 14 too late for wo to turn into s now path,” Lo wisoly ar- ranged for his followers to turn, by doing for them precisoly what Le bad done for America, and to leave to them tuo opion, a8 he had found Ameries wisoly had oexerclaad it, to accont or r:ject thoto whom ko had chosen. Had their “loadership been acceptod, the English Meotlodist Episcopal Church to-day would have been refoiciny in the samo relation to their foundor” that “thelr brathren fn Americs are proud to poanoss, y I havo dwelt ou theaa polnta at nsoless longth, for thay are not juvolvea 1o tho (uestion b isgue. It iw not, Are our orders valid ¢ '],‘ha; aro, 1 they bhud come {rom uo Preabyteravon. * Any churet,” 1 declarod, * that had Jesus Christ in 1t wad ecclosinetically orthodox.” 'I'at our usity " bhiother must eay, sud bis Church, be- foro thero can Lo muy opoti unity. The Baptiut orlers tracud to sn ubbaptized person aro orthodox to thom, and must bo to tho Epjs- copalisu, bLefore thowo two cap ubito, R‘hu Presbyteriau, 1 ho traced bis ordors not ovol to a Prosuyter, mwuat be rackouad as TgWully ordainod g8 Greok or Yiomau, ko Cougreyationaliste, when ordamed, e glbl::vs":msumuu Loon, by lavimen of gregation, it cleric, Sl Sougreg are it clerical eaulity with ‘That is tho foundation stone antle cisn, that is tho slethogist ('umgr'-ulllu‘l:su.cm\‘!enl%- cept all of evory Christian church on thelr ordors, W should no more ru?ulm & Proteatant ¥pisco- palian to bo reordsined than a Mapust. l}heuk than & Congregationlist, 50 must (b6 Clonce o our brother uccept ul) ordinstious, 1f it geoky tho visble unity of the Chureh, ‘I'ugn yhe marringo will not be to hor, but with Ler, “Pyualicy of rightd,” said Charles Bumnor, |*it thy pirey of rights 1" This is us true in Cliurch as in Btate, Whion our friond pota realy tu stiiray that Lig Cuurch will recognize that muom, it will bo propor to talk of unity ; nover beforo, ‘Tt TRIUNR, which €0 gouerously wof, cecloslastical cloariny-houss, will ey o resan. ulder its Judgment aud rocall it4 wivics, It iy not proven that Wealoy had uo jiersonsl gcelei- ustical rolations wilh Ersewmuns, The ehargos of ‘Toplady and the silence of Wesley uuder thow ma.o that sllirmative strong. Wesley uover Jot an hour paus when gravo charges wers made acainst himibat be did nos tatly dony thow, Why thus silence? Nor is it proven that Bishoy Coke was dissatiafied with s powers and rang as a Bishop, bat wrovgly tho contrary, Nor i It theiofuro nouvessary for Metbodists to take vholier uuder Lishoy Nul’.nuqfliu or Bishou ' d prefor, had they to seek such protection, the High-Church obriim of Do Roven or Manning, ns being eloser to the plish, if not Greek, cngm. Thov are ¢ tent with thermrelves, Whethier of Panl throt Linxmua, or of Wealay thiro yh Coka, the: katisfied. They ato of Clrias, ‘they that Tastly Baheva, and the Chinrel that i Hins canond- cal or not in the eves of others, in at peaca in il self, and rojoicea 1 tha prosency &l paver of its Mastar.* Such hns beon. such Joug may bo, thio Methodist Episconnl Chinrch. And now, when oditor or rorreapardent urees the union of this great body of bulievers with anv othor ehnreb, lot each finst bo caroful to lay down conditions tiay do not in the loast disro- gard tha claims and nights of the elder, largor, &nd passbly niore eanonical church, Lot them romembier that * Lqaality of rights s tho firet of Hghta." and conduct thomeolves with tha courtosy that theaxiomroquiree. The tosaof thoappeal is well. Lot jtn offore booqually axcellent, and tho wrayer of tho potitianer wiil bo iu tho way of bo- 1 anawered, Fill then 1ot each work and dwell ppart, mutize fn outward fellowshin, recogniz- fng the equal ecclosngtical bicthnght of each, torgeiting, on tho one hand, the non-giving and Nog's tiead's impe:ifection fu vucoession, and on tho other, John Weslos's possibly indepondent action, and ro haatening forward the honr when. if tho Church still be tha hand alvided in its fingers, it shall also he the hand united in its feel.ng full palin, and strong wrisl, nod poserful arm, and symeuotrical body, anid einglo soul in Jesus Christ tho Lord, Evor truly yours, G. Havsy, —— MOODY AND SANKEY. FALLING-OFF 1N ATTENDANCE, New Yorg, Nov. 6.—There 1s & pereaptiblo falling-off in tho attendauco at tho Moods and Hankey prayer-meeting, veld in the Talinsga Tabernaclo overy morning. Tho decrossod at- tondanco wag accounted for on Tacaday Ly tho election ; on Wednoudny by the auxicty to know the result, and on Thursday by tho ram, To- day thoro 18 noithor eloction, anxioty about it, nor rain, and vet thore s tho smnallest attondanco of the weok. Thoro wero about 100 requent for vrayer, sud Jr. Noadliam, the Irish evangolist, offerod & fervent wraer. Afler a hymn, Mr. Moouay apoke on the ofticasy and necessity of praver, and recommendod his hearers (o road tho elaventh chanter of .John, at loaat onca a doy untit Fridav noxt, winoh 48 tho das ent apart for fasting and prarer, aud nsk God that their pray- org might Lo anewered, nnd that they might Lo soparated Irom tho wotld. A number rose for prayors, and a numbor roquested prayers for those who woro lylng 1. Mr. MMoody then prayed, and said: * To-motrow we will have n woeting for disaatisfled Christians, and all thosa who aro eatisticd can Atay away, Tha meetivge RO far lavo appeared to Lo attendsd only by Christian pooplo and members of churchea.” PLEMOUTH CHMTHCI AND MOODY, Plymonth Cburch has adopted & resolution providing that Mr. Beecher and his dencons con- for with Mr. Moody, ond that thoy bo suthor- ized, if tho ovangelist has no objections, to an- noinice the first of a sorics of daily | rayer-moot- iugs for next Monday moruing, lo tha discus- sion of ¢his subject, ono mumber said: ** Let us show enongh Christian apirit to go with the others to the mectings in tho Tabernaclo. Let 8 sliow no desire to stand alaof fiom our Rister chnrches, cveu though they may not ba cordial toward us.” v Ho would say: * Professing C bristinn, whero att thou?” Lot thoir miuds go back over the years vinee their conversion. and spo woat was tbe offoct of their influnnca; whether It was for God or agatet Him. Do their neighbors know thoy ato children, or in order to tind out would thoy have to ko and cousalt the recurds of some church and #oo M thewr oames wero writion there. Professing the Church of Cod in tho greatest obatacle’ to converslon of ginmers, Christiaos, instead of boing witnesses to the truth, ware, for tho most part, falso witoerses, professors in nawe, yel off in tho world. o was_onco on bueincss in a little town in Ilinois, and found it greatly stirced over the _death of n prominent local morchaut. Bofore his death the ductor epaie #0 lum sbout his soul: *'Why,” sald the morchant, *I bave known you for a great many vears, and, il thero is any roality in tho Christian relfzion, wby did you put off speaking about it uatil now ?” Tho words **why did you not tell mo befora?” kept ringing in tho doctor's ears, 1lo wont Dext dsy to tell the moerchauc it was not yet too late, bat the Intter said it wae, and Lo died unconvertad. Tho doctor conld never forgive himself for not spesing sbont Christ to his friond during tho many years of intmato sequalntance with bim. Hoa many como to tho rink night after vight, and perhaps tho wan eitting next to them i4 weeping, yet wlonm tho worvices are over they ‘take wup their Lats and watk ont. Tho cry lae gone abroad, ** Am I my brather's koepor 2" Nine ont every ten Christlans are a stumbling-block in the way of uanbeliovers, Bmd s young man tn his friend tho other night: * This Christianity , ia _all eham. They are olt hypuerites I+ Why," replied bis friend, * yon would mnot call your mother n hypoerito !" **Why, no," eaid tiie young man. * butdo vou think my mother belioves what sho profeases ? Do you think, if sbo bLolioves that loat, that sbio would naver tollmo of it?" ‘Lhatis tho way thoy would reason. Men o not read tho Hible, but they read Christians, and tho lat- ter whould bo living onwtles of (iod, read and kuown of all men, It every professing Chriatian would begin to work, thoy would see a mixhty roformation. Tho churches 21N CHICAGO TRIBUNFE SATURDAY. TEVIVIL, D atudd, shows thal they always com- menea with the commion possio: thero never wan o that ditnot #0 commeunce, Tho poor W tira et converts to the Christian Chuteh, Kt. Chegsostom, Luthor. and Whitefleld firat preachied to the poor, and by the poor were first loritled Tho best statoment vou catl mako from me,"ho wawl to a roworter, ‘i ths: I have a free porswee every Hunday night intonded tor the very class of peoplo lo wlom they aro spenking, at wiich I usa their hymu-book. In mv aphfiun thero will bo a great religfous awak- oning lomg bafora thoy como to Now York. Doy tho past sumeuor tho Ioneo of Livangal- ista have brean holding at the aterago filtosn apan-air meetings avery Sunday,—a figuro never rvosched bofore. This aud many other indicationy point to groat setivity i religlous concerns, I am in favor of everytbing that wiul aid Moody and Sinkoy, and 1wy opinion ia that lasting bene- it Wil vesuls from their work.! THE REY. 0, B, FROTUINAHAM #aid he wan decllodiy opnosea to the movement on principlo, Ho was oppoed to it not beeauro it was condneted by Moody and Sankey, whom ho belicved earuost and nhonest, but becauso bo did 1ot Loliove it wonld effect auy po.manont pond. Tt was a movement that should not bo encontaged, he thought, Ao far as he liad nt atl thaueht about it, It would nu doubt be fruitfut in cating furth 8 good deal of praise aud prayer, hut wotiid bo mora likely to oxhanat the mult- udo than fay suy foundation for solid progress. tmprovoment in human aociety could not he utimuistod by such ovanescent mieans, All such wxeitements are followed by a mischief-working reac:fon, which leaves tho communlty in & worse conditiou fur a tins than 1t nag previous to their advent, Appealing m this way to human fears and hopes undnly agitated people, and thoe ex- citement sepznz tho assembled mns- gavo an air of sincerity to tho whole, whilo only a very smail proportion wli be found really oarnest, nud thora were £o bofore. Aftor tha great Now En- plund rovivali—during which the emotions woro unduly rt.rrof—vico got 10, and 8 woero condi- tion of soviety eucceeded, Such agitations aro frrational, wnd tond to no pormaneut good. I Lelieve in moro ratiorst methods,” ho saud, * far tho itnprovemont of soviety. I do not think that Mr. Moody's audicnces carry homo with thom many new tdeas. Indeed, ho does not ap- pear al any paing toappeal to thairintelloct at all, [ do not believe that any elovation of society or any dimunntion of vice resulted from their work in Bagland, 1donat believa they closed there pormancntls a slugle gin-shop or a ringle broth- ol Tho whole dritt of mv reading hna led up to the conclusion that all such attempts g thov aro making havo resulted tn positivo ovil. Peoplo strtdenly and violantly aroused to roligious on- thusiasm do vot keep up the fervor with which thoy commonecd, and when s relapse compd it leaves thom worso thao thoy were at first, 1tis like applyjog the galvanic battary to a poot, dis: abled muan, and makiog him jump about fora moment or two, oniy to leave him in s moro wenkoned condition from tho eoffects of tiio shock, No good ean como of any offort to gal- vanizo souls, When Mo.dy and Hankay coma to Now York I shall conelder it my daty to rtudy thom moro clokely than [ bave hitherto cared 1o a, and as a pubdlic teacher it may be my duty to speak oponly my opinian of them snd the offect of their work, At prosont [ should think 1t would be difiicult to ascertain detinitely the opin- 100 of the minwstry oo this quostion. Thero are many of thom who are afzatd of running coin- ter 1o pinular notlons,—afraid of what Alrs. Grundy will sny,—and, not standing upon tho plilosophy of the thing, will appesr wiling to tolerato it for the poasibie rood tn it. My oppa- sition o it 1a founded on priseiplo; on a diabe- lief 1n the Irno efticasv of it, und a0 objection to galvanizing (ho souls of the community, Thewo peoplo were a novelty in Luglaud ; their metlod 18 Dot now hiore," TIE ELECTION-DAY RERVICES, Tha gomi-holiday mannor m which clection day 14 observed kept many men away from their husness, and permitted tbom to sttond the early vrayer-meeting. Thero was a Intgo proportion of iwen 1n the sudienco, roversing tho 1atio that liad been usual of two women to ono man. The 1-oliticinng xeomed to be awaro that thera waa an unuxnal harvest to be gathered for thore wore runnerd fiom the different candidates ready to wmeet the deporting congregation, and busily to distribute ticke:s among 1hom., JMr, Moody, 1n his séimon, followed out thoe subject of redemption threugh faith, which bas heen Lis themo for eeveral Jagye. e read tho stors of the woman who, sick with the plague, pressed throngh & crowd of men, and, rouching the hem of Clirist's purmont, was hooled. **Bue wae a poor womau,” gaid the prozcher, **who, Leating that the Lord was in tho town, grabbed up her faded, throadbare shawl, and Ler woll- worn sun-bovuet, and hurried to flul Him. 1If uho was aliva now, sbo would probably be spond- ing al! Lier mooey for patent medicinee, going would bo 40 thronged that the pooplo would not bo ablo to get into them, Andrew's tivst thought after finding Chrint was to go and seok Peter, and when he had found him he brought him to Jesnz, Tho Church of Clrist was asloep, and naoded a great awakening., At the concluelon of the sposker's diacourge, Mr, Bankey sang & hymn, and the benediction ‘ras prouounced. An inquiry meoting was afterwards beld in tho adjoining church, aud was atteuded by many pouple, LAST NIGHT'S MEFTINO, Tteliglons servicas 8t tha Drookiyn Rink tns evening wero woll attended, the place being filled to its utmost capacity. 3r. Moody gave out the hymn, **Guide me, Oh ‘Chough Great Jeliovah," which was suug by the cutiro congre- inlou. and the Rev. Dr. Atmitage, of tho Fifth venua Baptist Chureh, led in oaruest prayer. Mr. Bankoy thon saug, * Froo from Law, Oh, lllfiny Conaition," and M¢, Moody read a portion of tho let’chapter of Ht. John, bogin. mng at_the Oth verso, after which he offered prayer. In giving out tho usual announcoments, be ™ ogmn fwprossed ou Chrisuana the necessity of staying away from evening servioes on Hunday, Io said that if they came and occupled tho best weatn tho ushers would be under the necessity of turning them out. The meoting an Bunday ovening was to Lo one for digeatlsfiod Christisns, that wus, Cliris- tians who were not satistied with themselves, 1o took histoxt from tho Oth varuo of the 3d chap. tor of (ieneris: * Whoro art thou #" This waa the flist quostion put to wan after the fail, tiod way proachor tuon, and thore wore but two lu the cougrepation. Adam lad gone away and hid bimself, aud wo read that bo leard tho voice of (od as ho walkod though tho wardon, calling out, ** Whete art thou?"" From that time to the Rreaont men have the same faculty of trving to :do thoir #ine. ‘Tho first thought with wan aftur he committed 8in wad as to how ho could couceal it, just sy if anythiog could be hidden from God. Mavy of us Lavo a-ked ourvelves the question at one time or another. It did wot matter nuck, however, what we thought of our- selves ay regarded our standing m tho eyes of our follow-men, Tho most important nestion 1s, **Ilow do we stand In the eya of od7" Wo wmay divide tuis sudionce into firty classes, but God weas only two i those who are for llim, and thosn who are agalust Him, He (the apeaker) would hike to mako threo divisions of tho andivucs : Profossing Chrlstlan, back- shdur, and unconverted wan, OPINIONS U¥ CLEROYMEN, Mr, Boachor lauc Bunday marning prayed for ¥ thoso wanderlug ovaugellsts,” Mesurn, Mondy and Sunkey, askiug thob thuy might not tie roue dored vain or solf-conncloud by tho praises of wen, but attributo ail tho truits of their work to tho benellcence af God. His own prase of the rovivalists, or at all events of Mr. Moody, wus by uo weans unquahified, Iu his sermoa Liv eaid bLe had hstened recently with profound Iutorcet to the words of the evangoiiats. As a winister it had uot ofton been his privilege to hoar so atirring a seroion from a layman. He rejoicod hoart und goul in tho wuccoss God hud given Moody, o tad not been ko moved for » great whilo us whou he saw oue worabiper risiug to ank tho congrogatlou to pray for & brathor, au- other for a futher, and & third for a husbaud oc nchitd, 1o heard Mr. Moody speak of inces. sant prayer, uoanswored for fiftesu vears, and rolato soveral touchiug instancos of tho abiding faith that was st Iast rewarded, **Al, Mr, Moody," said Mr, Beechor, * vou wero mistaken n tuat no man over yot prayed for tifieon yoary without hus prayer bawg auswered, Not, por- lavs, precisoly fu the way he desired stthe’ the, but with & muuiticeuce that fur surpassed st Lis auticipations, ‘Yo auswer cauie, and will Ways cowe, in the iucroaged faitl, in the wybe bwo resiguation that enabled hiw to pray stead. fastly for fifteon yoars,” TU LEV, MTEPHEN . TYNG, TR, sstor ot Holy Triuity Protcataus Lpiscopal Lurch, i & zoxlouw wdvocate of tho movemens -of Qulucy. from one kind to another, and all the timo wit] porfeot faith that a curo would be wrought. Bho went to try the henhing powdrof the Savior, just 08 su0 would try a vottlo of patent medicine, but sho had faith in Him, sud was curel.” In tho evening of tho samo day Mr. Moody told the storv of the blind beggar, Bartimons, who sras mado to 8en, and exhibited tho peeu- iaritiea of his dialect to s marked degreo, e said: *Aftor Barlimous was cured tho flist lmmi Lo did was to say to himself, * Now I gucss L will o right down to Jericho and look at my wifo and seo what kind of o wwoman sho is.' And he rau as fast as bo could. And Lo mot noigh- Lur, who askod who ho was. *ft's mo, who was bliad,’ ciiod Bartiuneus., *Why, whera did you Kot them oyes 2’ askod the neighbor, And Bar- timens answaered him and burriednlong." Aguin, Lluncrlhln§ tho rapture of = young convart, ho uaid : **llcavon was iu his eye, and ateruity on his ovobull,” There waa iv the Rink a man who livesin Conpectiont who had an engagement on Satar- dey to take n g:\mg woman to o theatro, As ho way standing boforo a mirror ariavgiog his bair, somothing told bim, so ho savk, that he muss wot keep his sppointment. flo thercforo ro- mained 1 bis roow, and on Bunday morniog ho went for tho tirst time to liuten to Moody and Sapkey. te attonded all the sorvices that day, snd ou Monday morning, instead of going homo to take caro of important business, be tried a prayor meoting in the Wabernacle, aud on Mon- day night Le went into the iuquiry room, *1 cai't understand why I do such thiugs," said be, * for my businoss domands me every momont, But, instend of ygolng home, I stav at tho Bt. Nichulas Hotol and follow up all these meetitgs. And I can’t got away from them," THE POWEZR OF PRAYED, Tathe Editor af The Clhrcano Trisune : Losie1eLy, Nov. 1.—In June, 1871, Mr. Moody, of (licago, wa# called to tho chair to pro- uide over our Btato Sabbath-Schiool Convone tion, which was in_eossion in (ke City The day on which offlcers wora to bo olected for the coming year the Rivk (at which the Conveotion was hald) con- tainod thousands, thero being ropresontatives from noarly every county lu Lho Btate. A motion wan mado nominatiug our entiro official Htate ‘Board for ra-clection, One mambor objected to the motion, staifug that ** ha was not iu favor of laving our State Sabbatb-school work run bya r)uf." eto, 'This was liko & firobrand cat in the widat of our labors, wnich bid fair to consnme that epirit of harmony which had prevaled in tho nasombly, Mr. Aloody, comprahending the situation, #aid, Y Let ud pray,” The solemnity and power of thal prayer is still frosh in the minds of bun- dreds who wore witneswses of its effcct, It wes followed by ove of Puilip 'hillips’ swest songs of Zion, sud this vase Christian sssembly pro- ceeded barmonlously to tho election of ita ofti- cinl Nst without a Jar or divcordant element. ‘Elis was one of the home victorios of the hum- ble Evaugalist whose power of tho Maater i baing mauifested 1 Christoudom, R. W, Hixcrrey, NO LIGDTRY IN THE ARRVICZS, New York Herald, Thero is na usrrowing sentimont of soetarian- lam in Jir, Moody's wmiud. When a stubborn bigot tho otier day aekod him to pray for tho cenverdlon of “thirteen frienda who wora Io- wan Catholics,” tho Evangelist promptly do- el Baying there wore au wany uutbo‘(u who wero Chrisuisne a8 Protestants, and that the Catholio road to Honven was 28 suro ps Buy otnar, it pnu{rlo only kopt in it, As mast of our Lrotestant Rtevivallsty foel that their meln duty la to denounce the Pope and invoke the Litterest memorivs of a !;Ionmy and terribla past, thle ovidence of charily aud fair play ou the L“‘ of the Lrooklyn Movivalist is pralse. worthy. BANXEY'S JITING, Aew York Herald, The #ongs and bywns of Mr. Ssnkoy area powerful influonce, Mir, Bankey Las an ox- presaive, sympathetio voice, and, a4 he belioves whet Lo ways. bis musiojs & prayer. Nay, wo ara told that the utmoss paiua sre takon to Lave tho' congregation wing {n certam tonew, in o ehiout, or & whisper, no as to give dramatio ‘effoct’ to thede manifestations. In other words, the tricke of miustrelsy aud opera. The **offecta” of the lyric xtago are myvked to pro- duco the proper impression upon the miude of the peoplo. 'Tho Lymus, 80 far aa we have read thetw, are not without wmorit. They ary simple, exprosuive, and easily undorstood. But thev fack the devotion, tho™ higher epint of praive sudeworship, which mark tha bywns of Watts, Olarles Weeloy, and John Nuwton—of Dod- deidge and Heber—uot to speak of the imwmor- tal utrafuw of Lwvid, There iv nathlog to com- paro yith * 8ing My Tougae, the Savior's Glo- xi’" of Thomas Aquinss, or “Tho Spacious tnosment ou Hizh" of Addison, or * Vital Bpark of Hesvouly Flame” of Popo, Why is it shat these bymussud tho inspired peslms of NOVEMBER 6, 1875 af Measia, Moods and Saukoy. Tho hietory of | David fa *crows. Ko tamely upon the eara of Christinn mon, wion a quaint and superticlal ¢ poet's eor- ner " gone abuat ding n tort antil yemtoree- menta cowd, 0: onding nabeep that had viras e Trom the fold, or aloat Jesus of Nazarelh pange 1ng by, wilt move hundreds of tears tnd awaitn the suint of praver an tho dormant lioarts of multituden 2 NAODY COMPARED WITH OTHER REVIVALISTS, New York sun. Brother Moody Is not of acholarly hatit, o (loos not possoss o trained mind, In thought, ho in nstrow and shallaw. 1n ‘langurge, hin vocabulary je meagre, ITo {n not gifted with oloquenco of any port. 1To haa n very limited power of ratiocinatiop, 1fe i nhnost whally destituto of the faculty ot imagination, and hin only ustrations are stories, which, thoush routetinies tonehinply told, are of poor qualily s ntories. ITo naver studied doctninal theology, and in not at all conversant swith the moorec quoations -of Bivlieal interpretation, e does not seom to ho a man of marked ahility, natueal or aequiied, in any diroetion, and wo bave uot been ahlo to discover in Uim any anch fore of character as could holp to account for his sucs cerd, ‘Thero is an ill-detlned sort of thing called porsonal magnotism, which sowme people suppoee to ho tho secret of indiviaual influenco; Lut wo 1ar nA wo bave ever found out what is impliod by that tarm, and fo far 28 wo have ohserved tho men who are said to bo its possessars,—men liko Henry Clay, for example,—o do not aoa that it oxivté to any oxtent in Brothier Moody. In mavy of thero reapects Mr. Moody differs from other 1cnowned rovivalins, John Wesloy and George Whitolield waro scholors and theolo- piang, men af eminent intelloct. and posnesacd of #rent powoers of cloquence. Wintetlold wasa consummate arator, had a plowing imagination, and moved tho vast multitudes whom ho ad- dresaed through forcen which aro appreciablo to the human mind. ~ Wealov was nov only a man of rich apecely, but had tho very genius of n Car- not for orgamzation. Furchermore, both of them wera men ot groat natural force and strik- ing porsonal charactér, Thoe colobrated rovivals ints of our timee, befoio tha appearance of Moody and Sankoy, were the Rov. Mr. Finnoy, Elder Knapp, and'the Rev, Mr. Ifammond, the last named of whom bas boon operating in the Wostern Btates. Kvapp was n rude-man, an oxtravagant senantionnlist of the most excitable and excitlng kind, aud won wuch succoss as be hsd among people who were liablo to bo catried away by Lis appesls. About Ham- mond wa know loss, thought wa understand that bis power i priucipallv over childron, who Aro casy Victims {o sontimentality and torror. Fiuney, {ho most notable of thoso named, wrought out great rosulta 1n his time, viner, ho was learned in theology and motaphys- ica, belonged to the achool of high Calvinism, nnd posrossod o Jugieal faculty of such extraor- dinary potency that, whon once he got bold of sn audionco by means of {t, evory sinnor bofore him was selzod with an abject fecling of help- lossness and dospair. We havo seon him gran- Ylnd with s multituda 111 they seomad naralyzod. 1o would set out with syhat appearod to be an obvioua proposition, and, it vou admitted it, or wora in o pnssive or pliablo stato of mind, ho would wind the unyiolding chain of logio aronnd your soul il resistange was imporsible. ‘Ihen ho would mako such s displav of Divino ven. geance and tho torrurs of the law as drove tho shrinking soul to prostrate itself botore tho kVn shonld look to Brother Moody in valo for any such powera as belonged to White- finld, Wesluy, Finney, and othor succossful re- vivalists, s MOODY'S INQUIRY ROOMS. AN ENULISH OPISION OF THEAM, London Pall Malt Gazetre, The svatem of *inquiry rooms" fntroducod by Measra. Yoody snd Sankoy does uot nppear to bo altogother a success, and at a conforance of ministers held at Livorpool laat weel, with referenco to tho continuance of' the revival movomout, tho **abuses of the Inquiry room” formwed the subjecs of a discussion. Yaung per- eous, i sooms, havo found moans of onrulling thomaelves among the workors, somo of them Raming admission to tho room ou the pretense, of belng “inquirors,” and hayo boon seon ** talk- iog unscriptural rubbish to persona old eno:gh to ba their grandfatliers and grandmothore.” A great many yonng moo snd young women, more- ovor, it {a stated, uee tho inguiry room for tho purpose of carrying on flirtstions, and it was urgod that too much caution coula not be exor- cised In selocting the pursons upon whom the rosponsibility reatod of couversing with those who desira spiritual counsel, Thero can be no doubt that the prosonco of theso wolves in uheop's clothing ought not to ho tolerated in any well-reguluted inquiry room, but it ia to bo fonrea thore will be mucl: dififculty In dotecting thom. TPorhaps the best plan would be o cstab- lish & preliminary penance of a sufficiontly s~ ngroenblo pature—such as having tho head uE:vnd-—n 8 tost of siucority. J00DY'S OWN VIEWE, New York Witneas, Mr. Moody, on comumeucing his discourse, eaid ; Bome paople got the impression thig was to be an ** inquiry-moeting,” as T annonacad that the subject of inquiry-meotings could be dis- cussed here. I want to talk about tho **inquiry- room.” I beliave mora good can be dono thote than in all the other mcotings. There i no branch of ‘my work 80 much opposod us tho in- quiry-meetingyaud when Batan finda 5o much tault with suything I think thore must bo some good init. Ove hundred find light In the in- «quiry-room whero ouo linds it intho preachg servico. Tho nail is drivon in the proaching service, but It {3 not clinched. There is vothing brought agalust the inquiry-meetings from the Beriptures, I like to have a man draw hie Bible on me. If he can convinco me thore 1 yield the “‘szcn’“ In Luko iil., 9, we find theap words ¢ “ And now, also, tho nxo is laid unto the reot of tho trecs ; ovory treo, therofore, that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the firo.” ¢ Aud the people asked him, sayiug, what shall wo do then ¢ Bo you soe Johu, the wilderness proscher, had su inquiry-meoting on tho banks of the Jordan. I hiopo it will be so hero. John aaid: " He that hath two coats, givoe him that bath nooo.” e gave them good ad- vico, you ses, in the inquiry mosting. e add- od: “Igact no more than what is appointed you." ‘This was good advico, I'tia ia just what ho would say to politicians nero in Brooklyn to- day. ‘The soldiers demanded : * What shall wodo #" John eaid : ** Do violence to no ma: “ Bo content with your wages,” In Jobn's lay, bis preaching atirred ap the inquirers, - Lvery Christian should watch for iuquirers, Look at Matt. viii, 80 : **And Jesus sent tho muititude sway, and went into the Louss, and His digciples camo uuto Him, ssying, Doclare unto us tho tares of the flold.” The wildornoss preacher had an_inguiry meating on the bauks of tha Jordan, aud now Christ Iiimaolf led an inquiry meotiog among Ihs dmclflla. snd Ho andwered them gladly, ‘Thore aro threo mothods of roligions work—worslup, teaching, sud pro- claimiug the Guspel, What do you think ofa man who sets his not all and vever pults it in? It we expect it and dosire it wo shsil catoh gomething, Josus sald, ‘¢ Hayo yon underatoad all these things 7" After vome of your minis- ters bavo preached metaphysica do thoy inquire of you, *Do you understand all I have eaid 7" Thore aro Lundrods in Lrooklyn who would bo glud to inquire of you of the way of sslvation, (3att, xviti,, 21), **Then came Poter to 11im, and saud, Lord, how oft aball my brather sin sgainst e, and I forgive him? till sevon times "' *'Yea," snya Christ, ** tl sevonty timon waven!” Christ @n7e Peter an houest Answer, Christalways hes an anawor and a welcome. Bo must wo if wo would onooutago people to come to Ulrist. Each of you take somo uncooverted frisnd with you to the Rink to-night, and pray for nim awhile. I proach, and there will ba 1,000 in the inquiry weoting to-pight. I never saw an anxious church but it bad inquirers sesking OClriat, Look at_Nicodemus inquiring, **Whnt shall I do ?" Dr. Andrew Bouwr, of ‘Sootland ways; “I can just imagine Nicodomus, coming to John and saylng: ¢ I was up to ses your Master last bight, I nover hoard m man talk as Le did. I could not sleep lass pight. He said God 8o loved the world that Hs gavo Lls anly begotten Hon. Oh, what a privilego to bo with Him!'® #o with the women at the well. The sweatest chapters in the Iibte are thoso whero Chnet spoke only to ong perwon. Oh, you #ay, that was when Christ wus on the earth ; if ho were hero now I would go right to Hitnand talx to Him, Dutwhen Poter was preaching tbey stopped him, snd said, ** Mon and brethren, what shall we do?” He had to get down from hig dc.y-snndu box, per- haps, aud talk with inquirors. What would they do o the foshionable churohics in New Yorkif sanio one should cry out ** What shall I do to be saved 7"’ Ob, mey God have morcy on & slum. iug, slesplug Church | Ob, the Juxury of bring- ing aBoul to Qurist] Philip oame o a city of Hamaria and was haviog a groat rovival, and God told bim to go lnto the desert, o tell oue man the way of life. I never mot & man who did not owe his con- version to some one individual bringiog bis in- fluouce to bear on lum, If the mintater's preach. ing arauses sinners, don's let thew escapo out of the Gospel uet, so that t! vil will eatch them ‘{‘h- devil Iy wideawake, nod anderstands his busivesa. A minister in Bootland said, ++Don't troubla the seed § lot {t grow." * Hut," sald I, *it nosds barcowing in,” “When you sow, think of the res; timo: sow with one hau sud roap with the ofhior. The Lord cawe from heaven to sond Anuanisd to toll Paul what to do As ndi- VELVE PAGES to ho savel. Who knowa but God hiaa sent somn Saul 1 Brooklyn tor yout iy go an'd saek out and rava? (bl wsns ha veswel nearoert at hand Ha s man wara sone to Jopna to gt Pator to o and teash Corneling, who s his honmo full of neople, and the Holy Ghost ol on them and thoy wore all convorted. | look on the inquirg moeting as tho meotmg. Tho wark must be pare ronal effort, It is o hand-to-haud fight. e ars chaunels through whicl the grace flows, Dani hiad n hirod house, but it war a houno for inquir- ora Lo reaort to. [listory anys & wamnn caine to Paul’s bouschold, was convertad, And afiorward carried tho firat soed of the Gospel to llritam, They uamo to Paul's house in Itomo Lo Josrn the way of lifo. not to kiss his great too! When ho annhml m Athens, the multitudoe went awav, bt a fow atayer at tho m:}nlry mooting, When I wana boy, if I had a heed sum in atitbmotio I would atay aftor achool and aek tho toacher how todolt. Thie was an inquiry meeting, I was walking along the streets tho other day and lost my way. I nekod o man to tel) mo tho way to tho Tberuacle, Thin wan un inguiry meoting, ** Let hum that hearath say como!™ The woman who talked with Chr,st_at tha well atirred the whole Ssmarian town, She had found tho way, and sli6 riugn all tha bellsof tha town to call hor noiglibors. Thera i a fountain fn London that i oponed by a ejrrm;:. A wan wanted to drink, but o ons canld toll him how tooponft. At 1ast a littlo dirty buot-black stops np and touches the spring, aud tho watur gushien ont. o kuow more than the Bishop of London about it. Last mght I talked with fnquirera in tho Mathodist Chnreh til 11 o'clock, and had to como away and loavo mowe, all breaking dnwn, withoct spanking tothem. A groat work has already commencad in Brooklyn. ~ If Chriatiaus only take hold of tho pergonal “work In the nquiry meetivgs wo shall sco o mhduf' revival, " When I wng in Dundee, Scotland, a laly came all tite wey from London, 600 nutes, with her two twin bovs, aud came to tho lnquiry-meating, aud seid, * Mr, Moody, wiil yon nou taik with my two boys?" I snid, ** yen, if you will go and falk with some- ono elso,” ‘Tho laat night of {lio mectings the last-boy vielded himueif up to God! At the Inat moeting, just boforo going to London, I raw a Iady slono ia tho gal ory, dressad fu black, I woit to speak to ier, "It wes the samo lady, Mra. C., tho wifo of a wealthy barrister in Lon- don, whose boye wore converted st Dundee. I nshod lier how she got on, Bud slie: * On, how thaukfal Lam that T took me boys to Dan- doo, Ono of thiom divd throo mouths ago, Aud now, {a there aasthing I can do in the meotings in London?" % You," pald I, ** go_{uto the {n- quiry-moetings.” B8lia worked in all four of the Y‘ at Loudou meotings. At the closs, I seked ior what wero tho results, Bhe raid: 1 am sure that I have Jod 150 to Ohrist,” Rlho would NAs avery means to ap 'roach tbe anxious. ofton taking them home with bor in Ler carrisgo, and corragponding with thum. She laid sslde evory- thing,—varties, plonsurcs, overything. \With your Bibles open, let ua get ready for our work, Noxt Wedneedoy at 4 p.m. I will givo anothor Biblo roading, and ehow you more abuut it, Dring your Bibles, sod papor and poucila, Victorin Mother-in-Lnw to i Poct. Tho Queen of Grent Britain and Iretand and dofendor of tho faith did not know what o trensuio sho was getting with hor son-m-law, tho Marquis of Loine, which his name is Joan D. Buthorland, the D standing for Dougles, 1lo yan wealiby, all know : the Princess Louiso loved htin passing woll : be wad s Scoteh Poor and conld only it in tho Houso of Lords bv election, and beaides, his wito was so far off tho succossion that no daugerous civil war could ever bo startod by the youog Marquis of Lomn, who bad brothers-in-law enough to suppress him with all bhis clan, Ile thorefore took his harp and made o posm, Tho tpio of this poom isa guod indica- cation of tha Jemocratic toudency of tha ago even among counoctious of tho Roysl blowd. It rolatos howa Spanish knight with pleaty of followors and pedigreo foll iu love with a tisher- raan's dunghter, and how it was a good thing tor hin even in tne aristocratio evo aud iden of the koight's fathor, ere is & picture of the protty little knight riding by his papa: The younyer nian, who fol.osed at his aide, Bo16 the eame dmpresw of 8 lolty pide: . But ali hin beariny lacked the rigid mold ‘That fa tho elder of tough motal told. ‘Fhus za tho nire, with patient care, ourveys ow cvery movemcnt ita tralued akill displayt “The son Lut saunters lieedlesaly nlong, Hia lips Just muemuring ns they shape so 1118 lasgo, gray eys was rostless as the thougin That ficed ug purpose {u the mind it wonght. Ono Joweled biand was on hia dagger laid. With polnted Leard tho other often playod, Or awept (rom neck and shoulder curis that, flnag In studied negligence, upon them hung. Yet, though ho seonied irresolute and wenk, A tluah of prido would rise npon hi eleek Whien b aire chid bim a8 “stripling val, Almost unworthy of his gallant traln,” And told him if ho cared not for snctl stete, To “go play ball within the castle gato 1" ‘Tho old man cannot movo the aforunamed Guldo to think of butchertvg Moors, and a rog- uiar theatrical storm takea place, o tbat they both take refugo in a flsherman's hut, . Here Guido soos thoe Lsroine of the poem, Lita: A maid whoso arcbing brow and glancing oyos Told of passing, timorous surprise; Whoss treases Lulf concealed a neck that ralsed! A liead tlnt classio ars might woll have prajsed, Framed with the bair, in glossy masses thrown From foreliead whiter than Carrars's stone, Her foce's Linoaments, cloar cut and atralght, BMight stow that sterzncss livod her nature's mate, DI not the smilo that over them would steal ‘Another mood, as favorite, reveal: ¥lno lind not slimplos ou the sunburned chook Holped tho eye's mustiment 60 oft to apoake O'er beauteous mouth and ronnded chis there strayea Strongtl'a haughty slgn, that powerand will botrayod Bt braken by o genticnesa of voul ‘That throuph her steadfant gszo iu softnesa stolo, iler form was atroug and lithe, Hho camo and made A alight obelsanco, 4 though Kalf sfraids Then #l09d—n coarse robo Hlowing to her feot, Kach Itmb round shadowod $u tha Atful heat, Itis plain from this ¢hat Walos had beltor have dahiod bis doparturo for India to give some advico to Lorne, who may bo following tho old nu’f'a tracks, [be unightly chap,Guido, soos the girl agaln on tho soashore, when hor foet mado a deep im- preasion on his heatt ag the wind and waves ro- voalad and whitoned them. Ho could not stand it. Ile mado occasion to meet hor in & wood, and thie Is tho way sho reapouded: filis shrank awsy from him, If not with fear Yot with n atart, aa timid as the deer Who first haa saon the long acoustouned food Offered by atrangers, snd in doubtful mood Retire?, distruatful for » spaco, to gaza 1t it apy dager in their novel way, But sho declines to marry him till he tests his love by a yoar's absence, during which time sho 1a carrled 1nto captivity by tho Moors, and obl: escapos b[v] giving the old Maor, who has resolves to aunox her, poison, Arriving home in Prov- ence, Guido's father resolves to whip the Moor; the Moor also was on tho war-path for tho old Christian, Thoy fight, nnd tho old knight rots bis death wound, aud Guido finds bim gasp- ing thero, attondod by his fisher girl afiiancod. The old knight says in a poctical way: * Liless ye, my children | I awm passing in my chips,” The Count of Provence aweara it khall be o if Guido will go to war awhilo, whick: bo does. Thou tho wodding ia described by the Msrquia of Lorne, quite uphike Dr, Russell’s way of doing it 3 Beo whers the church's door is opened wide, A statoly pageant through ita portals glide, ‘Two knee) befura tho altar hutd §u hand, Whilo thronged around Provence's warriors stand, ‘Tho prayer {4 said—{lien, 2a the anthoin awalls, A peal rings out of happy marriage bells, Grief pales and dics "icuth love's ascending sun, For knight aud maid bave biont their livo n one, Tho vereo is really horolc, tho bost thing bojog this good soutimont ¢ Yride of kinesge, pomp of power, Moap dishouor on the drono, Tfo alinll Jora his strength who uever Usos it for folr endesvor Dricf his hour! Thero aro many worse poots than the Marquis ovon in the magazines. 1ie says what ho moans, but caunot o aronnd it so doxterously as anotbor sore of poot. SIS VS The ‘Khan of IKhokand’s Wnrriors, Hodjent (Rhokand) lelter (o tha New York Ilerald, 1 wish you could have seon tha RKhan'a army. Thero wore about 4,000 infantry and 2,000 cayal- 1y, with all variotios of usiform and with ail kindy of arms. Homo, who secmed to balanfi to the guard, had rod or groen jaokets, with a [{ttle gold Lrold, cuverod with buttous from overy nation under the sun, and ono fellow I saw had Engliel, Aunstilsu, snd Fronch, besidos, of courso, Rueslan, The most of them, howovor, were In the ordinary gowns tied about the walet with n aagh, tucked into wide loather trousers, while some fow of thom ware the heavy coats of mail whioh we soe in tha Caucasus, Une ofticer I uotleed with enaulets bearing the initial of the Hmparar Paul. The Generals all wara threa opaulats,—oue on oach shoulder and one on the back of the neck. Bomo of tho men carried rlkol and some bad old muskets, bat the major- ity of thom had the heavy matchlock used every- whora tbroughiout Coutral Asia, whila perhaps a woore of men hiad Bordau ritlca, It seams that thrae or four years xzo a Bordan ritle wan atolen {from ove of our soldiers, aud sluoco then the Khokandian asrmorers have becn o:‘r:{lnx i, The inforlor ofticera for tha moat part eithar littlo hawmmery or siniple sticks, with which they ocoasloually beat thoir men. 1 ehould have liked nothiug better thau to meot the whola ot with bialt of ane of our batlalions well armed ; but witha haudful of men iu the midst ot thiy disorderly crowd our situation waa snything but agreeable. Y e To prove that Bquinte aro lovely, got some ono to ask you the question, * Is thire suything lovelier thiau apple blowyoms 7" and then auswer *' Yeu, quince," . 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