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4 MOODY AND SANKET. An Analysis of Their Pe- culiar Methods. WHY THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL. What the Clergymen of New York | Think of Them, THEY MUST DO GOOD. NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. en er ee TUE ENE EEEEIREEEERESEREREESEEEEEEee power over the ignorant and prejudiced masses of his day, that a competent witness de- cares, people heard Him gladly.” The fact thet He was a plain man, one of cw hey ol ve Him power over the maases, who followed fon village to village throughout Judea and Galilee. It was this also that gave the apostles such power over human hearts and consciences in their ministry, and this is the power that in every age since has given the re- formers and cvangelisis of the world their influence over masses of men. And just as it was in the days of Christ so is it in the days of Moody and Sankey, the Pharisees and high priests and the doctors either op- pose the evangelists aud reformers or they give them &@ wide berth and shake their heads and pass on. LUTHER AND WHSLSY AND WHITFIELD, &c., were ministers or priests, to be sure, but their suc- cess came only when they lef their pulpits and their prayer books aud came down and touched the masses | with their thought and their sympathy and their Chris- tian love. And every man who will follow in their foot- steps will find a like reward. So, then, the fact that Messrs. Moody and Sankey arc laymen—not college | machine-made men, not titled theologians—is one great sonree of their power and success. This factor again obliges thom to be simple in their | presentation of Gospel truths. ‘How shall we reach f the masses?” asked a meeting of ministers in Chicago The arrival here on Saturday of Messrs, Moody and Bankey, the great evangelists, who, like the apostles of pid, have almost turned the world upside down, has ereated no little stir in the community. Not alone aro ‘he religious people of New York and of the United [Btates interested in them, but the general public is anxious to see and to hear the two men wiio have the stagnant and formal religion that was | Spreading itself not only over Europe but over America | A It ts true that on both sides of tho Atlantic the | ish speaking peoples have ever had a certain de- of reverence and respect for religion; but never | Beouy the century has there been such a religious | yawakening, and springing from such apparently inade- ‘quate causes as that under Messrs. Moody and Sankey. Comparatively insignificant in the United States, and | gimost wholly unknown in Great Britain, they went Hforth to that land of steady habits, and there has not | been seen such a shaking among the dry bones thero | ‘Since the days of Wesley and Whitfleld. And yet these | idtion wont there unheralded. Very few, save their most | Butimate friends on this side, knew anything about their departure when they left these shores over two years go. And when they landed on British soil they were Mnknown, unonored and unsung. But now every movement they make ts a matter of interest to two con- tinents, every word they utter almost will be read in tthe ends of the earth. What has produced this result? Whese men are just as modest and unselfish to-day as Whey havo ever been, and they are probably no more | pions to-day than they wore two or more years ago. Buocess, we say, has given them this prestige. But WAT GAVE THEM SUCCESS? Not eloquence, certainly. For probably a cruder and Jess sentimental or less polished preacher does not live Bo-day than D. L. Moody. Not high culture and deep learn- fing; for he has been the student of but one book and never | matriculated in any of our colleges, Not high sounding | titles, which give fictitious value to men who are of little | ‘worth with or withont them; for he has had none of | them. Not the singing of Mr. Sunkey, who accompanies | Mr. Moody; for the latter had a measure of success be- fore he became associated with his friend, and Sankey | had about the same measure of success of | & local sort before he joined with Moody. | We must look, then, elsewhere for the | wource of their wonderful power and success. Both | men are possessed of a vigorous constitution and are | ‘capable of much physical endurance; and this is an | element, and an important one, in the success of most | ministers. Though there are and have been many | preachers of great bulk but of little power, and there Bhave been and there are still men among us of fine in- tellect but of feeble body, muscle docs not always in- dicate mind and is at best but a very poor indicator or | substitute for it, Their nationality was an element in | ‘their success on the other side of the Atlantic. Tho | fact that they were Americans insured them a hearing | ‘and a measure of respect from the masses of the | British and Irish peoples. This factor, of course, will drop out of any degree of. success that may hereafter | attend their ministry on this side, The general re. | pect for the Sabbath and the Church which prevails in | England helped them greatly also. We in America are | An acertain sense less respectful in this regard because | more democratic than the English Our ideas aro | more modified by the cosmopolitan character of our people than are theirs. Not that we would violently assail the Church or seek to overthrow the balwarks of morality; but we travel on, each in bis own way, and fet the Church attend to her own busi- mess and we attend to ours, That is the kind of spirit and sentiment that prevails among us Where is probably not a place of amusement in all this and where such an event could have taken place as ‘that reported to have occurred in Liverpool or Manches- tor where, when a couple of actors stepped to the foot- lights, and one, addressing his fellow, remarked that he felt Moody to-night and the otner answered that he too felt Sankey-monious, the entire audience would have Dhissed and the rough fellows in the gallery would strike up | SANKEY’S PAVORITE BONG, Hold the fort for I am coming, &e., ‘as the Englizh audience did, while the actors, cowed and | modern infidelity. } tha e day of Mr. Moody, ‘Go for 'em,” was his senten- $ ly. And therein lies one of the chie erets of | success. He goes” for the masses and the masses 0” for him, And hence he is obliged to be alw: jy with bis mossage, and has, consequently, no time (sermons, éven if he could, And in bis wonderful sue as ap evang it we have an- other and a very emphatic illustration of the apostolic t that, it pledigeth God by the foolishness of preach- to save them that believe. “What mean the 40,000 ers in London alone, whe have been into the r | to study ont polishe | tr | ing rooms set apart for them to inquire more perfectly about the the way of the Lord?” asks Mr. Farwell, of Chicago, who has witnessed the work of these men at home and abroad. What mean the crowded hails diled with Christians before breakfast every Sabbath morning to learn how to work with and for these inquirers? Is it the voices of two men preaching and singing the Gospel of God’s salva- tion? Or ig it salvation itself, working in these hearts, ‘to will and to do” the good pleasure of the Author o} it? Food from heaven, broken by hands that have been clasped by the Giver, who alone can pronounce tie | benediction upon it for such tarvellous increase, is the | ouly nourishment capable of creating and satisfying the hunger of the soul. Dr. Schaff, of this city, an observer im every way competent te judge of the methods aud RUSCLTS OF THE EVANGELISTS’ LABORS, writes that it is one of the chief recommendations of their work that it was free from all sectarian aims. ‘Their only purpose was to lead men to Christ as the Saviour from sin and death. ‘They have proved the power of the elementary truths over the hearts of men more mightily than all’ the learned professors and elo- quent pastors of England could do. As the Methodist revival, more than a hundred years ago, stopped the progress of Deism, so God sent these plain laymen from America to turn the tide of mgdern materialism and aibeism. It is the old story of the fishermen of Galilee, who confound the learned and the mighty. It is the grace of God behind those men which explains the ex- traordinary religious interest they have awakened all over Scotland and England, It is the best refutation of Tt shows what a power the simple old Gospel story of sin and grace stil! has. ‘There is a great deal of preaching which resembles f the angel of the Church of the Laodiceans. either cold nor hot—it is not even warm; it is Tis’ | Iukewarm, If it were too cold it might be intellectual; if it were too hot it might be redeemed by its emotional mesmerism; but it has none of the merits that inere in these two extremes, nor any that belong to any mean between them, and is therefore extremely unsatis- factory. Great stress is laid here on the fact that the ministers of Great Britain of every denomination heartily co- operated with Messrs. Moody and Sankey and with each other as never before. And to this is attributed their success, And it is gravely argued in one of our religious exchanges that “revivals of religion are as procurable by the use of the proper agencies as are natural events by natural means.” Why, then, have we not more of them and of a better sort? But the writer just quoted adds @ saving clause to his Proposition — “but never without the Lsarstipe and power of the Divine Spirit.’ ‘That Divine Spirit is surely as available for a New York doctor of divinity as for a Chicago layman, and yet we fail to see the like results from the preaching of both, The trouble is not in the unavailability of the Holy Ghost in one cage and his availability in the other; nor in any lack of means in one instance and a superabun- dance of them in the other. For while Mr. Moody hag no Church machinery to back him and help him our doctors of divinity have. And yet where he succeeds they fail Why? Simply because while TUB TITLED THROLOGIAN IN MID-AIR is brushing the dew from the cherubim’s wings or pois- ing himself for a grand flight toward the stars or peep- ing for a jouruey into the ante-Adamic regions of the earth the simple layman delivers the simple message to sinful men that Jesus Christ came into the world to fave sinners. They believe that truth, accept the Saviour and are saved. The layman is not’ sentimental enough nor learned Leg. to rise beyond the level of his hearers, but stays with them until he introduces them to Him whose powerful arm can lift them up and set thein in heavenly places. And this necessitates a tirm faith in the personal pres- ence of the Redeemer and an intimacy with Him equal toif not greater than that existing between two men in the flesh, And such faith, we are assured, Messrs, Moody and Sankey have in God, the Father, Son and | Spirit. Hence it is that the one sings and the other preaches of a Saviour near at hand apd not afar off—of a resent help in the time of the penitent’s troubie, ence, When Mr, Moody invites sinners to Christ he does so, as the London ces. to a Christ waiting | to be gracious—a Christ ready and anxious to save, The terrors of the law, says the game journal, have litte place in his teaching. The Gospel ihat he preaches is one of glad tidings. The theme in the main is the boundless compassion of the Saviour, not the terror of hell, fhe best answer that Mr. Moody could give w Archbighop Talt’s (Canterbury) charge ‘of “anwise and untrue representations of the almost universal necessity of instantaneous conversion,” which, the prel- | ate thinks, involves an ignoring of the full Scriptu- | ral teaching as to the nature of repentance is the num- ber of almost instantaneous couversions tlt have | taken place under his ministry. And these results could not have been secured had not there been a wait- ing Saviour and a ready and receptive soul. What was | the object of Christ’s teaching repentance because the kingdom of heaven was at hand if {t were not at hand? @bashed, retired bebind the scenea, This deep and | Of what avail could it be to His disciples to sound out } general respect for religion in the English mind was an- | other element of our evangelists’ success in the British | the same call after His ascension, were He not divinely | Present to help them and to saver But their faith in is personal epiritual presence gave them boldness in | Tales, ‘ ‘The novelty of Mr. Moody’s American accent and | familiar way of enforcing religious truth; his transia- | tion of Bible narratives into the vernacular of the nine- teenth century ; his vivid imagination for details, mak- | Ang the familiar stories seem as real as the events | of modern daily life, and his stock of fresh, effectively told anecdotes, together with the entirely peculiar Teusare of Mr. Sankey’s singing, are urged as sufficient | explanations of the success of our evangelisia. But ‘while these points have, doubtless, contributed much to rouse curiosity, they can hardly aceount for the deep hold which the services have taken upon people of all grades, for the unwearying eagerness with which they have been followed and for the continued attendance | for weeks of the same persons, many of them of the | most cultivated class. MM, Moody and Mr. Sankey have, however, frequently said in public that meet- | ings like theirs could not reach the very lowest | classes directly. Ne persuasion could tnduce them to come im large numbers. If they were to teol the influence it must be through the patient personal | efforts of those who should find in the meetings stim- | ‘ulus to go and see them in their wretched homes. Some of English and American writers upon this Xoovement have held that it was a mushroom growth, coming up out of tBe rank soil of ignorance and super: stition, which time would soon deporit with the for- | Gotten things of the past. But it still lives. And in | ali those places in Eugiand where THE AMERICAN RVANGRLISTS have labored and where buildings have been | erected for their use and accommodation young men, | banded together, are continuing the work. The masses | ‘who attend them are not moved simply by curiosity | ‘nor ignorance; else why do they continue to got These | qualities of mind would soon satiate, Sound minds de the presence of a Jerusalem mob, and like faith bas carried other Christian men over bard places and through many and great dangers for eighteen hundred | years. These, then, are brieily the main ecloments of | Success in the ministry of Mesera, Moody and Sankey during the last twenty-six months. WHAT MOODY AND SANKKY'S MINISTRY PROVES. And now what are some of the practical results of their mission? They are of two kinds, spiritual and material. Of the former there are the pumbers 0 whom the Gospel has been preached, many of whom might never have heard | it but for the going of Messrs, Moody and Sankey among them. These numbers are estimated in the aggregate at nearly two and a balf millions of people, And these were not all of the middie or upper classes, though multitades of those attended the meetings. The Rev. J. | M. Bruce writes that he has seen in the Opera House in London audiences consisting chielly of the very poor. | Men and women were there in beggars’ rags and many with besotted faces. During their four months’ stay in England the evangelists held 225 meetings, and were much of the time present daily at meetings in two or three different districts. They have repeatedly preached and sung on the same evening in halls five miles apart, Another result, which is only part of the foregoing and ite legitimate outcome, is te numbers who have en- tered on a life of faith through the influence of their word. “What do you go to England for?” some one asked of Mr. Moody when he was about to leave these shores | over two years ago. “I go for 30,000 souls’ was his prompt response. ‘Twice 30,000, it is estimated, have been 8 rewar' Another spiritual result of their ministry is the proof to-day, as well as eighteen centuries ago, that the sim- ple message of the Gospel—the lifting up of Christ—is @s attractive now as ever; that it pleases God still by the foolishness of preaching, not by foolish preaching, { to save them that believe, and that the Gospel continues | to be the power of God unto salvation unto all such. Another result is the blending ‘nto a harmonious not feed on husks, Tf, as it is said, some of their converts do not stay | converted, the game holds true of a portion of all con- | verts, and not only of the excited followers of revival | meetings, but algo of the calm and cultivated hearers of | conservative and careful preachera The simple facta | are astounding. So many weer et Serene of | hearers—2,170,000 hearers, it is in four months in | ‘London, and 25 meetings—all this by @ plain, unpre- tending preacher, with the help of a single assistant as singer. In its human aspects these facts are unsurpassed in modern history, To musical Sankey’s per- formance must be aproblem. With all the orchestras and choirs of England, this Yankee minstrel sings more people together and holds them than any of ‘those, and if there is to be a music of the future why xclude from it the simple eloquence of the human voice $n devout song and the human heart in answer wo song «But the great and real sources of their success are not touched at ali by these suggestions, Fine physical con- stitutions only; eloquence, culture, titular theology, the | ordinary respect of a preacher's ers for religion, @ | man’s uationality or hiss crude methods of presenting ‘the truths of the Gospel merely—these have never pockets and hearts at the same time; these have never saved human souls by the thousands and gathered hearers of the Gospel by wie million. ‘THE SECRET OF SUCCESS and the source of power must be cought elsewhere. And we find it in the remarkable intimacy of the two evangelists with their Redeemer and God; in uhéir frm | faith in His rege) tb peede all times in their reli- | gious assem! j in the simplicity of their message of | vation, and in the fact that they were laymen. This | jast may not be considered of much account in the sum- up of the evidence, but {t has much eight with the the masses than is [ osag sup- | A superstitious reverence for the priest | minister still clings to many persons. With | thetr white neckcloths and their ecclesiastical attire and their usually stiff sacerdotal manner, which seems | to say, ‘Look at me, I’m the Rev. Dr. 80 or, “I'm the parish priest of euch and such @ removed from sympathy with the and have no real place in the hearta of the mul- one will often hear such remarks aa This or Dr. That or the other body,”* moment But let a crowd of the Jayman who may have spoken to im @ theatre or hall or on a street and they not only refer to 80," but they remember they i. Ho Ja ® sense higher and deeper jiy ordained pibter at bee tt that gave Jesus of Nazareth such brotherhood of Christian workers the ministers and members of different denominations. This is the true unity of the Church—not oneness in denominational fel- lowship but oneness in Christian activities for the salvar tion of men. Another result {s the manifest difference between ROCLESIASTICAL ORDINATION AND DIVINE ANOINTING.| | Not many mighty, not many great or noble were | called to this work or'to aid in iis advancement, But | to-day, as in apostolic times, God chooses the weak | things’ of the world to confound the mighty, and buse | things wo confound the honorable, yea, and things that are Dot to bring to naught things thas are, that no flesh should glory in His presence, Another result is the proof which their ministry gives | that the Bible contains Fi unexplored mines of uh. | It ts not the quaintness of Mr. Moody's expressions so | much aa his groupings of truths of the same family, whereby the bearer is enabled to apprehend @ doctrine | or a thought in one or more of ite varied aspecta, that | has drawn men to him. For a number of years, he gays, be has made it arule not to read any book that Goes not help him to understand the Bible. He de- clares himself to be a greater slave to that book than any man is $0 strong drink, and feels confident that it does htm a great deal more good. With a good Bible and concordance, which every Christian ought to have, he ne mr age ll = the Biblo hes ig topically. Take instance, and spend a month "in ccarching what the Bible says about love, from Genesis to Revelation. And yet another result is the demonstration of the power of sacred song over the hi of men, The Gos- pel may be sung as well as preached; and by singing as much as by preaghi & century anda third into millions of hearts and homes. The material results of the evangelists’ ministry in Great Britain are seen in the readiness with which th rich and the poor have andertaken to meet all tho financial obligations of the mission out of their abundant or stinted means, $150,000 being received by the com- mittee in London alone during the four months’ stay of Messrs, Moody and Sankey there for the erection of temporary buildings and the procurement of halls, theatres, &c., to accommodate the thousands and hun- dreds of thousands who wished to hear the message of God from the lips of two Amer‘can la ‘This is not pe A the hd that = contribute to sagen wf Lobe enterprises either in England or A an’ inply shows that when the Lord opens none heart he opens their pockets too. That the committee had enough for | Archbishop of Canterbury seemed to believe in them,” has Methodism won its way within | did be condemn it, The English Charch was rather Mr. Moody’s Chicago friends to complete the churca which he left unfinished two years ago, The evange- lizer of Great Britain should not be greeted with the sight of a half story church standing in all its deformity just ag it was when he left. Now that these evangélists have arrived on our shores, and that the inquiry will be made as it has been made, HOW ALE THRY SUPPORTED? and what is the money consideration for their preach- ing? it may be well to add a few words on these points. ‘A correspondent of the London Times says that while in Birmingham Mr. Moody was offered £1,000 if he would sit for bis photograph. He unhesitatingly de- clined and said he would give £500 if he could prevent the portraits of him from being sold, The Rev. Dr. Field, of this city, who gave special interest to this phase of Moody and Sankey’s great work, writes from London to the Beangelist about it as follows :— “As Mr. Moody is about to return to the United States, and as it is already proposed to invite him to New York, and he may hold meetings there and in other cities, some may ask how he is paid for his services, Jt was a question often asked in England, and on which 1 was anxious to be informed, especially as those who opposed his labors have diligently spread the idea that these great meetings are a means of putting money in | his pocket, and that the whole movement is a grand | speculation. No doubt the man who has made no small | stir throughout all Great Britain could, if he so desired, turn it to purposes of gain; for when once he has found his way to thousands of hearts it is not difficult to find his way to their pockets. But, as I happen to know, no juan, wea. aver! meen War ne ae Moody from any such mercenary motives or projects, The last Sunday that I was in London 1 attended his meet- ing, and sat onthe platform close by him, and, as it happened, next to a gentleman (Mr. Hugh Mathewson, 1 think, was his name) who has hada deal to do with the financial arrangements for the expenses of these meetings. Mrs, Moody and her children at one time spent several months in his family, I asked him particularly how Mr, Moody was supported, as I ob- terved that there were no collections taken'up at the meetings. He said that Mr. Moody had refused abso- lutely to receive anything from the committee who in- vited him to different cities. Sometimes persons sent him small sums privately. They. were generally those who had been benefited by his meetings, and who de- sired thus to exptess their gratitude, Such gilts he felt at liberty to receive, Then he had made a little collection of the hymns sung at their mectings, on which he bad copyright, and this’ he received for a time, but alter a few months, just when the sale had increased so that it amounted to something, be began to feel uneasy about it, lest it might seem as if he were turning the public excitement to his own personal advantage, and so he told this gen- tleman that he would not touch it any moro; that he (Mr. Mathewson) might keep it all, to be devoted by and by to some religious purpose. ‘And how much do = think,’ said he, ‘I have received since the Ist of january?’ I could not conjecture. He said, ‘Nearly £5,000, To all this Mr. Moody had both a legal and | moral right, but so sensitive was he about even the | slightest naires of prouiting by the things of the temple that be refused it all Thus he has really given away, although he is without means of his own, some $25,000 in gold. This fact I take the liberty of men- tioning, tor I think it ought to be known, After this I hope we sball hear no more about his making a specula- tion out of the things of religion. He is a poor man to. day, ‘and will live and die poor, though making many rich,» MR. SANKEY’S MOVEMENTS. Immediately after his arrival in the city Mr, Sankey roceeded to the residence of Mr. D. W. McWilliams, in. Portland avenue, Brooklyn, where he will remain during his stay in this vicinity, In the company of McWilliams visited Dr. Duryea’s church, Classon avenue; made several calls on his ministerial friends and received their congratulations, FUTURE MOVEMENTS HERE UNCERTAIN, ‘What their programme here may be cannot be known for a few weeks. The Brooklyn Tabernacle has been tendered for their use by Dr. Talmage and his church. Dr. Hall’s church in this city, and Dr. Cuyler’s in Brook- lyn are also at their disposal. And a score of churches in both cities can be had for the asking for their use. “The Lord hath need of them” will be authority enough to call forth a satisfactory response, The Musi¢ Acad- emies of both cities will undoubtedly be engaged also for their use, and rich men will be found here as well as in England ready to respond to every call for finan- cial_aid. But for the present these’ things must be left to the committees representing the churches and denominations that have invited the evangelists to labor in these cities. And without being over-sanguine of similar results being produced here as were produced in England, we may abide the day of their coming and bid them God speed in their work. In order to evoke the prevailing sentiment of the clergy on the subject of the work performed by Messrs, Moody and Sankey during their great revival movement in Great Britain, and on the merits of the evangelists themselves, the Hkraxp reporters yesterday visited all the leading Protestant divines in the city and vicinity. In the great majority of cases the clergymen spoke in high terms of praise of the two revivalists and expressed a belief that much good would result from their efforts, especially among the non-church-going portion of the community. Whether that good will be permanent or ‘pot is a question that some felt doubtful of, while in a few cases slight evidence of coldness was noted. Upon tho whole, they aro regarded favorably and wishes for their success were freely expressed. ‘8 OF THR REV, MR. MATTHEWS. Upon the cdnclusion of the service, a Henaup reporter waited upon the Rev. Mr. Matthews, of Westminster | church, in order to elicit his views touching revivalism in general, and more especially with regard to the late tour of Messra. Moody and Sankey in the United Kingdom. Rurontzn—I should be glad to have your opinion with regard to the revivals Which of late years, have been so much in vogue. Do you think thal, as a rule, they effect any permanent result? Mr. Matruews—I think that depends entirely upon those who conduct them. Ifconducted by really earnest men, who thoroughly understand their work, L believe they are productive of much permanent good. PORTER—But, might it not be fairly said that in the majority of revivals the element of terror in the exposition of the Gospel is too frecly called into play, and that when the effect has worn off it leaves the sup- org convert much in the same condition as it found Mattunws—There certainly is mach in that objection, and, therefore, such revivals should be un- dertaken only by those whose theological knowledge and acquaintance with the human heart qualify them to blend judiciously and advantageously THE RLEMENTS OF LOVE AND PRAR, « of which the former is undoubtedly the stronger and more lasting. Repourer—I would ask you, Mr, Matthews, what is your opinion witp regard to’ the effect produced by ‘Messrs, Moody and Sankey in the United Kingdom? Mr. Marra’ 1 have but lately returned from Eng- land, and I was struck by the diferent effects produced by Messrs. Moody and Sankey in Glasgow and London, In Scotland I was informed that, after the departure of these gentlemen, the congregations to whom they bad preached still continued ’to frequent the places of meet- ing in large numbers, and apparently remained under the influence which ‘had been exerted upon them, Tondon, on the contrary, as soon as the principals, Messrs. Moody and Sunkey, lef the congregauons ab once feil off Reroxter—To what do you attribute this? Mr. Marruxws—To the fact that, in point of religious education, the Scotch were far Detter prepared to re- cerve them than the English, Rerorter—Why did they go to the United Kingdom? Mr, Matruwe—They wore invited. Revortkr—Now, Mr. Matthews, would you kindly allow me to ask your opinion with regard to the capac- ity of these gentlemen Bog Martukws—Ccrtainly. You know, of course, u MR, BANKPY 8 NOT A PREACHER, bota singer, and (siiling) | may add one of no very high order. ‘ gam can his duty is elmply to lead the sing- D, r. Matrnews-—Just so. Reroxrer—And with regard to Mr. Moody? Mr. Martnews—I heard Mr. Moody in Chicago, and, in common with the best judges, whose opinion I have got, should say that Mr. Moody’s chief forte is his great earnesiness, backed by strong, rough common fense, He is intensely earnest and very direct; that constitutes his power with the masses, That he is an uneducated man rather helps him than otherwise, be- cause he speaks just such kaglish as the masses at once understand, . Rxrorten—Do you think he {s likely to produce as great an effect in this country as in Great Britain ? Mr. Marruews (archly)—I think not. The people on this side of the Atiantic are much more used to that style of thing than the English, and I do not anticipave the same success for him here. Rerorren—Then, outside the presumed eraving of many for the Gospel, you think that tho novelty of the thing had much tw do with attracting immense crowds who went to hear him? Mr. Marruzws—Undonbtedly. DR, HOUGHTON'S VIEWS, After the services at the “Little Church Around the Corner” yesterday morning, a Hxnatp reporter had « conversation with ite pastor, Rev, Dr. Houghton, upon the Moody and Sankey phase of religion. When the re orter first mentioned this as the a of his visit, the | ind, pleasant face of the reverend gentleman louked | somewhat surprised, He sai T desire not to become mixed ap in anything of this kind, Leauge it does not directly con- corn me in any way. A paper was sent to me to sign, ‘as I suppose there was to all the clergymen in the cit} asking Moody and Sankey to come to this city and hold their services. I did not sign it Ido not think our Chureh will support very strongly the movement of these good men.’ “The Church of England supported them and the eaid the reporter, ‘Well, he did neither one thing nor the other, He did not givo the movement a cordial indorsement, neither | lukewarm on the subject. Here, however, I believe, while some of our ministers may personally countenance the efforts of these two gentlemen, they will not do so asaChurch. Tho fact is, we have about enough to take care of as it {8, without entering into all the exeitements of such @ movement as this, Personally | am 1N DOUBT AS TO THR E¥PICACT of this mode of preaching Christ, 1 do not believe that it produces the permanent results neceasary to success, Tt ts not all to begin @ long journey; it is the keeping it up. Messrs. Mo co Sankey evidently have a powor- ful effect on their hearers, But it must also be tempo- rary from \t&vory suddenness, The true understanding of Foligion does not come éo suddenly, “And of their success here some profess to! ove that we are 80 accustomed to revivalists and sensational ail drafts on them and $5,000 to spare, proves that the | Gospel can pay its own way, financially us well as spirit | ually wherever it goes, | _ Another material result, none the less important be- catise it 6 seen on this wide instead of thé other of the Atlantic. é Vat it bas aroused the aleaning encreca of pol that there will be no novelty about the Moody Sankey movement.” “T think you hit the ‘nail on the head there,” eald Dr, on. ‘The method of these gentlemen took the ry ‘ay te very much by surprise; here are wih ta tha aftnas af thie ntti much instance Mr. Varley, who was here. Vast crowds went to hear him. But where do we find the result to-day in New York? I have heard that people went very much ag they do to @ theatrical performance, and talked and laughed during the services. These popular outbursts of religion are shortlived, through their very emotion and sensationalism; and it is believing this that I have not cared to join in it, but to continuo in the same old way, which I trust is the right one, though personally I believe Messrs, Moody and Sankey to be good, sincere men.” WHAT DR. TYNG, SR., THINKS, Dr. S, H. Tyng, Sr., was found just abont to officiate ata funeral, immediately after which be was obliged to leave the city. He had only a few moments for conver- sation. Hoe said that he had no doubt of the excelience, sincerity and usefulness of Mossrs. Moody and snaher. He wok very great delight in their past success in England, and had no doubt of their future success in this city. Every good man ought to encourage them and hold them up. He said that he might speak for an hour upon the subject, but could only develop that idea, On the question of the cause of their success in England Dr, Tyng said:—“It is not on account of the novelty of their ‘method that Messrs. Moody and Sankey succeeded in their mission in England, The spring anniversaries are just as much attended now in England as they were fifty years ago, showing that it is not novelty the people seek. On the contrary, in our country, the spring an- niversaries have steadily run down.” REY, WILLIAM T, SABINE'S OPINIONS, The Rev. William '’. Sabine said that he was very glad to see that the distinguished revivalists had returned to America, Thus far he thinks they have been a very great success and have done agreat doal of good. Ho hopes that a like fortune will attend them here. They have been invited to continue their labors here, Ho was one of the signers of the Pare He was not pre- pared to say how far the novelty of their method in Eng- jand had contributed to their success, PRESBYTERIAN SHNTIAENTS, Rev. J. 0. Murray, D. D., the former pastor of the Fifth avenue Presbyterian (Brick) church, was found In his study yesterday morning preparing for the service. The reporter explained the Object of his visit to be to obtain an expression of Mr, Murray’s views as to the effect of Messra, Moody and Sankey’s mission in Great Britain, The following conversation ensued:— —_, Rerorrek—Do you think that the work which the revivalists have been carrying on in Great Britain will be productive of much good? ‘Undoubted!y—although, to tell you the trath, I have not followed their movements closely, All 1 know about them is what I have seen from time to time nar- rated in the despatches to the newspapers.” RevorrEr—Yes, but you know it is claimed by some that such seasons of emotional religious excitement are rarely productive of genuine and lasting good, What does the Presbyterian Church hold in regard to such a proposition ? “Oh, we always think that any awakening of this kind should be accompanied by religious instruction, and, if you ask for my opinion, I am willing to say that, to my mind, a great deal will depend upon how the people are looked after, When the excitement sub- sides they will necd care, encouragement and instruc- tion. ‘This will be necessary to secure any lasting re- sult. Rerorter—What success do you think they will meet with in America? People who are anxious to detract from their merits claim that the feld was a now one and that once the fire of religious fervor was kindled it spread and spread; that in this country their eilorts will not meet with such success, “[ really am not able to express any opinion on that point, nor do I see how any one can.”” ReporteR—Do the clergy as a rule indorse such meth- ods of awakening religious interest? “Well, I understand that just before the summer va- cations the Presbyterian clergy of this city met and passed a resolution inviting Messrs. Moody and Sankey to labor in New York, so that I think it will be safe for you to make the statement that the Presbyterian clergy of New York indorse the movement,” OPINIONS OF REY. DR, DOWLING. A Heraxp reporter called on the above named gen- tleman to get his views regarding the success of Mossra, Moody and Sankey in Great Britain and their probable success in America. A brief conversation wo the following questions and answers :— Ruerorrsr—I presume, sir, your sympathies aro with Messrs. Moody and Sankey in their labors? Dr. Dow1tnc—Entirely 80, particularly with the sim- poe of their unadorned teaching of Christ crucified, have been acquainted with the labors of Mr, — for several years and have watched his course witl great interest during that time, Of Mr. Sankey I do not know so much, but I remember his companion’s services both in this country and in Europe. RerorteR—To what do you attribute their great suc- coss in Europe? Dr. Dow1inc—It has been wonderful! I think their success is in some measure due to the novelty of their mothod, and also to the fact that they are Americans, ‘The latter I believe caused a great deal of curiosity to hear what sort of theology they taught; for even at the ge acy time the mass of the people of Great Britain ave but imperfect ideas of Americans, They have been listened to by all classes of society in Europe, and 1 confess surprise at their wonderful work, and trust it may never waver, It surprises many to see laymen accomplish such great good, but I attribute it all to the q@rnest and simplo doctrine of redemption in Christ crucified, beyond which they found no need to go. Their indomitable courage and great self-denial have also done a great deal for them and won hosts of followers, Rurorren—What, sir, aro your opinions of their probable reception in this country and the interest that they will create? Dr. Dow1inc—I hope for great things and my heart is with them; but I do not expect they will arouse as great feeling among our people. We have had similar efforts here before, but they have never met the overwhelming success that has attended Messrs. Moody and Sankey. They recall to me the labors of Mr. Earl and the long departed Jacob Knapp, and also the great Dr. Finney, of Ohio, powerful in bis day, but now too aged for the work. ‘These mon have acquainted us somewhat with the. manner of their worthy successors, and it may somewhat deaden the effect; but still I am rg axing and look forward with confidence to the result of their work among us. ‘The above terminatod the conversation. HOPES THEY WILL SUCCEED, ‘After the service yesterday the HskaLD representa- tive had a few words of conversation with Dr. Ludlow in reference to the arrival of the great exhorters, and his opinion as to their work, the co-operation of the churches, &c. The preacher in effect said:—‘‘Mood: and Sankey come here by a cordial invitation from all the orthodox churches. We know Moody and his man- ner of worfing. He has a great, big heart, and we hope his saccess here will equal that in Great Britain, All sectarian feelings will be dropped, it is to be hoped, He is an American, and all our sympathies should be with him, and we should feel proud that one of our people has been able to tnaugurate such a grand Christian work. Sankey is equally to be praised for his wouder- ful power and fervor.” WHAT THE REV. W. R. DAVIS THINKS. The Rev, W. R. Davis, pastor of the Simpson Metho- dist church, Brooklyn, commended the work of Moody and Sankey’ in a hearty manner, and hoped that they would meet with as much success here as they did over the water, As long as their method was instrumental in saving human souls be approved of it in every re- spect. He feared, however, that they would not be as successful in America as they bad been in England, for the reason that the people of this country were already familias with revivals, Their success in England was largely due to the novelty of their method of presentin; the Gospel Up to the time of theirarrival there reviv: meetings were very little known, and this, more than anything else, eerved to increase their popularity, al- though there’ was no doubt that they possess great wer as exhorters. He expressed his willingness to jo all in his power to aid and assist Messrs. Moody and Sankey. He had offered them the use of his church for the purpose of holding a meeting. He had also signed a call requesting them to visit Brooklyn. Mr. Davis believed that the revivalists would receive the undivided support of all Christian churches, irre- spective of aenommation, “GALVANIZED” RELIGION CONDEMNED, ‘The pastor of the church bearing the title of All Souls’ Independent Episcopal church, of Brooklyn Heights, Rev. Dr. George W. Porteous, was visited by the writer, who stated that the object of his call was to ascertain what he knew of and thought about the great revivalists— Messrs. Moody and Sankey—and as to the reception which would be accorded to them by the Christian churches of all denominations. Dr, Porteous said, in substance, “1 do not personally know either Mr, Moody or Mr. Sankey. I belong to a church which docs not recognize such work as they have been going on with in England, It does not wor religious excitements. We do not believe in that trashy, canting way pursued by the Methodists which | term ‘getting religion.’ They have done a great of mischief and injury to the cause, in ny opinion, without intending to do'so, 1 do not question their sincerity and honesty in pursuing their vocation, but the reaction from these ‘revivals’ are very prejudicial to the course of religion. This galvanized process of imparting religion is wrong. They are very much overrated as men, Itake an interest tn euch revivals as the Old Catholic movement in Germany, but Moody and Sankey are susceptible of great mischief.” “Do you not think there ts @ good harvest for them to glean from among the sinners of BrookJyn?” “T believe that the churches are all well organized here, and that the pasters, without exception, are doing all that lics in their power to strengthen the faith of the people. It is possible that among the m: among those who are notin the habit of at tending any church, they may do some good, but not among the organized churches, This, | think, you will find a prevailing opinion among ail the pastors here.” “Then you do not propose to extend to Moody and Sankey y, we use of Al) Souls’ church for revival pur- “Lam certain that the vestry of this church ‘will not offer them the use of this building, and I cer- tainly should not. The American people will be much disappointed in them, 1 am afraid, as they readily see the mischief of such religious (merge sen | which soon wear away, leaving the Held worse than ‘was before they entered.”’ THR REY. H. D. GANSE—MOODY DON’T LIKE CLAPTRAP. The Rov. H. D. Ganse, of the Madison avenue Re formed charch, situated at Fifty-seventh bing tenn with animation :—“The welcome of Moody and key will be of the heartiest kind, for wo all feel thas they have accomplished a great task and have done their work nobly, I think I am correct tn this expression of my thought. Of course they, like everybody olse, have their enemies, You can have no better proof of their popularity than the immense number of invix tations sent them from the cities in the Union to come to preach in their midst. That is an unequivo cal sign of the affection in which Messrs, Moody and Sankey are held.” “There is a rumor,” said the reporter, ‘that Mr. Moody is to be invited to in the City Hall Park from WhitGeld’s old pulpit, which has been preserved in this bh a Do you think Mr. Moody consent w do is?” “No, 1 do not,” replied Mr, Ganse; “for, from all I know and hear of Mr. Moody, he dotests ‘claptrap.’”” A RELIGIOUS RDITOR OX THE BXHORTRRA, The Rev. Dr. Patton, the talented editor of the Baptist Weekly, spoke frecly, Of course, said he, the Christian Church is very hopeful that the works of Messra. Moody and Sankey may be crowned with success, as they wore tn Burope. They had agreat deal of national and re Ureiudice dght against when thaw ocmmanced their ministrations at Y« but they came out victors in the struggle. Mr, Moody has accomplished wonders in Chi: and I am very hopeful that his future fame in conn ae a preacher to the masses Be ee I think the character of tig ion differs from that of England, and that the English Proper are not as used to this kind of exhortation, 4s our People are, and therefore—perhaps I am wrong— ‘not a8 impressionable and easily persuaded. bey erry ins gomg’ from your remarks, Doctor, that u do not think the bulk of the English population as ch nt as ony own, tet r. Parror—It is not an agreeable thing to say, but think you have solved my thought PORTER—Do you imagine that Moody and Sankey will gather large audiences ? Dr. Parrox—Yes, sir; immense ones; the whole world from north to south and east to west is now in- formed of their works, i PerOnen a ave you heard if Mr. Moody is to speak ere Dr. Parrox—A ramor has beon circulated that he was to be invited to speak in the City Hall Park from the same old pulpit in which Whitfleld preached and is now in inis 2 Rrvorrkr—Do you think he would consent to preach in this fashion ? Dr, Parros—No, I do not think he would, at the present time, for many reasons. REVIVALS WHOL!SOWE, ‘The pastor of Classon avenue Presbyterian charch, Rev Dr. Duryea, said, in elfect, “Moody and Sankey wil receive a most cordial greeting from the Christian min- istry and their warm sympathy upon all sides, MR, SANKEY WAS AT MY CHURCH TO-DAY, but took no part in the services, The President of the meeting of ministers held in Boston, who came on to re- ceive the revivalists, is now stopping at my house, Neither Moody nor Sankey will make any for- ward movement for the present; it was not their intention to inangurate meetings when they came back here from their arduous labors in Great Britain, They propose to remain perfectly quiet and to keep in the background for at least six weeks or two months, They saa do nothing at all here, Their fu- ture is entirely problematical, and no movement will be made till they sve the disposition of the people, As to their success on this side, that depends entirely upon certain conditions, On that no one can count with cer- tainty. Fervor and enthusiasm in religion are very sympathetic. When once they are fired they spread among some people with great rapidity, With the masses in England they bave met with extraordinary success, In Scotland they are an earnest, unexcitadle people, who follow the formula of their Church strictly, sing their psalins to the old quaint airs and are impervious to all excitements by exhortation, It is not easy to tell what are the conditions best adapted for fruitful revivals that will attract those who are outside church membership, ”” “Do you think the New York and Brooklyn churches are in need of a revival at present?” “Well, I believe that while I may not in@ general sense advocate revivals, a wholesome revival among the people may be promotive of good.” “What is your opinion of Mr. Moody personally #” “T have known Mr. Moody for several years, I met him when he was in Chicago and while he Was in charge of the Christian Commission. Then he was not much ofapreacher, He would only talk for ten or fifteen minutes atatime, Now, of course, he must have | greatly improved in his style through experience and | intercourse with ministers. I have heard him speak. He 18 not what would be termed eloquent, in a scholarly sense, but he uses strong, forcible Saxon, and makes himself clearly understood by his audience. He im- presses one with the conviction that he is an earnest man, who feels his subject.” “What will be the course of the Brooklyn church: think you, in furthering the labors of these’ gentlemen inne Aipeieg invite them to speak in the respective pulpi “Oh, no, they will be in the hands of the Young Men’s Christian Association and will preach under the auspices of that organization.’ They will also be in- vited, perhaps, here and there by ministers to meoet- fngs.’ ‘They will not push themselves, however. upon the community, but will await developments. If they are not they will go on their way. WHITFIELD’S -PULPIT. At No. 150 Nassan street, which is the office of the American Tract Society, there is a quaint and curious relic, which in the coming revivals proposed by Messrs, Moody and Sankey may or may not, just as these gen- tlemen decide, play quite an important part, It is the portable pulpit used by Whitfield over one hundred and {ty years ago, It stands in the treasurer’s oilice of the above named society, and serves at present as the receptacle’ for old’ files and waste ma- terial of almost every description, It ts perfectly square, and is supported at each corner by a rude leg, above which rises a box of lattice work, very quaint and curious in design, which, by means of a Series of binges, can be doubled up like a camp stool and stowed away in quite a small compass. It ts pro- posed already to loan this old relic to the great revival- isis and to place it in the City Hall Park, where Moody may preach from it. Whether the pair will accept the loan, which is quite sure to be extended them, 1 at present unknown, but at all events this quaint old pul- it is exceedingly’ peculiar and worthy to be the desk m which to preach the Gospel to all creatures, TAKING THE VOWS. RELIGIOUS PROFESSIONS AT THE URSULINE CON- VENT IN EAST MORRISANIA. Yesterday morning the solemn profession of two novices and the reception of two postulants took, place in the chapel of the Ureuline convent in East Morrisania, in presence ofa number of ladies and clerical and lay gentlemen, who had been invited to witness the cero- monies. Rev. J. Loysance, 8. J., was the celebrant of the high mass, and Rev. Fathers Boyce, Gockeln, Finnegan, Langlois, Drumgoole, Gleeson and Farrell occupied seats in the sanctuary. The altars were tastefully decorated with a profusion of natural flowers and shone brightly in the fight of many tapers. At nine o'clock the procession entered the chapel The two novices, clad in their black dresses and white veils and holding lighted tapers in their hands, knelt on prie dieuz in the | centre of the chapel. The two postuiants in bridal at | tire, which they were soon to doff for the humble Ulack | gown, took their positions in the middle aisle. | After the celebration of high mass, the Rev. Father Loysance preached an eloquent sermon on the religious vocation, taking his text trom the words of the day’s gospel, St. Luke, x, 42—"Martha, thon art careful and art troubled ahout many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary hath chosen the better part, which shall not be taken away from her.’ Aver the sermon tho “Veni Creator’? was intoned, and the hymn sung by achotrofnuns. The reverend father then addressed the novices, saying, “VENITE PONS CHRISTO,” “Come, spouses of Christ’? When the novices and postulants approached the altar, the reverend father asked them in presence of the whole assembly if they persevered in their demand and desired to take upon themselves the sweet yoke of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to bear it all their life for Jove of Him alone, Hav- ing been answered in the affirmative, he satd:—Deo atias! What God has commenced in you, may He imself perfect. Then followed the Litany of the Saints, tho blessing of the veils and rings, and the sing- ing of ims, After this ceremony the postulants, who. | meanwhile, had changed their bridal attire for the relig- fous dress, 'wore led to the altar by the reverend mother, The celebrant placed the long black veil on the head of cach novice a8 she pronounced, in a loud voice, her vows of perpetual poverty, chastity and obedience. Placing aring upon the finger of each novice the cele- brant said:—‘‘Sister, I espouse you to Jesus Christ, the | Son of the Most High, who will safely guard you. e this ring of faith and fidelity, that you may be called a spouse of Christ; and after having served Him faithfully you may reign with Him forever.” The reverend imother then placed a crown upon the head of each of ‘THB NEWLY PROFESSED, The celebrant then gave long white veils to the other two ladies, saying to each ter, receive the white veil, and remember that you have entered this socicty to despise the world.” ‘The four happy sisters, after having sung the psalm “Confirma,” left the sanctuary. The celebrant intoned the “Te Deum Laudamus,” which ended the ceremony of the profession and reception. ‘The large number of guests, friends and relatives of the sisters who had witnessed this most edifying and impressive ceremony repaired to the parlors and wero | sq) soon joined bythe uewly professed sisters and the nov- ices, who, with happy and smiling faces, received the | congratulations that were showered upon them, | The two sisters who by their solemn professions bound themselves to one of the oldest and most es- teemod orders in the Church are Sister Mary Scholastica Walsh and Sister Mary Monica Brady. The novice Miss Susan Brady assumed in religion the name Mary de Paxai and Miss Burns the name arina, RUNAWAY ACCIDENT. A valuable horse, attached to a buggy, while being driven down Catharine street yesterday afternoon, took fright and ran away. The driver, becoming scared, Jumped out of the wagon, and the horse, finding himself | at liberty, dashed furiously down the street, which at | the time was filled with children playing. The alarm caused by the frightened animal as he tore down the street was very great, Children sereamed a8 they ri in every direction, and women oried in alarm. — TI hallooing of the crowd only served to frighten the horse still more, and not secing any way to turn he ran | toward the Catharine street ferry, the gates of which ‘were closed; but the poor animal was Log Ae such that he could not stop himself, and dashed against and through them, ‘The next instant borse and ‘wagon were overboard, and the animal was drowned while struggling in the traces, The wagon and harness ‘were recovered. The former was badly broken, The young man who drove the horse is unknown, as he ran ‘away as soon as he got out of the buggy. A young man who attempted to stop the horse in Catharine stroet was cut upon the leg, but not seriously. FIRE IN WARREN STREET. Atan early hour yesterday morning fire broke out on tho third floor of the four story brown stone front building No, 69 Warren street. Tho floor on which the firo originated was occupied by the Metropolitan Book | | | publication of the particulars of the case, bib Company, and before the flames were extin- wished a damage of $2,000 was done wo their stock. joener & Co, dealers fn aye staffs, had their in- i to the amount of § The Orst Dupuy & Phonix, wholesale he 4 thei ed THE CORONERS’ RECORD. THE SUPPOSED CASE OF MURDER AND SUICIDE— MRS. WICK’S DEATH. An inquest was held at No, 565 First avenue late om Saturday afternoon, by Coroner Croker, in the case of Mrs, Carolina Weiss, who, it was supposed, committed suicide and caused the death ot her babe Mary, aged nine months, From the testimony given at the inquest by her hus- band it appears that on Wednesday morning Mrs, Weise rose at an early hour, dressed herself in a light calico wrapper, dressed her babe, who was suffering greatly from the summer complaint, and stated to him that she was going to the river's side for the purpose of getting some fresh air. The husband said he would go, too, and take charge of little Mary, This offer she refused, telling him In a jocular way to get the breakfast ready by seven o’clock and that she would return at that time. As she had not returned at that time Mr. Weiss became alarmed and made diligent search for her about the neighborhood, but without success, He ate his break. fast, prepared for his work and left tho keys of their apartinent with a grocer close by. Mr. Weiss said he was unable to work, as a fearful sensation got possession of him, and he returned to his home, only to find that his wife was not there, He then made known the dis- appearance of his wife and child to the police, when he was informed that tho body of a female child had been picked up by an officer in. the East River, opposite the foot of ust Thirty- third street, and that the same had been removed to the Morgue. Almost heartbroken at the fearful news he repaired to the Morgue, where the body was shown him by Keeper White, dir, Weiss identified the body as that of his little girl, and had the body removed to his residence by permission of Coroner Croker, who held an inquest. The verdict of the jury was that the child came to her death by drowning. Mr, Weiss them made searches for the body of his wife, but he was un- able to find it until Saturday, when it was found at the foot of East Thirty-seventh street by Officer Parker, of the Twenty-first precinct, An inquest was held anda verdict was rendered the same as the one rendered Im the case of the child. No marits of violence were found by Deputy Coroner Thomas C. Knox in his examination of the body, ‘The fact that Mrs, Weiss was laboring under tem- porary aberration of the mind on the morning of her disappearance is without foundation, and it ts thought that the woman fell overboard while sitting near the river front, ‘Thus the theory of murder and suicide ts unfounded, Frederick Stockamp, aged forty-three years, a Ger- man, of No. 637 West Forty-seventh street, was awccl- dentally drowned yesterday morning at the foot of Forty-second street, North River. The body was re- covered in an hour after the accident by John Davis, of No, 445 West Fortieth street, Alexander Miller, aged twenty-five years, a resident of the City of Churches, and a mate on’ the lighter Undine, lying at pier 45 Bast River, was accidentally drowned on Saturday evening while at work on the lighter. The body was recovered yesterday morning, and was taken charge of by his brother, in this city. ‘The body of William Hays, aged twenty-eight yeara, of No, 194 Franklin street, was found yesterday morn- ing in the water at pier No. 40 North’ River, The de- ceased had been missing since Friday last. George Flynn, of No. 2,216 Second avenue, while as work on Saturday afternoon on the rigging of the ship Frank Jones, at pier No, 19 East River, fell from the topgallant yard to the deck, a distance of 100 feet, and died in a quarter of an hour from the injuries received. Coroner Croker will hold an inquest. Coroner Croker will, to-morrow, hold an inquest im the caso of Mrs, U. Wick, who died, it is alleged, from criminal negligence of medical attendants during child- birth, on August 10, at her residence, No. 806 East Six- ty-sixth street, Tho midwife, Mrs. Altenharn, and Drs. on Meyer and Wehr, who attended the doceased, been arrested and put undor $500 bail each to answer by Coroner Croker. Francis Daly, aged ten years, of No, 238 Fast Tenth street, was drowned yesterday morning at the foot of Seventh street, East River. A WOMAN'S HORRIBLE DEATH. THE FLATBUSH HOSPITAL AUTHORITIES EN- DEAVORING TO SUPPRESS THE CASE, The Brooklyn police are making an investigation into the circumstances attending the death of Emma Maag, & married woman, twenty-four years of age, who died in the Kings County Hospital at Flatbush om Saturday, it is supposed from the effects of medical malpractice. A determined effort has been mado by Coroner Simms and the hospital physicians to suppreas the facts, but the developments were sufficient to leave very little room to doubt that the woman was a victim of foul play. The deceased was the wife of Gustave Maag, an organ builder, to whom she had been married seven years, They had three childrea—two girls and a boy. Their residence was at No, 47 South Third street, ‘nm the Eastern District. The wifo, who was an attractive looking woman, was taken suddenly ill on the night of August 4, and intormed her husband that she had recently beem tgp y upon by a quack physician, and that she feared sho was going to die. Dr. Jerome, of South Fourth street, wasimmediately summoned, and, as he pro- nounced the case a serious one, Mrs, Maag was re moved to the hospital, where sho died in great agony. Previous to her death she made a sworn statement with reference to the operation performed upon her. She was so weak when she made the statemont that Dr. Cook, who attended her, obliged to hold her hand up while she was taking the oath. It is believed that several persons are implicated by this statement in the taking off of the woman. The police pretend to be om the trail of these persons, and Coroner Simms gives this as his reason for attempting to prevent the Dr. Shepard, the County Physician, made a post-mortem examination of the remains yest atthe Brooklyn Morgue. All the officials refused to state the cause of her death, bat it is known that immediately after the autopsy deteo- tives were detailed to up” the case, The hus | band of the unfortunate woman was at the Morgue yes. terday and seemed greatly affected by the loss of his wife. Ho is a quiet, respectabie looking man, aboat twenty-five years of age. The peculiar conduct of the authorities has given rise to the theory that the case was bungled by the doctors at the hospital. More li will be thrown apon the subject at the inquest, which will be held immediately after the appreheusion of the guity persons. A SAD PICTURE OF DESTITUTION. On Saturday night Dr, Lochner, city physician, was called to attend a woman named Mra. Culbert, who was suffering from an attack of cholera morbus, at No, 175 Bay street, Jersey City. When he arrived at the house, accompanied by Dr. Cummings and a Heratp reporter, asad spectacle was presented. The suffering woman ‘was stretched ona bed which nearly filled up a narrow room, without any ventilation. She was apparently un- conscious. Beside her lay ina deep slumber four chi dren, between the ages of two and seven. The youngest was almost naked and nestled close to the mother. The others lay crosswise and lengthwise, half denuded, as if struggling with the suffocat- ing heat, In the outer room the eldest child, a boy of nine, sat beside a lamp, keepi watch. Two neighboring women entered and expremed sympathy, saying they had already ministered to the distressed women, but they could not remain up thas night, as they bad their own families to attend. They that the woman's husband, John Culbert, had been in the employ of Phelps, Dodge & Co., in’ New York, but had met with an accident which incapacitated him from working for several months past, and is at So in the Presbyterian Hospital at Yorkville, ‘hey also said that Mrs, Culbert is allowed a weekly pit- tance by the firm above named for the support of her- self and her children. The apartments occupied by the Culbert family consist of two rooms, which were in @ valid condition, Dr, Lochner preseribed remedies aud left the abode of misery, saying it was a marvel that the wretched inmates could exist without sufficiens hutriment and ventilation. A FIREMAN'S WOES. ‘Those in power are not always aware of the grave im- convenience which may result to subordinates from their quarrels. A Henatp reporter happened to be talking to the members of one of the fire companies yesterday afternoon. During the conversation, one of the men turned round abruptly, and, calling a compan- jon by name, said:—‘Come here, Jim, Now, sir, if you want to know what we have had to go through, here is a good sample.” A question or two from the Henatp man elicited the following short story:—‘I am a man with six ebildren, My wife died in January last, Of course, with six children and $100 month pay, you must know I want every’ cont I can get, aud want it as soon as I be get it hy have ge Bg dh June el fore we our pay for July I was without a single cent, aud if had not been for a friend, at the last moment, my children would have starved. About myself 1 don’t care, but the 7 of my little ‘ones on short commons cuts me up. The oldest is ff teen; the eae of the six is twenty-two months old. One day I was ty pre d for a litte meat for the children, Ihad tw attend to work; so my sister went to the butcher who gets my money and asked for a little meat on trust. He gave her some. When I came home she ee me, I told her it was unfit to eat, She said told the butcher 80, but ‘fither take it or leave it’ That's the way wo got served all round when wo have to 6°, in debt, Another friend prevented me from ing turned, with ey itecbapse de into the streot for rent. It's a pity the Mayor and Mr, Green can’t think ita Deparinnea’, lg of hae La ” re ent, and it’s a pit jayor Wi and Mr, Green can't” sudter for . owe srrela tl should like to know who gets the interest of our June money that yet paid.” The Henatod man was un- able to the fireman on this latter point, but am or Comptroller Groen, able to the question. ‘The the and Com) as to their re- Pe a © present tm Ganon. I ware conorote and Very distroading