MOODY AND SANKEY IN LONDON!

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1697, 27 July 1875, Page 2

MOODY AND SANKEY IN LONDON!

HOW THE PRINCESS OF WAXES VISITED THE

REVIVALISTS. A correspondent of the Oiago Daily Times writes :—As time elapses the wonderful work of Messrs Moody and Sankey in London, far from decreasing, shows a surprising and steady increase." Services are now held daily in her Majesty's Opera House, Haymarket ; the Agricultural Ball, Islington; and in a large new wooden hall erected for the purpose in the Esst End. There are also several smaller places in ctnstant requisition for the same purpose, ard the number of people thus daily brought under the sound of the Gcspel message must be about 50,000. At the same time a gratifying increase has taken place in the attendance at many of the churches in the neighbourhood of the principal plates where the evangelistic services ate held. At the Opera Bouse Mr Moody has had crowds of fashionable hearers. Among them is the Duchess of Sutherland, vvho gees almost daily, and by special permistien occupies the royal box. One day, before tbis favour was accorded to her, she asked the Committee if they would reserve a seat next day for "a lady fiiend" of hers. The request was gladly acceded to, tut somehow it oozed out that the Princess of Wales was the " lady fiiend " in question, and the royal box was prepared. The Princess came a full half-hour before the meetiug began, and remained till the close. Mr Moody spoke with great power on the subject of " Grace," and the Princess at one part of his address seemed to be considerably afficted Hr. Sankey's singing of " The Lost Sheep" also appeared to° go home to her heart. Amongst the number of other exalted and famous personages who have gone to the meetings is Mr Gladstone, who went on Sunday, the 25th April, to the Agricultural Hall, and was accommodated with a seat on the platform. At the East End Hall Mr. Moody had frequently complained of Christians with leisure taking up all the best seats, while the working people had to put up with the farther off seats, where, inconsequence of their heari; g being deadened by working at ear-splitting trades, many of them could not hear at all. To remedy this, Mr. Moody one day, to the surprise of everyone, made his appearance afc the end of the hall farthest from the platform, and spoke there. It is to be hoped the lesson was not thrown away. I cannot attempt to do more than simply refer to Messrs. Moody and Sankey's labours in London. To do more, I should require at least two columns of your space. But the almost unanimous testimony of friends and fots is alike—that they are doing a great work, and it is therefore most gratifying to hear that, in spite of much opposition, it is steadily progressing. Mr. Moody, I am told, is quite awed at the rapidly-growing magnitude of the results.