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A College of Colleges

A College of Colleges

Moody, Dwight Lyman

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General World History

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ISBN10: 1151164666
ISBN13: 9781151164667
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 78
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.16 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1887. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIX. A MIGHTY WORK IN SCOTLAND. Prof. Drummond Describes the Wonderful Awakening at Edinburgh University--Its Origin and Immediate Success--Features of the Movement--No Cant--No Interference with Work--Personnel of the Leaders--No Interference with Amusements or with Theological Speculation--Fruitful Meetings--Deputations to Other Colleges--The Holiday Mission--Toil Among the Poor--Capturing the Boys--Answers to Questions. I Gladly respond to Mr. Moody's request to state a few facts about the marvellous religious work which has been going on now for three years at the University of Edinburgh. No report of this work has ever appeared in print. We have never allowed one line to be published about it. Perhaps that was not wise. Some of you might think it was carrying the thing a little too far. But we don't repent having kept the work quiet. And the reason was simply that we felt it to be such a sacred thing that we were afraid of losing the blessing that was coming upon us. We find that reports of religious work tend to cheapen and destroy the power and delicacy of the work. And so we have tried to keep this thing, so far as print is concerned, quiet. Not, howeven that we have not sought to propagate the movement in other ways which I shall name. I am anxious to tell you about this movement, because I hope that the outcome of the Northfield meetings this year will be a determined effort to evangelize the colleges. [Amen.] The outcome last year was entirely unexpected: a marvellous increase of interest in the foreign field. God never repeats Himself. We cannot expect it will be that this year. May I hope and pray that the result of this feeding and praying which have been prevailing here during these last days may be a movement for the winning of every m...

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