Moody Without Sankey

'Nothing can be more fatal to the discipline of the school (Eton), nothing more calculated to interfere with good regulation in the management of the boys.' Than what? What is so dangerous? Why, letting them hear the gospel, of course! Such was the opinion of the Marquess of Bath when it was proposed to allow Moody to visit Eton - a proposal, sneered the newspapers, '... discussed with as much heart as if it had threatened the peace of Europe!'

Gary Benfold