, 1875-11-05
RELIGIOUS.
4 Growing Interest in Moody
and Sankey's Brooklyn
N1ecti1iEs.
Er. noody Draws from His English
Experience to Interest Hi
Audiences.


i|Ew ioaE. Nov. 4.-Tho revival in Brooklyn
loaes hone Of the interest which first conferred In
1t. HessrB. Mnodr and sankay aad to reporter
Yesterday tha. they are very much encouraged.
nnd are dirHatshod in m way, They nov
er Ia aA Their experience Rut further
along III two Wsekn than tley havo In
HookIyll. Nonea.h slf external appcasancea
they soc evidences Of deep. earnest work, aud
:llose WHO now attend tho mcosluga come for 4
reaE purpose. The excitement over tue recent
electlons haa not drawn from tho eRsnestucBs Of
a'v OF the meetings. Somes',nea thoy
haTo been emallcr in numbars, but
never diminished in religious fervor. In
fact the recent meetings here have ranked
among tho loat tlioy hsyo had In England. 1t
was predicted that tue elections. Wht.sunday.
and 1)ers,y races, would Lesson the attendance,
but in several cascs tile rcButt was directly tho
rererse. Tho EvangeliBta declare that, whom
they aeave brooklyn, tho work will seem to shom
tuas veil etartcd. It usualIy takes two weeks
TO mako q start. Thoy say their voices are Just
becoming manageable. Slr. Sankey's voice has
appeared to trouble him for aevcrl DAYS, aud
many have noticed that ho Gang with 1ess volume
than formerly. 11o finds tho keen air OF
brooklyn Hill something ho has not
been accustomed to before, but
49, s+4sAh7 AI Al 4%GiAA44*tA AQHs 4uA WILL 6uuGE
no further Inconvenience. Both himself and
Sir. Moody arc satisfied that the deep religious
spirit las hoen awakened. md cannot 10 mens-
usea. "1t IL question:" raid Mr. EankeJ,
between an individual and hiH God, and the
recbftts are kept not here, but III heaven. We
bearing fruit bountifaily aud believe the glth-
for Fhiiadelu!,ia.'
!, Ono OF the most celebrated of Mr..
Af3bn 70 n11fo Af nv
Ninety aud Niue" 1t was f..rorito
10 England. and IL much admired hare.
Several statements concernng ita orlgln havo
been published. which conflict with oarh a:aer,
sestolsy sea 0Di j. ., soress ss Ss M ss Asy e 'a
tho case aro thoac Bono timo In 1873,
sIr. sankoy. being then in England with
NJ. aoody for the first time. bought a copy
publishing Mr.: Talmagcs sermons. In ono
corner wan found this hymn. 11e lad never
Eecn nor heard OF it before. 1t pIasHed him. and
hco'ned adapted to religious work. lie cut it out
oi tie paper. aud. three days asterwanl. sang it
at meeting In the FREQ Assembly Hall ut Edin-
burg. having composed tho music hi.n1eli. 4
short time a!tar he received letter from lady
thanking linn for having sung the hynn. aud
stating that the author was ber sister, Miss
Elza c. Clnphanc. Of hlelrosc. Scotland. Sho
had written the hymn in 16G3, and. shortly
after, died. size aud her whole family weso
members OF the Church Of scotland, and werc not
Un1tRfiRf,s hs hkdteu til thlA country. Mf. SaQk6y
replied to the lndys letter. asking II her slsteF
Ind erer written my other hymi'a. and WAS told
that sh0 lad Written several Others which we're
sent 10 tue Family Treasury, ro-
l.isIoas papor, Of which the lasa p.
Ninety aud Nine WIS ever published. Mr.
sankey communicated with him md recycl Hes-
oral pieces Of manuscript. The only other
hsiun by the san,o author tu Mr. Sankey's collcc-
ton IL tho osty-third,-' Beneath the Cross Of
iesus." lie has been gathering hymns
for tho, past eight years. koeping
scran-book for that purpose. Many
OF them are found In the common SUNDAY school
collections, and we're not known in England bo-
fore Moody and Sankev introduced them. siuco
that tune they hare bocomo thu most popular
hymua in Great nrtain- Willie the eVan9ell4ts
wore In Hcotland, .ueY at frat found dlficulty
in inducing tho pcopIc to suE those hvmna
aa the IrcsbytoriAns preferred tteir version Of
the Psalms, Tic eyaugcl!sts wero accustomed
to sing the ono hundredth. twenty third. and
fostieth Palms. or the iirst, one hundred and
Reveuth, and ono hundred aud twenty-f}fIh
Mymns Of the Collection, and then ask presby-
tcsians to sing "Iold. tho Fort" which they
usually did, and, At length, sang Any OF the
hytnus.