The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-26
THE WAR ON BROOKLYN SIN
MOODT fND SANKEY'S RIGOROUS
TSE or PRIYER IND PRAISE.

sndc- score Of Repcutnnt sinners.
The difference between half-past eight
oc'o.k in the morning and ciuht O'Clock ia only
half au hour. but 1. Is half hour that lengthons
sday almost as conspicuously as an inch on the
end ~ mans nose does the nose. SO yestor-
Day morning. at o'clock, there was not In DR..
Talmascs Tabernacle enough Of the mass that
had packed tho Rink at half-past eight o'clock
on s.udty morning to more than OIL the body
the chuich and to distribute one or two rows
Of ttr-ous In the gallery. MIR. Moody, who Is
the guest If MIR. Mcwilliams. was promptly in
bis scat In the pulpit, but the cottage organ that
has been placed on the platform In the Tlnce
whcre Arbuckle usually stands with his cornet
WI. closed. and Mr.. SaukCy, VINO Is staying with
Alderman French, WAS not Ia light. George A.
Bel. cx- Deacon Of Plymouth Church, carried
uoto to Nr. Moody, who was on tho platform,
and people feared Il might I've bad news CON
cefning Mr.. sankey, and when Nr. Moody arose
AMI stci ped to the front of the pulpit there was
amomcuts pause, but he merely announced
hymn. and requested some brother to st RI II.
Then newspapers were put away, aud the ser
vices were begun. Before the hymn was I'm
ished Mr Sankey arrived, and hundreds Of tardy
worshiprers poured In, hlling the gallery aud the
hislcs. Tho Rev. Drs. Scuddcr. 1nglis, Cu,ler,
Hodge, Fulton. and steele were there. ani tho
Kev Mr. Gtcenbury Of Leeds, Eng and, the Rev.
Mr. Platt and Mr.. stuart " Philadelphia In the
front Tow of seats, close under Mr. MOODY sat
the same old man whose striktug appearance in
comm ndug position on the links stage on
Sunday uiEht Httrdt ted 30 much attention. lie
IS the l,'v. Harvey Camp and he i. over eighty
year of ree. lie has preached Method SIN sixty
years. one of his ncphews is Choristcr Camr,
~ Plymouth Church, aud The old man himstlf
enters a. strongly as his fcaule voice permits
Into the choruscs Of Sankcys songs The card
that Nr. Bell banded to MIR. Moody was request
for the prayers OF the congregation for a sick
man apparently near his end, and there WAS an
other rcqu 81 made by some one else Tor q father
and mother desiring CONVERSE n. To these per
SONS the Rev Dr. lnglis referred in his payer,
and then he prayed TO G I'd to deepen all good
ouiphc all His children. to bless these special
services, to make the WORD ~p ken on SUNDAY to
be seed sown in good ground, and to gather
many into Ills fold.
sINoING FAMILIAR HYMN.
The congregation looked like church mem-
hers, or at least like const nj ci urch aitcndauts,
hshlS lnttlulent and dccpi, inter, .tod. Two
thirds Il them were women. and an Joined with
feOiGrcss m rendering the " Rock Of Aers,"
the nr-t rcullv familiar hymn sung hi re-
vWali-ts The big. sironr lungs Of Sankc, could
not pour out a volume Of sound sufficient to he
distinguished over and above the song II the
three tn.u~t ma throAts that strained To sin. the
Next Mr. Moody read portion of the thirty
second chatter of Jeremiah, making d gressious
~ the way oi r marks that formed the only ser
mon that he preached. Iokns the words Of
the vcuteenth verse,
on lora God, there is nothing too hard for thee.
he brnnched out In his energetic, a-swaying.
inivetnons manner enforcing his words with
rude, o.t iui ressive gesture, and discovering at
tiu tcndcrness in his tones that his speahin:
In re Rink gave no token %.
Those words" said he "hgve been the key
note thnt las pitched the strain under which
hr ikry and have coLe our work for the
Iu.t two years DAYS came upon us that vera
dafk, ana which had DO promise In them. days
Had IA e cen fof these word, There is nothing
TO aafi fYt thee we would have given up the
tsA'. ln Lilhpursh, ~ one Of our meetings, a
iuegh ne 70 tell me that the President u tho
r. luf hf. int fiff,
Wa only iu sew tarcs. We were distressed az out
if, aul went toward the man to ask HIM to
le Ne th" hall. tut ON the way The words nothing
L." l1l r thee came to ms rulni, ana SO id
= az Z asking him to leave asked him how
saarrl'' How 90 you know h;ye
lriN. ana uS courage almost failed me ~ !
e.kci hlr whether might not pray tor him and
iit -.ui Pray, Of course, II You want to.
j w"n't disturb me- ana kneit by his side and
bf-tci h't lac never bowed bis heal, nor m1r-
MIi.a a word. II hard M1rh l9r God -
won MN Ihr mouths 'airr a uarrs'e ot tic
clty wrote me that the inNde Was a Christian,
and littlr later another letter came to me tell
NJ IN inp ms meetins @ticnled by seven
teen OF TIE former members of tue Inndel Club
anu conducted 10y their converted President.
MOopi's FAITH IN PRAYER MEETINGS.
9Th, inquiry meetings re what iriw most
hope from lnd expect more dtc. good from
VI Sc ,n rang ne iingS here Than FROM the as
come IN and convert the whole crowd il lie
Hish'i to lt would be as easy ior Him as TO
tllu over Dis mana. W ny how Qlu he create the
M.idf hN a akinG. hat Vas all lac did hut
t'ill the v ia Is well made But 1t amt preach
m tha' iir9oklyn wants. There has been plenty
OF llhni II hps teen the test IN the world and
now inquiry aud effort aud revival Is needed.
lNt thr man who can create a world by speak
- au ma no hard Work ~ turning to MIN the
drHnhard. the barlot, and the sclErighteous
f"ar.-ee. our God is great, Hi universe
You .sk Him to do great things. There
iore ! ask, liim to convert not only Brook
tlHttf an awakening all through the country.
ore that viii reach further thnn we can see,
tat Will spring up in places tnat We cannot
N'ii, ia Wl.i sweep the nation from shore to
sr0rc he has said, Can unto me- aud Will
sn.wer thee There is his promlse lie wants
ne io ply 10 Him, and lie is pleased when we
i've clhuteu, q to ask HIM 10 d. hard work.
~ th".r VINO come o. the prayer meetings
iot me with "A purpose. There nre those
NNp c3He day after d.y and get not lug be-
ca.so thet look for nothing. They are Ike the
nntnig IN od scotch woman would have
i,H wed thiS policy once had permitted her
Mhp WAS an unbelieyer and n waudcrer from
ms h"H.e. SAe mourned because he could
NO be with her to attend the meetings
IN tWr1e sWailng 40 many hearts. She did not
kh1w even where lie was. But told her that
there, anu that the Lord would lind him We
prayed i1r ann y after day, ana finally letter
70 1I qIG m Inc enc 70 cns M Tn'ten t
miles through the forests Of Australia To the
ueatCSt post telling ner to rejoice with him for
he had that hight found the saviour"
FnoM PREACHING TO PRAYING.
Then the evangelist by inperceptible degrees
passed from a sermon to prayer, aud one by
one the heads OF the cOngrega' ion bowed rover
ertY uutil there was not face raised. IL was
spOnt neous ret in response TO the beautiful
action of the speaker, by which tho pray erful
assent y htd teen sWayed.
MaS the blessed Jesus inclte you to a work
In this county thht will break out where 1t Is
not dreamed, that viii come from state 10 state,
bud mat VIII cover the nation. MAY the nun
uIeds of tnOusands IN Brooklyu be turned as
one man 70 God Nav they be delivered from
t4i false cActcneuts, from the work Of the flesh,
Eri may they ue guided hy the spirit alone, 80
tnt the work snail be lasting. o. tive for q thou
d years ~ this, sovereign city. Teach lhy
ttYan,s how to preach. Hear the mothers
cl0, that their sons and daughter. may come
il'o lhy fold. Bless the sunday school teacL-
e'- mo sunday school superintcndents, the
~. c.1rirs, the cOlporteurs, and the tract al
u is ond give them assistance la their
Huh.
a hs close Of the prayer, Mr.. Moody asked
mrHN'fs oi the congregation 10 speak or to
lI-H nd among those who arose were the Rev.
br 'rclc, Mr.. stuart, Frod Bell the muscular
,in-l4u, ana Young man who Is unsubstan-
N'"} HHld ~ have been rescued ffoln the chi
t.g t.''ta by Mr. Moody. a peculiar render
~ NI mr, Hoy Split" was made at tho
20 .'.l W. Nr. Sankey, In which each singer
m.' ~ d li' voice 10 gentle whisper, with
s,AD'hDi 'rcct -tling and impressive.
. II IlllalelIli4 in ll, remarks said