Middletown transcript., 1875-12-04
MOODY AND SANKEY.

ed by Messrs Moody and Sankey be-
gan 10 Philadelphia on Sunday. No
vember 2lst. Although the press has
given full reports. to the extent of
several. columns daily, letter giving
some information in reg ard to. the
movement. may not be undressing to
yours readers. .9f-
Your readers are already familiar
with the extensive preparations made
preparatory to their coming, During
the FIRST week numerous changes we're
rendered necessary, and many improve-
ments were made A telegraph was
put in. connecting the chief ushers'
stand at the platform with the platform
Of the assistant usher in front Of the
Hall The wire also connects with y
wire leading to the city Central Station
100 police are on duty each evening.
and on Sunday and Thanksgiving-day
1870 police were on duty about the
building. A corps Of ushers, some 20
in number, each evening have been
very efficient, and there hason no occas.
ion been more confusion than there is on
an ordinary occasion. in large church
congregation. A large: choir. several
hundred in numbers, have excited the
admiration Of the audience by their
thoroughly trained and powerful chorus
as well as by the sweetness Of their
songs. The class Of Christian workers,
800 in number, are entering heartily
into the work of the inquiry rooms
The opening morning was cold.
winter morning. the rain pouring in
torrents for an hour before the opening
Of the service. At 8 o'clock, when
the doors were closed, there were eight
or nine thousand persons in the audi
ence. In the afternoon, at 4 o'clock,
a damp. disagreeable day, an hour be-
fore the time Of beginning the service.
the Hall was packed there being fully
twelve thousand people in the audi
ence and it is estimated twenty thousand
persons were turned away unable to
obtain admittance The morning
prayer meeting. from 8 to 9 o'clock,
was opened in The, Chambers Presby.
terian Churh, accommodating some two
thousand people. but after three days
the number 10 attendance was SO great
that it had to be moved to the Hall
The first morning in the Hall some six
thousand persons were present. On
Thanksgiving evening the service was
announced for74 o'clock. At2 o'clock
the people began to gather about the
building, and by 5 o'clock thousands
we're waiting to obtain admission. At
6 o'clock the house was crowded. fully
twelve thousand persons being present,
and the doors were closed, shutting out
most Of the ministers, a large part Of
the choir and many representatives of
the press. On last Sunday the 8 o'cl'k k
service was fol-. Christian workers, ad-
mitted by tickets, which were given
free to those applying for them. By
noon, Saturday. all the tickets we're
given out. and many were thus pre-
vented from attending This sermon
to Christians was the most impressive
Mr.. Moody had SO far given. 1t was
on "Love and Sympathy" and many
times during the sermon there was
hardly person in the vast audience
sbo vas pot affected to tears. This
service closed the special sermons to
Christians. For week be preached,
talked to, aud exhorted Christians to
more consecration and earpestness. and
the result Of the 6rst weeks work will
be felt during the continuance Of the
meetings.
Sunday afternoon services for the i'm
penitent were begun At 8 o'clock. an
hour befotc sthe time of service. the
doors were closed.f shutting 10 eleven
or twelve thousand women (no men be-
ing admitted), and shutting out larg.