Connecticut western news., 1875-11-05
MOODY AND sANKEY.

MOODY AND sANKEY.
 The Work of thssRevivai,..s in Brookly, Twenty -five Thousand People Atten' the Meetings. Messrs.. Moody and ,Sankey, who mad such, a world wide reputation in Euyop, as the "American reyivahsts,' are ii the midst of their labors in Brooklyn anl New York, and are creating an excitemen heretofore unequaled in the religious field. The excitement createdh there i an excuse for the lengthy spacewe giv' this week to report of their labors ant a description of one of their meetings: APPEARANCE OF THE MEN.
 Both men made 8 favorable impres sion, says report. Many were disposed to think they belonged to the traditiona type of Down East camp meeting lead ers-lank, lantern -jawed and hollow eyed. In Sankey they found face O. the regular English type, framed ir black side whiskers, and as smooth skinned, full and round as if he had been raised from childhood on the roast beef and plum pudding of ole England. In Moody they saw averyf fail example of type of face that has come to be recognized as Western American A full beard and mustache are essential to constitute it, and Moody, has these. His voice also is Western, and the energy of his delivery must be born of the same great and vigorous soil.
 "Let us go and take the land, re. peated hundred times in rising, vigor- ous tones by strong. bodied man of in- tense earnestness, struck the keynote .oi the revival. He had no occasion to ex- plain that he called for an army of be- ievers to go forth and drive sin, out oi the nation. His audience was respon- sive. He used neither logic nor rhe- toric, but he thrilled them with the energy and boldness. of his brief and plain appeal. It was as if Cortez, hun gry and disheartened, turned to his timid but famishing followers and, point ing to the gilded battlements of Monte zuma's palaces, cried out in desperation: Let us go up and take the land, and history records that they went up and took it. .l-s a '' The secret of the success in England of the two evangelists was made plain to everybody. Moody towering energy is calculated to stir even the most phlegmatic audience, and even the most intelligent and refined appear to fall under the spell of this influence as quickly as the simple and illiterate, to whose minds only, some would think, these sermons should be addressed. Sankey's singing has no tricks of vocal. ism. Take an average Sunday school singer and magnify the volume, of his voice eighteen or twenty times, and you have Sankey. But it is not his clear, full, rounded voice alone that has made him so successful. His hymns have 2 music in them that possesses great charm for the mass of church going people who neither understand nor care for the dazzling intricacies of operatic or concerted music.
 ] The following is the first solo MT. Sankey sung. A strong desire was. felt to hear him alone. In the previous hymns his voice was drowned in the tre- mendous volume of sound thatswent up with will from five thousand pairs oi lungs. The repetition of the last line in each verse had an impressive effect:
 [Tune-' Your mission. J "a szf,
 Hark! the voice of Jesus crying, .ge
 Who will go and work to-osy?, .ss 2
 Fields are white and harvest waiting Y 5Jf Who will bear the sheaves away ?''
 Loud and strong the Master calleth,
 Rich reward he offers thee Sss@ .'
 Who will answer, gladly saying: @4jss k.-s;5- '.Here am I send me l send me p < A low murmur of approbation passed through the audience and in pleasant state of expectancy they awaited the next verses: 7AI &fRl &[A $
 If you cannot cross the ocean, 2 Z
 And the heathen lands explore, a f9
 You can find the heathen nearer, 2
 And help them at your door. ss sty s
 If you cannot give your thousands,
 You can give the widows mite
 And the least you do for Jesus,
 Will be precious in His sight.
 If you cannot speak like angels, zs
 If you cannot preach like Paul, ,sF-- ss%
 You can tell the love of Jesus,
 You can say He died for all.
 (Voices, "Yes.'O
 If you cannot rouse the wicked.syF.rg ss~
 With the judgments dread alarms,
 You can lead the little children Z
 To the Savior waiting arms. s 5sS { If you cannot be the watchman, s %~.!S Standing high on Zions wall g ~~--a
 Pointing out the path to heaven,
 Offering life and peace to all,
 With your prayers and with your bountiei
 You can do what heaven demands
 You can be like faithful Aaron,
 a- Holding up the prophets hands. ,-yy yat Several other hymns were sung, all so which created much feeling. The hymns used by the revivalists are not only earn est in their words but in their tunes, anl become at once so popular that even th' boys in the streets sing them daily.
 as:o MIR. MooDY's SERMON. s99'sa D
 In his preaching MT : Moody's voic is powerful and reaches every part of , large building. e.g., :. 5-e.s
 want to call your attention to a par of the thirtieth verse t' Let us go in g to overcome 1t.
 There has been Q cry heard through out the United States during the pas twelve months for g revival of religion It is coming from all quarters of the lant and from all classes of people and no, great many are standing up and wait ing to see if there is going to be work saw in one of the newspapers tha some one sent me that the revival u Philadelphia had been postponed fo one month--that it was going to com mence on the 21st ot November! As we could tell just when it was going t be commenced or could postpone it o | hinder it from working Now l believ there is just one way that we can hlnde God from working ng-jxst one way 4 great many people have asked me wha that obstacle is, and I answer in one wor the unbehef of the Church of God. Tn only obstacle that we have is this misel able unbe1ief that keeps back tn blessing. All the influences in tn world cannot hinder God from. workin all the unbelief outside of the Churcl of God cannot hinder Him; but thi wretched miserable unbelief : anon Gods own people is the one thing tha can hinder the work Now, the sqnes