The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-29
THE SWELLING OF THE TIDE
IlsTNIGHT'S REALREVIVAL SCENES
I'M THR BROOKLYN RINK.

PRAYED for seven Men Carried Out Faiut-
ing MIR. Moody Holding the Vast ASSEM-
blasc speII-Bound-" II old the Fort"
The number Of letters daily received by
AIR. Moody to be read az the morning meetings
An the tabernacle is the best gouge OF the grow
,ns success OF the evangelists. On Tuesday
morning there were I'VE, on Wednesday morn
Ina twenty five, and yesterday nearly forty, some
Of which came from distant cities. There was
one from q Baltimore mother asking for the
conversion OF her son ; one from Binghamton
wife for the return Of her husband, who has Tor
s.ken her ; one from widow In Fulton for the
conversion Of one son In Chicago and OF another
in Kalamazoo; one from a Middetown father for
the softenlng Of his sons heart; and one from
a Philadelphia woman for the turning TO CHRIST
Of her brothcr-in- law. Besides these there were
mayors for beloved, aged mother, who Is not
IA Christ; for a sick husband. once believer
but now a wandercr; for a brother who Is
LAWYER; for a son exposed to great temptation;
for au aged father; FOR man and wife, both ln-
terestcd for husband, who has for evil asso-
tHates forsaken wife and chldren for young
man who relies upon morality and who has no
desire to become Christian; for widowstwo
sons and for a number Of sons, daughters, and
parents not cnyeloped by any peculiarly harrow
Ing surroundings.
When the revlvallsts we're In the fun tide o Z
success in London the number OF letters daily
received was about one thousand. demanding
che entire time of one man for their classia-
Mir Moody did not read the letters himself
ye.tetday, but was bowed with the cougregA-
hon IN silent prayer while Deacon liawley of
DR. Scuddcis church read the letters. MT.
Hawey was formerly a colaburer with Moody
and sankey in their work In Chicaso, and when
thew went abroad he was prevent cd only by an
sccdent from ACCOMPANYING them.
rnE SERMON.
Mr. Moody preached from the 30th verso Of
the ith chapter Of Kings, III.
Ana the mother OF the child said. A. the Lord livch,
AL a Thy soul lyelh Vili not leave thee And he
arose aud Followed her.
you re,d the whole story" said the preach
et you Will see that the woman had dead
ohid and that she vent to Elisha to ask him TO
restore the enid to HE, and that' when he told
her to take his stan and lay IL upon the face OF
tue child, she would not he content, hut made
him oome himself, She would not lean on the
slaf sue wanted the prouhet himself. Ana
You who want TO be saved and want to have
Your children saved must not lean on these
meetings nor on these, his serv ints. but you
must GO direct to the Lord. The meetings may
be large, aud may be fun Of hope, hui they are
Sru. You can pray for yourselves az tnat God
will hear YOU great deal better than any one
the Lord q, II Understand all lan-uages. Hut,
thank God. we are urayng nation. Ihat Is q
biessine that the ver left Us. for when sons and
Husbands were on the battle held the mothers
aud wives we're stirred as they never wer.
stirred before TO pray Women who did not
elouuent. aud tnev wrote letters at were read
In the pra er meetings In the camp, aud thal
converted not only the dear one to whom the,
were written but many another besides Int
preacher related some incidents OF army ne
and tue effect that his words had showed thA
tbere were women before him who had lived tt
BufOr by Luc
Then Mr. s.nkey exhortcd the listeners
through one OF his hymns that lie said =" hat
been wonderfully bl- ssed Ia England and scot
land and concernnr which he receives letter,
every DAY from converts In those countries.
few moments Of silent prayer were ended by th'
sOatie singing Of the hymn " Even me-
roFTLY.
Mr. Moody urged the congregation to sin
very softly, md stood with arm upraised motion
Ing to any singer whose emotion threw TO
much strength INTO his voice. "Ihat y ~ no
Ons uuater soft enough. Now, NerN gently,
said he at the Close II one 81 nla ana woe
that VS. sung he said, Now this one not hal
40 oIOud, this hymn Is u prayer, and es you IA
YOU pray" ana wonderfully gentle was the r.
spOnse, though It came from 30 many tnroat
u was a soft Groom ng, almost TOO indistinet
DO Interpreted:
r;s, % me en- n9, Mt, Thy q lost S one to eTnsps l
Wit VII t6S sire ms Of Me are -prlngins.
81, ssing otrets' on, bi.ss me-
Bicssin. others, Oh. oless me.
While the influence Of the music was sti
upon the people, Mr.. Moody asked that "aD
one having great burden to present II tue
and thOre,' and a father rose to ask prayers Il
his aon; a widow for her child; an aged maj
Tor his son and gran lson; a man for "tniriee
Roman Catholics. aud for one especially WI
Oame out soDoinx from the Rink last night AL
Hstop, brother. there" said Mr.. Moody. "w
do not care for that"
And then the fathers ana mothers and widow
continued To rise ana ask for prayers for the
children. An old woman In aeep black orit
out between her sObs from under her long We
I" PRAY, pray for my son a sailor far lroiu home
Later hn opportunity was given for those
rise who were troubled Tor their own sins. aI
about niuety stood up, among whom were maj
men.
AT tho close OF the services Mr.. Moody wei
10 the reporters ana expressed his re2ret tn
any one h ID been 80 iil advised anu sectartan
20 use the name Of Roman CItnOlic as II la
been used by one or twD men a~king Tor prAyc
for ft.ends of that religion. " lney used Il
word as though II were opprobrious, and we
very mar Ow-spirted In doing So. Why. the
are ~ many Roman Catholics who are Christina
there Of other deuOuliuatlOus ana thO
men IA ad no business to lump the term IN q
way tney did"
The meeting WAS the largest one yet held
che ThBernacle. he aisles were hlled wi
people as TO De undlstingulshabie frOu the boo
of the Church, aud few moments alter eig
tho iron gatos AID the cOOrs Of the church we
looked aud u ! rye congregation poured into Il
chapel To worship there.
Thrilling Revival scenes In tho Rink-Re
Fruits OF the Crusade.
Both OF the great church edihces opp
aite the Rink were filled last night with worshi
pers who had been sent to them by Moody
pray for the conversion Of those sinners W
poured into the ltiuk II WAS the preachers l.
ton that by planting two bodies Of praying Chr
t,ans where their prayers would weight the air
fore II reached the unconverted thronR, he wot
bays powerful magnetic unseen auxiliary TO
forces that with the thought that thousands