New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-10-29
THE REVIVAL WORK.
,,,,povcvn pp,ycP MEETINGS


THRoNGED PRAYER MEETINGS. .
rsW BRooKLYN TABERNACLE AND LAY COLLEGE
rNaprouArS TO CONTAIN THE CRowDs-NuMkR-
OTIS AND VARIED REQUESTS FOR PgAYER-zBL
IN THE SERVICES.
II curiosity, and The feeling which leads men
10 ~ where there crowd, the causes of the as
rambling OF the vast .nuititudes OF people Who Nen'
70 hear the evangets at their opening meetings there
must he other for the great thronge whch no"
rather early In the morning and at night ies'etda.
morning the BROOKLYN Tabernacle was crowded az 1t
never had been before. Aises, vestihues, ana aoor
ways were closely She'd and after the services
began the iron gates leading To the chuich
vorc cosed and locked Tie Lay College then rapidly
filled up and soon could receive more Nan! persons
went away disappointed The people VINO a''ehd INC
morning meetings differ somewhat from those VINO goi
the evening being largely drawn from the upper
and middle classes of the community They are church
rsers aud churchworser and bring friends no ore not
proessed Christians. and offer requests hat husband
son daughter or friends be prayed for. The brooklyn
clergymen are very regular in attendance They come
early and usually occupy the same seats, taxing an
active part in the services.
Mr.. Moody began yesterday morning Win n prayer
that God would bless these meetings and breathe the
breath OF Life into every present; and gave out the
s4tb hymn {" Sen of my SOUL Thou Savior dear" he
then read from Second Kings 4th chapter OF the son of
the good shunammite woman whom Elisha restored TO
life. The text was from the 3Oth verse; Ana 'he
mother OF The child said As tho Lord veth and as my
soul iyeth, viii leave thee, and he arose anu Io
lowed her." There o great many people at these
meetings" said Mr. Moody; "thcy come from New-n"fk
and New-Jcrsoy well as Brooklyn, but are they
leaning ON the meetings OF God They say Behold
the great crowds who go 10 heag Moody ana sahhey'
How successful these revvas are. Gods Kingdom is
surely building up here In our midst They don't lean
on the Lord They relying the meetings ms though
- from
staff of Elisha and lean the staff of God The woman
VAS not disappointed hen Elshas staff failed to restore
life to her SON for she knew there higher ono 10
trust Fathers teach your children this BLDG trhth
Mothers tell II 10 yours Through prayer YOU may 40
much The brought ont the power OF prayer III TINS
respect II taught US how TO pray"
The 18th hymn was then given ont, 81 have SaVlor
Hes peading I'm glory" Mr. sankey said il had pecu
mar effect across the water. He sang al but the first
ranza alone. Then the people arose and prayed IN All
parts OF the church. in the gallery, near the pulpit ana
Ear back near the doors in the darkened space Dehea
Inc gallery. Mr.. Moody announced the s7th hymh
Lord hear OF showers OF blessing" the last stanzas
Aeing sung in very soft low tone as IN prayer le"
moments we're then given silent prayer and about 40
sersons arose with requests Among them were
Inc following: For my son :" "for my chldroh;
for IS who have said they did not kno" there
sas 80 easy way Christ " for brother and his Fam
ly:""for one dying OF consumption who refuses to be
pokcn with about salvation :" for brother who has
.een drunkard ID years :" for my prodga son" Mr.
Moody called those who wished TO be prayed for anu
,bout so arose and he prayed that their sins might be
Allotted ont and their written in the Lambs Book
If Life" He said he hoped there might be 800 persons
praying in the simpson Methodist Episcopal Church in
he evening II would give him and all others in the
Rink q new energy and encouragement large
humber OF written requests were real among them
being the following: For young man who
has been brought here" ca daughter for
her father wife for her husband who has forsaken
wife and children for evil associates "for beloved,
aged mother who Is not a Christian; "a wife, for her
husband who has forsakon her. "" mother for her
rom Baltimore" for a broherinaw-from Philadel-
ohia" II is said that in London thousand similar re-
quests frequently received every day. and one man
was kept busy all the time in classifying them.
At the close Of the meeting the whole congregation
,tood up sang Praise God from whom all blessings
Cow, and Mr.. Moody pronounced the benedicuon