The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-10-11
ANTICIPATING THE EvANGELIsTs.
VIEWS or BROOKLYN MINISTER'S on THE MOODY


AND sANKEY REVIVAL.
Several Brooklyn pastors and few OF the New York
ministers preached yesterday on the coming revival.
Different views held regarding the advent Of tho
evaugelsts Moody and Sankcy The Rev John
Parker who preached in Warren street Methodist
Episcopal church, South Brooklyn, cautioned his
hearers say their hearts that there yet four
months until the harvest but lift up their eyes and
the harvest ripe already and waiting for the reapcrs
sickle Spiritually the reapng should follow the seed
sowing This is indicated throughout the Gospels and
is corroborated experience If reaped the seed
will rot The Christian life is not development of
inherent goodness in u.s. but the growth OF the seed
planted in the heart by the Spirit Of God. DR..
Parker's idea is that should not wait for Moody
ana sankey or any one eise out 50 IN IN
the name Of the Lord and win souls for Him.
Yin Fleet street Methodist Episcopal church last
evening the Rev. w. u Steele preached preparatory
sermon for the coming Of Messrs. Moody and Sankcy.
He also took the position that there is no necessity
for waiting until their advent that many would die be-
fore October 81 He urged the people TO come at once
TO Christ ad he also earnestly eXhored the members
OF his church TO call on their neighbors and TO urge
upon them the necessity OF immediate conversion He
told them to pray by name for their relatives and
that the Mariners church, in New York. invita-
tion, few days since forty weeping sailors went Tor
ward for prayers and that woman stopped a clergy
pray for her Another sinner abruptly opened his
door and cried when he the minister Oh, if it
Is not TOO late, please pray lot ne bdlu LheSo
signs Of the presence Of
DIVINE INFLUENCE
in the two cities which augurod well for the coming or
the evangeists. He told them that one mode oil pro-
noting REVEALS was by talking OF them
AT ~ Johns Protestant Episcopal church the Rev.
b. : Huntingdon the evangelist preached also on tho
necessity for revival showing that the decline OF the
Church calls for it. The Rev H. J. Haynes, in the
Seventh avenue Methodist Episcopal church, showed
the Church could prepare for the revival by work.
ing together with God and with the evangelists for its
promotion. But in sitting still and waiting for them
10 do the work little nothing will be accomplished
In the Pacific street Methodist Episcopal church Dr.
Hunt indicated that the true way
WELCOME MOODY AND sANKEY
when they hither to 70 work and show the
fruits or revival among the churches, IN Johnson
street Methodist Episcopal church the Rev j. H. Hall
spoke about spreading tho banners and getting ready
for a general rally. He reWarked that for all true
revvas there must be true PREPARATION and it must
propose change for the better This preparation, no
intimated, is of twotod sort The first is union in
the Church. church divided Is in captivity to tho
world Her power Is gone, and she regain IL only
by conservation to God Mr. Hall went show that
insure in revival Christ must be lifted up
before a teacher model aud conqucror for
the people over tho world the flesh and the devil lie
also showed that the union Of the Church must DO
found IN union OF the individual members with Christ,
and that there must be honest preparation OF the
heart II we would have true and genuine revival