New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-11-22
MOODY AND SANKEY.
A WONDERFUL BEGINNING IN THE NEW
FIELD.


To THE REvIyAI--A PANIC AMONG THE UshEHe.
trRon THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBuNEJ
PHILADELPHIA Nov. 21.-There were many VINO
nrophesicd Partial failure, or. at least, only q
meager success for Moody and Sankey's meetings.
Especially did these dOubteTs predict discouragn9
beginning of the movement. Lethargio Fhadei-
pha could not be raised in day, they feared, re-
nemboring the disposition here to look with critical
GOODNESS on whatever has first received the com
InondatOns of other paCos-a relic OF the feehg VI
the old times when the city was the capital OF the
country and the metropolis of America Then the
relicious press had hecn ukewarm, if not hostile
and the Efforts to prepare the way for the eVange
lists by revivals in the churches, had proved uphill
work. Last night the weather anxiously OBJ
served Would ii rain in tho mOrningf And II 1t
did would the vast multitude required to I'LL the
great improyised tabernacle in Malkc-St come outT
Well il did rama cold, raw, November drzzie-and
the Markct-st bridge having burned last evening"
there were no cars running the chief thoroughfare
to the place Of meeting. But the hall was hed'
Ten thousand persons were there. Every seat was
taken by the time the doors were closed ana MI
Moody began to preach except about 800 at the eX-
treue rear and hundreds of men stood up IN the
oises II was so dark owing to the lowering skies.
that all the chandeliers were lighted. While the
audience was gathering two doves flew in through
an upper window and pcrched upon BEAM Some
one in the front of the hall, observing them, said,
"Behold the messengers Of good things"
The arrangement of the hall to adopt it for the
purposes of monster meetings could scarcely be I'M
proved u is surrounded on three sides by broad
yestibuleS communicating with the adjacent streets.
Twelve doors lead from these veSubuleS to the
audience room, which thus be flied OF empted
in few inmates without confusion or crowdlnS.
The interior walls painted white, and the beams
Of the tSses that support the roof are striped With
blue and picked cut with red roses. Around the
sidewalks in scarlet letters two feet long. are the
following texts from the Bible: For God so loved
the world that He gave His only Besotten Son, that
wbosocver becve.h on Him should not perish, bat
have everlasting life :" He that bcievcth on the
Son hath everlasting life and he that beheyoth not
the Son shall not sec life. but the wrath of God"
Back OF the stage hangs q large white trans
parency bearing the following inscription IN black
letters Behold, bring you good tidings OF great
ioy, which shall bc to al people. Luke H., 10.
clOir of about 100 singers were upon the platform
this morning There were also among those who
f!lol the 500 platform chairs large number Of min
listers representing nearly all the Protestant sec' IN
the city.
Promptly at s o'clock the choir opened
the exercises by singing the hymn, " / am
prayine for you" The hall was then about two
thirds full and people continued 10 pour in during
the singing Of this and the following hymn How
love 10 tell the story" After a short pause, Mr..
Moody came forward to The pulpit and gave out the
1O1st hymn in the collection, beginning, "Ail han
the power Of Jesus name asking the audience TO
rise and unite their voices with the chOTs. Tie then
directed the usheIs to close the doors. and begged
the audience to cnleayOr to preserve per
feet silence The Rev. DR.. Newton of the
Epiphany Church invoked the Divine blessing
on tho work SO hopefully begun, and gave thanks
for the rich harvest ;ha had rewarded the efforts IA
other fields of tho aborers now among us. The
fourth hymn" Rejoice and be glad, the Redeener
b,s come was sung wiheXcecnt fleet, thousands
of voices i'm the audience keeping wei together
with tho choirs and filing the immense hall
with q vast volume of sound. The door,
had been reopened during tie singing
OF this HYMN. and Mr. Moody directed that they
should lie kent closed until the end Of the services.
After further nucti0n of silence, he read part Of
the fourth chapter of john. in measured. distinct
but rot high tones. When he hal finished, he asked
all vino had heard hin TO raise their hands.
Up came the hands all over the hall, and away
back on the last rows Of seats. Mr.. Moody
was much pleased n this result lie had doubted
the possibility of throwing his voice to The end Of
the hall without al effort that would he cXhaustng
and could not d. sustained, but he found by this cN-
perbnon; shat Ice had only to use his natural tone ID
preaching 10 be heard by al.
Mr. Sankry. who sat at the cahnct-organ. sang
alone line hymn, Sowing the seed by the daylight
fair" tho choir taking up tho chorus III an eject
i've manner Mr.. Moody made short prayer tie
burden Of which WAC an appeal that the Sunday
school teachers might be awakened 10 The worN
Of converting tier classes. The hymn, LINZ
the bells of heaven. thore IS JOY to-day" was sang
by the choir and congregation.
The discourse followed, from the text, "S9y yo not
there are sc; four months and thea comctA tie har-
vest. Behold, say unto yOu lift up your ogc. and
look on the fields, for they white already 10 hai-
vest AND ne thai rcapeth roCelyeth wages and
gathore,h fruit unto life eternal thai both Le that
soweth and he that rcapcth may rejoice together
"It hss been asked" said Sir. Moody, " if there are
NOT churches enougn and ministers enough
Perhaps there are but in the time Of the
harvest more laLOrers are needed. We have
come TO help. 1t is reapinG-time now" lie
said that during all the years that he had laborod
for the cause he had never the signs as bright
"a now He believed we are right in the midst of
mighty blessing. The spirit Of prayer Is coming
upon tho nation. From all over the country he bad
received Letters saying that the pTaycrmce'Dg were
better TENDED than for twenty years Ia all his oX-
peyience in Europe h. had never known snch prayer
meetingas those in Brooklyn. 1t no sensational
ism or false excitement that people to 10 * 10 these
meetings. Mr. Moody spoke of the need of workers.
of some one should advertise for 10000 abOrers.
what crowds would flock to inquire about the work
and the wages More than 10000 are needed this
day in Philadelphia by the Master. He is "a good
Master and pays well nobody ever worked for Him
that did not feel richly paid" There are three
classes o. Christians who come to these meetings he
said The first come from curiosity, and 70