Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-02

| RANaEMESTs
General Press letter.
PHILADELPHIA, November 3O
| Tne service on Sunday morning closed the
services devoted to those already converted,
| and the great meeting of women, on Sunday af-
| ternoon, began the services for the impenitent.
At o'clock, an hour before the time Of service,
the doors were closed shutting in eleven or
twelve thousand women, Ono men being admit
ted), and shutting out large numbers iwho vain
| ly sought admittance. Such An assemblage was
| never before in this country gathered under one
roof and the sight Of 50 vast an audience OF
women, as in rows they stretched from eide to
side away to the back end OF the Hall WAS a
scene hard to picture. MIR. Moody preached
from John 3d chapter, 7tll veree, 'fe must be
born again 1t was his first sermon here to
those out of Christ aud it was an earnest and eff
fectiye sermon regeneration. tho Necessity
for new birth. He refntod the various
excuses answered the false reasoning, and
then boldly stated he could not rea-
son out regeneration, that it was a revelation.
and one could only understand it By accepting
the new birth Rs a God d-given gift, a new crea-
ton. The sermon was full of beautiful imagery
touching Incidents, patbos, and eloquence, and
vet statement of facts none could question,
put in a toree, blunt way, that would make Il
lasting impression. MIR. Ssnkey never sang with
more sweetness, and as the soft notes OF the
Ninety aud Nine passed from row to row pene-
trating in their fulness and sweetness overy
corner of the vast audience room, multitudes
wept, scarcely knowing why. Mr.. Moody re-
qnested those not Christians wishing to be
pray ed for to rise. Fully five hundred accepted
the invitation. Those who arose were rcqneeted
to go to the inquiry rooms before tho audieuce
was dislnssed, and IL wave OF people moved to-
ward them from alb pnrta OF the house. In the
inquiry rooms Messrs. Moody and Sankey, as
sisted by ministers and Christian workers, were
| engaged in pointing iDquirers to Christ, and
many who went III weeping pentents went away
rejoicing in sense of pardoned Sins.
At IA o'clock the serylce was for men only
and at that honr an audience OF ten Thousand
men, mostly young men assembled Mr.. Moody
repeated the sermon of tho afternoon with i'll
crear. i earnestneas and power.
A nine O'Clock meeting for young mon has
been held every evening in the Arch street Nj.
d. church and the house has been full. SO
many requests for prayer arc presented every
evening that all who wish cannot be heard, and
large numbers, AZ many MS forty, in an evening,
OF those out of Christ have stood mp to beprayed
for. These are afterwards talked with private
ly. and many have bsen hopefully converted
A marked feature OF these meetings has been
the familiarity with the Scriptures OF those talk
ing part in the meetings. Many touching Incl
dents have occurred, and some marked cases of
conversion have taken place.
For the purpose of keeping this meeting for
young men, Il fathers meeting has been opened
Church, Broad and Penn Square, which has
been well attended.
A wnmen's meeting, conducted by the lad &,
is held each morning from to 10 O'Clock.
Monday morning prayer meeting was given to
requests for prayer and reports OF tho work.
Some fifty more requests were presented.
embracing large number OF all classes and
conditions of people.
This morning at least 100 requests were pre-
scented, and tomorrow's list embraces full twice
as many. Glowing reports were brought Ill from
all the meetings, as well as by pastors from their
churches and from the neighboring town.
| On Thursday next SPECIAL meeting has been
arranged for 3 o'clock to accommodate elderly
persons from distance and those unable to at
tend the night service. On next Sunday morn
ing meeting for Christian workers will be held
at 8 A. NJ, a meeting at for women not Chris
tians admittanco by ticket, and at T.. 80 o'clock
meeting for those unaccstomed to attending
church, admttance also by ticket
The work is assuming proportions far beyond
the expectations of the most sanguine, and we
are in the midst OF great revival which we hope
will sweep over all the land. The class Of peo-
pie at the meetings yesterday afternoon and
evening was largely those unaccustomed to
church going, and the impression made was on
this account the more marked The meetings
for this week will be the same as last week,
with the exception of the morning, which on
and after Thursday will be at u O'Clock instead
of o'clock, and as soon as Mr.. Moody has re-
covered from the fatigue of his e2haustng
work in Brooklyn he will begin an afternoon
service. Excursions are arranged for from diff
ferent parts of the State, and ministers are
coming in in large numbers to attend the meet
ingR.
No service is held on Saturdays, except the
meeting at II O'Clock. L. K q.