Middletown transcript., 1875-12-18
The Great Revial.

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J. here. The meetings have been truly
wonderful. Such outpourings Of tht
. people to attend = religious service have
not been Witnessed since the days OIL
White6eld.
Nor has the desire to gain entrance
> 10 the great Depot church much abated.
although one would think that nearly
everybody in the city had taken bis
turn in attendance. For fifteen days,
twice and sometimes thrice day, the
vast auditorium has been filled and
emptied Of its more than 10. 900 occu-
pants at time. These, with the
special adjunct meeting Of differen,
kinds. must in the aggregate have
brought half a million people 10 direct
contact with the evangelists' labors.
Counting noses. we know doesn't 60
for much in estimating the actual re-
suits Of aork like this. But the i'm.
mense numbers, unparalleled in the
history Of religious movements, do i'm
press one with the vastness Of the
thing. Not to have seen and mingled
in it is to miss the opportunity Of life
time.
No description can convey an idea OF
it. The simple proportions Of the audi
eDce chamber are too immense to be
taken in from any one stand point
Looking down from the platform upon
10. 900 empty chairs. before the people
have assembled. has very much the
effect Of looking upon great field Of
wheat. ripe for the harvas, 1.-The chairs
being all new and unpainted, and hav.
ing precisely the color of ripened
wheat.
A friend describing to us the ap-
pearance of the audience on the occa-
sion when men only were present, says
that when the vast assembly Of 1900
men arose. the reflected light from so
many faces seemed to him like the
breaking out Of the sun from beneath
cloud. 1t shown over the whole area
filing it with very perceptible light.
And when, after the benediction, this
sea Of faces was turned. presenting in-
stead only the dark backs Of the men,
it seemed as if cloud had suddenly
come over the whole scene. |
Curiosity. you may say. has had
much to do With bringing together
these teeming multitudes. Granted.
But could any curiosity be more par
donable? !? It is proper BY any morally
right means to attract the people 10
hear the gospel. God often leads men
to consider their ways and turn to
nobler and better life through affections
and Judgments. Isn't it better to
heed the milder calls Of curiosity even.
il you choose, than continue in moral
degradation and want !?
But this apart. The main purpose
Of my letter is to invite all your many a
readers to take run to Philadelphia Q
while the evangelists are so near.
Last week great numbers Of excursion. 4
sts came in from the towns around Us. h
Arrangements for special trains can be !
made with almost any railroad where Il
he inducement Of sufficient numbers is
,eld out.
Why cannot the Young Mems Chris 9
ian Association, or the churches, or .
Sunday schools. or prominent Christian =
workers Of your place. join in an excur- =
ion movement to visit the Moody and
'ankey meetings? The evening meet g
ngs are held at 500 o'clock. They 81
asst exactly one hour. A special train te
o waiting could return visitors to any h
ify or town within hundred miles of
Philadelphia by or before midnight of to
be same evening. By little exer- m
ion and combination Of plans. every Sc
illage and town within radius of a in
undred miles could organize or join in
q excursion to our city which would tb
ertainly we'll pay all who participated 50
, it n,
The good influences Of this visit Of :,
,e evangelists must not be confined
'ithin the limits Of our own city. vast
) it is. but must be spread through r.
i the regions round it. !"
Let some one in your place take tho : !,
atter in hand. earnestly and at once, :"
ont wait for one another. OF course
very considerable reduction iu fare ~
i'll be made BY the railroads. And M
9 may suggest, with all business pro- o'
Fiety. that any Young Mems Chris Co
an Association organizing such an
Icursion. might so manage it ss to as
We the excursionists reduced fares. pu
ID leave, beside. considerable sur VT
US to help fill their treasury. 60
Any information as to hours Of meet
gs. etc., will, understand. be cheer lat
lly furnished. on writing to Thomes Of
Cree. Esq. Secretary of the Exc PR
tive Committee at the Committee scr
hiding. Thirteenth 4 Market streets. d,s
AN Ex-ED1ror
A drunken tramp was given piece "o
otorpnt o no m dsefrsh,,to - rev