The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-01
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1HRONGS THAT MOODY AND SANKEr
DREW TO the GRE1T RINK.
Three Monster Meetings aud Numerous Out
ridc gatherings The EvargeIists Telling
New stories aud singing sweet Songs-
The Position Taken by Mr.. Deechcr.

The Position Taken bv Mr. Deechcr.
A half hour before the steamer Spain
sailed for Liverpool on Saturday, Mr.. Moody hur-
ried to her whaf and persuaded George G.
Needham, the Irish evangelist, who was In the
vessel, to rellnqush bis passage and join In the
brooklyn work MIR. Needham has preached In
Canada and the States for nearly seven years.
aud was intending to hold a series of meetings
In Victoria Hall. Liverpool, next month. He
has, though. cancelled hts engagements by cable
despatch. and will take charge OF the overflow
meetings In the Methodist church edi1ce near
tho Rink. He Ia q bright, grsy-eyed man, small |
In stature, and much younger than either Moody |
or sankey, with fresh, cordial tone to his voice
tho relic OF q conquered brogue. He will re- |
main with Moody and Snkey until next sum
mer 40 a regular and recognized nfth wheel to
the evangelist coach. There was no overflow
Yesterday morning, and Mr.. Needham took no
other part In the services In the Rink than
u pronounce n benedictiOn.
Nine out Of ten OF the attendants at the early
meeting were men-giving a complexion TO the
Rink that II had not hitherto worn. There was
scarcely bright shawl or bunch OF artihcia
flowers to be seen In the house, but only the
long rows OF sober-coated men; men who came
IN parties Of three and four, and who submitted
without remonsuace to being swindled by
another man who took advantage OF the com
mlttee s RUE 10 sell no n)uln DOCKS on SuuuaD'
and turned IL TO his own profit. He had astock
OF the little tuneless books, bound some in
paper and some Ia muslin, that are sold from
the stands for Ave and ten cents respectively.
For the nve-cent books tho speculatOr charged
twenty Eve cents, and for the ten-cent books
thirty cents. The women grew angry under the
imposition, and tried to reason with the broker,
but he had his "corner," and he squeezed the
shorts" even while he looked smilingly into
their ewes. The Rink fuller than at any
time before, for the mum Der seeking admittance
alter the usual limit was passed entered so
slowly, and by twos and threes, that the ushers
made room for each party thinking II was the
last. On the platform were the Rev. Drs. Guy
ley and Budington, the Rev. Mcssrs. Lawson,
Keedham, Carroll, and Morton; and in the front
row Of the congregation, directly under the
On Through the whole services IIe didn't look
Ike a Hebrew, and his hat WIS altogether too
black to pass for a Gu kers drab one. II was
high. crowned, broad -brimmed, and slouched.
and the ushers In doubt whether the man wore
II by direction OF some peculiar tenet OF re-
lgious belief or only through laudable desire
to keep his head warm IN the chilly atmosphere,
hands buried in his pockets, and seemed sleepy,
best seat In the house, lent color TO the theory
that he bad slept In the chair ali night
THE STORY OF "HoLD THE FORT"
After an opening prayer by the Rev. Mr. Law
son. Mr.. Sankey sang " Hold the Fort, the body
with three thousand voices to strengthen his.
The legend connected with the hymn Is that
throuqh to the sea, he left force Of men euai d.
ing supplies In a fort In the Tennessee noun,
,s,n, Gen: Hood with Ia large army yr,sxna astaS.ea
wounded, was about TO surrender, when signal
flashed down over the IN mountains, " Hold tho
the fort for / am coming. W. T. s." sherman
had heard OF the attack and was hurrying back
with assistance. He was still fifteen miles away,
the message, snd the fort was held. The par.
ticular words referring to the ut Of history are
found In the chorus;
"Hold the fort. Tor / am coming.
Jesus signals still"
II Is In those hymns where Mr.. Sankey sin y
the words alone that his power is shown. and II
Is power supported as much by the earnest
cordial appearance OF the man a. by his musica
sDY m,s eye dances WIN ie, sna ne hi p
ence OF hts singing by direct appeals TO the con
greRation. sometimes by short prayer that h'
singing may be particularly bles ed, and some
times, as ne did yesterday, 10y reading without
word of comment passage from the Bible trun
which the spirit Of the hymn Is drawn. Ate
tho hymn Nothing but Leaves was an
nounced there was a moment OF silence, ant
then Mr. Sankey stood up, opened his Bible An'
read
lie went out of the city into Bethany and he lodge
Nov the morning at he returned to the city he hun
And when he saw hg tree IN the way, he came to
snn found nothing thereon, but lelyes oniy aud sui
ever Ana presently the ng tree wlthered away.
lie Is sn Intelligent reader, and the impression
he made with the reading lac lowed up 10y
pisintive rendering of the hymn. MIR. Mood
preached upon the first chapter OF Joshua an
upon the words courage and enthusiasm.
WHAT WOULD OLD NOAH HAVE sAIDl
What the church wants" said he. lis 1
Keep her members cut Of Dou6tlng Castle. Jus
A. soon NJ any danger or trouble comes, you Sc
nearly al Christians rushing into that castl
and staying there where they do the Lord n
good. A Christian Is good for something onl
SO long he keeps his eye on the Lord
Now Elijah was just the man God wante'
Mount Carmel long he kept III
ryes straight. hut he GOT his eyes Of
to take his head "a, she frightened hin
nearly to death, aud he ran away into tn
know just bow he felt have felt so myself
few years ago, when was IN Chicago, wa
wos not accomplishing more good. barrol
SUNDAY was followed by gloomy Monday, AM
was lh nv stuay weeping M that bore no iruii
radiant. He was juoilnt over success, AM
rallied me upon my blueness am sure wo
souls yesterday said he. / was on Noah, an,
all my class were Interested. Have you eve
studied Noah, Moodyr l never bad know
Noah well, but | commenced studying abou
him right away, and found out that he labore
one hundred and twenty years without maxim
encouraged by that, and went with a stron
heart to my work went first to the moo
hind me, aud placed his hands on tn
back OF my chair, 40 that l could fee
.Oh, God, he cried, have mercy upon me, an
help me to break the chains that bind me
old Noah would have said II he could have hear
THAR And next minister got up and told Y
that he had Just been visiting u church In lt III
Illinois village, where the week before one huI
dred persons had been converted. 'Humph
said again, Il wonder what good old Noa
would h I'VE said II he could have heard that
and never have been despondent from tha
day 10 this" At another point the pTeacht
stimulated his audience TO a hearty laugh, tn
INST that has been heard since the revlyalisl
began.
" here was nice Christian" said he, II
my Chicago chuTch-One OF those men VIII
make you feel good II you looked at him, an
made you feel better II you spoke 10 him. II
was tue most grateful man ever knew. lie a
ways had something that he wanted to than
God for particularly. Well, one morning he Gu
his nnRer-cut II pretty bad, aud knew that
would manage In some way to return praises (,
A. but didn't see how he was TO do II. vel
the prayer meeting came, and he was there, an
one Of the first to get on his feet. You know
q God, he cried, that this morning cut IN
nnger, aud thank thee, Heavenly Father, thu
did not cut II on "
MOODY's NEXT STORY.
From laughter the preacher moVed his heare
70 tears WIN the story Of the enthusiasm Of u
buH oi Glasgow, who, returning from Indt
broken with age and sickness, arose 10 deliyt
an address before the Scotch General Assembl
OF ministers. lie wished to make an appeal Il
workers IN the Indian mission, but before react