Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-11-05

IHE RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT.
The revival movement in Brooklyn has
been inaugurated by Moody and Sankey,
and it gives every indication of great
success. The series of meetings COM
menced Sunday morning last, in the great
Skating Rink, in Brooklyn, which has
been fitted up for the purpose. 1t was
sight to see the crowd that came that
Sunday morning. The ferries from New
York were crowded, the street cars were
loaded, and every possible public and
private conveyance was charged to its
utmost capacity. The meeting at the
Rink WIS advertised at 8 A. NJ, and the
building would seat 1000. At in the
morning-think of the hour there
were not less than 10000 anxious people
awaiting the opening of the building
They came in street cars, in carriages, in
wagons, on horseback, in and on every
thing that would carry, and on foot, and
they waited and waited two long hours.
Finally, the doors opened and the first
1000 found seats, 1000 more stood in the
aisles, and the crowd outside, augment
ing every minute, stood on their feet,
waiting, and waiting, as though they ex-
pected the roof would fly off, or that IN
some miraculous way they would be en-
abled TO see Moody and Ssnkey. Final
ly, of course, they dispersed.
What did those who got seats inside
hear and see? Simply two earnest, honest
men, each with a gift, pleading TO their
fellow men to be better men. Dwight L.
Moody, robust, strong, earnest man.
who believes that Jesus of Nazareth
came into the world TO save sinners-a
plain, uneducated man-begging and en-
treating his fellows to put their trust in
Him as he has done-a man without
grace, without polish, without even good
grammar but man whose soul is per
meated with the one idea, that with out
Jesus man must be lost, and who loves |
MS fellow men to the degree that he is |
willing 10 forego all the ambitions of life |
so that he can rescue them-that IS |
Moody. His cO-laborer is just like him in |
purpose, though different in method. Ira 1
d. SankeY is handsome man, with a |
soul full of love for his fellows, and |
voice like an angel. What Moody does |
in speech he does in song. He sings only |
such songs as hold up to their gaze
Christ on the cross dying for sinners-he |
sings only of that love deep enough to |
take IN the vilest, and broad enough for |
a world of Tansgressors. This is their /
only theme-this is all they say OF sing.
It is the old story, the beauty and sweet. |
ness OF which even the infidel never eoulJ |
make head agGinst-of He who so loved !
the world that He gaYe Ills own lie 10 |
save 1t. This Moody talks and tins San |
key sings. 1t is love, love, love. Moody !
holds his audiences by telling the story |
OF Jesus. who could suffer death for one |
sinner Ssnkey, with hls wondrous voice, |
sings Of that Savior Who having the |
ninety and nine, went out through the |
night and storm, through the tangled |
nraEe tor the onel And the effect they |
produce is wonderful. They say and sing
nolhlng new-but they are in dead earn |
est themselves, and though their story be !
OLD, they impress everybody.
They inject into their hearers their
own earnestness-they compel them 10
receive it, because they believe IL And
that they are in earnest, there can be no
doubt. They might have made thous-
ands IN Englsnd-in fact, they were of.
Tered lhousands-but they took Aothing
out the bread they ate, the BEDS they
slept IN, aud the clothes they wore Acd
mere n they refuse to take anything else.
Neliner OF them have dollar In the 7
world, and they work more hours than
any day laborer on the streets.
Starting with these two workers, the
churches have commenced a movement
along the whole line The crowd that
could not get into the Rink, last Sunday,
surged into the churches in the neigh
borhood, filling them to overfOwing.-
Notwithstanding the crowd in the Rink,
the churches of Brooklyn were never so
full and never was so much interest man
ifested. There is revival in the air, and
will be taken oft. All the