, 1875-10-25
THE CHURCH.
Tremendous Success of the
First Moody and San
key Meetings in
Brooklyn.
The Street Packed with People
for a Block Before the
Rink.
The 5000 Who Gain Admission
Make No Perceptible Dim.
mutton Of the Crowd.
The Rev. John Williamson Explains
How Churches Should Secure
Rcyitafs.
The Same Important Subject
Discussed by the Rev.
d. B. Cheney.
Further Consideration of the
Question Of Church
Unity.
Dedication of 4 Methodist Church at
Englowood-~-Sermon by
DR.. Fowler.
Preparations for Moody and
Sankey's Work in
Brooklyn.
Dedication Of 4 Methodist Church at
Englowood-~~Sermon by
DR.. Fowler.
Preparations for Moody and
Sankey's Work in
Brooklyn.

WUCpT AMI oANkels ......
THEIR FIRST REKyfcEs At BnooKL7N-IunEE
T1lousAND PEOPLE TURHKD AWAY.
Hper,a1 U4spakch to Thr CAteaao Tr1ount.
New YoRk, Oct. 25.--Tho EYhngel!sts, Moody
and 6anltey, hold their first revival meeting this
morning ut tho Drooklyu Rink. tho ssrvtcos
beginning at haif-past & O'Clock. Attendance
usa very large, eyory available seat In the build
Ing (Which will scat 5,00D peopfe) besug ocoupfsa
and fully 1000 others wlo camo halt M hour
before service began we're uuable to gain Adfnis-
sion
TIE ExERcsaEs
consisted Of prayer, nlnglng, and III Introductory
address from Nr. Moody ou shs probabilities Of
aucccss md the difficulty to be epcountcrod Ia
the revival work in Amcrscs.
OUTSIDE.
The stseess wore tbsouged With people essly
in the morning, and BY half-psst a great
crowd wero at tho Rink. AT quattor attcr
the tagging along tho entl1c building Was oecu-
pied by uesl, women, aud cAildreu, whan bell
WAS sounded ~ tho signal for admitting tho
multitude, the doors were thrown open aud tho
great crowd began to move into tho building,
rapidly filing the noa.s both in the room aud tho
galleries. For Atteen minutes the .hrong passed
into tho building, and At tue expiration Of that
tlmo an order MAS given 10 closo the doors.
It whs promptly oboyed, and the crowd on The
outslde. whose zanka we're considerably aug
meuted by fresh as1iysls soon numbered
5000. The system for seating the pcoplo
was pcrfect7 and no blunder or confusion was
noticeable. Fifty ushera woro employed to con-
duct tho people to tho,r soate and ueIs stationed
ut different places along the aielea.
1NstpE,
A choir Of $50 vaices occupied the staeo on
the right, and on tbs left $50 persone mostly
clorgymon, wero seated. Among those on tho
platform wsro the following Tic Rev. Dru.
William 1vos, Budington, Joseph +. Duryea, T.
Dewitt Talmage. aud Theodore L. CuyIer.
Mayor Hunter aud Harriet Boocher S.owo Also
occupied seata on the platform.
DEEP YEELtho.
l! was carly manifest to tho coldass and most
ekeptical porson present st today's services that
tho revival spirit was thoroughly aroused and
tho season ripe for = great religious denoustra-
sion In their midst. This feeling manifested it.
self 1t tho very beginning OF the services During
The PRAYER Of tbs Rev. Dr.. BudnRtoo, many
familiar NTH his atJae thought 1t an error Of
Judgment On tho part Of tho managers to choo8o
him for this purpoae. Or. Dudingson Is =
pol1ahed speaker, but his manner IL cold aud not
hiaam on an ordinary occasion. To-day, how
over, before 10 bad uttercd half dozen san-
teucss. respouses cano from Ill parts Of tho
house, sad these sess other sigma Of profound
emotion 10 tho aseemblAgo: The next oppo!-
tunlty which was o6crsd for > display Of this
fe1yent and reveEentlal euthusissua was during
tho aingtng Of \ hymn bY Mr. 6ankey, which
Iii. Moody had requested him to oiuE alone. Al
h.a magnetic yoico Alled tho great auditorium.
tho synpsthY among his hearers ,uefe.aod unti!
II eecmod a. II. bad ho continued tla aHeet
melody aud earnest suppllcahon, evo1y pssaon
10 Tue audience would haye risen and joined
yotcs si1h bis In general vocal prayer Of min
gfed appeal and thanksglvi1g. Many feeponses.
hoard from iii parts of tho vast assemblage, and
At tho close macy we're 10 toaIs.
Nm, n.xKEr 4 oREAr Aartsr.
Mr. Sankey's voice is = marvel Of sweetnssa
and strnpRth. II has chsrfp purely its own.
which attracts and hOldh ono NTH poWpE gen.
lie but trreaistib!o.
THE sEnuoN.
During Mr, MooIys delivery of hia sermon,