Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-11-17
SECOND EDITION.
Moody and Snnkey in PhiIada.

ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE MEETINGS TO BEGIN ON
SUNDAY NExT-THE HALL AT 18TH AND MARKET
sTs.-oRd ANIMATION OF THE WORK.
In another column our readers will see the an
| nouncement of the meetings OF Messrs. Moody
and Sankey, the evangelist and singer, to begin
in Philadelphia on Sunday next Some weeks
ago it was decided to invite Messrs Moody and
Sankey to Philadelphia, and committee Of ff-
teen. ministers, representing all the evangelical
denominations in the city, was appointed to ar
range for their coming. This committee organ
lied by electing Rev. Richard Newtown, ID. D.,
Of the Episcopal Church, Chairman, and Rev.
U. p. Masden, of the Reformed Church, as Sec
Rotary. The Ministers Committee then appoint
ed committee OF thirteen prominent and well
known business gentlemen OF the var-
GUS denominations to conduct the bust
ness arrangements for the meeting.
This committee elected Mr.. George II. Stuart
Mr.. Thomas X. Gree Secretary This committee
at once proceeded to business. They secured
the old freight depot OF the Pennsylvania Rail
road Co., Thirteenth and Market Streets, which
extends from Market Street back to an alley, 373
feet, and from Thirteenth to Juniper Street. $50
feet. About hundred workmen were at once
set to work making the necessary changes, and
by the middle of tile present week the building
will be ready Tor occupancy. the main audience
room will seat comfortably ten thousand people,
IN tiers, seating q thousand people, and two
thirds way forward, the floor gradually rises to
front OF the hall giving every one in the audi
ence the opportunity to see and hear the speak
er Although very large audience hall, its
acoustic properties are such that the speaker can
be readily heard in any part of it. In addition
to the main audience hall there are three large
inquiry rooms and and q vestibule twenty feet
wide running around three sides of the building,
from which there is egress by ton large doors
opening upon three streets.
The building will be thoroughly heated by
steam and lighted by abont thousand gas burn-
ers IN reilectors. rings and parallel jets Day
light ia admitted and abundant facilities for
ventilation is obtained by series of skylghts in
the roof. Eleven Thousand chairs are in the
buildings and corps ofstliree hundred persons
has volunteered and are being trained for ush-
ers to seat the public. choir Of six hundred
Voices is in training and the service of song will
beled by it under the leadership of Mr.. .Sankey.
class of three hundred workers. selected by the
ministers from all the churches of the city for
service in the inquiry rooms is being trained by
the Rev. Richard Newton, D. o., of the Episco-
pal church, Rev. r. NJ, Hatfield, ID. D.. of the
Methodist Episcopal church, Rev. w. B. Breed,
ID. D., of the Presbyterian church, and Rev. j.
Wheaton Smith, DID,, of the Baptist church.
The ministers and Christian people of the city
of all denominations are heartily in sympathy
with the work and are rendering every assistance
in preparing for it, The cost of all the immense
will be about ($20,000) twenty
thousand dollars, and ID is expected from pres
ent Indications that no call for contributions
will have to be made, but that the money will be
the spontaneous gift of those in sympathy with
the movement. .sl
The meetings, which will continue for several
weeks, will begin on Sunday at s q. nl., and D. |
m, and on week days at s a. m., and 7.30 p. M,
with an additional service probably at p. m.
The services will be open to all, except on COCA
sions of special service, when tickets of admis-
sion will be distributed free to the classes for
whom the services are especially intended.