New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-11-04
THE EVENING MULTITUDE At THE RINK

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CHARACTER or 1HE AUDIENCE-MR. MOODYs DIS
CoUEsE-SINNEES AND CHEIsI's DESIRE TO SAVE
THEM.
Mr.. Moody preached before another immense
audience at the Brooklyn Rink last evening The doors
of the building were closed AT o'clock and those reg-
ously inclined who came aferwaid copyrighted Ill the
simpson Methodist Episcopal Church and listened toihe
Rev. Mr. Needham, the Irish revival preacher. small
crowd collected in Cermontaye The scene within the
Rink was very striking With tho exception OF the aisles
in the body Of tho auditorium, every available seat and
ali the standing wore occupied Among The clergy
men Of Brooklyn on the platform were the Rev.
Mcssrs. Cuyler, Weed, Glider, Underwood, Bass,
BoughOD. Hodge. Davis Pcasc there were also large
number of cergymen from different parts Of the country
The Rev Henry Ward Beccher cat among the audience
Two-thirds OF those present were women and large
majority OK the audience gave outward token OF being
welltOdo III life. ana Of belonging 20 tho chlrchGon5
portion Of the community A sparkling diamond here
and there and fashionable attire were conspicuous Tor
their frequency and lowv hahiimcns we're the excop-
ton In the vicinity Of the stage there were very many
old people who took an intense and strongly devotional
interest III the exercises aud the entire audience mani
tested the closest yeu;io ana truth seeking attitude
There were many involuntary expressions Of awakened
feeling during prayer and Tic increasing earnesneSs OF
Mr. Moody aud the simple and pathetic character OF poi
tous OF his brought tears into The eyes OF scores
and perhaps hundreds OF people.
While awaiting thaeomng Of the eyaDcclists the choir
sang safe ia the Arms OF jesus" with marked effect,
also several other hymns Mcssrs. Moody and SaIkey
entered at III D. NJ while the congre cation were sing
ing, Come every Soul by Sin Oppressed NJ. Moody
Immediately gave ont the 31st hymn, Have Iou on
the Lord Believed! which sung by the cOnGreg-
ton MI sankcy leading The Rev. George j. Mngns OF
New York offered prayer with great fcrOr He asked
chat those present might bo not merely hearers Of the
word, but doors OF the Word. and that TO Mr.
Moody should be voucl-afcd power and pathos 10
move hearts. He also prayed for prevailing
faith Divine truth in the community and for great re
suits. Mr. Sankey I'D in singing "Jcsus, Lover OF Ny
Soul" the congrceai oiningwith great feeling and 4
vgor that made the vast interior ring. Mr. Moody
questeG Mr. sankcy To sing alone the beautiful hymn,
"Knocking knocking. Who X There - which The
only SOLO Of the evening Before beginning Mr. sankey
rccited from the Scriptures Behold stand ~ the door
and fnock if any man Viii open the door will come in
10 him and sap with him" Then, bowling his head in
attitude Of deyOtiOn-hc congregation doing likeWise
he pray that God would speak through the hymn ana
through his voice encouragement 10 the hearts OF all
present The second verse sung with an especial
pathos that Impressed everybody present
Mr. noody's Bible 70 aiding from John, 9th chapter
his reading being marked with and slower
enuuciaon than usual Before proceeding to ths ser
mon he announced that meetings would be held IN the
Rink the usual hour every evening, except ralfdty
for the ensuing week that there would be IN
qury meetings every night az the corner ncfoss
nacIe sn Rihie meetings Thursday and Friday
afternoon o'clock. The text OF the sermon
was: For the Son o Man 10 seek that which was
AT the close Of his sermon, Mr. Moody announced that
a young mems meeting and prayer meeting would hc
held in the simpson NJ l.. Church, To wnlch ne lhNltcd
held in the Rink, led hS the Rev. George y. Mnels
Fully Onc-.lalf OF the audience remained