Middletown transcript., 1875-12-04

numbers who Aaing soughk admittance.
Such "a assembtuge wss <nercr before
i6'this county gaihered pnder one roof,
md the sigh Iof 30 vast an audience Of
women asfU rows they stretched from
side to side away to the back end ofthe
Hall was scene hard to picture. MIR.
Moody preached from John, Sd chapter.
7th verse, Ye must be horn again "
1t was bis first sermon here to those out
Of Christ, and it was an earnest and ef-
fective sermon on Regeneration, the ne
cessity for a new birth. he refuted the
various excuses, answered the false rea-
soning, and then boldly stated he could
not reason out regeneration, that it was
revelation, and one could only under
stand it by accepting the new birth as
God given gift. new creation. The
sermon was full Of beautiful imagery,
touching incidents, pathos. and elo-
quencc, and yet a statement OF facts
none could question, put in terse,
blunt way, that would make a lasting
impression. Mr. Sankey never sang
with more sweetness. and the soft notes
of the Ninety and Nine passed from row
to row, penetrating in their fullness and
sweetness every corner Of the vast au-
dience room. multitudes wept, scarcely
knowing wby. Mr.. Moody requested
those not Christians wishing to be
prayed for to rise. Fully FIVE hundred
accepted the invitation. Those who
arose we're requested to go into the in
quiry rooms before the audience was
dismissed, and wave Of people moved
toward them from all parts of the house.
In the inquiry rooms Messrs. Moody
and Sankey assisted BY ministers and
Christian workers. were engaged in
pointing iuquirers to Christ aud many
who went in weeping penitents went
away rejoicing in sense Of pardoned
sins
At u o'clock the service was for
men only and at that hour an audience
of ten thousand men. mostly young men
was assembled Mr.. Moody repeated
the sermon Of the afternoon with in
creased earrestness and power
He carried with him the hearts of the
listeners, and a more attentive and
quiet audience never sat listening to the
Gospel. Mr. Sankey sang the "Plodi-
gal child" and other most impressive
pieces. When the invitation was given
for those not Christians wishing to be
prayed for to arise hundreds stood up,
and subsequently went into the inquiry
rooms. A nine o'clock meeting for
young men has been held every even
ing 10 the Arch Street M. E. Church,
and the house has been full. So many
requests for prayer are presented every
evening that all who wish cannot be
heard, and large numbers, as many as
forty in an evening. Of those out Of
Christ have stood up to be prayed for
These are Afterwards talked with pri-
vately. and many have been hopefully
converted.
A marked feature Of these meetings
has been the familiarity with the Scrip
lures of those taking part in the meet
ings. Many touching incidents have
occurred. and some marked cases of
conversion have taken place.
For the purpose Of keeping this meet
ing for young men, fathers meeting
has been opened at the same hour in
the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church,
Broad and Penn Square, which has
been we'll attended.
A women's meeting, conducted by
the ladies. is held each morning from 9
to 10 o'clock.
Monday morning prayer meeting was
given to requests for prayer and reports
Of the work. Some fifty or more re-
quests were presented, embracing
large number Of all classes and condi-
tions Of people. ea .r.'.
This morning at least 100 requests
were presented, and to-morrow's list
embraces full twice as many. Glowing
reports were broughtin from all the
meetings. as well as by pastors from
their churches and from the neighbor-
ing towns
On Thursday next special meeting
bas been arranged for 3 o'clock 10 &C.
commodste elderly persons from dis
tance aud those unable to attend the
night service On next Sunday MORN
ing a meeting for Christian workers
will be held at ga NJ, meeting at A
for women not Christians. admittance
BY ticket, aud a. I 80 o'clock meet
ing for those unaccustomed to attend
ing church, admittance also by ticket
The work is assuming proportions
far beyond the expectations Of the most
sanguine. and we are in the midst Of a
great revival which we hope will sweep
over all the land. The class Of people
at the meetings yesterday afternoon and
evening was largely those uuaccustom-
ed to church going, and the impression
made was on this account the more
marked. The meetings for this week
will be the same as last week. with the
exception Of the morning, which on
and after Thursday will be at IL o'clock
instead Of s O'Clock, and as soon as Mr..
Moody has recovered from the fatigue
of bis exhausting work in Brooklyn he
will begin an afternoon service Ex-
cursions are arranged for from. different
parts Of the State, and ministers are
coming in in large numbers to attend
the meetings.
No service is held on Saturdays ex-
cept the meeting at IL. o'clock
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