The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-11
PLEADING FOR SALVATION.
MooDY AND sINKEr REDOUBLING
IHLIR dCTIVE EFFORTS.

EAieF1s WIN It's NtuCuts TlSiDN III nlku Oanhst
there was not a soul. But the interest In the
revival as exhibited In the number of requests
made for prayers was greater than ever before
They were not only more numerous. but they
covered a wider territory. There was one for
o1uroh In California; one for the city OF Kings
ton. N. Y. one for the village Of Decatur I'LL
nois and others for Carson City, Nevada Bm-
porium, Pa; Knoxborough. y. Y; and Lib-
srty. Indiana There were fifteen requests from
ENGLAND. covering seven children, one husband,
an army ofhcer. and SIX brothers. Besides these
there one from clergyman OF the Church
OF Enelsnd, who wrote that until he heard Mr..
Moody preach he was i-tian on } IN name,
and that now he vas doins much more work
among his people than he was a year ago. MIR.
EeedhAm cad the letter, which Wa a long one.
IN full. prefacing 1t with portion OF the frat
shapter II Luke, and at he close making
special prayer for the writer. Among the do
mestc requests was one for PRAYERS for a ccr-
lyman who is a back-lidor; one for deaf
woman who 10 un"ble to converse aud who Ia IN
dlstre concerning her so1l: three for hotel
keepers one for clergyman, to be especially
remembered O for boy eight years Of ge
who Is anxious to be saved for two inndels
for two sisters walking sinfuly ; and for a man
ruined by rum, who thinks tnat he l. the wick
sdest sinner in Brooklyn Before reading the
requests, Deacon Hawley said that the intenaity
Of the wa ers' PRAYERS was lost; that the bur
dens OF grief upon toeir hearts could not be
seen thru. gh the condensed requests that he
.ss obliged oy reason OF limited time to read.
LITTLs cHILD's PRAYER.
Mr.. Moody read the twcnt' eth chVter Of Sec
ono Chronicles, and IN the ourse OF fe- lnfor-
nal remarks told the folowt very re narkable
,tory MS rs'inR the power OF pr lyer' " once
knew, said be, "a little cripple who lay uIon
oea.noed. she bad given herself to God,
and vs. di.tressed onl, because sne could not
clergyman visited ner. aud. hearing her com
pl IN, told her thu there, from her sick bed.
sae could offer pray err Tor tlose whom she
wished - s,e urued To- GoI. He advised her TO
write he nan.es down. ~ then to pray earnest
tubJeci no more. Soon feeling II great reig-
i.us ,u'er 81 sprihg up In the via age, and be
heard y n rceress OF th revival. and inquired
atxio -ly for the names Of th- saved. A few
weeks l. ter she died, ana mong roll u papers
that as found uuoer Ter III lie pillow was one
beariug tne names Of hfty-six persons, every one
ofwhon nad 10 the reyiV neen converted. by
crippled saint had eheckeI OF the names OF the
eonverss a tney had been reoOrted ~ ner."
II Is safe 70 soy that no man Of Slr. Moody's
age mus met with 50 MANY vond rful and har-
rowing c'ses In the past twenty years as has he.
There h not been afopic broached that he mas
not h,d ready a story thai embodied al the
salient features OF the point to ue carried. and
THAI was through the carefully wrought details
irresistihly conc iusive. one sunday he deliver
ed the same sermon to women In the afternoon
AND TO men 10 the evening he point TO be
e. iaoalshed was regeneration through the spirit.
and To the women ne tenderly repeated the con
versption OF . dylng cnild with ITS mother, and
the m 'thefs final SUI mission To Gods will. In
tue evening he told the men story remarkably
sn ar 10 all the details, except that father In
stesd Of mother sat by the bedside holding
the nd & tie dy child.
a, 'se close of the services the women re
own under the leadership Of MIR Jouuson.
NOVELS, RUN, ASD CARDS.
The 700 persons who attended the afternoon
Die reading IN the labern cic shulied la with
rust er shoes on lheir feet and brought with
them the odor Of wet umbrellas and wa er-
proofs. There were more men than women.
snd tnoueh the chandeliers were brightly
~ ted, he church looked sombre and dark
hf, MoodJ talk Vas on tue LIE 4 jacob, aud
be followed him through all ui- prosperity aud
his disotedience, from Bethel To Shechem ami
from >h.ch- m back aean After telling OF
Ja"uo ordering his servants TO bury under the
o ks be strange gods tney had oeen worship
ping, he said: " Have we nos strange tools ts
vel ~ Jacobp We have novels weak and
uiiing. and We nave cards, aud We want a grave
them. We can't have novcl-readine and caro-
pioytug Cnristisns. Iney are the weak Chris
tans iu tue C fch tod Y. II axes about 100
q such Chrisusns TO maSe one good one.
". Paul of L rsus w.ss equal TO the whole
e1isting Cufis. ian church. and Martin Luther
80 z" IS ten thousand Of the Kind Se
your deb nd Keep out Of II you are toler.biy
good Christians. But that Il not en- ugh. You
must ury your lum bottle, too! That must 10
u vi lne rest. ny, young men come into
1nd life, and all the zine | eau smell liquor on
their brtAths! II We hld the faifh of Jacob. we
" ull nave tue Strength 10 Dur1 these strange
IDOLS, but we ought to have iaith Us grand ns
yacoDs. Did you ever he Of the old colored
woman wno i'd tl.t II the Lord told her to
llap through stone wall II was ner business
y JUMP and the Lords bu-iness to take her
iYhrfuse tue wallt in1t Is falth That /; like
Joshuas. That is the KIM that you must have.
lHE EVENING MEETING.
Pr the first time since the -evivalists have
been II BfonklNn. the doors Of the Rink we're
not closed against ads ppointed throng. 1here
sS room Tor all but none To spare. ana before
Toe evening VAS over some VINO entered could
hni no a 5. Mr Nredhin,, who h-s conducted
the oVerho" NEE ings m tue Methodist Church,
vs. cut Of business and sat On the platform
close uj MI. Moody. Tue chor's chairs were
o. them cant. DR.. CuY.er's chair lust to the
leit of the pulpit' W occupied, as Il has been
with scarcely al exception for the p - Two
We As, aud the Rev Dr. weoo OF B5ston ct
neHt ,isW. 10 MIN In his sermon NJ Mopd' con-
iug Il ny wnere he had Or pued 1t IN tuesday
nent' lie followed The history OF Paul ~ he
yet M XII ns tho p prrses " od T,H o stoes
pee tsay NJ sankey could slng with his body
Ing blyol strip's or his back. am 10 wouidn't
sing. Rel tip - a, he, hs coIiInt DO that"
lben tol owed VIVID description Of Pauls
word iict re % the death scene. ,nd sSi,ay Sii,i'y
sIlltani de,cription u he welco me that awaited
nun M heaven. Tue spt.k-r was ktndled s be
bas not shown himself hefofe. He turned from
slde % soc IN the rrow pulpit, stamping his
vehement heats, almost as rapidly falling one
after another as the words hat chased elch
cN'i il'iii MS ups hNl an tne time his
EHLed strAufastly at the o., ture, Whicn he must
nave seen Ia ue abIe to describe II so mi. |
nutely. And II we" continued the preach |
er could be as earnestly striving for |
heaven Hui as lnconsder4te Of our per-ou / |
comfort ~ al, now sure would our rev nd |
pc. IL remind. me Il Story A few years ago |
l wa going down the ..i--i,siplt, md fhrre !
we're on tue steamer two lad dies-one from Cairo |
anu one from Nrw Orlcaus-WuO became vtrm /
ilru ;, and when the boat u.uorod AZ Cairo the /
lairo lldy urged her new fTicAd H. 20 ashore |
tAl cuu week witn her. But the feply, wo- !
uah-llNe, was; "WhN, how can II My droeses |
Ind a TN g. have II gone down home by ano'her |
steamer. hat have on is good enough to |
vi ~, but IL Will never do Tor ylsiLing." |
hSiA said 10 myself I've got lesson. Wnat |
g.u-r'ucc does IL make ia what kind Of o style /
" vel thro Igh this world II have stored away /
= rye 'i.l crown that can wear soon as | |
fe-eu Altle.
AwAKIS0 A SLEEPER.
"Now' will that young man" said Mr. Moody, |
' 'us W, a l"ud tone personal appeal to boy
see' 'hs ~ one ~ the most conspicuous seats, |
"aAe ui'f want t. tell him something. You,
}oahS man Ynuuued the speaker, addressing |
sue 10y VINO was thoroughly aroused, " you can |
naAe loi q heaven tonight by turning 20 God
VrhFhI To-day the city is excited because
r.e-fresident Wilson crUpped dead In NASH
unkH,l today, but --" and the preacher.
IeilAlng that he was lreading close upon
'ae question, chnked himself on |
ss@lo"eu half dozen words and then |
Attr moments hesitation continued