The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-20
Denarturo of the RorirnIist..

Departure of the RevivaIists.
MooDY and SANKEY take lcave of Brook
Ign to-day, and will, without any loss OF |
time, make their appearance at u revival
meeting in Philadelphia tomorrow morn
ing. SASKEY will sing the same songs in
Philadelphia that no has sung ia
Brooklyn. MooDy win preach In the
same way to the sinners there that he
has preached 10 those OF this vicinity.
The Philadelphia clergy win coUperete
with the revivalists rs the brooklyn clergy
have done We presume that there VIII
be even greater asscmblages i'm Philadcl-
phia than have been seen in Brooklyn, FOR
the railroad depot In which the meetings
are to be held Is capable of accomm odating
twice "a many people as could get INTO
the Rink. The preparations there have
been very extensive, and the rcvivalists
will be assisted in their work by an
organized body Of three hundred "Cbrs-
tan workers." three hundred ushcrs and
n choir of SIX hundred voices. All the
money needed has been raised without.
trouble, and every kind OF help that can
he required has been offered in super--
abundance. The machinery of great
| religious campaign has been all prepared,
put in working order. aud Is now ready. in
Philadelphia.
MOODY aud SANKEY win advance upon
Philadelphia, after their Brooklyn expert
ence, rs conquerors. There was great
anxiety about their sncccss when they
made their advent in Brooklyn month
ago. They had stirred up England and
Scotland Just before their arrival in
Il lit.
whether the conditions here were
favorable rs they had been there. The
evangelist" VALLEY and his assistants
| had carried on revival operations here Llst
year, in the Hippodrome and elsewhere;
but they Were failures. MOODY himself
had worked among us with very slight
results before he went abroad. Other ic-
vivulsts had tried their powers in vn'isls
places, aud met with discouragemel,t
But the very FIRST meeting held Ly
MOODY and SASKEY, ON the Ath Of lat
month. was a triumph, SO far as il cou
be made so by the multitudes i'm atteIN--
ancc and the number of "anxious iH-
quirors." From then until now, the pop
ular interest has not only been sustained
but has increased; and the meetings 81
the last two evenings, especially thai
OF last eVenhlR, snow inat tnt TtNlNuh
is yet NJ It's flood tide II is from
such scenes tina, Moody and SANKEY go TO
Philadelphia. We are not surprised that
the pious PbLadelphlans now look for
great things, or that they expect Pe,te-
costal season without precedent in their
city. We hope Iat, il they e. joy 1t, they
will be the bette. for it, and that the fruits
OF it will be apps cut To all observers
There b. no place more IN need of a gem
une revival of trt religion than Philadel-
| phia. We need not describe the condition
OF the city, rs it ulsist appear ia the eye OF
stern moralist who examines is depths
ss well AZ its surface. Multitudes OF sin
Rers there are hardened in their
evil ways. Wickeduess and .ungodli-
ness are widely prevalent Bad men sit
in high places Public corruption pollutes
tn. sources of influel.ce. Vice Of every
kind can easily he found. Hypocrites
aboUnd. Where there ought 10 be truth
just, e, honor. purity, scbriety, and integ-
rity. 1here are falsehoo6, fraud, debaIsoh-
cry, and cruelty. There ~ a great deal of
respee ability about Philadelphia, but this
is someih hing that is often used as n eover
for IA docayed heart and an unclean life.
Even TIA, professelly religious people Of
Philadelphia, many of them. seem to re-
Gemble TIE Laodiorans. Of whom the
Apostle joan wrote:
-Iknow nv 4oorIs which show that tsou art neither
colo nor . hol "3nla saSa wsri or hoI So Insu
WIN Spew thee oSt Of NY mouth Because thou aVest
nsinas AMI SnS"est not t6at tRa art wIsiehed and
m'seraole, aud poer' and blind, and naked couns,
naycst le cR ana wife r"i'nent tSai thos maye
s o SiSGT @ I'm Mn ns eye saS as lou
niayest see. Rev. III. 10 10
We say that il the city of Philadelp
were 10 enjoy a genuine revival OF true
religion, IL would undergo moral trans
formation, at once profound and power
full the results OF which, upon the life and
conduct OF its people, would be visible,
palpabe, unmstakable, and perman emit
II it should he 80 happy rs TO have this ex-
perience, under MOODY and SANKEY, we
shall hold it up TO honor in the light of
THE SUN.
For four weeks MOODY and SANKEY have
had all Brooklyn Tor their audience. The
multitudes have listened daily to the
preaching, praying, Bible reading, and
singing. The inquiry meetings have been
crowded by people OF both sexes, young
and old. hundred olergymen have as
sisted at the operations. MOODY and SAN
KEY say they are satisfied with the results OF
their work. Well. il is true that II they have
truly converted one sinner from his evil
ways, they have some ground of satisfac-
ton. But they have not approached,
, much less come up TO, the expectations Of
l those who were their most Intelligent we'll
wishers; ana IL is not surprising that there
4 should he disappointment, in view of the