The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-11-06
THE REyIYALiSTS.

kew, are still at work at the Rink in Brook
Ign, where they commenced some two weeks
ago. The Tribune says that the second
Sunday of the work of Messrs. Moody and
Sankey in Brooklyn was no less remarka-
BILE than the first. There were three great
meetings instead of two, services being held
for women only at p. NJ. and for men only
at p. NJ. This arrangement was adopted
with the view of reaching larger number
of people than could be brought under the
influence of the evangelists in any other
way, as frequent attendants at the meet
ings occupy so many seats as to limit the
space for new corners. The Rink was
throneed at every meeting, and i'll the after
noon thousands of women could not get H.
The impressions produced on these great
audiences by Mr.. Moody's preaching and
Mr.. Sankey's singing were marked. The
auxiliary meetings outside the Rink were
largely attended. The favor with which
these revival efforts are regarded by clergy
men in New York and Brooklyn, and the
cordial support given by churches of vari-
Gus religious denominations, are conspicu-
Gus aids to the progress OF the work. We
give the following account of Sundays
order of exercises which will give pretty
correct idea of the daily meetings and their
results:
Mr.. Moody came in in his usual rapid
way; hastily took his seat without survey
ing the audience, prayed with his hand at
his head for moment and without look
ing around him announced the first hymn.
Tile Rev A. G. Lawson offered the open
ing prayer, thanking God that His word is
being fulfilled in these days. and that many
of His people are drawing nigh unto Him.
The prayer was uniform and fervid in tone,
vet devoid of that impassoned utterance
so frequent at revival meetings. The room,
however, was cold, and to many the prayer
seemed too long, and they became uneasy
before it was finished. When Mr. Moody
again rose, and began reading from the LIST
chapter of Joshua, many leaned forward,
eager to hear and see him. The fervor
with which he began his remarks was evil
dence that the large attendance at an early
hour on cold Sunday morning encouraged
and pleased him.
Mr.. Moody preached in the morning on
courage and enthusiasm, as if he would
have no one grow weary in well-doing, or
become disheartened in their first efforts in
seeking the way of eternal life. He again
gave evidence of his thorough study of the
Bible by the ease and frequency with which
he narrated Scriptural events. He spoke
of Christian men who lacked zeal and were
content with their own salvation, and give
little heed to the wants of those who were
suffering around them, and said: 81 would
rather have man with zeal and wanting
in knowledge, than man with much learn
ing and no zeal. The former may do great
good in the world, but the latter helps no
one but himself"
INFLUENCE OF MR.. SANKEY'S ANGs.
Mr.. Sankey, as usual, made a deep i'm
preston by the sweetness and fervor of his
singing. A pervading sentiment of vigor
Of soul and the deepest sincerity animates
him. He is possessed of all the enthusi-
asm which fills the speech of Mr.. Moody,
and brands his words on the minds and in
the hearts of men as by fire. But it is en-
thusiasm subdued to the rythm and melody
of his songs, and strs the souls of his hear
ers by the feeling it awakens of genuine
and whole. souled praise, such as the devout
heart in moments of religious exaltation
may long for but seldom attains fully
This is the impression left by first hear
ing of Mr.. Sankey, as stated by many, and
confirmed by the almost breathless silence
during the execution of his solos, and the
fervor with which the vast body of the
audience join their voices to swell the
chorus of praise. Another source of power
to Mr.. Sankey is the manner in which he
subordinates and modulates the organ in
the reinforcement of his voice. The effect
produced is something which would hardly
seem attainable were Mr. Sanley to sing
to the accompaniment Of some other person.
Mr.. Sankey sings and plays with his whole
soul and body. He is, however, entirely
free from anything which might be called
mannerism, and his passages of greatest
force are executed with great vigor and
animation of body, wholly natural, and
suggested by the sentiment and stirring
feeling of the hymn.
The special zeal of women in all things
pertaining to religion was we'll shown at
the meeting in the afternoon. 1t was an
nounced to be held at the Rink at P. NJ,
and to be exclusively for women. The
mense. By o'clock the body of the build
ing was we'll filled, and by 2 o'clock every
available seat and almost all the standing
room near the entrance and near the plat
form were occupied by women of different
classes. 1t was estimated that 6, 500 were
in the audience, and the officers at the
entrances said that an equal number were
denied admittance after the doors were
closed. At $3.50 a large crowd of men and
women remained in Clermont avenue out
of curiosity, while many others, religiously
inclined, filled the seats of the Simpson M.
E. Church, where the Rev. Mr.. Needham,
the Philadelphia Evangelist, conducted re-
vival services, assisted by Mr.. Sankey, after
Mr.. Moody began speaking in the Rink.
The vast throng became SO impatient
that Mr.. Moody opened the service at 7:30
o'clock, previous to which several hymns
were sung. Mr.. Moody took the services
entirely into his own hands, and after Mr..
Sankey had led in singing, $50 think of the
Home over There" he delivered fervent
prayer. The hymn, "The Great Physician
now is Near" was next sung with full
chorus, and Mr.. Sankey was requested to
sing alone the "Ninety and Nine" Mr..
sankey then withdrew, and MIR. Juan Alza-
mora, organist of the Washington Avenue
Baptist Church, who is assisting Mr.. San
key, took his place. After the sermon the
choir continued to sing several hymns, at
the request of the enthusiastic persons who
tarried.
Mr.. Moody delivered his sermon with
much rapidity and strong emphasis. He
told several anecdotes with considerable
effect, and in one instance drew tears from
many of his auditors. He was alluding to
the fact that the infidel demanded some
thing that he could see, the evidence of his
own eyes, and to explain what he considered
the falsity of this position, he drew an
illustration from the home of the drunkard,
picturing wildly, though roughly, its mis-
cry and its latent powers for regeneration.
He supposed the case of this drunkard's
wife listening to him; of her persuading
her husband to attend the evening service,
and, as has happened in repeated instances,
of his return to his desolate home re-
formed man. "Now," said he, "we all
know there has been change in this mans
character-a regeneration, but who can see
it with the outward eye? To that it makes
itself visible only by degrees"
MIR. Moody then asked that all who wished
to be prayed for should rise. Several hun
dred persons rose, and remained standing
while Mr.. Moody prayed. He then gave
out a hymn, and requested those who had