The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-09-06
From the Pittsburgh Dispatch.l

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From the Pittsburgh Dispatch.l
He said be had not Intended to come there:
or eno.ee In any work for numoer VI
months. an arrangement being made WIN
Mr. MOODY that they should both rest unt'i
ready to begin their work together IN tue
fall. but in talking with the Rev. Alexander
Clark il was brought 10 bis mind that Ms
sister while be was absent 10 Eueope, had
heen converted on that camp ground. she
Ind soon after died, with the blessed assur'
.nce of immortality. He felt he owed some.
thing to thespo', and If he could, by doing
some good here, partly repay the obligation,
he would come. and ne had come.
He smoke briefly and modestly Of the
work 10 England, and was sorry that MIR.
Moody's and his name had bsen heralded
in connection With 1t. The glory all be.
lonsed to God; it was His work. 1t was
the power of the truth forced home to the
hearts of the telrcrs which had accom-
pished the results. He said that at one
meeting in Loudop, where twenty Thousand
persons bad gathered, many in the extreme
corners of the building, entirely out OF tue
reach of bis or Moody's voice.. bad been
II was the power OF the Holy
Spirit which had come among them-passioS
from one 10 another In all that vast audience,
and influencing all into grand rccoh'
Citation With God.
: Af,e, sppakipp about ten minutes he sat
down to The melodeon and, playing simple;
accom- pariment, sang 1.-THE Ninety ana
Nine y one of his own songs, which became
so popular abroad. He had written 1t Wnen
Going to Scotland, the idea being taken from
ine PARABLE of the lost sheep. While ne was
sin,,no the audience was very still and EVIL
DENLY interested. though not particularly
impress: cd either with the solemhity Vi t''
nar.s;en mr. the carnestness OF the singer.
Ills voice is powerful, and, though not
v.rv 4 xi,lc. is astonl>hirgy sympathetic.
He enuucia.es very distinctly. and sings as
if he felt the words and they were the spon-
t,ran,s antitrust of bis heart. His voice at
Zines rang full and clear and strong to the
r,r,hest limits OF the audieGce, then Woiio
siol oradually With extreme softnesS unfll II
co,,d hr heard only q dozen yards away.
Then. after the song there was silence, ana,
tneelipp down. the evangelist offered fer
want nrayer, to the sentiments Of which
there were frequent and sonoTous ''amens ="
from all portions of the congi esa'ion.
HALF HOUR OF SONG.
At The afternoon session Mr.. Sankey coz
ducted the exercises, and announced that
there would be first q hai-hour OF song.
The first selection would be"Th Land that
* Faircr than Day" The tune was the
:. Syce. By.and-bv," which all knew. IL
gas hcjpr sung heartily on the other side OF
the water. Mr.. Slnkey then seated himself
1T h. mciodcor, and male quartette sang
the verses, the congregation joining 10 the
rbnrus with dt cided enjoyment. Without
leaving his scat, Mr. Sonkey sad nc would
siuy, :. Left it All with Jesus Long Ago.
|. was very popular 10 Engian0, he saih I;
was surg there at the meetings. The refrain
began
Leave al with Jesus, dropping SOUL.
Tell not half The Story-.ell the whoe,
with two lines following, which were sung
50 low that it was Impossible 10 catch them.
Every one listened with curiosity, but
though it was gwen with deep feeling, ahd
with much more than ordinary effectiveness,
outside the two or three front rows, where
the mpre faithful sat. there did not appear to
he much emotion beyond that of natural
sympathv. Mr. Sankey evidently felt that
the success Of the service had fallen
upou him, and he went heartily to
work. Hirdly had the last notes died
away when, without rising, he be-
.au quickly to tell an anecdote. When they
we're in Belfast, be said, he sang hymn
called Pm praying for you" Which had al
ready found its way to this country. he
sang it first in little church which, though
;ulI, could not hold many persons, and TWO
or three days after, on the street, his hand
was eraspcd by a young lnap, who told him.
WI.b tears in his eyes, that the hymn had
brought him to 4 seuse of his siniulue>S and
made him loyal 10 Christ. He might say il
was not the music, not the organ, not the
singing, bu. the truth 10 it.
"TuE GATE AJAK.'
PEOPLE in England, te continued, did not
ike the sentiment in the hymn. The Gate
Aiar." They thought it should be the gale
wldc oper. But he kept on singing it and
singing it, and God blessed it beautifully.
In Assembly Hill, in Edinburgh, poor
Maggie Lindsay, whose story vas pub
l.-hcd in all the English papers, heard it
AID felt the truth Of il. She vas young,
educated, and was just leaving school, but
felt that she must do something for the
cause. She vas given work to do and
did it. Three weeks sitter she was travel
ling by rail 10 the north Of Sso!hnd, and
by collision many persons were hurt.
Mr.gir's bact; was broken. and terribly
cl.sh"G, >!ic sid in The ruins. is help
cane 20 b.: sir opcAct her book TO The
t..c + iar lor Nc" md sang it tliumphantly
u, uar lie went ont. When the speaker
came home he beard how, at Ocean Grove
.tir hymn. with The words changed so that
it .e,d, " The Gate Wide Open," was being
sung, when IN old lady cried out, "No! no
Tue Gate Ajar." l found it so, but prayer
opc,rd it to let me through. It's ajar TO al
VITO seek it.
NJ. Sankey then sang, ppm praying fol-
YOU" and followed with, "Are you bearing
any fruit for the Master": taken from the
parable of the ig-,rce. By this time the AL.
deuce had become deeply interested, and
listened attentively while he sang, "Nom
one more little hymn" be said, "and then
we will hear our brother preach the gospel
Go bury thy sorrows"
The hymn was sung with excellent pa.
thos, aud amoug the front ranges tears were
rolling down the checks Of many who lis
tened. Back where the visitors, the fDSh'
ionabIeS, and others sat, the same old stol!C
ind tlercnce that had characterized them al
first remained. ard as the last notes ded
away, AID M. Sankey arose from The
organ, many commenced to lise fron
taeir seats to move away. WALTZ
said Mr.. Sankey, quickly holding out
his band, /" the Rev. Mr.. Boyle will pray"
aud the woud.be deserers were forced Il
sit down as the gentleman named appealed
TO Heaven in behalf of those about him, ant
prayed that tho-e whom curiosity only ba(
brought there might feel the influence o
what they had heard. AS he rose from hi
kcecs Dir. Sankey, stepping to the organ
said, 1t has been asked that we sing to
gether Hold the Fort"
Hold The Fort, for am coming,