Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-11-03
MOODY AND SANKEY.
Revival servicrs Ope.cd in BrooaIyn
rive Thousand Persons Enable TO
Gain AdmlitaNcs.
Powerful, Effect of SANKEY'S singing

was ntiu AT tue Brooklyn riuk this
morning, commencing ut $50 aud
term mating at 10 o'clock. There were
| fully i've thousand persons waiting for
the doors TO open, and when the ser
vices commenced the building was
! u led throughout.
| Mr. Moody, taking his place on the
rostrum at the edge of large platform
continuing chorus Of two hundred
and ilfty voice., opened the services by
announcing the hymn commencing,
Rejoice and be glad. the Redeemor as come,
which was given with imposing effect
! by the chorus aud congregation.
The Rev. DR.. Burlington then
prayed at considerable length and with
fervur that deeply moved the people.
| He prayed that as the tribes of Israe
were now assembled before the Lord,
he would signalize his acceptance OF
thti. homage aud desire to glorify
| Him, aud that the power of God would
rest upon this assemblage, with grace
IN every heart; for our cOuntry's sake.
/ for the worlds sake. There were fire.
quent means aud cries Of Amen during
the prayer.
Mr.. Saukey then called on the peo-
pie to sing heartily hymn twenty.
oNhNh
Lord. hear of showers of blessings.
The singing, by early ten thousand
voices, was magnificent. Sankey &C
companied on the harmonium.
Moody next read from the thirteenth
| chapter of Numbers the account of the
sending of spies To the promised land
and the encouragement OF the people
at their report of the stature of toe in-
hahilauts.
This was followed by Mr.. Sankey
singing alone:
Hark, the voice of Jesus, crying,
Who will 60 and work to-day"
His voice is very powerful aud pleas
ing, and the accounts of his singing
have not been exaggerated.
Mr.. Moody then delivered dis
course on the text read. He spoke in
u conversational way, sometimes hu-
morous, sometimes impassioned, and
always rapidly. He insisted that God
has his own time for revivals, and that
the only obstacle to them was uuhelief
within the church. He compared I'M
believers to the terrified spies, and the
courage of true believers 10 Caleb and
Joshua, who relied upon the goodness
and power of God. The time was
come, he said, and II they only willed
1t they might go and take the promised
land. Then, turning 20 Drs. Cuylrr
and Huntington, he asked If they
were ready, and receiving hearty an
swer in the affirmative. he thanked
God for Caleb and Joshua.
In conclusion, he advised that all
discussions be abandoned, aud that
every one devote himself heartily to
the work.
Mr.. Sankey then sang
"Only an armor-bearer,"
and the audience sang the CHORUS.
1t was then announced that every
night Of the week, except Saturday,
there would be service at seven o'chck
in the rink, and every morning "a
prayer meeting at Talmage's Taber.
nacle
Among those on The platform were
the Rev. DR.. Guy Ter, Rev. Dr. Durs CA,
Rev. DIR. Prime, Rev. DIR. BuidingI on,
Rev. +. j. Hayne, Rev. A. Shunt. aud
DR.. Stuart-the last named from Phil
adelphia.
THE AFTERNOON SERVICE.
An afternoon service was h.l at the
rink at four O'Clock. The building wa
packed with people, aud at least 600
who had come were unable TO gain adj
mIttance.
Two churches in the immediate
neighborbOod had been thrown open,
and Mr.. Sankev visited both of them
and sang.
In the rink there was, az in the
morning, large gathering of clergy
men on the platform, among them DIR
BuddingtOn, Revs, NJ, Stuart and De-
witt Talmage.
The services were opened by the
singing by Mr.. Ssnkey Of the hymn,
Ninety and nine"
Mr.. Moody then, taking for his text
from the 18th chapter, first verse ~
the first epistle OF st. Paul to the Cor
inthians, declare unto you the gos-
pei, delivered very Elective sermon,
which moved several of the female
portion of the assembly to tears, ami
was listened to very attentiVely by all.
The services ended by the pronuun-
cling by DIR. ingalls, of The benediclion.
The New York papers continue to
devote great deal of space to reports
Of the wonderful religious meetings
being held by Moody and Sankey in
Brooklyn. The following extracts are
from the Tribune's report on Saturday
morning;
The great success of the Brooklyn
revival as a means Of gathering people
together Is surprise to every one. All
previous calculations have been far
short of the Recommendations which have
been made. As the first week Is draw
ing to its close, many are asking how
many converts have been made, and
Questioning whether or no the assem-
bling of a multitude of people twice IA
day Is 10 be the only result that will
follow from this month of revival ef.
forts. Mr.. Moody said yesterday morn
ing, after the pray err meeting had heen
closed, No one can tell the number
of converts. Tney are only known up
on high. have nothing whatever To
discourage me. On the contrary. every
thing is progressing In the most salts
factory manner, aud nothing wha'ever
has occurred TO dishearten me in the
least" Yes," added DR.. Talmage,
who stood near, "Mr. Moody y work
~ successful from every point of view
And the tide il deepenIngu MANY