The New York herald., 1875-11-27
MOODY AND SANKEY.
WELL GROUNDED COMPLAINTS OF BAD MANAGE
MENT-MsTAKEs THAT SHOULD BE RENE.
pIEp-xEsrERDAY's SERVICES.

MrNr-msTAKEs THAT SHOULD BE RENE.
DED-xEsrERDAY's SERVICES
PHuADELPmA Nov %, 1875
All not coleur de rose in the revival movement here
There are certain serious bemshes which the people
arc calling attention TO- those who really wish thd
movement success can no longer ignore then. II is
Journalists duty frankly 20 state them. Tha
manner in which the Moody and Sankey
meetings are being conducted has become matter o.
very general complaint and there Is rapidly growing
sentiment OF annoyance among the community at thd
bad management of the sefappointed ''revival COM
mlttee." Unless more courteous and accommodating
spirit is very shortly manifested by these gentlemen
there very great danger that the object they profess
seek will be defeated the great body Of the
converted be brought into a condition OF dis
gust at the conduct OF these protesting Chris.
tans. Mr. Stuart told story the morn
ing services the other day OF recently
occupying a proud position in wealth and
power, who has severed his connection with tha
Church because he has been more unfairly in
business and other transactions by protesting Chris
tians than by the men OF the world What the people
complain Of in communications to the local press az
the street and at places OF resort especially
the neishborhood Of the meeting place IS simply this
TASTE.
The dead walls and ences of the city contain posters
exactly similar style the theatre bills advertising
Moody and Sankey's meetings. the building where
the services held is plastered over with
The same advertisement; every street car
passing within half mile Of tho old depot contains q
placard inside ana out announcing, This runs to
Moody and Sankey's meetings, which is often wide
stretch or the TRUTH the columns of the news
papers contain the advertisements of the meet.
ings, and all distinctly announce that tho
morning meetings begin al eight o'clock and
the evening services at hafpast seven o'clock sharp.
Mr.. Moody himself verbally proclaimed the same
hours expressly stating that the doors will remain open
until halrpast seven o'clock p ~ and will then be
closed as the services begin He also makes the un-
called for and unnecessary addition that the President
OF the United States would be admitted after that
time Having faith in these Official promises many
persons very long and tedious distances only
find that those ''godly' men have
PLEDGES
and that the doors have been closed long before the
time published and that it is in vain TO appeal sury
ushers and policemen. Complaints are made that
rough, especially women. on Sunday AFTER
noon the writer saw Lady upon whom the
door had been closed unceremoniousy that her
clothing was fastened with it, and was Impossible for
her to extrcate herself She was only released roml
her painful position by gentlemen in the crowd, who
with their and umbrellas, pred the massive door
sufficiently open to free her
PUBLIC DIsAPPoINTMESr
Al the time OF last nights services for instance,
one OF the local press we'll says there considerably
more iervor outside the hall than within InsteadI
OF keeping the doors open until half past
seven o'clock according TO announcement,
they were hermetcaly scaled full hour be-
fore that time and the services instead OF half past
seven O'clock began half hour earlier Thousands OF
people, who would have been abundant te had th0
official notices OF the ''managersn been adhered TO-
refused admission, and the expressions Of thoso
left out in the cold emphatic they
complimentary and we'll founded
To this barring out the press and the members
OF the choir-who volunteers and who have taken
much time and trouble TO make the meetings success
ful-were not made exceptions Only such reporters as
condescended to nreat the favor OF some acquantance
the police force admitted, spite OF
tho repeated promises OF of the leading ''man-4
agers that the members OF tho press would receive
courtesy due them. The accommodations furnishedt
inside for the journalists are excellent, the1
newspaper reports gladly enough received, andl
the dscourtesy OF locking reporters out all the more'
singular when II Is remembered that these mana
gers" among shrewdest business men
Zone of them famous Of tho largcstl
advertisers in the countryh men who are worldly
enough TO know that the secular press has
breahed the breath OF life into these meetings, and
that without the aid OF this notorety when Moody
and Sankey have been fortunate enough to achieve
through journals like the HERALD these meetings.
would have fallen fiat any other prayer meenga,
Their efficacy consists not in the unaided influences
OF man like Mr. Moody but in the magnetism OF tho
great multtudes which the press has helped him to
/ bring together.
Tho 'early closing" principle is also open TO
the weighty objection that II permits the same
ing take possession OF front seats enjoy themselves
| in the religious excitement which they work them
certainly need religious instruction much as not
more than, these pious 'rounders"
| MORNING
we'll attended when take into consideration the
condition OF the streets aud the constant rain There
were, il is supposed, about 1000 present Tho
immense hall divided by canvas, which
served eiIectually to deaden the echo that In
such vast space, only partially hlled, is sure to
be the result Mr. Moody opened the meeting at pre-
cisely eight O'Clock by announcing the seventy
hymn, 'Sweet Hour OF Prayer" Requests for prayer
were numerous Mr. Moodys subject Prayer, ~
upon which he dwelt with his usual fervency. At tho
conclusion OF the address Mr. Sankey sang the drst
verse ot the twenty ninth hymn alone
What a TREND have in Jesus
Mr. Sankcy then led in prayer the tenor being "oh [
how need Thee" After the benedction the male por
ton Of the audience dispersed the females remaining
behind to hold praye meeting.