The New York herald., 1875-12-02
MOODY AND sANKEY.

WORKING UPON sINNKRs-THE METHOD PUR-
sUED-THE wATCHFUIREss OF THE EVAN
GEIIsTs FOR wAvRRINa soULs-THE EFFEcrs
OF Mr.. SANKEY'S sNGIrd-INcREAsNG IN
TEREsT IN THE REvIvAL-LAsT NIGHTS
MEETING.
PHnApELPnrA Dec ], 1876.
The revival meetings are growing in interest Adopt
ing the business like plan Of rst addressing Christians
and preparing and urging them to help "work In ine
vineyard Mr. Moody has now settled himself to the
real task before him. and since Sunday last has been
directing his efforts entirely the salvation Of the
unconvered by direct appeals to them In this he is at
case, and in this his great power and strength He
asks protesting Christians to stay away from the
services unless they will assist in the inquiry rooms
and add their best efforts to his to converts by
personal solicitation He labors hard himself and he
expects all who with HIM to do the same.
Mr. Sankey's singing is revelation Of the possbili-
ties OF church music He often prcfaces his songs OF
praise by recing tho Scripture passage which they
founded and whenever he does his rich, musical
voice brings out the fun Specification of the words
contrasting greatly with the rough often harsh delv
cry Of Mr. Moody
Sometimes when Mr.. Moody asks him to sing as
solo 'Tho Ninety and Nine" "What VIII the Harvest
Be p some other favorite hymn, he waits until the
instead Of singing he offers prayer that the
Lords praises may find echo In the hearts Of those
present and that he may be enabled so sing that
may be brought to the Saviour's feet. Thus
he tres to bring his hearers into sympathy with him.
There Is anything Of selfconsciousness evident
in what he does He TO stand behind the Cross
and to forget himself
'wHAF WILL THE HARVEST ~"
IS the hymn that seems to touch most deeply the
hearts OF the people and Mr. Sankey sings 1t
prayerfully ! happened to be present when he was
teaching the choir OF 800 voices how sing
of this touching melody and his procedure gives
good illustration OF the character OF the He
sang the solo seated at the meodeon, then they the
chorus with very few words on his part except of
praise and encouragement, until the last
reached. "Now sing very softly, II you pease-as
softly you can The 800 voices heard almost
as loudly as before. He shook his head and smiled.
"Pease sing very softly-that is too loud will sing
again, then please remember to sing very family"
The300 voices were still not managed to suit him but
all he said was .Iet us pray" Then he prayed fer
venty that all might unite in singing that hymn
TO produce great effect possible upon the
hearts Of those who were 70 hear 1t. Now we viii
sing IL again" They did so, and this time the
method was perfect, without another word Of criti-
cism.
THIS WEEKS WORK
The first meetings this week very successful
hundreds rising for prayer and going into the inquiry
rooms at the conclusion of the services Here Mr.
Moody and Mr. Sankey talk personally with each Of the
repentant ones with the assistance of the class of
Christian workers, whose organization | have before
spoken Of Yesterday and day the attendance has
been smaller, especially at the morning meetings on
account Of the sudden and intensely cold weather.
Hereafter the early morning meeting is to be abol
ished and the hour changed to noon instead This is
done not only account of the cold, but also TO
commodate people from the surrounding country who
desire come to the city and return the same day.
uayg aneyoung mems meetings over ", Wnicn Mr. Jonn
ward and visible signs" are concerned The attend
ance is increasing at each one. They held every
evening after the regular services and older persons
have been crowding into them fathers meeting has
been organized