New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-10-23
REVIVAL EFFORTS.
RELIGIOUS FEELING STIMULATED IN NEW
YORK AND BROOKLYN.

ARRANGEMESTS--UNION MEETINGS IN THIS Clii
REVIVAL LABoRs IN MANY RELIGIOUS DEMON
INATIoNs.
Messrs. Moody and Sankey, the evangelists,
will begin their abors In Brooklyn next Sunday morn
ing. The preparatory work in rapid progress and the
several committees state that everything will be ready
the appointed time. Mr. Sankey Is expected 10 ar
rive from his home in Newcastle, Penn, to-day
aud will attend rehearsals OF the choir ana make
succhanges the Of the voices as he may
deem necessary. Mr.. Moody has been AT MS hoinc
in Mortified, engaged in study. He has been holding
meetings for about two years with an average OF two
each day and his supply OF sermons needs reenishng
lie IS accordingly, busy IN preparing new ones fre
quent and kilograms have been received from MIN
expressing his satisfaction with the plans for his sbors
Brooklyn and the in which they are being car
ried out. Ho says he is eager for the work
and feels assured that great good will crown tho
labors at the Rink. He Ia expected 10 ne III
Brooklyn today and will probably STAY at the house OF
some minister member Of the Committee OF Arrange
ments The platform at the Rink and its fixtures will
not be arranged until after Mr. Moodys arrival az the
Committee prefer leaving that entirely to him The
services will begin Sunday morning at halfpast
O'Clock in the Rink. IN the afternoon OF the same day
there will be religious exercises at the hihh III
o'clock. The hours OF and halfpast have beeh cn'
SEN as they will not interfere in any way with the usuh
meetings In the churches, which will continue during the
revival season as before. During the week days. be
one hour eyeis morning In the Rev. Dr. Talmaecs
church Mt o'clock and every evening except satur-
day revival services will be held al the Rink, preaching
and singing being the distinctive features Messrs Moody
and sankey will remain in Brooklyn one month after
which they Will 90 TO Philadelphia, and IL is said Their
reyivallabors will continue there about two months
Its noted by minister's both in Brooklyn and In this
city that de- sire for new and active effort IN
church work to have been manifested 10 an ui
usual extent among all religious denominations during
the Summer and Autumn OF this year A prominent
baptist clergyman said recently that before the coming
OF the cvangeists had been discussed here many OF MS
people asked him II something could not be done to
awaken and WHY the churches Similar statements are
made by clergymen Of other denominations. who say
there has been increase Of faith and more earnest
desire 10 labor for Gods kingdom on earth than tlfy
have known long time. The same feeling Is said To
be marked in Brooklyn II was noticed before the evan
gess decided begin their abors there but has pcen
quckcned and stimulated since that decision was nau"
II is believed by the cergymcn that the whole BODY OF
Christians in Brooklyn VIII unite in oordalsuprorto the
aboIs OF Messrs Moody and sankey The members oil the
Committee OF Arrangements say that already they nave
had applications from large majority OF ministers III
Brooklyn seats the platform, and receive muc AT
tenion from the cergyueu. Several Episcopal rectors
have sgnied their interest in the movement ana VIII oe
prescnt although their churches body do not CO.
operate with il.
THE PLACE WHERE THE EvANGEIIsrs WILL LABOR
The Brooklyn Skating Rink is situated on Cleilnoht-
ave- near WiilJughbyave, and is REACHED by ti"' "l
ferent lines horsecars from Fulton Ferry me OWL
ers OF the NJ rtleave and Greenpont car ne-the Guy
Railroad COlnpanywill construct a branch from tEer
main track, running through Clermontave to the coor
OF the Rink extra will be put this and the other
lines The DeKa-ave run within l9 blocks oil the
place While the Vanderbave. cars pass the rear en-
trance the building, and will run on side track near
the tagging which ia to be added The rear entrance
will be used exclusively for the admission oil ministers
aud singers occupy seats the stage ana OF whom
there will DC 500 admitted The seating capacity of the
building will be 5000, including the seats on the plat
form The main floor reached directly from the cer-
nont-aye entrance and several feet below the vcStt
bnle There galleries on three sides OF the buidhg
entrance which obtained az each corner of the nan
in front Thore the right and left sides are about ID
feet above the main floor and there are no seats beneath
them The third gallery tue front Of the hail and
oopo1te the PLATFORM and Is about 10 feet above the
main i0Or The platform has been enlarged, ana Is row
~ by 80 feet front being rounded In FORM On this
PLATFORM which is inches higher at the rear td IMAM
in 'front.' are chars for 500 persons arranged in four
rows and divided by sscs The extreme front OF the
ste &c will be occupied by the speaker small table being
used by him cabinet organ has been placed at one
side Of the platform and that side will be occupied by
the $50 singers. The other portion viii be reserved Tor
ministers ard lay preachers. The seats used consist OF
plain wooden chairs, fresh from Connecticut manuiacto
Rink The Committee now placing six large heaters
in different parts OF the Rink while 700 gasjets have
already been put up
TIE SINGING AT THE RINK
Tho members Of the Committee on Singing report very
satisfactory progress ia their work They announced
that they wish to have chorus OF go men and ~o-
mems voices and have received offers from 3G7 persons
They say that they will not be able to use that number
on account of the limited space the stage There will
be no solo paris except that Of Mr sankey The st re-
hearsa was held Tuesday evening in the parlors OF the
Young Mems Christian Association IN Brooklyn and some
Of Mr. Sankey's hymns were sung The singers VIII meet
again this eve nin2 A.,
book of hyInn. has been prepared especially for the
revival work in Brooklyn. Selections have been Inaue
frOm Mr. Sankey's collection. and from DINER Weilko"h
collections There will he 100 hymns IN the book when
Will be published in Two forms, one containing merely
hymns ana Of 32mO size and sold foi Ve cents pr
COPY the Other viii have the inu lie together WITH me
words will be Of octave form, and will be sod Tor -
different bookstores in Brooky n, and at the RINK Dut
will he sold on Sunday The price the Commute
think viii about cover the cost The expenses OF 'ie re-
.va efforts estimated at 900, ana the treas
cover that The amount already raised SAID To De
only about onc-haf Of the amount needed
RELIGIOUS INTEREST IN NETWORK.
While the revival work in preparation in Brooklyn,
NewYork cergynen are engaged in very quiet way IN
efforts TO arouse religious interest In this city Also the
desire for new energy in the Church has been experienced
and the aIcipaons OF visit from Mr. Moody which pre-
vailed some weeks ago attracted widespread and cordial
attention But when it found that Mr.. Moody would
begin in Brooklyn, the disappontmcnt OF NeN a9ia Pee
Is not now expected that the evangess VIII Labor IN
this city before February, but it deemed best to
keen alive interest. Accordingly nearly all the re
Ijd6us denominations have gone Ia work within thelr
own limits and are either holding preparing 10 hOd
religious meetings IL addition 20 the usual services
prominent minister who has preached In Ncwlork Tor
30 years SAYS he never kovn many proyo !eet-
ings To be- held this city IN October The first OF THESE
special meetings organized by the Baptlst
CHURCHES NJ the recent session OF the SCUM
ern New-YOik Baptist Association IN this CITY.
Resolutions adopted. heartily commencing the
WORK of The gclsts and deciding upon series OF
weekly unon meetings The first Of these was held last
Thursday AT the Fifth Avcuue Baptist Church and vas
largely attended by members 81 the different churches IN
me civ After It had adjourned, many more people
rrla l.r uffu,lt