Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-11-11

Responsible ONCE Wncn ne nelQ, anu tnaI IL
would be for the benefit of the province to sus.
pend him from Office: The conduct of the
Surveyor General was censured. He, in or
der to make his office more profitable, had en-.
couraged unscrupulous individuals in loca-
ting lands. The result was that St. John was
forbidden to survey any land unless he had
first received warrant from the Governor.
[To BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.
MOODY AND SANKEY IN BROOKLYN.
The, New York papers say that the number
of letters daily received by Mr.. Moody, to be
read at the morning meetings in the taberna-
Gle, is the best gauge Of the growing success
of the evangelists. On Tuesday morning
there were FIVE, on Wednesday morning twen-
ty-6ve, and Thursday nearly forty, some of
which came from distant cities.
There was one from a Baltimore mother,
asking for the conversion of her son one from
a Binghampton wife for the return Of her
husband, who had forsaken her; one from
widow in Fulton, for the conversion of one SOD
in Chicago, and of another in Kalamazoo;
one from Middletown father, for the soften
ing of his sons heart and one from Phila-
delphia woman for turning to Christ Of her
brother-in.law. Besides these, there we're
prayers for beloved, aged mother, who is not
in Christ for sick husband, once believer
but now wanderer; for brother who is a
lawyer; for son who is exposed to great
temptation for an aged father; for q man
and wife, both interested for husband, who
has for evil associates, forsaken wife and chill
dren; for young man who relies upon mo-
rality, and who has no desire to become
Christian; for widows two sons, and for
number of sons, daughters and parents not
eDveloped by any peculiarly narrowing sur
roundings. IN e ...' J.. t'iii .t- a.:.
After the music of the opening exercises on
Thursday evening had subsided, Mr.. Moody
asked that "any one having great burden to
to ask prayers for his son, widow for her
child, an aged man for his son and grandson,
a man for thirteen Roman Catholics and for
one especially who came out sobbing from the
rink last night, and who"
"Stop, brother, there" said Mr.. Moody,
1--WE do not care for that" ..s.....
And then the fathers and mothers and wid-
ows continued to rise and ask for prayers for
their children. An old woman in deep black
cried out between her sobs from under her
long veil, "Pray, pray for my son-a sailor
far from home" .. 1..,".". vi ..'
Later an opportunity was given for those to
rise who were troubled for their own sins, and
about ninety stood up, among whom were
many men. r.a in r.r,..' -ng Cd --
At the close of the services, Mr.. Moody went
to the reporters and expressed his regret that
any one had been so ill-advised and sectarian
as to use the name Roman Catholic as it had
been used by one or two men asking for pray.
ers for friends Of that religion. "They used
the word as though it we're opprobrious, and
we're very narrow.spirited in doing 80. u Why,
there are as many Roman Catholics who are
Christians as there are of other denominations,
and those men had no business to lump the
term in the way they did," .,,-arn .ait..
The revival scene on Thursday evening is
thus described: ,. ri u.....,.... :. r.,a.
"The singers, through the impulse of bat
tie gained, sang, without bidding, Hold the
Fort The music is wild, triumphant and
exultant. It. filled the air, drowning the
sound Of shutting, retiring feet and ofmoving
chairs. The singers-the Christians-were
brilliant and aggressive, and the conquered
sinners Joined in the paan, but with. heads
bowed and with wet cheeks. Stanza after
stsnza and chorus after chorus was rolled out,
each one louder than before, as the throng
poured through the doors. Then other hymns
were sung. ....~.-...r... ..
Earlier in the evening Moody had, twice
shown his power over his audience. Once a
man with lungs larger and stronger, than San
keys cried out, GLORY be to Cod and the
preacher, to the surprise of the startled house,
said earnestly, 4, thank you, my friend, for
that cry" It came from your heart. But
you can better serve the Lord, and me, bis
servant, if you will wait and say amen when
I ask you TO- ,a.,.. ... ..sy ~. j..
Again, a man only few feet from the
speaker tainted, and his friends, afrighted,
gathered about him, and hundreds of persons
sprang to their feet. "You are dismayed, are
you ?'S cried the speaker, almost tauntingly to
the crowd. "You are thrown into confusion
and are routed by the fainting of manly
a trance that will. resemble death for, few
moments only! What if that man had been
struck dead-dead with his sins upon him
dead without repentance or confession? Then
you might stand ghastly and terrified. And
how many of you, if death should come as
suddenly as did dthat fsintipg fit, could rejoice
over the call p - II 3d..
The bold move of the spesksF are him the
control of the house: Tie swooned was
carried out quietly, but all eyes we're ed
upon the preacher, not upon the helpless y
den. During the evening six others fail
in less conspicuous positions, and were bdt s
out without the slightest disturbance beng
created-so quietly that only the police recoM
told the number.
From the rink many hundreds crossed over
to join the young mems meeting in the Re
formed Church, and Mr.. Moody, with corps
of clergy, went to the little chapel Of the
Methodist Church, where they have nightly
met and prayed with the anxious. 4" But the
chapel was too small to hold the frightened
peniteuts, aud the great doors Of the chusch,l
were thrown open, and soon more than foaf
hundred quiet, pale-faced men and women =
filed the pews. The evangelist stood before
them, and band of singers in the gallery
softly sang. There could be little Of that
close conference that had been usual IN the
inquiry meeting, but little Of the praying OF
preacher and convert sidt y side, but there
were earnest prayers that would do for all,
and tears we're shed by the exhorter and hla
followers alike. .s... ir ,''j''~' 2,:pJ'-