Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-11-24
THE REV7TALS' PROGRESS.

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THE REVIFALS' PROGRESS.
MOODY AND SANKEY'S TRIuMPHs IN
THE BROOKLYN RINK--A THRILLING
SERMON TO UNBELIEvERs ALONE
HUNDREDS FOLLOWING MOODY TO THE
INQUIRY RooM-THE POWERFUL ET-
FEcr OF SANKEY'S SIMPLE soNa--THE
WORK IN NEW YORK.
[from the New York Sun, Tuesday, Nov. ioth.l
Nearly the whole burden of conduct
ing the services in the Tabernacle yes
terday morning fell upon the shoulders
of the prayeriul clergy Deacon Haw-
ley abbreviated his usual long list of
those requesting prayers to twenty-one
cities and villages, seventy mothers,
thirty sisters, fourteen churches, and
many inebriates, back-sliders and 9TH
crs, and Mr.. Moody, after reading the
l46th Psalm, did nothing more. l4
The Rev. Wm. T. Dixson, a Baptist
colored preacher, who prayed one
morning last week for more OF the
power reported that ON Sunday
morning after listening to Mr.. Moody's
sermon on Daniel, he for the first time
experienced full divine JUNCTION. ut
fell on my head and heart" said he,
"and it poured down nil over my soul,
so that | had to run all the way home
to find secret place in which ! could
kneel and pray to God TO stay his
blessing. 1t was more happiness than
] could bear Following him was an
old man who told of a highly intellectu.
al friend adicted to strong drink, who
had not attended church for many
years, On Sunday night the unbe-
lever, COR such he was, attended the
service in the Rink, and on bis way
home vowed to ever after abstain from
drinking and profanity, and before go
ing to bed he set up family altar in
his house. The Rev. Mr.. Steele said
that seventeen weeping pcnitents had
risen for prayers in his church on Sun
day night, one ofthem a man for whose
soul a faithful wife had been praying
for more than twenty years = and then
the Rev. Mr.. Morton prayed. But the
Rev. Fred, Bell took no part whatever
in the services. Howell Gardner. who
was trained in his youth for the prize
ring, and whose brother Orville, now
the proprietor Of coffee and cake sa-
loon, but formerly professional ring
man, was present for the first time
since the opening service In the Rink
three weeks ago. His absence he ex.
planned by saying that he had believed
there were men in Brooklyn more
needing teaching than be, and that he
had thought his room was more valua-
BILE to the evangelists than his compa-
ny. Mr.. Gardiner was converted in
Port Chester nineteen years ago, and
forsoolx at that time the profession in
which his brother was obtaining some
repute, and labored earnestly until he
converted his father and mother, his
sisters and finally his brother. The
progress of the revival among the sea
mon ,ras spoken of by the Rev. Mr..
Milard, who said that few nights
ago captain who had followed the
sea for many years without God, was
converted and had since avowed pur-
pose TO take none except Christian
sailors under him heneeforward.
PLANS FOR FUTURE work.
A, a. ,,oso % ,ho sor,;oos tha wo
man remained for a nravermeet;ng
md I ,ha clergvmcn rei;rcd IN ono,ber
'."on' . 20 Co., coSsni,n,;on concerr;nr ,he
,,,n,.o vv w co,rs, 81 ,ha rov;val Dr. FnI
,on 60 ,,rrod tho, M Hammond ,he
w" ,vas,ars so,,;rai;st ho ;nv;,od 20 CON.
,;nra NJ Mnod,,s work hnt Wr s,celo
and I o,hars y;,,oronsiv onnosed the
nro,os;,;on ch;sav nm Tho ground that
H., tlansmnnd,s nol;c,. u 40 ,ahor 90
..roh amonn ,ho rer, vonn,, ch;ldren
90 . sa,onas ,5oso or ,n.,vro ys.,s NJ
m.ra,oosd,s IL - name was fn.ll,. rc;ec,ed
M~ Wnndhon,s name wos tbcn nro
nnsod ond also that or Georoe uaII of
Wosh;nm,on and i, l. nro6able ,bat
,ha ia,,er ,,nn,Ioman viii ho Invited ,o
,aLe charss of ,he work tbougb n g
w., so,,Io5 ,hat any NORTHUMBERLAND, Tho
aren;nn ~ rca,;nr H. vouuS mon i IN
ho ,oas,a rly co5,;nred Tie general
meet,ngs viii proboblv he held onlv
nrco . ,reoL
la Ia, sa,nrdav morn;nr of,er tho
carly sery;ces ,he sexton of the Tab.
crnncIe made n comnIete ,our tbrougb
! ,be building IN turn out any lingering
vorsb;nners and 10 close the doors. He
heard a vo;cc of exbortat;ou md far n
long time looked for the owner of the
voice in vain. There was no one in
the body of the church nor in the gal.
leries. Neither could he find any ono
| in the pastors study, in the vcstibule,
or in the corridors. Still the voice
rose high and fell low, as though il was
addressed to vast multitude OF per.
sons. Finally the sexton tracked Il to
small, dark closet under fight OF
stairs, where shovels and brooms are
kept, and where there is pump and
basin. For moment he stood listen
ing to fcrvid appeal that the hearers
| of the speaker should then and there
seize upon salvation, and then opening
the door, he found Owen Crane, the
Weedsport evangelist. rchca~ing "a
the pump n sermon that he expects
soon TO deliver to his rural ncigbbors
He was SO earnest in his delivery and
so interested in his subject that he did
not Immediately notice the interrup.