The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-22
GOING ON WITH TIE WORK.
Yesterdays Ncciinss in the Rink and Among
the Quakcrs How Many souls wero
Saved bv Moody aud SANKEY'S Ehorts'


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Yesterday. Meetings in the Rink and Among
the QunLcrs How Many souls wcrc
Saved bv Moody aud SANKEY'S EhortsF
Moody and Snnkcy on Saturday turned
over their evangelical work in Brooklyn to tho
clergy and 10 Mr. Needham, tho Irish eyangel-
ist Mr. George Hall OF Washington began his
iabors in Dr. Cuylcrs church on Saturday even
ing. The meeting which had been announced
for Dr. Talmagc's Lay College, and then changed,
lost IN numbers by the consequent confusion. |
Yet 1t VS. marked IN its earncstncss. In the |
Rink Yesterday afternoon there was as large |
thrcng "a MIR. Moody drow on damp DAYS ana |
there were many new faces in the gathering. |
The seats, which were noticeable for their emp |
tincss were those which tho clergymcn usually
occupied. SANKEY'S choir sang his hymns win
| all the vigor that had ins prcd them when MS
voice was at the lead. and the soul OF the meet
Ing was in the popular hymns.
Mr.. Nccdham is anxious TO get BACK 10
| ireland, but Mr. Moody urged him to stay In
BROOKLYN fortnight and then join him In
| philadclphia ,,,-.,-. ,.... ..ho
| diving. nsked of his dissolute son that IN thc
| day Of the funeral and every day thereafter nc
would sit for Ave minutes In the parental chai1'
| IL seemed strange to the hoy, hut he promised,
and day 10y day sat there thini.lna; uhtn u
| dawned upon him that his fatheg meant that ne
should change his life IL. called ON uod' ana
was saved. l.. 49,. ,uu,-,. ,,oo,.
A rSUnS
Ing. and a half dozen Christians went TO worK
Ike Rev. W. c. stecle's sermon In the Fleet
street Methodist Cmnch. BnoohlNn, yestcriaN;
| was upon Moody and Saukcy work lie saiu
thai some OF the clrtSmcn had endc V1rcu 10
ascertain from Mr. Moody no" many real ,aSSs
of conversion there had been in tnc muhln oi
revival effort, and that Mr.. Moody h persist
entity refused To make gn Gsuihate Oh tnc nun t
Der. Mr.. Noedhm. the irish eNanccl-t, iad,
however. said that the cvamgeltsts thousht tnat
Us many as i've hundred persons had been re NY
and Thoroughly converted. The persons VINO
rose for prayers nni sought the inquiry rn,Yms
were numbered 10y thousands. Mir. steele added
that, while he must not be understood q taking
aught ftom Moody ana sankey's laurel, IL was
nevertheless true that the faithful cicr.Nmen 81
Ilrookhn mad urcuarcd the way for nrcNiynl,
and. wing Gown the seed, had called IN tne
ov.nselists to hplp reap the harvest. lhero are
10 be revival meetings IA AT. Stcelc's church
In the little Quaker brick church at LAFAYETTE
and Wnsnin.tnn avenues, Brooklvn '. ttrfday,
| tic Friends began q movement called " y gre tter
baptis - Of faith" Instead of paid Minister
AN Officer unknuwn to tho QuaLcis. there were
citing On the elevated stand IN tine r. ar OF the
church "A dozen btolhcfs and sisters. Wno' from
longer experience and greater failh ~ ana dcNp-
no.uinn ~ trnchcrs No singing and none but
silent PRAYER maze up the e.rly exercises emo
0nIVrs N, sin and still, awaiting the call OF
H., suitit 10 speak. Elkanah Beard and Irene,
his wife, nan, wears mission RES al Bthai. -
India. and Mrs. Ida G. iomae. pleas ~ ,iaccn'
| black eyed Qu kcrcss, daughter Of well-known
ohio preacher. joined ia the y9cal services, MI,
1 Beard took Tor his text, How snail jacob
a5,f' s5ot nSans sSfns tie % ou Eers Went 10Th in
t the world To join IN the great reyV J
= lie tod Of a Sacramento merchant who, be
II ing asked to come TO christ, said that h would
j consent when he returned from Iruck'e y
- mountain town. lie started, and In a railroad
, accident the rear car was thrown down an euh
d hankmcnt. The ucrchan' fell down pieciilct
/. one nunurcd fec, and was caught on project
- Ing bush. lie lay ihcro suncilnE from ni'
II" bruises and the passengers lar ABOVE hehru hl'
Il wall: " might have surrendered but y Is @ 10.
e l4te-too late" lis grasp loosencd' anu ne was
:. lost in the depths Of the mountains, oo,,rc.
Il all of this week IN the private res,nenSehs o,
a a the meetings. and other Friends are expected
&c from Phiadelphia. e.,. ,-.,,,.,,
/. Tho cyangelicnl churches OF south hrookiyn
= will hold. Tor ono month' union mnrh,ms ,,-
u, prayer meeting besinpinG to,inorfow n u tn'
" South Consre sational Chnich, punt anu lles'
r. den. streets. at r.f past o. clock. - ,
70 lie Rev Fred Bell, nniins his church In farl
~ avenue too small o. accumm pdaic the thiohE
70 thst wished to henr his .ln1lhS am pIs'.tin- in-
- Yesterday Jan revival services 'nthe lirookyi
- Acauemv, preachiug morning and evening - Al
81, uyerloWins cJngre.alun =,
~ Mr.. Needham preacnsd IN the eyer Ing ~ d, Di
~ Futon's church, and Nr. Hcnige nan nss,i,e'
%, nv sankey's CHOIR ,unorntthueu lHIIe gay iuri M
a, mg OF youas men. There are tu be revival scr
~ vices Through the week IN most oi tne tF' ~
!" eeucal churches If thc city. Mr. Becchcr -
- attend 10 evening meetings when are u" nr iei
a, every evening in his lecture room ne heN; N
y, | N,edham Is 10 pre- .cn IN Dr. tuyltrS chuIth ]
20 the evening Of every day, and at nine o.cloc
~, George Hall Is TO take care o. we N9uh- iucil
- meeting. There are 10 be Bible rPadiuss ever
II u9Tihc rniyeraali-;4, who were left out in n
III cold In tho original preparations for reNlN
.h season. continue their meetings win proiS
Nc scGly good results. Every evening ihst we,N "
III mini-t -rs, including the Rev. PhWbr a. liam
Le ford. conducted meetings In All souls 1hdrc
~; Wilinnssur.h. luis weck.thry hpld their Sc
Iu viccs IN the Church uf cur saviour IN this ci
w Next weel, they 20 to Dr. FORESTER Church
IA Newark. After that they wilt hold services
. the Churoh of the Reconciliation, Greenpolr
~; and n,xt in DR.. Chapin's church. this en-
~ There are also to be meetings III IhUbe Ham
iis f.rd's church In jersey Guy.
ID MOODY AND sASKEf IN IHiLApfLrHiA.
he PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 2l.-IAe Moody ~
zen Saukcy revival was begun By a meeting nj
:ht O'clock \. ~. In the old Pennsyivania kailro
freight depot, which had been thoroughly II
proved and hand iomely htted up. Bciwe
lOl1O and HOO persons were N dttehu1n'
'Tne elected cLoir sang several hymns beio
ia, the meeting openei. - , .
2ht Mr. Moody rcud from the fourth chapter of I
q spel of John. and preached what may
tcrne an inform sermon on a portion OF
,rn Ins afternoon another imuchte lhrn
ID gathered IN the building. Mr moody = az
~ Sion was Oh [, urasc and EntEu .as.ii. " IL
iiS the Fort" was rendered by Mr. s4nAcy, the Gu
rd joiuing in chorus.
lcn THE CINIENNIIL.