The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-02-23
A RELIGIOUS EXCITEMENT. /.
THE MEETINGS OF MEssRs. MOODY AND SAN
KEY-EXrRAORDINARY EXCITEMENT.

THE MEETINGS OF MESSR5. MOODY AND SAN
KEY-ExrRAoRDINARY EXCITEMENT.
The New York Evangelist thus speaks of
the religious revival in England: Messrs.
Moody and Sankey are meeting with
the same wonderful success in England that
they had in Scotland and Ireland. From
English papers that have just come
Tracts to hAn Showing we ths ke sDS er
interest of their meetings. Four meetings
were held in the Albert Hall, Manchester,
on Sunday, the 10th. The first, for Christian
workers, was at o'clock. At IL was SER
vice for those who do not usually attend
but not quite by the class
for whom the services were intended.
Strenuous efforts have been put forth
among the denzens of the slums to awaken
their interest in the movement. Hundreds
of tickets were given away among them,
and expectations were entertained that they
would attend in large numbers; but
glance was sufficient to show that the
audience did not differ much from
former audiences. Many new faces
were to be seen. but they were
those of decent, orderly working people, or
visitors from the rural districts-not the be-
sotted countenances of the residents of the
slums A meeting for women only was an
nounceG for o'clock, but by 2:30 the hall
was iammed to suffocation, and the wide
street in front was blocked with crowd
of both sexes. Every means of persuasion
were tried to induce those who were crushed
out to go and listen to other speakers else
where, but in vain-they would hear none
but Mr.. Moody. Finally Mr.. Moody left
the Albert Hall, and addressed the people
assembled, to the number of many thou
sands, in the parish church-yard, situated
in the center of the town. In the evening
again
THE HALL WAS GRAINED
an hour before the commencement of the
service. and thousands were denied admis-
sion. Meetings were announced elsewhere
but the crowd outside remained till the end
of the service. A special correspondent OF
] the Times of Blessing sends the following:
"The interest of the evangelists's services
seems to have eliminated on the
Sabbath. The whole town was
moved. The Christian workers morn
| ing meeting was crowded to the
doors with an influential and enthusiastic
sudience. The1l o'clock meeting was rather
novel one, consisting entirely OF nom
church goers, who were admitted by tickets
which they had themselves procured. The
Albert Hall was thoroughly packed, almost
| exclusively with men who belonged, with
scarcely an exception, to the very class in
tended to be reached. They seemed greatly to
| appreciate Mr.. Sankey, who sang no fewer
than three solos with immense effect; the
last one, especially, the "Prodigal Child"
quite carried away the audience. Mr..
Moody was in full force, and profound i'm
preston WIS made, which bore fruit not
only at the inquiry meeting at the close
but also at the succeeding meetings. The
next meeting, which was announced for
o'clock, was exclusively for women. Long
before the hour the hall was filled, and
thousands waited around the door;
while the large crowd adjourned spontan-
eously to the parish churchyard, in The hope
that Mr.. Moody would give an open air
service. What could Mr.. Moody do? The
weather was mild, and the streets filled
with people who seemed literally to be
thirsting for the bread of lite, and he
seemed at last almost compelled by circum-
stances to follow the multitude to the
churchyard and address them there.
Mounting tall, flat gravestone, Mr.. Moody
was in few moments the center OF, per-
haps,
THE LARGEST AUDIENCE
he ever addressed in England. The ground
could not have been better chosen In the
rear stood a range of tall houses and in the
immediate foreground the old parish church,
with its antique spire, oversbadowing one
OF the most impressive scenes ever wit
messed in Sheffield. With such surround
ings. it Is needless to sag that the speaker
spoke with unusual power, and last Sabbath
afternoon will be marked for generations
as an era in the religious history of York
shire. In the meantime splendid meeting
was sustained in the Albert Hall by Mr..
SaDkey and others, and a very large number
of inquirers remained at the close. The last
meeting, also ticketed, was advertised for
o'clock, but before the immense hall was
again filled to suff0cati0n exclusively with
men, while thousands of people lin