Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-11-11

one sinner; sankey. With BIZ wond
ruus voiee, sings Of that Saviour whf
having the ninety and nine. went
out through the night and storm
through the tangled break for the
one. And the effect they produce
II wonderful. They ray and sinp
nothing ncw--but they are In dead
earnest themselves, and though their
story be old, they impress every.
body.
They inject into their hearers their
own earne-tness--ibey compel them
to receive II, because they believe u.
| And that they are in earnest, there
can pe no doubt. They might have
made thousands in England lin fact,
they were offered thousandsbnt
they took nothing bat the bread they
ate, the beds they slept IN, aud tho
/ clothes they wore. And here they
refuse to take anything else.
/ Neither Of them have dollar in the
4 world, and they work more hour
than any laborer on the streets.
| Starting with these two workers,
the churches have commenced a
movement along the whole line.
The crowd that could not get into
the Rink, last Sunday, surged into
] the churches in the neiehbOrboOd,
| filling them to Overlooking. Not.
withdrawing the crowd In the Rink
the churches Of Brook Ign were never
70 full and never was so much inter
est manifested. There is revival In
the mir, aud advantage will be taken
Of It. All The churches are arrang-
| ing for reyivals and there VIII be
such AN awakening in this city, this
winter as was never heard Of.
One word about the audiences that
! Moody and SaBkey have. They are
the best people In the two cities.
| Wealthy men, the best merchants
and bankers IN the city, came for
warI with the money to remodel
the Rink, and 10 provide for the cost
Of the meetings, without solicitation.
| should like 10 give the names 81
some Of them, but as they did 1t just
rs Moody and Sankey labor, without
hope or expatation Of reward, | viii
allow them the luxury Of doing II
good action In secret.
iseviyals commence in all the
churches next week. All dcnomina.
tions will engage In them, from the
most orthodox Presbyterian TO the
most liberal Unitarian. The best
people have united to elevate the
standard morality, and to do some.
thing toward lifting the great city
out Of the selfish, money. making,
money getting spirit that has for so
long croweded out everything else.
1t IL time.
The meetings at the Rink have
been crowded the same way every
dry since Sunday, and there Is no
sign Of ubateness. From 10000 To
~, 900 people are unable To- obtain
admittance, and "a awny from each
meeting. The churches in the neigh.
bprhood take the overflow, aud the
two cvangellsts 90 to them for a
brief period each day. 1t lsa won
derful work they are doing, aud they
are doing II In u wonderful way.
POLITICS
Were never SO mixed as in New
York and Brooklyn ut this time. II
Is the people W.. Ring, and 4 very
vigorous fight II being waged. In
New York the Democracy are split
into two factions, Tammany and
anti.Tammany, aud the Republicans
Of the city are acting with the anti.
Inmmuny wing. John Morrlssey
has rcconsidercd his determination
not to take part Ia the fight, anil l.
in it with hia coat off, a. IA candidate
for Senator. IL IL huiniliailng for Il
decent man to be compelled 10 vote
for such man as M0rrissey, but that
| Is what the Republicans OF that dis.
trict are going to do. As bud as he
il he il a better man than Fox, his
opponent, Fox IL the sworn bench.
man Of Kelly, the head OF paumany
md Tninmnny owns and controls
every thief, political and otherwise,
In New York. 1ammany II the
name for everything that Is bad aud
vile In politics, TanIlnany Is thu
shibboleth Of the plunderers and
thieves who have RIDDEN New Yorl,
FOR so many years, and the decent
men of the city are willing 90 back
my man or thing that can help Il
break its power. Morrissey is 4
gambler and adventurer, but he l,
| uppOstd Ia TuultnuiIy aud i(enubIt,