The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-23
TIE EVIL mooDY AVID sASKEY DID.
A Cry Of Relief Over their Departure By I.
Victim Of Domestic Discomfort.

n Cry OF Weuef Over their Departure By =
Victim, Of Domestic Discomfort.
To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir! Tho
Hippodrome religious enterprise OF Moody and
sankey is for the present finished, and after
respine the nnaacial rewards Of their labors
they have gone away. II IL now proper to cast
about for the results Of their protraeted and
expensive exbortations.
VINO were the people drawn to tho Hippo
drome who sat under the mlnlstr .tious Of
Moody and Sankey7
Let any person who attended the meetings
answer. They were, as would appear from
their dress, demeanor, and conversation,
chiefly from the church going and church
supporting classes Of New York. There was
not, ss might be supposed, . general
shifting Of audiences by which one day
and night brought a different set before the
preacher from another afternoon and evening.
On the contrary, the bulk OF the listeners each
day WIS substantially the same a. on the pre-
ceding days and week. In many families II was
held 10 be duty to attend these meetings as
often AZ the members could get inside Of the
Hippodrome, aud the oay luncheon or dinner
was consiJ cred no more OF u necessity than the
daily or semi-daiiy attendance upon the minis
ratons Of Moody ana Sankey.
In = certain sense 4 was IKE carving Goals
ance anu the cessltN % joining the church upon
It's tho predominant class ~ Is listeners
They sat nd san and wept and were olished
up In the me way dhv after day. ana week
after week, until the sweet singer aud Vreat ex
horter uackc up heir baggage and |, II the city,
tn 40 people WIN were already In the fold #
the church apent nearly turee solid months IT
their precious live inHdc the four walls Of the
III 'pOdrOmc. What did they 20 the Q
furY Was II tcc 'use Moouv aud Sankey
we're nttr ctive IN pre- ching, In sinping, ana
were tue ttvailng 3, nst tour Was 1t to wit
ness the scenes ~ an intcrestinX n ID emotion
c,inracter which usually Accomp,ny "A tcvival2
Wua tn al a a
for iear the house would not &c hiicd2 Wac u
out ~ nure curiosity, or because tue teacnlngs
from their own puluits dit not s?ti-fy them1
Whatever the motive, Cei tain It. T. that the
same rig ateous crowd " hcll the fort ter nearly
three mon lis. day aud niyht, and succ, eGe IN
defending II rom the entrance Of crowds u tue
uugodiy, who t1e ~ narJ to gct IN.
White tins Immense O. nrour,e OF eopl, is en-
gagged III ,hfee-mouths deVuti'n at thr hipp",
druIue. how does it. secular Hn irs pfngtcss1
ruere are men VINO aro engaged IN active buSi-
ness. ma ~ hard times IKE thcse " needs tue
exU, n iture Uf ever, energy to make ends meet.
There are Lanes WHO nv nous Of their
own, aud as a necessity ust su. erluteud tue
sci wants and the vents Of their families. incre
IRE peOpo VINO serve aud those VINO ate served.
| Is hard To do two things at once wei, and II
IL tmut ssible for person to attend 10 business
properly while his ur her time Is mainly con-
sumed IN IoinR to anu from and ~ iIS,entng at
the nippOdrome. OF course IL ~ tue 1rst aud
most important du.y OF tue uucunverted person
10 seek 10 be converted 1T once, even ~ his
temporal al Irs suffer but tho Individual who
has Already pr video for nus Bpt itual welfare is
not so txcusaoio III neglect ot secuiaI OUiiga-
tiuns.
In the house where BOARD tho landlidy and
her d lighters are verI pleasant people. anu try
sincerely, b Ieve, to set good tlbe ana ave
the po4rders the worth Of their money. lhey
are churcn membe's, but wnen Moody aud
S.nkeY came to tue CITY. IA sprt OF foyer took
pussessiOu of them to attend the IlippoIfuins
meetines. Before the advent Of she revival
Ms tue house Was well t.krn care OF, auJ tue
food MAS OI Tue BIS. Qualify and exc5lentJ
cooked
MuoGy and 6ankey came the family attended,
the opening; Lne lever waxsd violent; A. day
Sds too story. no uiRBt too DARK auu RAINY 20
tr,Tent these sealots 10 the cause from Tramp
Inc OF % the iiippodrofnc. ne matuiinai nd
eyentIdc t.-sgis were euiyeDod eacn day by Iav-
turOus descrins IONS OF tne eioqlrnce OF Moody
auu tue sweet mei,%l u banh15 on u TIE oobrJ
ers were almost teniL-SI 10 ex itnh tue tall
uonal collin IN aef-detencc. OSt ~, muse
u,red help, with the fanny away, palG lltus Or
no attention to the rnOuls, and let. the uoa ~sis
to tx Things IL suit themselves. The meas were
baCy cooked. and tue bread when uefple had
cn rAqu.sitely white NJ uelic. te. now became
heavy aud lcauen enough tIJix the uig stiOn
oI - Vers tousl-Oeilied ostrich. Eter,tLing la
Tue house u : been IL Fixes and Veins, ana sew
ed To- tnc dis.rdcfeJ nuitiDn Of affairs.
But SlOody aud ga Csy hayo gon- and the
chance from the GATE OF tner he ira IN tne
house = Ocen marvellous. Inc .rrsJ IA good
inc meas arc well { 'Oheu, tie ~u,u, 1--WE ecu
rciully swept aud Custsu, g. or ,,,,cua where
onuiustoh emperor, and rho voarucrs re-
lolte. some DISMAL nints regard 10 no iresJ-
ings at a ISOLATION Har 80 an XIV srt IN.
" MaGuil . anu Mdsru' <sis~ u Ino Ia,ls lnto a
S,nk.y ~ ye gone HSer has p,st; moody nd
oiOken. Our lie ~ Hitn' ush about twice inc
tns ginrinms AsSsc one, n STA sod away dnd
great gladu,s' ~ sN"'N" 70 "N'N '
soa f, .apcy In this sketch It IA all plain,
ni,,.d IL $40 uuInerbu- ttienus nave heen al
mn h. Su~He. some nave houses OF their
clever she MOODY aud .nkey mania mas tor
- wecss dtyesteC thou OF the title 81
49,, Ihclr wives nd children left the uom-
T. - acserted TO see what MAS -oing On a. the
AsBadrumo; but tncy 10 "tieed n"w,' Tor
A10dy and Sankey nave gone away gnne witn
their pOcNe,s tiued with oenefac ionS to ah L
! gent known unly TO themselves gone To get est
Z sud To ave a Testto Otdcr peuIl zone WitloLt
( Any n ut to reclaim tht classes whose temporal
ARD sutriLu.l net us ale most urgeht.
lhcre are very many thousand ieopie left be-
hind VINO can Dgu Out easily IA tueir own
circles OF nitnOs and aCqu hntances now inuCn
moe evd than gooo has ueen accom- phshed ~
the mInIsLratlOns VI Moody md oanhey.
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