The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-02-10

mere accurate conception may &c
formed d the s.ze 81 The apartment
and of the ihrongs that have gathered
10 Il ca these occasions
The bali hour preceding the time Of
opening the meeting was chiefly oecu-
pied ia sacred song Though the mu-
sc was led by large and select choir,
il was participated 10 BY many earnest
voices in every part Of the vast audi.
euec. Precisely al S o'clock when the
room was completely thronged, Mr.
Moody rose ID bis place upon the plat
form, when perfect stiffness reigned.
aud all At bis request bowed Cor few
moments 10 silent prayer. from the
midst Of which bis voice rose 10 feryent
supplieation for the presence Of the
Divine Spirit
Instead u further description Of
the meeting. and Of the impression
which il left, subtoin slip taken
from one Of the morning papers, barely
remarking that any account Of meet
ing Of this character must necessarily
be incomplete aud quite inadequate 70
carry a just impression Of all that was
said
Last evening was the occasion OF an
other leave-taking of the philadelphians
by Moody aud Sankey, who came back
10 bold 10 The depot.tsbernacl meeting
to which none were admitted without
tickets; and a. tickets had been granted
to but comparatively few who did not
assure the executive committee that they
were converts of the eyangeists, the
latter had abundant reason TO rejoice
when they mounted tie platform and
confronted an audienc of eleven thous-
aud persons. Among those seated near
the pulpit were Chief Justice Agnew
and Associate Judges Mereur aud Pax
son. After general chorus of the
hymn, "Wbat Friend We Have In
Jesus" the Rev. 5. w. Dana led in
prayer. Mr.. Sankey then sang Sowing
the Seed" and Mr.. Moody proceeded
with his farewell address to his converts
as follows: "You remember when we
were here two weeks ago we had col
lection, and wanted to raise $3.50, 900 ;
when ! came back here made inquiry
and found that only 5000 had been
collected. | told you that II we didn't
get enough I'd call on you for more-we
want good deal more. When | see
people living in houses that cost as much
as that building on the corner of Fifteenth
and Chestnut, | don't think they need
grumble at giving us 100000. AS
soon as got here and found we hadn't
enough, started off and asked a man
for 100000; | guess he thought was
pretty bold, but didn't care--he might
give 1t or he might not. Now want
you to double up and give more thar
| 100000 tonight" [Half-suppressed mer
riment, 70 give force to his argument
he related several instances of little
children whose mothers died, leaving
them in innocence, but when grown NJ
these darlings were ensnared, and having
no Y. M. e. A 10 care for them, they
finally tottored into drunkards, graves
"About fifteen years ago." he continued
81 first met my friend Mr.. Wanamaker
and it was the Y. M. G. A. that brought
brought about these meetings. A gooC
many OF our young men are not married
they've got seven nights in the week t.
work for the Lord; therefore we mus
get hold Of them. May God put it into
your hearts to give literally" FIT,
persons then began to glide through tht
! audience aud gather greenbacks anC
promises TO pay in little baskets, th,
committee having discarded the little rec
bags on big long poles that were used a
the previous collection. While they wer'
thus engaged Mr.. Sankey suddenly be
gan singing the hymn containing th,
verse:
"fhen prove that your heart is grateful;
The Lord has a work for you;
Then what are You going TO do, brothori
What are you going 70 DOT"
When all had decided upon what they
were going to do, the baskets, containin,
about S25, 200, so Mr.. Wanamaker said
were taken TO a place of safety, aud Mr.
Moody prayed: Heavenly Father. gran
: that this hour may be one OF great prof
! to us, and may the Young Mems Chris
] tian Association be as living fountain
in The desert" Mr.. Sankey requested
all to arise and become ar.uor-bearers
aud, the audience having complied, b,
sang the by "only an armor-bearer.
The text Of Mr. Moody's sermon was III,
word Able He quoted For God i
able to make bin stand lie mad,
! Joseph stand down there in Egypt, bu
7 If you think you can stand alone, Hell
Q let you fall down, just as lie let poo
! Peter fail when Satan got hold Of hin
I aud gave him good shaking. Don
think you're going 10 get into HEAVIER
without fight. Wherefore, let bin
that thinketh he standeth, take heed les
he tall Better men aud women thai
are here tonight have fallen. It's no siI
I 10 be tempted; you're not to blame 70
7 the birds flying over your heads in th,
5 sir-you can't help that; but you are Il
I blame II you let them come and max
, thei. meats in your hands. some hav
predicted that these two or three thous