, 1876-02-10
MOODY AND SANKEY.
Their Opening Service in Now York..'
An Immense Gathering Of
People.
Terrible Confusion at The Doors Of The
!. 1ifppohron,c. ..Eatnilmg Women
mud CnrXing Hfcn.

40 mnry men An4 women hAe0mGlbu III th1A
city At ono place, therefore, tho occaaton waa
All interesting and novol one. Despite tho Ar
ra,,gomenta for receiving tho auditors thoro was
groas doal Of crowdIng aud crashing, and, thu
iam Of people being q totrho ono, tsiero wan
naturally much coufusiou aud great deal Of
actual suffering anonK thosU who wcse unfot-
tunRtnly tto ilrst 10 eutes when the duors wore
opened.
Az beginning ihcso BosyicGa woro not na OK
citing a. wan expected; but, 81 1tr. Moody him.
self Baid It may DO days and days before tho
full tide Of Tho expected revival movement will
appear In lss asrengsh md power. The scoue in
tue main hall, On tho MadiAon.nyenua end Of
tho Hippodromo. WAS very impressive one, and
whon tho evangelist and hia singing lclpmate
appeared on the platform. o sudden hush fell
upon tho nudiencu OF G0U0, 30 that tho silence
was remarkable.
Tho largo hall. though we'll nrrangod In It's
seating, is too largo for the lungs OF any ono
man; and whom 6ankoy sung OF Moody sroEe
thorc wero hnudrods who could not hear him.
Tho building was not constructed for tie trnuH-
mission Of son1ld, ard tho pillars, the archeH,
md tho htoyen roof catch tho bound OF tho
spoakces voice Or divide 1t, 30 t'las those In the
rear or in tho gallorlos cannot hear word.
OUTSIDE HcESEu.
As early ~ 6 o'clock In tho evouing. wion tho
lnmps In tho atreota Ind begun TO LOOK cheorfut
groups might hayo been observed assembling on
tho north, Boutli, cast, and west sides o! tho
lItppodromc among whom wero large number
OF womon and young girIB and hero and shoro
childzon OF teldor ago might ho scon prattlng to
their older fricnds III tho crowds, which wore
Of tho Iwouty. ninth Precinct. With re-
servo OF twenty-five men Of Ills own
command under sorct. Taylor, und twan-
ty,eiEht God.fon.ing policemen, from nine
othor PRECINCTS. who had boon picked for their
adaptabilIty for Christian work, was tho force
letRiled to koop order aud to permit ingrcsa and
egresB. 1t wns found hoWngcr, That such q
forco was altogether unequal to tho demands
women who fought. md nusl.od, and strovo
and quRrroiod with each other III tho most vio-
lent manner ct the doors for prccedencc. To
begin with, there waR d lack OF police, US not
doors Of tho H!ppot1rome against snch mn ax-
citut crowd Oh vlsitod it laat ovon!uR. But tho
1uose gEiovous o1cnso Of all iB that tic manage
mcns only opcncd ono door-the nortilora
streot-as l.te az o'clock In tho 0soping, Which
waB tho ti,uo rot down for tho exercBss to bogio.
OF course every person on tho outside wished
to got In ut once, md consequently the HttuEElo
occaAion. Tho policemen beggad, expostulatetl,
cntrcutcd, and bcHougAt tho crowds not 10 rush
in OH them 60 hard. but It was OF no Avail. for
tho nassos OF halt'crazed people in Madison
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