Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-02-04
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MOODY AND SANKEY.

A sTAJJNToN MINISTER'S VISIT TO THE
SCENE OF THEIR LABoRS-THEIR AU-
DIENCEs-How THEY CONDUCT THE
sERyICEs-THE MAIN POINTS OF IN.
TEREsT,
&C., &C., &C.
Public expectation, which was quite
alive to hear the views of Rev. VIM. 3.
Baker on the Moody and Sankey Chris
tian Convention, which he visited in Phi
ladelphia a few days since, was fully met
by his discourse on Sunday night last.
which contained an admirable description
of the meetings themselves and general
outline of the plan Of the great reylyallsts
The services were opened by Sunday
School hymn, "Pass me not, oh gentle Sa-
yiour.r sung by the choir as a voluntary
Mr.. Baker, in commencing his remarks,
said that the recent Christian Convention,
held by Messrs. Moody and Sankey was for
conference on methods of church work,
and had been preceded by similar ones
held in Dublin and elsewhere. He de-
scribed the
PLACE
in which the Moody and Sankey meetings
were held at Philadelphia 1.-THE, old depot
building. 1t was a hall about four times
as long and three times as wide as the au-
ditorium of the Presbyterian church OF
Staunten. Itwas elliptIcal in shape, be-
ing rendered so by partitions placed in the
building. There was a platform in it de-
scending towards the centre, and being at
it's lowest point three feet above the floor.
This platform was capable of holding 500
persons. Outside Of it, on the floor, were
eleven thousand chairs. On the platform,
with little railing in front of him, stands
Mr.. Moody; at his side is small musical
instrument at which Mr.. Sankey sits, and
in the rear is choir Of several hundred
persons who are trained singers and able
to lead the hymns. Tickets of admission
q are used, not for the purpose that any may
be excluded, but that order of entrance
may be preserved, and to restrain the
scrambling that results from the selfish
desire to secure the best seats. On the
platform were many well-known persons,
among them W. E. Dodge, of N. Y, Jno.
Wanamaker, of Philadelphia, G. II. Stuart,
many clergymen and others. The clergy
men took part in the services occasionally.
In the day time the audiences numbered
from five thousand to eight thousand, and
at night, some twelve thousand. These
are large audiences, but when considering
the relative size of Staunton to Philadel-
phia, they are not larger than an audience
of three OF four hundred here would be.
MOODY.
Mr. Moody is man of rather plaio ap-
pearance, medium height, with solid,
substantial look, and the air Of an earnest
business man accustomed to roughing it
with all sorts of people. He has good,
strong voice, which. however, is not very
musical. His preaching talent does not
come up to that of dozen Of those who
sit around him. To the question, what is
the secret of his great power? [ can only
say that in my opinion he has no greater
power in himself than any other man placed
IN that position by Divine ordination.
Gideon. you know, had no more piety Or
courage than any other Israelite, though
he was placed at their head by the hand OF
God. The world does not understand this,
because it does not recognize Divine in
reference Mr.. Moody has not found the
road to his great success easy, for on a for
mer visit to Philadelphia he attracted very
Oft