The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-19
End Of Philadclphia's Revival.

Though the regular revival operations OF
MOODY ana SANKEY in Philadelphia came
20 an end last Saturday night, il was not
on account Of any dimiuutiOn in the popu-
lar interest. They might. 50 far as attend
anee was concerned. have been ca rird on
we cannot say how long. There never
before were such Audiences at any con-
tinuous meetings Of any kind in tins coun-
try, and never before, in modern times,
until recently, in any other country.
Think OF several meetings each and every
day. day after day, fora period OF over eight
weeks, with audiences of thirteen thou
sand people crowded into the huge rail
road depot. We do not recall anything SO
remarkable in the history Of modern Ie-
vivallsm. We hear that. in the closing
Gays of their operations. rs many as TWEEN
~ thousand people repeatedly bosieEed
tho depot, drawn there by two men who
possess few of those attractions that ordi-
narily act upon the multitude; Tor il must
be remembered that Brother MOODY
ways are uneXcifing, that his speech is
plain, and that he Offers nothing in the
way of novelty.
There were two hundred ana forty weight
services during the eight weeks of the
Philadelphia revival, and the attendance
at them ran up TO nearly 9OO,OOO-w',hout
counting those who could not get in. Be-
fore leaving Philadelphia, Brother MOODY
Is to appear at the meetings Of the Chris
tian Convention there, this evening and
tomorrow evening; and over u thousand
cleTgymen from different States Will be
present to hear him.
Philadelphia has made far more OF
show IN the revival than Brooklyn did.
The Brooklyn audiences were less than
half rs large as those in Philadelphia. and
The revivalists gave bur hnlf the time to
Brooklyn that they have given 10 PAila-
delphia. Yet we get a. unsatisfactory nc
counts Of their Work from Philadelphia rs
We got IRON Brooklyn. or course we as
sumo there is a mistake in the despatch
which reports The Philadelphia converts
at 2Oj, YET all accounts agree that there
was an UNEXPECTEDLY small number OF
conversions. While we hear that Widow
VAS CoTTs revivals at NeWburgh and
Newark give many hundreds Of converts
while We hear that Mrs. LowERY' preach
Ing at Port Jeryis brought in six hundred;
while We get similar reports from scores
where uncolrhratcd revValists are at
work, Brother Moopy offers MS but very
email amount of fruit in proportion to the
magnitude Of the fields which he cult
vates. If he had been able to show US
nifty thousand, on even hundred thou
sand converts in Ihladclphia, his harvest
would not have been greater when conf
pared with ms audiences, than that which
has been gathered 10y other Ieapers else
where
III this respect, the labors Of MOODY and
BANREY, in Brooklyn ana Philadcphia
have been in marked contrast with their
previous labors IN Great Britain. In many
OF the British cities which they visited,
they took in mullitudos Of converts, and
the pcnitcnts who flocked around them
made profession Of their faith aftcrward.
This difference cannot easily be accounted
Tor. We notice that the friends OF MOODY
and SANKEY are i'm the habit of telling
chose who make inquiry about the matter,
that the revlyalists mo rs yet only prepar-
Ing the way for the revival, ana that the
deep and widespread interest in religion
which tpey are strripS up, VIII ip time