Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-03-17

The meetings at the Hippodroms are IN
ereasing. il anything. Extra services have
been put on this week, one in the afternoon
10 accommodate people who live out of town
The church members who can command their
time, have given up every other pursuit. and
attend meetings al all hours IL is necss-
sarv 10 give NJ everything else 10 attend
Tor one must q al hour beforehand and
there i no time lett Of half dav if one at
tends 4 meeting The great doors, hanked
by the winged Assyrlan figures, that saw
the Hlpp1drOme put 70 other Uses, and like
their anIetype>, survive al changes. are
open at hall-paSt eleven for the morning
meeting, and the thrOng which melts into the
hall hall f d, it at once The audience is
unconcerned, ladies chatting with their
friends, ministers in the gallery seats close
10 the speakers railing are deep IL low toned
earnest chat about the advisory council. the
prospects OF Oliyef johnson 5 new paper. or
the latest from the inquiry rooms. and Mr.
M00dys last method The only thing
that would distinguish the meeting from
q coliseum concert in Jubilee time in
Boston j. the number Of very Door.
wretched looking people who come 1t was
the only sign that these meetings were
called IL the name OF the Christ who gather
ed the multitudes together. and had com
passion u them because they were Is sheen
without shepherd. There were such poor.
decrepit old women, 10 garments barely de-
cent 10 cover them. past al decencv Of neat
ness, and b0unets barely rescued from the
coal-hole children win unkempt hair, and
irowsy garments, brought BY bending grand
mother, or drawn BY curiosity into the
free meeting men evidently out Of work
filthy, desponding and torlorn the back
streets and alleys sitting down beside laiie-
10 iurs AID velyets, and spruce Young men
with A0wers in their h1tt0n-holes.
Ii wa q pitiful sight, aod one longed thu,
these poor souls. who had No earthly hope
or comfort, might ind some help and prom
lie T. lit them above their troubles. Ii
would have been IN Symuathy with the
master 90 such meetings, II one OF those
wise. devout pastors could have stepped for
ward, and with gentle feeling told these for
llru creature that this unhappy lot was not
a. 0i existence i0r them. and WHISPERED Of
inward help tina. could help them drag
Through whatever wa let; ior them IL en-
-aAN HA-A4ai-aA Al1f III A4AE-- 90 Att4 DtEElh
tod and man Bui instead q stout. quick
moving man, with neck >et into his should
err. came % the front, gave ont hymn, and
Dr. ceeded to pumme. the truth into the in
temperate portion oi li- audience. talking
against time. ike al Insurance agent irving
o. VIII customer. lie made bis usual point
that man waS failure and with some
yerv heavy singing. WA- Oh u his converts
without pauslng to take breath Tie singing
when Mr. oAnkev doe NOT take part. l. very
heavy. but % could hardly be otherwise. with
iuur ur i've thousand unframed voices Tor 3
choir Mr. >4uket c0ntne- hi- e1ertion~
70 singing hymn u each meeting when
be- feels IKE i, MI Moody and h., wife
are the guests Of Nm = Dodge Jr of the
trm Of PHELPS. Dodge a Co.. AMI his sons have
lately been placed Al one Of the best schools
on tiith sveule. their expense, being de
irayed by wealthy friends The eyaugeiists
do not receive anything Tor their labor-.
beyond their expenses, 1ut their friends
take care that they shal. hsse y good & lly-
Ing g. New York can give The money
made by the -ais Of hymn-1ook- goes t. the
Young Men Christian Association Il Is
said thai the debt To- this Doiy has been er
tinguished and the fund from the sankey
nymn-book vii be available for charitable /
work The space given tins theme Is not
lut OF proportion 70 the interest It excites /
here The fashionable talk j. what l. done I
It the HlppOdr0me, the NEWSPAPER squabbles. /
md the fashionable efforts for the Centeu- I
ia fund The women OF New York have
managed 10 get by the ears on this, a. they |
.lways d. wheu offered by the pert nosed |
creatures whose names are Tor /
Yer 10 the NEWSPAPERS, and who are Tar,
cry far from representing the be-. society