The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-23
MOODY AND SANKEY'STASK
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Hrnifhv Rc,ivais in proarr.. In Ncn,r, t.,.,.
CHURCH. More tinu Tvp Trou-nrd ,ddt
ii"ns 4" hcnhrrship in all che Chnrcbcs.
Most Of the Brooklvn churches ,,.,, no.
operated with the cvapecit 81 Noolvnul .,,.pov
NJ their Lhors in the I,uk have r,,,i,.,.,, g.,
hold revival me.uu.s three or f,ur u,,es a
week. Tho results have ur,n very rr,,r,ing tn
the stors aud are shoWuIn the D.. &c accc. sion.
to church membership. The clcrgyncn who
havo been intcrrOgated on the subject saw that
while the direct result Of Moody and sankey',
work must have been the conversion OF AZ leash
five hundred persons, they stirred up feeling
OF religious interest IN the churches that has re-
suited In the conversion " double IL not treble
that number more. Mr. Moody, indeed has
said that his principal strength as a gospel
worker has been In awakening the Indifferent,
and in laying out work ior Christian workers.
This he seems to have enectually done In
BROOKLYN.
Conspicuous among the supporters OF the
Rink revival was the congregation OF the f,tfav.
cite avenue Presbyterian Church. Of which tina
Rev. Theodore l.. Cuyer Is PASTOR DR.. Cuvier
says that his flock directly felt the effect II thu
evanselists' labors, especially in awakening
those who hid become indiG rent lie hiskept
TAT. PRAYER meetings going threo times aweck.
aud since Moody and Sankcy closed their meet,
ings IN Iirooklvn two months ago. hs has re-
ccived into church membership eightN-six prr.
Sous. There are many more OF his converts wio
are TO JON At tie coming communons aud d.
Cuvler thinks that the total number Of addittons
10 ms chutch as result Of the winters revival
work cannot be less IN one hundred and
hftv On Lust sunday which was communion
WIN the church. the edihce was so thronged
that the aislstt were CUmIlctpiv blsckVd.
DR.. Cu'lcr added that the church had
never seen moro nrosucrOus times, and he
pointed vi h uriIe 20 the fact that the sun
day box COLLECTIONS for the last year amounted
to over $1,000, which Is exclusive Il new rontq
ana the other ordinary church assessments His
church memocr,nipi Is about 1909, and his prayer
In seating al who wish u attend them.
sCUDDERs AND TALMAGE's coNyERrs.
The Central CONGREGATIONAL Church, Of which
the Rev. DR.. Scudder IL p,stor, received into
membership on tho first Sunday of the month
ninety two persons. he church was also active
In aiding the cyangelists. II Is expected that at
least fifty more converts will connect themselves
with the tock before spring. Dr. Scuddcf's
prayer meetings are well attended. and there
are many cases Of conversion @ CHI week.
The church that naturally must have felt the
Influence OF Moody's work more than any other,
IL Talmage's tabernacle lis officers were very
active In preparing for the evangelists' comtng.
aud were untifing IN their lahOrs after the meet
ings had becn begun. or tue four meetines
that Mr.. Moody conducted daily during most OF
his sOjourn m Brooklyn, three were In the
Tabernacle edince, aud these meetings wers
largely attended by DIR. Talmage's SUNDAY lis
teners. he result Is great Increase In mem-
bership. no less tnan $50 persons having joined
siOns are to he made at tue next communion on
the last SUNDAY Of this month. he tabernacle
folks think that they VIII gam fully 800 IN mem-
bership as a result Of the winters work
The churches Of the Rev. DR. Duryea aud the
Rev. Dr. Burlington were eau lily "a active in
the itiuk work IA were those 81 Drs. Cuycr aud
Scudder, and they have shared TIE fruits In
about the Same rluO. The estimated access
sious to church membership for tho winter are
about one hundred aud nity persons each.
Their meetings for PRAYER are well ATTENDED,
aud the revival work Is by no means at an end.
As in the other churches named, they also no.
t'ce marked Increase Ia the size Of the conere-
cations, ana la the Ch tTitd ie offerings these
churches re never more prosperous.
the WORK AMONG MErmopIsrs.
or the many Methodist Episcopal churches in
that OF the Rev. W. e. steele, In Fleet street.
Mr. steele Is very enthusi sic over the revival
lsis' work, and was very frank to say that ne at.
trlbuted the beatty teyivais that have foil WED
almost entirely to Their Labor. lie was close
student Of Their methods. and Is perh Tvs as wen
prepared to form a correct estimate " what
they really accomplished "a Il any uer-on Ia
BROOKLYN. lie thinks that aside from their Won
derful power over Audiences they did more for
the Advancement OF tie cause In quickenine
those VINO had been indifferent, ana ga showing
the real church workers how to wo.k. Nj.
Ste ele explained tn tone oi the methods sug-
gested had been used with effect in his church.
A list Of nftv women who were either indi rent
or non PROCESSING Christians hau been Dtcpafed.
these persons lived within a tew streets Of ms
chutch,sand they had been vlsie aud many
OF them converted. lie Is hOiGing regular re-
vival meetings, ana considers that the work Is
going on as powerfully as wnen the cvangelists
that Moody and sauKey went away from BiuoA-
I'm too soon, uIGing that their WORK bad bu, Just
begun. He thought that the English AUDIENCES,
being less accustomed TO the faminsr style 4
preaching, were more easily Influenced 10y 1t
than are Anerlc n audiences, hence more time
must be taken To accom-, lish what WAS 50 readily
uoue across me water: Mr.. Steele has alrrady
taken more Ia II nlty into his church. and there
are NO Indications Of declining interest.
CONVERTS ny THE HUNDRED.
There have been about Nifty additions 10 the
memnership OF tne washington street MethO-
In the rro Park Me- odist Church, W. W.
Bowdsh, pastor, tucre Is q great revival III rr0g-
ress. Fortv persons rose Tor prayer at a recent
meeting. Sky pcrson have joined the church,
which number will doubtless DO increased 10
nearly 80
The FIRST Place Methodist Church has admit
ted atty 1--WE persons, and nue. tugs are progress
ing he Rev. MIR. Birnhardt Is p.stor.
The greatest revival, however, In any sincs
BROOKLYN church l. IN the Embury Methodist
Churcn, Schenectady avenue and ieIAmer
street, over winch the Rev. q. r. Ahller Is PASTOR
lhe daily prayer meetings are thrunged, ,ud ne
converts already number over three hunlred.
The society is making arrangement 10 eulaigs
their house OF Worship, so great are the add
tons already made ma yet to come.
Nearly one hundred persons have united with
the Rev. George +. Reeds Hanson Place Meth-
odist Church. Scores OF persons have been cou-
yerted under the Rev. Fr Il. Bcls preaching,
ana Ia DIR. lneersoll's, DR.. Frenchs, ana many
Others additions 10 membership are reported,
There are reNivals In the Johnson Street Meth
odist CHURCH, j. &. Hail. pastor; In tue Warren
street Methodist Church, where MIR. lnwery
has preaoued in the past week IN the Linculn
rl-ce Baptist Church. ana in the Rev. Hiram
Hutchlnsuns Is piist Church, BeIford avenue,
careful canvass OF the citY chuiches shO~i
that IN nearly every one there have Teen large
and unusual additions. an1 the estimate "
many ot the clergymen Is that the nAmuer "
converts IN brooklyn tLis Wlutcr luIst 10 bes
tween 2UVV au. 700.