The New York herald., 1876-01-31
MOODY AND sANKEY.
Chairman New York Stat,

PREPARATIONS FOR THEIR RECEPTION IN THIS
The Executive Committee having charge Of the
preparations for the advent Of the celebrated revvass
in New York have nearly completed their work. and
expect to have the special services opened Sunday
Monday next Mr.. Moody has not returned from
the South, but will arrive In this city, with Mr. Sankey,
Saturday or Sunday next They will then decide
upon the number and time OF the services to be held
each day. 1t is probable that there will be three
each day. besides PRAYER and inquiry meetings
About $50 600 have been expended by the committee
in changing the interior of the Hppodrome Garden
into the Garden church. Stud partitions rising from
the noor TO the roof have been placed the build
ing from Twenty sixth TO Twentysevenh street. about
onethrd OF the length OF the interior of Fourth
avenue, thus dividing the former auditorium into two
chapes The Fourth avenue hall will have two broad
entrances from Fourth avenue and one from Twenty
sixth street The cascade, fountains and rock
work that attracted so much attention dur
ing tho Gilmore concert season, win be re-
moved. The ground has been hoored and
chairs placed IL and the terraced sides 10
modatc about 1900 persons On the platform that
crosses the chapel the western end and approached
by broad stairs the seats for the choir numbering
about 800 In the centre of the platform and rallied
from the choir is the reading desk and station Of Mr.
Moody Next TO it, on the left is melodeon designed
for Mr. Sankcy The chapel will be lighted from sky
light overhead during the day door in tho
upon a staircase leading to large room between the
chapel and the grand hail. that will be used for the
young men's meeting where services will be held SIM
liar In character to those taking place IN the hall
of the Young Mems Christian Association in Twenty
third street That Will hold about thousand
people The partition walls have been doubled and
lined with felt paper in order to deaden the sound
Of voices in the other parts of the
building The grand ball. with two broad
frances Madison avenue three from Twenty sixth
street and one from Twenty seventh street. will be
lighted In the same manner as the small chapel The
platform is located at the end of the hail. with
seats for choir Of about four hundred In this hall
grand piano will be placed Six thousand chairs havs
been xed the floor aud seats arranged for 600
persons the side galleries The rustic summer
houses and the glttering decorations Of the concert
hall have been taken away and the woodwork primed
with white paint -Four hundred ushers vol
unteers from tho various evangelical churches,
have been enrolled, and twelve nremen de-
tailed, the latter 10 patrol the building day
and night guard against fire. In the hreproof cor
rdor beneath the southern gallery everything has been
arranged for prayer and inquiry meetings II is pro-
posed by the committee that services shall be held
simultaneously in both halls Mr.. Sankey singing in
one while Mr.. Moody breaches in the other-say for
thirty-ive minutes each-after which they will ex-
change their positions the chorsters remaining with
the separate congregations The next rehearsal OF the
cholrs will be held next Thursday evening IL Is est
mated that the two halls be safely vacated by the
congregations In from eight to twelve mnutes