Connecticut western news., 1877-01-19
0ur Boston Letter.

 Iwalked down Fremont street yesterday, Eo get view of the new Tabernacle, Tn process of erection for the use of the evan Rslista, Moody and SankeY. It is an ugly ookinp, low-roofed building, of no particu- lar style of architecture, but built to be commodius and efficient. Perhaps con densed description will not be uninteresting 10 your readers. Igathered much of the data from one of the supervising workmen. and presume they are reliable. The build ing covers an acre of ground. The audi forum will cover surface of nearly 3o,- 900 feet, the dimensions being 14o by 2O4 feet. The platform is s5 by 1s0 feet, raised i've feet above the audience floor. The singers' seats are in the rear. The seating capacity of the building is 5000, all on the single floor, there being no galleries, Chairs will be used, set in blocks and screwed to the floor. One noticeable feature IS this: The sisles gradually widen as they approach the walls. SO that in emptying the house. the constant accessions to the living stream passing through these channels may not check the outflow. There is in all, l12 feet of exit opening. It is estimated that the whole building can be cleared of 5000 per sons in five minutes The walls are sub stantially built of brick 20 inches thick. The roof is supported by iron trusses, mak- ing the building with It's brick and iron perfect exits, the safest building in Boston. MT. Moody was consulted in detail, and his ideas have been substantially embodied in the building. heard MT. Moody, in New York, in reply to query in the question draw, as to the best manner of holding prayer meetings, say that. first of all, air the room in which the meeting is to be held. He had known, he said, of rooms where the air in them was at least ten years old. and be felt sure the spirit ot God could not operate in such places. Mir. Moody has, in all probability, given his ideas on ventilation to the architect, for the Boston building is perfect as respects It. In order to produce heat enough to warm the i'm mensc building and allow fresh air to cir. culate without lowering the temperature, 8 large boiler will be stationed in the base ment outside the auditorium, from which steam pipes will extend to all parts of the building. Fresh outside ar will pass over radiators in the outside walls, and will then be intioduced into the auditorium. In rt moving the vltiated air, fourteen fues car be called into service. as well as three yen oQSw& Sn khn cold, damp air beneath the floor is to be removed by large shafts, containing steam coils. The evangelists will have this ad vantage. enjoyed in like degree in Chicago, suited to their work and needs. The Rink in Brooklyn, the Hippodrome m New York, and the Old Depot in Philadelphia, were unfit for their labors, and they were at q disadvantage. Much curiosity is expressed as te the probable result of thelr labors here. Boston is very conservative. Uni tarianism was born here, and has it's home here. Harvard University, with It's ultra notions and anti conservatism, gives tone to the sentimental current of society. But the orthodox churches are active. and are
 
 new work. Under the leadership of Dr, Pentecost, the inquiry meetings will be wig orous end effective. With Dr. Tourjee as choir leader, the singing, which is an i'm portant feature with the evangelists, will be soul-inspiring and earnest. 1verily believe that great change will come over tht people of Boston from the evangelists work. When such men as Dr. James Free man Clark and Rev. M. Ssrage, strong ant representative Unitarians, are silent, or ex- press themselves in guarded words, we ma, safely expect they foresee change, ant would not anticipate it by anything they might say or do. Not only Boston, but al christendom is looking and waiting for thu result here. In all probability, the future success or failure of these true men of Goe depend on their success in this moderI Athens. ALLEN,
 Boston. Jau,, 1877.
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