New-York tribune., 1878-04-26
THE EVANGELISTS IN NEW-HAVEN.
RELIGION AND TEMPERANCE.

RELIGION AND TEMPERANCE.
FOURTH WEEK OF MOODY AND SANKEY'S WORK.
EXPERIENCES or REFORMED DRUNKARDs-REA-
SONS FOR ENCOURAGEMENT.
lFRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT or THE TRTBUNEl
NEw-HAvEN, April 22.-This is the sixth
week since the coming OF Moody and sankey TO this city,
and the meetings attended with unabated interest.
From the beginning, the Tabernacle, which will accom-
modate about 1000 has been crowded at almost every
meeting and often especially on Sundays, several hun
dred have gone away disappointed. Mr. Moody devoted
the first week exclusively 10 preaching 20 protesting
Christians and endeavored to impess upon them the i'm
pOrtance Of o consecTaed life aud earnest work in
behalf OF Christ Since then his sermons have been
mostly OF miscellaneous character though perhaps
intended more especially for the unconverted. II is
really astonishing how much WORK the evangelsts are
able to perform. The regular programme Is TO baVe
meetings at the Tabernacle every evening except satur
day. four afternoons during the week, including one
Sunday, and one at o o'clock Sunday mOrnug-making
eleven during the week, at all Of which Mr.. Moody
breaches. Besides these the prayer-moetngs
at the Centre Church. and the inquiry meetings.
A whole day given up TO O grand
gospel temperance meeting ana Mr. Moody enthusiasts
cay declared II tho hlppes and most profitable day Of
his life. Arrangements had been made for having
number Of reformed persons from places presentOn
that day and special invitations were extended TO per-
sons addicted to the use OF strong drink TO attend the
attended by about 1000 persons. after the intro
duc;ory exercises, Mr.. Moody sad
/ spoke last night about Nadman. the leper. II is
wonder to me that all the lepers ~ the land didn't n9ek
10 the home OF the prophet after that cure But they
didn't. And so IT'S wonder To me that when CArist
cures dIunkards and takes Sa their leprosy the rest
going to introduce some witnesses to-day Lei them tell
what God has done Tor them
The first witness was Mr.. Masn, Of New-YOrk. Tie
told very pathecay the terrible story OF his LfeOf
his fall in youth Of his drinking gambling and dshon-
esty OF his imprisonment for crime OF the prayers@
Christian parents aud their efforts TO save him, OF the
suiferings solicitations and devotion OF MS VIE ana
children and finally Of his conversion and reformation
under Mr. Moody two years ago. He knew" he sad 'hAs
lie was still weak, but he standing in Gods strength
After singing
hear the Saviour say
Thy strength indeed is small"
Mr. Moody said: II never drank liquor, and d0nt
know what the appetite is. never took opium, and
don't know what the craving for that Is But opium
eaters tell me Of an appetite than that Tor liquor
Mr. Sheldon of Boston, VIII tell us something about H."
Mr.. Sheldon then advanced aud spoke OF the desperate
struggle he had had with opium. He the oyerseer
Of large financial corporation OF Boston, and the WORK
was so burdensome that he felt tmpeed TO look for some
artificial stimulus He did not dare TO touch liquor
so he took Oplum-at first in very snail
Doses but before long compelled to take an enor-
nous quantity. Because Of his position both In bust
ness and I'm society," he tried 90 conceal hrs haetof
opium eating, and at first he did not tell even his ~e
At last after vany trying to break loose from It, 10
could longer conceal It, No longer was there any
all his strength to refrain from taking his own NE ne
dreaded 10 meet his own aequaintances ana EoGa ES
most abjcet slave. Repeatedly he made promises 70
his wife, but only to break them year ago ne Ses 20 20
hear Mr. Moody, and nnally ater terllpe Vo,n'' ~
arose for prayers one day, while they were singing
Just as am, without one plea al,
and he felt that the freedom which comes through th!
was here Since then he had never had an! 1hihs Ou'
loathng and abhorrence for opium -, g. four.
Mr. Bliss, OF Hartford, who was drunkaId 10, lour.
teen years. also told the story Of his reiormaon IN
afternoon Mr. Hayes Tei9rneG $ h man. a sPoKe oF onr
teen years a slave 10 tobaccofor twenty-five years an9s
basphemcr for thirty But through the grace Of God no
yas now free from all these habits. He closed by speak
ing of the delusiOn OF moderate drinkers ~
~ I ,rss and after him Mr.. SAWYER, a reformed.
man. who had worked with Mr. Moody elsewhere
rst church Boston spoke OF the growing faith that
God would save the drnkard saJ ing that twenty hse
NeW.York a rum-seler, who was converted Et
the HppSdhrG@e chH%SS and @ OF the remarkable work
that was doing at the Christian Home Tor
preached powerful and effective sermon on the ProI-
gal Son" nearly 100 members OF The Hartford mals
o"snel HYMNS with remarkable effect The responsive
singing with the New-haven enOlr was esPeSlalp
deserving OF notice. as was the only te the auuehce
has ever yentured To applaud. The result Of the meet
ings was satisfactory that Mr. Moody urged Messts
temperance meeting saturday evening AT o'clock
ON Sunday morning Mr. Moody delivered his lecture on
:. Daniel l"-ntended more especially for young men-.o
full house. aud the service closed by MI sankey's
singing ''Dare to be Daniel the audience
oinIns in the chorus which, after the last stalza was
repeated half a dozen times. AT o'clock the meeubs
for women held, aud Mr. Moody took for MS te1
Luke XIV 49, which contains the excuses for not aeeep
ng the wedding invitation In the evening tho same scr
mon WAS repeated men. This division II inade -
that larger number OF persons can attend the "s'
ings. -, haen
attended with the full measure OF success al n n
looked for, though the prospect has, ~
Frightening and the result becoming more sausIaeoy.
Al the noon meetings the city Ministers read nu1eeS.
requests for prayers, and tell OF many coh'uss0s,
IN their churches The young mems m, sas
ing, conducted by Mr.. Reed, student OF Ws %
AubIrn Theological Seminary, with whom "a
Moody became acquainted ut springneb 90
whom he persuaded 10 accompany him 10 THIS eu u,isI
been well attended. and many young men have eso os
their belle In Cnrst and TO ahope IN his say "a.
the whole there Is to despond, but IA
son To feel encouraged. AS Mr. Moody Will remain
at least one week longer great things VII no u'~'
still DO accomplished.