Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-09-17
Mr.. MOODY"s CONT0CITI0N.

GLIMPSE or TIE NoErnFIELD AiEETISGs AS
SEEN BY a TROY TIMES CORRESPONDENT.
Nine o'clock has arrived, and it is time for
the meeting to begin. Look around the tent
Two hundred men are present. All are eth
er seated or lying upon the straw. In the
centre are Moody and Sankey. Near them
are workers who have helped them in the diff
fcrent cities where they have labored Here
are business men from Southern, Northern,
Eastern aud Western cities; bankers, mer-
chants, manufacturers, mechanics and railroad
men. Here are clergymen from the United
States and Canada There is man from
Athens, Greece several from Scotland and
England there is one from Central Africa
That man who Is now saying that he hopes
that this meeting will be blessing to North
field is Col. Fairbanks of St. Johnsbury, VT
The other who spoke moment ago, and said
his bcsetting sin was II love of money, is a
business man from Alabama. That one sit
ting near the side of the tent, and who says
his greatest need is more OF the love of Christ
in his heart, is Col. Clark of Chicago, once
the owner of a gold mine in California That
gentleman with the placid, happy counte nance
sitting near you is Quaker physician from
Baltimore. That bright-faced young man
who offered the touching, heartfelt prayer is
from Scotland. But We cannot particularizo
any more, for Mr.. Moody now asks us all to
bow our heads in silent prayer. After five or
zen minutes the silence is broken, and short,
audible prayers are offered in rapid success
sion. Mr.. Sankcy starts the hymn, More
holiness give me" and 2CO male voices Join
with him. Remarks are made by Mr.. Moody
upon the importance of surreudering our
wills to God-of having the human will all
sorbed in the divine He says he doesn't
want any sham work we need a revival of
righteousness in order to save the Republic (:
let there be thorough work till you can say
with Christ, 30 Father not my will, but thine,
be done" Remarks and questions follow
from others aud prayers, silent and audible,
follow these.
You never saw a moro earnest set of men
not even in Wall street or the stores and fac
tories of Troy. These gentlemen are evil
IDENTIFY here for purpose. They are nquir-
ers after the truth They are not satisfied
with the grade or quality of the religion they
have been living before the world they aim
for practice which will tally with the pro
fession every time. Different stages of prog
ress in Christian life are here represented
some of them have arrived ut the point of be-
ing ready to serve God ut any cost But it is
now half-past eleven, and We have been in
meeting Ginco nine o'clock-two hours and a
half but no one seems to be tired. The
DeutulClOu 10 pIOubuuCctli uIld We bChllcT 10
our different places of abode.
THE CLOSING DAYS PROCEEDINGS. Mr.. MOODY
ANNOUNCES THE EARLY ESTABLISHMENT OF
BOYS SCHOOL.
From the Greenfield GaEctte.l
Fridays meetings, though not as fully at
tended, were none the less filed with interest
for the sympathizers with the cause aud pos
sessed rather more for the general public In
the morning, meetings were held at the semi
nary aud recitation halls, the large tent hay
ing been taken down the night before, and
the dedication of the new building followed
1t was informal, consisting largely of prayers
for the success of the institution in the work
which was laid out for 1.-THE noble one of
bringing the means of high education with
in the reach of that needy class, the farmers
daughters, as well as extending it to some of
those other neglected classes, the more capa-
BILE Indians and the Chinese Mr.. Moody
stated that aside from orphans, for which class
much has been done to educate and improve
and give the means of support, there were
these others who needed TO be remembered in
just such q school as he hoped and prayed
this would prove to be-those who were, by
reason of the crudeness of educational means
in so many of our country schools deprived
of that precious boon, the want of which he
personally, had all his lifetime felt. 1t was
originally intended to have boys and girls
school in one, but it was decided that this
was not the better plan, and it gave him UNI
speakable pleasure that gentleman who had
been present at the convocation had offered
to give S25, 900 toward the erection of boys
school, The trustees of the seminary were
announced, as follows; j. j. Estey of Brat
tleboro, Col. Fairbanks of st. Johnsbury,
Rev. L. II. Drake of Mortified, Mass, VIM.
L. Dodge and James Tacott of New York,
Of
Rev. Mr.. Pentecost preached a sermon of
great depth, one of the most noteworthy pro-
auctions of all the services, evincing thorough
study and calling out to desirable degree the
pleasant manner and attractive style which
this speaker possesses. The evening meeting
was for praise and prayer that the work of
this convoeation might be productive of good
results in many sections