The critic., 1891-03-23
LITTLE ONES LISTEN
TO DR.. BAMMOND's INTERESTING
STORY OF DANIEL.
The Revival Services at the Tabernacle
Attract Large Crowds-How the Re.
vivalist Looks and Talks-A Pen
Picture of the Exercises.

vivalst Looks and Talks--A Pen
Picture of the Exercises.
Scores Of little children filled the COM
Portable opera chars of the Congrega-
tional Tabernacle yesterday afternoon
and listened while Or. Hammond, the
great rcvivalist, told them how Daniel
was thrown in to the lions den and how
he escaped.
No doubt all of them had heard the
story before, but It is doubtful if they
had ever heard it told in just such u
graphic, yet simple style. All tell in
love With Daniel for his manly, up
right ways, and with DR.. Hammond for
the good story. The revivalist is man
of magnetism and he draws the children
by his very manner of appealing to them.
His success in keeping the attention of q
child is proof positive that he is good
talkcr.
Long before 3 o'clock, when Il was adj
vertised the ohildren's meeting would
commence, the pattering of many little
feet were heard on the steps outside, and
into the warm atmosphere of the beauti-
ful church came youngsters of every size.
Pretty little girls, with long curls aud
dainty dresses, mischieyious boys, with
uNiltiIE w VI anu luCt,S, IOuI-YcNT-
old lasses and laddies, who held tightly
to their mothers hands and shrtink at
sight OF stranger-some in the expen-
sive dress of the rich, some in the plain
but neat dress of the workingman's child
but all with faces full of interest and
wondcrment.
II was a rare scene. Soon the rich
tones of the organ filled the room and
healthy childish voices rose In praise to
TIM nrt Thew x,ttb n ri.vbk fxas,l
will, and TO every lover of children IL was
Q. delight. Then the music ceased and
the preacher rose. His voice had the
sympathetic tiinbre of the man who
touches the hearts of the people and It
caught the attention of the audience at
once. He spoke specially to the children,
but what he said held no less the atten-
tion of the men and women present.
There is no story in the Great Book of
more picturesque interest than that of
Daniel and DIR. Hammond appreciated
the fact. He laid stress on the manly
traits in the character of the man, and the
entire talk was lesson in manliness.
The preacher said that every one of the
little children present might be mis-
sionary il he would, and might be the
cause of bringing into the Church some
who had never known the blessedness of
being Christian soldier.
At the conclusion of the talk the chill
| dren gathered about the piano, and again
| childish voices carried the air of some
familiar hymn, while the stronger voices
of older people softened their shriller
treble. Then they mingled with the con-
gregation, spoke to the strangers present,
1 and talked to the man who had told them
the story that was even better than 'Ptiss
| in Boots" or '.Jack the Giant Killer
! At 1880 in the evening the church was
4 again filled with interested listeners, de-
4 spite the rain and the shrill blowing of the
wind outside. 1t was only the more COM
4 Portable inside the well-lighted church,
4 and where the seats had been in the after
noon filled by tiny forms, they were now
from all parts of the city and from all
classes. DR.. Hammond had announced
that he would talk especially to skeptics
infidels and those Indifferent to the truths
4 contained in the Scriptures. And he did
He was attentiyely listened to, while his
| voice for an hour filled every corner Of
the building. The man is peculiar and
original in his methods. He is a mixture
of Moody and Sankey, with touch OF
distant reminder Of Sam Jones in his
1 words But, all in all, it is a palatablt
dish, spicy, yet, wthal, thoughtful and
what is better, easily dgested. Hemake.
no claim to being an orator, but he is one
| in that he touches hearts.
4 After the sermon comes the experience
meeting, and this to many is the most in
teresting event of the evening. Men and
women, who all their lives have beer
worldly, stand up and boldly declare theii
determination to lead better lives and thai
makes the timid ones bolder, and they
get up and add their testimony. All thi,
is interesting, not only to the Christian
but to the observer, who can note tn,
effect upon different minds Of the truth,
of the Great Book. The meetings will
continue for the remainder of the week
and twill amply repay everyone to spent
at least one evening at the Tabernacle.
DR.. Hammond had intended to address
an open-air meeting at the corner o
Seventh street and PENNSYLVANIA avenue
but was prevented by the weather.