The New York Herald Newspaper, October 25, 1875, Page 4

AT WORK. Inauguration of the Great Re- vival Movement. a MooDY AND SANKEY. enemies An Immense Throng at the Brooklyn Rink. THOUSANDS TURNED AWAY. “Overflow” Meetings at the Neigh- boring Churches. See teens DEVOTIONAL EXERCISES. BEMARKABLE ‘the City of Churches Alive with Religious Fervor. “LET US TAKE THE LAND.” Preaching and Psalmody Stirring the Hearers’ Hearts. WAR ON THE CAPITAL “I.” The long looked for evangelization movement was be.’ gun yesterday morning at the Rink, in Brooklya, prom- ises to be a great success. (reat numbers attended, much enthusiasm was shown and many happy conversions are already claimed. The large structure called the Rink held within it over 5,000 people, while as many More stood outside on Clermont avenue, unable to enter. They came from all-parts of Brooklyn, New York and New Jersey. Many were knocking at the doors of the Rink as early as six im the morning, and by the time of opening a vast body was congregated in front of the bu:iding. It was a singular sight to the ‘spectators inside to see the great multitude, when the doors were thrown open, pouring into the vacant Spaces. It was as if the sluices of some enormous dam were drawn up and the imprisoned waters liberated. In twenty minutes every seat was filled, yet still the Bream of people continued. CHRISTIANS GATHERING. It was odd to see in the silent early morning cluster- ing groups of well aressed people on every coruer of the great Brooklyn thoroughfares, waiting for the tardy Street cars, Among them were delicate women and ‘aged men, young girls of ripe peach complexion and old Tadies too feeble to sustain a five minutes’ walk. Then ‘there were hundreds, impatient of the cars, trudging along with hastening steps and looking all eagerness and anxiety. At the corner of Clermont and Myrtle avenues the best idea was procured of the wide interest fm the revival movement. The position commanded a view of the various approaches to the Rink, and it seemed as if every street poured out its contribution to the mass of hurrying humanity. 1t was easy to detect inevery face a certain degree of enthusiastic feeling, and this, of course, was heightened as Clermont ave- Bue was reached, where ali the tributary stréams com- mingled and swelled into one large river of life. WITHIN, THE BUILDING prior to the opening of the services the scene was very strikimg. 1t way no dull, indifferent assemblage, come together from some mere impalse of fashion to witness & new opera or hear anew lecture. It looked ani- mated throughout, and the spring of the animation was religion, The platform sustained the weight and dig- nity of over two hundred aud fifty ministers of the Gos- pel, embracing all the prominent names and faces familiar to the people of Brooklyn, Besides the min- isters there were over two hundred ladies and gentle- wen from the different church choirs of the city. The ushers did their duty admirably, and no coufusion was observed in the comfortable seating of all who were lycky enough to arrive in time. No seats were allowed in the aisles, which was an excellent provision Against confusion, in case any accident happened. In front of the stage stood an unpainted square plat- form or pulpit. It was simply a few boards put to- gether like a box and it was elevated a foot and a half above the stage. An upright railing bounded it on three sides, At the right band corner a post projected Upward two or three feet and a small square board was placed on top at a sloping angle to sustain the preach- er’s hymn book or Bible. OUTSIDE THE RINK IX THE MORNING, When ft became painfully evident to the host of people in Clermont avenue that the Rink was filled, and that no possible chance existed that they could either see or bear the services, some turned sadly away and went homeward, Several thousands, however, lingered In the street and along the stoops and sidewalks, hoping in that vague fashion which always marks a disap- pointed crowd that something might turn up— the root fly off the building, or Movudy and Sankey come out on the front balcony and Feward their patience with some al fresco service, ‘There were numerous groups of people well acquainted ‘with each other who held impromptu meetings in the Street and discussed the results likely to flow from the revival, Many suggestions about securing still larger accommodation than the Riuk afforded were made. The armory of the Twenty second regiment was hinted 4, a8 well as other places in Brooklyn. The disappointed folks were ot the well dressed class that may be seen any Sunday proceeding to service in the Jeading Brook- lyn churches. APTER THE SERVICES. After the vast audience was dismissed with benedic tion half ap hour elapsed before ali had reached the avenue Then it was that the streets of Brooklyn pre sented an animated appearance, The congregation dis- persed in all directions and heads were everywhere out of windows to observe so unusual a sight so early on Sunday morning. Several young men, already infected With the revival feeling, linked arms and marched six @ breast along the sidewalk of Myrtle avenue, singing “Hold the Fort” apd other hymns, * Toe MeRTING was opened by Mr. Mody ascending and asking that the congregation join iu singing Hymo 20—“Rejoice and be Giad."’ Mr. Sankey in the mean- time had seated himself at his cabinet organ, where he divided the attention of the audience with Mr. Moody, Both men made a favorable impression. Many were disposed to think they belonged to the traditional type of Down East camp meeting loaders—lank, lantern- Jawed and hollow-eyed, in Sankey they found a face of the regular Kuglish type, framed im black side whiskers, and as smooth skinned, full and round as if he had been raised from childhood on the roast beef and plum pudding of old England. [m Moody they saw & very fair example of atype of face that has come to be recognized as Western American, A full beard and Mustache are essential to coustitute it, and Mooay has these, His voice also is Western, und the energy of bis delivery must be born of the same great aud vig orous soil. MOODY'S KEYNOTE, “Let us go and take the land,’ repeated a hundred times in rising, vigorous tones by a strong bodied man of intense earnestness, struck the keynote of the re- vival, He bad no occasion to explam that he alled for an army of believers to go forth and drive sin outol the | nation. His audience was responsive. He used neith logic nor rhetoric, bat he thrilled them with the energy ‘and boldness of his brief aud plain appeal. It was as if Cortes; hungry and disheartened, turned to his timid ‘Dut fam ishing followers and, pointing to (be glided vat ements of Montezuma’s palaces, cried out in despera- tion, “Let us go up and take the Jand;”” and history re- Cords that they went up and took |t, ‘The secret of the success in England of the two evan- pelinte Was made plain to everybody. Mooay's over- little platform | NEW YORK -——_—__. powering energy is calculated to stir even the most phiegmatic audience, and even the most intelligent and refined appear to fall under the spell ot this influ ence as quickly as the simple and illiterate, to whose minds only some would think, these sermons should be addressed. Sankey’s singing has no tricks of vocalism. Take an average Sunday school singer and magnify the volume of his voice eighteen or twenty times, and you have Sankey, But it is not bis clear, full, rounded voice alone that has ma cesstul, His hymns havea music in them that pos- sesses @ great charm for the mass of church-going people who neither understand nor care for the daz uling intricacies of operatic or concerted music. The following is | THE FIXST soLO Mr, Sankey sung. A strong desire was folt to hear him alone In the previous hymns his voice was drowned in the tremendous volume of sound that went up with @ will from five thousand pairs of lungs. The repetition of the last line in each verse had an impressive effect:— (Tune—“Your Mission. "} Hark! the voice of Jesus crying— “Who will go and work to-day Fields are white and barvest waiting; . Who will bear the sheaves away *" Loud and strong the Muster calleth, Rich reward He offers thee; Who will answer, gladly saying, “Here am 1; send me! send me!” Alow murmur of approbation passed through the audience and in » pleasant state of expectancy they awaited the next verses:— ‘ If you cannot cross the ocean, And the heathen lanus explore, You can Sind the heathen nearer, You can help them at your door, If you cannot give your thousands, You can give the widow's mite; And the least you do for Jesus, Will be precious in His sight, Ifyou cannot speak like angels, f you cannot preach like Paul, You can tell the love of Jesus, You can say He died for all. (Voices, **Yes.’") If you cannot rouse the wicked ith the judgment’s dread alarms, You can lead the little children To the Saviour’s waiting arms, If you cannot be the watchman, tanding bigh on Zion's wall, Pointing out the path to heaven, Offering life and peace to all, ‘With your prayers and with your bounties You can do what heaven demands; You can be like faithtul Aaron, Holding up the prophet’s hands. As if lost in ecstatic feeling produced by his own hymn, the singer, accompanying himself on the organ, pressed vigorously on the treadles as he ended the verse, If among the older people, You may not be apt to teach; “Feed my lambs,’’ said Christ, our Shepherd, “Place the Jood within their reach.” And it may be that the children You have led with trembling hand, Will be found among your jewels When you reach the better land. Let none hear you idly saying, “There is nothing I can do, While the souls of men are dying, ‘And the Master calls for you. Take the task He gives you gladly, Let His work your pleasure be; Answer quickly when He calleth, “ Hear am 1; send me, send mel”? ‘THE SERVICES. | Mr. Moody began by standing up and saying, “Let us open the services by singing the twenty-ninth hymn.” The whole congregation joined in the following hymn: Rejoice and be glad! The Redeemer hus come! Go look on His cradle, His cross and His tomb, Chorus—Sound His praises, tell the story Of Him who was slain; Sound His praises, tell with gladness, He hveth again. Rejoice and be glad! It is sunsmine at last! ‘The clouds have departed, the shadows are past. Rejoice and be glad! For the blood bath been shed; Redemption w finished, the price hath been paid, Rejoice and be glad! Now the pardon ts free! ‘The Just for the unjust has died on the tree. Rejoice and be glad! For the Lamb that was slain O’er death is triumphant and liveth agairy Rejoice and be glad ! For our King is on igh; He pleadeth for us on His throne in the sky. Rejoice and be glad! For He cometh again; He cometh in glory, the Lamb that was slain Chorus—Sound His praises, tell the story Of Him who was slain; Sound His praises, tell with gladness, He cometh again. ‘At the close of the hymn Mr. Moody said, “Let us unite in prayer,” and Rev. Dr. Budington advanced into the pulpit and, beginning with the words, ‘Let us ray,” coutinued—“Our Father who art in’ Heaven, essed be Thy name, that, as believers in Christ, it is Our permission to gather together this morning and lift up our hearts together betore the throne of the God that is equal to our wants and to the wants of the whele world. We believe, O Lord! that Thou didst | Send Thy beloved into this world ke unto us; that He took upon Himself our nature; that He died 1 our cause; that He died because of the sins of the world; that He died bearing upon His sacred person the bur- den of our sin; that He rose again from the dead, and of it this morning is the witness, and this gathering the witness, and our beating hearts the witness.” Heads are bent in devotion, and the women draw forth their handkerchiefs and seem affected. Mr. Moody throws his arms over the side railing of his un- adorned pine pulpit and looks down as if in meditation. Dr, Budington’s sonorous tones pass melodiously over the bended heads. His eyes are directed slightly up- ward, and he prays with an uncommon earnestnes of manner:— We lift up our souls to Thee and pray that, in the name of Christ, Thy Son, who was crucified for sinners, | mod is risen again; for the justification of all them that believe in Him, that Thou wilt pour down Thy holy spirit upon every waiting bead. 0 God, grant tbat that spirit may show Christ in all His lovingness, ‘nd impress Him in all His power upon our hearts. Let this world be to us a new world from this bour. Oh! grant that from this hour the air that we breathe may be as if it had been tinged by the dying breath and sobs of our Lord Jesus. There is profound silence and frequent exclamations of “Bless the Lord!” “Amen!” “Oh! Lord!”’ A quiet, audible sobbing pervades the female portion of the | audience. Moody's head still rests upon his band, while | the prayer flows on like a deep and placid river:— Ob, that death may be different, because death is de- prived of its sting and the grave of its victory through {im who dicd for us abd who bas risen out of the grave for us, redeeming our whole nature, and so con- stituting it in His likeness that it makes us His giad and rejoicing companions torever. 0, LORD! Wi BELIEVE LY CHRIST. Help Thou our unbelief. Lord, snerease our faith; let the lights, flickering and dim, of this world go out in contrast With the light of eternity, and this little assem- Dlage seem Lo us nothing at all im comparison with that immense a with which we shall be joined ere Jong, when ail shall stand before God. Lord, how shail we stand in that assemblage of the quic the dead? How shall we grve in our account deeds done here in the bodyt We con our selves sinners. We have no ground to stand upon of our own. We cast ourselves im simple faith upon Thee, O, Christ, and we beseech of Thee, clothe us | with Thy righteousness; breathe into us the breath of } spiritual lite; Jeb us stand up an exceedingly great army for God, DEDICATING OURSKLVES, SOUL AND SPIRIT, to Him. And now, 0, Lord, grant that this’ may be the ume for which we have planned, now that the | tribes of Israel have assembled before Israels God. Ob, signulize it with Thy acceptance and Thy bles Grant that these, Thy servants, may be actuated by Thy spirit, Thou knowest, Lord, our hearts, our motives, our intentions. Thou knowest that th Brooklyn to-day do Thee and are uuited in prayer w; that all our fellow citi zens may know Thee, and that there may be such a manifestation of Christ—Christ among men, Christ dy- ing for men, Christ risen for men—that ail men shall believe in Him, “Thou knowest, O Lord, these churches in Brooklyn do love Thee,” uttered in clear, commanding tones, und responses come down from the stage from the myriad host of ministers gathered there, Moody lifts his head and looks straight out at the audience and then up into the venerable face of Mr. Budington, And now wilt Thou not add the consequence, that the world may believe that Jesus has come to be the Saviour of men, Oh, let the power of God rest now upon this assembly, and upon the assemblies that ure gath ering around this house, Bless Thy servant who is to address us to-day in the name of our Lord aud Master; and, thanking Him for what he bas done iu tines past, Lord we are not content with that measure of good for cur dear land. Ob, for America’s sake, lor the sake of the great future, let his work Le accepted of God with a mighty outpouring of His spirit. “poR AMERICA’S 8AKE."’ Th gre 1 with visible effect. It touched the chord of patriotic feeling, and as the appeal to Heaven went on, beseeching a higher life for the nation and its rulers, 4 purification of the dark and corrupt places many a face grew sad and serious and many a heart Leat in unison with the sentiment of the prayer. 0 God, Thou knowest the great waut of our nation; Thou knowest how very dear to us and to humanity is the work of this Thy éervant upon the ignoraut and the leurnod, upon the wise and the unwise, upon the rich aud the poor, Great God, wilt Thou » | him 80 60c- | trees followed i ¢ churches in | passage of the prayer swept down on the con-— for our country’s sake, for our souls’ , this resurrection day, with rising power nto all our hearts t Blessed God, hear prayer, this morning for this servant that he i ibit to us sincere uffection in the demonstration of Thy spirit and power. Oh, grant that the services in Brooklyn to-day, all around our separate altars, may be rendered powertul, earnest and devout; that all Brook lyn may unite in the prayer ‘Thy kingdom come.” Hear us, O Lord! and graciously bless us for the Redeem er’ssake. Amen, A rustling noise as of a strong wind among forest the conclusion of Dr, Budington’s earnest prayer, The reference to the country’s grand need—a mighty moral regeneration—seemed to sink into the minds of all, and the necessity of a great re- ligtous revival impressed itself more and more on every one. THE BVANGELISTS BEGIN THRIR WORK. At this time Mr. Moody said impressively, Let us continue the worship by singing the 87th hyma,”’ and, in consonance with Mr. Sunkey’s organ, the entire as- semblage rolled forth the hymn:— Lord, I hear of showers of blessing ‘Thoa art scattering full and free— Showers the thirsty land refreshing; Lot some droppings fal! on me. Cuorvs,—Even me, even me, Let Thy blessing fall on me Pass me not, 0 gracious Father! Sintul though my heart may be; Thou mightst leave me, but the rather Let Thy mercy fall on me.—Even me, Pass me not, O tender Saviour! Let me love and cling to Thee; Tam longing for Thy favor; Whilst Thou’rt calling, oh, call mea —Even me, Pass me not, O mighty Spirit! ‘Thou can’st make the blind to see; Witnesser of Jesus’ merit, Speak the word of power to me.—Even ma, Love of God, so pure and changeless; Blood of Christ; so rich and tree; Grace of God, so strong and boundless ;— Magnify them all in me,—Even me. Pass me not! Thy lost one bringing, Bind my heart, 0 Lord, to Thee; While the streams of life are springing, Blessing others, oh, bless me.—Even me, Atthe close of this hymn Mr. Moody opened the Bible, which he held in his hand, and said, “I will read you a part of the thirteenth chapter of Numbers, com- mencing at the twenty-fifth verse."” “And they returned trom searching of the land after forty days, And they went and came to Moses and to Aaron and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Parun, to Kadesh, and brought back word unto them and unto all the congre- gution, and shewed them the fruit of the land. And they told him and said, We camo unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it foweth with milk und honey, and this is the fruit of it. Nevertheless the people be strong thut dwell in the land, and the cit are walled and very great, and moreoyer we saw tl children of Anak there. The Amalekites dwell in the jand of the south, and the Hittites and the Jebusites and the Amorites dwell in the mountains and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and by the coast of Jordan. And Caleb stilled the people before Moses and said, Let us go up at once and possess it, for we are well uble to overcome it, But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we. And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, ‘The lund through which we have gone to search it, is ® Jand that eateth up the innabitants thereof, and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. ”” MR, MOODY'S SERMON. That is a very strange kind of a report, is it not? We never had any such report as that made in Congress, Why? They came up out of the land and said it was a land that ate up the people, Yet in the next sentence they said it was a land fowing with milk and honey. ‘That was a great way to eat up the people, But they saw “great giants” there, and yet it isa land that ate upthe people. “And there we saw tho giants, the sons of Anuk, which come of the giants; and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, so were we in eur own sight Andall the congregation lifted up their voice and cried; and the people wept that night’ And all ‘THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL MURMURED against Moses and against Aaron, and the whole congre- gation suid unto them, Would God that we bad died in the land of Egypt; or would God we had died in the wilderness, And wherefore hath the Lord brought us into this land to fall by the sword that our wives and our children should be a prey? Were it not better for us to return into Egypt? And they said, one to another, Let us make a captain and let us return into Egypt. Then Moses and Auron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Isracl; 4nd Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes; and they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, Tho land) which) we passed through to Search it, 18 an -exceeding good iand If the Lord débght in us, then he will bring us into this 1and and give it us—a land which floweth with milk and honey. Only rebel not ye against the Lord. Neither fear ye the people of the land, for they are bread for us, Their defenee is departed from them and the Lord is with us. Fear them not,’’ Raising his eyes and closing the book from which he had been reading Mr. Moody said :— “I am going to ask Mr. Sankey to sing the 120th hymn alone.” Mr. Sankey then sang the first hymn given above. WHAT CAN MINDER A REVIVAL? Ere the sound of the last line had ceased to rever- berate along the arched roof of the Rink Mr. Moody was speaking aguin. He said :— I want to call your attention for a moment to a part ofthe thirtieth Verse—“Let us go up at once and pos- sess it; for we are well able to overcome it.” There hay been acry heurd throughout the United States during the past twelve months for a revival of religion. it is coming from all quarters of the land and from all classes of people, and now a great many are ‘Blanding up and watching and waiting to see if there going to bea work, I saw in one of the newspapel that some one sent me that the revival in Philadelphia had been postponed tor one month—that it was goiag to commence on the 21st of November! As if we could tell just when it was going to be commenced or could postpone itor hinder it trom working. Now I believe there is just this one way that we can hinder God from working—just one way. A great muny people have asked me what the obstacle is, and I answer in one word—the unbelief of the Church of God. The only obstacle that we have is this miserable unl lief; that keeps back the blessing. All the influences in the world cannot hinder God trom working—all the unbelief outside of the Church of God cannot hinder Him; but this wretched miserable unbelief among God's own people is the one thing that can hinder the work, Now, the question comes to us this morning, * Can we cross the Jordan and take the land ?”” Now he warming up, and his audience begins to understand and appreciate him. “Can we take the land ?”’ he fairly yells, and from various quarters come cries of “We can; we can.” Every eye is on bim, and his voice rebounds from the furthest limits of the hall, and rings above in the wide arca of the ogee roof. We are able to go up and overcome it, r God is with us, who can be against us?’ says Paul. We hear that God’s delight is in His own Church. If He cannot delight in us what can He delight in—if not in His own people, God's own flock? Therctore, my friends, let the question be settled this morning in every heart that loves the Lord Jesus, that WE WILL CROSS THE JORDAN; that we will go up and possess the land. You remember that they sent Caleb and the others as spies into the Promised Land to see how the land looked, I suppose what unbelief is always trying to tind out—and they said, “We will pick out twelve men, and we will send them to view the land.” God bad said unto them, “1 give tt to you; do you possess it; itis ours.” But they thought they would find out if st were worth taking. So the tweive men went over, and perhaps wey brought back charts of the land; aud they brought back what we would call nowadays @ majority and a miuority report. Two said it was a land flowing with milk and honey. They never saw any such land. They Drought back some grapes. I think | know who it was that brought back th vs. Caleb and Joshaa had faith aud they came back nd told the children of Israel that it was @ good land, that it was flowing with milk and honey. The ten others came back and said:— “It is @ land that ate up the people thereo!; we saw Giants there; and the sous of Anak were there; and Kreat walled cities; and we are not able to take it.” IT can imagine one of these men telling how he looked up into the Lace of one of the giants and describing bow the giant looked down upon bit as if he were a grasshop- per, I tell’ you when unbelief comes in we are ike grasshoppers in the sight of the world; but when we | wre filled with faith those men look like grasshoppers to us. Then, instead of our being Dread to us. Then we are al land. He is far ahead of the shorthand writers, and his words are like @ mountain torront—rushing, leaping and carrying all before it. He clevates himself on his toes, strikes with the force of a sledge hammer the railing im front of him, turns a three-quarter circle and sends a volley of sentences flying right and left like the discharge of a whole battery of mitrailleuses, But the ten men came back, and they said that it was land of evils, that it was « land that eat up the peo- je, and you know that itis said ‘a lie will ravel half way round the world while truth is pulling on its boots to follow it." It will telegrapl itself around this little globe in twenty-four hours, So it was with this evil report. Itepread through the wh and they all cried, us go buck to Egypt. rather perish in Egypt, I'd rather hear THE CRACK OP THY SLAVRDRIVER'S WHIP, I'd rather make bricks without straw than go up and royed by these ginuts.’” Caleb suid, “Just let Thave been with We 1 , and we are able to overcome it, us go up and take it, voice of Caleb rang through the exmp that night, “Let us go up and take the land; uo power cnn prevail en Up, they are as to go up and take the Va against us, for God is with’ us.) Let us bring it down to ‘the present day. Whore are you mow, 1 want to know, for we hear the vowes of many professed children of God saying to-day, able to go up aud take the land.” | don’t know how many veovie | have heard saying to we, “Mr, Maud amp that night, | they wanted to find out if God’s word is true—that is | ever before seen. You must not expect so great a work tn this country. There are yreat difficulties in the way." Well, if you don't expect i vou Won't have it, 1 EXPROT TO HAVE 4 GREATER WORK. I hope that every man right along will take the land at once, There is nothing to hinder, my friends, if God delights in us. We can say withJosnua why we are able to go up and take the land, How easy it would be for the tear of the Lord to fall upon the hearts of the people of the nation! How easy it would be for t Lord to pour down such a biesaing! who were with Joshua and Caleb on the great walls of the the sons of Anak, and upon Caleb and Joshui and they saw Him who sat upon the throne, 1 can unagine Joshua as he came buck, and i answer to these ebjections sayin through the Red Seat ness did He not open His hand and give us heaven! food? When we were athirst and had no water did He not strike the rock and make the water bubble out? If we will we are able to go up and take the land.’ ‘That is the difference between the man of faith and tbe man of unbelief, Would to God that we could sweep ray this wretched unbelief. All the ordained and orthodox faces to the left of the Preacher are aglow with adiniration, It is not conven- tional preaching. It must be like what Peter the Her- mit lifted up armies of Crusaders with—simple words, but such ag are rolled in a mental furnace, and, when made red hot, fred from heavy artillery with double charges of powder. Our God is able, and what we want to do is to move forward, trusting in God, believing that God ts ablegto do great things and will do them for all who ask them. God is able; let us not limit the power of the Holy One of Isruel Let us lift our eyes up yonder, and see Him that sitteth at the right hand of God, ‘‘All power m heaven and earth is given to me,’’ What are your rum- sellers, then? What are your Sabbath breakers, then? If the power of God be exerted THIS R¥VIVAL WILL GO ON; those men will become trophies of His grace and power in this land. If we are to ave our churcnes tilled with fear and unbelief, and we do not expect a blessing, will God send it to us? Look at His dealings with Gideon and his 32,000 men, and bear in mind that if there is to be a work in Brooklyn we must take our in the ranks, do the work and leave to God tho ‘The minute you begin to Lift up a man, and say it this man or that man who wrought it God will withdraw from it When Gideon Jed his men to the brook and said, ‘Let all those that are afraid step out,” 22,000 wheeled out of the line, Poor Gidoon! I would like to have seen him they, But after 22,000 had wheeled out of the line there were 10,000 leit. God said, “There are too many." And the question was put to these again, and 9,700 wheeled out of the bne, and there were only 300 men left, But they had faith, I think it was John Wesley who said if be had 100 men that loved nothing but God he would convert the world and shut up the gates of hell mside of six weeks, These men were 100 such men. Then another thought, my friends, If we are oing to have a work in this country we must learn this ts aa is, we must let God work in His own way. This idea of laying out plans for going to work is ull wrong. When the Holy Ghost comes He will work out the way for Himself. He will make His own channel, and what you want is to be simply meet for the’Master’s us You mast not give the glory to this manor that man, city and the giants, but lifted their eyes above those walls ‘THIS CAPrtaL 1" we have got to do away with, and we must just simply stand in our places ke Gideon’s 300 men, You must say, “Let me do anything, or let me take any position at all, only let God be glorified.’ God’s ways are not our Ways. Many times men have been looking tor God to appear in the West, and He came from the opposite direction, Why, wheu Joshua, the son of Nun, com- manded the seven priests blowing seven trumpets of rams’ horns to march around the walls of the city of Jericho seven times, if there had been as wnany reporters: — as there are here to-day, what fun they would ave made of them, They would have said it was the most absurd sight that ever was seen, to see 600,000 men walking wround the walls of Jericho, fol- lowed by seven priests blowing on rams’ horns. ‘The idea of Dr. Talmage, Dr. Budington and Dr. Cuyler, and four other Doctors of Brooklyn, going around the wails of the city blowing rams’ horns! They would say thatif they were going to blow on any kind of horns they should at least have silver trumpets. But God may take rams’ horns—He may take empty jichers to do His work. Thatis the lesson God has n trying to teach His people tor the last 6,000 years. He takes the weakest things to confound the mighty. this lesson to heart, that we are NOT TO MARK OUT THY WAY FOR GOD to work. We must be like Joshua, A man said, in one of our conventions in Scotland, that there was not a man in the whole camp of Israel but knew that God could use any one of them to slay Goliath; but there was only one man that believed God would do it. ‘That ix what we must believe—that God will use us in this work, If we are to have a work in this country it must be from individual effort—from each man getting right down and trying to reach his neighbor; of each young man trying to reach some companion and bring Lim to Christ. f I had voice this moraing would like to shout in the ears of the 40,000 ministers of this Republic, “Shall we go up and take the land ¥”” Woy, I believe if the ministers would work energetically there would be the greatest reformation the world has ever seen; but we must say farewell to worldly follow- ing; we must bid adieu to church fairs and bazaars and dancing and church amusements, Then we can say to the ministers of Brooklyn this morning, “Shall we go upandtake the land? Shall we go up at once, Dr. Budington? Shall we go up at once, Dr. Cuyler? MR. STEWART, ARE YOU READY!” These questions, put directly to the gentlemen named, as they sat behind the speaker on the platform, were answered with an affirmative nod of the head- Turning again to the audience, Mr. Moody went on:— All ready! Then lot us go up and take the land, Let us have the faith of Caleb und Joshua, and the Charch will be filled, and this miserable unbelief that has been a barrier so long will be swept away If 1 had the traimpet of God to reach the 70,000 teachers of America 1 would ask them each to bring one soul to Christ, There would be 700,000 little feet on the way to Mount Zion if every teacher would lead one pupil to the Lamb that chaseth away the sins of the world. I would like to speak to the 100,000 young men who belong to the Young Men’s Christian Associations. I would like to usk them, “Shall we go up and take the land? Shall we go up and take the land in the name of God? Oh, may the spirit of God come upon us this morning, and the Lord may use us in this work ! ‘The speaker's voice died away and the congregation moved restively in their seats and drew long breaths, Turning over the cover of his hymn book Mr. Moody said, “I want Mr. Sankey to sing now ‘Only an Armor Bearer.’” In response to the call Mf. Sankey sang, with thrilling effect, the closing hymn :— Only an armor bearer, proudly I stand, Waiting to follow at the King’s command; Murching if “onward” shall tho order be, Standing by my Captain, serving faithfully, Chorus.—Hear ye the battle cry! “Forward” the call! See! the laltering ones! backward they fall Surely the Captain may depend on me, . Though but an armor bearer I may be. Only an armor bearer, now in the field, Guarding @ shining helmet, sword and shield, Waiting & bear the thrilling battle cry, Ready then to answer, “Master, here am 1.” Only an armor bearer, yet may I share Glory immortal, and a bright crown wear; If, in the battle, to my trust I’m true, Mine shall be the honors in the Grand Review, THE AFTERNOON MEETING. Double the number of people that went to attend the morning meeting at the Rink wended their way there in the afternoon. Fully 1,000 were assembled in solid mass in front and above and below the Rink when the doors were thrown up. A scene of greater confu- sion, of pushing, jostling and scrambling was seldom In the morning there was posi- tive decorum compared to the fearful rush of the after noon, The Brooklyn sXhitary police squad, nurabering forty-five men, under Sergeant Rogers, held the doors on Vanderbilt and Clermont avenues. At twenty minutes to three these doors were opened and the immenso throng of people moved one man forward to the openings. The crush, as a consequence, was perfectly territic. Women tainved children screamed, hats were lost, skirts were torn off, families becaine separated, and the brave squad of police were lifted off their legs and carried inward by the Irresistible pressure, Finally the police re- ined their lost position and did active service in restoring lost children to their anxious mothers and in rescuing ladies from perilous jams and gorges, Fortu- nately no serious accident happened. The people, of | course, meant to be orderly, and certainly all were We are not | in the best of humor, Soverai signboards on the Clermont avenue sido were carried away, ‘The seats were taken in a twinkling and the force of ushers was swept away like chaif before the wind. HERALD, MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1875—TRIPLE SHEET. | death ot Christ, while I preach of His life.” I said to | | come into condemvation, but is passed from death unto tike | | takes a mateh and When every inch of space was taken the police man- | aged to close the doors at the front and rear, leaving outside a crowd that was soon swelled to the namver of probably 6,000 persons, hurrying up from all directions, good deal different from that of the morning. far loss of a churchgoing and religious attendance, had a large element of MERE CURIOSITY SKEKERS, who came to seo what sort of men Moody and Sankey were. Clermont avenue is wide, but its whole width and beyond it, away up the stoops of the Louses and as high as the third stories, one living throng of buman beings, packed as close as they could be, stood immova- ble long after the doors were closed. The North Refyrmed church, opposite the armory, adjacent to the Rink, and the Simpson Methodist It was ad open their doors and were rapidly tiled from sanctuary to door steps. After he had finished singing at the Rink Mr, Sankey paid each of those churches a visit j and sang bis favorite hymn of “Ninety and Nine.” Several claruvmas mada oddrosuoa and thus anim The ensemble of tho congregation was a | Episcopal church, on the neighboring corner, threw | | compensation was given a part of the multitude unable to get within the Rink, All the fashion, wealth aad beauty of Brooklyn appeared to have come together yesterday aiternoon, Within the Mink the reporters’ Seats, held apart tu the morning, were invaded by all sorts of people. The platform held the same class of persons that occupied it in the early part of the day. THE SERVICES, Mr. Moody catled for the singing by Mr. Sankey and the chorus of hymn 62: ‘Come to the Saviour, make no delay; Here in His word He's shown us the way; Here in our midst He’s standing to-day, Tenderly saying “Come!” Cuo,—Joyfui, joyful will the meeting be, When from sin our hearts are pure and free; And we shall gather, Saviour, with Thee In our eternal home. “Suffer the children!” Oh, hear His voici hea: id rejoice, re And let us freely make 85 ‘Do not pHing Bane oF Sees; ‘Think once again, Ho’s with us to-day; Heed now His blest commands, and obey; Hear now His accents tenderly say, * “Wul you, my children, come ? After this ceased, Mr. Talmage was invited to offer up a prayer, which he did with peculiar fervor, winding up by saying:—"This day will be memorable for ten thousand years, because of the couatiess thousands brought to Jesus.” “Savi JN THE ARM3 OF JESU8.’" ‘The congregation then took up the following hymn and rendered st with stunning power:— Sufe in the arms of Jesus, Safe on His gentle breast, There by His love. o'ershaded, etly my soul shall rest, Hark | ’tis the voice of angels, , Borne in a song to me, Over the fields of giory, Over the jasper sea: Cuo.—Sate in the arms of Jesus, Safe on His gentle breast, There by His love o’ershaded, Sweetly my soul shall rest, When the congregation stood up to sing its imposing dimensions were more noticeable than when seated, Mr. Moody next read from St, Paul, I, Corinthians, xv, 1-8 inclusive and Galatians, j., 6-9 inclusive, and then all were anxiously expecting to hear Sankey render the nn that became such a popular favorite abroad— “Ninety and Nine.” He stood up and sald a tew words before beginning, hoping that the blessing of God would descend upon their labors, and that they would not prove wholly in vain, Mr, Mooay then called’ on everybody to observe si- Jence so that all might have a chance of hearing. At this time the first story windows were crowded with young yamins who had climbed up there in spite of the [pee ‘On these he also impressed the necessity of eeping still, The music of the organ was but feebly heard over the hall, but Sankey’s voice penctrated the remotest cor- her. NINETY AND NINR. There were ninety and nine that safely lay In the shelter of the fold, But oue was out on the hills away, Far off from the gates of gold— Away ou the mountains wild and bare, ‘Away {rou the tender Shepherd’s care. “Lord, Thou hast here Thy ninety and nine: Are they not enough for Thee ¥”” But the Shepherd made answer: Has wandered away from me: And although the road be rough and steep 1 go to the desert to find my sheep.” ‘Tis of mine But none of the ransomed ever knew How deep were the waters crossed ; Nor how dark was the might that the Lord passed through Ere He found His sheep that was lost, Out in the desert He heard its cry— Sick and helpless and ready to die. “Lord, whence are those blood-drops all the way ‘That mark out the mountain's track ?”? “They were shed for one who ad gone astray Ere the Shepherd could bring him back,” “Lord, whence are Thy hands go rent and torn 2? ‘hey are pierced to-night by many a thorn.” But all through the mountains, thunder riven, ‘And up from the rocky steep, There rose a cry to the gate of heaven, “Rejoice! I have found my sheep !’” And the angels echoed around the throne, “Rejoice, tor the Lord brings back His own !”? MOODY'S SERMON, After this Moody stepped forward and said:—I want to call your attention to a clause in the chapter I have just read, part of the first verge of the tifteenth chapter to the Coriuthians—"l declare unto you the Gospel."” Although we live in a Christian land where the Gospel has been preached so long yet I believe there is no word 80 little understood as the word “gospel.”” If the word *gospel’’ means “good news’) or “lad tidings,” why, how we ought to rejoice! If mon believed that it was youd tidings there would be no loug faces here this aiternoon. I need not go down from this platform to kuow if you have good news. When the glad tidings are proclaimed the people ought to rejoice, It is the best. news that ever fell on mortal cars. When the angels came out of heaven to Bethlehem they sang— “Behold, we bring you glad tidings of great joy.” Jesus says:—“‘I any man believe in any other gospel Jet him be accursed.” Another preacher once took ne to task, ‘There's great difference between our preaching,” said he; “you make a great deal of the him, “What do you do with that text ‘Christ died for our sins,’ according to the Scripture?” “1 never preached on that,” said he. He used to preach inoral essays, He did not believe that Christ died tor a lost | world. I could not preach if I had to leave out tho atonement or death of Jesus Christ. Why, you take Out the scarlet thread of thitt book and the ‘leaves ull fly apart! St. Peter preached Christ, and Christ crucified. We want to go back to the primitive days of Christianity, 1 tell you no man receives that doctrine but he brinzs life and peace and joy ito bis heart. This is the Gospel, that Christ lived, died and rose again, It is all there is that is worth knowing when we come Tight down to the question, It takes away the bitterest enemies ever had, First, there is sin ken away. It is God alone who must forgive sin. Now the Gospel } brings me this good news that he has taken all my sins and put them behind His buck. ‘The devil can’t get my sins unless he gets behind God. There's another good news; another enemy taken away, Death has lost its sting. ‘Thank God, to the believer the fear of death is gone. As the belever goes ou his way to heaven he can say, “O death! where is thy sting? You take the sting out of a wasp or « hornet and you don’t fear it, Christ’s shout on the cross, “It is finished!” showed that His battle with death was over. I remem- ber that when a man died in the little town | where I was brought up they used to | toli out the man’s age I used to be | very much afraid of death then, .Now thut’s all gone. I can go and look into the grave and shout, “0 grave! where is thy victory’’’ Now, 1s it not good news’ [ es me comfort. I know that in re will be One to eall us back. the little cemetery th When Christ called Lazarus from the grave He calied | him by name, I was going to preach a funeral sermon | a few years ago, and I thought I'D PREACH AS NEAK LIKE CHRIST AS I COULD, So I took the Book and looked it over, but I found that He never preached a funeral sermon, ’ Death could not come near when He was around. Now we have got three euemies out of the Way—sin, death and the grave. There is another—judgment. Tused to think that would be a terrible day, but I found we are not coming unto judgment. We were all judged when Christ died for us, Thank God, Christ forever settled the question of sin, Look at this:—"Verily, verily” (which means truly, truly, aud when Christ’ uses ‘these words you | must’ expect something of great importance) “I say unto you, oe that heareth my word and believeth on lun that sent me, hath everlasting life and sball not life." If you want to get « good plattorm you have it in Jobn y., 24, Lay bold of 1 this afternoon, [don’t know why hundreds should not be saved here this alternoon. My friends, we come to tell you that Christ has died and made Juil atonement, that sin 18 put out of y, aud that He bas taken sit into lis own bosom, 1 the prairies are on lire the froutiersiman just lights the grask aroand him and Stays within the burned district and lets the flames roll round it Lt will pot barn again, because the fire has been there belure. ‘There is one mountain peak which od’s Weath has passed over. ‘That is Mount We want sinners to be saved It you & You are # sinner get some of your neighbors to prove itfor you. I will prove you that there 1s a Saviour, If you Want help, let the ery go up to-day, “0, Thou great Shepherd, save my soul to-day |” and’He'll do tt We have yot nothing new, my friends, This is th same old Men make mistakes; but when G gave this lost world a Saviour He knew what He was doing, us rige and sing the hymn, “There's a fountain tilled with blood, Drawn from Emmanuel’s veins.” The congregation did ag requested and Dr, Inglis then gave the benediction, More hymns followed and fn announcement Was made atthe close that oa next | Sunday Mr. Moody would preach at four o'clock I, M, to women and at eight o'clock P, M, Rink, Prayer meetings to be held every morning in the week, except Saturday, at eight o'clock A, M. in the Brooklyn Tabernacle and in the evening at haif-past soten o'clock at the Rink, to men at the SCENES AT THE SIMPSON METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, About @ quarter past four P. M., just after Mr. Sankey hud aroused the enthusiasm of the vast congregation in the Rink with the music of that tender melody, “Ninety and Nine,” he left that building and went across the street | to the Simpson Methodist Episcopal church, on Cler- mont avenue, nearly opposite the Kink, The inmense concourve of gentiowen and ladies which still filled the strects and avenues bounding the Rink recognized the | great cvangelist as he passed along the street aud thronged alter bin the church, Before he entered the sacred edifice the congregation Within it numbered abont 1,200, The Rev, Dr. Cayler was speaking. In the midst of one of his eloquent sen- into teusos Luore Was heard @ murmur of excitement that | | coeds of the tair aye | ona San Rancolan ped | Tuesday —— ee increased in intensity until it drowned the votce ot the muister, and then a great crowd of people who bad been waiting on the streets, surged into the church, or every pew and blocking up the aisles; crowding each other up the steps to the pulpit, and dilling the galleries and choir amd even —perching individual the members tn nichi Advaneii Sankey reach and Dr. Cuyler restored t quietness Seating himself at the melodeon sung his favorite hyn of “Ninety and Nine."’ As his clear, sweet, strong tenor voice rose on the air the great congregation bushed their voices, but the chorus brought out the spirit of the people, and in an instant itwas manifest that Jesus of Nazareth was passing Raha them and the Lord of hosw was within their midst. Mr, Sankey seemed to carry the feclinge ot the souls of the people with him fn ail that he proposed. sung soft and low the beautiful words of, I Need Thee Every Hour,” and the refrain filled the chureb echoing the harmony, Mr, Sankey then addressed a few words to the congregation, after which he went across street to the North’ Reformed, whither the concourse followed hiin, SCENES AT THE DUTCH BEYORMED CHURCE. ‘The porch and entries of the Reformed Dutch church, opposite the Rink, were, early in the afternoon, filled with people, who had given up their attempts to force their way into the improvised tabernacle, and who stood calm spectators of the hustling and misadven- tures to which the more persistent of the crowd were subjected. As the hour grew later, the body of the church becarue well filled, and, by the active endeavors of the ushers in seating those whom they persuaded to ‘enter, the pows were all 0c cupied at the commencement of the services, which, it was announced, would be informal im character, The Rev. Mr. Jacobs, of Chicago, was in- troduced, who stated that he had travelled over a thousand miles to see the reception given Messrs. Moody and Sankey. He prayed that God might bless the meeting at the Rink, and that the words of the great revivalists might be winged words, sweeping, like a he land, and blessing other cities in their mighty flo He then gave out the hymn, “Hold the Fort,” the cour joining in the chorus. After several short addresses and prayers a murmur spread through the church that Mr. Sankey was com- ; & rush was made from the street, the aisles and to overflowing almost those cers an ane upwi U1 of the flooring window 8 were filled an imstant, and looked ’ nervously in leries with somo anxiety the strength and supports that kept the masses above from bein precipitated upon them. Those inside the hel fast the doors against the crowd in the aisles, and a hubbub ensued that wus only quieted when Mr, Sankey arose to speak. Then, as if by magic, all confusion ceased, as the clear, penetrating tones of his voice rang through the church a stillness almost ful in ite in. tensity reigned throughout the He announced that he would first Ot he Were Ninety and Nine That Safely Lay,’ ad ing that si he had found this song news| r while travelling on a railway in Scotland God had wonderfully ble: it. He hoped that to-day it might reach the ear of some wanderer from the fold of Jesus and that he would hear it as a call from home. At tho conclusion of the hymn Rev, Mr. Jacobs made ‘a brief address, commencing with, “What means thig crowd in the streets to-day? It means that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by,” and announcing that during the stay of Messrs, Moody and Sankey in Brooklyn ‘‘over- flow”? meetings would be held in the church, to accom. modate those who wore unable to obtain admission to the Rink. Mr, Sankey then sang, as a final hymao, “I Need Thee Every Hour,” the chorus being sung by all present, and at its end the church was speedily emptied. THE RUSH ON THE CARS AND FERRIES, The managers of the Brooklyn City Raliroad Com pany anticipated the great rush of people to the Rink and its neighboring churches, and amply provided for their transportation, Every car owned by the com- pany was placed on the routes, and extra drivers and conductors were engaged. The rush commenced about seven o'clock yesterday morning, and continued until after six o’clock last night, These cars carried 5,385 te the Rink from Fulton ferry. ‘The De Kalb avenue cars were increased to the num- ber of thirty-six, and lef the stand at Fulton ferry every four minutes, “ CHURCHES REPRESENTED, Ministers of the following churches were represente@ either ou the platform or in the auadience:— Lafayette avenue Presbyterian, Simpson Methodist Episcopal, Summerfield Methodist Episcopal, Clin- ton avenue Congregational, Union Congrega- tional, Fort Greene Pres! an, rarrea, street Methodist Episcopal, orth §=©Reform Church of the Messiwh, Pacific street Method! Episcopal, Strong place Baptist, South Congrogational, Middle Reformed, Church of the Mediator, Marcy avenud Bapust, Hanson place Methodist Episcopal, Chris{ church, Tabernacle Baptist, Washington avenue pay Central Congregational, St. Peter’s church, Fir Presbyterian, Tompkins avenue Congregational, Fleet street Methodist Episcopal, Thregameue Presbyterian, First Baptist, Plymoutu chu yn avenue Presby+ terian, DeKalb avenue Methodist Episcopal, Sands street Methodist Kpiscopal, Ceutral Baptist. THE UNIVERSALIST REVIVAL. A lecture was given last evening in the Universalist Church of Our Father, Clermont avenue, near Atlantic, Brooklyn, by the pastor, Rev. H. R. Nye, as an intro- duction to the revival services which will be held in the church this week. The speaker gave some word’ of coungel and exhortation founded on the words of St, Johu the Baptist:—Prepare ye the way of the Lord." St. John, he said, preached no new gospel, bat only sought to bring back the people and to prepare theit minds and hearts for the new kingdom which Christ was coming into the world to establish. He attempted to reform them by striving to make th apply the principles of the Jewish faith directly to their conduct and lives. The speaker took up the cases of Zaccheus and of the rich young lawyer who came te Christ as illustrating that men must prepare for the re- ception of Christ's truth into their hearts. Just as a farmer going to the West mto the wilderness has a great deal to do in the preparation of the soil, so befor men's hearts can bear truth there must be this work of preparation, this banishment of all that ts evil and the adoption of all that is good and pure into his spirit, ‘The revival services will commence this evening and continue five days, Tho following sermons are an. nounced Monday—‘What Makes the Christian Man?” Tues- day—“How We Begin a Christian Life.” Wednesday— “Why We Should Begin a Christian To-Day.”' Thursday—*Hindrances and Helps.’” ‘riday—'‘How We May Help the Chureh and How the Church May Help Us,” The services will begin punctually at a quar. ter toeight o'clock P, M., and last exactly one hour, Kev. Dr. Brooks, of Philadelphia; Dr. Forrester, of Newark, and Rey. R, H. Pullman, secretary of the Gen- ral Convention of the Pastors of the Universalist churches in New York and vicinity, are expected to participate, CHURCH FAIRS. To-day the ladies connected with St. Bridget’ church (Roman Catholic) will open a grand fair in the school room in Eighth street, near ayenue B, ‘The pro intended for the relief o portion of the city and the support of the parochial school attached to the church. Among the numerous attrac- tions that will be presented to the notice of visi and patrous will bea large gay and variety Limerick lace, purchased by Father Moouey on last visit to Ireland for the purpose of encouaging Irish industry and enterprise As there is an immense number of suifering and worthy poor in the district in which Father Mooney’s chareh is situated the faithful cannot do too much to aid and assist the pastor in his efforts lo raise 4 fund to help them during the coming winter, the poor of — that CHURCH OF THE HOLY NAME. Last week a ladies’ fair was opened for the benefit of the Church of the Holy Name, in Ninety-sixth street, near the Boulevard. The pastor of the church, Kev. J. M. Galligar, earnestly asks the support of ull good holies, as the church itself is very poor and ix now ly in debt on account of numerous assessments Jevied on it for improvements in the vicinity, The fair is now in progress and will continue for some time, ST. JAMES’ CHURCH. A charity fair is now in progress at the Church of St. James (Roman Catholic), in James street, the pro- eds of which are to be devoted to the repairing and alteration of certain portions of the sacred edifice, ‘Tho fair will last two weeks at least, and, under the supervision of the indefatigable pastor, Rev. Father Farrelly, will no doubt prove a complete suc. cess. To add to the interest of the fair a large gold-headed cane is to be put up in cuances and is to be voted for at $1 a head, the cane w be presented to whichever of the Senatorial candidates, Jobn Morrissey or John Fox, receives the majority Of votes, A bust of Pio Nono, by the well. known sculptor, Charles Roussell, of Manhattunville, and the property of County Clerk’ Walsh, will also be on exhibition. it ist chaste marble, surmounted sul Gnished in Ube style of the Rennaissance, A BULLET IN HIS BRAIN. One of the most marvellous successful struggles with death on record is that of John Auber, a Newark N. J.,) German, who, two weeks ago, tried to kill him self by lodging 4 bullet in bis brain, He bad had som trouble with his wife and jad also been indictes by the Grand Jury for witormpt to outrage his step-daughter. “His tral was set for following — the urday on whieh he shot hitnselt, When tho case was called the Court ag. dered it removed trom the calendar, remarking thal Auber had been called to answer betore the highest tribunal for bis offences, The Court's information was premature, as Auber Was still alive yestorday und pet Without hopes of Lis ultimate recovery,