What a change has come over the man? Much the same that came over Moses during his forty years of exile from Egypt. He was a learner in the word in those days, now he is a master; but now, as then, his transcendent power over the minds and hearts of men comes from his simple, earnest, vital faith in the life and power of God's word.

On the twenty-fourth of October, 1874, the evangelists commenced their labors in Brooklyn, a city famous the world over for its powerful preachers and its efficient means of grace. It was a little like "carrying coals to Newcastle;" but Mr. Moody presumed that in such a favored locality trained helpers would not be wanting, and from his large acquaintance with cities in general he was sure that even in Brooklyn there were plenty of sinners who needed to be converted.

Before Brooklyn had fully realized its duty and its opportunity the time set for the opening of the work in Philadelphia arrived, and Messrs. Moody and Sankey left the City of Churches while the work was only begun. Still it was a glorious beginning, and a glorious continuance was possible by those who had learned the secret of power with God and man.

The Philadelphia revival may be described as a Pentecost, continuing for nearly two months; it was a new revelation of the power of the Gospel, and marked the opening of a new era of Christian labor and fellowship in the city of Brotherly Love.

"I wish I could carry this hall around the world to preach in," said Mr. Moody, so much was he pleased with Bingley Hall, in Birmingham, England; but the old Pennsylvania railroad freight depot, transformed into a Tabernacle, was not less perfectly adapted to the various requirements of the great revival. This immense structure, in the midst of the business portion of the city, corner of Market and Thirteenth streets. had a front of two hundred and fifty feet, and a depth of three hundred and seventy-three feet. It had ceased to be used as a depot, and had recently been purchased by Mr.

John Wannamaker, at a cost of half a million or so, as a site for his new place of business. This gentleman, who is one of the long-time friends and co-workers of Mr. Moody, generously gave the use of the property, and personally superintended the work of its reconstruction.

The text of Mr. Moody's opening sermon was: "Say not ye. There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? Behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest."

It is one of Mr. Moody's strong points that he is always in the midst of his theme; to his mind all things are now ready; the Gospel is now the power of God unto salvation; and when he preaches it he takes it for granted that people will at once believe it, and be saved by it. He does not creep along four months in the rear of a promise; the only slow element in the matter of salvation, as he understands it, is the slow faith of believers.

An eminent pastor says of him: "His running expositions are as full of richness as a Bartlett pear. They teach us ministers how to squeeze honey out of the word." "I like to go all round a text," said Mr. Moody, "to see what's after and before. I find often it is like a little diamond set in pearls.”

An adequate account of this great revival would require a volume instead of a few pages. The Christian Convention held at the depot, January 19, at which nearly a thousand ministers were present; the temperance movement organized in Philadelphia by a large number of reformed and converted drunkards; the branch revival at the gas-works, where prayer-meetings were sometimes kept up all night by the different relays of hands as they were relieved from duty; the unanimity of the secular press in their praise of the work accomplished, in which also the Roman Catholic papers joined, and the general awakening of the Church to a condition of vigor, activity, and Christian unity, were occasions. of gratitude to God; and the fruits of this revival still remain in permanent and widely extending powers of blessing.

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