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Show ATTACKING KING ALCOHOL. THE 1-EAU1-TL EFFECT OF PHILADELPHIA. PHILADEL-PHIA. liL'.M. Mr. Moody introduced a new and eflective feature in the hippodrome services yesterday. Tnc day was devoted de-voted to the propaga lion of temperance tem-perance doctrines, and on the plat form were ten "living witnesses" from Philadelphia, who had traveled to New York to explain how they had been enabled to abandon tho use of intoxicating liquors, and become reputable re-putable members of society. The assembly as-sembly in the body of the hall numbering num-bering upward of six thousand. After singing and prayer Mr. Moody read from the first chapter of St. John. Then he introduced Mr. Jameson, a young man so recently converted to temperance that the liquor was evidently evi-dently not yet wholly out of his system. sys-tem. Mr. Jameson styled himself a living witness cf what Hod could do !or a a rum drinker, lie was employed in the gas works in Philadelphia, aud made $o 50 a eUy, but he used to tell his wile he earned only and then he spent I He rest for liquor. A friend persuaded him to go lo hear Moody mid San key, and, having been con-vertid, con-vertid, lie organizeJ the prayer meetings meet-ings in the gas works in Philadelphia and found that tho power of tho Lord coulel enable him to cea.-e not only drinking, but chewing and emohing into the bargain. Mr. Lin ten, who was next intro-dbceil, intro-dbceil, said thai he had lost iwo fortunes for-tunes and unnumbered valued friends through his craving or strong drink, but that he attended Moody and San-key's San-key's meetings in Philadelphia, and was converted to temperance on the, PJiii of last January. I The congregation sang "Yield not I 10 temptation," and Mr. Jldlmin hlt-ppi d fnnvaid lo ay tb.it he had hot n n nhado lower th in thn biulu 1 1 iron gl i iho iih! of intoxicating li'lii'TN; hut that liia mother lud prayed for him. Then ho wont to one of MiH.dy and .Sankey 's met tines in Philadelphia, because, having formerly bian attached lo a cin-ith, ho hud a professional curiosity to ne an audience-of lU.tlDi) pcraoiiH, lie thought Mr. S.mkey a toleral-Iy proficient pro-ficient fcinger, but behoved hu was ac(iiaint( d with morn than one variety performer who could surpass him. i lo vV.in loo drunk lo understand under-stand what watt Haid on the lir.it night, but he Was impelled by an invinibh) power to 1 1) again, ami he was Jinnlly eimvpi lid. Mr. Andi-r.ion, another Philadelphia delee,..le, had half conqlieied diunk-ennes-, when he was blown up by an exploding Uiiler, mid Iho physician who nlti mlod him pre.crihnig alcoholic alco-holic stimulant:--, he old appelilft wai revived. Jlo was finally converted, while he was d runk, by the exhorU-tioiiHof exhorU-tioiiHof Mr. Winnamiiki-r. lfndtpre-ciIihI lfndtpre-ciIihI the use ol intoxicating liquor in ca.'e.i of niekues"4, and thouglil that the Lord was abundantly able to heal the invalid without the u.-o of means that endangered both body and tsuiil, Mr. Edward Keed, a wrll-drenscd, plea-'iint-f.-at-ired young man, bear mg in his faeo uiiiiii-t:ikalj(3 marks ol a long eon run ol dissipation, t-aid tli.U hw oueo called upon iod never In allow him to meet his father and mother in In ;uu if hei ever drank another diup tf intoxicating liipior; !ut he had broken the vow ihen male, and scores uf othera. lluile-livered lluile-livered an e.xe.-lh-iit apeech, aflectinp many of his lieareis to tears; nuil when he spokn of Ins convernion after amending onn of the revival meetings in Philadelphia, llio contrfgation al!no.-.t appl.niulcd. Mr. Moody prayed in a broken voice, and pronounced the bentdic-tion. bentdic-tion. Shii. |