The Express.
London, England, 1860-09-15 00:00:00

PAINPUL EFFECTS OP THE REVIVAL
MOVEMENT.

A very painful and diatreasing case occurred on
Tuesday to a man named John Conniek, a workman in the
Messrs. Norrie and Sons' calendar, Meadowside, Dundee.
For these pest few weeks his conduct and general appear-
ance havo been such as to impress upon the minds of his
fellow-workmen an opinion that all was not right, and
latterly they openly entertained not only grave suspicions
but decided convictions of their friend's insanity. On
Monday their convictions were confirmed, and on Tueoley
forenoon they bad to witness the painful spectacle of their
fellow-workman being removed from his work by com-
pulsion, and conveyed to his home in • state of mind
bordering upon absolute insanity. On Monday afternoon
one of the young men who wrought contiguous to
Cormick happened to say to him, " John, they are
telling me you are getting daft with religion." Cormick
replied excitedly with another interrogatory, "Do you
never get daft with religion! Ali, my young friend,
you should find Christ ; you should find Christ !"
Nothing to oiuse serious alarm, however, occurred tip
Tuesday morning. After he had returned from breakfast,
the unfortunate man suddenly broke out in very vehement
language, and startled and frightened the other men around
him so much that they for some time could only imagine
that he bad sustained serious injuries from the machinery.
But the peculiar conduct of Cormick afterwards, and the
loud ejaculations which he gave vent to, speedily awakened
them to a true mime of his condition, and several of the
younger lads were seen to weep, as if moved with
compassion for the deranged unfortunate. He corn-
:nenced by crying rapidly and repeatedly for neve.
rah minutes the words—" Jehovah oh ! my God
—Jehovah, oh! my God!" and frantically leaping
and dancing the while, crying likewise in • singing
manner, the words, " I will dance before my God for joy
for his exceeding and abundant goodness to as, as King
David danced before his God of old." The men around
Cormick were at a loss what to do in the circumstances. It
was dangerous to allow him to remain longer in the works,
and accordingly one approached near and kindly requested
him to go home. "Go home," cried he, "go home ; I
will go home, and to my Father." Cormick, after some
further ravings, left the shop and marched into the court,
where he, however, again *topped in his course, and re-
newed his wad ejaculations, leaping and dancing. A
cab had by this time arrived to remove him to
his home, but he wildly refused to enter, sa
ing that God never 111a110 him to ride in • cab,
sad threatening several for their pertinacity in asking him
to do so. Own of the leaders of the " revival movement"
hemmed to be passing at the time. He reoviised Cormick
immediately, and saying, "He is one of ourselves," assisted
him into the vehicle, entered himself, and drove home.
On Tuesday night the excitement had considerably was
oft, and his friends entertained sanguine hopes that be
would speedily be right again. These friends ascribe his
condition to be the result of reading • little work on reli-
gion which had recently got into his possession. Cormick
bas always been regarded as a person of we.li intellect. He
is about V years of age, and the eon of Roman Catholic,
pareola.—Dasdee Argus.