The Sun.
London, England, 1830-06-03 00:00:00

NEW MIRACLES.

A new sect of believers has lately sprung up in
Gareloch, Scotland, whose faith and works,are
.be-
ginning to attract the attention of the learned, as
they haVe for some time excited the warmest feel-
ings of the ignorant. About a twelvemonth ago, a
volume was published, entitled," Peace in Believ-
ing, being the Letters and Memoirs of Isabella
Campbell," a young person who died of consump-
tion. This volume acquired great popularity amongst
kindred minds, both from the interesting character
of the writer, and the natural eloquence of her let-
ters. About the period of the publication, a brother
and sister of the deceased were taken ill -of the
complaint of which she died. The similarity
of the circumstances, character, and acquire-
, ments of the two sisters, excited a consider-
able interest amongst those who considered them-
selves the true believers. Every word the
apparently dying sister spoke was listened to as in-
spiration, and she spoke with fervour and fluency
truly wonderful. Miss Campbell was of the sect
who lay claim to direct inspiration, and being lis-
tened to with such reverential feelings, she probably
regarded what she poured forth to her admiring
auditors with such facility, as in reality the outpour-
ing of the spirit. Contrary to all expectation she
some months ago began to recover, and determined,
in gratitude to heaven, to devote her life to the con-
version of the heathen. It was obviously necessary
to the success of her work that she should understand
the heathen language. The difficulty was overcome by
a new miracle, and Mary Campbell received the gift of
tongues, in which she became quite as fluent as in her
native speech. It is true no one who has yet listened
to the voice of her inspiration can understand one
word she utters, when she quits her mother tongue;
but their faith is not shaken in the reality of the mi-
racle which is to be manifesteJ, even to unbelievers,
when Mary visits the heathen. Every time she
opens her mouth the sounds she utters are different;
but this only proves the greatness of the miracle
the languages being those of many nations. The
fame of Mary Campbell's inspiration, and the divine
influence, as it was called by the true believers, was
felt by others of the faithful. The shape it in ge-
twral took was the miraculous cure of diseases.
When the miracle did not work well, it was always
owing to want of faith in the subject. An in-
spired brother approached the bed of his sis-
ter, who had been confined to it a long time,
and commanded her, in the name of the Lord
Jesus, to rise and walk. Her faith was per-
fect ; she arose and walked about her room, and
.lept better that night than she had done a long
time before, and has continued well ever since,
though thin and emaciated—a circumstance which
causes a want of faith in many, who cannot believe
that God would work half a miracle, but thia he
would at once remove all traces of the complaint.
Other similar miracles have been performed, and
some hale failed for want of faith. The effect of
the imagination in the cure of many diseases is well
known. Miss Mary Campbell's miraculous tongues,
understood by no one, can be accounted for ; but
the real miracle is, that men of education—that
members of the Scottish Bar, and Ministers of the
Scottish' Church—should be found among the be-
lievers. Their number exceeds two thousand, and
it is still increasing.—Abridged front an Edinburgh
Paper.

THE PONT DU GARD AT NISMES.—The
Pont du Gard, one of the most stupendous monuments re-
maining of the genius of ancient Rome, is about seven
leagues from Nismes, nearly on the Paris route. The
grandeur of this edifice vanishes in description and detail.
The best idea given of it is by Rovsse.ku, who yet but re-
cords his own sensations :—" I came," says he, " pre-
pared to behold a monument worthy of the hands which
had reared it. For the first time in my life the reality
surpassed my expectations; and it belonged only to the
Romans to produce this effect. The aspect of this simple
and noble work struck me the more, that it is in the Enlist
of a desert, itt which silence and solitude render the ob-
ject more striking, and admiration more lively. One asks
himself, what force can have transported these enormous
stones so far from any quarry, and brought together the
strength of arm of thousands of meni: wheretitereie )tot
one man now ? I went over the three stories of thia:superb
edifice with a sentiment of respect which mide.me '-
fear to tread it : the echoes of my footsteps beneath' its int.
mense vaults, seemed as if I heard: 16e strong `voice of
those masters of the world who had built it."--Dr; Lard,'
ner's Cabinet Cyclopedia.