The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-14 00:00:00

REVIVAL IN NEWCASTLE.

The revival which commenced in America, was
caught up by Ireland and has spread into Seotlant,
is not unlikely to take root in Newcastle,having
commenced among the Wesleyan methodists. It
has been brought about in this way : Mr. Palmer,
a medical gentleman, has arriveldady, from
his wife, and
the States,
accompanied by an estimable
these gcod people, bearing credentials from the
American church, have been received by the Wes-
leyan methodists. Accordingly they commenced
services on Wednesday night in Brunswick Chapel.
At this meeting Mr. Palmer, in the course of his
address on the American revival, stated that he and
his wife had been humble instruments in that work,
as a minister of the Wesleyan church. It came.
into his heart that he ought to visit England and
endeavour to extend the work here; hence his
visit to Newcastle, which is to extend also to
North and South Shields. Mrs. Palmer, we may
state, is quite a lady in manner, and is besides
the authoress of several works, well known to the
Wesleyan public, on Christian experience, 'Src.
Mr. Palmer gave, on Wednesday night, a his-
tory of the revival in America. He stated that
the work commenced in the city of Hamilton.
The congregation having met with a view to a
revival, pledged themselves individually to return
to chapel next night, and bring with each one un-
converted neighbour. The pledge was redeemed,
as a consequence the chapel was, on the following
night, crowded to excess. Thus commenced the
great American revival,of 1857-8, and thus it went
on until 150,000 converted people were added to the
church. Next he spoke of the power of the church,
arguing that if this latent power could only be
aroused, the aggressive advancement that would be
made upon the world would prove sufficient to con-
vert the whole human family in 20 years. These re-
marks were founded upon the 21st verse of the
second chapter of the Acts, and were followed by
an impressive appeal to the people to rouse them-
selves to action. Mrs. Palmer then came forward,
and standing within the rails of the communion
table, addressed the people in a very feeling manner
upon the necessity of those who had not already
done so; at' once surrendering to Christ ; and upon
the church she urged the necessity for immediate
action. Her language was elegant, choice, and ef-
fective, and the address which the lady delivered
occupied about half an hour. The result was that
severalfcame forward that night who were prayed
and conversed with, and ultimately professed the
faith. On Thursday night the services were re-
sumed, and the revival spread with great success—
Sunday and day scholars, and old and young
came forward in such numbers as to crowd
all sides of the communion table. The scene was of
an extraordinary character, teachers weeping over
and praying with their scholars, and fathers with
their young children. Ysterday (Friday) the
services were resumed, and will, we understand, be
continued for some time. The WeSleyans have
pledged themselves, as they did in America, to in-
duce their neighbours to attend.— Neweastle Guar-
dian.

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