Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-03-06

Ibesed on my pillow, that monitor that never
1ceps, while we are furrounded by blackue!s and
darknefs, gave me fcvere wound. ] rolled in
my bed and criei for mercy, but found none.
/ rois with . vice of pfotraiing myiclf before
Almighty God, but returned without making
the lzttempt--Sarounded by the flent
flumben Of my family. I itruggled through she
drcary hours of thc night, then mounted my
| horfe 10 the morning in hopes of finding tran
guilty in recreation. but the words which heard
! the preceding day, {" 'rhoie thar arc bidder and
have refuied fhall never tslc of my Supper"
| obarutted my wsy. while the trenrndoos found
of ego ye curfed." &c. re echoed through every
nerve Of my body, while the tears of guilt and
conrrtion poured over my face faw my ieIf on
the awful precipicr, and the mouIdering brink
crunblipg under my feet, my foul took the alarm.
and for the frf time fhrunk back al the very
lho'fs of hell! Confrue this as you pIeafc, my
dear brother, bnt whether you call il nianity or
imbecility, am again involved in fmiIsr fiu-
| alton; the view of my paf guilt has waered my
face afIclh. am become ProieIitc in fome de-
gree. but a frsngcr 10 regencration. return-
ed, and fcfolyed 10 60 TO meeting that day ALTO
accordingly. accompanied by your hfer. the
psrtaer Of my cares, we haftencd TO the place Of
| feaivity.
"A more Tremendous fight never Rruck
the eycs of mortal man. The very clouds feem-
ed to ieparate aud give way TO the praies of the
people of God 10 atcend the heavens, while thou
fands oftongues, with founds of halielojahs ,ieem-
ed to roll througa infinite fpace. Hundreds Of
the people lay proitrate on the ground crying for
mcrcy.--O! my brother, had you been there to
| have fecn the convulled limbs, the apparently
liiclefs bodies TO all Of which the diftorted fea-
lures exactly COMFORTING. you would have beeo
conarained 20 have cried out a. was obliged
TO do. thar God ia among tie people. Nor was
this confined to the cormonzlty alone. bur peo-
pie Of every dcfciiption ray proarate on the
ground. There you would have ieen the learned
psitor, the itesdy patriot, aud the obedient ion
crying holy, holy, holy Lord God Almighty.
There you might behold the honorable natron.
and the vir,uoos maiden crying Jefus thou Son
| of the mott high God have mercy upon Us. Tom
your eyes few PAGES farther and you might fee
the prodisa and profefied libertios crying bofan-
nan TO God in the highef, there is no other name
given undsr heaven among men by which we can
be fav.d, but the name of Jcfus. See the poor
| opp,cGcd African with his foul liberated, long
! ing to be with his God.
| /" Methinks hear you FAY by this time,
thefe are hrange things indeed; but that you
| may not think them as new as frscge, ihsli
quote you paaase out of the works of the eel
ebrsted MIR. Hervy. "I have known, faya the
author. fome perfons brought from the unfruitful
works of dsrknefs by violent and feverc means |;
the great God applied himfeif to their aubborn
hearts as he did to the children of lirael At
Mount Sinai. with tightening 10 his eyes and
thunder il his voice their confidence fmittro.
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before they obtained ref in Jefm; while Others
have been brought 10 with lefs cocrcive nsa-
fures." This is but one of the many authorities
l could quote to prove the propriety of ,hs
mode Of converfion, but the bounds Of iheet of
paper would not admit of fuch an elucidaiion.
| / fhall, therefore, conclude by obferving, thar
think il great arrogance in poor in6gni6cant
| man, whole knowledge bcara no proportion to
criticize or eenfure in the leaf degree the works
Of an Almighty power" [PiJ@s,g GaS. y
Exira3 Of letter from a r,liea0bk mirJqer ef
| tie PrtGyHyi0s Cbs-eb in A5bevillt Is. c. J
| 10 5h esr,spordtrf nxay Cbari.fss, dated
Nevem6er 80, 1901.
| "I ENCLOSE copy Of extracts from
the minutes of the general agembly Of the Pref
| byterisn Church in the United States. From
,hi, you will learn that Religion. though neg
letted and almoa unknown among US, is thriv-
| ing in other parts of America. In the fate of
Kentucky there is at this time q very fngular
! work carried on. Thosfands meet together for
public wotfhip, and hundreds fall down under
fenie Of their awful fate, as rebels sgAintt Gcd.
lately read letter from gentleman of my ac-
| quaintance. of undoubted varacity. who was pre-
| fent on facramental occaiion, at place called
| Canclidge, where j, was fuppofed between 6ieen
and tzpfxiy fbosjasd perions attended, and where
one fboz,a~d and upwards fell to the ground
He particularly mentioned among thoie who fell.
young lawyer, profeied in6dci. This young
man, after lying con6derable time. agonizing
as in death, grew fomewhat bettcr--aud, with
! the aAiaance Of tyo men, one under each arm,
| he food and fpoke ncar an hour with great
eameanefs; declaring that he once thought him
felf poHeHed of arguments (uficient to overthrow
every thing bro't in fupport Of revelation, but
they had all 6ed. a. chaf before the wind.
| "Multitudes of shofe who have oppofed
this work with the greateA virulence. have fallen
under il and become iu advocates"
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