Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-01-24

shall be clean from all your filMncss,-and
from all your idols will cleanse you. A
new heart also will give YOU, and new
spiri. will put within You, and will take
away the stony heart out Of your flesh, and
will give you an heart oftlesh.' AS lie was
abou, close, heavy shower made the
audience hastily put on their cloaks and
mantlrs. But insead Of hurying to seek
shelter, they remained where they were,
and tic preacher began TO address them TO
the following purpose Ifa few drops of rain
! from the clouds so -discompose you. how
discomposed will you he, howfull of horror
and despair, if God should deal with YOU
as YOU deserve ? and thus he will deal with
all the finally impenient. God might Justly
rain fire and birthstone upon us. as upon the
cities of the plain. The Son Of God, BY
tabernacling in our nature, and obeying
and suffering in it, is the only refuge and
concrt from the s'orm Of divine wrath due
to US for sin. His merits and mediation,
alone arc the screen from that Storm, and
none but peni,ent believers shall have the
benefit ofth SHELTER In these, and ex.
prcssions TO this purpose, he was led on for
about an hour after he had done with what
he had premedtated, in strain of exhorta.
ton and warning, with great enlargement
and melting of heart.*
In reviewing his life as a preacher, Mr..
Livingston says, 81 was often much desert
cd and cast down in preaching, and some
times tolerably assisted. 1never preached
a sermon that | would be earnest to see
again in writ, but two. The one was at
communion on Monday at the Kirk Of
Shots, and the other on Monday after a
communion in Hollywood, 'Ireland,' and
both those times had spent the whole night
before in conference and prayer with some
! Christians, without any more han ordina.
ry preparation; otherwise my gift was suit.
ed rather 10 simple common people, than to
learned judicious auditors. y
Fleming makes mention Of the day at
Shots in his own peculiar manner Of SOL
cmni Joy and thanksgiving. 81 must also
mention that solemn communion at the
Kirk of Shots, atwhich time there was so
convincing an appearance ofGod, & down.
pouring Of The Spirit even in an eXtraordl.
nary way, which did follow the ordinances,
especially on Monday, 2lst June, when there
was strange unusual motion on the hear
ers, who in great multitude were there
convened Of divers ranks. twas known,
as can speak OH sure ground, that near
five hundred had at that time disccrnable
change wrought on them, Of whom most
proved lively Christians afterwards. 1t
was the sowing of seed through Clyddis-
dale, so that many of the most eminent
Christians of that country could date either
their conversion or some remarkable con-
6rmation of their case from that day. 1t
was the more remarkable, that one, after
much reluctance, by a special and unsus-
pected providence, was called to preach that
sermon on the Monday, which was not then
usually practiced; and that the night before
by most Of the Christians there, was spent
in prayer; so that the work of that Monday
might be discerned as convincing return
to PRAYER" <
DR.. Gillies, with his usual caution, fur:
nishes testimonials to the crcdibilily of Mr..
Fleming as man of high integrity and
piety; and also states that his opportuni les
of information with regard to the revival at
Shots were not to be doubled. His minis.
terial life was passed at Cambuslang, within
twelve miles of this interesting spot from
1862 to 1861, just twenty-three years of.
ter; and being minister in the same Pres
bytery, he must have enjoyed frequent op-
portunities of conversing with some Of the
subjects Of that refreshing visitation, and
with others who had opportunities Of OBJ.
serving gtheir consistent Christian demeanor
during course ofyears. AS particular in
stances are more edifying than general
statements, we again are called upon to re-
gret the absence gilmore ample details, both
Of the effect Of the sermon at the time it
was preached and afterwards. However,
the evidence is indubi,able that here, as in
the revival at the city called Sychor, Of, old,
, the narrative Of which is as brief, many we're
brought to "know that this is indeed the
Christ, the Saviour Of the world.'
"The following instances of sound con.
version arc we'll attested, and were it proper
the persons could be named. On that re-
markable Monday, three gay young gen.
tlemen of Glasgow were travelling to Edin.
burgh, for the purpose Of fenjoying the pub.
lie diversions there. They stopped 10
breakfast at Shots. One ofthem proposed
to his associates to stay and hear the young
man who was to preach, while their horses
rcs;ed. And that they might not lose time,
they agreed TO quit the worship at the end Of
the sermon, and not wait for the devotional
exercises. But the power Of God so arrcs.
ted them, that they could not quit the spot
till all was over. When they returned to
the public house to take their horses, they
called for some refrcshment; but when it