The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-11-08

tervals, as an engineer remarked to-day with full
| head of steam on" Besides numerous stands for
eating and drinking, the ground and around II,
which give it the appearance OF fair, or the booths
refund the Park the 4th Of July, there are three
or four large praying tents, where the men and wo-
men all get down In the straw together, some kneel-
ing, some sitting, some IN posture, some ano-
| Their, praying with all their might and main. No
doubt they very pous and very sincere, but at
the same time II looks very singular Here Is fair
sample OF one OF the prayers | heard, with the In.
terpolations and CALCULATIONS Of the brethren and
sisters -" Great Lsrd, you knows us all, (Groan
from sister) every one on us! Cry OF yes,
Lord y and we needn't tell you, Lord, that we are
| desperately wicked! (Cry of "you know it well,
Lord , But little time is left repent Ia groan
from brother, like the noise of pig run over by
loaded load wagon Come down, Lord, in our very
%ss right sRo,sss rs right of Lord Two
sanctify US, sorfy rucry us and make us fruitful
[cry of "Oh, do. Lord ~ unto good works. and purge
every particle OF the old Devil out Of us. Ia uni-
thy Holy Spirit among us ['' Let it come Lord'l
Turn us over and over. and over t"yes, do,
Lord" shouted by both sexesl until Satan
is turned out OF us. even as he was driven
! Lord, {" Amen p'I in thy holy sight We
unclean, and need to have the devil driven out
ofus, the old Adam. ["Amenr'l We want this
done IL ["pO o,d i, lord sl We want thy help
We want thy Holy Spirit. "A universal groan.l
We want thy salvation: We want thy quickenng
Influence. lCry OF We do, Lord, from several
sisters and brethren brett We want thy pardonns
see Jesus, and embrace him! IAN shout. " We do,
Lord''] We want to enter into Thy kingdom
amen! Amen'] and dwell in the habitation which
ever! [Great cry of "Amen!" and "What do we
want Lordrl Look with pity on the Ignorant, and
["Amen"'] Teach 'em all the way! ["Amen. u par
tcuarly the ministers of all the other churches who
are blind and in darkness and in the valley of the
shadow OF death [Great grooming and sighing]
who are preaching against us, and vexing thy
ers and the priesthood Of other churches for their
scepticism of the true doctrine. I"Amen"] Convict
them Tor their sinfulness 'Amen"l for their back
sliding, unbelievlng, and adulterous conduct.
lon, the woman in scarlet. [Groans.] Like
Ephraim they are joined to their idols. [Groan
upon groan, sigh upon sigh.] Oh Lord, divorce
Them, Loud and energetic cry Of "Amen."] From
dreadful day is at hand ["Amen Amen!"l Don't
let them perish in their SINS ["Don't Lord u Soften
their hearts, open their eyes, that the day of the
Lord is at hand, when the Son of Man shall come
In the clouds OF Heaven, when the earth shall be
destroyed with burning fire; and all the wicked
shall be cast into hell there TO live in the lake of
birthstone for ever and ever! Loud cries of In
m y do Lord" and grc o.; and sighs] Even
Here all shouted $ Amen" as loud as they could
and big dinner bell was rung for tent service All
the men and women then scramble up with the straw
sticking to their clothes And one of the men be-
gan singing
"My soul is very happy
My soul is very happy,
For shall see my Jesus
The very next year
''My soul is very happy,
My soul is very happy,
For am going to glory
The very next year."
Then another would sing
who's going long with
Upto Jordan up TO Jordan,
Who's going long with us,
Hallelujah, overv
Then all marched into the big tent, Joining in
chorus. Now, have not a word to say against all
this; repeat there no doubt of the piety and sim
cerity of these people, and that they have as keen
sense ofpropriety as anybody else, and as much or
more morality, but this is queer way of showing
H.
have many more incidents to send you, but |
have spun this letter out long enough Tomorrow,
Is said Mr.. Miller is going deep and strong into
the history Of the Popes of Rome, and intends to
annhate them Next day he is Gas one of the min
listers told mel to preach the whole day on the His
tory Of Napoleon, and show from that and the events
OF his reign, that the end of the world must come in
lS43. You shall have full account of II from
AU REvIoR.
p. S.-Dr. Brownlec is arming himself tor the con-
test, and Is coming up here to preach in the
Dutch church tomorrow or Wednesday. There
were 6O00 people here today and of these 1000 were
females They occupied the whole of the seats ap-
proprated to them, and half of those on the gentle
mems side.