The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-03-27
rho Religious Awakening,

A." Jesus sought me rhrn a stranger,
Wandering from the fold ~ Cod
Our exchanges arc slill filed with adyites
Of extensive religious rc'iynls IN oil parts Of
+thc Northern States, It Is such time ofrc-
nowcd interest IN religious matters as il great
~ needed in the alarming strides Of sin and
corruption which bescl our nation aud il Is
this return 10 morality which must revert aud
restore the country 10 its ancient regard for
Liberty and Christianity, We quote some
from our exchanges To- different parts Of the
country.
THEATRES TUESTu INTO llOUsrs on Pit,YIIL
The conversion of hurtous old tacatro.in-
10 temporary church is made n subject Of
congfatulltory comment 10y the Now York
press aud pulpit This use OF the theatre II
not wholly due 90 the revival, however, mas
much as the building has been leased hy the
I, $, government iur Cour-housc, and has
therefore passed out Of the hands Of thcatri-
cal managers
RIruurEp CONFUSION oP EpwN FoRErsf
AT thc PRAYER meeting in Burtous old the.
atrc in Chambers street, New York, on We'd
= ucSdly during the. preaching and praying,
a young man rose IN the pit and stated
7 that hc had heard glorious news, namely, that
Edwin Forrest, the greatest actor n America,
had been converted IN Philadelphia,
REVIVAL ia PRiNuNG OniE-pmycr
meetings have been hcH'at one oftho.lagtvt
printing Offices Ia this city since the 9th Of
March with Increasing interest Al the COM.
meme, mcut Of the meetings there were but
four or five converts, with but very few par
Elephants, and row the number ranges n high
as twelve or fourteen. The interest mani.
Tested 40 those meetings Is very great One
ul Che recent convert, SAYS, "What are We 10
, expect when printjrg Offices are cuyNcripd iu-
to religious chapclsp Il IL, M mr. as my
knowledge extends, unprecedented IN the his
tory of any country, and will no doubt. aston
ish many q render As the meetings are
held between tho hours OF - and o'clock,
some of the men go without thcir dinner for
the sake OF attending thcm.-N5w York III
3 i,tft,r.
PEILAprIrHIA.- Tho increase Of religious
interest in thi, city has hccn very marked
during the last week. We have given, in an
other column. moro in dLl-!!--.-,, ,,--r-rrrt or
The extraordinary meetings at JaNucs Hall.
Inc subject OF rcllgton is The common thcmc
~ ruJrvrTy7tT1r M tiIC TtrUUt, M tiiC stores
and countiug-rooms, and in the public vchi-
Giles. There is solemn and pcrNudng. in
tcrcst manifest in all the churches In some
there are remarkable instances of the Spirits
influence IN the conversion of souls The
phenomena are unlike ANYTHING we have ever
seen, aud are unlike tho usual methods of
the Spirits influence, Yrc,bytcri-
an
BoSroN.-Thc work ofgracc has assumed
marked t,1,c in the Harvard Street, Chmlcs.
Street the Twelfth and South baptist chVrch-N
rs, and pcryodcs TO greater or less degree
the churches in Baldwin Place, }owd6in
square, the Rowe Street the First church.
the Union church, and the Scnmcns Bethel.
The Orthodox and Methodist churches share
thus far quite rs largely in the blessing The
interest Is rising, and daily becoming moro
dituscd and general, -- ll'atclHaH and Re
Rertor
/ Perhaps the most enthusiastic meeting held
| in this city since the commencement of
/ the revival, was held in Burton's old thcatcr
/ IN Chambers street on Saturday. Half an
hour before the time appointed for beginning
the exercise the house was packed in every
corner from the pit to the roof Bv noon the
entrances to the hall were SO dcnScly tbrong-
ed that IT required great cxcrtions to get
within hearing distance, and no amount of
elhowlng could force an entrance so far as TO
be able to get n sight Of the stage Peop,c
chung to every projection along the walls /;
they piled themselves upon seats, aud crowd
cd thcewhole stage beneath and above and
behind the curtain. The street in front was
lined with carriages
The audience was composed principally of
businessmen there wcfe about two hundred
. ladies, and not less than fifty clcrgymcn.
At ~ o'clock the Rev. Henry Ward Beech
/ er' who had been announced to lead the meet
ing came forward and said -
II there are any here who have never
sung 1t before, let them sing it now. so that
they might learn to sing it for the endless ares
of Ctcrnitv.'
lie then announced the hymn beginning
u love thy Kingdom Lord,
The house of thine abode
he church our blcst Rcdccmcr snyed
Win has own precious blood"
And it was sung by the vast congregation.
Mr.. Bccchof then observed that in a time
lke ms when God was reminding the pco-
pie OF their sins and calling them TO rcpcn
lance there was always more persons DESTROYS
TO speak than could possibly do so in the h, iec
hour allotted. Three minutes had been as
| signed for each individual, and he know ,bot
with such an arrangement much could he -sn;d
| II people would Speak directly To the point
lie then read portion of the XVIII cbo,.
ter of Luke, Then crew he unto him nh ,bo
| pubhcans and sinners for to hear him - go
blessed he God, said he, the same thing is be.
ing repeated at this time As he proceeded
with the parable of the lost sheep he modc
observations by way Of application of tho
points as they were presentcd.-N y ri
dune. '''
~ At the prayer meeting at Burton,s
theatre, New York on Mor,l,, ~ -,