New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-24
occurred su,hs he prss.,t avahsnns, in shs South

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Itis doubtless true that few have bssn ehronicIed
in The pablo Tec0sds; may Be that TIE iestares OF
spiritual oeperny differ somswhs IRON those
prevailing uAder different social organizations; but
s net true that We do not here enjoy the i,voring
sm,ep Of Heaven.
Urder date July -, 1857, in private letter Com
the Rev E. w. " air.D Pastor Of the Baptist ChuIch
IN Lpnpkin, Ca, he says: You ell rejoice with
n, st the de ightful meetings held our Cnufcn hefe
sit ee onr return from Savsnaah'-ln hsy previous
More than eigkIy have been added 70 our Cautca;
The refIesbipg wa. truly delightful A great mofai
and Rious reformation seems 70 nave 'aAen pow
in our ntire comm unity. ,
Iooub. il any account Of this has been puolsheu.
More recently have heard from private sources t1a'
revIyals in progress IN Macon ana aI-o 10 70
lpmbus in that State. Probably there have been
mary Others in localities with snich have no COM
muplcsliOn; resicpg as do on p'an.st.on remote
IN the routes of ordinary travel ana popular news
During the last two years It has been my phFuese
N vorshIp in q country Church, which hods Us A..
seu bhes IN nest but unpre.enolng eoince, e'ec1eI
in msgr i6cent grove Of native forest, iar ieho'sa
from any human hsbi,ation. On two ooa'n' u 'hs
month from one 70 TWO hundred wbte person, ana
,,om SIX hundred 10 thousand OF the sisVe popua
ii, D. copgregs there and seated IN the same suh[
ory receive from our excellent Pastor tue uess"ssa
OF ina, Gospel Of salvation 10 when oil are e9uay
interested These are delivered TO US 10 lsnSu'ge
,.moy.d sIike from the OTIS e rhetorical eo0uence
which would make them incompreheasiole 10 tae Ne'!
limited intellectual capacities OF the Negro ana tGs
coarse vulgarty which would shock the more Iennea
taste If the Caucasian.
Noruthis pure Gos pei simply and plainly preached,
unattended by the SPIRITS eicsci, rs enerSy: C'cF
do tears on wlite and well ss on black iaces at
test tho fact that the Word ct God ls stu Two
edged sword, piercing even TO the nviang asunoer
sonl and su IL and is cerner OF tue thougots anu
in,enis OF the heart" When emotion is sufhclenty
obvious TO it, Pastor requests those VINO
eeeIe the prayers Of Christians to present thein
selves and white and black knee on the sane moor
as tuppLants at the sane Throne Of Grace. we are
never long without come conversions IN our must
Within the past Winter two white persons and tweh
y Iegroes have been baptized during me yeare
tpht | have been In this community, tninS there
have been at least ten whie persons, aud sty or sew
,n,y negroes baptized into the fellowship OF the
Chuch. The membership is probably aoou' ai,y or
six.y hite and seven or eignt bunofed c0iofeu.
have 10 means at band OF sscertanlog tne ehscC
| ststistjcs We all commune al the sam td6te. Aiter
the white members have pataken OF the oieau, lne
eOlored deacOps receive It from tne nsnas oI tuei
white brethren, and psss It on among those OF tnei
own tue; and the cup il like manner. Inc hymns
are lined in couples, that the guorant az Wen as
| the educated msy joln in the singlng.
II YOU could see the warm grasp OF the hand, ana
the broad smile of glad greeting on many an eoony
fsce a. these e1les from pagan eAroarsn eAcnause
saluauors th the white friends and brethren tney
have found under the shadow Of our Christian civii
zatIop you would longer doubt that the eosIsVea
African eve when mott object Of benevolent CON-
useraiop has been sgrsliz.d by the fostering care
Of Mind Providence, tar above most OF his o~n DC
| nighted countrymeu mo are s.l enshrouded IN the
| gloom Of hsatheIish darkness.
| On the plantation where am a temporary resdent,
| we have a weekly Sabbsth-.choJl TOR the blacks;
daily evening prayers in the CABIN of one OF them VINO
| is deacon snd model of Christian piety Ihurs-
day evening prayer meeting more general IN its Guar
atter and often when there is ministerial company
in the house, Saturday or Sunday evening, sho
fsmsr lecture at our pr0yer-RoRse at which some II
| Lot all tie white family sic present.
OnoLe occasion ofhs kind about year since alitte
ghl achd Of eleven years, who was with US on Visit,
accompanied the msirets Of the mansion 70 the prayer
hOuse leaving the drawing roo full oil company ana
| there, her beL2ed knees, among those ensaved
Africans, her heart received the message God mn
liter addressed to them and she silently though tear
fully gave herself to the Lord, in covenant ncver
| a. we trust, to be broken.
| have told the ttory OF this one location. because
| with this am familiar. Doubtless Mowdnds OF oth.
els could relate even more interesting. knon al
least that in other localities there hsve been more nu
erous conversiCns The Rev. j. NJ. &. Bfe Aker, OF
Beaufort, last Summer baptized at one time two hun
dred and TIVE emit three converts. What language car
pant all the interest AID all the Joy connected with
| Ike salvation of this multitude friend the mothe
of the little girl alluded to, whites: have been II
q scene Of amost constant excite ment since left you
| Five Of the converts are our own people-three o
them domestic servants. 1t hos been almost too muc
| form me-"
"verily God is good to Isrsel" he is NJ respecte
Cf PERSONS Ior withhOds his grace from those Nh)n
| he has providentislly involved in the heritage o
Slavery TO crafty others who would subvsi his com
maDd Let every man abide in that calliag wherein
| he is called Of God"