New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-20

n. .iSe .hs-e. other meetings ~ .sd senase.a
with the respective churches IN he svenasg.
Wednesday afternoon the meeting ~hch We. a.d
#, N. Lecture Room of The Presbyterian chvcs a
ror,y .eeooi street. O'Clock, ~As oondsesd yAs
R.v' NJ Ho,u.n. 81 aged BSP,as minister. ns sr.
VICE. eonnercea by tie singing Of the hymn sos-
mencng; ,r
The leader then read ,he Cvll,h Pain oesnnns,
% give ,h.nk. unto the Lord for he good Tor -
mercy endureth forever.
request wa. read from . father, who desTea ne
hi. .on who had been member 81 ne 1ts'4sa
church but who bal Joe, al n;eres; IN resg ors ihngs
wou)d be remembered % the prayers Of he p~ops.
The leader offered Impressive and srproprss
,,.ver for the conversion Of the whole word and esp-
,lv for the reawskenng Of the young MAJ referred q
in tie request.
A, slAs,,v man mex, ro.e, and sad tina; when they
-, ,-.v.hasded psrsu, being anxious foe dear
.on Who was not in the fold be had request 70 make.
A mother had met hun . he came 70 ha nee,iag,
hsr ave, bsdeved with tears. She Imporsd hln 70
,bs, her two sors were prayed for one especially Who
h,, % leave his mother roof and 70 20 ads,sss
and tn. old man spoke 10 affecting terms srd sf.red
PRAYER for those TO b. remembered
The hymn beginning -,
And ioy .. uake t kns-n,
WAS sung by the congregation. An aged nan roe o
his place and offered prayer.
The Rev. Mr.. RAsKis next addressed The meeting.
He related the story of . woman woo hsd come
70 him desiring that her family might have an interest
N the PRAYERS Of Gods people At that meeting. Size
.;d that she stood alone. " am alone yet" abe hal
told him. He said there were perhaps 10. few,
there. who could say the same thng-ls thsmshnk Of
the lonely condition Of . mother being aops n her
e.m;lv-;n the social crcie-n the eharos-ss The
All. Of the Lords supper They should prey Sr
,bo.e who .ood alone for there was time prospect
n relation 20 which standing alone vS overvhelm-
inc ,houeh,-he time when they should al appear be-
fore the Great Judge How awful TO raad alone shsrei
Tn. Rev. q. s. ST. JoHs said that when they shouA
meet in the great general assembly Of the ssss,
would be for the last time. II was important therem
,ba, these opportunities should not os osf' These
ras,;nrs nroyided those Who attended them With
chances 10 cultivate esdshp with each other-hiesd.
sbip Of the wamest and closest nature. Tsn W.
heaven on earth-heayen begun below. There they
formed acquaintance with the stranger They who
went 10 those meetings went because something drew
them there and the enjoyments Of the season kept
them in the good way. There were peculiar blessings
IN the Church Of God, and It was desrsos
that many should come in. Thousands were hoping
that this season Of revival might not pass away sn'i
they be saved.
The hymn beginning
Je.us sought N. whes sirsns,r
Wandering from the fold of Ood''
u.s sun1 and another old man rose. He blessed Ged
for the establishment Of these meetings, spoke y
length of his family relations, Of man VINO hsh been
striving with the Holy Spirit for 10 year, and wa. ya
outside Of the Church. Another old gentleman offered
prayer.
The Rev DIR. HATFIELD related several Interesting
incidents connected with the present movement. lie
referred particularly to the value OF word pat forth
| in season and individual effort. young married
woman had &C me 10 him and asked him 10 visit her
house, he did So introduced TO her husband, con-
yersed with him, and discovered that tu very
short time ago he had lived regardless Of rehgocs
influences and counsels but through the influence Of
his dear wife he he'd been brought into the way Of
thinking more seriously. The wife ~hs the dsush'sD
of Baptis, Minister who had offered many prayers
for the welfare Of bis daughter and the husband Wa
banker in Wall street. They were both nov on the
hight path He said that the people attended these
meeting, to gain strength, and TO exercise individual
| influence.
man in the congregation offered prayer with 'pe-
cial reference to the ministry.
The leader had heard great many requests which
sublime and affecting but he liked to see the Sin
ner himself PROSTATE at Jssus's feet, acknowledging
his sins and turning away from them.
| gentleman stated that very extensive meehsn
| ical establishment in Broadway had established
prayer. meeting which was going successfully.
The Rev. Mr. RANKIN offered prayer, and the bssss
detion was pronounced by the Rev. Dr. HATyrIp.