The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-04-04

COMPILED FOB THE wAsnlseros UNION.

RELIGIOUS IN Il IL l. ~ EN- CE.
COMPILED FOB TIE wAShiseioS UNION.
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The Grsat AeakssJ aiht'ts the Protestant dehomina
tons continues its progress FROM every quarter we iea
that there Is no pe'eep' az -, G. a,ar all rs
crowds every hoeN " 'Ne a ha
ie'ous ils' "'"on' . 81 ILL ,n, hove r,,cently
they hny 90 10 ue e'.' W. ,'a ,,'o,;cl l., ,veeLs
learned tile song Oh siV"'o, ~ ~ I IT, and
past tie sp'e !" 's sou .J :, asn and NOW
now can oohhoeh"y s' '"' " 70 .,o w l,;ey, ,hat
er'ui III .ie sa ,, wv n.y.. 80 converts Is much
III soliie oi uese Puer 'e ~ ,han 4, our
Beatef' III Piopo''oA " ''o pi. ~ -, ontra,i
large towns mere - % 'ou,@, ~ hlJ at almost
manifestation as here, NN7lo "'s'''o , ns thonunds
all hours OIL the day. and where ... " ,.,,.s
may be cohgtegacd within walk Of few n,n-,.
but there Is the same spirit OF taiiest inquiry and
The same cause for rejoicing over the salvation OF
lncn In this city the reformation has not made great
progress anu correspondent OF the Journal OF Com
merce says that President Polk asserted that nothing
blocks up the avenues OF the soul against religious iu
prcssions MS politics Avariee, fashion, and pleasure
tire before Religions majestic aud victoriohs march But
political men appear to be III perpetual stew, unable or
unwilling TO regain that calmness and composure so ne
cesar TO attend rightly to spiritual things When the
noted avy crockett was member OF Congress he had
harder TASK In cotcg win polltlciais ana gamblers
than In lighting Wild cats lie could whip them to
certainty but emore polished gentlemen were too
much Tor HIM DsShsted with the whole concern, he
hetook himself on one occasion TO prayer meeting
chcated ny pohtcais ana Lecccd ny gahpiers, Inc
lo'1 t i'o" w,' 'ony "e .ml'h
~, go, =. ,,,,, ,,.axi s,;, 81. s,I;se : cal nm,
once d,,,,r h,, MARI opd b,s ooo, ,ao,io,; ye,o ,,La
IA, na,,cr f,,Gl,sJ 80 oV ~ fe''
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origin Of business Men Proyer Meetings As these pray
or meetings constitute one ct the peculiar features OF the
present revival II Is well To Keep on record NE way IN
which under Providence they were originated AS the in
crease York addrvcn ostof the churches
away from the lower and business portion oil the city, the
Dutch church, corporation having great wealth, felt
constrained 10 preserve one oil their Old churches down
town. and to keep 1t supplied as place Of worship for
strangers and as seat OF missions among large popu
laton not supplied with religious privileges. Having
opened their house for this purpose they employed Mr.
Lmpher to visit the and the sick and the hotels and
explore the Held to induce The people to attend the
church. This missionary, says the account which we
have Seem while walking down town one day. conceived
the thought that hour Of prayer could be protably
employed by the business men, combining to the
whole hour, coming in and going out when it was
veDent, and singing pryng, and speaking as the spirit
shou move. nc Mcn.loheu tie iue" 70 one vi TWO per
sons put no one 'ougN much o' ~. ye' ne resolved 70
o'uiy IVY wy ,.., ~ aplu u'o eAo. NV lo'
ao e my ~ q '.'s M o w VIZ 'u noo ~ 'o ,.'i
oi one cnurch anu prayer WAS thofc hela MI la"phcf
pres,ucd' anu one ec,synaaii was Presci,, Inc hcAl
.heeuns wac eoinr'r = siA P..oops ny noAp -
Iwen,y PERSONS, ing ioui, l,'ce.e was neil ~ ,ie
huu'c room, "nu rohi 'na. 'n,c NC niecu"s mas pc-
oo"c uii ~ Nv" ioA NY "u 'ioA '"cny
are now ns'u al uesc a'e ula Ia es,,y cii
III 'hc ianu tesc p'S'heSs c ueiu WIFI
s's"a' cicc''
The Cnliotc Lgryy look the revival movement with
feeling only of suspicion but OF strong condemnation.
They dscountcrlancc and indeed, pcremptorily forbid
any similar demonstrations in their Church. and look
with little favor them in the Protestant dcn0mina
tons They maintain that the periodical outbusts of
religious enthusiasm in the Orthodox Churches insti-
gated by the clergy are the results OF determined,
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:. y" sn $50. A.. ~, 80, g., thatI I;,al ~ ".
-, 4: I'll =. . !, H., H., .Iar,.,, 4; - ,,;,'
I'M, 1909 80 ~, l.,ont ,,..l as. NJ ia prn .o,s,.
g. Sc a., - ,,at a r,;in that ro.,ta e., 81, ,n,,,;
nt. "a ,o,, ,Io ra,'s ,f ~ ,,.,.os I,,s ~, ,,;to,
l &c ~, o,v, r,c,r ar n,ver any rev;vo,s Of reg;,,
=; to Chr, af no,ns fn, iJ s;,n r,oson that T., nj,
r,,, o,,,;s tb, na,io,aj crr.d is n tb;nr &c sta,
no,;t aud tl aderenc In ccr,ain srcciel tcncts i; M
i;oatory md L nart ~ tbe duties II citizen and n
| i ,t; a. ,,n.x;o, os IA t;h,r.n ~ ratii;
narens wifi tlc cstnjJ;sbcd church ID tbc ,natt f
consequence Of youthful training rather than the
result OF mature relcctlon ana ine SOUND Judgment OF
| later years
american Tract S,ctdy-A great battle is TO be fought
IN Nav next in New York city between the conservative
friends and the radical enemies of the society II has
lived and prospered through more than one generation
upheld y the united religious organizations who gave ii
birth and being It has ,fuscd d vast amount Of rcli
p,s Intelligence throughout the country Ii has been
.re of the strong bonds OF moral and religions unio be-
tween the North and south 1t has cultivated peace and
good will among all classes OF men, and aimed to ciscu-
late those great principles of religious truth upon which
Christian men generally agreed In the very midst
of its usefulness an attempt Will be renewed at the next
annual meeting OF the society to turn the organization in
to channels TO take from it its national character