New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-05
New:Ilork daily Gribmate
THE RELIGIOUS REVIVAL.
INCIDENTS.

INCIDENTS.
The celebrated ORvILLE GARDNER, famiiary called
Awful Gardner prizefgher and trainer OF pugists,
has been recently brought under the influence of the
general revival. He is now al small town in the
vicinity Of New-York, where his brother was recently
converted and where he himself has been led seriously
10 consider the subject Of religion. He attended an
inquiry meeting held in Methodist church, and to the
surprise and pleasure of the better class of his friends
requested the prayers Of the Congregations request
which On three different occasions he repeated.
Having some unimpOrtan business TO do in this city,
friend asked him if he would jump into the and
20 down and attend to IT." He replied, 81 have more
important business to attend to first, and shall not
"go TO the CITY till it is done.' lie has at present
under his training three for prizefght. On being
asked if he would give them further lessons ne replied
that he would 20 to them sOon, but on different
errsnd frem that of boxing and training, and that he
would try to persuade them to give up their fighting,
ITO reform their character and to embrace religion.
We learn that his eanestness and seriousness are un
doubted and that he has become hopefully converted.
One Of the most prominent business men in this city
recently made these remarks: Prayer never was 80
"great a bless ing to it is in this time! should
certainly either break down, or turn rascal e1cep'
"forit! When one sees his property taken from him
every day, by those who might pay him II they wer
"wiTing 10 make sacrifices 10 order 10 do II, Dut Wh
will not make the least effort even, for this end and
"by some who seem designedly to take advantage o
"t the times, in order TO deraud hm-and when he
himsefis liable to the keenest reprOaches from Others
"if he does not pay money, which he cannot collect
" and cannot create-the temptation s tremendous to
forget Christian charity and be as hard and unmer-
"cful as anybody. II could not get some ha-hsur5
every day to pray myself into right state OF mind,
II should certainly either be overburdened and dis
" "heartened, or do such things no Christian man
ought"
A young man, who had not previously been in
church for nine years, was induced few days since,
TO sttend the Union Prayer Meeting held in the Thirty
fourh-street Methodist church, where prayers were
offered for his conversion. In the evening Of the same
day he attended similar meeting in the North Presby-
teIisn church, Ninth avenue, corner of Thirty-frst
street where his also mentioned and he was
made the subject of special prayer On the following
day. be again attended the meetings held in both these
places and that evening experienced conversion.
Two or three weeks since returned foreign mis-
tonsry from the Syrian mission made address to a
Sunday school in Pittsburgh, Pa, in which he said he
would leave with the superintendent little box, made
Of the wood of cedar of Lebanon" to be given to
the scholar that should commit and repeat in Sabbath
school the next two Sabbaths the greatest number of
verses from the Bible. The prize taken by q
little GIRL thirteen years of age Abant the same time,
two mer bers of her class were converted and united
with the Church and the ceremony of their admission
made such an impression on her mind that she said
"tha; she ought to have been with them" In a few
dsys sfterv vard che was converted, ai0sr which she
wai suddenly attacked with scarlet fever and died.
In Trov hoco last NJ he 6,naval n thp Rev
JBsss ANTHONY, a Methodist minister, superannu-
sted member OF the Troy Conference.-The Rev. SlM'L
HowF-rose near the pulpit, and proposed to say a
few words in reference TO the deceased. He stated
that he knew him well, and lifelong and concluded by
remaIking: 81 am 'S years old my feet are near
"tbose Of Brother ANTHONY, and | shall soon ioin
him." The congregation dismissed in the usual
manner portion of those in attendance following the
corpse TO the grave, and others returning to their
homes Nr. Howe left the main of the church,
and entered the basement, where seating himself in
rocking chair he almost Immediately expired The
cause Of his death probably disease of the heart,
rri.stsd and quickped by the excitement Of the cc-
easiop.
In BROOKLYN, whole family of Jews were recently
I'D 10 embrace Christianity.
In Cincinnati, the daily prayer meetings are adIni-
raby sitended-tbe congregations consisting cLehy OF
merchants and clerks An invitation has been ca
tended, also, TO ladies 10 be present.
THE TELEGRAPH.
,, not surprising, perhaps, that many of the large
number OF conversions every day occurring, should be
reported by telegraph well by letter to the ihend'
and relatives Of the persons whom the revival mas
wrought spiritual change. A. many Of the telegraph
oces IN THIS city, as also IN other places, MESA yes
have been sent TO all parts OF the country announcing
conversions and that many OF them have been exceed
iogly tender snd touching. Some have been as fol-
lowe: Dear mother the revival continues, aai l.
"ioO, bave been converted" "My dear parents, you
will rejoice 10 hear tsAt ] nave fouod peace with
"Gol' Tel my ..'tcr TN. have CONS 20 the
"C',se Il Chrsi." At la have ia,.L ana peace.
May y"ors u"E eDras,d N b4s.''-' 20 til ~
lave sers s,ch new. T. tfeir One % NcS Ln. and