New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-17
PROGRESS or TIE RErIrAL.
THE PRAYER MEETINGS IN THE CITY.

fully attended atd ot great interest. AZ the Buaner.
Men Meeting, al No. 60 Broadway. on Tue 'day last,
vrich ives conducted By T.. NJ. Epstein, converte1
Jew, gentleman stated that 10 the olien times ana
under the old dppensetioD toe people OF G'i gave
about O,e-baf the time and ,hird OF theu income
20 religion and he though. that men OF these times
mgt' profit by tLtir example. lie knew OF me!'
chant who was but lev doors below tbs place, Tho
foimtry vert 10 t;s business at o'clock 10 the
mCniug, sud left at st light, but now he goes
Of aud leaves at 2 cevOtng the rest OF the
tine to re giOO links that Dis business Is mpe
prosperous ad bitter attended TO than bel re ne sPenI
much more time upon IT, lie di-o u III.
fact ta in the Sabbstu School OF the IhlTt3enthseel
Plesbytersn Churcl there al been seventy VINO hau
united vi TIE Church, and there we've some seFeh,y
five or eighty more who were ready TO unite an1 t1e
interest seemed the increase. 10 one oi our la'ge
r1bc iu.tutJrs there nad been fifty or sky con
Xer-ors asd in zuoth"r all those Connected WIN u
hive becoue iC,eIe-ed, and one-inlrd OF them con
verted In our orphan ssy luIn-, aso "ou = pouring
out His spirit N q wonde tal mAlnoi'
Another gentleman said ne hal recently heard oi q
css4 where an old lady &! yeats vi age had been
brought to CLrit Without any out yard or vi'iol7 m
Hueict imply by the operation OF the hoy opE"'
Sucn "a +s ought 20 give Us hope.
ce,tif,uan fon Chicago said that the interest IN
,bt cy seemed on the increase, and thai good dnSs
came to them from ali the country arOuno' gr toe
mast three weeks the largest hall in Cht ago hal oech
"a, Cd form
com1r date three thousand persons, aud yet maay
were obliged to 90 away. go great was tue crcSc'
The people there lOok with great anxiety TO New
York and he sht ud read with sorrow the paper tna
first smoke OF any decrease 10 the fevlVai mere.
Mr. EPSTEIN invited those who desired al lntsres
in the PRAYERS Of the meeting TO rlse lie said 1t wa
for their own sakes; seven years ngo ne was au un
b,Iieypg Jew he went to CHRISTIAN meetings aud rcs-
for urayf he was prayed for by Christ who did
know where ne was noW. but thanks 10 God he VA
with them in ChIist Two persons rose, and praye
was offered II their benAlt
GEN1LLNAs visited to caution his friend fiO n
Chicago not to place too much coDiidence in what he
uIiyit see in the papers for there soma papere
at were disposed TO talk though the interest wa
decreasing @ even now while it on the Increase On
the other SIDE OF the river, in Brooklyn, the work
was going on, especially in lie Sabbsth-Schoos. 10
the Orphan Asyium there the children Tad estab-
Hsied prayer meetings of their own without the
knowledge Of the teachers there WAS one boy VINO
had been particularly troublesome, ana when these
meetings. were discovered this boy was leading the de-
vooIs Of the little repeating to them texts and
Of Scripture and learning them now TO pray
Several Of these children have as they trust, found
the Savior.
ducted by the Rev. DR.. ADAMS. lie said that the
All thin etcs question proposed by the Savior, What
"is profed if he gam the whole worid ana
lose his own soul, was 10 doubt brought otten u
.be minds Of those WHO engaged IN the merchan-
disc cf tns life The soul rot merely something
belonging to ns, but it was the man himself la sad
through the Gospel Of Jesus Christ man msy lose al
this world and yet gain that peace which is OF greater
vsue thsn all else beside. There is way in which
God can deal with as though he had never
sinued No shrewd business man should pat OIL avail
il himself Of this way Of salvation. But let us AL
betake ourselves to this hope, and receive IT. ana be
saved. .
Nr. STUART of Philadelphia said that the City OF
BiotheIly Love had received many thpg. from New,
York, sOne Of which were not very deslraoe, nut
ore thing they were thankful for that was, the intu-
49, ,aa.iD in hll
81 I'll gorg on with them; they were oolged TO give
I'D their large hall 10 consequence CT prior engage,
mtnt though the proprietor was Wiling 10 l'se Soov
TO et them kept; but the people stll gathered at
ether places Mr. Stuart read from s1rne letters wacn
he had received, among others one from man wao
tsid be had resolved to give all his substance ana the
remainder of his lys 10 promote the Deter oOserV
srce of the Sabbath He mentioned the fact thai the
largest prayermettug in that city wac established by
a Young man who went from New \ 0rs
After interesting remarks by several other geE-
Uemen, Interpreted with prayers and sioginS tu7
n eeting was dismissed with tue benediction by Dr.
Adams. WV
The meeting in the John-street Church on Wednes-
day was announced a. one fer praise anfthsnk.gWing
The house full. andthe meetog conduct'd by the
Hon, EDWARD LAMBERT. The exercises were CON
menced by singing prayer and reading ne Scriptures
The notices which read, instead OF being reque u
for prayer offerings OF thanks and praises u
God. The hy nns that were sung during the meeting
were all of joyful character.
You've MAN rose and said that be had GOOD fes'
son to thank God for His special goodness to hn
God Tad raised him from sick bed, and although ne
rad resisted many offers of salvation yet at length he
had been led to seek the Savior and he had found Ill
gentleman from Dsnbury, Conn, said that those
in tie country would unite with those In the city Ia
praising God. In the town OF DanouTy and vicinity
there had been five hundred conversions, and the
work was still progressing.
Another gentle related several instances OF con-
version which had been brought about by apparently
simple means. One had said to him, You ask ed me
to 60 into the Sabbath school" Another had said
" You asked Inc into the prayer.ineeting. Ana
another had told him that he tad taken comm IN
fir NOT 10 poor terate tinker TO be mended W nile
the tinker was at work mending 1t, he asked " are
you Christian ?" He replied ne was not " Well
said the tinker " YOU ought to be. And all the time
the tinker was at work he kept charging home upon
this Young man the necessity OF conversion. Ina,
youpg man was the child of plous pireutf had heard
inany a sermon; but he sad he never heard such
sermon as that.
privilege to thank God for what he hsd done for him
He, like many other young men, was gong the DOWN
wad road but Gcd great mercy arrested hlm IN MS
and turned bin 10 the Savior. he hoped TO Dc
faithful for the rest of his lie.
Another young man said he was glad to testify tha'
be was Young convert aud loved TO sit at tue eet OF
Jesus. He had but lately found out how delightful 1t
10 God; he wanted the brethren to pray for
him.
A young man in the middle of the house said, he
was one of those who .d long resisted all the effort
OF parents and ieDos TO bTlng HIN 10 Christ lie hai
resolved that he would not be Christian, but last
Friday be went into prayer-meetiug and with others
rose fOr PRAYER and now, said he feel that am d
Christian DO love God, aud wish to be one of hs
own children; Task you alto pray for me. On am
so happy that want TO tell everybody OF II, and
want all my friends 10 be happy too.
a seafaring man and said; | am poor way
falpg map and vet heart is full of prsise 20 G ID
The Bible is the first book that ever bought aud on
that account eften suffered persecution from my
shipmates, who laughed and asked what was the US
cf he book TO me- rs could not read II; hut blessed