The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-03-20
Tho Religious Awakening
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WHAT he signs NJ promise are

WHAT he tigut ofprnmiae are
The wave Of religious feeling nov sweep
ing over a large part Of our land, Is not con
fined now TO a few central points, but !, MAX
ing Itself felt IN almost every community
and We can scarcely take up newspaper
secular or religious,-but We find short, OF
even extended. accounts Of this work Of grace
In presenting this subject so frequently and
at such length, the Press believes that moi
only the religious part Of the community
but the pubhc gaeraiy are iulerested and
that they are entitled a. information on mat
tcrs which Il deems Of vital importance. Wei
has O secular contemporary said, that without
noise, without exaggerated pretcnlions or dis
play, this work has progressed during the last
two months, till It has reached, Or il approuch
ing, IT, culmipting point and the astonish
ed world, startled from il pursuit Of pleas
urc or Of gain. stops awhile to gaze and won
der where or when the phenomena will cease
The religious feeling in New York loses
none Of is interest The business mems
noon prayer meetings at the churches are
kept up with increased devotion and with
good results. Noon prayer meetings are be-
ing held also in many Of the stores and larg
err printing Offices by the workmen, who
spend this hour each day in devotional cxcr'
pcryndcs all classes, and the morning and
noon prayer meetings arc fully attended.
We find in our State exchanges account,
Of the rcviyals in nearly oil our counties
The three following items we find in the
ChroHioic:
NoRwICH. learn that the revival IN
Norwich, mentioned in our last, II general
and already embraces very large number Of
hopeful converts, There has been, for many
months, an increasing degree oC seriousness
and attention to religious truth, which tho
pastor has met ny doctrinal preaching, aud
ia the common methods Of pastoral duty.
WET FAuuFH--R Rev, Scion Martin, under
date Of March \, S0ys3-"As you are giving
in the Chronicle, from time 10 time, notice,
of rcyi,ulS OF religion. which are cheering t.
the hearts OF all who love Zion, wrilc to
say that there is az the present time an inter
cstng revival in the Congregational Society
in West Fairlcc. The work. when is char,
urtrrfzryi Vrrut- vtiiturTy- rid-riruth -rf
feeling, has been in progress for several
months, under the ordinary means of grace
Ahnui tllnnil- halA-als..-.ls- l...--...l-i.-i r
the church, most of them on profession
others are chcrishing hope in Christ"
MoRRlsvIrLE-llcv, S. Robinson. March
j. writes Ave are now in the midst of =
pleasant revival Of religion. Some Is or Is
are already indulging hope Of having passed
from death unto life, and others are asking
the great question What must do TO b,
saved| Brethren pray for us
RUrfANp.--Thc II ligous revival in Rutland
still continues, Meetings ARE held ever,
evening Of the week Mt the Baptist aud Meth
odis, houses ofWorship and Mt the Chapel of
the Congregational Society An of thcs,
are well attended, and the religious feeling
seems to be steadily increasing among them
all. Altogether, there have been, as we arc
informed, over ono hundred cnnlersinns il
our village since the revival began. Her
AID.
MIDDLEBuRY.-Thcr is quite a revival in
this place. 1t commenced with Christians
and there were now one hundred and fin,
rejoicing converts, and that too in small
place. The work was extending into IN,
ncighborihg tows.