Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-07-04

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Items from the Religious Press.
Though less is said about the revival
than awhile since, the statements of the re-
ligious press, 60 to show that it is still pro-
crossing.
In New York during the week ending
June le, one journal says that the interest
has been gradually rising. The meetings
have been crowded to overfowing, and
nearly every day moe than one lecture
room has been occupied. Our conviction is
that the true and real spirit of prayer has
never been deeper than at the present time.
Most of those who attend are men of busi-
ness and professors Of relig lion. but few at
tend who are earnestly inquiring what they
shall do to be saved. There are frequent
cases of hopeful conversions
In Philadelphia, twelve or fifteen engine
houses daily open for public devotional ex.
ercises. The Way Of L:.te says: Never was
the lesson inculcated in Philapelphia
SO generally carried out, as at this time
The true spirit of christian charity per-
yades all the meetings that are daily held
for exhortation, prayer, and praise. The
MONDAY prayer meeting have lost none of
their interesting features. nor is there any
prospect Of having to record their discoun-
| tenance.
In Pittsburg the religious awakening is
receiving fresh impetus The first prayer
meeting for firemen was held June the 9th.
! The Revival in Massachusetts, still con
tinues, although with abated power. In
Boston $50 conversions are reported by the
Traos ller in the fifteen Baptist, and $50 in
the eight Methodist churches. In Salem
there have been twenty or thirty hopeful
conversions in the Old South society. In
Ware there is no Stacking of interest.
A religious paper says of the Revival in
Maine The religions interests throughout
the State continues, although with some
what abated power
The Progressive Age says that it does not
seem to abate. but in rather on the increase.
Some 253 baptisms are reported in the va
rious churches.
In the larger part of the churches visited
in Cumberland Co. "the work is still ad-
vancing" In Boothbay and Waterville, in
Maine it is just commencing. Also in Frank
lin, New Hampshire, and Galveston, Texas,
Warren, Bath, Biddleford, Cambridge, and
Leweston in Me-, are places where there is
no abatement of interest, Keesville, Ron
dout and Utica, New York. Thompson Conn,
Allentown, Pa, Springfield. Ohio.
In the South Baptist and I'd Presbyterian
churches in Albany. N. Y, the interest
commenced in July last and still continu-
ing.
A teacher in a Sabbath School in Nor
ristown, Pa, recently brought his whole
class to church fellowship. In Sabbath
at Norwich, there have been 100 conver.
sions, In West Greenwich, r. l., SO out of
total of 4S. In Queens River SO out of
20. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's Sabbath
School, Brooklyn, 40 or 50 within week
or two past in the the Boys prayer meet
ing. The Bible class in this School number
in eight years l3O hopeful conversions.
In connection with the Sabbath Schools
in Connecticut 1882 conversions have taken
place during the past year.
In Rhode Island 1872. "a out of the 81
convicts in Rhode Island State prison have
became converts in Sabbath School.
Hardly an evening passes" in the church
for Watermen (BetheD in Albany. N. Y,
"without some poor penitent disclosing
himself"
The Troy Methodist Conference N. Y,
report $500 conversions within twelve
months.
The aggregate in Boston is 1900 or 1900
$50 among the Methodists, 600 among
the Congregationalists. $50 among the Bap-
lists, &C., DC.
The only "down town" church in New
York which had doubled its membership in
5 years past is the Rev. T. L. Cuyler's
Dutch Reformed. Market Street.) It grows
faster than any church of the denomination,
and has received l55 during the year,
This Sabbath since mother and four sons
and daughters were admitted-three Of the
children and the parent converted through
one sons influence.
The prayer meeting in the lst Presby.
terian Church, Cincinnati, begun last Feb
ruary, continues with scarcely any dimin-
utiou of interest to the present time"
There is steady increase in the ''move-
ment for united prayer" in London meetings
at 4s Great Malbro street, Stafford House,
Marylebore road, and Exeter Hall-the lat
ter NEARLY filed"
One peculiarity Of the revival in Warsaw
N. Y. has been family prayer meei,ngs on
Saturday evening. from o'clock to g..
young men boarding in hotels and others,
frequently invited"
A layman, from Waldoboro Me-, has been
20 useful On NJ Desert Ialsnd dssi,s the
winter, eco hopeful soavsrts) that h has
ben invited 10 bssous Tie Nlhistsr 4 ihs
blAss.