The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-28

REiJ0IoCS REvlvAiS AMONG THE RASCAIS.-
We gave to our readers in the HERALD Of yes
terday full details of the "Creet Revival of
of the prayer NEE things in the North Dutch
church. corner Of Fulton and William streets.
Here it will be seen that large number of sin
ners have been brought to realizing sense of
their condition. The converts include persons
from ell grades of society, and the good work
seems to progress in the usual satisfactory way.
The most remarkable conversion that has been
made seems to have been that Of an ex-Alder-
man, who, after being seasoned with prayer"
gets up in the meeting and announces that he
was one of the Forty Thieves Common Coun-
Gil; that he was indicted for malfeasance in
cfdce, and that he pleaded guilty. Now he is
fairly on the "rosd TO salvation" The laws
Ct man, it seems had no terror for him, but he
found in this religious revival power which
be could know and feel"
Now this was brand snatched from the burn
ing at the most critical moment. In fact it
was nearly burned up. The reclamation of the
ex-Alderman veri6es, in the greatest degree,
the lines of Doctor Watts
Willis the lamp holds out 10 burn,
The erring sinner may return.
And now that we have opened up a new
career to this very tough customer, may we not
reasonably hope that the good work will be
generally extended amongst the politicians and
the fnanciers. Cannot something be done at
the national capital, which seems buried in
infdelity and all manner of sin. Why
do We not hear of revival ut Wash
ipgton What better field could be
found for the Christian missionaries than in the
purlieus of the House of Representatives and
the Departments. Take, for example, the entire
lobby and such members az Matteson. Let the
saving grace be extended towards the person
new in Jail for contempt of the House Commit
tee in the $87 900 case. Give Matteson an op-
postunity to make full explanation in relation
70 the twenty five votes that were to be had for
twenty-five thousand dollars Let the same
JUNCTION he administered to Simonton, who is q
particularly hard case. Altogether there is no
finer vineyard than Washington. The harvest
is ripe for the reaper. We direct the particu-
lar attention of the churches to this subject.
After the completion Of the good work in
Washington, the next field is the city of Albany,
where, We perceive by the Observer, the work
has already commenced in the churches We
do not see, however, that il has extended to the
Legislature, or the railway men. or the lobby,
or to the journalists who are particularly the
organs of corruptionists, intriguants and spOils-
men, Who stand more in need of grace than
Thurlow Weed or the conductors of the Aryuss
The members of the Legislature themselves
would be much improved by the infusion of a
little piety into their proceedings. There
should be daily prayer meeting at the Capitol.
Albany ard Washington having been puri-
fed, a new field of operations would be opened
in this city about the City Hall, public Offices,
Tammany Hall and the Custom House. All
our resident politicians are sadly in need of
some moral renovation. They have been
breathing a sinful atmosphere for the last
twenty years, and now they need some
purgation An infusion of religious enthu-
siasm for such fellows as Matteson, Simonton, and
their compatriots in the lobby at Albany and
Washington, the politicians and officials of this
city and State would have the same moral effect
as that produced on the physical man by
Brandreth's pills. We have been striving to
convert these customers for many years, aud
have also labored without ceasing in the Wall
street field They form together splendid mis-
sionary placers. The stockholders financiers,
lobbyncn and officeholders altogether afford
fine opening for our religious co-lsborers We
hope tina. they will work night and day to
bring them TO a sense of their condition. II can
be done. No one is so far gone that he cannot
retrace his steps. After the example of the
ex-AldermaH, the blacklist rascal may take
courage.
One caution, however, we have to give to
Weed, Matteson, Simonton ~ Co. Don't go to
a prayer meeting where mot more than five
minutes are allowed to each pcnitent for the con.
fession Of his SINS What in the world would
you do with five minutes! IL would take
longer than that TO think where to begin.
Finally, as the parsons say success to the reli-
gious revival among the rascalA A bright and
shining light has been brought into the right
path, and we trust that this is only the begin
ming Of the glorious end, when all the politicians
si"iA NC S"'Aeiy ienV'"Vu inc" 'no nihicniuh
may be confidently predicted, and the exact date
when the good time" that has been coming 10
long will surely arrive may be fixed with the
precision of an almanac. We can hear now,
with the ears Of faith, a choir of the Albany
Washington, City Hall and Wall street saints,
led by Simonton, singing
There n q Land OF pure delight
where saints inr1orta reign
Eternal dag excludes the night,
And pleasures Danish PAIN.
Dua,,r,g o,. Den, ~, nv,~,n<- - T. ,vnu nr