Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-03-25
from the ST Louis Democrat;
The Religious Awakening,
REVEALS IN THE East AND WEST

western country. As Indications of the i'm
pressiseness OF the r~eyiyaIs now taking
place, We give a few extracts from the cor
resPondrnce of the Central Christian Aduo-
CAFE:
JACKSONVILLE STATION, IL, CONFERENCE.
The revival has ranged in regard to its
subjects from the man of seventy-6ve down
to the child of twelve summers, and from the
mora ist down to the almost hopelessi IN
~eoflate. Unite a number of heads of fami-
lies and young men of great promise, have
been brought into the church.
The visible results of this revival so fa..
are glorious. Over two hun dred have been
converted, and one hundred and nineiy &C.
ceasionS to the church in this charge
During our meeting fifty FIVE have been
baptized, nine by immersion, forty-six by
elius;on.
In the beginning of our revival, our veneer
able p esiding e'der, '';he old hero Of a thou
SAND battles" Peter Cartwright, d. D., was
with Us. and preached in demonstration and
Po"er of the Holy Ghost. May he 1--we when
his "sword" lies useless in the hall.
~sHELBYvILLE cIRcUIT-MIssouRr CONFER
EsCE.
We Commended another protracted meet
ing the 9Th OF Feb. in The Miller ncighbor
hood, which lasted unit! the l4th. The Lord
Was with US at this meeting also. The re-
sui: of this effort was nine coz versions and
twelve accessions to the church. Bro.
Wentz was present at this meeting also,
and rendered efficient service. We have
received something between forty-fye and
fifty memt ers into the church since confer
ence, by letter and on probstion.
MARTISsvlLLE cIKcUIT-ILLINoIs CONFER
Though tie numerical result is not what
might be expected, yet we have seldom
known more powerful exhibitions of he
divine goodness in the salvation of immortal
souls. Thirty-fve united with the church.
and an equal number were con erted.
LITTLEToS cIRcuIT-ILLINeIs CONFERENCE.
We have been blessed with a gracious
outpouring of the holy spirit at louisville,
one of the appointments OIL this circuit. We
~ hhSNNhs SOAiClnlDE Ofci luEet
weeks, which resulted in the cunvers ion of.
twenty-five souls and twenty-six accessions
to the church. II was a time of great power.
The alter was crowded from night to night
with mourners pleading for mercy.
In the Oskaloosa district. Mo-, the preach
ers report nine hur bred conversions.
At the Chatham circuit, Illinois, The re-
suit is about thirty convers ons and twenty
seven additions to the church.
Ia the Brighton charge thir;y-six united.
Gillespie circuit, southern Ills, fifty four
juined, Perry circuit one hundred and thirty;
Springfield, Ills fifty; Law renceville cir
cult, southern Ills, sixty; Mt. Pleasant,
Iowa. eighty; Jacksonville, Ia, three hun
dred, &c.
IN CINCINNATI.
The i~nteres. in this city, although jus,
beginning TO manifest itself. is pretty gen.
erai, and the churches are evidently prepar-
ing TO eater upon the work will. great vigor.
The first daily prayer meeting was organ
lied on Monday morning. TIE attendance
has been steadily increasing and the room
in which it is held was yesterday almost
quite full. UNCONVENTIONAL feelings and
prejudices have been laid aside, and all
unite hearti ly and cordially in the work.
The hour for meeting has been changed.
and is now from 8 to 9 u'clJcK a. NJ.
IN NEW ENGLAND.
In New England, and particularly in Con-
n~ccticut and Massachusetts, an unusual
spirit prevails; and the numbers of CONVEX
sions, and Of additions to the membership of
the churches, are Unprecedented. Since
the first great revival in New England-l
which was kno gn as the Great Awaken
ing" and occurred in the time Of the cele-
briied Jonathan Edward*-there has been
nothing equal 10 what is now passing. In
fact, the present revival is said to ercsed the
former-in the extert, at least, if moi in the
fervur of its work. The memory of White
field, and the effects which followed his elo.
quent preaching, cannot but be forcibly re
called in view OF the great number of pei
SONS that are now everywhere protesting
conversion and entering the church. We
are Informed that there are several tow MS in
New England in which not a single adult
person can be found who has not been con
verted, and become a member of q church,!
From the New York Tribune }
1t can hardly have escaped general obspr-
Walton that there is now being manifested,
in this city, an unusual and increasing at
ten'ion to re; gion. a remarkably earnest
state Of feeling on this subject has been
developing itself for some time past among
al classes of the community here-fom the
b CHEST 10 the lowest-including those out
o the church as vel as those in i. Nur has
this quickened interest IN religion, and this
increased attendance on religious meetings.,
beer in snywise confined or peculiar to this
cry; fo- IL estends in an equal, and, i'm
many Instances, IN a still greater oeg.ee ~
all parts of the country. The exchange
newspapers. both religious and secular, that
come to US from all quarters, speak of an
~unwonted revival of religious feeling in
their vicinity, and in the country far and
near around them. In fact, a sudden fervor
seems 10 have seized the public mind.
Everywhere men are crowding to religious
meetings, and the spirit with which the
crowds are impressed, and which i~ncites
them to So general an attention TO religion
aud religious services, see Ms to be ANNA
ting the whole land. The revival spreads
almost like cOntagion. IL is everywhere ex-
pected, like an epidemic. A meeting is or.
gained in one place, and in a day ar two
afterward another is sure 10 follow in the
nearest neighborhood. One church breaks
out into a revival, and in a few weeks the
next in the village, or the town or the city,
follows the example, until the whole dis
trict is awaked and aroused. In some in !
stances the enthusiasm seems to have /
spread from place to place with all the rapid- I
i of a fire en- a prairie. 1t is believed, for 1
instance. thai as many as a hundred prayer I
meetings have been established in d fferent [
cities and towns throughout the country, I
f.