Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-11-26
UNION PRAYER MEETINGS.

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UNION PRAYER MEETINGS.
On the 2Srd Of September, 1885,, few s:n-
tlernen. rep senting different orthodox denoml-
nations. met in the Lecture Room Of the Old
North Dutch Church, DIETER known as the
Fulton Street Church. New York The meet
ing was not publicly announced. but it gradu.
ally increased in numbers until soon two. and
even three rooms, were filled with chose who
turned aside 10 spend the hour from - TO
. oclock in PRAYER. This was the commencement
Of, probably, the most remarkable religious
movement over known in this country These
meetings were attended with the blessing OF
God manifested in the solemn awe resting upon
it, in the deep but quiet religious feeling, i'll the
conviction and conversion Of sinners. and rc-
viving believers. and in the unmis,akablc an
swcrs Ia PRAYER offered in the meeting in behalf
Of special objects. Other meetings were com
mcnced in New York. attended with like bless
ings
Initiating the example of New York, PRAYER
meetings have been established III almost every
important city and town III the United Statc-.
and in hundreds Of country meighborhoods. -
The meeting in Fulton street was. and still is
conducted by laymcn. ministers taking part
only As lavmen. IL i, conducted hy Il
leader named by the one who led the day hc.
fore-opened at precisely - o'clock with sing
ing PRAYER and reading the Scriptures and
continued 10y short voluntary cxhortaton> or
other remarks. and SINGING and PRAYER I" the
close. Other union PRAYER meetings are gen.
efforts have been followed by = deep religious
awakening throughout our entire country. What
the aggregate n'iiition, IL the various drnomi-
national churches through ,lc nstrumrniality
pf these meetings have been. We have n" means
Of knowing.
1t i, estimated that in the city "f New York
not less than j0.0oo conversions have taken
place during the year. The interest i'll New
York gives no sign of abatement. The Fulton
street meeting was continued during the col!
Of last winter and the heat Of the past sum
mcr and the attendance is SO large now that
many persons arc obliged to retire for want Of
even standing place in either OF the three
rooms. Similar meetings were continued i'll
several other localities in New York, from the
time Of their commencement Besides other
places. we maine John street church. Green.
wch street, Mariner church and oli slip.
In every city ami town where there existed
Young Mems Christian Association. the
members thereof have taken leading part in
the organization of union prayer meetings
In Philadelphia they established meeting in
James Hall which was crowded 10 its utmost
capacity from day to day--thc room ioldng
ionr Thousand persons. Among the trcmen
they were especially successful. having organ
lied PRAYER meetings in more than twenty en-
ginc houses.
Tho fame oi the union prayer meetings OF
New York and elsewhere in the United States,
reached Europe, and now in England, Ireland,
Scotland, and in some Of the German States.
there arr similar meetings hed
This revival has not been confined 10 lands
men. but has been most remarkable among
seamen, in the United States, and in the mer-
chant service Hundreds Of sea'nen have be-
come converted
Under the auspices OF the Young Mems
Christian Association, Union PRAYER meeting
was commenced in their rooms, in this city,
sometime last spring. and continued 'iaily. at
10 to o'clock, until about thu middle "i June.
They were generally well attended by both
ministers and laymen. During part Of that
time similar meeting was held. daily III The
afternoon in some one or the other OF the
churches. conducted by ministers, and were
attended largely 10y the lulies. Both these
meetings were attended with very grea; bcne-
fit, and some oi them were deeply interesting
There were rcviYals in several Of the church
es of this city during that time, and about IL"
persons were added 10 them.
TIL. Union Prayer Meeting wa, rc-commcn'-
cl in this city by the Young Mems Christian
Association. about the lst Of September, and
although ny, largely attended, Yet The meet
inss are OF great interest TO those who DO at
tend II conducted in the spirit Of earnest
importunatc prayer for spiritual blessings, offer
cd with a certain expectation Of An answer.
great good TO the immediate participants and 10
this community will follow. TOD does hear
and answer prayer.
Within the limit, allowed 10 ourselves rs 81.
c,,lar journalists we could do no more than
give very concise and necessarily imperfect
history. ani refer 10 the religious papers for
details. many ofwhch are deeply interesting.
CUBA-MR FAULKNER