New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-03-01
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"I have many persons" ssid he, in the same
oo,;;.;on who como to me for advice. Men have
come 70 me in great distress of mind, and have
found that they failed to obtain peace until they
bod mede restitution of that which they had
w,epgfuIIy withheld. The revival in our denen.
nation ia quite unprecedented IN this city and
=, vicinity Such a revival has never been
known among the Methodis.s before. In Brooklyn
the good work is going TO some extent We have
An Assocatiou known as the New-York Prayer-Meet-
ing Association, which s composed Of good solid
working men. Mr.. Samuel Halstead, retired msr-
chant. il it, leader They go around to dfferen.
churches on Sunday and in many instances initiate the
GLORIOUS work Last Sunday they went to the Seventh
street Church and held three serviees-morning after
noon and evening. The exercises consist of short
prayers hymns and exhortatons. Since then the re-
yiya in that church has been most wonderfully
cessfu. To-day they have taken my church Duane
street,, and have been hard at work. The church
was crowded throughout the day and EVENING" This
revival is not merely supercial- goes right down to
the foundations Of the popular heart. These hard
times have set US all thinking. God grant that we
may he gamers by our experience of diversity
Among the most energetic members of the Prayer
Meeting Association is Ex.Ald. Wesley Smith. Mr..
Smith became church member about three years ago.
and has ever since led very exemplary life The
Ex-Alderman, together with Ex-Councilman Jonathan
Purdy another member brother of the famous old
"wsr-horse of the Democracy -, were especially zeal
GUS in their e1horatons yesterday to the people of the
Duane street Church. There at the present time
nine Methodist churches open daily for prayer in this
city. On Monday another will be opened in Broome
street, and in few days the Duane street Church will
also be thrown open for that purpose. The Prayer
Meeting Association achieving great success. In
consequence of their zeal in the work, the prosnely
inclined have christened them The Flying Artillery
"of Heaven
The Forsyth-street Methodist Church the Rev. X.
NJ Hatfield pastor reports considerable accession 10
its Membership, and still progressing work.
The Bedfori -street Church--a spacious edifce-s
crowded every Sunday end the revival now going on
there characterized by great zeal and earnestness
In ST. Pauls Church, Jersey City under the pastoral
charge of the Rev. Richard Vanhorne, a revival has
been in progress for than two months resulting
thus far in nearly hundred conversions.
In the Five Points, the Mission Chapel, under the
care of the Rev. N. Mead has for some time past been
crowded by the inhabitants of that district than
twenty of whom have professed pentence and CONVEX
sion.
In the Hanson-place Church, Brooklyn, Of which
the Rev. Mr.. Law ia pastor, the number OF converts
has reached hundred. This is a newly organized
congregation with fine edfce dedicated few months
ago, capable of seating 200 persons. The house
crowded every Sunday and the meeting of great
interest.
In the church in Fleet street, Brooklyn the Rev.
VIM. Lawrence, PASTOR, about thirty conversions have
occurred.
In the Sands-street Church, Brooklyn, under the
care of the Rev. John Mey, about seventy.
In the Methodist Church at Harlem, over one
hundred.
At Bedford, Long Island, about three hundred
young men have become converts; though it should
be mentioned that this number is not composed exclu
syey Of those in the Methodist churches but embraces
those in all.
In the Centenary Church, Brooklyn, Of which the
Rev. H. Bangs is minister powerful revival ia in pro-
gress the results of which have not yet been gathered
In the Methodist Church in Jane street, New-York
the Rev. j. b. Wskeleys, revival has recently
begun, which promises to continue with great power
In the Washington street Church, Brooklyn the Rev.
c. Schelling PASTOR there lave BEEN up to the pre-
sent time, forty conversions.
In the Seventeenth street Church in this city,
strongly marked religious interest exists though so far
as we learn the recent conversions have not been as
nun erous rs in some others.
Revivals also in progress in the churches IN
Wilet street, Allen street and Twenty street.
EPISCOPAL CHURCHES.
The Episcopal churches do not, as general thing
court the term revival The idea of the speedy and
sudden conversion of multitudes of personsss such
conversions are now occurring in other churches, and
are welcomed by them evidences of the progress OF
relgien-does not harmonize and cannot be reconcied,
with the notions Of many highchurchmen and accord
ingly in some Episcopal churches, particularly in
those Of the High Church order " revival'-called
by that nane-would be almost as great novelty as
a "campmeeting.' But the Episcopal newspapers
speak of an increased religious feeling in their
churches, and of an increased number of "confrma-
TONS In the Episcopal Church, confirmation is
equivalent to profession of faith in Presbyterian,
or "confesson of faith" in Reformed Dutch.
In st. Michaers Church, Brooklyn, Bishop Potter
recently confirmed siIty-two persons, and in Calvary
Church, New-York Cof which the Rev. DIR. Hawks Is
rector, more than fifty. In many OF the other
churches, the same rite has been administered to large
numbers of applicants many of them being young per-
sons. Many of the Sunday Schools in these churches
are greatly awakened and Interested in missionary and
other charitable enterprises. The Sunday-Schooi OF
St. Georges DIR. Tyngs has actually undertaken 70
Lib f.arn H. nonIrihu.ona Of tha Children alone