The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-03-13
The Great Awakening.

The attention of rhe religious world r. now
p ehloily given % the rpyiyals which nre pre
yl'IIng very generally aud with great power
throughout tx country. Even the secular
press iuds IL necessary 20 devote onnsidera.
bic space 10 this movement, as % most lnpor-
imt feature of the current news Of ttc d,y.
The Now York Tribune Of Monday devoted
htN closely printed columns % an account of
the awakening Ia that city and the country,
and we scarcely take upa paper from any
qu4riw That docs not mention re,yals poiur
ON In iIs vicinity, lis impossible 10 give
the details and q g. not nrccs.ar., for tho
accounts are nl substantially the samcUnd
in the means of awakening public attention
employed there Is everywhere. "a striking uni
iorml}, Almsst everywhere the vorl, goes
I ON with @ sohricty and lack Of noisy excite
mrnt That give good hope Of genuine aud
permanent results. II differs also from for
mer roGivus IN the large proportion OF men
u"i come Under its influence, It came, be.
said Of the rcvi,als how going ON that ouly
women and chldrcuarc their subjects They
Wo also distinguished by the wise omission
90 The old revival rou,iuc-Dhc coming out
inr prayers the separation Of the cuugrcen.
uon into cas'cs, and the other performances
Tor dramatic effect which were so di,tngtcnll
10 reasonable and serious Christians. Roll
aucc is now chiefly placed upon the simple
presentation Of the motives TO religious liG.
and such degree of excitement us always ut-
tends prayer meetings whore Christians arc
iu earnest
In New York there ave now q score o.
noon prayer meetings IN ynriuus p1r,s OF the
city, attended almost exclusively ny men of
business who devote most of thcr noon
recess to religion, exercises, and the meetings
Wc continually througcd, SO great (, the
cogcrnc's TO participate iu the exercises that
rule, Ike these have been enforced. la order
10 give the greatest possible uumbern chance
toespcak and pray "l,xhorulon never to
exceed three minutcs-thc leader will call
tmc when the rule Is dj ,rcgarded." ~,
person viii cNhort aud pray the same day.g
u any venerable deacon, accustomed to uc
expansion OF his ilca, in duh seasons, iu or.
a'r ITO occupy 'hr time" barely get, ioto %,
r\oTdiWh iu lhr tircc minutes, no matter
the loader shake, bis hcll, aud the good man
cnwcs 10 uu abrupt stop before hc .h1, aid
anything And ihc deacon would further
relieve himself in prayer the printed rule
Narcs him IN the face, ard he must wait SIN
The ncyt daN Those cylct lul,s give a
som,whl, mechanical and l,..iAA- -4i4pa..,at-.,
to the mcclings, or would do so ifthc interest
were not SO great that 1t s,ill Apd expression
under the most arbitrary restraints
The irrmrn Of New York, who h1vc for
mcrly been as d cla,, among the frlhc,, rc-
moved from religious INFLUENCES, are a good
deal affected by the present revival, aud com
e.-aL = -Ll-la2. - pan than llgN
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hi, church, last sunday evening and the fire.
and hook and ladder companic, in the vicinity
attended in body. Ia this church man,
iircmcn are rechoucd among the converted,
and at some of the engine houses, so lately
devoted TO profanity and carou,al,, the bible.
prnygc and tC.jgious conversation now oc-
cupy the the eyeEings. 0-c-of the rcmmka.
bile conversions which caused much sensation ;
was that Of New YorI, politician of the
boscr sort, who was formerly member of
that common council correctly uicuaucd "thc
forty thieves" When he arose in the Fulton E.
street noon PRAYER meeting, the other day,
and confessed his sins and his purpose of
amendment, there was great wonder and
great rejoicing. lie said he had been one of ,
the forty thieves that hc had been indicted ,
for bribery and curruDtion nud that he wns .
guilty Of these crimes, but he thanked God
hat through the prayers of Christians he had
been brought back 10 the church and the way /
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