New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-03-01

and moderate. Tho afternoon prayer meetin, which
| has been he'd for two wseks pas. In DR.. GlIe,.es
Church hes beec transferred to DR.. Mac auley Church
[Refonned Dutchi corner of Twerty.frs street and
Filth avenue. The church /, crowded every dsy be-
tween 4 and O'Clock. when tho time is occupied by
conference exercises. mainly conducted by lsymen.
Tee OR dozen ministers are generally present; BIZ.
only three four speak, and they only for three or
four minutes each. DIR. Gillette fiuds considsrah.
awakening Of interest in his own ehurch-inouirer,
visiting him by the dozen. There hss been score Of
instances in which there are good grouads Of hone
that there has been q change Of heart. About the
same state of things exists in Amity STREE and in DR.
Laibrop's Church; and in two or three ether Baptist
churches there is an evident increase Of attention
though not an absolute Increase Of the church
In DR.. Gi.letes church there has been more than
usual interest manifested throughout the Winter. In
addition to the regular meetings in the week there have
been held young peoples prayer and conscience
meeting where the services conducted entirely by
the Younger members of the congregation and social
religious gathering every week one of the most inter.
estipg features Of which is that several applications
have been made by persons not members of the church
TO have il at their houses AT these socia meetings
there is private and conversational prayer snd PRAISE
and reading Of the Scriptures
The exercises at this church, yesterday sfternoOo
were interchangeable sermon from text in Proverbs
the field OF the sluggsrd. DR.. Gillette impressed
upon his hearers the ethsrgc depravty of the soul
until touched by the divine power of the Lord He
a,ked them and women. il they in their daily life
were alive to spiritual Thugs Il in their hearts they
felt the realities of the world to come and the awful
but bergnent presence of the abundant Gver of al!
needed good He exhibited to them the fatal conse-
quences of ga little sleep, little more slumber"
to the SOUL and gave graphic picture Of the alarming
condition of the soul which Should become the victim
of such unending misery Particularly did he dwell
upon the goodness of God m providing way Of escape
from the hoble but just fate Of the unsssisted soul
and he closed with eloquent and touching descrp
ton Of the mild but powerful influence of the Christ,
the Divine Huabandman whose blessed mission it
to reclaim the field Of the slothfui.'
REFORMED DUTCH CHURCHES
There are about twenty congregations of this denom-
nation in the city, and in most of them the revival
feeling is strongly at work. In ct least dsven OF
them there is or less enthusiasm, and in sew.
era the excitement runs to the highest pitch In the
West Reformed Church in Sixth avenue, the Rev Mat
thew Hale Smith, pastor; the Central Dutch Church,
Ninth street, between Broadway and the Bowery the
Rev. DIR. Zandt, pastor the Twentythird street
Church, the Rev. Mr. Ganse, pastor; the Bfoome
street Church the TweUty.frst street Church. the
Rev. Mr.. Van Nest pastor the Church corner OF
Fifth street and Avenue u, the Rev. Mr.. Virgins,
pastor the Market street Church. the Rev. Theodore
l.. Cuyler pastor; the Harlem Church, the Rev.
jeremiah 8. Lord, pastor; and in the William
street Church. under the direction of the
Rev. Dr. Vermilye the Rev. DIR. De Witt. and
the Rev. Dr. Chambers, revivals are vigorously pro-
lts fvipO IN the oftioaf
ministers There have also been demonstrations in the
churches in Fifth avenue, and of Fourth street
and Lafayette place. The thronged MONDAY prayer
meeting in Fulton street is held in the Reformed Dutch
Church At this church the regular prayer-meetings
on Tuesday and Friday evenings are also oyercrowded
year ago twenty-five people were the most that
could be mustered to attend Of these meetings, aud
now hundreds flock in and the lecture is found to
be too small. There seems to be nothing particularly
denominatonal in these gatherings for persons OF all
sects join in the worship without the slightest regard to
their differences Of opinion. One Quaker, even, has
been constant in his attendance at this church.
There is also meeting held every Sunday night
for boys, and about two hundred juveniles
are collected there on every such OCCASION Many OF
them are newsboys and boys who hang about the en-
CINE houses. They are, as general thing, attentive
TO the services, though it is deemed petite to have
policeman constantly in attendance. When they do
not like speaker and moved to speak their minds
they sometimes express their opinions In language no
the most elegant. One night an exhOrter, whose style
of eoquence was no. to their TASTE was sauted with,
oh, you shut up" Cas- /" Who wants to hear
vol I" " Cork up Clear out, you old blower, " No
more of that old fa-head and sundry other classic
suggestions that they not edited by the prosy
brother who thereupOn subsidized. The effect upon
most of the youngsters is, however, believed to be
good The new converts OF this church are to partic
pate in their first communion next Sunday.
THE YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
This association of young has also united 10 the
great revival movement and has Special Committees
appointed to carry the work outside the Association
The Committee on Devotional Meetings have, within
the last two weeks established two daily noon prayer
meetings The first of these was opened two weeks
ago in the Ninth.street Dutch Reformed |Church.
From the first day the lecture room was crowded with
men and women, many of the latter being compelled
to stand during the exercises. The members OF tue
Association were provided with cards which they cur
culated freely.
In Consequence Of this effort il became necessary 10
open the large auditorium to accommodate the people
This Committee seeing the oyercrowded state Oh inc
noon meeting held daily in the ecture-room ana con-
sistory Of the North Dutch Church, deemed necessa
ry to open another place which might be eligible ior
merchants and their clerks down town. Accordingly
after necessary application the trustees OF the 1onh-
street Methodist Church consented gladly to give tue
use Of their house for prayer meeting. card was
got up without delay and the meeting opened iS''
Monday at II o'clock.
The first day upward of two hundred person, az
sembled and each succeeding day the church mas oeeh
filed. The audiences at these meetings are mostly
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