New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-04
TYIp RELIGIOUS RErIVAL.
r-.AyYR-MntTmcs N srosKs.

W. understand thtt ia connection with tho stores
aEd couD.ipgrooms OF severa Of our mast prominent
mercbants private ptaycfuetnss have been rec htJ
orrs1ize tor toe benefit oi be clctks sod other
poyees. They held in eome retired place ir tie
building seoue from pubic mi lrsion and have been
Of great inter eel aad profit TO those VINO have attended.
Some ears ago, young man from Nes-Eogiand came
to this city, ar6 was employed re- Cleyk IN 'args
dry goods house downtown. Shortly aA.r his en-
20 cement ne came 10 bis employer With the state
inent that some Of the CLERKS were seriously
Interested IN the subject Of personal piety, and
requested thst email upper room IN the building
might be set apat and furnished, 70 bo Used eNclu
sively az place sf retirement TO which the various
individuals corrected With the establishment might
resor for religious conversation, resdng OF the Scrip
tures aud prayer. This request immediately
granted and the room was Used FOR years for ths only
purpose resutiI in tie conversion Of large number
Of the persons who, during that time, came in and
went ont Of the employ Of toe establishment. The
similar facts 10 which we have Just referred are an
indication that the present prevalent revival ia taking
unusually st:Ong hold upon tho mercaCtile CON-
muuly.
UNION MEETINGS IN TBT SEfEN1U PRESBYTHRIAS
CHJRCN.
Cnion prayer ermeetings were begun in this church on
Monday. On Saturday last at large meeting Of the
FACTORS Of the churches Of various denominations in
tie eastern roron of the city, it agreed to inti
tute a tries Of such meetings, to be held every day at
noon, alternately in the different churches The pss-
tois nineteen in number are conduct the meetings in
tuIn end al persons in the district are invited to at
teud. The meetings, which have thus ia- been held
in the leo'ure-room of this church. have been 80 in.
creasinsly attend ed that they will probably he soon
transferred to the main end;ence-room The exercises
are similar to those Of lie Fultonstreet the John
street and the Nntll-street meetinss.
a revival has been in progress in this church for
weeks past. Preaching appointed for three evenings
in The week beside Sunday, in addition TO which the
regular weekly prayer-mcetng continues to be held.
There have been, thus far from thiyto forty nqurers,
and number Of conversions. Two Sunday Schools
connected with the church in 3 more AOurshing
condition at present than at any previous period within
several years.
FIRST PLACE CHURCH, BEOOKiYN.
We learn that the Methodist Church in First place,
South Brooklyn, has been for time past expert
encng revival Of similar character to the numerous
others in progress in the Methodist Churches.
There have been constant conversions for some months,
and Stzfv persons were recently received into the
church " on probation, which the usual custom OF
this denomination before admitting to full " member
ship The pastor of the Church is the Rev. q. G.
Robinson. The Sunday School has shared largely in
the work, in which, in addition to the above, there
have been twenty five conversions amorg the elder
scholars, who have been similarly received on trial.
BAPTIsHs NEXT SUNDAY.
The revival in the Stanton street Baptist Church
still continues
In the Laigt street Church, the ordinance of Bap-
item has been administered every Sabbath for several
weeks past, and will be administered again next Sun
day.
In the Bethesda Church, OF which the Rev. j. Bray
IL pastor the ordinance is to be administered
Sunday morning, when number Of recent converts
will be received to the communion.
In the Eastern District of Brooklyn, in the Rev. DR..
Bakers Church, eleven persons are to be baptized
next Sunday. among whom is the pastors eldest
daughter.
THE REV. DIR. BCRCIARD'> CHURCH.
In the New-School Presbyterian church in Thrteenh
street of which the Rev. Dr. Burchard is pastor re-
yival is now in progress The first manifestation OF
special religious feeling occurred in the Sunday
some months ago, where it has since been steadiyn-
ereasng, and from which it spread to the church and
congregation For some time 10 extra meetings were
held until about six weeks since, when an inquiry
meeting was appointed the frStnight the meeting
was Unexpectedly well attended, and shortly aerward
two sesson.rOcms were needed to be thrown open III
order 10 accommodate the increasing numbers. Regu-
lar preaching has been held every night in The week
except Morday and Saturday, for FIVE weeks. The
number of conversions up 10 the present time has
been about huIdred. The Sunday-school has re-
Gently been enlarged by the addition of nearly hun
dred children gathered from the neghborhood. On
the past two Sunday afternoons at the conclusion OF
the school exercises the Superintendent requested
those who desired personal conversation on the sub
ject of religion TO remain, and each occasion from
fifty TO sixty responded A boys prayer meetinS is
held once a week, and also girls
THE FREE ACADEMY.
weekly prayer-meeting has been held at the Free
Academy since the Fall of 1852 1t was organized by
two members of the Senior Class and three of the
Junior all of whom have since graduated, and some of
whom have entered the profession of the ministry.
The meetings have been continued every week since
that time, except during vacations and at several
periods twice week. They art held on Friday after
Moons lasting hour after the close of the days
ercises. They under the management and control
of the students the Professors making il point neither
TO interfere nor TO int-ude. 1t is noticeable that the
ercises, have generally been those who were
prominent ard successful IN their classes, and
of whom an unusually large proportion, after grad
uatiou have entered the Christian ministry. Conver-
sions have occurred in almost every class in
the institution it Is thought through the Instrumental
ity Of these meetings. OF late more than usual de-
gree of interest has been manifested on the part Of
many Of the students in the subject of religion aud the
attendance every Friday is between thirty and forty.
uhor. Ia, h.en frnI time Al time much nnnnsitinn