Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-07-18
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me last Steamer brings of tbo oo.
tnna increase and power Of con-
revival Ireland tits
.IoP!c IN the newspapers we receVe fro,, T,
otl.can. One number of the B1nne, M,
,.as lour columns In small type oil freports of tLa
a.: tIeetihgS held chiefly yin Belfast ON fi
previous sabbath; and d5at the conclnson5 o,i
s'zes s.es TO Its readers by saying: Poto-
80 widespread we might alnosts s.,,
.FtFli-iS the revival movement that ;tZ;SSe:.
us to present anything, lile.l FIJI
vi che progress and results, or satislacori
ioIGes !n OF any outtthe most sprominen
4 nv .SI sa1ne pa per says le movement which
s''oFliy arrest nationat3attenton progress
% IN a manner which is a subject of ost9r;I
.llent 10 who witneSsit Thereare.noW,
@ Sat @atallVSly lew who are Sceptical us TO Tho se,;
80 ".u solenh character OF the manifestations
even L among those who at first were sccntirsI;;
", we have before spoken Of the eXtraorliinar,,
cSl'ly exercises connected with this work JIhe
,,93iloWlng, 10 from an address made bytho Rev NJ s
aenanghton, will give some flrtheridea Of tho
eharacler IiS OF this singular manifestation:
.lIuetIe !iere were bodily effects produced on tbe
people there that he could not acconnt ra,'
5ersons l,' would be suddenly struck down. ne If
1 We're dead, and not under the influence of
gAcltlnS tnlngs said to them for the same t,i,,
aPpened to them when theyswere alone. whe9
ny person was speaking to them. They were
struck down and seemed to be in to,t,rs.s,
tai or bodily, lying with their face to,ras,l ,ne
neaven' ' and their lips moving, as if they 5yvarc
praying with great agony fof; mercy. He had
Nnown q. case of Inan going home from, tbo
Ilafhet, after having sold some produce nassiney
9loHs, INC nc roadslde, and counting his money to 81
sec whetherit all right w.hei, hc ,,,os
down. as if sun-Struck and his monoS soatts'1
on the road Persons coming uDs snssisteflS hin
INTO house, and found that was tro,,I,ii ~
soul SO about his condition. And lust vesterGa,,
Saturday afternoon, when he was on his way,
@ - Tue uain, passing through the town of BaIlv
tnena, ne saw crowd of people oathercd ,tgC;Ss
ol the corners Of the street: he tbonphf as
round one who had been stricken down. Ln
iouhu that lt5Was= person from the conntr,, |
come INTO the town OH business, suddenly StrncL
coML' cs9 ana there she was, sobbing and prayinol
anu conteSslng her sins, in a state Of
great mental agony and distress He ,no5osl,is
way through the crowd and Dro,,elz zovoT, ~,
1nu i sue became calmer, and was taken into n
HouSe adJacent. lie was then oblined IN lco,o
lIu .ss! come away These were some Of the cases
NiiiSh . iS 1t was quite mansfest, whatever misht
S thhst thff fsses
ions of bodily kind should be controlled as far
IS possible. In times ofreyival, when the good
seed was sown, there would always be extrava-
sanccs in speech or act, and his only subject OF
wonder was, not 10 comc into Ontact.with such
cases, that there was SO few Of them.
@.SEheSe were the two remedies to which res
sort was made when persons were struck down
by some sudden impulse Of their minds. The /
Roman Catholic priest of BallyInena had been
prescribing holy water and wine, but Christi |
Nnity had prescribed different retnedy-that |
is the singing ofpraise to God, and prayer for
his mercy. Many connected NTH the Arian
Church had been brought under interesting i'm
pressions and they Immediately abandoned
their Arianism, and refused to have any thing
more to dozwith it. Aud a number of the Ro-
man Catholics, like the converts of old in SINH
lar circumstances, brought their books of Pop
ish devotion, and made a bonfire of taem learn
ing the valueo the one Book-the Word of
God. 1t seems to be one Of the peculiariGcs of
these striken down cases, that the persons arc
50 thoroughly engroSged with their own feel
ings that they donot listen to word others
would have to say
The Banner Of Ulster, speaking of what is
called ''Thc Pound District" one ofthe worst
sections of Belfast, says:
1--WE have heard of one instance in which s.
three persons in one house were thus brought
under conviction; aud, after christian gentle
Inan had offered up prayer, four or five others
were brought under saving influence In an
other case, that of an intelligent young man,
who was suddenly prostratcd, although he has
since been unable 10 leavc,h his bed, he has not
ceased to speak Of Christ as his only hope to
the neighbOrs and friends who have visited him.
It=iS calculated, by gentleman who is well ac.=
Quainted with the district, and who has been
very careful in his estimate, that,there have not
been fewer than sixty cases ofconviction-many
ofztheul followed by conversion-in that portion
of the town alone. We learn that on tho nights
of Saturday and Sunday at least one half.of.the
people of the locality were praying and singing
for the grcater part Of the time in their houses y
The Belfast Nctes Letter says:
t"FhiS extraordinary movement is extending
itsclfin Belfast in the most rapid manner
Prayer meetings arc held almost every evening,
and are attended by immense crowds, many
amongst whom arc affected with all. the extern.
al symptoms already described There is an
evident outpouring Of the Spirit of God in an.
swer to believing, faithful prayer. The most
sceptical, who will but attend one Of the meet.
ings now held in any of the churches or other
places in this town, viii be compelled to admit
that the hand of the Lord is yisiblyHat work,
and that his blessing attends the means used for
bringing sinners TO seek happiness in a Saviour's
love. All Allevangelical denominations havejoined
lin this good work, and success marvellous
success-has hitherto, attended their Efforts
4 Every Protestant place of worst.ipsin this town
is becoming rapidly filled, There are no empty