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Extraordinary tIoas. Badly Hfanife.ta-
The last steamer brinEs intelligence of tn
continual increase and poWe1 Of tue remarkable
religious revival in 1rrland. 1t is pTou,inen
topic ia the newspapers We receire from Grea
Britain. One number Of tie HInatr of Ulae
has four columns in small type of reports Of til.
previous Sabbath; and at the conclusion apollo
gi.es to its readers by saying:
80 wide de-spread -src might almost say gen
eral-ls ihe revival movement, that it is quit
Impossible for US to present anything like full
dcta: Of its progress aud results, or satisfactory
notices Of any but the most prominent cases.
The same paper says: "The movement
progresses in & nlaaner which is subject ol
aston'sbMent To nil who witness it. There are
noT c6mparatiyc1y few who are sccptical az ia
the serious aud solemn character Of tue mani
teatatiotls. even among those who at first we're
sceptieal."
We have before spoken Of the extraordinary
bodily exercises connected with this work. The
BIT. Marnauslton, will gfve some further idea
Of the character Of this very singular maaifes-
tation:
"Thcrc were bodily effects produced on the
people there that he could not account for, Per-
sons would be suddenly struck down as if they
we're dead, md not under the influence Of ex-
citing things said to them; for the same x3hin:,
happened to them whenrbsy were alone, when
no person was speaking to them. They were
struck down md seemed to he in torture. NEIL
tal or bodily, lying with their face towards
heaven, aud their lips moving, Us if they were
praying with great agony for mercy lie had
known II csse Of man going home from mar
ket, after having sold some produce, passing
aloug the road side, and counting his nnnuey to
see il it was I'LL right, when he was struck down,
as II sun-struck, and his money scattered on the
road. Persons coming up assisted him into the
house, and found that le WAS troubled in sou
about his condition. And Just Yesterday tssat-
nrdav) afternoon, when he WIS pussing on Lis
why 10 the traiu, passing through the town Of
Dallymena. he saw crowd Of people gathered
ut one of the corners Of the street; he thought
II was round ono who had been stricken down !;
lie found that it wus a person from tie country,
come iuto town on business, suddenly struck
1own, and there she was, sobbiug and praying
for mercy, and confcss'ng her sins, III state Of
great mental agony and distress. lie made lis
way through the crowd, and prayed oscr her,
and she became calmer, and was taken into II
house adjacent. lie was then obliged to leave
and come away. These were some Of the cases,
Which it WAS quite manifest, wiutever might be
The operating cause in the hand Of God, they
could not explain on philosophical principles.
lie thought it was desirable that these manifes-
tations Of bodily kind should be controlled as
far LIZ possible. In times Of revival, when tic
good seed was sown, there would alwass be ex-
traya.auces in speech or act, and his only sut-
jcct of wonder was, not 10 cume in coqtact5witll
such cases, but that there was so few Of
them.
"Thcse were the two remedies TO which re-
sort WIS made when persons were struck duwn
" some sudden impulse Of their minds. Tic
Roman Catholic priest of Isalymcna Ind been
prescribing holy wutcr and winc, but Christian
ity had prescribed different rcu1cd5-ihat is,
the singing Of praise to God, and prayer for his
mercy. Many connected with the Arian Church
lind been brought under interesting impress
ions, and they Immediately abandoned their
Arianism, and refused to have anrtl.ins more to
do with it. And member Of the Roman Cath
olics, like tho converts Of old in similar circum-
stances, brought their books Of popis1. devotion,
and nude bonfire Of them, learning the value
Of the one Hook-tbc Word Of God. 1t seems
to be one Of the pcculiarisies Of these stricken
down cases, that the persons are SO thoroughly
with their own feelings that they do
not listen to word others would hare 10 say"
The Raantr Of Cz<te- speaking Of what is call
ed Al The Pound Dlstrict," one Of the worst Sec
lions Of Belfast, s4ys:
"We hare Heard Of Que instance in which
three persons in one house were thus brought
..'a.' asi ~ ,nsss "nut ae' =. ~ 6eIe
;. .n.s. ~ luz uLs.ea " pla: VI my DIETS
~ ae1. ~. rau sas mnusus. ~ auolu'
,s .,,Jd..i . y. "s t.h51, ~
''eo,, .,auti3 "su1n ~ is .as s'nss
70 speak Of Christ as lis only hope to the neigh
bOrs aud friends who hare visited him. II is
calculated, by gentleman who il well ac-
...r.f in III cs,nn,a ,ba, ft,"rs ,.arc ~. tea,
:,,ro. 49,. ;..r .'sa. ~ ..r.;..:..s, ~ r os.a
Nov, fni1awad ~ sn,,ers;,,, ~ ~ .hot -ar,;n -
the fnwn olonc NJ icarn fEnt m H.. n;,h1. oe
sainr.lar md S,n,l.x NJ t.nst nne.i,,;r ~ 10
1,eone II tint locai,tr were nrar;nc md s;n,i,,e
IN iic r.ater ,,sr, II H.. t!T,,r in fc;r hn;,sss
The i;.lfns4 {:r< II,.er saxs ''~S'
~
~ us ~ HaaoFo:natS mosement Is extenalhs
',seh y, IN bel!ast Ill Inc most rapid mannsr-
frasef meet'ngs afe heia al1noss every evening,
aan are a'.enaeu " immense cto"os, 'iaay
aMonEst "hom are anec!su win m an the c1tethal
= mpa.ncs a:leaaf nesctioea. mere IS an es1-
'eut gn'('ots!ne .. .ic oi''11t g. uoa IN answer
I" oeslssiuE' faithful prayer. Inc most sceptl-
GU, "no M'h oot a'teaa one o1 t"e meetings
now Aela IN any Q! TIC coofches or otncr places
~ sh's toTn Will pe cofnFested 10 atimtt that the
hahu ol ehe Lord IS sls1bIs at worG, ana that
MS blessing atiehcs i!s tneans used 1er bringing
,1mae1s ;. to sees haPplness ~ u SaElours !ose.
t. - -'~~'~ !"-"e@ 80
|ats Eood "oFS anu success marvellous sue
;eas-nas llltncf1o etienaea taeif Efforts. Every
Place q WORSHIP III fhls town is be-
coming rapidly hlied. There arc now III empty
ps"s-no aaoecap1sa ssats, Every evening the
,t1ests arc crowded WIN hundreds sud thou
ssaus Sn" arc wend'nE their wny-not 10 tho
place oi amusemcnt-not TO JOIN IN tile S'ddy
aanecInot 10 attend G1u'er theatre or concc1t;
oal WIN thetr btoles, hSmn.oooIs, aud psalm,
oo'hs IN the1r Aanas, eagerly pressing onward
70 10 lhe mouse OF eoa 10 cnueasor TO obtasn ad-
!nsss'on ~ 1ims, 50 that they may thcfein hear
DESTRUCTION !. as to HOW they shaA escape from
thc Cty q destruction. aud at length reach the
Gssestia .s rh'agaon. At the services conducted
ID INC diIercnt churches many have been led to
seek Pardoi' aud many profess to hare obtained
1t, and are going Oh their way rejoicing
4 correspondent Of smother paper, speaking
o1 Aasharkln. d nelytboring district, writes:
At n meeting on the Sabbath in one Of the
Presbyterian churches, while the speaker was
calling on God That the Holy Spirit might de-
<cs''d as with irc, a flash Of lightning which
Tiled the building at the u'omcrt struck the
with awe, and trembling with ter
ror they Frustrated themselves OH the floor.
Tie scene was one which the most powerful
Inuguage would fail in describing; and when it
was recited by The srcakcr-an eyewitness
those who heard him seemed to feel that God
was dealing in d marvellous manner with his
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