The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-10-13

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Assoeiefion Than that which cons 49, -.
NAN feature Of Judge StorNr,r a1sfr~ss y. y.
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Of individual effort 81 tIe nart - - onIy
ana illustrating them in few elonnsns s.s3
iorclDie REMARKS, hc proceesIed 10 give ~ -
Gun. e.s ~ .ne iaoors Of the Cincinnati Chris-
tian ASSOCIATION IN the hospitals of that ,.ifv
and by means OF tent preaching and reItrt.,.,ss
services Mt the corners of the streets Amrnw
the sick, the dying and the degraded OF ~,
hospitals, and among the large coBgrp cations
OF the tent and the streets, such scenes had
transpired of earnest religious cxhortation.
and of tears, conviction, CONVERSION and re-
formation, on the part Of the hearers as re-.
mind one OF the days when Christianity has
displayed Its greatest power In the earth. The
details presented in the graphic manner Of the
speaker were such as could not fail to enlist
the sympathies Of every hearer and to con.
hIm the faith OF Christians in the Gospel
which Is s'preached to the poor.n
several mem .ers of the Cincinnati Associa.
tion, OF whom Judge 8. was one, had. in q
comparatively few hurried hours and dave
snaicned from the active pursuits of absorbing
business, visited number of towns in Ohio
lhaiana, and Northern Kentucky for Tho mr.
pose OF holding union religious meetinrs.-
they had Everywhere been received in The
kindest and most cordial manner by Chris
titsns. lHurcHeS were thrown open to them.
muitiudes flecked to hear them; meetings
We're multiplied reaching as many as six
sometimes, in single town in one day: and
scenes transpiitd in which there were the
hveliest demonstrations of awakened religious
interest, as the result OF their unpretenfijnr
labors. One of these gentlemen was remark
ably gifted In song, and the power of his mu-
sic, animated bv his religious feryor produced
much effect where they went. Al the State
Prison at Columbus they addressed congre-
CATION OF 1900 prisoners, in the presence of the
members of the State Legislature. The prison
choir consisted of several hardened men and
three obdurate women confined for murder.
whose appearance indicated entire insensibili.
~ to religious concerns; but they were SUBJ
dued to tears during the progress of the meet
ing. Judge Stcrer's narrative abounded in de-
tails of this kind, which reminded us of some
OF the scenes which took place during Eliza.
beth Fry's visits to Newgate
At the close of the Judges address, the
thanks of the Association were cordially voted
him for his interesting aud instructive ad-
dress, and after the presentation of the monthly
reports of the several standing committees
which Indicated gratifying progress in the
several departments of Mission Schools, De-
votiopal Meetings, Lectures, Library, aud the
enrolment of new members, together with the
Treasurers report, which indicated healthy
state OF the finances, the Association adjourned
about 10 O'Clock, under apparently profound
impression of a need of more jealous endeayors
in all the branches of Christian benevolence