Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-09-08


grace, and uttered the name Of Jesus.
Jesus, the name that charms our fears
And bids sorrows cease"
She caught the name of the ever-bessed aud
re,echocd it in joyful acclamatiOn again and
again. " All !" said |, " it is the name Of Je
suS,
The name high over all -
Jesus, exalted to be prince, and a Saviour
Jesus your intecessor; Jesus the way to the
Father. You want no other name now you
need not come in the name of the Virgin
Mary" 90 no !" she exclaimed with marked
emphasis, " only want the name Jesus now"
We then sung the chorus,
40. He's taken my feet from the mire and the clay,
And set them on the Rock of Ages"
with the accompanying words,
Now will tell the sinners round
What a dear Saviour have found"
Here her JOY was exceedingly ecstatic as
she repeated the strains Of holy confidence and
iov, aud, with looks indescribably bissful, ex-
claimed, Yes, blessed Jesus thou hast taken
my feet ont of the mire and clay. | will tell
to sinners round what dear Saviour l have
found. O, Jesus, that thou should'st take me,
DOOR, sinful, ignorant creature that | am,
bless thee | bless thee ! Glory be to thee
Saviour !" He will keep that which you
have committed into his hands, for he has come
to dwell in your heart, and he is now saying
unto you, Lo am thy salvation" said we
| Never did witness a more bliSsful appreca-
ton of these divine assurances than on this
occasion Again and again did she take up
the expressions and repeat them after me
" Yes. he has come to dwell in my heart yes
/ Il Il. l.. l.,
| Though she was unable to read, she had
kept copy Of the precious Bible closely to
the companioushp of her heart throughout the
day. DR. p took 1t from her hand and com
! menccd to read the fifth chapter Of Mathew
| When he came to the words, Blessed are
they that mourn, for they shall be comforted," !"
she exclaimed, g. O yes they shall be comfor-
ted These are the words | have been spell
! ing out all Cay. Poor, ignorant creature that
| cannot read but (aud here she looked up
with angelic sweetness, as though the Saviour
was being manifestly revealed as present) he
has taught me he has taught me :"
might proceed, butperhaps | have already
occupied more time than might seem eXpcdi
ent with this narration in view of the fact
that hundreds of probably equal interest might
! be given. But my object IS TO present what
| |
/ extraordinary workings Of the Spirit now going
on here Surely with God all things are pos
sible. Think Of poor uataught Catholic so
| learned of the Spirit as to breathe forth SpOn-
taneOuSIy such words of inntable sweetness,
glory, aud power as would surely exceed the
ability of doctor of divinity if not born of
the Spirit. There is one of the last named in
charge of a Church here. Like Nicodemus,
he cannot understand any of these things -
Woud that he would come, even though it
might be steaItay at night, and seek instruc-
ton from the heavenly Teacher who is now so
| glOriouSly nStruCting the lowly multitude
/ But he repudiates the whole matter, and warns
| his flock to guard against everything which
! might have tendency to bring them under
! or foster such influences, and would fain have
, his people believe that it is a mcSmcric inhic-
ton, or hySteria, brought upon the masses. |
saw one of his flock yesterday who was thus
suddenly arrested by the Spirit while sitting in
church. She knew his prejudiccs, and some
threatening things he had said, she therefore
! took every possible pains to restrain her emo
tion till she could get out of his presence She
had been so deeply and suddenly wounded 10y
the sword of the Spirit that she scarcely reach
ed the vestibule ere she shriekcd and fell. A
kind lady of the congregation saw her cond-
| ton and followed her out. She was cared for
kindly till able to be placed on a car and car
! ried home Here some Christian Young men
remained with her till midnight, reading prayers.
! She has since been enable to rejoice with JOY
unspeakable and full of glory 1t would have
! reioced YOUR heart to have heard her repeated
/ calculations as we were COnverSng yesterday
Bless the Lord Glory be to Jesus !" These
! spontaneous outgushings Of the born spirit
/ so well known to the early Methodi>ts of our
! own and every region, are again gIOriOusIy
| abounding. Seldom, perhaps, has there been
/ so much freedom Of expression of this sort
there is now in a large Presbyterian church Of
/ of this place. There is also free use of our
most joyous revival hymns and chOruSes, which
/ presume may not be unlike what the early
MethodistS used to sing in these regions when
they attracted the ear Of the masses and pro-
voked the envy and railery of formal profes
! sOrs
! But the referee ce above made to one Church
of England minister is far fom being applica-
BILE to all. Others are encouraging the work
seeming in every possible way,and taking pains
to reprove publicly the sayings and doings of
those who would withstand Said one minister
of the Established Church to his congregation
about thus Some have asserted that these
physical manifestations are not OF God, but
merely a form Of disease called hysteria-
Would to God that my whole congregation
might be affected in q similar manner if they
have not found peace by believing in Jesus !"
These sudden seizures are not confined to
any particular people, church, or place.