, 1859-11-22
The Great lrIsl4 Reformation

"etn sitting 'h-1r 1s!1. ,ato H. i,;. sid,
The Great Irish Reformation.
Rev. David Il. Wilson, OF the Irish prcsby
teFlan Church, 1ecsured on Friday evening las
IN Cincinnati on tile Irish Reformation: from
the report OF tho Commercial re print thu
following:
DR.: Wilson said he had conc from the Pres
ngtc',an church in ireland 10 meet his Chrig.
t.an brethren ic America, and to report tc
tAcm whit great things the Lord has done
lot fTotestantlsm in Ife.aud-tlat Ircland
winch Lad done 80 much toward building I'M
these great States. and whip now appealed Il =
tnelr Christian brethren in this land Ior aid n
inc promotion Of the Gospel In their own coun.
try: de then briefly sEetchcd the re];cin,s
history Of Ireland, from tho period when !,
was called the land Ct Saints, until at 1ost :.
vas subjected to the dominion Of PonerV liz
henry TIC 3D. in ll55.-sayine It was Tia last
A tne western nations Of Europc which bowed
70 onan'.m-aud thence down to the nrfsant
Pe17oo, now tie last Of tlu Western nations al
Europe to yield to the truths Of Chr;stts Gos.
PEI IN all Of her tribulatious under the do.
1aln1oh OF Rome, she had no retorrner to break
Tue power Of her dcspot. God WIS pleased IN
ra'se up Luther for Germany, q Calvin fer
switzerland, aud Knox for Scotland. lint thaIo
was no one to raise Lls voice in behalf Of m.
aappy Ireland Professionalism, however. was
nnauy introduced from England, and later
some aid to tho Church was received from
scotland. Two hundred and seventeen wears
ago. nFo ministers enigrated from Scotland to
Lister but they preached to Scotch irnni-
grants, and the Church increaeed only rs Tint
people increased, and nearly all ireland was
unocr roman Catholic dominion. About two
years ago Tue Holy Spirit began to manifest its
influence there, and at this time tho blessing
Of God ls upon its ministers and missionaries
Iho Reverend gentleman continued for an hour
10 describe the progressive movement Of tic
wonderful revival there, portrayinr with thrill
ling power and touching fsrvor the sinr1,lar
demonstrations made by the peonle Under tho
influence Of tic religious feeling which l,as Mt
tracted tue attention Of I'LL Protestant ciyil;za-
ton He referred especially to the different
districts and parishes where there had heen
rema'kable manifestations Of religious feeling,
connImlns N every respect the statements
winch nave been laid before our people in the
columns Of all the newspapers in the country,
Ho described one incident which be witnessed
IN ballcfmine, which will illustrate the i'm.
r. 8 "a,su luo revival at first create
tn 1'';d .la." "ng,e prevailed
,,oa,, s'.u aa1t u W: DAis church many had
young lady in great spiritual distress threw up
heF arms, agonizingly praying 10 God to have
mercy upon her, and expressing With poisn-
ant anguish her deep contritiou lor
AeE SINS. She was conveyed home, and betore
Tha lo,d;ne r,,o;;:a..t .-eu p',uou'a5 mercy
hr hor =, ,,,"a,. .l ns,n ., Tue place. WHO sat
s:,i.,a. 80 w.. sau'en, oegaieo hes extraordinary
ss:.,. ~: va t"e Alannesuon ol new disease
+,ao.ot na.a usat cAaracte1'stacs Which must he
...u 49, "c'"1uey. bnt soon alter tie Doc
~ "taiseA oecame a11ls convert under similar
H.. as.. ~: " uson citea q number OF sitni-
su..eas 'neoehls, N WHICH children OF ten
years of aye, young men and women aud aged
eo,,at;.,o" "f.o ~ !noaeo " tne Holy Spirit
= a;no,a s;os,+9 6. NY, w even u hundred III
te,.l;nnd ~ ia.;.o et,es .in cooe7egsluoas had
n;,.,,t af;nr ~ es-.. @ eai1u a1 teh O'Clock ut
5;,:t;on md ro,aa;n!. .so1 lao plohonaced oene-
nra;scs nfr,r;ns. ~ 4,, -. .nel1 scats' singing
iess;ny renoatae,,, ~ 'aai'hs 4a 70 uoo' anu cen
cT,rso,I,;ro-,, r,.;:.s .. .no ises Jesus: 1his
n Ton',on,,as,,s ,es,o. 49, lel saaeu from naAermhe
,,,., o,,,a.. - ,., I o.e aiae, aua 70 Armagh on
snuInc1 f1s,.. M nn., s%ep. s' o'er GlaFe and had
or ,,a.,;a,. ea ', aao Wv esss o. Ireland. Pray-
1;oh,l,, ' axd ILL. auu IA many o1 them, were held
ta5dod h.. .a esua ~! a'snt anu somo were at-
~ 1.n y, u,auy as -'ooo persons.
=, an, uea lne movement as not confined
~, l,1.Sa!as n1,t.s: ae1,o"inatlon; The iresby-
,,asns ,sls, Ietaoalsts baptsss and Episcopaians
ti'o;n nonie Tn:aA 9.aon!ous!y together. They had
,'.on,,,aa .a ~. .aeenes' anu eeelaf1sm was not
t;,s ~ aa;s ~ tuc'u; tn ~ appealng TO America
a,ran, ~, @ e'..a ~ reverend speaker, VIC do not
% .ranld ~ w.; ~ san IL aeaomna.lonal W names. We
ro,,nr mon @ "a o@ 1,o1on pfeaGn aeetas1sm to Tue
;a;n moons a - - .a.ta e,n.o; us .eect was to OBJ
Tha | o1,nsaisa a ~ sustain MISSIONS IN ireland.
tr,oedaas ~ r,ses tucle "aa oeen noesal to an ex-
s s;- t;nas ues cont11nut'ng as high as
@t,,.aS ~ aee 'osaF 70 the various needs OF the
euaen slea;.
slsah'ns ., inc characteristics Of the Pro-
seants aqa homan.sts Of Ireland, he said tha.
wno1eser 1s Prosestantism was found, there you
Sealu nno peace and prosperity, In Ulster,
WI %a'cn was barren and sterile, the sterility Of
.ne , country had been changed to fruitfulness; /;
olt IL tle homah Catholic strongholds every
ar;1so mnee 'ISse was mlse:y and poverty and
crime G ne would have America contribute to