Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-07-22
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Inc lase srrtFais rom EUROPE bring intelligence
Of the continual Increase and power Of the remarks
bic religious revival in Ireland It IS D rornipen
topic ia the newspapers We receive from Grea. Bri
tain. one num'er Of the Banasr Of Ulster has foul
columns in small type Of reports Of various meet
ings held. chiefly IN Belfast, on the previous Sab
bath; and ct the conclusion apologies to its read
srs BY saying:
Is the revival movement; that is guile impossible
for Us 10 present anything like full detail Of il,
progress and results, or satffacory notice of any
but the most prominent eases."
The same paper says: s.Tbe movement, which
must shortly arrest national attention. progress in
manner which is a subject Of astOnishnent to all
who witness it. There are nov comparatively few
who are sceptica to the serious and solemn char
acter CT the manifestations, even among those Who
at first were scepiicAl"
We have before spoken Of the extraordinary bo3i-
ly exeressseonneeed with this work The following,
frcm an address msde BY the Rev. Mr. Maeraugh-
ton, wil give some further idea of the character Of
this singular manifestation:
"Tbere were bodily effects produced on the people
there that be could not account for Persons would
be snddenly struck down ss il they ere dead. snd
not under the Influence Of exciting things said 10
| them; for the same thing happened to them when
! they were alene, when no person vas speaking to
| them. They we're struck down and seemed 10 be
I in torture, meEtsl ard bodily lying with their
face towards heaven, and their lips moving as 10
they we're prsying with great agony for mercy. He
had known case Of man goirg home from ihe
market, after hsving sold some produce passing
along the roadside, and counting bis money to see
whether it was all Iight, when be was struck down,
as If suu-stTuek, and his money scattered on the
road. Persons coming up assisted him into 8 house.
and found that be was troubled in sOul about his
condition And jost yesterday Saturday sfier-
noon, when he was on his way TO the train passing
through the town Of Ballymena, he saw q crowd Of
peopls gathered at one OF the corners Of the street,
he thought il was round one who had been stricken
doWn he found that if was person from the eoun-
try, come to town on business suddenly sruck
down, and there she was, sobbing and praying for
mercy, and confessing her sins in state Of great
mental agony and distress.
''He made his way through the crowd, and prayed
over her, and she became ealmer and was taken
into house adjacent. He was then obliged 10 leave
and come away, These we're some CT the cases.
which it was quite manifest, whatever might be the
operating cause IN the hand Of God, they could not
explain en- philosophical principles He thought it
was desirable that these manifestations Of bodily
kind should be controlled as far as possible. Ia
times OF revival when the coed seed sown, there
Eculd always be extrsvsgances In speech or act,
contact with such cases, but that there few
of them" .
s'Toese were the two remedies 10 which resort Was
made when persons we're struck down By some sud
den impulse of their minds. The Roman Catholic
priest Of Balymena had been prescribing holy va
ter and wine, but Christianity had prescribed
different remedy-thst is, the singing Of praise to
God. and prayer for his mercy. Many corrected
vi the Arian Church had been brought under in
terest Dg impressions, and they Immediately aban
dened Eeir Arianism, and refused to have sngthiHg
more to DO with it. And q number Of the Roman
Catholics, like the converts of old in similar cir
cumstanees, brought their books Of Popish devO-
ton, and made bonfire Of them, learning the val
OF the one BOok-the Werd Of God 1t seem- to
be Of the peculiarities of these stricken down
cases, that The persons so thoroughly engrOssed
with tkeir own feelings that they do not listen TO a
word others would have say"
The Banner of Ulster, speaking Of what is called
" The Pound District" one of the worst sections Of
Belfast, says:
awe have head Of one instance in which three
persons in enc house were thus brought under COR
yic;ioD; and, after christian gentleman had Of
fered up prayer, four Eve others were broughs
under saving inhenee. In another case, that af sn
intelligent young man, who was suddenly prostrated
although he has since been unable 10 leave his bed
he has not ceased to speak of Christ as his only
hope to the neghbors and friends who have visited
him. Il is calculated, by gentleman who is well
acquaiuted With the district and who has betn very
careful in his estimate, that there have not been few
than sixty cases of cenyiction-many Of them
followed by cenversion-n that portion of the town
alone. We learn that the nights of Saturday and
Sunday at least half Of the people of the local
ity praying and singing for the greater part Of
the time their houses"
The Belfast Nesrs Letter says:
''This extraordinary movement is extending itself
in Belfast in the most rapid manner. Prayer meet
ipgs held almost every eveBing, and are stten
ed by immense croWds, many amongst whom are
affected with all the external symptoms already d.
CRIB d. There is an evident oufpouring OF the
Spri Of God in to believing faithful prayer.
The mos sceptical, who will but attend one Of tie
MEETINGS now held in any Of the churches other
places in this town, will be compelled to admit that
ihe hand of the Lord is visIbly at work, aud that
his blessing attends the means used for bringing J
sirners to seek happiness in Ssviour's love. An
evangelical denominations have Joined in this good
work and success-msrvelous suec ss-kas hiibeT- /
to attended their efforts. Every Protestant Place Of
worship In this town is becoming rapidly hiled. |
There are no empty peWsnOW-no unoceupied seats. |
Every evening the streets are crowded with huE-
dreds aud thousands who are Werdipg their way
not to the place of snasement-net to join in the
eiddy danee-nOt to attend either theatre or con-
cert but with their Bibles, bymn-boOks aad psalm
books in their hands, eagerly pressing onward to me
house of God to endeavOr to obtain admission in
time, 20 tudL bHcy uoei -
how they shall escape from the City Of Destrue-
tion and at length reach the Celestial Kingdom
A. tn services conducted in the different churches,
many have been led to seek pardon, and many pro-
fess to have obtained it, and are now going their
way rejoicing"
correspondent of another paper. speaking of
Rasharkin, neighboring district, writes:
"Atameeting on Sabbath in one Of the Presbyte-
rsn churches while the speaker IVES calling on cd
that the Holy Spirit might descend as with fire, q
fash of lightning which filed the building at the
m ment struck the congregati7n with awe, and
trembling with terror they Frustrated themselves
on the floor. The scene which the most
powerful language would halt in describing; and
when it was recIed By the spssker--an eyewitness
those who heard him seemed to feel that God vas
dealing in q marvellous manner with his people
On that occasion, out Of congregation of five hun
dred there were one hundred cases Of decided con-
viction-nost Of those enlightened, who exhib-
tied all the usual symptoms, being carried out Of
the building By friends, or becoming the centre Of
a knot of anxious and prsyerful people
Still another writer says:
"There is one peculiarity attaches to all who have
been enlightened that is, that they seem only
happy in each otker's society, and il is nc uncon-
mon thing to see ten or dozen Of those who have
found peace meeting together to visit a sister, who
has been, like themselves, brought to conviction
We ourselves saw q knot Of those young girls-the
girl whom we left &c weak that she unable half
an hour previously TO leave her bed, among the 9TH