Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-02-12
RELIGIOUS SUMMARY.


said that such a spirit of prayer has never be-
fore been known at Aberdeen.
The wonderful work of grace in SwodoD
goes on with increasing power, and is likely to
make its influences felt all over the kingdom.
and among all its classes. Perhaps in no 9th
er place has the fruit been so sweet as in the
extreme north, in parishes where the Finnish,
Swedish and Laponian populations meet. In
these districts the greatest vices had long been
prevalent; the children were brought up in
perfect ignorance, brandy was consumed in
quantities, and almost every one was a drunk
ard. The sessions of the Court of Justice
were overloaded with lawsuits and processes
of every description, and morality was awfully
forgotten. In all these respects the revival
has wrought great social revolution.
CHRISTIANITY IN CHINA.-The New York
journal of Commerce publishes an interesting
correspondence between American Missiona-
ries in China on the one part, and the U. S.
Commissioner to China, Hon. VIM. b. Reed
on the other. The Missionaries acknowledge
with gratitude and high consideration of his
successful efforts in behalf of our common
Christianity, by procuring the insertion in
the treaty of clause which provides for
full liberation of the Christian religion through
out the vast empire.
Sabbath evening services are still continued
at the Academy of Music at New York. The
house is crowded, and large numbers seek en-
trance in vain. There has also been preach
ing at the National Theater in New York. On
Sunday evening, the 30th ult., the daily papers
say that the pit was almost entirely filled with
newsboys, who gave good attention. Several
new prayer-meetings, mostly up town, have
recently been established. Requests for pray
er continue to flow into the Fulton street meet
ing, from all parts of the land One day
there were forty requests, thirty of which were
from mothers asking prayer for their children
A series of evening meetings in Boston, I'M
der the auspices Of the Baptist churches at the
North end, was commenced last week on
Thursday at Tammany Hall, in Portland street
adjoining the National Theater, room which
has long been given up to the lowst kind of
amusements and crime. The room was filled,
and an impressive sermon was preached by
Rev. j. Belcher. AT the second meeting on
Friday evening, the house was crowded, Rev
d. NJ. Crane and Rev. Phineas Stowe con-
Quoting the services. The meeting was order
ly and respectful, and during the half hour
allotted to prayer, quite number of both
sexes, some from the ranks of the abandoned
signifed desire for the prayers of Christians.
Pursuant to previous notice, the National
Theater in Boston, was opened on Sabbath
evening for religious services, and large au-
dience was present The sermon of Rev. ID.
c. Eddy was well received. Prayer was offer
ed by Rev. Phineas Stow, during which, says
the Journal, considerable noise was created in
the gallery, and few profane fellows gave a
derisive response to the clergyman's "amen."
The audience then sang with great volume
and with fine effect, the doxology, Praise
God from whom all blessings flow" Above
the sacred and noble harmony that filed the
theater, whistling and catcalling were appar-
ent in the gal cry. Unseemly, discordant, and
irreverent as this may seem, still the general
character of the assembly was remarkable for
its order and quietness.
The Berkshire South Association held a
quarterly meeting at West Stockbridge, Jan.
81. From the report of the Statistic Scribe,
it appears that there have been 339 additions
to the II churches connected with this Asso.
citation, and 1870 removals during the year
1888, making net gain of 209 members
Every church in the Association has received
an accession, and all but two show net in
crease in their number of members. The
whole membership is now, males S04 females
1866. Total 2,470.
The Christian Intelligencer mentions, as
worthy of note, that an Episcopal missionary,
a Congregational chaplain, and a Presbyterian
ing to the Dutch Church in this country, to
undertake the work Of sending a missionary to
Japan.
Rev Mr.. Sullivan, Catholic priest, of
Charleston, S. c., paid over to lady of that
city, on Monday the sum of $780, received
through the confessional. He received it from
person who said it was to satisfy an indebt-
edness rghtfully due the heir of the lady's ia
Their.
The members of the society of Rev Chris
topher L. Thayer, in Beverly, have contribut-
ed to Harvard University, within the last few
years, legacies amounting to about $4,000.
The Second Unitarian Society in Baltimore
is now completely formed under the pastoral
care of Rev. Charles j. Bowen.
The @iyal in Rumney, N H., has been en-
Joyed without ceasing for more than year
1t has been constant rain, rather than a show
er quickly passing by. Still it goes on with
out abatement or extra instrumentality. Re-
Gently, the work extends into the country
around, and the labors of the pastor have been
blessed of God in other places.
The Baptist church at Cape Neddick, Me-,
is enjoying a precious revival of religion.
Within few weeks, thirty have expressed hope
In Christ, and upwards ofJfty have asked for
the prayers of Christians
1t is said that more than four hundred sailors
have been admitted into the Mariners Church
in New York within the last ten months. A
large number of them were converted on board
the receiving ship North Carolina, where the
good work is still in progress.
On late Sunday twelve sailors belonging to
the United States Navy were baptized at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard by Rev |. r. Steward,
pastor of the First Baptist Mariners Church.
They were baptized in the presence of seven
hundred and fifty of their shipmates.
The revival in the Baptist Church in Pitts
field still continues, though somewhat abated
in force. Some 80 Or 60 persons have alrea-
dy expressed hope, and more than half of them
have been admitted to the fellowship of the
church.
A number of the deaf and dumb in the
Asylum at Hartford, have recently given evil
dence of conversion.
There is unusual religious interest in New
ton, Iowa. The large Court House has been
crowded to its utmost with very solemn and
attentive union congregations, and some eigh-
teen or twenty conversions had taken place
two weeks since.
The Baptist church in South Londonderry
are enjoying a precious revival of religion
On the .23d ult, four persons were baptized,
all of them heads of families. Two of them
were persons that had arrived at the age of
sixty years.
In one society in Connecticut, sixty-four
members Of the Sabbath School have been re-
ceived into the church, and in another, seven
ty-two.
There is a revival of considerable power in
progress in North Bernardston. About rs ex-
press hope.
AT the Baptist Church in Bennington, VT,