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

| the public road, or in their own houses The
effect of this is that it is not unusual to h, ar
the spiritual arrestngs spoken of as a disease.
" He caught the disease" and similar expires
| sions are common among the people. In gen
era deep sympathy is fe.t, even among the
most Skeptical, for those who are called. IN
common phrase, the sufferers" and anything
that can be done for their relief is generally
( done with earnest and affectionate promptne>S.
| have been informed that in some instances
Romish priests have been called to visit pros
.rate "suffcrerS" But soon as the stricken
one utterS the cry of penitence, or released
from the agony of a guilty conscience, cries
Glory to Jesus !" then the priest is quickly
among the missing. No Virgin for me =
exclaimed one who had just apprehended Je-
sus as her own precious Saviour and iuterces-
sor at the right hand of the Majesty on hgh.
Surely the priesthood of the RomiSh Church
can have but little sympathy with such scenes,
and would doubtless prefer keeping out OF the
way A driver of a car told an inquirer that
/ in one place in the country he had seen people
fall thirty at tine, pleading for saIvation.-
| He was asked what he thought could be the
occasion Of these singular demonstrations He
replied Why, sure it must be the work Of
the Almighty. The Catholics say it is the
work of the devil but | say to them Could
the devil teach people to pray? Sure, if it
was the devil that was put on the people, it's
| drinking and swearing they would be, and not
praving and doing good ~ Says a minister
All those that get under conviction get
wonderful gift in prayer Says another
Many of the enlightened are desirous to
speak, Indeed, in some instances they cannot
be restrained" How like the days that ush
cred in the Spirits di>peusation, when the one
| hundred and twenty were dvncly impeled to
speak as the Spirit gave utterance Said
minister of the Church of England, who had
! listened to a young girl, a recent convert aged
about Fifteen at one Of the largely attended
| open.air meetings Never did ] hear such
an exposition of the plan oa@alvation He
! spoke of the effort as containing in itself
! body of divinity, which for COncjSencSS per-
| spicuty, and power exceeded anything he had
ever heard, though he had been seven years
! graduating at Cambridge and twenty years a
minister | have long been deeply aud unwa-
| yeringly impressed with the conviction that we
are fast ycrging toward a most solemn point
in this worlds history when every conceivable
agency will be called into requisition to meet
! the emergencies of the crisis Every road,
! however long, has its terminus. The hour is
! approaching when carth'S travellers will have
reached the last point on the shores of mortal
itv, and take the road beyond the shadows Of
time 1t is not difficult no to see how quickly
the man of sin may be destroyed by the bright
ness of Chrisl's appearing. ! am looking that
the promises to the jews shall be speedily full
! filled And now that we see the miraculous
workings OF the Spirit in taking away the
vail from the mind of the poor blind Roman
! >t shall it be thought thing incredible with
God that his ancient people, to whom pertain
the promises, should he enlightened and speed
! lv turn to the Lord in multltudes The
manner in which the RomanistS are How being
brought to the a,knoW ledgment Of Jesus our
! Saviour as the only mtercesSOr between God
and his people, is singuIariy like that which,
in some printed letters of several years since,
we suggested might be the manner Of Gods
taking away the vail from the Jewish mind
Blindness in part has happened unto Israel
until the fulneSs of the Gentcs be brought
in. How rapidly is that being accomplished
now. What a gust of power has been sweep
! in.- over America Now it has crossed the
Atlantic. God grant that it may quickly
spread over all Europe, and every region near
become the kingdoms of our God and his
/ Christ.
We are now assisting in meetings in the yari-
| ouS Methodist churches here alternately. Last
night we were at the Frederick street Chapel,
and had the privilege of seeing about forty
! blessed with either pardon or purity. Some
of those who received the witness Of purity
I were remarkably lovely and intelligent young
men and women, such as will be likely to take
! a leading position among the masses recently
brought out of spiritual Egypt Probably
about ten ont of the number who presented
/ themselves at the communion rail and its sur
rounding were seeking entire santfcaton |
conceive this to be a matter Of great import
ance. If our people do not take a leading
position in regard to this matter Onr response
bi!ities will be serious. Surely with high
. hand and an OutStretched arm multitudes have
been brought out from under the iron yoke Of
Satan. And would not the God of the armies
of IsrSel have them brought up at once into
spiritual Canaan, where they may be invincihle
in battle, and valiant for the truth Says
the beloved Adelaide Newton the Scotch
auth0rcsS, who seems to have had occasional
glimmeringS of the believers promised inhcr-
tance on this side the heavenly city TO my
mind fighting in Canaan implies a much higher
state of experience than wandering in the will
derness, and few | fear in reality arrive at
that state of blessedness" But with us as a
people the believers privilege and dnty in this
regard is cardinal doctrine. "God thrust
the WesIeys out to raise holy people" Most
emphaticay does Mr.. Wesley present it the
privilege of the young convert to enter at once
unon his nurcha Sed inheritance
"The land of rest from inbred sin,
The land Of perfect holiness
In his Journal he cites many instances Of
yonng converts who were brought with unmis-