The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-08-27

the Divine promise sustained them, and they
prayed on till the Spirit came with power,
and the revival began. -,. i-i7 i.au o. f. ID
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WORK. -i
In many points the characteristics of this
work bear striking resemblance to some of
those which marked your own religious
awakening:
The union of all ministers and Christians
in the work Ministers of the Episcopal
sect, who would not a few months ago unite
with Baptist or recognize his ministerial
Methodists Of vari-
Gus sects-all mingle and cordially coop.
crate. ave have no isms in this town at
present" says correspondent, "no,hing
but Jesus the savior of sinners" gAsperi-
ties, jealousies, unkindly feeling, are melt
ing down. One of the Bishops has presid-
ed at large united meeting, and uttered
sentiments in his address worthy of the
Christian, if not in harmony with the lofty
pretensions of Episcopacy.
j. The spirit Of prayer evidently marks it.
1t is the most prominent. Never was there
anything like it. In many places, every
second house in the streets is bethel. In
houses, shops, warerooms, squares, school
rooms, churches and chapels they meet for
prayer. They gather in thousands. Every
place of worship is opened almost from
morning till night. Only the other day the
beautiful Botanical Gardens at Belfast were
visited by about forty thousand people, who
in different groups spent the day in various
acts of religious services. A week or two
ago the new court house at ColeIaine was
to be opened to the people. Arrangements
were made for celebrating the event in
the usual manner. As the day approached
no one could be found to open or attend the
ball. Meetings for prayer were proposed.
They were hailed by the community, and
the place was crowded from morning till
night by thousands of devout and interested
persons None are exempt.
PHENOMENA OF THE REVIVAL.
have alluded to some phenomena which
mark this religious movement. In all the
towns, in many cases, persons are struck in
moment with the most overwhelming
sense of sin and danger. Sometimes it is
followed by the most entire physical pros
tration, and in all cases by the most acute
anguish. In the shop, the mill, the field,
the streets, the houses, the chapels, this oc-
ours. In moment the most piercing cry is
heard, and insensibility follows. 1t affects
all classes-the gray-headed man and the
child, the stalwart artisan and the young
GIRL the lady of social position and culture
and the ignorant old woman, the young and
virtuous, and the reckless prostitute. The
cries of these for mercy are appalling.
| At the great union prayer-meeting, held
in the Royal Botanic Garden, in Belfast, at
which O,090 persons were present, it was,
. of course, impossible for the speakers at the
! central platform to make themselves heard
| by the great multitude. llm smessd isG5
| Clergymen and Others scattered them
selves among them each forming the
center of large congregation, which i'm
mediately gathered around, joining in de-
! votonal exercises. Al one time there were
no less than twenty of these subordinate
meetings, numbering from 500 TO 1000
each. Every here and there throughout the
immense multitude, while the hymn or
| the prayer was rising on high, persons were
being struck down under sense of deepand
overpowering conviction of sin. Inside OF
some of these circles there could not have
4 been fewer than twenty persons-chiefly
females-apparently under the Influences of
| spiritual visitation at the same moment Z;
some of them PROSTATE upon the sward, and
others reclining upon the laps of friends
These we've affected in various ways-some
weeping bitterly, but silently, under a deep
conviction of sin; some crying piteously
for mercy; and others unable TO utter q
word, so thoroughly were their physical
faculties in abeyance.
In many Iarts of the garden, groups OF
boys and girls, who had retired from the
body of the congregation, formed in the
shrubbery little meetings for prayer and ex-
hortation among themselves. Some of these
were ragged little boys, who had evidently
belonged to the outcast classes. One oi
these cases was that of little boy, about
eleven years old, who, in very retired
part of the garden, engaged in prayer, sur.
rounded by about twenty lads of the same
age and class. This lad was, it appears
neglected by his parents, and formerly OBJ
tanned a scanty livelihood by hawking bal,
lads through the streets; and the tattered
garments in which he, as well as his com
panions, were arrayed on Wednesday, show
that, in that respect, their prospects in lifi
have not much improved.