, 1860-03-03

aoout !ou1 niles from that place. IA 4 result.
lost@'laur nave atFcady unted With the church
dTed have been hopefully CONFERRED. There !.
80 largely awakened interest in the Con
EreEs*i9uAl Church. 4 revival hns La.r j.;
progress in the Baptist Church in Kalamazoo
Tor several days; and general awakcnin,,
seems to be perceptible in several Of the Other
increasing mud farge numbers are converted
IN WISCONSIN, at Quincy, upward of thirty per-
sons have been converted under Me,hoti1.t in
huence; at Portland, twelve to fifteen at Vim
necot5ee. ten or more; ut Plattsvi1ic. twenty
two; at dterloo, about thirty; at Wntertowu.
l"ehts-lonr; a. fomat, Mineral Point, and
many oti;ef~faints the religious awakening is
very marked in The Niethodist Churches" At
MaaIesha, ~ Tue Raptiss Church, from thirty
70 iorty have been converted: at Columbus
Ctty t"entJ~six.. En Iowa, at Dubuoue. in
Davis county, IN Jefferson county, in Jefferson
county, Lee county. ut Grlnnell, Westtield,
;slasS:.;!ane, ;lot:.; tedar Rapids, and .cany other
baptlst and Methodist Churches. The same
maY De said OF o large number of towns in
MINNESOTA =. In Central City, KasaAs, \ meet.
~ lasting tour days, in the Baptist Church,
IeseS Z accession Of IS to the Church. ;.
4 pfotracls Exciting has been held at the H.
three weeks paS7 t,nler The preaching Of Rev.
jacob Adriance aEz6YF Father Fisher. Much in
teFest has been awakeheft, and the house night
y crowded to its full capacity 3iany convict
IONS and conversions have bIessed the earuest
laoofs Of these pioneer ministers IL their good
work.. We hope soon to seesteps taken toward
the erection Of suitable and cornmodious
house of worship.
MISCELLANEOUS.
u. Q. Walker, Esq, of this city, presented to
bishop Nhipple, when he WAS il Chicago last
q f11ca tn tSt. fnt h i
,.ne of stages running between ST. Paul and
fasloau't, in Minnesota, during the year 1860.
NORTHERN AE7uoD1s1s DENOUNCED IN kEa'
TEcKf:-A correspondent OF the Cynthlanu
At"s Is Eery Indignant ut the announcement o
me meeting cf Conference Of the u. E. Church
!AoFth) At Germantown, ky., on the 9Th o.
March, and especially on 2ccount Of Bishop
ter quotes from the Bishops published opinion:
IN the |ttstern EHristan ddtooatt, and deuouu
ees the clergymen Of the Church North in Ken
tuckr in the most brutal terms. lie says: ave
should desist driving out such small fry a;
Fee 1 Co., while we Gun manage one Of the mos
powerful Abolition associations in the world il
| our midst.' Such u1aii.n .nant and blind spite d:
is maaifested bF this anonymous aud ungram
matical scribe, shows that there is yet one sub
| ject for earnest Methodist missionary labor OF
the other side Of the river
| "A Convention Of Delegates from churches
IN Northern Kansas, will meet on Friday before
the third Saturday in June next, for tue pur
pose Of forming an Association. Brethren, es
pecially ministers Of the gospel, are invited Il
attend. The place of meeting is one mile from
| Seneca, the county town OF Nehama county
with Mount Zion Church. Brethren wishing I.
| attend can come to St. Joseph, no and from
| there they will find good staging to Ccntra
| City, or Atchison, md then take the Sa:t LAX
Express"
| "A letter from Re7. Frederick Mouod, o
Paris, states that the published accouts Of th,
American reyiva1s has awakened spiri. o
prayer and Increased devotion in France, m.
that some very interesting conversions hay'
occurred.
-A writer in the last n, Y. Eeangtlist. jus
returned from European tour, states that tier
are many revirals OF religion in progress in
multitude Of places in Great Britain, and re
'naFkatle waking up to the Importance Of suirit
/ nal t1lnGs. The general impression Ut tb
churches Is that GOO is about to do wonderful
/ work there,
| KEAARKABLE RELIGIOUS REy1rAL.-A cmark
able religious revival Is guiuR on ia the t;erma,
Methodist Church, corner of Eagle anu p1ospec
streets. We spent short time thvre the othe
evening, and never before witnessed such high b
strung enthusiasm iu our lie. The hymns ar
very lively, and the whole congregation join i,
singing them. During the singing several 0
tue converted get wLat is usually called tn
E"power," and under the influence thereof the,
perform strange acts. It took three able. .bode,
women to hold one fragile girl. who was Wild,
ondeayoring to jump up to the ceiling, shouting
.iallelujah lite while. One old Indy, her eye
CLOSED and her lon= gray hair streaming wildly
performed the most grotcsque dance we eve
saw during the singing Of the hymns. At!cngtl
the the. Power" Power became pretty generally dissf,b
jumping up and down, some were lying fiat o.
The floor, mourning piteously ,others were scream,
ing uallelujal,, others laughing. while the pas
tor, the Rev. Mr. Sluernlan, rapidly paced hi
platform, bidding, 10 impassioned strains, til
unconverted in the house to come ami be sayed
VIZ understand that hundred, have been adle
to the flock since the revival broke out.
The other night, while the enthusiasm vas
its height, officer odel1. unde: TIE impressio
that q disturbance was being created, rushe
into the house, md taking oil bis coat proclaim
I'd that no row must take place therc. He wa
soon given to understand how matters stoot
The case was clearly beyond his jurisdiction
and he put on his coat aud went away.-CLrt
|ahd Plain Dtdt<r.