, 1860-03-20
Il KEVIyALIST IN SCOTLAND,
Extraordinary Effect ofJlfs Preaching
.-.H1cM nnd Women F.ltaly E3O4y<s III
sFauAi1cul Address Of Young
Girl.


the Asia we hase the B;npsAire (Sco:luua) Jour-
nat Of March lst, containing some marvellous
statements in regard TO the revival Efforts Of a
Mr. Turner. h~h curer Of peterhead, and q
"local preacher" in connection will the Metho-
dist denomination. lie is described Us u 1nan Of
smull stasure-sonc five feet six, aud propor-
tionately ;slender-wsapprd 10 4 dark gray top.
coat Of The sack fashion. his neck prs,tectcd bv
dark woolen crayat, indicatio:, special import
auce in haying his voice preserved in this unset
tied weather with dark brown hair carefdllv
combed, aud in his very regular features, no:Ii-
ing whic'. could strike one rs likely TO convey
the Impression Of any particular ability. Tncy
vigorous mind. but on coming into closer con-
tact, IN e1citablc dreamy ytenlpcramcntbecomes
manifest.
bir- Turner's style is rapid aud vehement:
but his hearers arc often "strucl" before be be-
gins to preach, aud while lie is only reading the
hymn. Females arc especially Infected, often
falling i:to faiDting fits. Young girls take
prominent pa,t iu the proceedings. Alta receut
meeting st I'ortgurcnn he commenced uae Of
his addresses with these words:
'Eytry upconycrted man aud woman haye
devil ur devils in their breast, which mnst be
plucked out before they can te sayed. SAY to
them to-ught," he cried, with violent ge>t;cu1u-
ton Of his arms, "Devils beyonc! devils, be-
gone' devils, be.one."
AS he proceeded many Of the audiences were
t'struck.''
About midnight very serious case occurred.
1 young man, son Of the farmer at Cloc1,un,
fell down, and was carried out apparently ull but
ldelcss. lie was very weakly lad, hasing bnd
4 brain fevcrabout two years ago, sincc which
time be has aluost been deprived ofihc faculty
Of speech, being ud}c only to whisper. wki;e llis
general health mas been uuvthing out goui. lie
was taken into smother house, and everything
done for hin, which kin.taess could suggest, but
the singing in this case was for the most part
dispensed with. Ills father aud mother were
sent for, arrived in short time, and sat with
him, along with several other people, till five
o'clock in the morning, when he revived lit
tie, And was taken honlc in q cart. There we're
two ca,es Of five hours prostration each. To
all appearance, however, neither of the parties
was strong either in body or mind.
Thu excitement in the meeting att2iped its
greatest height perhsps about midnight. The
leaderstuau on desk in the middle Of the room
generally with his hands folded orer his breast.
with Closed eyes and recnmbent head; people Of
both sexes aud of a'l ayes ind'scrimina.ciy en-
gagged in prayer all round, tlc Practice Of
praying for hardendcd fathers and mothers,
sislers and brothers, uucles aud aunts, cousins
and comrades, and naming them, was carried to
ErcatersheiSlts than ever; and when any one was
named with particular earnestness aud solicl-
tudo there was general shock Of excitement.
Some new man would start up to lead tic devo-
ton, thcn those at II distance would keep ask
ing one another, "Who's tl,as?" If the name
given was that Of any trash living man," as
those or bad habits are usually charlcteris d
there, there was anoutbreak Of feeling 10 this Ct
fe-t: "Uh, am right glad O. tha:, What 4
mercy" &c. There were several other cases Of
complete prostration, chiefly Of females AS
many ns three or four could sometimes be seen
lying in the .neetln. at once, I'll ali ke in state
Of appar. nj uuconsciousness. People seemed 10
Lave no particular anxiety to take them ont.
aud somt Of them were almost entirely without
friend or acquaintance to look after thcu. H.
Stances were numerous Of females fainting and
falling quite helpless into the arms VI those near
them. Women, when named in tue prayers OF
their friends, sbriekcd more yehemettly as the
meeting advanced, but whencrerthe excite ncnt
was getting noisy, BIZ. Turner started hymn
al can, j do. 1 will believe "Whats the
News:" or something of that description and,
strange to say, by the time it Was sung, COM
parat,ye quiet was unfatingly restored. 10 take
one another in their arms and fondle each 9th
CT wus conanvn manifestation, alike for the
expression Of joy aud administering OF consola-
tion, more particularly among the women and
girls, hut also, ia several instances, between
male aud female, even in tho midst Of the meet
lug.
made long incohetcut address, beginning rs
t'Darling sweet Lamb Of God! You are
looking out at the windows Of heaven upon mc
at this moment. see Christ with His wounds !;
/ see the nails in His feet. Lord, cnab:e me to
pray; +o.d. enable ID me to pray; %,.: STOP o. III /
name, think it was Dualey's mother. I
think she WIS carried out. saw tue folks car
ryin. her away. That blessed thip Of foam-{a
pause e}-Lord, enab:e NE to pray Lord, enable
me to pray: Desr, blessed Saviour. Jano
Geddes, you told me last night that you saw
A. - Cf.,& 4L-
choice which road to take Lord, enable ME
to pray; Lord ecasle me to pray; Lord, enable
me- 10 pray: Dir. Turner, q dear, may the
Lord pour down Ills blessing more and more
ubundantly, that you may convince thousands
gPoa thousands IN this weary world to come to
"0h, Betsy Thompson, Betsy Thompson,
take 4 warning nfso by nc this night. Come
to me all ye that are heavy laden, mud will
give ye resi- Wait minute, m, not insensi-
ble. Yes, my dear, the Lord will shine in your
heart. There is no use in tehrs. 1ou would he
doubling if you were in tears. II could help
It Sonld not staud up before -reat meeting
like this. No. no: Ny dear aunt, God bless
you. | never hacked you. / liked you. sec
lights ut Jour back, William Reid. I hope you
will see them. They are burning there. Lord,
enable me to speak. Come here, Mr.. Turner.
ligh.-you are out Of it nov. There they are.
you we're seeing what au seeing, you would
be very happy"
Dy the time the girl had concluded. it was
nearly t~o O'Clock IN the morning; the lights
were all burned down, save oue or two. SIR.
Turner intiraated dismissal, aud upon bis an-
nouncing that similar mcettng would be held
on the following night, two men huxRius each
other in their arms Mt the door, struck up the
chorus. " Glory. Hallelujah; Praise, Halie1u-
jah,' Ac, in which all joined for repetition or
two. Another case rs striking, however, &c.
Cured jus. as this was fnisled. a girl seemed
10 fall into faint close By where the ore was
who had just finished speaking. She cried out
for . short time, but soon the two girls recog-
uized one another, spoke 10 each other in the
most affectionate terms. end by'and-by they
| laughed together IS loud Us they were able
MIR. Tu1aer quoting precedent frem Scripture
As in Psalms cxx'- Q: Then IA. our mouth
filled with laughter" &c.