The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-04-19

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| ueh men nov. We have had thom In our former
istory God gran, we usyecr have piou- On
| err In our army and navy.
| On that Sibhsth morning, on which ,b. la,t,e ~
AXE Camp aln fought, when Cnmmasiore
owSlr' OF the british squ,drrn, vas sailing down
nthc Americans, rs they hay In the bsy of Pats
nrth, he sent man 10 the msftbesd TO zee whaa
iey were doing on Commodore MoDesotoas .hip
-shc hNs'hir cfthe little American squadron.
'Ho! alon," said DowSir. .'what are they doina
| q that ship"
"sir," answered the lookout. "They are gather
dabou, the main mast, and they seem 10 be NJ
nyer.-
"Ah !" s.ii Commodore DowSiE sthat looks
| eil Tor them, but bad for u.s."
WAS lad for this British Commodore For the
Dry 6r-t shot from the Amet lean ship, WAS y chain
'oA which cut poor Do~SiE in two, aud killed Kim
| - moment.
Mcp"N"c0u was simple humble Christian, aud
man Of prayer but brave ~ = lion, In the ,u OF
''te. lie died. as he lived--a simple hearted esru-
Il Christian.
Netc York Port Society," The fcrty-,hri an
Ner'ary Of "1nE soCurY ron PROMOTING TIN Co.,
q. Aso>G sr,NNs IN 1ux PoRr or NV Yong WA
'ld IN the Cooper Institute On Monday evening" the
| Nh instant.
Addresses were made by Rov. Dr. Hrrcuooos,
eN II. :. nuSrs0ToS, Rev. CuARiIs J. JOSIE and
aptain ELLIOTT, interpcrsed with siugirg, cxpc-
cn.es aud prayers BY soaincn.
The last ioity .three years has witnessed mighty
oral and religious changes among our brethren of
e sea, itheing rare thing, forty-three years ,go,
hnd pious sailcr. Now, pious Hcamcn are me<
ith everywhere.
REMARKABLE INCIDENTS or THE ELDER
BID ORPHAN ASYLUM REvIvAL.--ln CON-
c,ion with this peculiar snd wonderful religious
ork, considerable details O; which were given
Gently in these columns, tho Otscrrer'S cores
ndcn, adds the following iuciGcnts -
One boy, fourteen years old, who until this
me had ridiculcd tho whole afl;iir, and had
aid II they are all converted, 1 will not
o." and had declared openly he had no longer
~ conscience, had gone to bed bsforc the
aver meeting, and remarked to thosc W
ept with him, "Whilc the others are
aking such a noise with their prayers. We
III take quiet napi" But he could
sleep. The awakened children were
aging for him continually. When he
arh that his dearest friend, an apprep-
CO, who on account Of sickness was ior
me- IN the Orphan House, had also united him
lf with the praying circle, he said Now my
rcngth is hall bi,kcn." At last he rot IN
I'd went 20 the kitchen. There he saw ia
lend in the midst Of the other bo,s upon Lis
uees, and heard that they prayed ior him. In
moment ho was upon his Knees, cried aloud
nj fell into violent cony ulsions, 80 that II be-
,me necessary 10 carry him back 10 led, A
reat anxiety Tor his soul had taken po4session
him, aud he believed himself to have COM
tilted the sn against the Holy Ghost. The
n,ulsons continued more than three hours.
q was speeclllcss during this time, but had
Ill consciousness. On tho next morniu. .I
wer Of resistance was gone, but as yet no true
ith was apparent. Towards eleven o'clock
,e commissions wero renewed, and continued
atil one. At four o'clock he said. "Now I
IN believe" He had during thi5 timo hun.
sring after spiritual food. The children and
achers must sing with him, and al1o pray &C
ad passages from the Bible continual y. He
hnted out with his own cramped, trembling
inds, portions Of Scripture, TO be read TO him.
mong these was the wenty-third Psalm. As
seemed transported with delight. Whens
ate was brought to him upon which favor
ehymn was written, he became joyfully ex-
Ted, wished the verse TO le read TO him, aud
len taking the slate la his own crampod trcm-
ling hands, cast his eyes over the words, and
emed to devonr tho contents. Al ten O'Clock
ie superintendent must pray with him. After
time he became more quiet, and prayed him.
III: Lord, thou hast helped so many, help
ho me- With tho words "me," came the
,nvulsions' AZ eleven o'clock he fell asleep
ad awaked the next morning with perfect
eace In his heart, that has continued to tho
resent time.
Still another very remarkable case occurred.
boy seventeen years old, who belonged to