The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-02-13
THE NEW YORK SUN
WEDNESDAY MORNING, rEB. 10, 1861.
Fulto. Street Prayer Meeting, YESTERDAY.

Fulton strcct Prayer Meeting, Yesterday.
A rainy drilling day, exceelingly un.
pleasant under foot. But q day Of remark .bls
power in the prayer meetings both above and be.
low. tall, well dressed man arose. and said le
had reason to bless d,i for these meet nys-for
here he WAS converted. Aud, said he live by NV
daily labor. We had go. reduced tp oar last shii.
ling. I thought Of taking my b.sket and roin,
OUT WIN Jus's ltle bread for meal, in case
s'ould get work, 81 that I need NJ, have 70 come
home. Bat fns'Iy though, better ofn said /,
myself, vii! 20 ~ Jesus and ask him. So Iven, u
him in prayer, and wrts,sd on aui imp,orei his
helT-and while praying, II came iato nay mind -
"Noththg doubting-noihng doubtinS"-tnat :, I
must believe CnnIsr, and ~ I did believe. l f,,t
sure that help would come. But did nt know
how II would come. Bu, rested in Cusrsr.
went out. When came in, slw, by the looks
Of my wife, that something had happened whl,A
pleased her very much. Az length she took me to
dsrk closet, where We keep our stores aad oh
what sight. Twas ful-plenty Of al, we needed.
We never in our lives had 81 much In store a, any
one time before. oa! the Joy havs ia jesus.
II wa, your praying for lite children that! cd
me 10 Jesus myself, Tor thought Of my own little
children, who had never heard me pay, and | de-
tormined here In this meeting, TIA. would be
praying man. believe that IL was tlruugh the
fundamentally n my little giil that | VA. first
brought 10 Jesus. Aud that same litIla child 1,
great assistance ~ me now. somol'mls I forge,
Sad take up the knife aud fork the ir.t thin;s he
will cay; "stcp, s,,p, papa, yor have MT prayed
yet" meaning have not asked b!esSns.
The fpc'i sr closed with an eA nest appeal /, tho
L. IL i'm MI lrIt hI
Savior and friend The tears were falling all
around, as the man spoke in the most en- ,h,,ic
manner oftG unspsaksb.c Happiness which he now
enjoyed in Christ Jesus.
Many in great anxiety were present
NIsIr TO TIIR CHINESE RErHi KtNG.-In A
lester from 500 Chow ~ the Am ritun Bdu'ls,
Rev. l. l.. RoUEKrs describes three yiIit,, made by
him pcensy to the King of ths ReO,l tcrcss ;-Oa
the hnt evasion, says Nc. R,BkHrs, the secretary
kneelcd before the King bu, only pulled of my
hat, and made due ODeis since. Toe X ny invited
me imned attly to sit down, ani catered into
conversation, the recretary scting as interpreter,
for two or more hours. lie introduced several
topics of conversation, n al Of which gave him
tue fullest satisfaction could. lie is q pleasant
man, and presume learned man. lie has MI in
intelligent countenance In rather under size, would
not weigh more than 100 lbs, think Is afbe anl
free in his conversation laughs and talks like any
other man.
lie afterwards retired, drew OF his royal rob..
and ciown, returned, and after cDnversing very
short time, said, " Let 60 and worship Shangti !"
We proceeded 70 his palace chapel, sung our good
old aOxology, and the ymn Of two verses which |
taught to EuS0 Sow.CuuES thirteen years ago. lie
tncn proceeded to front table, where Offsrirg
pi esented IN Sh'Ig gti All then kneeled down,
but M ore uttered n syllable for Rb1it two IN nuts~
when they aud retired. Itd the King we
w,iu in the habit Of praying, one prayi.g aloud
while thus worshiPptng and thai Shluld like 10
have done 80, " had thought he would have hoxn
L pleased. lie said he should h,ve hseu p'sl,ci
On the second occasion, he says, .,sed hlm il I
eJuld not be allowed 10 pray when we went 10 wor-
ST. r. ard pre- ca 10 the people to-. lie said could.
They drtss,d d me up Tor the occasion, win tie
u,ual dress Of the rest, only liale fuer, blrogtd
suppose, from the Kings wardrobs thck-sn'Cd
byot, With scarlet tops, de'p yellow.robe with
fine gold bespaDgled upper jacket, aud yolIow
bandsge around my heads -
We went into the paAce chapel, and ths King
took his royal scat, will his crown on his head,
when they all, but myself, fell dcwa upon their
knees and sung "A verse Of something Of which
King led in singing tha, doxIlogy and hymn which
! taught HUsG-Sow- -CuUEN, ~ many years ago.
We all kneeled down, and lie asked me TO pray
which did. Ths King, on rising, wen, back ant
took his royal seat again, introdu ,ed me, aud
asked me TO preach, which did ffou Acts a. IL.
lie followed me with some remarks.
The Rsripal Abrodd.-At the late corr-rence
meeting of the Evangelical Alliance at NOtln nsm-
shire, Eng and, the following facts were stated with
regard % tine recent revival In ,otani Wales
II viii be that the great Characteristic features
are the same marked among ourselves three
years since. Among the fishing population, tps-
cislly the East coast lhrousl lUu tho Nlrth aud
in the ars sCst cities, the gracious power has been
eX Xycrienced 10y multitude, whose numbers no one
bss ait. mptsd 10 ascertln but ii must an punt 10
Thousands. The religious awakoniUg wen! with
amazing energy among these men Of the SEA. II
has completely altered The character and h ,bts Of
the population Of the entire range Of f'hipg Wills
ges along shore from the Tweed to Moray Firth,
the Fir,hs of Forth and Tay, In Eyem Jutn, in New.
haven, In 81. nance, aud in Kus portion Crslg.
In Arbroatb, many Of the factory, a. well the
fishing population, have been blessed, and 1, two
small fishing villages in the neghboEhood, with
population OF 100 families, about thirty persons,
ranging fiom hftecn t. seventy years Of age, have
given then selves 10 the S,v,or Ir N intryse,
persons of various ages aud conditions, but e'p,ci
ally youLg females, miil-work0rd, boTehod scr
wants and young men. to the number Ot hye or six
hundred. have experienced n marked spiritual
change. In FeIry deD, Lear M,ntrose, with a sea
caring community OF about 1000 souls, II Is ho'
lieysd that nearly one-haIf have come under the
power Of the rsviwl
In various towns aud villages on the c,lSI oi
Blni the wal; enng has not been sss cons licuou'
In Ds.k'ord, IN Buckle, IN Pnrtnockte, In Find bch
ty, and IN B,nfi, u deep awakening has baea expe-
rieLced, in which hundreds Of men have been par
takers OF & ace, mercy, and peace In the last
named town, TIL lately one Of tho coldest regions,
in q spiritual sense In all the land, the writer wit
NeAat u not long ago, ht noon anu ~ huCn
scenes Of agony on the one hand and Of psscs aai
Joy UNANIMOUSLY written on the COuntenance on the
other hand, under tie gTaGlous power OF the Word
"a gchcd IN lts most simple iOIm, as can never bo
tDrEDtt,n b. thOstt ttwho witnesssd them.
with regard to the work, IN wales the fpl' wing
'Y>ar. were made, among others 10y Rev. J"HN
EhS, OF Hereford -
There have been N, great leaders IA this move
rnsnt, and organiZ Ition No pregC lers Of burn.
ny zeal and stirrng eloqucnce have gone abpnt
.kepn ha pu. al 4 al M
wrought in a more unususl, and In, ~ It " ,u,d
sppsRr to w, a more sovereign m amer,
sometimes whole congrg cation has b,en deeply
moved under TIE Oriindry niHis'rd'bdIL
SOmetI uI,s rs prayer meeting, e'peHRily ua1ti
prayer meeting, this spirit Of conviction nit cone
Town upon almost svery heart. "The second week
in January" writes the Rev. y EDWARDS, BiDtst
minister, at Lsnely, 'tbe memorable ws.,x Of uai-
verEal ard unted prayer, wss season Of wonder
ful power In this place. Two Of the meetings esps-
oisIy were characterized by an influence Absolutely
overwhelming 81 general was the influence of
those meetings, that II reached every individual
soul; so intense, tLgt tho stsutest heart unable
TO Withstand its searching, melting power
Sometimes In the Qtidryythe whole body Of work.
have suddenly fslI that they sinners, aud
have paused in their work, under al AgoalLins
sense Of quit, r. cry for Iardonlng mercy Ia o.
tOber last, two young nsn came from a neightOung
villsgs 10 work in the .srres of fsainlog wlilst
they were working they were OBSERVED TO weep.
They We're in deep sptritusl distress. The follow
ING day they kept al lLeir woSx ill dinner time (;
| but al thsy had dinsd they got up, able
10 60 ON with thec work, md bsgsu b. aIcsni the
| mountain, inteLdng " pray on the mDuutsin-
cop N solitude ard quiet, ill it should
| please Goa /" take she heavy burden from
their souls. sudden impulse cans upon the
rest Of the quarryuen; every one Of them, 30 IN
| number, followed the young mon; and - N they
| Sers kns'liug on that mOUntIu-tOp; Ru nun
bers who had been dnnENds aal scpif.r' Ill
that hour wsre then weeping and crying fp- IN -
~ for thsmtevCs. THey contuual On thai mpur
| Iaiu-Iup hll evening. They tr,n came dpwn
4 MI Int 'U IN an iltatF
| ms IN the church aud cniptls. Tlo wu,.e Of Gpa
| Toll wing cay, with one consent, was sp'lt Jy
them In prayer AMI religious eN 'ruSa, o4 tHa to-
| of that same mountain, AID ~ CpIuIugLCad : re-
il .L. Al ln- Il 1