The New York herald., 1869-03-14
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

Fifth Sunday In lSsse-Prsgrc~s % Rrits1ss-
Deaicasisss, Revival, Ac.
Tho Presbyterian church Of Reading. kshsxsn.
Organized one year ego. reccive4 thirty -~escu
bers on Sabbath before lest twenty nins on pscsss
sioa OF their faith the result In part % speca meet
ings succeeding the observance of Inc Mosk of
Prayer
The awakening has been vcsy married m Dover.
N. n. Meetings have been held BY Henry y. Durasl
OF Boston. in the afternoons In some yesy OF chspe
and in the evenings In the CiU Hall. when 40 %
$500 people were present Profcssos Para. Of
Andover. was supplying the First Congregations
church, and his preaching contributes is no email
degree TO deepen tue religious interest," An the
Evangelical churches united In the work
The revival In the Union Congregations society a.
PackardsviIle Pelham) Mass.. d the most powerful
ever known In that vic,Aity. Prayer meessngs sre
held from house TO house and the rooms throns-
ed with anxious tnqulrers Among the recent cs~cs
of conversion are Q number OF heads of families
who have already reared the family altar.
vived ana backsliders returning unto the Lord.
Eight persons, all adults, were received 10 ths
bus, IND, at its recent communion.
For the past four months the Presbyterian church
g. Eeosa ILL., has mas been ,a served M & q y Esv ~ y rsrs
membership OF thirtysfonr.
The Presbyterian church and college ~ Hanover,
spirit = Thirty.nvc O. persons s have united win sns
Presbyterian church. or this number fourteen ore
students In the college.
Twenty received the hand Of fellowship q ths
Second church, Chicago, last Sabbath, ten OF whom
had been baptized during the month. The church
has voted the pastor, Rev. Il. j. G00dspecd leave of
absence for four months, to visit New Orleans and
other parts Of the South FOR the benefit Of his wtfe
health. We wish him . pleasant and prosperous
journey and safe return.
Rev J. d. Pofter's iabon with the churches OF
Newton, Iowa. have been greatly blessed. The Con
gregationalists: Methodsts Presbyterian and La-
crowded day after day. There were large numbers
Of inqurers, and many hopeful converts.
In the Springfield lOhiOl church there II m un-
usual degree q religious Interest," Meetings have
young, have been hopefully converted. so general
has been The religious feeling that . theatrical
troupe holding forth at the Opera House experienced
. complete failure, the season lasting but one
night.
At Pleasant Hill, new congregation nve miles
north Of Steubenvle, Pa, on Sabbath before
last iorty.nve were received, OF whom thirty
A. Lower Tuscarora church, In the same State there
have been about sixty tnquirers. few less have
been interested at Cedarville Presbyterian church,
New Lisbon, has just received f0rty-three persons
thrty-six OF them on profession. large proper
tiOn or these were heads or families. The Presbyte-
rian church at West Uni0n Va. which is the centre
church, but was in q sadly divided and weakened
state until vtsitet1 "a couple Of months ago by the
Rev. Jonathan Gloss (Of the Third Presbyterian
church OF Wheelng), who was appointed by the
ntey series OF meetings was begun and carried ON
with increasing interest. One Hundred and sixty
persons have Already made profession OF their faith
In Christ; thirty members who had left the church
have returned, and the interest In not In the least
abated. Scarcely any one left unconverted within
seven miles OF the church.