Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-04-19

connected viii the work Of grnce fiat hns
been carried forward here for the pssl two
weeks With such signal succcss FrJm the
date of our report, Que week since. 90 to last
Shbbeib the meetings were wholly conducted
by the pastors Of the churches here, The inter.
fst nnabating; the meetings. except on Sstur.
day evening, were kept mp as usual That
evening X v. Mr. HickOk rec,Ivpd Telegram,
rom Mr.. Wells. nj AsbIabula, that he wuald
be with us the next day, and thus The meeting
OF oil denominations was convened al ~ T..
church vt the usual hour on Sablmtb morning.
and Mr.. Wells was promptly there and gave
us sermon on classification by Faith" The
house was crowd d, aud The truth was present.
ed with Mr. Wells usual power. The lnqui.
rers injecting al p M was largely attended.
and In tie evening we had another sermon ON
not b'ing justified by fatb," and the Moralisi
was called to look at his stock of oood voyks
and see II II was available in Tie day Of reckon.
ing.& The Presbyterian eli, after these ser.
vices, was resroted TO, where the large number
who had rlsen for prayers with The Young con.
verts, &c. repaired, and with full house there
u good work was done, which closed at a ratl.
er late hour. Since that time we have had
preaching each evening by Mr.. Wells. and
prayer meeting AT u A. NJ, young converts
meeting at 312 L. NJ, and the meetings ore sus-
tanned Ia numbers and spirit without any
abatement. Tue sermons are of TINT char.
acier That admits Of no tenable ground for a
H@'n"n being TO stand, but on Christ, and we
can well imaglne-yea believe many who do
not now turn in with the 0vertures of mercy"
must have very much TO reflect on in The tin
tarr, that, when Compared with duty will not
he pleasant 10 contempt lte Last evening sev.
eral were in from COnneaut, Ashtabula. &c
and Mr. Wells sermon was oddr ssed ia ,bc
'"tefsee', and Gods r. lation to sin, and mans
being enabled TO choose or reject sin and depart
from it with the belief on the Lord Jesus
Christ, was powerful, logical, and convincing,
Quite delegation of young converts were
down from Ashabula ycstcrlay-some few
having also spent some days with us. AT This
wfliing, there has been no more deep feeling
no more encouraging indications than there is
now. Mr. Well we suppose, closes his labors
here this week, yet we hope he may remain
Win us longer. The roads are improving and
farm work is pressing, and yet this c,ounia1
work where years are crowd d in,o hours
must not be given up. This is the verdict o
scores of Christian hearts. This hurried sketch
please accept and use ms best you can. G.
......
Las, Sabbath WAS an interesting occasion il
the diff rent churches of our place 1t wa.
the day set aprrt for the app'ici ntS fol
membership by the subjects of the revival
About 1l5 in all came forward, and the day
was quite an event in each church Til,
methods Of receiving differed;
In the Baptist church, Rev Mr.. Fi.he
preached on the text in Zech v:6-"Not b,
eight nor by power, but by nay spirit, saitl
the Lord" Alter service, the Pastor an,
members Of the church went into the lecture
room h,ow-while the Sabbath School wa
held above-and there received the applicants
In the Presbyterian church Rev Mr.. NJ
Gitfrrt preached on the tpNi, Fg',, XxxIEil-
WHY will ye die." and after the regular ST.
vice, held prayer meeting for about half ~
hour After singing and prayer he address
eu the converts in the congregation for abou
ten minutes and then gave them oI y ,rtunli
table. The applicants one hy one from eac
side of the house, went forward commencing
With the old, gray. headed man, then the mud
, die aged, then the young people and AT las
the children. 1t was said to be very nteres
ing, as with erd,r and eropticty, they thu
gathered and put down their own names lc
admission To the church
| NJ Il al
t preached on the text. Heb xIEl5. and aflt
the service gave The opportunity for The AZ
/ plicants to come forward and stand around III
p alt +. He then addressed them in u few an
appropriate words and took their names
th' y stood.
g In the Congregational church, Rev. NJ
. Peet preached on the text, Eph. nEl5-"I
. are, therefore no more strangers and iorcig
= rrs, but frlD~-citzens with the saint. AMI
:. the household of God" Subject: TT
!, Church Home" After the morning servi,
:. and before the Sabbath School, u secOr
i meeting was held; prayer was offered ar
e the hymn-"Let some droppings fall ON me
4 was sung The confession OF faith was the
II read and The opportunity glveh for the app
l. S"ii'S w SNii'S ioi "uiu anu oit III tuC lb
/. seats, which were v,cated Tor the purpos
,, The congregation sung the hymn-"Shall ,
q. gather at the River" and the young conveE
is at the first verse started from the diffcre
d parts of the house-coming from the side
l. parents and of companions and friends, un
Is the front seals were filled, and thrp sang I
e. hymn through with the rest. The scene W
" very touching; there was scarerly d
s. eye in the house. Mr.. Peet then quot
he the words-"They shall come from I
is east and from The west and shall sit do,
IN with Abraham and Isaac and jacob in [
= kingdom of Heaven" and afterwarl addr IS
If them in few appropriate remarks and
es In prayerl while singing the hymn" "Lnoki
H. only To Jesus" the Deacons took the CovenI
nr to them that They might sign their own nam
H. and the meeting closed r..l w.
to Thus, in eAeA of the churches, was enact
of one Of The most solemn scenes of history.
nj seemed almost type OF the gathering OF /
e. Redeemed at the sounding Of the WORD
~ Come ye blessed of my father, inherit
10 kingdom prepared for you from the iounu
ST ion of the world" To those who had b,
ar through The meetings, Interested hut not C,
ir vcftrd, il was most impressive, causing Iii
4 Al. IA 4 -..s.1 . n.