Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-01-17

tiOns of what We sometimes call the hard
doctrines. We found he cherished the
highest veneration for the Word of God,
and had great regard for the order Of the
house fGod, and was careful to avoid all
appearances of undue excitement in the
meetings. Whatsoever may be said of
other evangelists, all our distrus,s gave
place to perfect confidence in regard to
Bro. Wells. And besides, we came 10 feel
that he was heartily one of rs, being
thorough Presbyterian Though far from
being Sectarian, he was eyer ready, fear
lessly and openly, to ayow his attachment
to our church.
To those who are accustomed to the at
mosphere CT great revivals, the WAYS of
God at such times, must seem marvellous.
It was truly wonderful to see how He roll
ed up the stumbling blocks in these meet
ings, directly to our shame and dreadful
confusion. Ever and anon, they kept
coming up, sometimes apparently by ac-
cident-without intention on the part OF
any one Suddenly, too, in moments Of
deepest solemnity, and just when We least
expected it, these ugly inconsistencies
would rise up, like horrid spectres, and
stare US in the face, till we were obliged
to confess and renounce our sins, and thus
remove the stumbling
1t was wonderful, too, to see how God
answered prayer IN these meetings.
Prayer was asked and offered for groap
of twelve young men, and Immediately
one and another of them, began to be con-
victed, and then converted, until now all
but two or three profess conversion. and
these, we believe, are now under convic-
ton In the morning, prayer was offered
for two impenitent youth, who were at
school in Austinburg, ten miles distant,
and in the evening Of that same day, one
of them thought she gave her heart to
God, in the prayer meeting at the Insli-
tute, and the other a few days after; and
on Saturday of the same week, both these
yoath came to Rome to apply for admis-
sion to the church, and are now members.
A mother asked prayer for a son who was
skeptical and unwilling to attend these
meetings, and almost Immediately this
same young man was seen in the meeting, |
standing up and saying with his own lips,
pray for me-" He is now numbered |
among the hopeful converts. Thus wives
asked prayers for their husbands, and sis
ters for their brothers, and parents for |
their children, and children for their par
ents, and in many cases, the answers came |
after the prayers.
The result of this wonderful work of |
God among US, it is impossible now to es-
alone can reveal the good
1t is believed that about
one hundred souls have been truly con-
verted. Seventy were received to the
of our church last Sabbath-
the first Sabbath of this new year; all ex
cepting two were received on profession
of faith. This more than doubles the
of our church. Thirty-six
of this number are heads of families, and
nearly all are adults; thirty-fve of them
are male members. and most Of them
strong men, IN the active business of life.
Thirty three of them received the ordi-
nance of baptism, and all together sat
down for the first time at the Lords table,
in commemoration of his death. These
things are marvellous in our eyes, but all
the glory shall be to God and his Christ
and his Spirit, forever.
F. MAGINNIs, Pastor.
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