The New York herald., 1876-03-12
REVIVAL GLEANINGS.

QUARTER MILLION CONVERTS IN THREE
MoNrHs-EN ENCOURAGEMENT FOR CHRISTIAN
WORKERS.
Tho campaign between the enemies OF sin and
those OF righteousness, which has been waged with
less success in all parts OF country and
with very marked and signal success in particular
localities during the last four months is quietng
down preparatory TO the siege being raised by the
Christian army still encamped around the cadels OF
Satan An observation OF the fields Of battle will give
intelligent appreciation OF the nerccness OF the
conflict and tho number Of the Lords slain and
wounded. Beginning with our city and State, We
find in addition TO the hundreds previously
reportcd:-In Forty street Baptist church,
s, and in other Baptist churches of tho
city and vicinity 36O Totenville, $. L., Baptist
church. at Peekskill Rondout and Poughkecpsie, 800
more at Tioga Centre Pelersburg Flat Brook Morris,
Saltwater. 0lean. Troy, Motvlle, Hamlin, Perinton
and Fort Ann Village the Baptsts have CLEANED 319
In Amcnia, White Plains, Elmra, Pine Plains, Ma
lone Alcgahy Port Jervs, Rome and Southampton, l..
l., the Presby terians have captured oeI Tho Meth
odists, IN places cooperating with Presbyerans,
Baptsts and Congregatonaists, and in some bat
Ting independently, have come of we'll they, II
not ttlc better in some places For instance at one
church IN Rochester, Alexander street, 100, and at
SpoutBrook l25 at Carksyie ITO; at South Sodus, 12
Valley Falls so; Millvie, $50; Fiskhill, on the Hud
son, 47; Smithtown, L. l., IT'S These figures and
places VIII indicate how widespread has been the re-
vival spirit throughout this state and how
large the numbers that have been gath
cred into the churches In one Methodist
Episcopal church alone in Poughkeepso 900 have
united, and in Port Jervs over 700 have Joined the
Methodist churches. But these and many othors have
been reported heretofore and need not be repeated
here. But taking only those figures above, and with
out including the last two, have here army OF
1856 converts cleaned from our exchanges IN one
week and gathered into the Church Of Christ in this
IN NEW JERSEY AND ELSEWHERE
like results are noticed. The Methodiss along the
line OF tho Morris and Essex Railroad New Jersey and
In some few stations adjacent TO the southern Railroad
have gathered in SIS souls the Bapsts 200 and the
Presbyterians 3l5 In Pennsylvania tho results have
been equally remarkable according exchanges.
The Methodiss gathered in 2 s33, the Presbyterans
$40 and the Baptsts $50 In the New England States,
including Yale College, where revival pre-
walls among the students, the Congrega-
1917, the Methodists 235, the Baptists 100 and the
Iresbytcrans 26. In Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Min
nesoa, California Iowa, Indiana Tennessee, Virginia,
West Virginia, Delaware aud Maryland the statistics
not complete but the rcapers have not been idle
CLEANED l,0Sz converts, the Methodsts 373 and the
Presbyerans 50, and IN the other States named the
Baptists gathered in 35I tue Methodists 500 aud the
Presbyterians 81 remarkable revival prevailed in
Rushvllle, Ill, for several weeks 1t has quoted
down now, however 1t began by CON-
pany OF l3 persons members of holiness association,
dropping down there unasked and unaunounced. BY
previous agreement, alter stepping oil the platform
The station they divided INTO companies OF twos and
thrces aud started out through the village
ing with every person. old young, they met in the
streets the subject of their personal salvation and
with them They also visited the dwellings and busi-
places of every inhabitant OF the place. talked
sang and prayed with them aud invited them attend
meeting to be held at night in the schoohouse
by Such earnestness arrested general attention. and
IA few camo to the first meeting The second day wit
messed repetition OF the abors OF the FIRST and tho
second night the schoohouse crowded. A relig-
ous seemed suddenly 10 take possession Of the
hearts OF the people, ard IRON that time onward the in
terest increased until 100 souls converted And
these statistics represent but
A CONVERSIONS
that have taken place in the localities indicated albeit
they foot up aggregate OF H. 445 converts gathered
into the church within probably two three weeks
III during the three months which the churches
pastors and evangelsts most active average of
this number saved the grand result would be not
far from quarter of a million And at the the
time revivals have existed ncighborhoods and among
churches that make returns of numbers There has
been scarcely college seminary in the land that
has not had religious awakening among the students.
In Richmond College, Virginia out of 100 students,
ninety we're converted. And doubtless other n-
sttutIons Of learning could present good record.
These results that the Christians OF America
thank God for in the beginning Of tns centennial year.
when wickednoss TO SIT i'll high places and the
love OF many heretofore deemed faithful wakes cold
and faith men is below par. Such results Indicate
that the world is not governed by protopastc moners
by their illogical scientific manufacturers. The
Lord regneth let the earth keep silence