The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-20
TIE NAUGATUCK REVIVAL.
pRAYERS An ALOEG BEAUTEFUL
CONRECTICUT Valley.
u.t,rcrd Men seeking RELIGION The Benens
ceu, Work that SIR Beach In En""nrnEins
81. ,tcst Noteworthy OF tue Conversions.

act. In the beautiful valley az the Ntugatuck.
Tho Young Mems Christian Assoct tons ~ tom
nccucut have unitCu to COOPERATE WIN tue
churches IN special religious woik. Ihey nave
appointed an executive committee to canvass
,he stnte and stir up religious activity at all tne
centres OF influence. TINS committee Gu
brac,ne we'll known Christian workers besan us
-, A., Noverber last, and Ia stlll engaged In
a, Ia .,s,.,n il to advertise beforehand IN
I'LL ,o,,na when II will visit them. 1he iocA
cburchra are then encouraged 10 oesih wv
uo,k md when the committee arrives meet
t,gs OF praise aud devotion are hold III the
churches. These meetings are Kept up a'ttr '"e
commuters departure. and by peisl-teh' eHo''7
hountilui harvests ~ souls are often re"peu III
the small villages. Several weeks ago the o"'n-
utttcc began Its work tn the Naueatuck Htf'
,rI. 4. about sixty miles ! ng aud q mile wide.
G,orrtphically 1t IL almost separate region.
rbe mill driving power Of the NauL tuck has
h,iit uftccn or sixteen thriving manufac-
tuning vi ages along the river course hich
pl.ts border the stream, aud there are
fertile OPENINGS among the wooded and
r.chy bills that shut In tho narrow val
lew The towns, while to some extent shut on
from The surrounding country by hlls, are
hound together by the NauGatuck Railroad,
which fol.ows the crooks OF the river In its tor
tt',t,- cuur.c through the hills with suCh he
vudcriug exactness that u used to Oe a popular
autlng b fore GO was used LOT tnstue luci u
.il-t tl Go burn crooked wood ON the Nausa-
tlrk Il iroad. Into this valley the sataI-gur-
tulug Lxccuuve Committee went and
SIT UP ITS BASNEEs.
Derby Titchneld, Seymour, birmingham, End
ether 81 .ces were visited, and mucn elective
wu,1 vs. done The religious spirit began TO
BON among TIE churcles and union services
wee held. Eytn4cists appeared and
lent tneir powerful aid. one OF these
We rrof iiutcnins:. formerly llarnum's
rstrnpolis Of the Naugatuck Valley, a wo-
mans temperance movement was begun
b, some Of the Influential woman adNQCAt
Of temperance from different parta OF the
touutfy. lhs gathered force and out OF II
,pranc a union women's meeliug devoted
not ui.ly to Temperance but TO religion.
This continues Its Denehcent work In Water
bury. week before LOST four char.hes
Of Waterbury, two Congregational, one Metno-
dist aud Que Biptist. undertook a series Of
united se.yices. The meetings we're neld IN the
ferent churches, and the pastors exchanged
plipts. lie iruit OF this work was tue con
ytrsi, II Of 40 lut seventy persons ir the Metho-
dit church and hundred or more IN The uther
nnurCNes. IN the smaller towns ~ wnlch the
executive Hmittee mad sown tue seed VI
rit.teou-ncs- tutre were ingathefings ~ con
SIDERABLE magnitule, especially amuns SUNDAY
tr.I1l cht. lrrr. tao hundreds ivlt IN awakened
a., r. wrre over 100 adoitions To- the chura he Z.
and ia l.xruIy, at, WI II only 20 iunot iIanis,
lAtpei-ou- a. Sc evidence g. e change 81 near.
ui Sues over dizzy were pupls OF school.
BDt .Ae m.-t Interesting feature II ibis re-
vX4l nlUy u.,nt WAS m Woodbury.. he Rev.
George A Si.ro~eathcr. pastor OF The baptist
NNlftN ~ tilal AlN u fNttt III ll- the Pc Sptr
whD tuoN .Nt.' Interest VA the 80 ec.al strvic-s
6 number Il men connected with the Nadsatuck
R.tro Il. AnYri a month ugo he gave no.tce at
tudi eve d. ih, et-uC tu1t On the tull WING
SUM 5. al . A.. NJ. hc would ufe.cn especially
TO diif ad nleu. Superintendent Beacn oi the
Nausit.ck Kal-0tu. H. - a dcvo.t Curlstltn
a.d member of the Christ an ASSOCIATION Tx
eDutn, ma Ittce, overheard tac nOuce, aud,
beng mra.,d witu tue idea. without commuui.
caiiis witn MIR. starkwe.tner, iuyited all the
employees ot the ROAD to attend Many oi the
tu.plo,ee- ~ TINS road have been CHRISTMAS Tor
A. IffIG a. IA IA II
lie Naugatuch II an unusually reilsiOus ral-
road lhr invitation was accordingly received
win favor, anu 80 ni-ulN IL MI. he en- esl cen ed
ty as subordIuates that even the Roman Ca no
lc- emyloye on the road went win the others
to the church, ITO phase Nr. Beact,' they SAID.
Tie employees ivlng IN Win.ted ana other
places dong the line # the road askcI Mr.
Brdch's pei mission To- run special trains On tine
run from Winsted down; but tue n IN Intendv q
10 be run from Bridgeport oid not 90
A PASTOR AsroNIsHED.
the depot m Waterbury tue empi oyees, In
cluuiug conductors. engineers, br iAenyn, uacN-
men, uridgetnen. ana tcie-rapherS, with their
G4iunies. 10 tue numter 81 ABOUT lVi ana ac
c mp mad by Mr.. Beach, formed Ia procession
and matched w Through thc tli} 70 TIE Is lptl-l
Church, aud when they entered the house o
worship M. Starkweatuer' VINO Knew nO.uin.
Of what Mr. Beach had ueen dong, was sur
prised, but rising to the level Of tue occasion
he preached mon that powerfully affected
his hearers. Religious feelings were awakened
In many breasts. one Of TIE toughest OF the
sallrpad employees, VINO has pecn converted
said the other day, 90 tell you never nad any
tang :oucu no heart like seeing all u our fei
lows sitting together ia that Is .tl-t thurc1-
come Of them VOID never thought OF seeing
inside Of a cnurch. never thought Ia be tn It
myself"
on the following Sunday the depot In Water
bury was made PRAYER meeting room for r.il-
ROAD men. Inc gentlemen's wAiiin- room was
furnished with Cnairs, aud IN tue corner Op-
| po-ie the ticket flee Mr.. Beach mad an organ
1 placed wuicn he piaycd himself Those VINE
coud not hnd elmer seats or standing room H.
L III eeullemen's room were seated ia tue ladies'
room, ana the doors between the twH apart
meut- were tnrown wide open 50 tuat the sing
NJ ard prayers mignt he heard by all. lhe
II meeting was INDICTED ON Freight Conductor
i Scott. he book of GOSPEL hymus auu song,
II "as used dnd mere were ierVent prayers, tue
\ ieia-ins Of experience, and requests Tor uelp L.
l-aru The way OF salvation As many persons
irJA The town As cUuid squeeze into tue de- Vi
we're interested listeners, ana SOM Of TIN
eeTsynen we're there ~ith good wishes anc
fra,e for the success Of the movement. A UOu
sNp'r,ens manAeed 10 get INTO the two suual
i.yms.
THE LEADERS.
On the following sunday a similarly large snc
III ,iefesfiug meeting was held Mr.. BE ca plesld
II Ia. lLe next week the depot was agalt
ii G0"drd, tue service, beng conducied bv super
n U'or Of Tracks Eggi.ston. lhh week Sunuav
Tue meeting VIII re under charge Of Ir. sic
Carly, an engineer, and next week Nr. Pret,
c.ua. Dtor, viii lead IT, The Interest IN tines,
neetiug- IS In reasiug. They are snort aud [,
II avoid mon tony no scfmons are preached. Sine,
he lr-t meeting no spec al tiain- nave beer
10, ultlough there has been me talk Of V
H. I'm every SUNDAY. Tue maj ritz Of th'
L On ploIe's 4 the railroad i've In aterhur
Il A. 90 III was n ade 10 arrange u meeting IN tn'
L dr.Dt iu Ltcnheld, but the number uf rai.rOtl
L tllycts living VA or We. r lnt flace was TO,
i .nl Some trciins w. also stirrrd zap in in
/ sea. Tue employees have done good personal
| 10, a Wl IA tue students tu Princeton, tuel
eei}day brotherhood opened tucir hearts I.
| O. anothgg when 1hrT wsTe ciysrd 10 a.l TIE res
| u the world.
some oi. the hardest and wildcat men Of 'h
| road. ma d hWtarcr- und DRINKERS, mo men whi
htye eli her scoGed al r,n-iou ar sconf4u
SHOWN evidences of ch,.t ga i.,nn,s Stu''tIu
i [ fHts f.t| D