Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-04-21
FIFTH EDITION
a WOMAN REvIvAL,sr

Market street.
Yesterday forenoon Rev, Mr.. Pa Nj,
preached for the Fres Methollst.
0awihrop Hall, who gave notice ii
their revival meelinRs, winch h.
proven successful, will be con,Inn,
from next Sunday 10 80 o. M. 8.M
1850 p. IN. }, at HOLMES. Hall. No :
Market street. lie gave an iniete,,i,l
aud impressive experience in excel
sririt.
In the afternoon there was l,,,
congregation than at auy time her,,
lore, aud q revival broke out. Thl, "
continued In the evening uud The
markaolc preaching OF The wife Of 4.
D. J. Santmier, followed by tn. pa,,
and husband, aud III by The ctugr
gation--this bcing, like the Friend,
peculiarly OF the Free Methcdi,t., +
every person In the congregation m
speak as moved by the Holy q losi"
This they call worshipping God ia A
order End according to His pleau
Such congregational preaching aG,or
intelleclu Il freedom ant ne, d I'M OF a
science TO every person 10 tho copetea
tion. ltresults 10 fearlea, ami f,i,L
preaching; In the adjustment of Lr
cracy and secret stu and yirultut
| guilty and and achieyts the puriilcaton
the church. This is one the secrc,,
we rshgious power o. tbs Free Net
| dists.
Mrs. santmler's ieIt was Mat. o.
"Thy will bs done" For % mimi
she spoke huer,ly and h ii tie delIgh
attention Of her suicnce, nliwilhsis
ing II was ma eup OF ali grades OF
tslliRcnce and OF aga IRON I years
near 10.
The discourse was lepleie with cit,t
from the religious experience I hi Ia
youth, middle aud CID age, She ucs
with childhood and got the children
| terested. She believed III their colva
sion. The most noteworthy feature
her lecture flor sueh 1t would la
eeemed 10 be by persons who "io moi D
lieve Ia wcmtn speaking III meeting
| was the rhetorical closeness with wild
she held TO her topic. This, aihoa
she 10 q dclicate-Appearins little gent
Italy, made her Grafton OF nBteli
power from . rhetoric, ani schools,
point Of view. But morc than III I'd
the Spirit OF power was with her III
with her husband, Rev. D. j. san'miel
Persons OF all classes and every desc. 4
tion roee up, one alter another, throl.
out the audience, some cal ing On 10
for mercy. One old bsckslider, VII
hadn't been to church for 20 years, e9'
tesscd intoxicatiou was his bcselting I'll
that he sought Gods forgiveness, al
that he want d them TO pray Tor HIN
holp him struggle against tbs bete,lll
sin of Ills appetite for strong drink and
come regularly to church. lie was 70
to be at No. IA Market street all d
next sunday. lie knetl d down q
made . beautiful prayer. lie gave
adore Q and declared he wanted 10
ssved aud lead . now lie.
i The Free M.thodists do not dare
hush people up who go to contest
their sins 10 meeting; they do not dare
quench the Spirit; they even do not d
to shut the meeting down And smot
the contrition OF stricken coDsclenC
Consequently there was serious, cry
time TIL 10 o'clock, when Mrs.. SantIi
led of with . beautiful rejoicing hyr
and the meeting closed with doroi'
/ huO tut DcuoulCtiuu u now ~. " ~
inter In . general spirit Of rejoic
/ None looked more smiling and ha
than those who had been crying
praying for mercy and pardon from
for jesus sake.
| Wilmington women are proud Of N
Ssntmisr because they cay; See I'll
liz q delicate, little. feeble won
preacher, who breaches more losica
ard powerfully than ODe-half the N
preachers. B.o she makes all classes
sinners yield" Even thc.drunkard e
up and talks about the womsn's freat
ing no has Just heard, and renounees
life Of intoxicasioD, and temporal
reform has come indeed with pow
30 all the temperance women
Wilmington will turn out to By
the woman preachers aud learn
truo secret of temperance reitrma'l
which they have Ieen so many ye
praying to discovsr. II Mrs. ssntia
| goes OH aud the people who heatd
l yesterday do their part she has Lighted
torch likely to set al Wilmln.ll
anane. Divlnely saved from supPs.ss
death ted aud the very brink Of y
I grave she says, to deliver Town
Sav.o n's message to lost sinners