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METHODISM TN EARNEST: 
 
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 una TU 
 
 HISTORY OF A GREAT REVIVAL 
 
 IN GREAT BRITAIN; 
 
 IN WHICH TWENTY THOUSAND SOUI.S WERE JUSTIFIED, AND 
 TEN THOUSAND SANCTIFIED, IN ABOUT SIX YEAB8, 
 
 iiEoooB nn DiMKniairTA'JtT of 
 
 REV. JAMES CAUGHEY; 
 
 •« 
 
 nounon 
 All AOOOimX or THOSI MSCTAL AICD BPIIUTUAI. ITlBMnW WHIOB 
 
 MASB am flo maiixiiT a RiriTAUtx. 
 
 aUMOtma AXD ABBAXOMD MOM "OAUOBIT't UTnU,** Wt 
 
 BEY. B. W. ALLEN, 
 
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 . REV. DANIEL WISE, A.M. 
 
 "WtettotblMantpUliMophrorthMBcflmlit" 
 "KmawoKl KmwMuiit Cmvoutll" 
 
 8 B O IT D THOUSAND. 
 
 BOSTON: 
 
 PUBLISHED BY CHABLES H. PEIRCE. 
 
 1860. 
 
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 BnUnd Moordlng to Act of CongTM*, 
 
 In th« yew 1860, 
 
 In tha (Mk't Offloe of tb« Ulitrict Court of the DUtriot of 
 
 MuMOhUMttf. 
 
 Miaaes Ida ami S.-r" H. .>»mp*0*» 
 Deo. 14 iL^ii/a 
 
 • ■OB«B C. »*■» *»» flOHf AMf. 
 
4: 
 
 
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 !• DUtrlet of 
 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 . Iir preparing ihese page* for tiie hm of the American 
 pdblio, the Editor has been uumated by a fixed belief that 
 their publication would cultivate that genuine and tenme$t 
 piety which is at once the cbaracteriatio and necessity of 
 Methodism. His task has not been performed without 
 difficulty, in consequence of the desoriptioitf cf Mr. 
 Caughey's reyival mov<^mento being blerded with other 
 matter in the " Lottery " from which ilus compilatioQ is 
 made. Those Letters cominnse five voli^mes, and embrace 
 a great variety of topes. To ob'tain a cousecutive narrative 
 of his revival experiences and operations, parts and frag- 
 meuts of his Letters have been blended together as harmo- 
 mously as possible. But after exerting the greatest s%ill, 
 the Editor is fully aware that the flow of the narrative is 
 not as smooth and even as he would love to have it. The 
 Abrupt style of Mr. C.. alsc increased the difficulty. But 
 Ha work is done : and imperfect as it may be found to be 
 by the lynx-eyed, fajdirhunting critic, it rs still our unalter»- 
 Ue conviction, that God will bless it to the good of souls. 
 
 I 
 
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I? ooirmm. 
 
 If thif anblime end be naohed, wo <Mure Tery little for tU 
 terdiot of cold-hearted critioinn. 
 
 For the sentimenta contained in the remarka which Intnv 
 duue the chapters, the Editor is alone responsible. Ilis aim 
 has been to ray just ai little as was consistent with the 
 elucidation of the narrative. It is also proper to inform the 
 reader that Rev. Mr. Caughey cordiaUy approves of the 
 issue of this h<H)kf althO'tgh he has taken no pa^t m the 
 labor of its preparation. 
 
 Should this work meet with general acceptance, it is not 
 impossible that another volume of selections from the same 
 souroe may hereafter be presented to the American 
 publio. 
 
 Thb Editob. 
 
 
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 Faia Rma, Mam., Jawast, WO. 
 
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rj llttl« for tik 
 
 rka which Intitv 
 lible. Ilia aim 
 iistent with the 
 )r to inform the 
 pproves of the 
 Qo pait in the 
 
 )tance, it is not 
 from the same 
 the American 
 
 'hb Editob. 
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 Till HmWOUCTOBT. 
 
 Btunta •jp«ieno«i — Tb«tr ni«i — 8ln of •ll)5hthi|t them — A gtmt rellRtoM 
 
 ftMst 8yinp«lhy of a ploui mind iiec««»«ry — Th« Initniintnt — Mr. 
 
 Ctughey'i earty lilntory— DeMrlptlon of Mr. C>agb«y — Th* work of lU 
 Holy Spirit io funning hl» Mvinil chanctar, • 
 
 OHAPTBB II. 
 
 TIIB AMOUmRO 
 
 Chriit and his •pottlet— P»nl - Luther— W«tley — Th«ir iplritn*! baptlnnw 
 — Mr. Caughey't anointing — Bemmrki of Dr. Adam Clarke— Their influ- 
 enoe on Mr. Oaughrv'i mind — The tolemn rew>lntiom -The dnratlon of a 
 deep conviction — The eonrce of Instmmental tnAoietioy — Reflection on 
 the effect of Dr. Clarke's thought — PraUc to Qod- Tba beginning of the 
 Spirit'* work In preparing the luitrnment, U 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 TBI nUDAKATIOll Ain> VtM oosTucr. 
 KeoeMlty ofeympathy between Ood and hie InttmmenU — The dead ehnroh 
 • - The preacher's concern —A eeriee of meetmgi — A deftat — Analjrtia of 
 Its causes- Influence of a minister on his brethren — The great lesson — 
 Tne reeolntion — Reyiral sermons prepared— The common -place book — 
 Good adTloe — Consecration of the sermon — Ordinary serrioes — The new 
 itatloB — Pwpnratlona for a splritaal battle — Cromwell's advice to bb "ol- 
 diets — Sooreea of oonfldenoe — Difllenlties foreecen but not feared— The 
 battle begun- A nine weeks' oonaiot— A glorious victory — Osa of vic- 
 tory — Treatment of converts — Mr. Oanghey'^ reflections on the fkilure of 
 nvlTal operatlonn — Every preaeher ought to ba a leviTalist— The mental 
 eoBflkta of preacher*, IS 
 
 OHAPTBB IV. 
 
 TBI TEST CV BETIVAL raiMCmKI. 
 
 Ood's word ha* been long tested — Tbe basis of Mr. Oanghey** movement! — 
 The lettar to a fHend — The protracted meetinK— The spirit of the labocan 
 
t 
 
 vl ooifTirrM. 
 
 — OharMtor of lh« panpU — RikinpU of (iM<l nilnlit«r« •To(d«<t — MMtln|i 
 night hikI lUy — Tha rwUUutc* — Th« *ilr — Inquiry — InorwMtng <>oii|tr*' 
 fttliHM — Truth Mid Its iniO**t7 — ''or* moUvM — KipMUttUm*— !< xlthnil 
 prMtihlng — ('•tin i-allftuo* on tha trutli — Fnlnaii nfChrlit lUfllarad — No 
 Uma-MrTan In tha way of •ncoaaa— A touchlnn anacilota — (Iraal raaUt- 
 •nca amiinf •innan — Incraaaad boldnau in tha church — (.^ui.flitanca In th« 
 truth dinplayad — Th« t%*mmitf— Fom|Mjr'« Mkjring— Tha mlnUfr and 
 Uia blarktmlth— A nail In » aura plaoa— Th« triumph— (tnoommon af- 
 forta naoaatwj — Tb« motto of tha ohurob, M 
 
 OHAPTRR V. 
 ma OAix ov ma anBir^ 
 
 An affhrtltiK fkct — Opinion of tha raadar — Oood man h*T« had fklth In dl- 
 Vina ImpraMlon* — Scriptural aathorttjr — Krulta am tha taala of tmpraa- 
 ■loM — Ul^aotloua mrt — Faabia InatrumantAlUlaa — Intention to marry — 
 ll«ot«l dUtifat — A UniKgto — Ll(ht Oom heafan ~ Tha •umrooiui to • 
 ■pralal work — Urant paaoa — Tb« raqnaal — lU nooM* — Sariou* ennald- 
 •ration — Parmanancy of Mr. Oanghay's Impraaalon* — Provldano* Path — 
 Onreful uuUyil* of mantal opamttona — faith In Qod, ... 41 
 
 OBAPTER VI. 
 
 riMiT vKom. 
 
 LMvtaR bona — PMaM* to St Joha'a ~ Tha daaertad riltana - »of IdaU 
 
 — OooMab of ■ Saotch dlvtoa — An old tannary — Victory— A ehapal 
 bnltt -~ HoaplMlly — MnntrMi — Ramlnlaaaneaa — SIgna of i«vl*iU — A 
 diMordant ohnrch — Panaga to Qnahao — Kaflaotlont on a poor pilot and 
 • datantlon — Eitnict — Raflactlnna on a daceltftil tight-ahip — Raceptlon 
 fc* Qnaboo— Old (H<nda — A tphltotl battia — Ralan OTarthrown — 'llo> 
 liona MVlval — Tha triflar Mvnd — A rallliary officer afVaiit of Hod't sol- 
 Alan «■ A Man of buain^M Mvad — Raaulta — Tha Mmg of • holy wonuui, M 
 
 OHAPTRR VII. 
 
 BBVITAI. MaUH IX tOWU OAKADA. 
 
 DapaitaN flwm QuatiM — Attachment of the p«»pU — Reviaw of Inbon In 
 Quebec — Inqoeat on a dUlnterred wonutn — A dmnkard'a danth — F«att 
 
 — The Vermont leglilator'n argomenl — An inetdontat a temperance leotura 
 <— Bt. Ann'a — A icene of beauty — An •coMwit— A drunken comp«nioti — 
 Another Booldenl— Three Rirera ~ An ngnd mInUler — Anecdote of Wea- 
 ley — A hamrdona ride— Arrival at If ontreal — The power of Ood— A 
 bouae of mourning — A bkcknlider'a reformntion — 1'k* Are — Penon bnmed 
 todeath — An awf^l event — The backillder'a and— St. John 'i— Review 
 of labOT* in Montreal — A liberal offer declined — Reatltntlon preached — 
 Eflhots — The eonaelentloaa barber— The bank note — The clerk and tha 
 Maa wtafy — Mr. Oaaghay la New Tork — Saromary of raaoUi — Flva ban- 
 4wd awidaaaw af th« raaJUty of bla lapraaaloiia, M 
 
 
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■ InorMwtng omtff- 
 MtatUini— k'uDhnil 
 hrlni <l««l»r«il — No 
 (lot* — Ur««t rMUt- 
 
 — UonfldaiMW In the 
 
 - Th« mlnUl»r and 
 )h— Itnoommoa •(*- 
 
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 »T« huA fklth In dl- 
 (h* tMla of toiprt*- 
 lUntlon U) marry — 
 Tlia «uinrooiia to • 
 • — t SarioM cnnaid- 
 Provldano* Path — 
 . . . a 
 
 4ltaffa - §of Walt 
 flotorjr— A ohapal 
 IM ot Mvlval — A 
 rm a poor pilot and 
 ^t-«hlp — Raceptlun 
 ovarthmwn — '*lo- 
 afVaid of Ootl'i mI- 
 of a hiAy wontaa, H 
 
 {•viaw of labon in 
 ird'a d««th — r«aU 
 i tempcnnoe leolura 
 unkan companion — 
 - Aaaoduto nt Wat- 
 power of Ood — A 
 Im — Peraon bamed 
 tt John'* — Rarlew 
 tltution praaohad — 
 The clerk and the 
 rMnlH — Flvaiian- 
 
 ooMTum. m 
 
 OBAPTBB VIII. 
 
 Idltorlal ramariii— Mr, Caanhay 4I Hiilinti — HU vUll to Pmrldaoea Path 
 
 — iltr«n|tli of th« unpraMtiHi —The Irip from Whieahall lo (lurlliintim — 
 Arrival a» Quabao — Comc'eiitlou* loruplaa — The profllabia datentlon — 
 Tba falU of Moiitii»»r:««!y - flta hlaliiral ttapa — Tha plalna of Abraham — 
 (juatMfl dahm-aa — AimmhIoM of a bujr ~ VUlt to tha Indiana — A CanailUn 
 thunilar itorm — Raflaetlon* — Arrttal at HatlAix — Oaiantlon — Tha royaga 
 from Quabao to llallltM daaeribad — Tha |in of Chriitlan affacllon — Tlia 
 rlrar Ht. Uwranca — Tha («lf — A wtaah — Tha druiikan loldlafa -- Paa- 
 aanRei* — Auacilola — Tha mii'a||a — Prince Edwanfa laland — Ploloa — A 
 ride — Kind atiantUma — A hoina — Tha lady'a apohigy — Tha Thealtl 
 ■oral temparanca maatInK daaorihad — Prinoa Wllllara'i lodga — Rdln* 
 
 — The people of Uod la Halllkl — Tamperanoe raaatliig — AneodoU, 16 
 
 OHAPTEB IX. 
 *■■ ATUtimo voTAoa. 
 Intmlnotory reiMfta — Review of labon tn Hallflui — A bleak mominf — A 
 ■torn — lu DM* — AiPMltiK detxriptloa of llh on ahlpboard In a atorm — 
 Oonveraatlon wllh a aoaptle — Tha aeaptlo confounded — An Incldeat— A 
 Sabbath at tea — The termoa — The raatleae tea — Uuid — ArriTal at Liv- 
 erpool, . . • *•* 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 TUB URMOVBMBirr. 
 
 Editorial remark* — Mr. Cangliay'a lanaa of lonellnaaa ~ Triala — Tranapareiv- 
 ey of hl» charmoter — VUlti Manonealer — Dr. RiintlnK*! lermon — Mr. Mo- 
 Lean — Reflactlona — Robert Newton — Introdootloo to the conflireooe — 
 Tha Toyane to Dublin— Depreaalon — New aeqoalntwieea ~ Invitation to 
 praaoh — The <lrat temen la Dublin — Burprlte — Praaenee of the Spirit — 
 Poar weakt In Onblin — Coovarta — Temptatioat — Comforts — Abaaamanta 
 
 — Rev. T. Waunh — More temptatloa — Their narration valoabia — Raalat- 
 anee to Satan — Death of a elaat-laader — A waeplnft eonfrafatloo — A tea- 
 ton of power — The laat pnlillo labor* of a Rood man — Hopea of heaven — 
 The room where Sommerileld waa oonvertad — An awful time — A remark- 
 able oMiveralon In annwar to prayer — A vlait to Dublin Cattle- 0'Conr.aU 
 
 — A crowd — MathodUt ohnpaU In Dublin — A watoh-nlKht — Farewell lur 
 mon — Interne exaltement — R«anlu of hla labor* Ip DabUa— Letter of R 
 Oralg, Etq., oa the Dublin revival, ..,.•.. Ml 
 
 OHAPTEB XI. 
 TBv waaaa la uiiaaioa. 
 Editorial famaifai — Jonmey to Limerick — Fiiat tnooeM — A letter frem 
 DabUn eoatalninK a beantiftil Ulattratlon of divine meroy — A walk oa tha 
 baiikaaf Dm SkMUMn->-A bnnioaM'*' A barful itirflfif fffll — *^>flffVow -" 
 
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 A i«fVMliliiC M««m - A lifian TM «•§- Work of flo.! In lliiMHifeiB 
 A powsrful <mi»tnl.)« - Th. . .reulM- III.Kwl«-»l .ksUli ..f Umartek — 
 RulM of ih« «>».l w«n - A ipktiMl tlH* - An «'«»••«» e«»«««J«l ~ A curt 
 WM liweriirtlon - An oW M««li.«Jto« •luip«l - E«trMt from W««l«y - Plt««i 
 •r wotmhlp In Llmtrtck - lUHwtl.m. on blglt oburoh notion* - A»p»J» of 
 tiM oily ■- Tho p«0|il« of Llnorto* — VUltlnj from houw i.. h.M»o - «•*«»•' 
 frulto - U«»M l,lm.r»eli Ibr OoHl - Tho mmk In Um^rick - Tnblla bfoO- 
 «>.i In Limorleh - A l*nlm.>nl«l of »flb«Uoi - Tho wawb - Mr. Matbowt'o 
 Mdnas — AoqiMlnMnooo In LloMriak, '*' 
 
 OHAPTES ZII. 
 rmti 19 oowL 
 
 K.iltoH«1rtn»«rlr«-fniyoT for th« eUy-Opwitaf MnaoM — Tho pr»]rtnf 
 ni*n t«ii.ptoJ-Tb« ch«p«l In Owh .Iworib^l- A U»ohln« M»BO-Th« 
 dU«:b»rg«4j •oUllrr-HU orHr*! honi«-Tb« »ow of ••lf-<««aio»tU)n - IM 
 Hbirloui co«<»«ju»i.r«« — Tb# Iwulor.' mootlnf — Th« inwJl ei*« — Tin »•- 
 erot of • cl«--U».l»rt .oc«im - Tbo \oet\ |ir«««h«r rM..ik»d - How U> k*«p 
 p«nlt«nt •«»«•" from hlllnjt b^k - Wi nnoM U>t |(l»>ni »h«n no r».» - 
 Apriwtowoloh-nl«h»-Th. nt\<ni ti. Cork - K.tr«t - I)o.ariptU« oT 
 Cork - lr««h h«plt»IUy ot lUyflold - Oommonkw wJlb Ood — IU»l»»l — 
 PubUo bttlWIng. In Cork - Populrtlon - Th. tomb of Ikmrdmwi - IkMud- 
 m*n'» Amodow. I«b.iri - HI. d«.lh - HI. «|.tt«ph - A rwnikrkabl. IncldanI 
 In hi. lift - A »l.lt to Bl»m«y CmUo - Bl»moy Htono, uid lU ItRcnd — 
 Tho r»Ti»«l In Cork, *'* 
 
 OHAPTKB XIII. 
 nramncM aud iiiciiieiito im oo««. awo ■amvoi. 
 Strt. of tbo work In Cork - Yottn« oonrerU - A ml.Uk. - Intondcd »I.It to 
 B.ndon-T».np.nMioo Ubor. In Cork - Nocowlty of ootkm on U,n.p«rM.c« 
 _ Ma.l not bo m«do • hobby - Mr. CM«b«y to 'Ultod by i^othar M.th.w 
 -B«n«rk« on Mr M. - Com...«ncoi..«iil of r-^WnU Itbor. In BonOo.!- 
 D»i*o.ir»R«menU- lUnufkabU ln.«onr« of rMtltatlon- AiUU nioro .Irlk- 
 inn euo - Templnllon - The work In lUndon - Fro. cororounInK* wUli t 
 fH#nd-M.nUU .(n.nnlo.-Tlie n^o of dovlto follow, fkllhf^l miuUlor. - 
 LothOT to MoUnnhon — Calumny »od dotrmctlon - Doooptlro frl»nd.)ilp« 
 — MiMnthmpy - Proftmlon.l frlond.hlp — A loMon In an ln<rid«nt — Rela- 
 tion of living M«r to Ood and chwrftilnoM - Troobl. noodful - T*mp«r»- 
 mont - The otook - WalUng for Ood - Th. ooi.Jllct In Bandoa - AocU«nt 
 andd.t.ntlon-An»l.ty-CIoMofhtol«bo«tal«lM4, . • »»« 
 
 OHAPTEB XtV. 
 
 M*. CAUOnVT til EMOt/AMD. 
 
 Editorial rmnarki - D.p«tur. from Cork - Vtaw of th. ooMt of Ireland - 
 Tho Doom Stor«. a poora- The captlr. bird -The Incident .plrituallwd 
 — f.Mui» M Uwpooi — PiwrWontUl openlafi — M«»tri •tma^- HI. 
 
nil at Mm«rl«k » 
 )aUi«<lr*l — A auri 
 in W«a*)r — riMM 
 lutUm* — Atp*-3t of 
 I U) hnttM — Mavlv*' 
 kk — rnblla br«*k- 
 ik— Mr. MaUwm't 
 . . . IM 
 
 MM — Th* pnytnK 
 luc^hliiii MMM — Tim 
 MlM«atc»tian — •!» 
 nail t.l**«— Tll«»«- 
 Lik»d — How lo kMp 
 Iving ihtfO noi*«t — 
 iCt — DMflriptlon of 
 b Ood — K«»l»»l — 
 Bo«r<<mMi — Doanl- 
 ranMrkabla Incldant 
 I*, and lU U|«nil — 
 . . . ITl 
 
 ■Ainioi. 
 • — Iut«nitc<l tUU lo 
 citkm on Uini|>«r»nc* 
 d by ir«Ui«r MaUiaw 
 Itbon In Baiidoti — 
 — AslUlroor* ttrik- 
 t conimaninit« with • 
 
 (klthAil mtuUlan — 
 )a««ptWa IHandahlpa 
 1 an Inddant — lUla- 
 naadfut — Temper*- 
 I Bandoa — Aocidant 
 kod, • • IM 
 
 le ooMt of Ireland — 
 Incident uplrltnallwd 
 nt«l atrngglat - HI* 
 
 ! 
 
 .PvwMAit prtijrat laMttag 
 — Tawg a<»»art«— T«»fl»«»<»« •««» »«»« — A «ttMi«ar and k^ 
 
 iMiMaaM — TlHwat<>i»-al#>« - feaMinU of tk« MMnnM — TmIt* 
 r r rir m — * iiiiM '"•* -"--'-"-" --"—'""•'- . . • • 
 
 OBAPTII XT. 
 
 Aaoimnm wrm tub ■•■mim o» urriVAiA 
 OklMlioM to ratltaJ ^ "W *M^ "nA aiMwarad Valnabla Idaa of • d^ 
 gta ni Bantatar — iU.u..a naad fi»tlln«. n.i« light rurthar ohjactloua ton- 
 (Idarad — 1^« "htf* rf »l»tel»«i e«>inf»#l«tloBa daaoribad- 11^ «« rawA 
 *Mi'-O^M>u» » a««iai> yiaa n lilii t a^awawX - Tka awhar- Itow » 
 ■H *• wMfim-. Okjaatto* !• nbaMrp aad painted iMffiMga ta> Ik* piUyR 
 BWMldiril - Tan»w o»0*>te>' •• — "» awtkqoaka ul»kia— Jadrnan* •*> 
 
 II 1 1-1 in bab««lifaa«fcart~Tliaml»taiarUUiabaalJad«aof tha pa»- 
 
 pt^,rtrt» — Ttia w{*k*iJ pkpiiitan — !lsw k« w»« «»»«"J " Th# afad nliy*. 
 MTMtd ttM r>WK|| atMMr-a«a*BMdMflpnMiMiH|- )*o«UoalA■lMe* — 
 fMMM«•Mkaappalaadla-Th• trragate a^tto^wa - 0<»*«.»a«y «»■ 
 alhMd — TWwarki«U»a»|H»l-P»^J«d»«a-Ow«»«ttfcwit» r«»l»«la «m4. 
 «WMl-TlM Mono^attad lawyar-A alaaalMl atary-Tba old Mfaal^S 
 Mjar mi «ka •InMT'a p r otert — Blaapbamy rkwiad on raylTal praaehlof 
 
 — Thaolocy »tiidM Ir. ball —Tha dnka of BMOay and Uw prtying birtop 
 
 — Tka lK«par and UMndiMar — VMltafit'^AMri . . . •• 
 
 OlArTIB XTI. 
 
 imtamm, ammmmtm, ami «ua«M lAmim ta umrooi. 
 
 0« «»««taf chatacter - Afcw>A»» - Pww-aUOaa - AaawMa - V«l(|wttjr 
 
 Aiiiufclii ' • '- Mtataka-TlM MTokMM'a p««tniit-A lady^ 
 
 MMT— A HitfaMW Am» - TlM aikwM ataMT lOvMlto yiaM to God — A 
 MWM>t p taiw k ar — AmoIi ^ wU — -»>yt[HofK«p»Ua-Ood wMvaMora 
 haaMkaa — P«w«i4k1 •f^MiJi— VarioM lnq«lriaa aoawarad—TlM aiMnrat 
 af iiiiir r- -'" dlvlM ^laMd — PNgNW of tha wwk to Uvarpool — 
 TlMpMraHMMdM»pn9«r— TiMWaM IMiadlilD — IMqday of divtat 
 M««r— Tito Walih MitaMM^t pwyw — !••••«*» «■ ItewwwJak ofcafirf — 
 OptahNM of ito f»v^Md— failMa ntalMr— laaate — Tafopafsooa la»- 
 Iwaa !«► 11 Jtwpori-- Omb of • narrow pmoB— Lorf Halanii Mid »h» wotM 
 
 -<VMlkaa»om«f •w«rt*ltof--Mr. Waalv «• «»«'««»^-A««««»«»i 
 — b««lM — SItt of Mlaiiaaa — Ooalng aomaa in Uvvrpool — Mlaaioabry 
 
 — WailayM etM^ak te Llvarpoel — An aeMnpllaliad orpnUt — 
 
 tm liawpMl— ■'Hm 
 
 OBAPTIB XTII. 
 trnntu. n mm. 
 
 fai OxIM BtMl drnpal— Bandits 
 
 FiHiKa. 
 
hj OhailM WMirr— BctBinlaomsM of th* old LMds chapd— BoaHaau 
 •ad Pnmoor— Mr. Aibnry't labon — Rli JowMa — Tba bMtdnnMetlng— 
 Saaotnying power — Belktion of pnlpit to MBOtifioatian — Wtaioy eht|Ml — 
 BOT. J. Evoratt— Bonis MTed— Opinion of » p«M» wIm dmiovauM! Uw 
 eirareh — BMOty of hoUiMW -- Hop* — TIm work la LMdi •- Iti nlu«oli •-- 
 Bmna wtok ohqiel — Boooom — OtM«jflo«tkn of Um ratuMtit of the work — 
 KoenlU in Emnawtok oUpol— Hospitality — OxfiiKiPlMMolu^pal—Ooo* 
 VMBioni, tM 
 
 OHAPTVK XVIH. 
 
 TbooflSwdcdbouor — Thoartitt and t!M portrait— Vuiow lasinnalont aa- 
 •werod— Paiated Are— Tba rarlaw- DsMriUaccharaetir— SkiUaMdlU 
 
 — A threat— Aaaedota — The foepel minor — Aaaodole — The wartarg. 
 Uauknnidi — The Irish hOMMwr — A lUftrtMco — OaMtoM — Ixtnet — Tba 
 wilAUphikMQphsr— BeUew««|^ia tkkUHi— HaUOMoenhraorgnvri^ to 
 asioner— The wrath ot aiaa— Good wishes— Ohiaeta paiaten- IaYita> 
 tiof» — SigBofaaawakAoed miod — OiaDoe — ApeUea— TnmiagloOod 
 — Amistakeeonaeted— SagricKoTiMgea— SUaofaa iBoienl gsMmii— 
 Tookta— Aaeodote, IM 
 
 VI OHAPTSB XIX. 
 
 mutum. Amataa tMKO*, 
 
 Visit to Cresa Han — Beniniet laete — Mrs. Fieteber's trials ■<' fkith — Badey 
 elunroH — Joha Nelson's taatb — His stndy — Sammy Hiekt's homo — Sam- 
 ay's da'i||htor— The oM dook— Sanmy'saBVlI uad shop— ParOsr hbon 
 til Leeds — Larfs aa& "soa — Vooal power — Tha poopla of Leade aad their 
 nJnistsiB— Great residii— Si. Pater's ob^— Ltfga ihiit— The poor— 
 MbSsy m ie tiwg i— Wondho— aM e «' — Ilsww«assniiopa"<hwerts— Thair 
 e l sss li ea t Sea -» Bbes B 'rwte d penaasia thadmtiih— Aeaatraat— Kagitah 
 liavallem fas Aieerha—Ssi^aslloe—inqr oMsmarted panwoa are fai a 
 ah-Mh— laflvsMO ef rarl^ala— MalHariil a ig la et — Perpetual revival 
 psfittli ~Meliiedlsm It rnvtvaHsM—Aii aati^wHval Methodisl a phenom 
 aaoa— ]Uka peepSelfiha prieat— OflMaloMmbets— A dnDmhTCBlniseeaoa 
 
 — Asfawishtag revival— Batraet—Batiia saaelifleatloa is Laads—Coa. 
 alvdfaig lanatks, til 
 
 OHAPTBB XX. 
 eiioaiaiM woas or coo n moum 
 dpaaliiig aflbrta la nnll—AsoiatiM— HnmbUii«i of coal — Bav. WVikm 
 mfaigwerttf— Enocantj^emeai— Oehaal aad Mi l as l a r^ staff- The Holy 
 SpMt— Prayar saooeeded by ptnrer— Aa aiB^ (ITsavad loals- Kiagstoa 
 aiMV<d— VtMia — A watehword — A viotoiy— Co4aboian— Hall vrest 
 ainatt— (Mhaded hearid— An eOM^taalMam— UtenayMMis— Ba- 
 vMii Ilk gnatMiJeal— Iteiairtval spreads— LMfaooacragaiioat— An 
 iMMlM^— Apeateaoat- ttaaem^tegballgia <iMPl power— 0aA 
 
 man'iMilmiiftHmit 
 
 / 
 
 ^ .J 
 
.^^ 
 
 OOMTEim. 
 
 chapal — B«an!auu 
 
 1m bUMtlBMUog-* 
 
 who draovauM! Um 
 Mli — Itanl^ti— 
 JMtiii of tha work — 
 — Cob- 
 
 ma iadwuHoim aa- 
 letir- SUUModlU 
 oto — Tb* iw rt T. 
 H— Ixtnet—TiM 
 MttnttgnMtf to 
 I ptiiaton- IiiyM»- 
 a—TnmifigtoOod 
 I iBolonl gtMm;i— 
 
 i]f<'fli!th--B«th7 
 «!»'• homo — Sun- 
 up— FartiMrWwn 
 loTLMdaaadttMir 
 bait— Tho poor— 
 "■%*■! fww •" innr 
 — KngHih 
 •I* fa s 
 -Poipotual raviTvl 
 MMdialaplMiiom 
 hwoh nmfaiMoaoo 
 a fa LMt—Co*. 
 ... ail 
 
 Ra— Bmr. VmUam 
 '^■taff- ThoHoiy 
 idwNd*— Xfagrtoa 
 koim— Han vwt 
 
 wngagaWniMi— Aa 
 o<Pl powir— 0Mk 
 
 maalftotatlontfan— 0mm of oooTKalon fa HaU— Tho iced baekalldor 
 and bia drMun — Ao afflMtini latter doaorlbing tb« Minarkablo oonTonlon^ 
 of an inildel— A deaply afbcttnK death — Anothar letter deeoribing a hap- 
 py deadi — CoDTerte' fnoetinR In Hall — Sanottfloatkm — Oaeet of roetitatioii 
 — HoetUlty to Mr. O.'s lebora— Letter fVom Blthop Bedding — Great 
 Tbom'iaii Street ehapal—The tempted old man — Englkhhomae—EaglUh 
 
 koatflraot, aaa 
 
 OHAPTEK XXI. 
 
 aczsaa avd uioivKim or ni ■ rou mevivai* - 
 
 Work of Ood Inoreaiee in HnH — VtaH newtpapon oppoto the work — Impn- 
 daat MMm — Sajing of a Jndge — Tbe terror of einnere — Silent prayer— 
 A apiritiuil tenp^t In Great Thornton Street ojiape) — An affeotlng letter— 
 A palnftil but triumphant death — Sonctiflcation — The tecret joy — Birth 
 month — Private watch-night — Advauee of the revlTal — F«mr hundred new 
 oooTerte— Temperance lectnre — The oontctenoe-ttrlokeii Qnaker— Oreat 
 •acitemont— U«e of wine needleaa — Moral power of to»-totaliam — King- 
 atOD ehapel— A mi^eetie aeene — Cloaiagaeanee fa HaU— Crowded h oo e ee 
 " Extent of the revival — Twenty-three hncdrad eonvarti — Rnll minMan 
 — Hoapitality — A flying viait to LiWa — Trlumiihaat death of an oM IHend 
 — Bemarkable dream — Falae reporta oontradioted— A dell|[^trul Sabbath 
 — Retom to HuU — A a|rfritnal ehUd — Vlatt to Walton Vale — Latter flrom 
 
 ifttH| •••■aaea***** WT 
 
 CHAPTBB XXII. 
 suruiTa nr pinin otoar u aannrMLO. 
 
 BriafvlalttoHndderafiald — Shafleldlabon bagnn-^A godly aoieo—Coar- 
 ageona leaden — Beaotion — Retnra of w arg y— An Xbaaaaar Indeed- 
 Baport of the refival — Approring latter fhim Hnll— Dr. Adler— Orandaw 
 of tha ShelBald revlTal -^ Oreat reenlte fa CarrerStnat ehapal — Bmnewiok 
 ohapel- A barkaUder'a agony — A yoaag man awakened throogh a dream 
 -^ BaaSttttion " OonfeaakHia — Roman Cathcdfa fHgktanad — Orowdad tam- 
 paiaaea laotaia— MarveUona eaoMemant — Kxtraordloaiy efltaaiaa of the 
 
 ' Spirit— Tha poet Montgomery dinee with Mr. Oaa^iey— Bate fa aaawer 
 to prayer— Change <tf raaldMMa— Trip to Korton— Uiirley Hooaa — Sao- 
 ............. US 
 
 CHAPTBB XXIII. 
 awountDNi nraanana n amrms. 
 OMmrlB* Baattag at BmnawkA ehapal — WondarAil chaiae Ar of Oa mini 
 — HorMk Straetefa^Ml — Groat week of auotifloatkm—Beirival tea Son- 
 day a^ool— Chiang labon fa Sbeaald—Maetfagwl& fht liadfin Par 
 BanHwy of the Shefllald rartval, ' . 401 
 
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 -IF 
 
 1^ coxnnnni* 
 
 OlAPTIB XXIYh 
 
 CUM or m. 0Aiwnn*« lAmmt n 
 
 Mr. ON^biy^ M«»d ton Mik* CMittMiifl- ■*■■ tB 1 
 aiM — Tli>oa«mt><dMMy---»triM--Y€rtmt wa--y 
 
 — SoMtaMilbi^VHioai ptaoM Tiitttdo-lBtwtiMi ta ntmtoi 
 --B«imr«rhkliiboniBlii^H4, . . . • ^ *» 
 
 CHAPTIB XXY. 
 
 baito«i«niMti9agi— Airivd iallnrTaik— ▼UltoMAtpl 
 SitMlMBtlakM^ 
 
 APPBIBIX. . 
 
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 CHAPTER I. 
 
 THB INIRODUOTOET. 
 
 Thb Experiences of human life, are God's teachers. He 
 employs them to instruct the ignorant, to warn the unwary, 
 to guide the inqvuring, to pve a visible and {Mraetical en- 
 forcraient to the precepts of revelation. Hence the nuseries 
 of the vicious, teach the fearful nature of siu. The serenity 
 and comfort of a true Christian, exhibit the reality and power 
 of feith in Christ. The achievements of individual nundu, 
 also, teach us what vast powers lie hid in the human soul : 
 they urge the observer to action. Well and beautifully is 
 this tiiought expressed m Longfellow's admirable "Psalm of 
 life:"— 
 
 •• Urm of gfMt mm, all runhid vm. 
 
 We oan OMk* <mr Utw •nblime { 
 And, d«]M(Tting, lesve behind na, 
 
 Foot print* on the sendi of time. 
 
 Foot-printt, th«t perhaps anothw, 
 
 Selilag o'er lifc'i Mleitn main, 
 A forlorn and ahipwxeoked brather, 
 
 8eein((, ahaU take hewt agiOii." 
 
 If tiiflse mnarl» are truths, then he who turns away his 
 ibiiid from the itady of a ifreat faet^ is a tdnner. Lewons 
 may be written upon it, influences may be deponted within 
 it, which, if studied and felt, would change the whole current 
 of his being. A wilftil blindness to its teachings, may Fove 
 
 9 
 
 Milii 
 
10 
 
 THB INTRODUOTORT. 
 
 tibe sealing of lug eyes in perpetual darkness. Every great 
 fact, therefore, and especially everj great religious fact, 
 should be studied well and thoroughly by every man who 
 wishes to do his duty. 
 
 It will be admitted, that tiie oonvbiuiion of twbntt 
 THCUSANO SOULS IN ABOUT BIX YEARS, chiefly under the la- 
 bors of one man, is a great religious fact ! It is more than 
 'gnmt I It is marvellous, startUng, sublime I It is eminently 
 suggestive , too. It prompts the questions : How was it done ? 
 What were its processes? May other men be equally 
 successful ? 
 
 Who ban turn aside from such a fact as this ? It is a 
 subUmer object than the burning bush, whose mystic, uncon- 
 Buming fire held the outlawed shepherd in such wrapt atten- 
 tion. That was God in an unconscious tree ; thin cxhibito 
 Wm working " nuracles of love " through a conscious, wilUng 
 agent ! Where is the Chri$iMm heart that can refuse to be- 
 hold, to admire, to examine it ? Where is the minister of 
 Jesus who can hear it mentioned, and be unmoved ? Impos- 
 mble ! If tihe spirit of Christ be in us, we must desire to trace 
 the workings of Ood's hand in this miyestio fact. How did 
 CK>d prei«re tiiie instrument? How did Providence 
 prepare ilie way, and open so effectoal a door for the ap- 
 pointed laborer ? And ^hat encouragement does the won- 
 derfid success of the instrument in produdng tlus fact, affi)rd 
 to other ministers ? May tbey hope for like victories through 
 tiieir own Itiion ? The Jbllotring pages wQl solve these ntid 
 and interesting questions. 
 
 The man who has been the saooesifiil laborer b the c<»i- 
 ▼eiflion of this vast multitude of souls, is the Ew. Jamsb 
 Oauohet, a native of Ireland. He came to Uiki \ >ky in 
 Ids youth, and was converted to God some nmeteen yean 
 rinee. Two years after lus oonveruon, he joined the Trtfj 
 
 M iiiaiiia 
 
 aMidiMMliiiilill 
 
 mtmmmm 
 
 1 
 
 / 
 
H. Every great 
 
 \.t religious fact, 
 
 every man itho 
 
 [ON OP TWENTY 
 
 ifly under the la- 
 It is more than 
 It is eminently 
 
 How was it done ? 
 
 nen be equally 
 
 ta this ? It is a 
 ie mystic, uncon- 
 luch wrapt atten- 
 •ee; thi» cxhilnto 
 oonscious, willing 
 can refuse to be- 
 I the minister of 
 moved ? Impos- 
 st desire to trace 
 fact. How did 
 did Providence 
 door for the ap- 
 nt does the won- 
 g tins fact, affi)rd 
 victories through 
 . solve these ntal 
 
 M>ror is &e c<m- 
 Qie 3«v. J/LMSS 
 othis A ktoy k 
 B nmeteen yean 
 I j<uned the Troy 
 
 r 
 
 1 
 
 THJB INTBODUOTOBY. 
 
 11 
 
 Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and 
 was ordwned a Deacon in 1834. At first he was not distin- 
 guished for usefulness above many of Lis brethren ; but sub- 
 sequently he became Uie subject of some very extraordinary 
 spiritual exercises ; which, being submitted to in the sim- 
 plicity and docility of a oluld-like spirit, resulted in a visit of 
 some six years to the Bridsh Islands. It was while on this 
 visit that the magnificent array of twbnty thouband oon- 
 VBRTB rose up around him to hwl him as their spiritual father ; 
 and to attest the genuineness and divinity of his previous 
 spiritual exercises. 
 
 Mr. Caughey is a self-educated man. He haa been an 
 extensive reader, and his mind is richly stored with the 
 best thoughts of the best English writers. He poflsessefl 
 a remarkably vivid imagination, which, in its ardent flights, 
 sometimes, thou^ not often, soars into the suburbs of &noir 
 ful rej^ons. His perceptive faculties are superior, his rear 
 Boning powers good, though not logical in the highest sense. 
 IBs memory is both retentive and ready ; hence he has a 
 large treasury of ideas at command. His mind possesses 
 great force ; his manner is earnest and persQamve ; lus ges- 
 ticulaticmnaturalc His voice possesses remarkable compass ; 
 if not richly musical, i« is very pleasant, and the more it is 
 heard ilie more it chanDS. Wb discourses bear tlie mark of 
 ori^nality. It is true they often flash with the intellectual 
 jewels of great writers, but these are futhfully itcknowl- 
 edged; and his sermons, both in thought and s^cture, are 
 mimifeBtly the ofiprings of his own mind. 
 
 Saoh 18 the man whose marvellous movements form the 
 topio of these pages. Nature had raised him above medi- 
 ocrity, but she had not endowed him witli the highest ffSm of 
 geoHH. The ohuroh has many ministen of large^M«^ 
 nme luj^y cidtivated, better read and <^ hi^er toit WtJ t IW 
 
 ctf- 
 
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 nm 
 
I 
 
 5 
 
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 TBB UnaOfiUOTORT. 
 
 renk, but whoee sqoomsm in Oo^'b work wffl not bear oom- 
 pariBon with those of Mr. Caughey. Whence, then, has hia 
 superior power proceeded ? Why haa he won auch victoriea in 
 the church of Ood ? We muat leave thia queatdon unaolved, 
 or attribute hia surprising victories to the IIolj Spirit, who 
 hnda hia instnimonta among the herdmen of Tekoa,0rat the 
 feet of Gamaliel, aa hia sovereign wiadommaj decide. To 
 thia Booroe Mr. Cwaf^ej himaelf aaoribea the glory of hia 
 fruitfofaieaa. We do the same, and invite the reader to the 
 pleasant work of traobg the influence of the Holy Spirit 
 in fitting Mr. G&u^^y for the woric, and aauatixig Urn in ita 
 performance. Surely Qod will Ueaa tlua book to every read- 
 er'a aool; for ita um b to exhibit the glory of Qod shining 
 throng the instrumentality of man — to show the church of 
 Crod, in her ministry and membership, how ahe may indeed 
 
 IHIVB AS THB UOBT Of TBB WOBU> — the Spuitoal FhuOl 
 
 of mankind I 
 
 HaiHMIMiiMi 
 
 ,/ 
 
irill not bear ooo^ 
 iDoe, then, haa hia 
 n Buoh viotoriea in 
 )aeatioii onaolved, 
 llolj Spirit, who 
 f Teko«,prat the 
 maj decide. To 
 the glory of hia 
 the reader to the 
 : the Holy Spirit 
 lauating him in ita 
 )ok to oTerj read- 
 y of Qod shining 
 low the ohoroh of 
 r ahe may indeed 
 apiritoal Fhuoa 
 
 3£ 
 
 CHAPTEBII. 
 
 THa AHOINTINO. 
 
 Christ received % baptism of the Spirit on the banka of 
 the Jordan, before entering on his mianon. The apoatles had 
 their Pentecoet. Paul had hia dpiritual refreshing in the 
 house of Ananias. Luther's Pentecost was received in hia 
 monastic cell. Mr. Wesley received hia m the Moravian 
 prayer meeting; and in some place or other, all eminently 
 oaefiil men have their Pentecoeta. A marked spiritual exeroue 
 precedes their saooesaes ; an exercise which forma an epoch 
 in their history. 
 
 Mr. Causey had such a baptism in the earlier yean <^ 
 his miiustry . It was marked by this feature i his theory eoor 
 cenung the neoesnty of tiie help of the Holy S{Hrit in 
 preaching, became a convfution — a stem, living eonvietion. 
 His account of thia epoch is characteristically described in 
 one of hia letters. He says : 
 
 From the hour I read tibe following strildng remarka of 
 Dr. Adam Clarke, a few mcmtha previous to my ordination, I 
 have never varied a haipbreadth from the gr$at tnUh they 
 advocate. I can only quote from memory, aa the pi^ 
 wluch first (maeoted them to my eye is many thonsaoda of 
 ndlea from me, and I cumoi turn to the place in his Worka 
 where they stand recorded; but they diflbr 1 'tie from tiie 
 ibBovring: *'BataIlilua apiritaaland rational preaching iriU 
 2 U 
 
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u 
 
 TUa ANOINTIMO. 
 
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 b« of no ftvail, unloM another moans of God's own ohocmng 
 be BHiHJrailded to give it ui effect — tliclightand iiifluoiico of 
 Uio Holy Spirit. That Spirit of life and fire ])enctrato8, in 
 A moment, tho sinner's heart, and dra^ out to the view of 
 his conscience thoso innumerable crimes which lie concealed 
 there under succoiwivo layers of deep and thick darkness, 
 when, under that luminous buniing agency, he is coropoUcd 
 to cry, ' God have merey upon me a ainner ! * * iSbve, Zorrf, 
 or I perithP *Beal my aoul, for it hath tinned againU 
 thee: •* 
 
 I shall ha<re eternal oanso of thankfulness that the above 
 sentiments ever came under my notice. If my ministry has 
 been rendered a blessing to many, that blessing has been 
 Tonchsafod through tho merits of Christ, to a stewly recog- 
 nition of the necessity of the influence of tho Holy Spirit. 
 On tho Evening of that never-to-be-forgotten day in which I 
 read tixe above, I took up my pen, in secret, before Ck)d,and 
 gave Tent to the emotions of my deeply-impressed heart, in 
 langu-go somethhig like tho following : I see, I feel now as 
 I liave never done before upon this particular subject. From 
 the convictions of this hour, I hope, by the grace of God, nev- 
 er to vary. I see, I feel, — 
 
 Ist. The abtolute necetsity of the immediate inflmnee of 
 the Holy Ghost to imi)art pnnt, power, effioaey, and tueoeM 
 to a preached gospel. 
 
 2d. The abmlute necessity of praying more frequently, 
 more fervently, more perBeverinyly, and more helievingly, for 
 the aid of tho Holy Spirit in my ministry. 
 
 8d. That my labors must ho poieerleu,taid eon\fortle$B, 
 and valueleM, without tM$ aid; a doud without water, a 
 tree without fruit, dead and rootless; a mxmdi uncertain, 
 unctionle»$, and meaningless ; such will bo the character of my 
 mioigtry. It is the Sfnrit of God alone wMch imparti 
 
 A 
 
 / 
 
I'fl own ohoomng 
 Olid influonco of 
 ns penotratoa, in 
 t to the view of 
 ch Uo concealed 
 thick durknem, 
 he is conijMjUcd 
 ' * Save, Lordy 
 \ tinned againU 
 
 a that the above 
 my ministry has 
 essing han been 
 a steafly recog- 
 lio Holy Spirit. 
 X day in which I 
 before Gk>d,aad 
 tressed heart, in 
 >c, I feel now as 
 subject. From 
 'ace of God, ner- 
 vate mfluetutt of 
 ftejf, and tueoe$$ 
 
 note frequency, 
 i beUevingfy, for 
 
 and oon\fortlen^ 
 nOtout water, a 
 nound tmeertaia, 
 ! character of my 
 wUch imparti 
 
 TUB ANOINTIKU. 
 
 15 
 
 MH 
 
 rignifioancy and power to the word preached, without which, 
 as uno has exproiwcd it, "aU the tiircatoiiings uf tho Biblo 
 will, bo no more titan thunder to tho deaf, or lightaitig to tho 
 bUod." A seal roqtiires weight, a hand upon it, b order to 
 an imprcBsion. Tho soul of tho pouitont siimor is tho wax ; 
 gofliMii truth is the seal ; but, without the Alirlghty hand of 
 tlio Holy Ohost, that seal is itowerlosa. A bullet demandi 
 its powder, without which it is as harmloas as any other bo<ly. 
 The careless siimer is tho mark ; truth is the boll tliat must 
 pierce him ; but it cannot reach, much loss penetrate him, 
 ■epamtc from this influence from heaven. In apostolic times, 
 they preached the gotpel with the Uoly Qhott tent down 
 from heaven. 1 Peter, i. 12. lu our day we need an energy 
 from no lower source, to overturn the wiokednoss of the vile 
 and profane, wd to counteract the formality and worldlinesB 
 which are every whore visible. 
 
 4th. I am now fully jwrsuaded, that in proportion as the 
 Spirit of God shidt condescend to second my efforts in tho 
 gospel message, I shall be successful ; nor need I expect 
 any bucoms beyond. No man 1^ ever been sigiuilly useful 
 in winning souls to Christ, without the help of tho Spirit. 
 With it, the huwblett telent may astonish earth and hell, 
 by gathering into the patli of life thousands for tVo skios; 
 while witlioat it, the finest, tho most splendid talents remain 
 comparatively useless. 
 
 5th. The entire glory of aU my success shall henceforth 
 be jpven to Uie Hdy Spirit. By this I shall conscientiously 
 abide, as by any other principle of our holy rolij^on. It is 
 written: " They thai honor me, I will honor." To this 
 may be added, tLat righleout, inalienable, and nnohang^tg 
 detenmnatbn of Jehovah: "ilfy glory I will not gim to 
 eauthir" 
 
 IHtese troly lertptcral porposos were graven <m Mr. 
 
 i 
 
u 
 
 iJHoUittMii. 
 
 C^fJMj'B hflftrt M with the flnf^r of 0<m1. Th« eonvietian e/t 
 dflponilfliiofl l)ec»ino beucoforth intarwoTen with hui thought 
 M(l feoUngii. H«rend jewt tlUr, wh«n h« WM Mtling on 
 the fall tide of glorious iuooom, h« exolMiiMd, ipoakiitg tii 
 hinuclf M tax itutruiiMiit : 
 
 Anuuing goodnew, thftt it should b« so owned of Ood I 
 I know tlie roasun t It is because there is » distinct under- 
 standing between mj poor soul and Heaven, that no portion 
 of Uie glorj of snoh a work is to be opfropriated Ay ms, either 
 to mjrwif or otfieni ; that I am to feel as dttpty humbled 
 before God when thuusands mm conyerted under mjr ministry, 
 M when onlj one sinner has been oonrorted. He knows I 
 would raUior die than rarjr, for a moment, from jirtt princi 
 pita : I mean those views of the necessity of the Holy 
 Spirit, whkh I noUd down as the oonviotMNis of my heart, 
 ftfter reading that sentiment of Dr. Clarke. That eminml 
 servant of Ood little thought, that tlus passage, of all the 
 multiiwdmovui writings which emanated from his pen, dMMld 
 be rendered such a blessing. Bo true is thi^ stirring spying 
 of holy writ: *'iii tk» morning aott tiff $ttd, mti m A$ 
 wtning wUkhold nM Umu hand; for Aem hmttt* not 
 wheUur tkaU pro^Mr, either (Ai« or that, or whether they 
 bcih ehall be alike good." He little ima^ned, when pen- 
 nbg thoee words, thiat they should be wafted across the A^ 
 lantio oceui, cmd fail like heaven' » oir.<i Jlre upon the under- 
 standing and heart of a young and ardent spirit tA the foot 
 of the (}r«en MomUaint, in North America; that, at an 
 important and perihw period of a youthfiil ministry, th»se 
 worde qf Ugiht, life, and fire, shctild arrite, sboold inierweave 
 themselves with the whole texture of his '* thinkingt" be- 
 OMne one witii his very being, and tiie secret spring of hk 
 motions ; motiims wMoh, thon^ smnewhi^ eeoevirie in the 
 estimation of some, have resuHed b iihe oonvenion of many 
 
 MMM 
 
 1 
 
 / 
 
Till AtroiNTiiro. 
 
 IT 
 
 k 
 
 th hu thought! 
 WM wuUng oo 
 1, ■pvakiug of 
 
 )wn«(l of Ood I 
 iMtinct un(i«i^ 
 that no portkm 
 i hfi nM, either 
 l*ej>ly humbled 
 9r my miourtiy, 
 H« knowil 
 vm fint prmei 
 J of th« Hdjr 
 I of mj heart, 
 That eminmt 
 iga, of all the 
 hk pen, dMMld 
 •tirring aving 
 
 «d, when peti- 
 aeroM the Ai- 
 ip<m the cndeiv 
 nrit at ttie foot 
 1^; that, 1^ an 
 mbistry, tkn* 
 fold inierwMive 
 tMnkingt" be- 
 t spring of hk 
 ecerUrie in the 
 »nion of manj 
 
 tfiooiandfl of Hlnnen to God. And then, that thk jouth, 
 having Bpnuig into m%iiho<i<l, ahould crrm tlie •' rnKing iwiui," 
 in the noon of hi« unofuhMJiw, and \my back, U* Ireland fiml, 
 and th«n to Kngland, a aort of inUrtH "for tlio lue of that 
 invaluable ca|.ital tranaforrod to the Amorioan ahoroa ; and 
 all to the glorjr of (J.kI the Katlier, thn>uKh Jeaiu ('hriat, by 
 the power of the Holy (iboet. Ilalloli^ah ! " artat md 
 marvtllouM art % work$, lord Ood Almighty : juit md trut 
 art thjf vysj/i, tAou king qf tavntt. Who tAall not /tar 
 thet, O Lfrd, and glorify % namtf for Utou only art 
 hofy i far all nM^iont thml come and Mfortfup Infort tku ; 
 /or fh^iuAfmtnit art maut manifett." Rot. XT. 8, 4. 
 
 The experieneo deaoribcd in thla cliaptor, may be oonaid- 
 ered as the b<^i;^nnmg of Ute Bpirit'a work in prcfiaring Mr. 
 Canghey to be a tptoicl in^trummt of aalvation to thow- 
 ■anda. He might have reaiatod that anointing. Ife might 
 hare reated tiaUafiad with a aound thoory, instead of ateeping 
 hit noul in the troth, ontU it ao filled him that he learned 
 aa by inatinot to lay all the glory of his laboni at the foot- 
 iiool of tho eternal God. The next chapter wiU ahow tbt 
 Aurther worit of the Spirit on hia heart. *4 
 
 kMMi 
 
 i 
 
OHAPTBB III. 
 
 'f'* '> 
 
 Til FBirAlATIOV AID TIB OOHFLIOT. 
 
 Tn bMii in wliioh God worki, miuii ijinpAthun with dit 
 cUrttM mind with all Iti amotionfl, «iMnri^M »nd powers. It 
 nnrt do for itself «11 th«t hxaam atrsnii^i dmj do ; tor Ood 
 Mfor dom tliat or«D for his most fnvorfHl instninwnts, which 
 ihejr osn «lo for tlieiivielres. 'flie foUowiug letter to oof of 
 his fHeiiil«<, oontAtns s simple and tooehing sooonat oi the 
 tDJUuier In which Mr. Gaaghey labored to mak* hfanself • 
 ** Worinuui that needeih not to be ashamed," and will fSwoi- 
 hlj illustrate these remarks. 
 
 Mr DEAK Brotrcr: — I was once in tlie very positi<m 
 ymi describe. The ohoroh over which Ood had i>iaoed me, 
 Ipd long been anvisited by an extennve revival. My soul 
 became more deeply oonoemed than niraal for the ccmverritm 
 <^ sttmers ; and I was led to pray most earnestly for a re- 
 '4vf '. JL begMi a series of meetings, m the month of De- 
 cember, flnt in one private houss^ inA then in another. I 
 preached every ni(^t, and held a prajwr-mee^ng i^rwords ; 
 but we never got the ntatt r f riy before the public ; only a 
 few attended, and the tpteial ef&rt was a complete (hilar*. 
 The meetings dwindled down to (^>thing, and we gave them 
 ap with as good a grace as w< eouM, N»i returned to tiie ordi- 
 nary meMis. But, you will uiquire, '♦ Why such a defeat ? " 
 Weakness of (hith, and distrnat in Ood, wer« perhi^ tha 
 18 
 
 
 y 
 
j--^ 
 
 m rmvAiATioa amo fill aonwucne. 
 
 19 
 
 OVrLIOT. 
 
 apathi») with tb« 
 hnd powAft. It 
 M J do ; for God 
 itninwntii, which 
 letter to otw* of 
 ; aooonot of th« 
 make hinMlf « 
 " Mid wiU foroi- 
 
 \m very poiition 
 had |>lM«d me, 
 vivAl. Mj eool 
 nr th« ooDTerriun 
 krnettlj for a r»- 
 le month <^ D»- 
 t) in anodier. I 
 iting ftfterwardi ; 
 D publio ; odIj a 
 somplete fiulor*. 
 td we g»re them 
 iumed to Uie ordi- 
 looh a defeat?" 
 tn perhi^ the 
 
 oMef eaoMt. W« mUmA mt way. by no* H(<htia« «r **»• 
 oha|)^l »*. oooe. We endearoure*! to take boUl of the |»r»po. 
 Ution by mean* of ^htm little me«tin|Ci to »Af4ooi pwrta of 
 the town, and fail*Nl tt) make a mifflcient imprettewn ufym tha 
 pabUo miiid. Hinnera cared iM»tliiag for m *imI >«r paltry 
 novementa; ther« ••• no eipeotatkio i<»i«Nl, no mnioaity 
 excited ; we wore down, nor could we roooter .,rsel?ea ; and 
 ■0 the efcrt wa« ahan«l«i«<l. " But why did joo take Mich 
 a ooona ? Why then did yoo not opiMi the chapel T " 
 There were »eTeral n»«*Hiii; lit. We coiilJ not obtain the proper 
 preachen Ui mMait in iuch an aniuoua undertaking, iliey 
 ware all engaged in vigoroua effi»rti> for eoula, to ♦* protracted 
 ■Meting*" on their own oircoita Ui. I had at that time • 
 ▼ery iima I etock of nermonn that were any way wiitable for 
 a revival. UnhappUy, 1 had ipent much of my tim« upos 
 •peoalative divinity ; to oomiicatog eermona, fifteen thousand 
 of which would not, it i« proliahle, have brought one sinner to 
 God. The tmtha embodied in them, were not at all oalc» 
 lated to bring tklnmi an inatantanooua revival. The few »e^ 
 WKitm Ukely to make an impreanon, had been exhjuutrd in 
 tl»e ordinary Mrrioea. 8d. I cooaludeti that, in theiw pri- 
 ▼ate meetingd, some good might be done by taking up new 
 taxta of a revival tendency, and preaching aa I boat couHF 
 But not having at command the proper materiala for the 
 UluNtoatioo of tmA, nor thoae argumenta wluch are beet adap- 
 ted to awaken rinnom, and excite publio attention, I could 
 <mly dwell upon the dry roateriala of theology, and no I wm 
 aa one boattog the air. 4th. Aware of my deficienoiea, 
 Itrlde or prodeooe laggeated tii« impropriety of my attemp*. 
 tog to pr«aoh every night m the chafiel, whore a iailare 
 mi|^ be attended by a •erioua reacticm. 
 
 B«t the lanM difloultiM accompanied nw, of coorae, to 
 iM aM«ti»9i to the private dweUicgB. I knaw my want of 
 
 m 
 
 taam 
 
flO 
 
 THB PRIPAHATTON AND IHK OOVrrUOT. 
 
 piep»rftUon for no many nermonii, and, though it should not 
 have effoctod mo, (for my tnint ought to have boon in Owl,) 
 yot it woakonod my fkiUi, and I had no courage Tho pray* 
 ing men caught my spirit also ; thus, instead of bomg able 
 to il^t a battlo manfUly for Qod, during soveral wooks I 
 oould only stand a few MrmUhetf and the devil and sin 
 were viotoiious. 
 
 Here I received a lesson never to be forgotten. I now 
 taw the neoeHKity of turning my attention to that stylo 
 of preaching which would be likely, by tho aid of the Holy 
 Ghost, to awaken simiers, and bring penitents to God. !{»• 
 vtvd/ 'Oitilery^ I roBolved to have. I fasted and prayed, Mid 
 seMehed the Soripturos. My reading, thinking, conversation, 
 and all my dbeorvations, were Itud under contribution to one 
 «Qd ; — preparation for aoui^avingy which I now perceived to 
 be the main end of &e goepel ministry. My little stock of 
 < sermims suitable for a irevivfd, increased rajndly. When a 
 text presented itself as siutable for a revival, my cry was, 
 **T,oru God, open tho eyes of my understanding; ^ve me 
 a clear percej^on of thy meaiung in thia passage." A fore- 
 noon was gMiendly spent upon my kneee, {deading for divia- 
 
 Icp a and sulndiviidons, sometimes a mmjde propontion was pre- 
 
 'URnitfd. Having completed my ^^thektcn^* I returned to 
 my knees, and jJea^ed for an inixoduction, and that flesh and 
 anews mi^t come upon these dry bones. And the pleading 
 was not in vain ; thou^tsof a moving character ctm^ into 
 my mind in troops. Having finished the rough oudine, it was 
 folded up till next day. On the morrow, I returned to 
 my knees, read the subject over, expunged such extiraneous 
 and superfluous matter as only tended to k>ad the memory 
 Mid encumber the subject, but retaiced all that had point, 
 and was likely to do execution aoumganners. The holy 
 Scriptures were th^n called in, to prove w illustrate tbe 
 
 UWMMJMJim ^ 
 
 ^^^?~WW^ 
 
rblof. 
 
 i(h it fhould not 
 
 been in Ood,) 
 ,go The pmy- 
 i of being able 
 loveral weelu I 
 
 1 devil and tin 
 
 gotten. I now 
 n to that itylo 
 ud of the Holy 
 a to God. U«- 
 md prayed, Mid 
 K, oonvemtion, 
 tribution to one 
 [oyr perceived to 
 f little stock of 
 idly. When a 
 b1, my cry was, 
 ding ; gjve me 
 lage." A fore- 
 adJBg fordivift- 
 osition was pre- 
 
 I rotumed to 
 Ithat^sh and 
 jxi the pleading 
 aeter camo into 
 1 oafline, it was 
 
 I returned to 
 inch exfaraneooB 
 ad ilie memory 
 !hat had point, 
 ters. The hdy 
 ur illnstej^ the 
 
 muAtumoM AXD rai oonruov. 
 
 •enUments; oomnentatoit were referred to; and laetty, 
 my private Journal uid Common-Place Book. It is proper 
 to remark, tliut I had long attended to Uiat advice given 
 by an aged American minister, to a young preacher: 
 " This I would advise yon, wherever you, in any rwMling, meet 
 yAih a ouriotu illustration, prize it, mze it, enter it in papers 
 wh9re you may design a lodging for such itiostimotilo jewels. 
 Like Ilesekiali, have your treasures for procioun nUmm ; and 
 let tkoso be such unto'yon. Qet such an »' Bssment of them, 
 diat among them yon may be like die king of T) tus, and 
 walk up ^04 dc^*^ ^ ^* midat (if the stones of fire,' when 
 you are upon the holy mountain of God. One of thesemay 
 be like an ingot of gold, and a whole diseoorse may be rei^ 
 dered acceptable by having such a jewel M»dde«l ia il." 
 After widldng thus in the mount with God, among mjjewebi 
 and stotiM of fire, some oripnal, others by ri^tof conquest^ 
 and eolleoting such as were calculated to move an sasenddy, * 
 —supposing I could do nothing more with thani al 
 present, the written outline vnui brought to the Ibotstool of 
 God, tiras: "0 Lotd God of hosts, God of the arauee of 
 Israel, and Head of tiie Cbordi, I arit Hxj aeoeptaaoe of 
 my body, soid, and Sfniit, and of tlus oty hnmble oibring,-^^ 
 thki outline of a sermon, wlueh I now preeent to Hmo. ¥«^Wf' 
 ffve an tiiat may be wrong in h, or vlaeh eavon d faoman 
 infimuty ; and grant that» wlierever and whenever it diaB W 
 preached, 1]ie power-cf ^ Holy Ghoet may atiend It to tlM 
 hearts of amners and beBev«n. Grant that I may oMmb, 
 by its instrumentality, tiioasattdi of soob to niy mimslrf , 
 £rtmi tibe ranks of wiokedneeiB,tlmm|^ Jesus Christ nrf "Lord! 
 For tins, aiMl the pardon of all my rins, and tiie porifteaiiea 
 of my nature, I offer the atOMmmit of the l^vkmr. I kwai 
 in the blood of Jesus Christ fliy Son ; I cast mvself vpaa il 
 by fittth, and upon Hkb Teiaaty ef CSirirt Je 
 
 i 
 
 MiMMi 
 
 J 
 

 19 raa PBIPARATION AND THB OONFUOT. 
 
 In : « What thin^ soever you desire when ye pray, beUeve 
 that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.' I have de- 
 sired these things, I have prayed for them, and I do receive 
 what I have asked, agreeably to thy will." 
 
 The sermon was then pboed among kindred subjects, and 
 carefully put away, under the kbel— revival ; and I hold 
 myself in readiness to take up another text, in a simUar 
 
 manner. 
 
 But you will inquire : " Did you not preach them imme- 
 diately to your people ? " Sometimes I did so, but not always ; 
 nor codld I, the ordinary services being so few. I consid- 
 ered myself only in preparation for a campaign ; that I was 
 just getting my ammunition and engines of war in readiness 
 for a great battU. The following Conference recalled me 
 from the town alluded to, and sent me to anotiier field of 
 labour. After my arrival, I endeavoured to get the church 
 into a prepared state for a revival ; and proceeded witii in- 
 creased activity in the accumulation of " munitions of war.' 
 As the time approached, when we were about to eater upon 
 an extraordinary conflict with tiie powers of darkness, I en- 
 deavoured to secure ministerial help,but, in case of a Mure 
 I that qiiarter, had my own artillery ready. I had faith m 
 Jod" and good courage, because faith had been exerciang 
 iteolf for several months in active preparation for the holy 
 ~wa». Cromwell said to his soldiers, on the battk-field, 
 "Trust in the Lord, and rely upon your pi>[es!" and, on 
 another occasion, " Trust in the Lord, and keep your powder 
 dry ! " But had they had neither jakes nor powder, tiieir tiruat 
 in God would not have been very firm. In my laflt skii^ 
 miahea with tiie devU and his fhildren, I had a feeble trust in 
 God, but had neither pikes nor powder ; you know what I 
 mean, and I have told you the results. On the eve of tiiia 
 battie, ^ory be to God! I had boih pkea and powder. I 
 
 aiPHf 
 
nucT. 
 
 THB FRBPARATIOK AND THB OOinTUOT. 
 
 28 
 
 ye pray, beUere 
 
 sm.' I have do- 
 
 and I do receive 
 
 [red BubjectB, and 
 VAL ; and I held 
 »zt, in a similar 
 
 iach them imme- 
 jo, but not always; 
 K) few. I consid- 
 paign ; that I was 
 r war in readiness 
 'enoe recalled me 
 » anoiber field of 
 to get the church 
 proceeded with in- 
 nunitioQS of war." 
 Mat to enter upon 
 of darkness, I en- 
 in case of a fiulure 
 iy. I had futh in 
 id been exorcising 
 ution for the holy 
 in the battle-field, 
 r pikes!" and, on 
 I keep your powder 
 •powder, their fapust 
 In my la«t tHaay 
 ladafeeble tmstin 
 you know what I 
 On the eve of this 
 es and powder. I 
 
 trusted in God, however, knowing that botli wore useless, if 
 not attended by an influence from heaven ; and when fully 
 in the engagement, tibe weapons were wielded with such an 
 energy as if every thmg had depended upon human might. 
 
 The people of CK>d were fully aware of the difficulties in 
 the way of a revival; but they were all of one heart and 
 soul, and joined together as an impenetrable jihalanz. The 
 respective officers put on the heavenly armour of faith, and 
 hope, and bve. The intended conflict was talked of in every 
 direction, and all was expectation in the town. 
 
 The time arrived ; the house of God was thrown open, and 
 hostiUties commenced. Many people thronged there to wit- 
 ness the conffict. The weapons of our warfare were not 
 carnal, but mi^ty through God to the palling down strong 
 holds, and casting down ima^nations, and every high thing 
 that exalted itsetf against the knowledge of Christ. The 
 pulpit was the "grand battery,'^ but tiiere were several 
 others along the ramparts ; (if yoti will allow me to continue 
 the use of nulitary phraseology, which I employ without 
 scruple, as did Rt. Paal, because it was a real battie between 
 mind and ound, Ught and darkness, truth and error, powers 
 divme and cUabolical ;) and there were no " blank moti<H)S," 
 no "powder and flash without ball." The execution was 
 tremendous. It appeared to some as if tiie devil had fled, 
 and left tiie field to Zion's eons. If so, he left hi« troops 
 under a "galling fire," and the surrender of some of his 
 regents was exceedingly grand. The battle lasted jiine 
 weeks ; and the results were glorious. K victory had not 
 been ours at the end of that time, we must have had to 
 retreat, as my "ammunition" wa8 neariy exhausted; but 
 tins only imparted a fresh impulse to my mind, to lay up 
 " militMy stores " on a larger scale. In addition to this, my 
 late experience had enabled me to detect the artillery that 
 
 MHIili 
 
 Mem 
 
' 
 
 fli m nUVAlATIOH AlTD TBI OONrUOT. 
 
 WM wwk or unwieldy, and therefore nnfit for flie lenrioe. 
 There were TTea,pwwi, •ome of whose pwnta were too boR, olhers 
 of » harder temperMoent than they should have been ; and 
 thoa^ they did some execution upon mind, they nright hare 
 Moompliahed much more, had they been of better metal, 
 kindlier temper, and keenef edge. To remedy theee defect*, 
 and get ready for another campaign, wa« my happy emptoy- 
 ment daring the intervab of my pastoral duties. 
 
 In the meantime, the new converts received close attention ; 
 were appmnted to classes ; new classes were formed, and 
 every possible means used, by viating them daily at their 
 own houses, and by afieetiMiate pulpt discourses, to ooofirm 
 and establirii them in the practice of true piety. Books 
 were placed in their hands for the improvement of their 
 nunds ; and the absence of any one of them from class, waa 
 a subject of hnmediate inquiry. Thus the reaction talked 
 of by some was avoitied; we had, in &ct, nothing of the 
 kind. A few went back to the world, I admit, and Aordy 
 after, a number of the new converts died happy in God, and 
 went home to f^ry; but a largamigority remain to the 
 presMit day, laUars m the churah of God, and happy witnesses 
 that " Jesus Christ hath power upon earth to for|^ve sins." 
 
 I have now, my dear brother, ^ven you » detailed account 
 of my experience in these thingiB. I could enlarge, but it 
 w not necessary. H I have been, in swne r lasure, succea- 
 ful among my brethen, in winidng souls to t.1irist, the Holy 
 Spirit of God has been the ori|pnal and efficient cause ; and 
 to him be an the glory. That he woika by means, you will 
 reKUly admit, and, in the above hasty sketch, you have 
 seen Ote progress of my nund in layii^ hold of that dass 
 of truths which is calculated, by *vine aid, to awak«i and 
 convert sinners. I could give you an account of many r*- 
 vinls, in wUch I have been eng^i^ during past years, and 
 
)Nrucrt. 
 
 it for the senriM. 
 irer« too soft, oilieni 
 Id h»T« b«en ; ind 
 d, they might hare 
 a of hetter metal, 
 medy theee defect!, 
 my happy empby- 
 duties. 
 
 ved close attention; 
 were formed, and 
 hem daily at their 
 looorses, to ooofirm 
 rae piety. Books 
 provement of their 
 lem &Qm dan, was 
 the reaction talked 
 ict, nothmg of ^ 
 adout, and diortly 
 happy in God, and 
 aity remain to the 
 and happy intneasea 
 rth to ibri^Te sins/' 
 tg^ a detailed acoocnt 
 ould enlarge, but it 
 me r lasore, iiieoes- 
 to tJhrist, the Holy 
 effident cause ; and 
 I by means, yoo ivill 
 ^ sketch, yoa have 
 ; hold d that dass 
 aid, to airaken and 
 EMNMmnt of many re- 
 iring past years, and 
 
 THB PRBPARATIOir AND THB OORrUOt. 
 
 36 
 
 farther observations npon the eflbchi of particular and pdnted 
 truth upon different characters, but tame will not permit. 
 My mind is quite as much aliro as ever to seiao npon iHus- 
 trations in sjkture, science, and common every-day lifo, of 
 which the world is fidl, wore we only intent upon perceiving 
 them. My common-place books and little pocket note-books, 
 toe always at hand, in which are noted down whatever may 
 occur to my thought, in conversation, observation, and reading. 
 I am ftilly persuaded, the reason why some preachers are 
 averse to wlut are called *' revival movements," is not 
 because they have no desire for die oonvermon of sinners, 
 nor from a conviction that God has not called them to bring 
 rinnen to repentance, for they frequently attempt it; nor 
 because they have no talents for such an efibrt ; but, chiefly, 
 for the wuit of proper pulpit prppm-<ai<m$, to be^ and 
 oarry forward a revi^. Althou^ they may have a respeot- 
 aUe stoek of sermons, which procure them a rank, deservedly, 
 among tiie aeoomplished theologians of the day ; yet, tte 
 . engapng a very fow times m preaching would exhaust their 
 oapitai ; and tlien, to corao forward with ** long o<Hnmon>plaoe 
 sermons," as unfit for producing hnmediate and ben^oial 
 effect in a revival, as snow upon a harvest field, wouM disap- 
 point even the expectation of sinners, discourage penitents, 
 and wewry ^ unfit believers to enter the prayer meeting 
 wittiUfeand seal. A few such dull sermou would soon 
 tUm the oongfegation, and leave the preacher to address an 
 am^ of empty seats. Such mer ' %ve, therefore, nohe^^rt 
 for sooh a eontiniMd and bborioub dtarnggle. What confi- 
 dence <K)uld a general have in laying siege to a city, or in 
 attempting to take it by storm, knowing that he has neither 
 ammunition nor artillery sufficient for such an undertaking? 
 But these, in a s[»ritnal sense, every minister of Jesus miist 
 have, if he would undertake with proper energy to lay nege 
 8 
 
fV 
 
 S0 
 
 VHl PRIPAJRATIOH AND THB OOarUlOT. 
 
 to mi ttorm » population of mnnon. Hence, the preAoheri 
 on whom I have ventured to Mumadtert, are shy of making 
 full proof of their caU to the work of the miniatry, in thii 
 way ; and when the matter is prewt I home upon the oon- 
 aoienoe of one of these, he usually reHorts to the pitiable 
 apology, " I have no talent for these revivals. Every man 
 has his. particukr gift. All cannot be revivalists. I must, 
 tiierefore, proceed in my own way." 
 
 Let the inquiry be put to his conscience and understand- 
 bg, by a proper person, " But, my brother, what is your 
 way ! What are you wming at in preaching ? Upon what 
 principles did you begin to preach at first ? Excuse the in- 
 quiry ; what were tho teerelfe«Kng$ which prompted you in 
 the be^nning of your career in the ministry ? If the im- 
 meiUate conversion of sinners, was not your object, what was 
 It ? Why ? for what purpose do you yet enter the pulpit ? 
 Is it not to bring sinners to repentance ? But, if you ara 
 incapable of conducting a prayer meeting, and of kneeUng 
 down to pray for a penitent sinner, to whom must the church 
 of God look ? If you are incapacitate^ to point a trembling 
 ■inner to the Lamb of God, and to tell him how to believe, to 
 whom must the unhappy soul resort ? Do you say, * I make 
 such things known in the pulpit, and that is tho place for the 
 performance of my duty V But St. Paul preached Jesus «from 
 house to house,' and « with many tears;' is it, theretbre, 
 improper to do the same thing in a prayer meeting, under 
 circumstances BO interesting?" 
 
 Language more pointed than this nug^t be used, but it is 
 well even with this, if he keeps his temper. 
 
 You may depend npon it, you will find in the above hints, 
 most of the prominent reasone for the a'ersion of some men 
 to revivals; and why they discountenance extraordinary 
 endeatours for the salvation of sinners. It is upon the sam* 
 
lOT. 
 
 Uie preAohen 
 ihy of making 
 ustrjr, in thil 
 upon the oon- 
 » the pitiable 
 Every man 
 igti. I must, 
 
 d ondentand- 
 what is your 
 i Upon ^hat 
 Bzouae the in- 
 rompted you in 
 jr? Iftheim- 
 bject,vhatwaa 
 er the pulpit ? 
 lut, if you ara 
 ad of kneeling 
 luBt the church 
 int a trembling 
 w to beUeve, to 
 ruMj, *I make 
 bo place for the 
 hed Jesus 'from 
 
 8 it, iheretbro, 
 meeiang, under 
 
 used, bi]A It is 
 
 the above hints, 
 )n of some men 
 
 9 extraordinary 
 I upon the samA 
 
 TO! PtIPARATIOir AKD THl OOWTUOT. 
 
 ff 
 
 prinoiplos that we may fluently account for those mortify, 
 ing failures, when special efforts have been made to bring 
 about a revival. 
 
 I cannot close without an allusion to your mental conflioti. 
 Have you not read Augustine's advice to a young minister, 
 Prepara U ad prttturaat To which a good man added, 
 " When a man enters upon the work of preaching the gospel, 
 he finds himself speedily, as it were, in the wine-press.'' It 
 is seldom the following sentiments of one now with Ood, 
 have fuled to be realised m one way or other in my experi* 
 enoe: "You will hardly ever be engaged In any special 
 service for the kingdom of God, but you will either just 
 before it, or aAer it, meet with some special trouble ; eith«r 
 from some ftulure of your health. Or in some storm of 
 groundless obloquies among the people ; or, which is wont of 
 all, some horrid eolapkUationt from wicked spirits on your 
 mind, strongly filling you with consternations and confusions, 
 which, be they ever so unreasonable, yet will be intolerable." 
 
 It is m the latter way, I have l^erto chiefly suffered, 
 although I have had my trials firom most of tiie above soarcei ; 
 but the onsets of those cruel and invinble spirits upon my 
 mind have often been terriMe. The devil has generally 
 taken his revenge in this way, when I have been favored wilfr 
 anj remarkable success in the work of the ministry. Theee 
 conflicts have often been very severe just before aomo re- 
 markable conquest; and irfter the revival, he has come 
 agunst me as a roaring li(m ; but the Lord hath hitherto 
 delivered me, and by such commotions, prepared me for 
 greater usefynoss, and endued me with a larger measure of 
 watchfulness and humility. 
 
 I have often shcniiened these days of trial, by plunpng 
 into another revival ; then all has become light, and peace, 
 and joy. I have therefore, of late years, arranged matters. 
 
 m%aM » 
 
28 
 
 tn PMrARATtOR AMD Ttti OOWfUOt. 
 
 ■0 M to itep into anothor offijrt for % revival, when my work 
 hM concluded in any given plao«. The devil hai been 
 baffled for the time, by these rapid movcmontd ; but lie has 
 Mttll tlireateued my trembling aoul in a manner I cannot 
 describo; Buggoeting, that, for every iuatance in which 
 he haa lieen foiled in thia way, he ahall yet have Wa ven- 
 geance, in one concentrated and tremendous storm, which is 
 brooding and preparing in the gloomy distance. " But none 
 of these things move me, neither count I my life dewr unto 
 myself, if I may finish my counw with joy, snd the mmistry 
 I h^re received of Uie Lord Jesus.*' "He that will 
 wago war with hell, must sufier hell's rage," has long been 
 my motto ; but, if ihe devil and I must fi|^t, I am deter- 
 mined to be the aggressor. I think there is an advantage 
 here worth taking ; and we may take it OMMt fiujdy, as the 
 i^XMtle tells us he is wide awake to "get an •dymiMgfi of 
 
 us!" 
 
 These triaki, I admit with you, are "worse than preaching ;" 
 Uid, a B«ooe8ei<m oi ihsn., make a roan look older by many 
 JCM9 than he really is. The people who surrounded our 
 Lord, mistook him fw being nearly fifty years of age, wh«n 
 he was only a little more than thirty. " Thou art not yet 
 fifty yean old," — this wns their nearest goess,— " and hast 
 thoa seen Abraham ?" im viii. 57. J. o. 
 
 r^ta> ~:,t.^'k.-- 
 
 ggj, 
 
[Off. 
 
 when my work 
 )vU liM boen 
 fl ; but h« hM 
 uner I cannot 
 otco in which 
 I have hia ven- 
 itona, wluch is 
 I. " But none 
 r life dear unto 
 od the miuistry 
 "He that will 
 has long been 
 lit, I am deter- 
 aa advantage 
 it fiurly, M the 
 a advantage <d 
 
 an preaching;" 
 older by many 
 RUTOunded oar 
 B of 1^, wh«n 
 lou art not yet 
 M,~** and hast 
 /. 0. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 tBl IIST Of BBYIYAL PftlVOIPLIl. 
 
 SuoH were the experienoei of Gkd'i ohoroh nearly thre* 
 flioasand yean ago, that its sainte could say, with triomphant 
 confidence, " Tktword qf the Lord i$ tried" — i. e. it haa 
 been pat to the teat— it hai etood the trial of experi* 
 mnL It nay, therefore, be relied upon riUi anihrinking 
 certainty. It is this certainty — this unwavering, ao> 
 yielding, invincible confidence in the faithfolneH of Qod, 
 that haa sastained Mr. Causey, that has bun at the baae of 
 hia morementi — and inafured hia heroic heart, in iti oonflioti 
 with the kingdom of datkneas. The following letter, which 
 ii fired with the energy of itiaotlutr, ia ntrikiugly illoateativa 
 of him. It reveals him in tiM battle-field, teatmg the weapons 
 he had famished and sluurpened in the closet. It waa written 
 to a (nend in Engbud, iriio desired lus counsel on the best 
 methods of bringing a church mto a rerival state. After 
 stating that Uie scene of the work wis a tpwn in North 
 America, Mr. C&uj^ey proceeds to say : — 
 
 Protracted rali^oos services were determined ap<m, by a 
 few choice spirits, who had for some time moomed over the 
 deeolations of Zion in tliat town. The time fixed for the 
 commencement of hostilities arrived. The o<mMot began 
 with a detennination I have seldom seen sorpassed. We 
 preached the gospel daring a succeesion of evemngs, with but 
 one nn^ object m view, to bring hardened nnners to 
 8* 29 
 
 1 
 
 HHB 
 
80 
 
 Til TMT or RiTivAt nuifoirLM. 
 
 repentance. Thoro were manj such in that town ; nnf(o<Uj 
 men, who had hnn set the (iod that made them at defiance ; 
 men who violati'd hw law, neglected hiii wonhip, dcNpued hia 
 ■ervantfl, dented the trutha of hia Bible, and entertained 
 opiniona the moat degrading and anti-aoriptural. Drunken- 
 noM, Babhath-breakii^, wliondoa, ptifaBe iwearing, and all 
 manner of wiokedneiw, wore praattiio<l without fueling, fear, 
 or remarae. But* few itero were who "ai^ed and cried" 
 for aU the abominationa of the place. ** Riven of water," 
 MJkl tMM, ^ nm down miae ajva, beeauae mtai keep m^ th j 
 kMT." " It ia time, Lord, for thee to work, for thej have 
 BMMla void tfiy law," waa the mournful and inieroeding 
 language of o^ora. 'Tba esaraplo of aoma mtmatort in liia 
 town irm no rale for oa. Our duty waa plain ;-~iiot 
 to gkaM ov«r thk moral deaoUtien an eye <^ earalMi 
 iadUfcrane* ; nor to be governed in our movement* by that 
 OaiaHe aenttment, Ae princifde of which ia ao prevalent in 
 the pNaent dfty: *' An I ny brotbOT'e k^pw?" W« did 
 not feeloamelvea mdled to depkire nierely 4m general wiek- 
 •dneaa around, nor the horton of ftat dfdft d hell towarda 
 which that wi<^ediie« inM oarrying tliia popoktian of dntn, 
 bat to make vigorMM efbrta far their mjm. 
 
 BeBavkig the goapd to be Heaven'a reveaktd inttrnnum- 
 tality to bring Hbont aa ev«t ae deaiiable, wo endeavoured 
 to wield ita divine ^ruth with all the energy with whieh 
 it had pleaaod Gk>d to mdac oa. Our effbrta ware not ooa- 
 fined to tihe Sabbath, or (e one or twoeventnga in the week, 
 but ** night and day,*' tjbroai^oot th« weak, not in the 
 ■aactwary ak>n«, but f^xnu honae to hooae; aftemotm and 
 night we laboorad for Qod fai tha efaapd; tka forraoooa and 
 btervabi betwcvi meeting ;■, we exhorted tlte pe<^ at thor 
 twoMa to tito to God. Kaners, however, ronaiMd hard 
 aiul obitbatB. nM»y iMHMd,in &oS «» if iMgaod tc^tim 
 
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own ; iinf(o<Uj 
 n at defiance ; 
 p, (leapUwd his 
 kd entertained 
 iL DnmkeO" 
 earing, and all 
 1 fooling, foar, 
 )«d and cried" 
 (« of water," 
 1 keep M^ thy 
 for they have 
 id interceding 
 iinister* in the 
 plain ;-~iiol 
 'e <^ earelea 
 pDMntebj that 
 10 prevalent in 
 vt" W«did 
 ) general wiek- 
 >1 hell towards 
 oTi 
 
 M iuitrnuuNiK 
 9 endeaTourod 
 gy with whiek 
 w«re not ooa* 
 ^ m the week, 
 k, not in the 
 aiWiKKm and 
 formMODS and 
 )oopIe attlmr 
 remained hard 
 kguod ti^tliM 
 
 "1 
 
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 wi vfn Of MifiTAi. 9nMoinM. n 
 
 to d«fBat oar ol^t;— not indeed by ^u and avnwed 
 boetiUty, bat by kvoj^iig tliouuMlvoe away from tiie liuuiui uf 
 Ood. TIm> fuw wlio vouhmHi into our a»wtiiililiiw, wore ua 
 Oiunoved u the eeata. The " why and whure&jro " of all 
 ^hk "raligiuiu Htir and din," aeemed to b« Uie pmlominant 
 inquiry uptm (he foaturee of the riwilori. 'tkvt was juet what 
 we wanted to eoe ; and wo were detomuii«id to havo tltie 
 oxpreieiutt beeosM general. "Truth," taiJ one, ♦* fuan 
 mtthiug more than inattoatton. it it loo important to bo 
 treated with indiiferenoe. Oppotiti»m oalla forth and aliarp- 
 ena the |)owen of tlie hunau uiiiid in ite defunoe. The 
 oauae of the goeftcl haa ever gained by iuveetiKatioa. Cr*- 
 daltly is the bane of it." , 
 
 Our oongrogatione increaaed, hoi the iMutdiiow and in^ 
 peoitMioy of iiianert ooatiuued. Of one tlting I oau awmre 
 youyothe whole ootuuel of God was ddivered. Nothuig 
 was kept back which we oonHitlered prafiiabW to o«r Ivaanmi, 
 or esMntiid to the fiuthfol deolaiatitm of our metwige. With 
 the MMiineBt of an elegant writer wo heartily c«»7oarr«d : 
 '* The deftnaive amour of a ahrinking and Uuwl policy, does 
 not Miit Chmianily. Uan ia the naked m^eety of truth. 
 WA, all Ae grandeur of age, bnt wi^aoM of tta it^rmitiea, 
 haa aha temo down to as, and gathered new strength from 
 Ibe battles d» has won in tlM OMny 0(mtr(rvwrnes of many 
 generatkms. With such a r«l!^ •• thk, thnre ia nothing 
 to hide; att sbo«ld be abovo-board ; Mid the broadest Ught 
 of day sboold b« nade folly and freely to einmhite throuj^ 
 aD bar lervioes. But fe0r«< iAif^s dM hM none. To her 
 bekng tibe frasdmeas and th« simpUtnty of cooaoioas greai* 
 nasB. Aadiritetberidtegrapiitowithtbefarideof pfaUosophy, 
 or staad in ptnntod oppositum to the prefodkes of the mulii- 
 iode, she does it upon her own stkvngtdbt, and spiuM all tbs 
 pn^ tod all the aoxiliariM ran^ fircn btr<" 
 

 89 
 
 Of uTiTAZt ranranuit 
 
 W« w«r« not MMkbg »A«r f^n or popuUritj. W« Mktd 
 Boi the money of our hewrem, nor UM>ir ^nnl», nor wiy |*Hr- 
 tkm of Ihein. •' U ie not for jou to h« fiahiiig for g\Ml»?<«<Mui, 
 but for towui, forte, md ceetUse," mid Cl«.i«tr» to Mwk 
 ABtonj. OJory be to Oodl we were not finbing for 
 
 gnd|p>oM,— Jl/«V '•**'«' <* **»* P"*** ^ own — '*"'^ *" ''*** 
 Uitl cU«ie Mege to the town, ite forte ancl ite OMtlee ; every 
 ititmg hold of 8»tan. We wiolded the s«ae woapoue m did 
 tho epoeUee. (2 Cor. x. 4. 6.) And ae the forte, towere, 
 •od oaetiee, idl the etrong-holde of the kingdom of h«U, cwne 
 tainibling down, under U«! migjbty ami iiu|)en»»tur»l blowa of 
 their we»p«ie, we did expect to eee the mune effeote pn>- 
 dttced, ere the betUe wie ended in which we were now 
 migMi!»A. Human ap|d»uie w«« M valueleee aa ^e duat of 
 their atreeta. • Their wrath we dreaded not. NeiUier men 
 nor devila were we afraid of. Wo expected pereeouUon, but 
 we were yet too inaigmficant. Doga do wi bark at a wditwy 
 ■l«r or two ; but, aa old Aleiat obaerrea, in hk " JSmhlmiu" 
 they bark moat when the moon i« at the full ; perhapa not so 
 much at the moon herwlf, aa at the "atrange and dubioua 
 tlunp," which multiply upon their animal viako. We aiH 
 tiotpatod that when the little ohurchljegan to ahine forth, 
 "bri^ M the iun, fair aa the moon, and terrible aa an 
 army with bannera," in a glorkw rowal, that it would aei 
 •U the dogs m town bark'mg. 
 
 Again and again, tm our congregatiooa mcreaaed, th« 
 goapel of our God and Baviour waa |wocUiroe<l in all ita 
 fulnesB, while the tteel of eternal truth waa pointed directly 
 at the heart of every aiimer. The aiwi of the people wer« 
 clearly and fwthfuUy portrmyod in all their horrible deformity. 
 There waa no daubing witfi untempered morUr ; no com- 
 promiaing of truth ; no beating the air with idle worda ; no 
 temporiung ; no trimming to auit the prejudioea of the peo- 
 
%wn or KivtvAL fruivii' 
 
 U 
 
 itj. W<i Mk«d 
 b, nor wiy |>or- 
 K for g»ulK«"»"«i 
 H)i«ir« tu Murk 
 not fi«liutg for 
 lO — but we had 
 I oMilM ; every 
 B wflftpoM M did 
 ite forte, lowert, 
 nn of h*U, cwne 
 tuktunU blowi of 
 ua« effeete pro- 
 h we were now 
 • M the dtttt of 
 ;. NeiUter men 
 pereeooUon, bat 
 bftrkatftiolitwry 
 
 ; perhapi not m 
 ige Mid dubious 
 rittoo. We «a- 
 ua to Inline forth, 
 nd terrible aa an 
 that it woold set 
 
 ■ inoreMed, th« 
 ;laime4l in all ite 
 prMuted directly 
 tfte people were 
 >rrible deformity, 
 mortar ; no ooro^ 
 ;,h idle word* ; no 
 iulk}ea<tf the peo- 
 
 ple ; no mbclng of truth, a little now atid a tittle a^n, m the 
 |ie<iple c<mld lK<»r it ; no equivociU, or wnl.iK"ou« ikuitent'isa 
 or rx|.rt'MM)r«, |>liriUH!« of "doubtful mgiutirutiuu," in order 
 to av«»id offenduix «lcUoate oara. 'iliingi were called by 
 thoir profwr nnntea ; whoredom wa« nuniwl whoredom ; wlul- 
 tery, fonii<ft^n, to., were oall«d iuoh ; hoH, iui, wmu'ra, 
 Mid the divil, wi-re nubjooUi eet before the jwojdo in all tl>e 
 terror of the one, and the native ugliueM of tlio other. The 
 law ef (io«l, an<l the lioll of eternity, were let forth with aU 
 the eanotioni of the fortncr, and witli all the tormenti, weejH 
 bg, wmilinji;, and giuwiliing of t««lli, of the Uttor. 
 
 While deaHng witli thone ainueni, wo wore jwrploxod with 
 no minjipvingji ro«jieeting the extent of the redeeming plan. 
 We knew, to liom)W the laiiff uiRO of Miotlior, that, " a« the 
 goepel luwi no liwitatiou an it regarded time, it had nothing 
 <rf die kiiul when applied to human charaotiir" "Jefu» 
 Ohriat," we intuited, ♦' by the grace of Qo<l twtud >V!atl\ fbr 
 every man ; " " he ia the propitiation for ot.r auM, Mid not 
 for our« only, bat idao for the nm of the whole world ;" and 
 «« by him all tliat believe are jiutiUfnl fpim all titiugi, from 
 wWch they could not be jvatiflod by the law ol Muaea;" 
 that 10 Vmg aa a ainnor had ro|>ontanoo and faith ui hia heart, 
 we knew not a nyr^o crime, or colleoti(m of criraoa, m ttie 
 whole catalogue of human depravity, that the atoning blood of 
 CJhriat could not waah away ; or that there wa« any dea- 
 perado of vioe and fcdly, within the compass of our voica, 
 however sunk in the depths of his dark and unnatural 
 de{m«vi<^y, who was not welcome to come to Christ, if he 
 would. Nor would such a einner find, that tho crimson 
 inreteiaoy of his nuinifcrfd offences waa beyond tho 
 reach of ttie pwMSe-epeaking and purifying blood of the Son 
 of Ood. We wore pereuadod that as tlie jiiatico of God 
 Rdforod no enon>a«hmeat by tho oSbrs of morcy to the 
 
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 84 
 
 THB TBST OF RHVIVAL PBINCIPLK8. 
 
 beKeving penitent, and tm mercy itaelf is restrained by no 
 limitation, there can be no arrest Ijud upon its offers, arising 
 from the shades, and degrees, and varieties, of hmnan sin- 
 fulness ; that, allowing the existence of repentance and faith 
 within the soul of the sinner, there is ho pomt in the de- 
 scending scale of human depravity beyond wliich it caimot 
 go, even " to hell's trembling verge." They were told, that7 
 as "for guilt, in its full impenitency, Jesus Christ dyed 
 his garments, and waded through an arena of blood, so might 
 the most abandoned of 'the children of iniquity begin a contrite 
 movement toward him ; that Jesus Christ would be the last 
 person in heaven to spurn them away from purchased mercy, 
 purchased by his own most precious blood ; nor would he ever 
 close the door of mercy, which had cost Mm so much to open ; 
 that he would never quench the spark of the sinner's dome for 
 salvation, nor break the bruised reed, nor overturn the prop 
 of hope in Christ, upon which he was invited to rest." But, 
 strange as it may appear, a sullen front of resistance was 
 stiU maintained upon the part of sinners. With us' the mat- 
 ter was settled,—" Victory or death." Again the lightnings 
 of truth and terror flashed over the congregations. The 
 thunders of Sinai reverberated long, loud, and dreadful. 
 The place trembled, and the heart and soul of man quaked 
 ' before the presence of the Lord God of hosts. 
 
 We were not trammeled in our efforts by rich and time- 
 sen^g professors ; nor by any who were amadous we should 
 obtain or retain the approbation of the wealthy. There was 
 no sensation created on the appearance of influential persons 
 in the congregation, lest they might take offence, and leave 
 the church, possibly to return no more. We were troubled 
 with no officials cautioning us against giving offence, with a 
 "peradventure, such and such persons will withdraw from 
 che church, and withhold hereafter their support.*' The 
 
i 
 
 IPLE8. 
 
 9 restrained by no 
 n its offers, arising 
 ies, of human ain- 
 jpentance and ftuth 
 
 10 point in the de- 
 d -wluch it cannot 
 ley were told, that^ 
 Fesus Christ dyed 
 I of blood, so might 
 lity begin a contrite 
 
 > would be the last 
 I purchased mercy, 
 ; nor would he ever 
 tn so much to open ; 
 e sinner's deure for 
 • overturn the prop 
 ted to rest." But, 
 it of resistance was 
 Witiii us themat- 
 Lgain the lightnings 
 mgregationa. The 
 oud, and dreadM. 
 loul of man quaked 
 hosts. 
 
 i by rich and time- 
 5 a^jdous we should 
 etdthy. There waa 
 )f influential persons 
 B offence, and leave 
 We were troubled 
 iving offence, with a 
 will wittidraw from 
 sir support.** The 
 
 THB TBST 07 BBVIVAL PBINOIPLBS. 
 
 85 
 
 people of God were poor and feeble, and, from various 
 causes, had dwindled down to a solitary disheartened few. 
 They knew very well if God did not interfere, and vouchsafe 
 a revival, their church, in that place, must become extinct. 
 The dear people felt their feebleness, but they were loyal at 
 heart, and stood by us. Some could do but litUe, as 
 it regarded vocal prayer, but they could weep and 
 pray secretly ; not unlike a little girl, of whom I heard 
 the Bev. Dr. Beaumont relate the following anecdote, 
 in Liverpool : Four children, three brothers and a little 
 sister, were enjoying a ramble along .the banks of a 
 river, when one of the boys accidentally fell into the 
 water; just as he was sinking, another little brother 
 plunged in for his rescue, and when they were both stru^ 
 gling in the stream, the other brother reached out his hand, 
 and caught the second brother, who was about to sink also ; 
 and, by the good providence of God, both found bottom, and 
 crawled ashore. When they arrived at home, the glad 
 father, who had learned the jeopardy of his children, called 
 them around him, and inquired of one, ** Well, what did 
 you do to save your drowning brother V* "I plunged into 
 the water after him,' Sir," was the reply. "And what did 
 you do?" he inquired of tibe next. "I carried him home 
 upon my back, Sir." Tunung to his litUe daughter, ho 
 said, ** Well, my dear, and what did you do to save your 
 drownung brother ? " She replied, " I fell a crying, papa, 
 as hard as I was able, all the time." Aye, and perhaps her 
 tears and cries prompted her little brothers to these desperate 
 and sooceasful effi)rts for the rescue of their unking broiler. 
 Be this as it may, we felt ourselves stimulated to " deeds of 
 noble daring," by ike tears and cries of this precious Uttie 
 flock. 
 Daring ei^t or nine days, anners were thus battered by 
 
 3fiS0 
 
86 
 
 THE ran or myital pftiMoiPLU. 
 
 the artillety of the law, and aaswled on every wde by the 
 (Men of the gospel. Every appeal made to their fear$ was 
 followed by another to their hope$. Hell and its horrors, 
 Mn and its penalties, glared around ; while Cdvary and its 
 scenes were held forth as pledges of hope and salvation. If 
 they wept not, we did, as Christ was set forth, evidently 
 crucified before their eyes :— 
 
 ** J«tn* drinka the bitter cup, 
 The wine-preu treads aloat | 
 Tsus the gntres and mouitaiiu Uf, 
 By hU expiring groan. 
 
 • • • 
 
 Well may heaven be cloth'd in MmIc, 
 And soleron sackcloth wear { 
 ' Jwot' agoniat partake, 
 
 The hour of darkneu ahare t 
 , Mourn th' a»tont*h'd hoeU.abora | 
 
 Silence faddena all tba tktoi ) 
 liodler of serapUo loT^ 
 The Qod of angda diaa. 
 
 0, my Ood, be diea forma, 
 
 I feel the moctel amart ! 
 Sm him hanging on tike ^^ice,— 
 
 A aight that hiMka my hMtfti 
 that all to thee might tun; 
 
 Sinnera, ye may love him too { 
 Look on him ye ]4ereed, and BMaiB 
 
 For one who bled for yoa. 
 
 • • • • 
 
 Veep o'er yoin- deaire and hope, 
 With teara of humbleat lore i"— 
 
 «'JBe»oW,"* we cried, as wn s^l ooenpied lihA pound, 
 and sinners still Pemaaned hard and unsubdued, "'Behold 
 the Lamb of God wKch taketh away the mas of the %. Id!* 
 .^see an expiring Sanoiir! Go.1 is now in Christ recoa 
 cfling yeo to hiaiself, not impating your farespaswe wto ye«- 
 
IIPLM. 
 
 every nde by Qm 
 
 I to their /ear< was 
 
 II and its horrors, 
 e Calvary and its 
 I and salvation. If 
 let forth, evidently 
 
 "R 
 
 «k, 
 
 seopied tike groiiiid» 
 urabdned, '^'Behmd 
 anraof thetfv^rld!* 
 low in Christ reeon 
 itwjpmtmvB^ you. 
 
 MtSM 
 
 •"' I iiillMI 
 
 THB TB8T OF nvnYAh PRmoiPLlB. 8T 
 
 • MitTt th« rMon! tru«, 
 
 Qod to jou bit Son b»th giren I 
 Ta mny now bo bippy too ; 
 
 Find on eiurth the life of htftTwi i 
 Lire the Ufa of heaven aboTe, 
 411 the UA of glorioni love ! ' 
 
 Plead the merits of his death, sinners ! Behold yoor 
 pardoning God ! He is ready to blot out your transgressions 
 as a tMck oloud; your sins and your iniquities will he 
 remember no more. Believe, only believe, and yours ia the 
 right and title to the kingdom of heaven." Think me not 
 tedious, my dear brother, nor over particular in descending 
 to such a minute detail as to the manner of our address to 
 these mnners. It was, indeed, a regtdar tiege, and an 
 important one. We now were making foil proof of our minis- 
 try, and pushing our tremendous principles to those results 
 intended by the Author of them. Hell and heaven were 
 perpetually before our eyes. The danger of that eternal 
 damnation to which tbese sinners were every moment exposed, 
 .ibisorbed our every thcaght. Wot knew no other metiwd by 
 which to save them from the penliilon that awaited tUerh '^\xi 
 this ; nor did we want any other. Our triumphant bu^iat 
 was, " I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is 
 the power of (}od unto salvation unto every one that believeth ; 
 to Ut9 Jew first, and also to the Greek ; " and we were 
 determined not to stir from tiie placo till the power of that 
 gospel was reidiaed,and acknowledged by angels, devils, and 
 men. 
 
 Nev^r, I assure ymi, did a b^iiej^ army bombard t cify 
 witbf greater confidence of beholding a surrender, than we 
 feU when belec^ering these sinners. Speculations were 
 aever more rife, outride iiie walls of a b^ueged city, as to 
 what part of-tiie walls would be likely to give way and cause 
 ft brsMit thni were the tpeoulattioos among som^, as to what 
 4 . - 
 
.^ 
 
 88 THH TOST OF REVIVAL PKIN0IPL88. 
 
 Biimer, or what cIms of Burners, wotild fiwt break down 
 under the truth, and cause a gap in the ranks of sin. As 
 the orisuj approached, our congregations increased ; our all- 
 ahsorbing feelings seomed to pervade the people, but none 
 had sufficient courage to brave the gaao of the mullatude, 
 and separate himself as a ttricken tinner. 
 
 Night had succeded to night, and day to day, without any 
 conversions. The sword of the Lord appeared to us as if 
 blunted against the hardened mass ; the arrows of truth 
 rebounded from flinty hearts as if they had been shot agunst 
 a stone wall. 
 
 The time of extremity was God's opportunity. Is there 
 anything too hard for Jehovah ? " Nothing but quite im- 
 possible, is hard." " God is terrible out of his holy places," 
 ■ays the psalmist. He speaks, and it is done ; he commands, 
 and it stands fast. " Pompetf ^oa8t<5d," said one, " that with 
 one stamp of his foot he could raise all Italy in arms ; but 
 God, with one word of his couth, co 1 nuse, not aU Italy 
 only, but all heaven.". He is wonderful in woiteig. He 
 humbles human pride, and secures lus own glory, by rwdep- 
 ingdur]plansand efforts useless for a time, and bringing 
 about his purposes by the humblest and weakest instrumen- 
 tality. One of our company, a ndnJster, in the course of 
 his viatations from house to house, tiiought proper to extend 
 his vifflts of mercy to a hlacknnUh'$ «%>, in which were 
 several men at work, most of whom were vefy wicked ; the 
 voice of profane swearing often sounded out from ithorrftly. 
 One of till young men was shoeing a horso when our Wend 
 entered, and did not observe his approach. He suddenly 
 advanced, and whispered sharply in the our of the busy 
 snner, "You must have ffour feet shod with tiie preparation 
 of tile gospel of peace." The man was taken by iorprise, 
 it nWidh, poih^, as if tiie honw had struck luiii. Ha 
 
 .^.JL. 
 
«3« 
 
 IPLB8. 
 
 first break down 
 ranka of sin. An 
 icreased ; onr all- 
 people, bat none 
 of the multitttde, 
 
 day, without any 
 leared to as as if 
 
 1 arrows of truth 
 1 been shot against 
 
 tunity. Is there 
 ing but quite im- 
 of lus holy places," 
 }ne ; he commands, 
 ud one, "that with 
 [talyinanns; but 
 nuse, not allltidy 
 [ in woridudg. He 
 n glory, by render- 
 ime, and brining 
 ireakest instmroenr 
 )r, in the course of 
 J»t proper to extend 
 op, in which were 
 > vety wicked ; the 
 )nt from it luMrribly. 
 rso when our fliend 
 icb. He suddenly 
 le o%T of the busy 
 Nith the prepMataoD 
 B taken by ior|Hise, 
 i struck \am. H« 
 
 THB TR8T OF BBVIVAL PRDfOIPUCS. 89 
 
 hastily rused his head, discovered the author of this strange 
 salute, dropped it ogain, muttered something, and fell a 
 hammering a niul into the shoo violently. Tho word was a 
 nail fastened in a sure place. The Spirit of dodwasthero, 
 and drove it into the Burner's heart. The mimstor left the 
 shop without saying any more. That night the man mingled 
 with the crowd who entered the church, and, at the close of 
 the sermon presonted himself as a distressed and condemned 
 sinner, soliciting " prayer and help." A number of otiiers, 
 qtuto as onhappy as himself, were soon by his side, when 
 they an nused their cry together, ''Lord have meroyt" 
 This was the hour of our trixunph. Now we witnessed a 
 scene whidt repud us for all our toil. The young $mkht 
 with many more, obtained salvation tha same erening. 
 Fnmithat ni^t the work of Ood went <m in mige»ty and 
 power. 
 
 It wM now, and from this time, that wo saw those grea^ 
 truths, which other numstors were contented to preach from 
 Sabbath to Sabbath, and irom year to year, withoat behold- 
 ing any visible effects, invested with tkpoteneif which was^ 
 indeed, glorious, nughty, and ahnost irrenstible. The 
 moment a sinner came within range of its influence, he was 
 affected. Many a stout and stubborn advmuuy wie felled 
 to tiie ground, and roared for mercy, as if he was gmng 
 qmck into hell. We had evidence before our eyes, tbo most 
 convincing, that if the pe<^e of God set their hearto npon 
 a revival, and use t]M proper means, they caimotfiiU to obtiin 
 thmr deidre. Their feetitnett^ in every worldly amMe in 
 which the term may be used, irill be no obetaole. If they 
 depend upon tibe aid of the Holy Ohost, fest and pnty, and 
 employ every other method auth(Hnied in the wwd of God» 
 eariii and hell cfnnbined cannot hinder a revival. The prayer 
 miust prevail :— 
 
 HaaiKMHW l wiJB K 
 
it THM TWT OF RITIVAL FRINOIPLM. 
 
 •Ltk* mlglity winds wid tommti tun*, 
 L«t II oppoMT* alt o'amio. 
 And erary Uw of iln MYettM."— 
 
 Let the ididstera of way particular church trample under 
 foot that ailly objection, Uiat extraordinary means will throw 
 diaoredit upon the ordinary. Bathe/ let them decide, that 
 the former, if ■uccesaful, mnrt, in the nature of tiie caae, 
 confer honour upon the ordinary services. Uncommon efforts, 
 justify, to the fullest extent, those endoavours which are 
 put forth in the common services of the sanctuary ; but that 
 they do impart a signiftcancy and a power to the regular 
 services of the future, is now a fiwt well alAeeted. Let 
 them, then, break boldly through, and no more confine tiiem- 
 selves to the hmits of Sabbatii preaching, but take a firm 
 stand before the congregation in reference to a revival. Thi 
 doors of the house of God must be thrown open for daily 
 and nightiy proacUng. Let them he ample of heart, and 
 aim at one thing, the converwon of sinners. Ordinary ser- 
 mons, however, they must know, will not be suitable for such 
 services, unlws they desire to preaeh to empty pews. Ex- 
 traordinary plans and movements will denumd an extr»- 
 oidinary kind of preaching. We do not expect to see snow 
 in harvest ; nor the sea, smooth as glass, and oahn as ^ fish- 
 pondj when a stwrm is out upon its surface. I need not mul- 
 tiply words or figures. Tou know what I mean. I would 
 recommend tiie same style of preaching, and means, which I 
 have hinted at in this letter when describing our .eft>rt» fiwr 
 Hie great revival in question. If the people of God unite 
 with tiieir ministers, and encourage them by their presence 
 and powers, while they are preaohmg fearlessly, vigoroualy, 
 and pdntedly, those great trutiis likely to awaken and ooi»^ 
 men, the arm of God wifl soon be made hare in agwai 
 revival. I would urge the continuation <rf the Ebeetii^ %| 
 
Lia. 
 
 THl n»T or MVIVAL PRI1Y0IPLB8. 
 
 41 
 
 1 trample under 
 means will throw 
 hem dooide, thai I 
 ore of Uie caae, 
 ncommoQ efforts, 
 iroura which are 
 lotuaiy; but that 
 r to tiie regular 
 il atteeted. M 
 tore confine theu^ 
 but take a firm 
 > a revival. Tht 
 A open for dailj 
 [de oil heart, and 
 . OrcUnary seiv 
 ) suitable for such 
 mpty pevs. £z- 
 emuid an extras 
 ipect to see now 
 ad cahn as ^ fisb- 
 I need not mulr 
 mean. I would 
 id means, which I 
 ngoar.efi>rts for 
 >pleof Qod unite 
 \>j their presenoe 
 lessly, vigorously) 
 waken and Qomi«!$, 
 i hare in a^^ 
 f the Rieetii^fii 
 
 weeks, with or witiiout success. Whether the oongregationn 
 are large or small, I would oontwue the meetings. Though 
 sinners were as wicked as devils, and as hard and Benseless, 
 or stupid, as the seats of the chapel, I would oont> lue the 
 meetings, and preach on, every ni^t, with an undying trust 
 in the pronuses cf Ood. Magna ut vmtat et prmtUebit, 
 — Grtat i$ inUh, and it ihaU prtvail. Let them thus go 
 on repeating the blow, " Victory or death," and they shaU 
 see a revival ; such a turning to Qod, such an in-gathering of 
 sods to the fold of Christ, as will i^den the hearteof all 
 who believe ; while flie scene will spread a tide of holy joy 
 over all the inhatntantsof heaven. Lake zt. 10. 
 
 i < i t iwwiiii.tu»iiwi i a i 
 
 illtigftWlP 
 
Jb 
 
 M 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 VHl OALL Ot YHI triBXT. 
 
 Wi «re now •pproftohing a f«ot in Mr. C*nf^«ft expe- 
 rience, of deep »nd aflbcting intereet. We are about to 
 witness him listening to a solemn call from God, which is to 
 ntterly chwige the sphere of his action, to cast him as a 
 (Nlgrim on the shores of another knd, and to affiact the 
 deslmy of thousands. The opimon of the reader concerning 
 the exercises about to be described, will depend on ttie 
 character of his pre^risting views of divine operations on 
 tiie human heart. If he possesses exalted futh, if his mind is 
 spiritualised by devotion, if he has a soul tutored by the Spirit 
 to that ohild4ike mmplicity, so earnestly required by Jesus 
 Christ, h« irill readily pve credence to Mr. Caughey's 
 statements, and adnure that sublime obedience which led 
 him, m the spirit of Abraham, to leave his home, to abandon 
 the sphere of his present usefuhiess, timply hecaute God 
 required it t 
 
 But if his heart is more alive to the voices tiiat come from 
 without, than to the " still, small vmce " within ; if he has 
 move faith in the vitihle than in tiie invitihU ; if he is a 
 disbeliever in the tubgeeUve operations of the Spirit of God 
 on the hnmMi soul ; he will probably read with a cold, 
 questioning incredulity. But let him remember, that many 
 great and pous men have had a firm belief in the subjectiva 
 42 
 
 IL 
 
 immmm 
 
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 in okLh or THi ipntn. 
 
 BIT. 
 
 C»aj^ey'» ©xpo- 
 IV* are about to 
 God, which u to 
 tO'CMt him as a 
 Knd to affisot the 
 reader concerning 
 11 depend on the 
 ine operations on 
 uth, if his mind is 
 torod by the Spirit 
 oquired by Je«u8 
 
 Mr. Caughey's 
 )dience which led 
 
 1 homo, to abandon 
 %ply btcaute Qod 
 
 }es that come from 
 within ; if he has 
 isible ; if he ia a 
 the Spirit of God 
 read widi a cold, 
 Qomber, that many 
 >f in the snlgeotiT* 
 
 tnfluenoea of the Spirit. •Wealey, Fletcher, Edwards, 
 Luther, Doddridge, Banyan, and many other greatly good 
 men, would readily have lympathized with such impreisionii 
 aa those of Mr. C. ; where, •« iu bis case, they wore 
 preceded by the steady eiyoyntnt of holiness, by a life of 
 pn^er, and attended by oatward Providenoes corresponding 
 with and confirming the inwanl iinprefwioikS. As long as it 
 stands recorded iu tlie Bible, that the Spirit directed PUihp 
 and Peter and Paul, that Christ pledged that Spirit for tho 
 guidance of his disciples, and especially of his ministers, 
 there can be no room to doubt the pottihUity of suol 
 impressions. The proofs of their genuineness in individuals, 
 must be sought in their fruits. To this test we shall see 
 those of Mr. Caughey submitted ; a^d by their fruits, th« 
 reader will, we think, be compelled to admit their supernat- 
 ural origin. But we will let Mr. Caughey Bpeak for himself, 
 m the following etrikmg portions of his oorrespondenoe ; he 
 says to an inquiring friend : 
 
 I cannot say I have any serious objections agunst relating 
 to you the circumstances which led me to this singular 
 decisbn. I would have done so in my last ; but I felt m 
 hesitancy to tell you, in the simplicity of my heart, those 
 severe exercises of mind connected with it. I knew y6ar 
 cool and metaphysical turn of miad so well, tfiat I feared to 
 open a itew field for your tpteuiative geniut. It is likely 
 my simple story will excite your incredulity more than evsr. 
 " Strange," you wiU say, " that a man of sense, uid a 
 minister of God, should suffer himself, for such a small affijr, 
 to be toMed like a ball into a far country ; or, that he should 
 suppose such great effects would be connected with such 
 in^gnificant causes ; that the infinite Qod. should stoop to 
 iHriog about such important events firom mean$ so small and 
 
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 44 
 
 •mi OAU. Of .*aa *nmt7. 
 
 ' 
 
 To thb I angwer, Aim »lw»fii prnportioim \m moww to 
 hU enda. He aeeka to Mooin|>luih great dtmiffm by grMil 
 nMNkm. With him, tho oaium tniut alwkjra be oororoeiuiur*to 
 witti the intendeii effeote. On the coiitnury, (Jod hM ever 
 delighted to humble the pride of bumu, by bringing about the 
 gre»te*t eventii by the amalleet imtrumentality. When dj»- 
 poeed to imile at the tarirtal maUer which anreeted my mind, 
 and which prepared it to take each an unueoal courec, I wieh 
 you would reflect on that rene yxm have heard ma repeal, 
 and whj^'h you to much admire : — 
 
 •• J^bbU In th« itrMunUt Msnl, 
 
 Biu tvniMl Um eooTM of numf m r<v«r| 
 JFd*w-dru|> on the baby plant, 
 
 Hm WWpMl th« RiMt o*k ftmVOT.'* 
 
 Tott will remember our Conference of 1889, wai heM b fl»« 
 city of Schenectady, N. Y. That year I WM appointed to 
 Whitehall, N. Y. ShorUy after, I had mjr library mmI atody 
 Amutore forwarded to my stataoD. 
 
 It wai then I beg»n aeriouely to reflect upon the pwpriety 
 of ohoonng a wife, beliovmg that '• marringe is honourahle in 
 an men." I had travelled a number of ye&m, studied hard, 
 and expended all my time and strength in winning aoob to 
 Chriat. My brethren approved of my intention. But while 
 i'iidul^g in this purpose, for some reasons I wwld not ex- 
 plain, my henrt became very hard. The Lord seemed to 
 depart frmn me; and that oonntonanoe, which so often 
 beamed uprai me ftwm above, and had daily, for many yean, 
 brig^ton^ my soul into rapturous joy, appeared now to be 
 nantled in ihe thickest gloom. 
 
 Hm more I rdleoted thus, "I oan tee no good rewm 
 why I shovU be singular among my brethren, uor oontinoe 
 to lead {his soUtary life," my heart beoame harder, and my 
 dafknesi inoreased. I was sc;m involved in a vtrie^ of evil 
 ««aaoiun0i. My will seemed to be m a oonffiot wiUi tom*- 
 
1IW hk mo»na lo 
 (losiKM by (i^al 
 b« oororo«iuiui«t« 
 ry, (}od hM ever 
 Stringing about Um 
 iditjr. When di*- 
 kireated my mind, 
 nuU counic, I wkh 
 heard mc repeat, 
 
 t9, wafl held b Am 
 [ WM appointed to 
 r library «Qd itudj 
 
 apon the proprie^ 
 .ge is honourahle in 
 euis, itudieS hard, 
 a winning aonb to 
 ention. But idule 
 M I could not ez- 
 9 Lord leemed to 
 », wUoh so often 
 ly, fbr many yMn» 
 >peared now tob« 
 
 M no good r«aM» 
 luren, nor oontinoe 
 M harder, and ngr 
 iuanurie^or evtt 
 OMtffiot witii Knue- 
 
 ran CALL or ma mniuT. li 
 
 Afag invisihle. Ood, who had hono n red me with tuoh inl^ 
 mate communion with himself ainoe my oonvoniioii, ap|)ar> 
 ently left me to battle it ont alone. Ho it app«are«l at m« 
 then ; hni now I see God himiielf was contending with me. 
 I was about to step oot at ttio '•Her of hie providonco ; and 
 he raa resolved to prevent it, nnlcis I «lioaI(i refuse to andor> 
 iitwid why he thus meiiited me. Had I continued the eonlliol, 
 I boli«vo he would have let me take my own course ; nor 
 wouM he have oast me off; yot I solemnly feel, he would 
 have severely ohastiaed my disobedience. 
 
 My diatrMB and gloom were so great, I could not unpack 
 my library, nor arrange my study. I began to reflect mo«l 
 solemnly upon my unhappy state of mind, and became mora 
 Concerned to regain my former poaoe and joy in God, ^ja 
 to obtain any temporal blesnng whatever. The world wM 
 a blank, a bleak and howling wilderness, to my soul, without 
 the smiles of my Saviour. In fiujt, that I could not live, 
 but must wither away from the &ee of the earth, witboot 
 his comforting and satisfying presence. Like a well-chari" 
 tised son, I came back to the feet of my heavenly Father, 
 and with many tears I besought him to revoal his fiico to my 
 soul ; tiiat if my purposes were crossing his, to show mo ; 
 and whatever was his will, I would at once, by his help, 
 yield my soul unto it. " Lord God," I said, " if my will 
 oroesAfl thy will, then my will must b« wrong; for thina 
 cannot Imt b© n'^." Now I eared not what he com- 
 manded me to do, or to leave undone ; I stood ready to 
 obey. I felt aarared, clear light fWwa God aa seine p<w>tl 
 woold so(m reach my sool ; aiMl I was ftilly prepared for it ; 
 bnt I no more expected snoh an CHrder as came soon after, 
 Siian I expected he would command me to j9y upward and 
 prenoh ih« go^Ml in another planet. Daring tiirse dajj I 
 «fi«d to Ood, without any snswer. On the third day, k tba 
 
 iiiitl 
 
r 
 
 4i rwM oAtx or tnn «rt»rr. 
 
 •ftamooo, I obtdniHi « MidUmo* with Um> Lord. Thu pUe* 
 WM •immi w Um«ly m Hiiiw, wl>«r« Moms mw lh« buniinK 
 boib. I». w«i ^aAw o\mi iky, ft oon«der«i)U dbti«o« frtwi 
 Mm ll-blltiwM ol own ; atMp roekt Mwl mounUiM, d««p 
 forMta, lad T«fiiomou« r«»p*il«" «uiT«mwl«<i ma. lUn, ftod 
 b A Jmient, th« follu«in|C p«"»«» "■« «>»•«> »• *" P*®^ ' 
 M And the Urd dewendod in the ckmd, end etood irllh him 
 there, end procleiined the neme of the lonl. And the 
 Ix)rd pewied bj before him, end prooUirocd, The Loni, 
 The Lord (kd, merviful end gnicioiu, long-euffering, and 
 aband»nt in goodneee end truth, keeping meroy for thouewide, 
 forgiving iniquity end trenegreemon end iin, end that wUl 
 by no meane clear the guilty." Kxod. Kxir. 6— 7. I took 
 hold of thii ; many of the word* were ae lire, and •• ft 
 bMnmer to break the rocke m pieoee before the T.«rd. The 
 foontalna of tears were opened, and the gnjat deep of my 
 bMrt WM broken op. I left the pla. «, however, without 
 noelrbK any light; but my heart wee fully eoftened and 
 fubdued, and I folt aeeured I had prevaUed in mom way 
 iritb God. I wae confident U^t and direotioa were oonung j 
 W of what ni^are I could not tell. 
 
 ThU waa on the 9th of July, 1889. The «ame evening, 
 ftbout twiUght, eternal glor^ bo to God ! when reading in ft 
 w»aU room adjoining my study, ft Ught, m I conceived from 
 heftven, reached me. My loul waa mnguUriy calmed and 
 wam«Klbyaitraugevimtation. In the moment I recognuwd 
 the change ; the following, in eubetanoe, waa apoken to my 
 heart; but in a mftnner, and with a rapidity, I cannot poa^ 
 •ibly dewmbe. Every ray of divine glory ieemed to be a 
 word that the eye of my soul coold read, a sentence which 
 my judgment could peroeive and underatand: "The» 
 matter* which trouble thee,muatbe bt entirely alone. The 
 irffl of Ood ii, that thou ahouldil vimt Buropa. Heahallbo 
 
OALf. Of rai •riBiT. 
 
 47 
 
 Lord. Thfl pUM 
 • Mw Uw buniiag 
 •bU» dkitMMC fVoiii 
 i oM>unUiii«, <l««p 
 1 me. lier«, wid 
 vtn ni« Wi ploadi' 
 nA iMMMd irith him 
 
 lionl. And A« 
 Mined, Th« L<ml, 
 luugHiufliirmg, uid 
 leraj for Uwnumwls, 
 
 ■in. Mid Uuit will 
 xif. 6 — 7. I took 
 
 M lira, ud M • 
 if« the Tiord. Th« 
 
 gr^at deep of my 
 , however, without 
 fully eofUned wmI 
 ailed m torn* way 
 Mtiun were oooung ; 
 
 The Mune eyening, 
 when reading in a 
 « I (xmoeived tnm 
 l^ulariy calmed and 
 iMaent I recogmoed 
 , was ipokeB to my 
 j»dity, I cmaofA poa- 
 lory leemed to be a 
 •d, a tentenoe which 
 denitand: *<Theae 
 mtirely alone. The 
 Soiopa. Hed^ba 
 
 with thf)« there, and give tliee nautj Mala to th* miiiMlrYt 
 n« haa provided thee with Aiiida. Make t^ mm-.mmM 
 aecordini^y; and naxt Coufcrciice, aak 'm-'r xn tha 
 proper aatboritiea, and it ihall be grant.^ .<•>€. Vixit 
 (>'aiiada Ant , when thie ia done, tail for flngUuid. (iod 
 ■hall be with ttiee there, and thou ahalt have no want in all 
 thy jounieyiniQi ; and thou ahalt be brought baok in safety 
 aipun to Amorioa." 
 
 The above in far beneath the dignity and grandeur of tha 
 raveUtitm. It came in a way which left no ro<»n for a 
 doubt. A heavenly cahn, a powerful penraaaion, and an 
 intense glow of divine love, accomfiaiiiml the whole. Il 
 was like he brvaking forth of tlio noon-day lun at midnight. 
 I foil upon my kneea before the Lord, my whole mind 
 ooosenting to the orden, which I believed had come from 
 heaven. Oh! the sweetness of 'Jiat communion I thou 
 etyoyed with God I My tky was cloudless. My rast of 
 •oul unaitarable. "^e meaning of many past providenoea 
 waa now ezphuned. Tlio poeeowiion of a few hundreds of 
 doUan, had often mado ipa very uneasy. I doubted tite 
 projmety of laying up treasure on earth. The cause of 
 missions stood in need of what I possessed, but still I wM 
 restrained. Now I dearly saw that God had provided me 
 with Uieae funds, in order to make m» willing to obey the 
 call, and to save me from embarrassment in my travels. I 
 oould perceive a special reason, why I had pressed forward 
 m my stodiea for jo many years, and why revival texts and 
 aermons had occupied so much of my dme ; — that God had 
 been thus preparing me for a few campaigns in Europt. 
 
 I arose from ray kneea under a strong conviction that God 
 had OiUled me to take this tour. Letters were written un- 
 madiatoly to Guiada, eto. The next day my soul waa 
 calm and happy. My bodka were unpacked, and everything 
 
 
48 
 
 THH CALL 07 THB SPIRIT. 
 
 in my Study arranged with a glad he»rt and free. Eleten 
 months were before me, to oritioise the impreaaiona on my aoul. 
 With delight I commenced my pastoral work, visited from 
 house to house, and had ihe pleasure of seeing a most 
 powerful revival of reUgion in my circuit. During this 
 period, not the least wish entered my heart to form 
 any connection or engagement whatever, that would 
 entangle or hinder me from fulfilling, what I conceived 
 to be, the high and solemn commission I had received from 
 the Lord. I continued to resign the whole matter to God, 
 entreating him to overrule Jl to his glory, and to hedge 
 flp my way, if it were not his wiU I should leave America. 
 
 The time for the sitting of Conference arrived. With 
 solemn feelings I took my seat with my brethren. They 
 were never dearer to my heart than no^. At a proper 
 time, I presented my request to tiie Bishop. He made no 
 objections, but immediately proposed it to the Conference. 
 After a few moments deUberation, they seemed to have 
 but one nund on tiie subject; tiiat I should have Hberty to 
 visit Europe. A resolution to that effect was passed, and 
 that my name should continue to appear as usual on the 
 printed mmutes. One of the chief men of the Conference 
 then arose, and said, "Having permitted Brother Caufe^ey 
 to visit Europe, it is our duty to make his visit to those oountanea 
 aspleasanttohimselfasitiainourpower. I therefore propose, 
 that he have a recommendation from this body to tiie Wes- 
 leyan Connection in Great Britain and Ii-eland, signed by the 
 Bishop and Secretary of Conference." Adding, "He wiU 
 then appear among our brethren on the otiior side of the 
 Atkntic, as an accredited Minister of tiie Methodist Epis- 
 copal Churoh in America." . ■, 
 This proposal was imme^ately acceded to, and submitted 
 to tiie Bishop. He repUed, tiia* he had no objections, and 
 
 saaaMSBBsne 
 
t. 
 
 THS OALL 07 THI BPIRIT. 
 
 4» 
 
 id free. EleTcn 
 98UOD0 on my aoul. 
 work, vifiited from 
 of seeing » moet 
 lit. Daring this 
 \j heart to form 
 »ver, that would 
 what I conceived 
 bad received from 
 )le matter to God, 
 ory, and to hedge 
 L leave America, 
 ice arrived. With 
 y brethren. They 
 WTf . At a proper 
 op. He made no 
 to the Conference. 
 )y seemed to have 
 jld have Hberty to 
 ot wi£ passed, and 
 lar as usual on the 
 I of the Conference 
 a Brother Oaufe^ey 
 sit to those oountrieb 
 I therefore propose, 
 9 body to the Wes- 
 jland, signed by the 
 Adding, "HeiriU 
 e other side of the 
 he Me&odist Epis- 
 
 sd to, and submitted 
 id no objedtions, and 
 
 requested me to wait upon him at his lod^ng». I did so. 
 He entered into conversation with the freedom and tender- 
 ness of a &ther. Never before did I see such m^esty, 
 eonneoted with extreme age. Hii hair, white as snow, fell 
 in graceful locks upon his shoulders; and his masculine 
 mind, unimpured by yean, shone forth in company with a 
 deep and glowing piety. I thought of St. Paul, of John, 
 of one of the old patriarchs. I loved, admired, and rever- 
 enced him. After on interview of half an h&ur, in which 
 the Biriiop appeared to be greatly interested, he presented 
 me with the following document:— 
 
 •♦TEOY CONFEBENCB. 
 
 "MiDDLBBURT, Vt., June 24, 1840. 
 " Brother James Caughey having asked permisnon of the 
 Conference, to vint his fiiends residing in Europe, — 
 
 *'0n motion, it was resolved. That Brother Cau^qr's 
 request be granted, and tiiat he be so returned on the 
 minutes. 
 
 "And it is hereby certified, that the said J. Caughey is in 
 good standing in the Troy Conference of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, in the United States of America ; and, 
 as such, is cordially commended to the Christian fellowship 
 of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection in Oreat Britain and 
 Ireland. 
 
 "B. B. BoBBRTS, Preudent. 
 "J. B. HouQHTALiNQ, Secretary. 
 Trot Conferbnob." 
 
 I have thus, in the EompMty of my heurt, related to yoa 
 my lingular experience, and the oircumstanoes wluoh led 
 me to take the course I havetaken. * * * 
 
ao 
 
 TBI CALL OV THE SPIBIT. 
 
 Thew great cbangea in Mr. Causey's history, caiMod 
 l>y laoh supernatural experiences, were not rushed upon 
 without a clear perception and due consideration of the diffi- 
 culties they involved, as the foUowing extract of a letter to a 
 friend, who had written him on this point, will show : 
 
 I tiiink I feal the full weight of every question you have 
 proposed. I have set them down carefully, one by one, that 
 you may see they have all arrested my attention ; and that, 
 writing tltem off, and having them before my eyes, I might 
 be affected by them, and answer them most smcereTy. I am 
 not awaire, however, that they have created the least un- 
 easiness, or in any degree shaken the purpose of my heart. 
 My call to visit Europe seems quite as clear as to preach tho 
 gospel. It does seem — 
 
 <* A put of my being beyond my oaobaA." 
 
 I candidly admit that there is a thick mist spread over 
 my usefubess on the other side ; but sometimes, through the 
 haae, I can see great multitudes of sinners coming home to 
 God through my instrumentality. I have also a solemn im- 
 pression, that tl.9 salvation, or damnation of thousands, may 
 depend upon whether I obey or reject the call. I may jdso 
 add, my impresmon is constant, that if I refuse to go, God 
 yna permit many troubles to come upon me in America, and 
 that I shall, through future life, be ever after sorry I did not 
 obey. 
 
 Mr Caug^ey's convicUoiu of the reality of )m divine call 
 seem never to have feded, nor did his confidence in their 
 genuineness fail him, as wiU appear by the foUowmg passage 
 in another of his letters. He says: 
 
 --tfMiWtfMWrilMlKMMMMii 
 
THS CALL OF THB SPIRIT. 
 
 61 
 
 > histoty, oaoiod 
 not rushed upon 
 ration of the diffi- 
 lotof ft letter to ft 
 irilldiow: 
 
 qnestion 70a hftve 
 r, one by one, thftt 
 bention; and thftt, 
 my eyes, I might 
 t sincereTy. I am 
 ,ted the least vm- 
 >po8e of my heart, 
 ur as to preach tho 
 
 nust spread over 
 itimes, tiiroagh Hid 
 jrs coming home to 
 i also a solemn im- 
 of thousands, may 
 e call. I may also 
 
 refuse to go, God 
 ae in America, and 
 Iter sorry I Hi. not 
 
 ity of W divine call 
 confidence in their 
 befolloinngpiBBage 
 
 I remember walking one afternoon in a retired spot, some 
 months before I sailed for Europe. It had been named 
 Providence-path, because there I had prevailed with God in 
 a time of great distress connected with my j^resent tour. 
 All the past providences of the Lord, and maiidfestations to 
 my soul, came up before my mmd in a manner similar to 
 that jMttt of Ezekiel's vision : " The appearance of wheels — 
 and their work was as it were a wheel in tiie middle of a 
 wheel." I saw how one wheel bad worked into another, and 
 started a third, and fourth, and so on till the great wheel for 
 Europe was set in slow motion. Beyond this wheel I could 
 not see. Then there were small wheels within wheels, but 
 all working, Rom. viii. 28, and contributing to the great 
 events of my life. I could name every wheel, and Uie !«- 
 suite it produced upon the one it set in motion. I wondered, 
 admired, and adored. Before leaving the favourite walk, I 
 traced the whole gentiy upon the bark of a tree ; but in my 
 absence some rogue came, cut it down, and carried it off, I 
 knew not whither. My diagrams I hoped might re- 
 main till I returned from Europe, when, periiape, a few 
 more wheels might be added. They are, however, too deeply 
 traced upon my memory evsr to be obliterated in time or 
 e*^mity. 
 
 The follovring extract from another letter will show how 
 cwefully Mr. Caughey analyzed his mental operations. He 
 did not grasp his impressions blindly, hastily, or carelessly, 
 but with solemn and serious care, sought to (Uscem what was 
 human and what was divine in his feelings. On this point ho 
 writes ; 
 
 To your inquuy, " Did you feel condemnation on account 
 of sm duringyour trials in July, 1889 ? " I answer. No. I 
 feltxto o(mdemnation, though perhaps I deserved it. But ft 
 
fit . TBB CALL or THB SPOUT. 
 
 rettndnt ma npon mo, which greatly distre8«!«d my bouI ; 
 •ud when I began to auspeot, that the step might be con- 
 trary to the will of God, I felt worse and worse. The oon- 
 fliotbg argomentB for and against, drew me out of my rest 
 m God. I had arisen to transact my own concerns in my 
 own way, and being unhiug«Hl from my centre, I was dis- 
 contented and unhappy. 
 
 There is, however, a mystery about those deep exercises, 
 which I fear to explain, lest it would seem to contradict the 
 reproach I have cast upon myself. I have seriously doubted, 
 whether I should have entertained the call to visit Europe, 
 for a mn^^e moment, had I not been previously prepared by 
 those mental troubles. As it was, I ^adly accepted any 
 proposition which would reUeve me from my sore conflicts, 
 and bring again to my heart the comforting presence of God. 
 But then God could have ordered another kind of discipline 
 to prepare me for obe^enoe, though my fooli^ heart had 
 wandered from lum. As it was, if God M design to 
 send me on this errand of mercy, it became necessary, I 
 tlunk, in this juncture of my history, that I should know it; 
 and when it could be no longer concealed from me, without 
 endangering the whole, the Lord then revealed ble will. Here 
 I must leave it for the present. The pretent • xut^i the 
 wut also; but the yWur« is a dark unknown 
 
 " If Ulpit attanda the oonne I ran, 
 'T is ha provldei the*© r»yi ; 
 And 'tit hi» hand that Tolli mj •» 
 If darkneM olonda my days.* 
 
 MMWMtiaHiUMBMlMMHIMaM 
 
 riMteMMMMiiii 
 
1 
 
 trecK^d my soul; 
 itep might be con* 
 worse. The oon- 
 
 10 out of my roat 
 m ooncems in my 
 centre, I waa dia- 
 
 se deep exercises, 
 to contradict Uie 
 seriouflly doubted, 
 
 11 to yisit Europe, 
 usly prepared by 
 dly accepted any 
 my sore conflicts, 
 b; presence of Qod. 
 Idnd of discipline 
 foolish heart had 
 
 ^od did design to 
 lame necessary, I 
 I should know it; 
 from me, without 
 lied bl« will. Here 
 etcpt : Ku<i^ i the 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 riBST IRURS. 
 
 HAViira made his arrangements to obey the heayenly cafl^ 
 Mr. Caughey started for Canada to test, by actual conflict, 
 the genuineness of the impressions so touchingly described 
 in the last chapter. We are sure the reader will follow Wm 
 with growing and ei^r interest, in his descriptions of the 
 aoeneil enacted during this tour in Canada. The following 
 letter was written on board a steamer descending Uie river 
 St. Lawrence : — 
 
 Deab Fribnd r—You wiU feel interested to hear, whero 
 I have been, and what I hare been doing, nnoe I last saw 
 you. I obtuned liberty firom Conference to visit Europe, 
 (June 24th, 1840,) but having some of my temporal affairs 
 to arrange, I did not leave tiie United States till the 17tii 
 of September. On tiiat evemng I sailed from Burlington, 
 ■Vt.,in the steamer Burlington, Capt. Sherman;— walked 
 the deck till midnight, a^^tated with a groat variety of emc • 
 tions, and distressed mth many conflicts. My way seemed 
 dark and mysterious. Boag^ weailier setting in, drove me 
 to my berth, nok. The n^xt - ormng I landed nt St. John's. 
 I had been invited to virit thu eown, and an offer of accom- 
 modation had been made to me. Tet I thought it moit 
 prudent, all things oomdered, to go direct totlie hotel. 
 
 The next day waa nuny, and the weather continued w«t 
 5* 58 
 
M nwt FRUITS. 
 
 fbr three days in tniooesBion. I found the place had 
 been deeerted by the Methodist preaohon aa hopeless. 
 There was no chapel, and the litUe class had been broken up 
 and scattered. A strong desire to remain a few days, and 
 by Ood's help to do some good, induced me to make arrange- 
 ments aocortUngly. Preaching was appointed in a private 
 house, but very few attended ; and for several nights little 
 or no effect was produced, and no faiorease of congregation. 
 I kept up good heart till Si^baUi ; when the enemy came in 
 like a flood. My soul was sorely buffeted, and my prospects 
 covered wiui j^oom. Two ideas were contmually bofore my 
 mind, first. That I had done wrong in asking permission 
 to take this tour. Second. It is gomg to be a total fiulure, 
 •s it respects the conversion of siunera. 
 
 The devil roared against me, and my heart sank wi:hin 
 me. Providentially, I had in my possession a volume writ- 
 ten by an old Scotch divine. I took it up and opened on his 
 comment upon the second verse of the one hundredth Psalm, 
 " Serve the Lord with gladness." " Your serving Urn doth 
 not glorify him, unless it be with gladness. A Christian's 
 cheerftd looks glorify God. We glorify God by walking 
 cheerfully. It is a glory to God, when the worid sees a 
 Christian hath that within him that can make him cheerful 
 in the worst times. He can, with the nightingale, sing with 
 a thorn atlus breast. The people of God have ground of 
 cheerfulness. They are justified, and instated into adoption, 
 and this creates inward peace; it makes mumc within, 
 whatever storms are without. If wo connder what Christ 
 hath wrought /or us by Ws blood, and wrought m us by his 
 Spirit, it is a ground of cheerfulness ; and this cheerfulness 
 ^rifies God. It reflects upon a master, when the servant 
 is always drooping and iod; sure he is kept at hard com- 
 mons ; his master does not give him what is fitting : so 
 
 irMWMfcWI-IIIII'mii IIMIMMI 
 
tnusT muiTB. 
 
 66 
 
 the place had 
 ion aa hopoleaa. 
 A been broken up 
 I a few days, and 
 stomakearrango- 
 atod in a private 
 ^eral nights little 
 I of congregation, 
 he enemy came in 
 and my prospects 
 inoally before my 
 asking permission 
 be a total fiulure, 
 
 teart sank wi'Jun 
 on a volume writ^ 
 and opened on his 
 hundredth Psalm, 
 r serving him doth 
 is. A Christian's 
 God by walking 
 the world sees a 
 take him cheerful 
 btingale, sing wiUi 
 I have ground of 
 kted into adoption, 
 :e8 mumc within, 
 sider what Christ 
 aght m us by his 
 I this oheerfulnesg 
 when the servant 
 ept at hard com- 
 liat is fitting : so 
 
 when fh^'n puople hang their harps on willows, oure they 
 do not serve a good master, and repent of their choice ; 
 this reflects dishonour upon God. As the gross sins of ( lo 
 wicked bring scandal upon the gospel, so do the unohoerftd 
 lives of the godly. Religion doth not take away our joy, but 
 refines and clarifies it. It doUi not break our viol, but it 
 tones and makes our music sweeter." I need scarcely tell 
 you that I felt adhamed of myself. My heart was much 
 comforted. Iho dark cloud floated away, uad sunshine 
 spread its bri^tness over all the prospects of my tour, both 
 in Canada and Europe. 
 
 Finding I could make no impression upon the population 
 in a private house I looked around for another place. In a 
 few hours an old deserted tannery building presented itself. 
 It was ahnost filled with lumber and tan hantk. Two good 
 women, who washed for the steamboats, offered to help me 
 to dean it out. They brought along with them two 
 Canadian ffAi, their servants. I throw off my coat and 
 went to work, hired a Canadian to cart some benches, and 
 before night we had the place ready for preaching. 
 
 The report circulated, the peculation got interested, aad 
 the next night I had a good oongreg tion. A few pointed 
 appeals brought some of them to ieuB. I cannot give you 
 aU the particulars, but sinners were awakened daily and 
 converted to God. A class was formed of fifty-throe members. 
 Myself and Mother brother went from house to house in 
 order to raise a subsoriptaon to build a chapel, and succeeded 
 to the am<mnt of nearly seven hundred doUan. So, after 
 spendmg three weeks, and preaching twentynsix sermons, I 
 bade the little flock farewoll on the 8th of October, leaving 
 them in the care of two class-leaders. I had been only a 
 few days in St. Jdm's, when I was invited to another hotels 
 kept by Mrs. Watson. Upon offering to pay my bill, she 
 
 ii|r:il»iii'iwiii iiiiw 
 
 iffliliiii-iiiii 
 
 MbiM 
 
M vnwT nium. 
 
 would not accept a penny. May the Lord reward her in 
 the resurrection 1 She alao cheerfully and generoualy aub- 
 scribed to tlie chapel. 
 
 On the night of the 8th of October, I preached at La 
 Prairie, a village on the banlu of the St. Lawrence, op^^to 
 Montreal. There waa a very graoioua influence during 
 the aervice, and I truat good waa done. Next morning I 
 oroased the river to Montreal. Here I received a hearty 
 welcome from many of my old friends. 
 
 My first acquaintance wiUi this people waa formed in 
 1886, when about four hundred sinners were converted to 
 God. I also revisited them in 1887, during another revival, 
 and spent a month. I was kindly entertained during my 
 stay this time, first at the house of John M»thewson, Fm{., 
 and then at the house of James Farrier,' Eaq. Precious 
 families 1 I shall long remember with gratitude their kind- 
 nesa. Spent eighteen days, preached eighteen sermons, and 
 •bout twenty souls were converted to God. There were for 
 aome time, strong and convincing signs of an extensive 
 revival, as though God intended to shake the whole city, 
 but the devil created dUcord. The people of God 
 were not united. Some wished me to stay, while others 
 greatly desired I suould " depart out of their coasts." About 
 tlua time the Lord stirred up the brethren at Quebec to cry 
 to God for a renval. My kind friend, the Rev. William M. 
 Harvard, being Superintendent, informed them that I waa m 
 Montreal ; and, at his su^^estion, they unanimously invited 
 me to pay them s virit. My way being hedged up moat 
 ringularly at Montreal, I quieUy bade them farewell, and 
 went aboard a steamer about nine o'clock on the ni^t of 
 the 27 th October. My heart waa deeply affected mth the 
 kindneaa of xiiany of my Mends ; I could menta<m their 
 names, but, aa they are strangers to you, H k peihapa 
 
A 
 
 vnurr •num. 
 
 SI 
 
 1 reward her in 
 generously lub- 
 
 preaohed at La 
 kwrence, op^Aiaito 
 u^uenoe during 
 Next morning I 
 sceired a hearty 
 
 J wafl formed in 
 ere converted to 
 g another revival, 
 ainod during my 
 MathewBon, Esq., 
 , E»q. Precioui 
 ititude their kind- 
 Lteen sermons, and 
 There were for 
 of an extennve 
 
 the whole city, 
 people of God 
 
 itay, while others 
 jirooaatB." About 
 at Quebec to cry 
 
 1 Rev. William M. 
 them iliat I was m 
 oanimously invited 
 ; hedged up niost 
 hem farewell, and 
 3k on the night of 
 
 affeoted inA the 
 tuld meniMA Uieir 
 ya, it is perluHps 
 
 unnoceiMary. 
 heart. 
 
 They are, however, f«ry, very dear to mj 
 
 " Ah I than ar* tplrtte In thli tn\(\il world, 
 Which grow out oltl, and change not wlUi the 
 
 When morning light came, I found I had mistaken the 
 vessel, and had got aboard t^ freight tteanur, which had 
 three vessels in tow ; a ship, a brig, and a barge. Every- 
 thing indicated we were going to have a tedious y)iui8ftfi;e. 
 To help the matter, when we were near the contto of lake 
 Bt. Peter's, the pilot got deceived by Uio lighthouse-ship, 
 wUch had drifted from her moorings, by a heavy gale, af«w 
 hours before. So he steered by ttie falu gidde, as some 
 Christians do by backslidden or unconverted ministers ; and 
 K> get on the shallows, as we did. The ship we had in tow 
 •truck, and stuck fast. Finding her unmovable, wo were 
 compelled to remain in the lake all night, and lighten the 
 ship. 
 
 The oaptun reproached the pilot, that m the blase of day 
 ' he should run so blindly out of the channel. The poor pilot 
 laid the blame on tho light-ship, as Adam did on Eve. 
 Then I rcflectod thus : — 
 
 Ministers and old professors, may bo compared to that 
 lightship. Two passages will confirm tho application. Phil, 
 iii. 17. " Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark 
 them which r;alk so as yo have us for on ensample." Phil, 
 ii. 16, 16. " That ye may be blameless and harmless, tho 
 sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked 
 ftnd perverse nation, avtong whom ye tikine as lights in the 
 world ; holding forth tho word of life ; that I may rejoice 
 in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither la- 
 boored in vain." An able writer comments upon " holdbg 
 for*b the word of life," thus : «* An allusion, some think, to 
 tb( je towers which wore built at the entrance of harbours, on 
 
Jh 
 
 M wnn rmom. 
 
 which firM were kept during the ni(^t, if direct ahipe intu port. 
 Qeniiine Chmtiftijs, by Uieir holy live* and conrernatum, are 
 the means of directing others, not only how to eaca|>e th<Me 
 dangers to which Uiey are exposed on the temfiestuotui ocean 
 of human lifo, but idao of leading them into the haven of 
 eternal iq/t<y and rat. 'That 1 have not run in vain.* 
 This appears to be a part of the same metaphor ; and alludes 
 to the case of a weather-beaten mariner, who has been 
 long toiwed on a tempostuous nea, in haxy woathor and dark 
 nights ; who has boon oblige! to run on ilifTcrci'.t tackn, and 
 latwur intensely to keep his ship from fotwdering ; but is, 
 at last, by Uie assistance of a luminous fire on the top of 
 the tower, directed iiafoly into the port." 
 
 The meaning of these passages is evident. The word 
 towers, in the above extract, is very oxpressire. I wish all 
 th* k>Ters of Christ vrere ai permanent. I hare often 
 admired tite lines, 
 
 ** Strong In thy itrmgth PII ttud ■ ftMftr. 
 Ini)jr«gnabU to Mrtb or btU '• 
 
 Alas ! they mostly resemble these floating lights ; and, 
 much as the event may jeopardize others, they are too often 
 driven firom their mooring. 
 
 Now, I thought, so long as they keep in the right channel 
 of life, in t^to position designed them by Qod ; their anchor- 
 age ground, the Bible and Uae atonement ; their anchor, the 
 hope of eternal life ; futh their cable, reaching unto thai 
 wUch entereth within the vail ; Heb. vi. 19 ; in the meantime 
 holding up the light of profession, supported by a holy life 
 and godly conversation; then, indeed, they are lights and 
 guides which may be depended upon. 
 
 But should &ey b« set adrift by the storms of temptiUitm, 
 break their cable, or drag their anchor into the regions of 
 
riMT muiTf. 
 
 M 
 
 raot ahipa iitUi port. 
 1 conr«raati<m, are 
 low to esca|>e th<Me 
 tetDfiMtuotui ocean 
 into tho haven at 
 
 not run in vain.' 
 ^phor ; au<! alludoa 
 ir, who hna been 
 
 wnathor and dark 
 lifTcrcr.t tacks, and 
 ouudering ; but is, 
 ire on the top of 
 
 ident. The word 
 Buive. I wish all 
 it. I have often 
 
 »ting lights; and, 
 ^ey are too often 
 
 a the ri^t channel 
 9od ; their anchor- 
 ; their anchor, the 
 ■caching unto thai 
 ; in tiie meanfime 
 rted by a holj? life 
 key are lighta and 
 
 nrms of temptation, 
 into the regions of 
 
 •rror, keeping up at the aanie time the old lamp of profemon ; 
 Uien, if we depend upon <ind steer our course hj them, 7<« 
 sti&ll most aaauredlj get aground upon the sUiUlows of luk*> 
 warmnem mvi spiritual death, or upon the rocks of o\ym 
 iin, and make shipwreck of faith and of a good conscience. 
 
 Now, I oontinuod to reflect, what those landmarks should 
 have been to our pilot, tb** Bible is deiAgne^l to be to aU 
 sincere Cl»ri»tian8. "Thy word," says the riwJmist, "isi 
 lamp tomj feet, and a light unto n^ path " And, says St. 
 Peter, ♦« We hare also a more sure word of prophecy ; whert- 
 onto ye do well tliat ye take heed u imto a light thatshineth 
 in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-etar aria* 
 in your hearts." Our pilot should have tried the position 
 of that light^Mhip, by the ac^jacent landmarks, before he had 
 ventured to follow it ; and we should endeavour to afloertaia 
 the scriptural character of the doctrines, lives, and experience, 
 of all ministers and Christians, who offer to guide us, before 
 we intrust our souls to their care. Ood will no more excuse 
 us for having hemx led astray by any of them, Uum oar 
 captain would the unhappy pilot. " If the blind lead th« 
 blmd," says Jesus, " they shall botii fall into the ditch," 
 that is, into hell ! That vefls«»l with her light was once, and 
 only a few hours ago, in tho best {Mwition she could occupy ; but 
 what shall wo say of those professed mirdsters of Christ, and 
 tliose nominal Christians, who, by tiieir own confession, allow 
 ti»ey have never been bom agun, and who positively deny 
 that any man can know his sins forgiven ; bat who, at the 
 same time, attempt to direct others in the way to heaven ? 
 
 Thi» deceitful fi|||iidiip occasioned the nmiiiug two 
 remels »ground ; aad Om rest had to tarry beside them 
 during a long and dark ni^t, while we served as beaoom 
 to c^hsr vessels, which passed us in tiie darkness. Such 
 ^rjiymm and professors ruin thousMids of immortal gmak. 
 
H nvn nvin. 
 
 Th« night boooming oul<l muI dMrk, I IfH Hm 4«ok, mmI 
 ipmt A few hoafi in the luaiii c»l)in, reading wui writing 
 v«ry oomfort»bly. 
 
 Ye«terd»y inoromg we tgtin got under weigh, Mwi oon- 
 Unu«a our counw »iown the river. Night brought on bwl 
 '▼eikther, with nin md deep darknoM, m we crept toward* 
 the uhore, wvd Uy in » pl*oe of •belter UU momiug. 
 
 \Y« are now moving forward, wid hope ♦u) arrive »t Quebeo 
 thM afternoon. I have ait elegant and •paoioiu cabin almoet 
 to ni yeelf, for the pMiMngera are few. My time i« om|»loyed 
 in writing, reading, and praying. Thii eeawn of reet m 
 most refreshing to my body, and Ood ii deepening hii work 
 ia Bj toul. 
 
 The narrative U continued In the following letter writtMi 
 from the city of Quebec, Lower Canada. 
 
 My lait WM dated a^wnurd the steamer on my way to this 
 city. I landed on the same day about three o'clock in the 
 afternoon. The society had received imformation that I 
 had left Montreal for Quebec, and wore waitiri^ for me m 
 the large school-room adjoining the chapel. IJrothcr Selley, 
 the junior preacher, mot me on the quay ; we walked straight 
 to the chapel, where I preached from, 1 John ii. 1— 8. I 
 received a moat hearty welcome from my old friends,, and 
 from none more *'m from my warm friend Mr. Harvard. 
 
 Many changes have taken place aince I wae here lart. 
 You have heard me flpeak of my Qu^e kom •* Mr. 
 M'Leod'8. He and his dear vrife gave me a most OM^al 
 welcome. I felt at home the moment I entor«d their house. 
 On retiring to my room, I found that the Gci of Jacob h»d 
 not forsaken their dwelling. In a moment I w«. filled with 
 lore and joy. I came down ataim praimng God, Mm. 
 M'L. looked at me, but aaid nothing. The Spirit of God 
 
ding uui writing 
 
 r weigh, Mul oon- 
 U bruugbk on bad 
 
 w« or«p( lowMrdi 
 1 tnorniug. 
 A) arrive at Queb«o 
 siuus cabin aluuMt 
 \f tiuM) i« em|doj«d 
 
 seaion of re«t ifl 
 tfopouing bit work 
 
 ring totter written 
 
 m my wajr to thii 
 roe o'clock in the 
 information that I 
 
 waititkg for me in 
 1, Brother SoHey, 
 we walked straight 
 Fohn ii. 1—8. I 
 ly old friondilvtmd 
 d Mr. Harvard. 
 ) I wa« here lail. 
 bee korne at Mr. 
 me a moat oordial 
 mtered &eir houae. 
 
 Qci of Jacob had 
 it I wan filled with 
 kiaing Qod. Bfif. 
 'riie Bptrit of God 
 
 nut rntiiTfl. 
 
 ei 
 
 wai working moat powurf^dly upon hor «ni1. 8he had kwl 
 tho hitwwiiig of fliitira aanotifioation ; b<it a few H yt afW 
 thia «he uhtAtned it again. Khe tlien tol<l me, " When yoQ 
 came into our huuae, I wa« anxioiu to nee whether yon iitiU 
 r«taU)e«l thu ItolineflM and Him|i[ioity you had when horn lant. 
 I waa not quite rare about it ; b«t when you came down 
 •tain, prMaing Ood, I waa then convinced that yean had 
 made no change in yoar mligioua charactiir. i waa greatly 
 tronblod at my own oonnciouD lorn. My ii|Hrit had no reat 
 mi I told you my mfihappy atate of mind. Tho Lord 
 aesiatod yon b (preading my caao before him, and now I 
 have regained all I had loat." I rejoice to tell you that 
 there aro many such hoavenly-mindod apirito in thia city. 
 Wo have a preciooa society bore. I aay wi, because tho 
 MoUiodiai. people aru one the world over. The Quebec 
 Muthodists, however, are tho most loving people I have ever 
 mot, and tho most devoted to Uod. 
 
 Wo have had a severe conflict since my arrival. During 
 the first few weeks tho devil threatened to drive us from the 
 field. Sinners were as hard as marble. It seemed 03 if wo 
 could make no impresHton whatever upon them. As this wai 
 no now scene to mo, I folt confident, if tho people of Ood 
 would only stand by me in mighty prayer, the arm of Ood 
 would be made bare in the oonversiou of sinners. 
 
 They did stand by me, nor did they flinch a moment till 
 wo had the victory. Tho weapons of our warfare wore " not 
 oanud, but mighty through God, to the pulling down of 
 strongholds ; casting down imaginations, and every hi^ 
 thing that would exalt itself against tho knowledge of 
 Christ.^' Ten sermons a week, with many exhortations, 
 were discharged against the dark works of the devil. Many 
 ihmers, who were awakened when I was here in 1885, re- 
 membered their old terrors, and avoided our meeting*, and 
 6 
 
68 
 
 riRST FRum. 
 
 did what thej could to hinder others. Wretched souIb ! I 
 believe that Home of them were kept out of hell all these 
 years that they might have an opportunity to see and feel 
 the power of a revival in 1840. The Lord, however, drove 
 sinners under the word. The laming truths of God were 
 thrown into their intrenohmdnts incessantly . Day and night 
 they were cannonaded. Many of the wicked were wounded, 
 and fled in terror, crying out, " They are mad ! they are 
 mad ! " but their places were filled up by others. Hard 
 things were spoken agidnst ua ; but they did not move us. 
 The people of God carried victory in their very faces. It 
 was a scene of awful grandeur. When their faith was at 
 a climax, oh ! how they sang, - - 
 
 " W« are toldien, fighting for oar God, 
 Let trembling coward* fly ; 
 We '11 stand unshaken, firm ajd fixed. 
 For ChrUt to live and die. 
 
 " Let devils rage, and hell assail. 
 We '11 fight ottr passage through | 
 Let foe* unite, let friends desert. 
 We '11 seize the crown, our doe." 
 
 At last there arose a general cry among the wicked. Sin- 
 ners were cut to pieces on every hand ; and since then the 
 revival has spread among the people with astonishing power. 
 High and low, rich and poor, learned and unlearned, old 
 and young, are seen at the altar of God pleading for mercy. 
 About the time of our hardest conflict, as I was standing 
 within the communion rtul, looking upwards to the gallery, 
 I noticed two yotmg men trifling. I learned afterwards that 
 the cause wa« this : As I was looking up, one of the young 
 men said to the other, " I should not be surprised :f that 
 chap," meaning me, " vrill come up here." 
 
 This caused the other sinner to burst into a laugh. In- 
 stantly it was suggested to my mind, " Go up, go up." I 
 
 
..-k 
 
 mm 
 
 FiBST niuits. 
 
 68 
 
 Btched souls! I 
 of hell all these 
 'to see and feel 
 I, however, drove 
 ha of God were 
 Day and night 
 d were wounded, 
 mad! thej are 
 f others. Hard 
 did not move us. 
 very faces. It 
 eir faith was at 
 
 le wicked. Sm- 
 ad since then the 
 stoniahing powef. 
 d unlearned, old 
 iading for mercy. 
 I was standing 
 8 to the gallery, 
 )d afterwards that 
 Dne of the young 
 surprised :f that 
 
 ito a laugh. In- 
 
 up, go up 
 
 
 did so, and the one who had made the remark, looking over 
 his shoulder, as I appeared on the gallery, exckumed, " I 
 say, if he is not coming ! " 
 
 I advanced rapidly, and thoy could not get away I put 
 my hands upon them, and urged them to flee from the wrath 
 to come. The one who had been the chief speaker was 
 greatly agitated, and the next night was at the altar in great 
 distress. He obttuned mercy from God, and has joined 
 the society. What the reBult will be with the other I know 
 not 
 
 I was informed tfie other day, that an officer of the gap- 
 lison came to one of our meetings, to see what truth there 
 was in the strange reports he had heard. There was a 
 powerful influence from God upon the people that night. 
 Poor fellow ! he felt it also, but got frightened and fled from 
 the chapel. He told a friend afterwards, " Why, Sir, I was 
 sitting in the congregation, and I saw that man," meaning 
 me, " coming. He put his two hands upon a man's head, 
 and prayed over him, and then took him to the altar. Well, 
 Sir, he came again and did the same to another ; and then 
 to another ; and he was coming straight to do the same to 
 me ; but. Sir, I started from my seat, and ran out of the 
 chapd, and ejong the street as hard as I could ; a thing I 
 have never yet done before an enemy." So true is that 
 saying, ** The wicked flee when no man pursneth." 
 
 The devil is losing his servants daily. A few nights ago 
 a man of extensive business was present at the chapel, His 
 wife, a few days before, had been converted to God. She 
 had long been a member of the Church of England, but had 
 never been " bom again/' He was very uneasy about his 
 Mul; but the devil would not let him come forward to be 
 prayed for. When the meeting was over, and we were al- 
 most vrom out, he came forward to the altar to tell me how 
 
 ,1 
 
 
64 
 
 FIRST FRorrs. 
 
 ' 
 
 hard hia heart \raa. Now, thought 1, the devil has kept 
 this poor sinner in his seat all this time, because he knew 
 that if he ehowld come forward to be prayed for, he would 
 never get out of oar hands till he was converted to God ; 
 and now the dovil has penmtted him to oome, because bo 
 thinks we are too tired to be^ a second prayer meeting. I 
 called to the brethren ; they were on the spot immediately ; 
 the onner was surrounded with praying men: "Now, down 
 upon your knees, man, and cry for mercy." The second 
 prayer meeting continued till late ; the devi! lost lum. Next 
 day he had some doubts, and he sent a message to me, say- 
 ing, that he wanted to converse on the witness of the Spirit 
 I requested him to be present at the afternoon sermon, and, 
 after which, I would converse with him. Ho attended ; bufc 
 when the soxaion was over I found him happy. Ood had 
 explained the doctrine to him durimg the discourse, by aend- 
 mg his Spirit into hia heart, crying, Abba, Father. 
 
 I flunk about one hundred and fifty persons havo passed 
 ftom death unto life. I understand that about twenty-flvo 
 believert have experienced the blessednesrof those who are 
 
 pure in heart. 
 
 A few evenings ago, I heard a holy woman ang the {<A- 
 lowing Hues, with heaven beaming on her countenance. I 
 know not whether you have ever seen them, but they wero 
 quite new to me. 
 
 Twim— " BOMB, Kfrwm bomb." 
 
 My nrt it in iteAven, my rest is not hwe, 
 Then why ihoold I munnur when tri«to <in near; 
 Be hnahed my dark Bpirit, fte wont that can oome 
 But ihotten§ thy jonmey, and haateni thee home. 
 
 It if not ftir me t» be seeUng my bliw, 
 And boOding my hopee in a region like this ; 
 I look for a city which hand* have not piled; 
 I pant for a country by tio andeflled. 
 
 i I 
 
 
 i,Uftiiir'*i^i II "ii ii 
 
 mi^iii 
 
 nek 
 
 mmm 
 
devil has kept 
 lOauae he knew 
 d for, he would 
 rortod to Qod ; 
 ne, beoanae he 
 rer meeting. I 
 ot immediately ; 
 : "Now, down 
 " The Booond 
 lost lum. Next 
 lage to me, aaj> 
 i8 of the Spirit 
 m sermon, and, 
 a attended; bat 
 ppy. Qod had 
 soorse, by send- 
 ather. 
 
 •ns have passed 
 mat twenty-five 
 f those who are 
 
 kan mng the fol- 
 Botmtenanoe. I 
 1, bat they were 
 
 aear; 
 
 aoome 
 
 hooM* 
 
 fXBST num. 
 
 Th« thorn ud th« tbtttle uxmnd ra« nuty grow| 
 I woald not lie down upon tomi bolow : 
 I Mk not • portion, I toek not mj rest, 
 Till I find them for ever in Jmiu'* brMwt 
 
 _ AiBlotiont may damp me, bnt ounot tnj f 
 One glimpM of his love turns them all into jojr | 
 And the bitterei t tears, if he smile bnt on them. 
 Like dew in the snnsbine, tnm diamond or gem. 
 
 Let doubt then and danger my progress oppose, 
 They only make heaven more sweet at the close | 
 Come joy, or come sorrow, whate'er may befUl, 
 One hour with my Qod, will make up for it alL 
 
 A scrip on my back, and a staff in my hand t 
 
 I maroh on in haste through an enemy's iand{ 
 
 The road may be rough, but it cannot be long; 
 
 And I 'U smooth it with hope, and I *11 cheer it with ion|^ 
 
 The above is my experience. My soul is happy. 
 6» 
 
 ■ 
 
CHAPTER VII. 
 
 BBVIVAL SOBNBS IN LOWBB CANADA. 
 
 In Uus chapter, we shall still see Mr. Caughey nobly ful- 
 filling the nbjects of his spiritual misfflon in Lower Canada, 
 with a success so peculiar and unbroken as to give full proof 
 of the heavenly calling he had received. The letters now 
 to be inserted were written from the city of Montreal. 
 
 At five o'clock on the morning of the 17th of Jannary, 
 1841, 1 left Quebec for this city. Three sleighs, filled with 
 our friends, accompanied mo twelve miles out of the city, 
 where we all took breakfiist together. In February, 1886, 
 when tlie Rev. Matthew Lang and I visited Quebec, for the 
 first time, the brethren, hearing of our coming, in inritation 
 of those at Rome, who mot St. Paul at «• the three taverns," 
 okno Out twelve nules to meet us, and escorted us into their 
 noble and beautiful cit/. You wiU not, tJierefi)re, wonder 
 that my heart is warmly attached to the Quebec people. I 
 only spent twenty-one days with them on my first visit, but 
 twelve weeks with them this time ; preached nearly one 
 hundred sermons, besides exhorting, times im5mner.ible. I 
 ilso gave them a sermon on Temperance ; and, in the hall 
 of the Parliament House, I deUvered an address m the 
 expediency of total abstinence fi«m intozicatang HquoM. 
 The Governor General very poUtely granted us Ae hall for 
 66 
 
 *mmmmmmm 
 
IANA0A. 
 
 ighey nobly fill- 
 Lower Csmada, 
 ) give full proof 
 rho letters now 
 dontreal. 
 
 rth of Janimry, 
 lighs, filled with 
 out of the city, 
 rebruary, 1886, 
 Quebec, for the 
 ing, in inutation 
 I three taverns," 
 ted OS into their 
 erefore, wonder 
 sbec people. I 
 y first vifflt, but 
 bed nearly one 
 innmner^ible. I 
 and, in the hall 
 address im the 
 ncatang Hquors. 
 [ us the hall for 
 
 VH 
 
 RBVIVAL gOWfBS IK LOWn OAKAUA. 
 
 07 
 
 tbo oooaaion. Many at this time beoame memb<»rs of Am 
 "Qoobeo Young Men's Total Abstinenoe Sodety," whiob 
 is in a very flourishmg o<«idition ; and thus it ever shall be 
 with any Society, founded on right prineiplM^ if the mem- 
 bers act cwitialmtiffy and carry out thoae prinoi{)lM with 
 vigor, to their legitimate results. 
 
 "Facts are stubborn thinf^a;" and many of the taA- 
 temperance men found them so that night. I told them, 
 first : A coroner's jury has lately been held in your city upon 
 the body of a female, who hiks been dionterred foe the 
 purpose of an inquest, under a suspicion of murder ; but 
 death by intoxioataon was the final verdict. The matter, 
 however, did not rest here ; ao inquest has boon held in 
 another quarter, uamely, in the oonsoienoe of a liquor seller, 
 s professor of religion, and what was (he vQrcBot flteret 
 That tho woman came to her untimely death by liquor wUdb 
 she habitually got at his shop. The man oamo to me a few 
 mornings smce and inquired what he must do. 
 
 Seocmdiy : A few woeke nnue a company of men were wocfet 
 ing on a building in the Lower Town. A dram dealer, dose 
 by, regardless of the danger to which the men wero expoaed, 
 supplied them with drink. Toward nijg^t one of them, abovl 
 half mtoxioated, stumbled, and feD from the roof, and was a 
 corpse in a few moments, leaving a widow and sevw eDuIl 
 children. 
 
 Thirdly : 8e76ral authorised reports have been placed in 
 my hands within a few hours. One of them states thai yxm 
 have six hundred places in your city where mtoadoe^ing 
 liquors are 8<dd. Another (your coroner's report) infinrhi 
 us, that during four months of 1840, verdicts wero ^ven of 
 tiurty-^e deaths occasioned by into.^«^on. 
 
 Fourthly : An extract from t'le books of your V»l 4^pa^ 
 by tho jailor, statos, that from January to Septemtx^r (ndne 
 
 I 
 
 J 
 
 "Wsv^f^^f, 
 
RBVIVAL eOlNBB IK MWBR CANADA. 
 
 months) there were committed fourteen hundred oriminals ; 
 Mid that cloven hundred and forty<eight of thorn had been 
 committed for crimes which were clearly traci»able to intem- 
 perance. It seema the other two hundred and fifty-two were 
 put down upon the list of " unknown ; " that w the cause of 
 their commitment could not be assigned to intoxication ; but it 
 was added, there could bo little doubt, were their history as 
 well known as tho others, it would be foimd that their crimes 
 originated from the same source. 
 
 " The Lord enabled mc to bo very bold and fiuthfui, as there 
 were many of the liquor trade present. I cried, " He that 
 hath an oar to hear, let him hear." Behold tho doings of 
 your six hundred dram shops and taverns. They have sent 
 more than eleven hundred persons to prison m mne months 
 and have killed thirty-nine. I then made a supposition, that 
 a few individuals, for the sake of making money, should 
 open a number of places for amusement, of a very fascinating 
 Idnd ; and that such establishments, while they were the 
 means of sendmg eleven hundred and forty-eight men and 
 women to prison in nine monUis, killed thirty-nine in the 
 half of that lime, how long would an outraged community 
 suffer such horrible places to be open? Would not the 
 strong arm cS the law close them for ever ? But what have I 
 Men in your city papers lately ? Oh, only this, that these 
 wretched men are notified to attend upon a certain day to 
 have their UcenteB renewed ! I then related an amusing 
 oirvmmstance that happened in the legislature of Vermont, 
 some time since, which showed that the minds of statesmen 
 are beginning to awake to tho horrible evils and inconsisten- 
 cies of the license law. A bill had been brought into the ' 
 house, and was taken up for the third reading. One section 
 thereof ienacted a penalty for drunkenness. A member 
 arose, and moved a commitment of the bill for an amendf 
 
 MM 
 
■n 
 
 NADA. 
 
 indred oriminalB ; 
 f them httd beon 
 'aci»able to intem- 
 ind fifty-two were 
 It iH the cause of 
 boxication ; but it 
 « their history M 
 that their orimei 
 
 I fiuthfui, as there 
 Period, '^ He that 
 >ld the doings of 
 
 They have sent 
 m in nine months 
 i supposition, that 
 g money, should 
 a very fascinating 
 e they were the 
 ty-eight men and 
 bhirty-nine in the 
 raged community 
 
 Would not the 
 
 But what have I 
 
 y this, that these 
 
 I a certain day to 
 iated an amusing 
 .ture of Vermont, 
 inds of statesmen 
 s and inconsisten- 
 brought into the ' 
 ng. One section 
 »S8. A member 
 
 II for an amend- 
 
 RBVIVAL XOHNIU IN LOWHB iJANAUA. 69 
 
 ment, by erasing the eootion ogoinat drunkards. lie luud, 
 bo objeotod to tho pouishiug of drunkards by statute, and at 
 the samo time protecting tho traffickers m ardent spirits by 
 legislativo onaotments ; that it seemed to him like holding 
 out cno arm of tho law to prosout the oup, and tho other 
 to punish tho acceptance of it. As much as to say, " Hold 
 oat the oup, and if it is accepted, it will, by a scro 
 process, lead to drunkenness, and then punish the dmok- 
 ards." Tho Vermont Logislators saw the dilemma, and it was 
 thr6wn back into tho hands of the original mover fiur aa 
 amendment 
 
 There was an amusing, perhaps I should say, a mdai¥ 
 «Ao^ oiroumstanoo occurred at tho close of this meeting. If 
 it was moomful, it was, however, to me an evidence that tho 
 mao's oonsoienoe vibrated, in some degree, under the hv 
 flaence of that mighty prinoi(de which swayod tho minds of 
 the apostles and primitive Christians : " It is good neither to 
 eat flesh, nor to drink wino, nor anything whereby thj 
 brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak." Bora, 
 ziv. 21. A man, evidently undor powerful oonviotioos rO" 
 speoting tho soul and body destroying evils of intoxioaiang 
 drinks, arose from his seat, seemingly with a doterminatson 
 to jda the teetotal ranks. Ho walked toward the iaUo 
 where the sheet was laid for signatures, but several penoos 
 were waiting to sign, and he had to pause a little. He was 
 greatly agitated, and, I believe, felt himself on the very 
 brink of a Rolnoon that would decide his habits throng l^ih, 
 A friend of mine stood near him, and heard (he fbjaowing 
 ediktqay : " Well, I shall not join to-iu^t I have a botflo 
 at Iwmo, and a little in it ; I shall drink that bofdro I oi^ 
 the pledge; hvA I deolam, had I dnuok it befbro I oame to 
 
 this meeting, I 1 should have signed tho pledge thk 
 
 fUjB^t." 8o he darted oat of the hoose, ondor tho mfln«noe 
 
 I 
 
 • , 
 
 wmnfmm 
 
[" 
 
 ra 
 
 MVIVAL 80BNM IN LOWBR OAlfADA. 
 
 of quite a different principle from that which St. P&ol fet 
 perhaps not unlike the Cainite one, '* Am I my brother'i 
 keeper ? '' 
 
 Small as the thing may appear, and simple as was that 
 test of principle, yet it may be found hereafter, that the lit- 
 tle that remained in that " bottle at home," stood connected 
 with loss of character, a ruined constitution, a drunkard's 
 grave, or his future wretchedness in hell. "Behold how 
 great a matter, a little fire kinJloth." 
 
 The last night I preached in Quebec was an affecting time. 
 It was witii much difSoulty I could got out of the chapel, and 
 away from the young converts. " How strong the affection 
 of a new-born soul !" After breakfast I commended the 
 little party, to which I have already alluded, to God, and 
 rode on to St. Ann's, fifty miles. Here I was met by 
 Mr. H., of Quebec, who carried mo in his sleigh to his 
 father's house. A singular ride it was. Part of the way 
 ran over, and along, tremendous snow-drifts, till we de- 
 scended upon, the Batascou river, and scudded along on its 
 ice-bound surface twelve miles. Here night overtook us, 
 and we got bewildered. Aft;er wandering up and down, 
 looking for a path to the shore and uplands, we espied some 
 persons in the distance, and by hallooing we attracted their 
 attention. By their assistance we ascended the bank, and 
 through a wild country 
 
 ** Of hiU and dale, heaped into one ozpansa 
 Of marbled (now, aa far b< eye can (weep, 
 With a blue onut of ice-unbounded glaxed." 
 
 We arrived at his father's house about nine o'clock at m^t. 
 
 The motion of the sleigh at night, with nothing before my 
 
 ' eyes but ice and snow, brought on something like sea«ok- 
 
 ness. I was extremely ill when I alighted. The Lord gave 
 
 ^"^ 
 
UDA. 
 
 ;h St. Paul fet 
 n I my brother'* 
 
 pte M wM that 
 
 rtor, that the lit- 
 
 stood connected 
 
 tn, a (Irunkard'i 
 
 ••Behold how 
 
 in affecting time. 
 
 the chapel, and 
 mg the affection 
 commended the 
 ed, to Qod, and 
 
 I was met by 
 lis sleigh to his 
 Part of the way 
 ift«, till we de- 
 led along on its 
 ;ht overtook tu, 
 ; up and down, 
 , we espied some 
 e attracted their 
 )d the bank, and 
 
 o'clock at m^t. 
 
 thing before my 
 
 ing like sea«ok- 
 
 The Lord gave 
 
 OTIVAL SCINM IW LOWBB CAWADA. 
 
 n 
 
 me a good night's rest, and I awok« m the morning quit* 
 well and happy. 
 
 A messenger went out through the settlement announcing 
 that a Methodist clergyman, from the United States, had 
 arrived, and would preach within an hour. The poor peo- 
 ple, who were hungry for the broad of life, were soon as- 
 sembled, to whom I expounded the tenth chapter of the Ad$ 
 of the Apostles. It was affecting to see with what eager- 
 ness they devoured every word. Within a few minutes of 
 the conclusion of the dUcoursc, an astonishing influence came 
 down upon all present. Nothing was to be seen but weeping 
 on every side. Wo fell upon our knees and poured out our 
 soids to God. There was very little noise, but the sobbing 
 and weepmg were wonderful. I paced the floor on my 
 knees, encouraging each trembUng sinner to rely upon the 
 atonement for the forgivonosa of sins. Lord Jesus remem- 
 ber these sheep in the wUdomess ! Wo had hard parting ; 
 but farewells were interchanged, probably never to be re- 
 peated. We then rode on to Three Rivers, without any 
 accident, other than a thorough summerset in a snow-drift. 
 I threw out my loft arm to break the fall, buried it for my 
 pains deep m the snow, and wo lay sprawling for a time in 
 tho shapeless drift. Our fine horse stood perfectly stUl till 
 we got through our undulating motions ; and after getting 
 all "to rights," we started forward in good spirits, though in 
 continual danger of another capsi/e. A previous upset of 
 this kmd was more disastrous. As I was riding along in my 
 sleigh, wrapped in Bufialo skins, I came opposite a respectable 
 lookmg man, standing by a fence. He asked liberty to ride 
 with me a short distance, which I readily granted, hopmg I 
 might have an opportunity of talking to him about his soul. 
 No sooner was he seated than I found I had a drunken 
 man for a companion. On challenging his jug, he said, 
 
ft 
 
 HaVIVAL HOKNMH IN UtWIlK VAVAOA. 
 
 "My wife "onl ta« »o th« atoro for ih >laMMa, but I Wo 
 got ntoro Mk siitAo I left tho Htom thaa th« mclMMM mtv 
 I eoakl w«U bolittvo Iuiij , intor fellow i but tho ikolt 
 iDor* in hui tk»ad Uiam la hit trv^lieroas fo«i. 
 I no monat bogan to talk to him about tun aool, and (ho 
 day of juilgiuout, than my inare wiKlertook to dhow tho 
 ooold plfty » dnrnkeo tn«k without <■ ♦her rum or molaoMt. 
 Aw*y (rtko wont down tho bill, tmnb. ng hMdAnmott, till 
 Hhe lay iiti«t«hod oo tlio snow. In Uio BM«i>tfBM>, tho 
 dnuikanl uidiBTMlf h»*i » oomtbrtablo muumeraut togethor; 
 bnAlo lUoi, portmanten 4, molaBMi and jug, whirled mto 
 tit* dilob along with ua, tho dnmkftnl'a voicu gromblmg oiit 
 m ^n porfbrm* r-x ovolutionii, "The day < f judgment, 
 bdMdl" Tho beast lay vary 'jiiiotly till wo got ont of 
 the ditoh. Tha eloigh waa broken, wjd we were eomo di»- 
 tenoo from any hooso, bo I had to hArnoae m- d( to it, 
 and ondoavoarod to drag it along (dowly tho dtnmkara doing 
 hk belt bobind, poshing forwiu a or pi. ling iMwk, in strict 
 MMordanoe with the known laws of gravitation ; bat be wa« 
 peifoc' Mnnere in his endeavonra to help mo forward. At 
 hi4 wc arrivou at a houne on a hill, which turned out to be 
 his own, and a vory respectable plac* it was. I found ho 
 was ft fanner, in good circumstanoos. His wife was sorely 
 ashamed of him. I tinkered up my sleigh, and got ready 
 fbr ft start. He ran into tho hm i ft^r my whip, but on 
 oooung h%l Uio alcohol drove hi .4> '»g with such velocity 
 that h- lost his balance, aii'l came down wi ft tonible crash 
 on the }.5«)and, which was ' Voisen as hard aa metol. " Ah ! " 
 aaid I, "the way of the transgressor is hard." I g»TO 
 Uan a few words of advice, which he seemed to feel, and 
 dqwrtod. Who can toll but this event may be the ii eaos of 
 Ml oottversion to God T 
 
 We arrived at Three Kvors, where I preached from tti* 
 
.Jhi 
 
 WWW, bal I httf* 
 
 lo«» bakUtoflMilt 
 OS foei. 
 
 Look to show abo 
 
 nuu or moUaiiofl. 
 
 heail-furotuoat, till 
 
 io meA' timo, tho 
 
 umenmt logeUier ; 
 
 jag, wlurled into 
 
 ncu gmmbling out 
 
 Uj ( f judgmoutf 
 
 ill wo got out of 
 
 e wero some di»- 
 
 I'^sfl "1 <s3lf to it, 
 
 Kod<uDkAru(k4ng 
 
 ing iMMk, in striot 
 
 action ; bat he WM 
 
 me forwu-d . At 
 
 turned out to be 
 
 WM. I found ho 
 
 [is wife was sorely 
 
 ^, tmi got ready 
 
 my whip, but on 
 
 with such velocity 
 
 % terrible erash 
 
 IS metal. "Ah!" 
 
 hard." I gun 
 
 emed to feel, and 
 
 ^y be the li eana of 
 
 preached from Um 
 
 BiTXTAL Mmm a vawn. oavaoa. fi 
 
 iMoiii! Terse of the hundredth PMlm. After senrioe, I wM 
 •oaiacted to see a very a^^td minister of the Church of 
 Ba^and, — a most venerable »iid patriarchal Inokiug man. 
 If 1 recollect aright, he is ninety years of »««', but accma in 
 feu possession of all his faculties. lie was sent out * a 
 clergyman to New Yoric, by one of the Kngluh bi»ho|)S, wh< u 
 the Uui! 1 StatM were BritiMh Colonies. Wo had » very 
 intorestiiig conversation. " I spent," s tid be, •' ait o^vening 
 with Mr Wedey, belb-x I sailed for Anuica. On taking 
 my leav« thitt night, he presented me with his Notes w the 
 New Tostomiiut, in two volumes. ' lie iihowed mo the 
 books, whioh he ha<l preserved wiUi great caro. When rising 
 to depart, 1 ask . M s bkasing. He aroB^j, and wiUi great dig- 
 nity, placing hia rtonds upon my head, with a faltering voice, 
 prayed, *« May the bloMing of the Fatiier, and of the Son, 
 and of the Holy Ghost, be with thee, henceforth, and 
 forever!" 
 
 An old Scotch divine has said, •« It is one of the b«it sighU 
 to ••« an old difKMple ; t< seo silrer bain* udomed with go^ 
 den virtues." How mu. more, to see an aged muuK or of 
 the Lord Jesus ; one f«u» wonv out in his Master's cause I 
 
 Next morning I lost m^ j»assagi u the stage, through the 
 oaislstwwsfi of the agent. After oonAidend>lu trouble and 
 Ion of time, he was compelled ttv " n;j up " a sleigh and 
 jend me oif altmc. I bode farewell s Mr. II., who seemed 
 determined not to rwit without the knowledge of salvation, 
 by the remission ot s'ms. ' We started, and the driver was 
 resolved overtake the stage; but oommon sense should 
 have foHt>iddon ft bought Sometimes we had tliree horses 
 ranniag Indian file, oiM b^bre the other, and they went at a 
 tremendous rate, — now along huge snow-driftj?, Acn down 
 OB t^ iee of the Si. Lawrence, teud agam on the high landis 
 7 
 
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T4 
 
 MTlTAt ■CliriS IN town OANADA. 
 
 I miy in our oounn hy anull erergraoiM Htuok down in 
 the tnow »t r«t(ulAr ditUuiooi. I cxpootod overj niuroeni 
 A compltilii up«et ; but no, wo weru u(t«H v«fy ntar it, but 
 the expert Cuiadtan alwnjri contrived to throw hui bod/ 
 ■0 fiur on tho oppoc.ii« ude ai to ouuntMn tlio b«l»no« df 
 power ; and I breathed froeljr a^ain, muttoring, " Oh 1 wt 
 <T«re nearly gone that time ; now for another hairbreadth 
 «soapo." 
 
 At last I had ao much confidence in the driver a« to b« 
 perfectly eaa/ j no matter how hozardoiw ^Hc entflrpriiie in 
 which he wax involved, he alwajra cam« off victorioim. Th« 
 Canadiiut oariule has two honia in front ; and aa tho driver 
 seldom aits, ho ia ready for any emorgenoy. Ho ia never 
 bvolved in a dilomma between the two homa ; he knowa one 
 muat be right ; that one ia graapod in a moment, aa if by in- 
 stinct, and upon thia ho hangs with deaperation. Ho eyes 
 the danger from afar, and at tho oriaia, quick aa lightning, 
 ke dexteroualy awing» to windward, and, in apite of the moat 
 d(Mporate circumatancea, koopa tho aleigh on ita nmnera. 
 
 About eight o'clock in the evctjing, wo arrived at Mon- 
 treal, mnety miles from Three Rivera, and one hundred and 
 eighty from Quebec. Tho dear brethren at Montreal, re- 
 gretting Bome of the movements of laat October, wore now 
 fully roady for a revival. The leaders' meeting had given 
 mo a unammoua invitation to revisit their city, which I ac- 
 cepted before leaving Quebec; promiatng, however, to 
 remain only twelve daya, uid then proceed to Kingaton, 
 Upper Canada. 
 
 They had already commenced a protracted meeting, in 
 the large school-room, underneath tho chapel, and were in 
 a fine atate of feeling. I adviaed them to lij^t up their 
 chapel every night, and convince the public, they were not 
 ashamed of a protracted moetbg, nor of a real revival of 
 
ADA. 
 
 RIVIVAt. fCRXM nt lOmiR OAITADA. 
 
 T6 
 
 u iituok down in 
 i overjr luument 
 try ntar ity but 
 thn)W hifl body 
 Uio balance of 
 ring, " Oh 1 w« 
 tltur hairbreadth 
 
 driver an to be 
 be entflrpriMO in 
 actoriomi. The 
 ul as the driver 
 He ifl never 
 I ; he known one 
 ont, as if by in- 
 ition. IIo eyes 
 ck as lightning, 
 ipite of the moet 
 . ita ninnojni. 
 kfrivod at Mon- 
 tne hundred and 
 kt Montreal, re- 
 tobor, wore now 
 seting had given 
 ity, which I ao- 
 ig, however, to 
 ed to Kingston, 
 
 :ted meeting, in 
 lel, and were in 
 3 lif^t np Uieir 
 0, thoy were not 
 a real revival of 
 
 the work of Oo<l. Thoy did no. and our congregations In- 
 creased every night. 8oon tho arm of God was rcvoalvd in 
 the awakening of sinnora ; but the converting {Kiwur was 
 ■trangi<ly withhold. We huiiiblod oumotvos bftforo (lo«l, by 
 fiuting and prayer ; and, at the muuo time, by preaching and 
 exhortation, wo endeavoured to storm the devil's camp. Our 
 meetings grow better attd butUnr ; at tho close of each wt 
 could say, — 
 
 " TIm lltlU elnud IneratMth ttill, 
 Tha hMvaiM «r« big with nUn | 
 W« hMU to osloh III* t««nilii)| iihowtr, * 
 And alt Ita moUtur* drain." 
 
 When we wore fully convicted of our own utter helplcs»- 
 ness, unless Ood should help us, then tho Holy Ohost de- 
 scended in copious effusions ; and in a short time wo wero 
 surrounded with scoros of precious souls newly " bom of 
 Ood." Great wiity prevails throughout tho society ; the 
 preachers are oxooodbgly kind, and wo labour together iu 
 groat harmony. 
 
 Yesterday forenoon I was called upon, with a brother, to 
 visit the house of mourning. When I entered, I was sur- 
 prised to discern in tho distrosaod widow, a mourning penitent 
 whom I had seen come forwani to bo prayed for only a few 
 nights before. She then told mo that hor husband was a 
 wicked man, and had opixMod hor going among tho Meth- 
 odists, and that she dreaded his displeasure when sho re- 
 turned. It seems, however, the Lord took tlio matter into 
 his own hands, as he was taken suddenly sick tho night pre- 
 vious, and expired before morning. 
 
 You wish to know the names of the preachers who are 
 stationed in this city. They are as follows: Ilev. William 
 Squire, Su|)orintendont ; Rev. John P. Hothorington, and 
 Rev. Robert L. Lusher, editor of " The Wesloyan ; " a 
 
 "mmmmmm^w^- 
 
 JiVU- ",f,'UJ,lJ,lJH.. Jl I 
 
Jb 
 
 70 
 
 mmVAZi BOBNBS IW IiOWBK CANADA. 
 
 paper calculated to do much good m Canada, and I do hope 
 the Methodists will support it liberally. 
 
 I fear I shall not be able to visit Kingston, and it will be 
 a great disappointment. The ice is already very dangerous, 
 and the roads are in a wretched state between here and 
 Kingston. My time, you are aware, is far spent. I must 
 visit New York before I sail. Within a few weeks past, I 
 have changed my intended route, and shall sail, if God pe^ 
 mit, from Quebec to Halifax, N. S., thei^ce to Liverpool. 
 
 There were more than two hundred sinners converted in 
 Quebec, and since my arrival, about one hundred and seventy 
 in this city; but we are looking for greater things than 
 tibese, aa many are praying, — 
 
 " A rin, a atream, ft torrent flowi, 
 But »end the mighty flood ; 
 shake the nstions, sweep the earQi, 
 TIU aU proohtlm thee Qod." 
 
 I have lately received a most affecting letter from Quebec, 
 ^ving an account of a dreadful fire, and the loss of four 
 lives. As I knew one of the sufferers, I feel the more deep- 
 ly affected. One might, during the revival in Quebec, as I 
 was walking up the aisle, one of the brethren said to me, with 
 great eamestnesc., " Do you see that old gentleman with the 
 bald head 7" 
 
 "Yes." ; 
 
 " "Well, Shr, he was once a member of our society, but has 
 long since left us, and what is worse, he is a miserable back- 
 slider ; go and speak to him." 
 
 His words came with power to my mind, and with some 
 difficulty I got to him. He seemed very attentive to what 
 was going on, but without any apparent concern about his 
 ■oul. I was struck with his respectable and venerable ap- 
 
 is 
 
 '•immmmmmmimmmimmmmm 
 
ADA. 
 
 ,, and I do hope 
 
 , and it will be 
 very dangerous, 
 iween here and 
 upent. I must 
 n weeks past, I 
 ail, if God pe^ 
 to Liverpool, 
 rs converted in 
 [red and seventy 
 bet things than 
 
 Br from Quebec, 
 the loss of four 
 1 the more deep- 
 in Quebec, as I 
 said tome, with 
 itleman with the 
 
 society, but has 
 miserable back- 
 
 , and with some 
 tentive to what 
 ncem about his 
 id venerable ap- 
 
 REVIVAL 8CBNBS IN LOWER CANADA. 
 
 77 
 
 pearanco. After a few words were spoken to him, a re- 
 markable influence came upo^j my soul. Words were given 
 me such as I cannot repeat. For a time he remained firm ; 
 at last the word came as fire, and as a hammer to break 
 the rock in pieces. He became greatly agitated. My in- 
 most soul yearned over him. I felt such a bummg love to 
 his soul, that I could have taken him in my arms, and have 
 carried him to the altar. But he would not move, although 
 he trembled in evei'y limb. I told him I could not bave ; 
 go to be prayed for he must. I urged, entreated, conjured. 
 
 Had some polite and fashionable Christians been there, I 
 am sure they would have charged me with overstepping the 
 bounds of propriety, in attempting to drive the man to be 
 saved. Ah ! there is much in that advice of Jude : " And 
 of some have compassion, making a difieronce : And others 
 save with fear, pulling them out of the fire." At last God 
 helped me to prevul. With a falteting step, and almost 
 overpow?->.g emotion, he walked to the altar. It was full of 
 penitents, but he fell down near it, and in about one hour 
 God had mercy upon him, and healed all his backslidings. 
 At the close of the meetmg, there were great rejoicings over 
 him, and many others ; among whom was one of his own 
 apprentices, who obtained salvation the same evening. 
 
 A letter brou^^t me Uxe sad intelligence, that one night, 
 about ten days after I had left Quebec, he, his wife, servant 
 girl, and two apprentices, having retired to rest, towards 
 morning a fire ^ roke out in one of the lower apartments of 
 the house ; and, although an alarm was given, such was the 
 fury of the flames, that before an attempt could be mkle to 
 rescue the inmates, all had perished except the elder appren- 
 tice. " The fumes of their burning bofMes made a part of 
 the awful columnof smoke which spread itself, like the pall 
 of deatii, over our deeply-excited city." The youth who 
 
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78 
 
 KBYIVAL BOHNieS IN LOWBft CANADA. 
 
 waa saved, ia a member of our church. Hi» escape waa 
 truly miraculous. He was awakened out of a deep sleep bj 
 the smoke, and some indistinct cries of fire ; he tried to 
 awaken his companion, but the heat increasing, he rushed to 
 the window, almost suffocated. Just then the fire biased all 
 around the room, and he sprang from the fourth story, and 
 alighted on the frozen street ; yet not a bone was broken, 
 and he sustained but very little injury. He says, 
 Httle before he leaped from the window, he hx,a^i the voices 
 of the old couple in another part of the house. Alas ! they 
 must then have been surrounded wiU) smoke and flame. 
 
 I was informed that on Chiistmas morning, very early, 
 the old lady attended the Methodist chapel, in deep anxiety 
 about her soul. She said afterwards, " I went to the chapel 
 with the intention of going forwwd to be prayed for, but 
 there waa no imitation." Oh ! how necfifisary to be " in 
 aeaaon, out of seaaon," in our efforts to save assembled ainr- 
 ners. She did not come agiun to the chapel while I re- 
 mained in Quel)ec. Perhaps God, who had begun a good 
 work in her soul, completed it before that dreadful night. 
 Here I leave it ; but, with a grateM heart, I adore that QmA 
 who enabled me, on ike night referred to, faithfully and pe^ 
 severingly to attempt to save the soial of her husband firodi 
 the fires of the second death. Had he left the chapel that 
 night without decision, or converting grace, he nught have 
 been eternally lost. Now, I beUeve, he is among tho re- 
 deemed in heaven. None of the milliona who know him 
 there, will refuse to say, "b not this a htwad plucked out 
 dr the fire V* The eternal salvation, even of theae two 
 Boub, (for the young ap|»rentice who loat his life, had been 
 converted also during the revival,) is worth the labour and 
 exp&oae of my whd^) tour, althou|^ it ahoold no4 resuH m 
 ibe ninHim of any othen. 
 
 IMMMM 
 
 ttmm 
 
NASA. 
 
 His escKpe waa 
 F a deep sleep by 
 fire; he tried to 
 ling, he rushed to 
 bhe fire blazed all 
 fourth story, and 
 )one was broken, 
 
 He 
 
 says, 
 
 Hoard the voices 
 ise. Alas! they 
 :e and fiame. 
 ning, very early, 
 I, in deep anxiety 
 rent to the chapel 
 » prayed for, but 
 bssary to be " in 
 ye assembled sin? 
 lapel -while I re- 
 ad begun a good 
 dreadful night. 
 I adore that God 
 wthfully and per- 
 ler husbmd frod 
 k tiie chapel that 
 B, he nught haT« 
 is among tiio re- 
 i who know him 
 tvad plucked out 
 'en of them two 
 his life, had been 
 1 the labour and 
 >i{ld noi result ka 
 
 filVIVAL aOBNBB IN LOWBB CANADA. 
 
 T» 
 
 An awful event, which lately transpired in this city, has 
 also made a deep impression upon my mind. I have just re- 
 ceived the facts from one of our leaders. A young man who 
 landed in this country from England, ^ast summer, was 
 spending part of Babbatii, the i4th inst., m a house in * * * 
 street, in company with a person who came out with him in 
 the same ship. While there he took offence at something, 
 and, in his passion, wished that Gk>d might strike him blind, 
 and dumb, and dead, if he ever entered into that house 
 again. He and another companion then proceeded to & dram 
 shop, and had something to drink. Under the influence of 
 liquor and the devil, he returned to thd house, where only 
 one hour before he had uttered the dreadful imprecation. 
 On Tuesday, the 28d inst., while employed in front of a 
 house in St. Paul's street, a heavy body of snow came down 
 from the roof, fell upon him, and knocked him down with 
 such violence, that before they could get him from under it, 
 he was dead. " Thus," says the leader, " his impious wish 
 was granted ; he was struck blind and dumb, so that he could 
 neither see nor call for assistance, and he was dead before 
 he could be released." The Psahnist mi^t well say of Ioei 
 who ruleth in the heavens, " Verily, he is a Gk«i that judg- 
 eth in tiie eturth." St. Peter also tells us of a certain 
 class cS sinners, who *' bring upon tiiemselves swift destruc- 
 tion." 
 
 About ike time of my arrival here fipom Quebec, there was 
 another deatii, in which I was deeply interested. The fol- 
 lowing is the history of the case : When I was here' in 1887, 
 there was a powerful revival. One Sabbath ni^t I was led 
 to take that text, Rev. zx. 11 — IS. During the reading 
 of the text a nan began to tremble in a manner he could 
 not well control. He at ivcted the attention of two or three 
 firayinj( m«ii, mA Uisy k«pt their eyea apon him, hoping to 
 
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 BBVIVAL 8CKNK8 IN LOWBR CANADA. 
 
 to have him forward for prayer ; but as soon as the sermon 
 was over, he msido an effort to get out, ana Bucceeded, He 
 gathered strength in the fresh air, and ran for his life. Those 
 iwift-footed servwits of Christ started in pursuit of the 
 woundod smner. At length he reached his house, and dart- 
 ed in, not wittiout having been observed bj his pursuers. In 
 a few moments they knocked at his door, and wore admitted ; 
 but he had disappeared. They inquired of the wife for her 
 husband. " He is in that room," was her reply. " We 
 must see him." She conducted them into the room, where 
 he had turown himself upon a bed. When he saw them he 
 burst into tears. They pressed the truth of Jehovah upon 
 his conscience, at the same time urging him to arise and call 
 upon God. He did so, and they wrestled in prayer till mid- 
 night, when he professed to have found salvation. Alas ! he 
 did not long walk in the way to heaven. His old besetment, 
 intozioating driniK, got the better of him, and he fell from 
 
 God. 
 
 When I was here last autumn he avoided the chapel with 
 great precaution, but, before I returned, a fatal disease had 
 seised upon him. His distress of mind and body was very groat. 
 Some hopes, I believe, were entertamcd of his salvation, 
 before he breathed lus last. Th»» previous New Year's Day 
 WW a " high day" with him and his wicked companions, but 
 before it was over he laid the foundation of his speedy death. 
 
 We find a still furth/r account of his labors during this 
 tour in Lower Canada in a letter to a friend, written from St. 
 Jdm's, with which wo oloae the pi'esent chapter. 
 
 I did not tiiink of writing to yon 8 jut efr I had sailod 
 for Europe ; bat having a few momfi M to spare, I snatoh 
 them id add»m to you a Ibw Imm. I h«ve abaiidoB«d tiie 
 
 iMwwwariii 
 
 liillliiil 
 
on as the sermon 
 Buccceded. lie 
 for his life. Those 
 a pursuit of the 
 I house, and dart- 
 his pursuers. In 
 d wore admitted ; 
 t the wife for her 
 it reply. "Wa 
 I the room, where 
 a he saw them he 
 of Jehoyah upon 
 to arise and call 
 in prayer till mid- 
 ration. Alas ! he 
 iis old besetment, 
 md he fell from 
 
 i the chapel with 
 fatal disease had 
 iy was vary great, 
 of his salvation, 
 New Year's Day 
 1 companions, but 
 his speedy death. 
 
 aburo during this 
 i, written from St. 
 ^pter. 
 
 efr I luul Bailed 
 to spare, I aaaidh 
 kV6 abandoiwid iit» 
 
 RVnVAL BCBNBS VX LOWSR CANADA. 
 
 tl 
 
 idea of visiting Kingston at this time. Having still a deep 
 interest in the welfare of the little society m this place^ I 
 gathered, from my feelbgs, that the Lord might have some- 
 thing for me to do, either in strengthening the young con- 
 verts of last autumn, or laying hold of some of the devil's 
 children, who were then wounded by the arrows of the 
 gospel. 
 
 I found the little society standing fast, and doing well ; 
 but the wicked are afraid of me. They remember the ar- 
 rows of tiie lost battle, and are better prepared to avoid 
 them. So true is that ifaying of an elegant writer, " If the 
 sinner ifl not recalled by the invitations of the gospel, he will 
 be riveted by tiiat gospel mto more holploas condemnation." 
 I fear I made a mistake in leaving St. John's so early ; and 
 have some suepioions that was tho x^ason why my way was 
 so hedged up in Montreal last autumn. 
 
 I preached eighty-six sermons in Montreal, one temperance 
 sermon, and delivered five lectures on total-abstinence from 
 f^M mtoxioating drinks. Mo than two hundr-^d sinnere were 
 converted to God, and one tuousanti persons imited witli the 
 Montreal ■" Young Men's Total Abstinence Society," A 
 deputation from the above society visited me befo;« I left the 
 city, with a request that I would give th'^m a few montihs of 
 lay time, previous to my suling for Europe, in order to vi«t 
 a few of the towns of Upper Canada, for the purp.,8« of 
 promoting the caiwe of tMopenusoe. A liberal siun had 
 been nused ibr tiie purpose, with m oSr of more, if necw 
 sary, should I undertake the miggiffltt. Although I felt 
 myself honoured by the flattering offer, I diwst not accept it. 
 I reflected, Xf my commission to risii Canada mkI Europe is 
 from God, theti I am not at liberty to l>e an ag*nt of this 
 kind ; because, in no part of it, is a tempestusce agency (in 
 ^ p»op<» ucof <rf jj)8 iewk) writteu. Oa ti* tame pria- 
 
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 82 
 
 RBYIYAL BOBNBS IN LOWBB CANADA. 
 
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 oiple, I rejected the proposition of some of my frienda, to 
 procure au agency for the promotion of the objocta of the 
 " American Bible Society." True, this would lessen my i>or- 
 Bonal expenses ; but, at the same time, greatiy entangle me 
 in my revival designs. 
 
 But, you will ask, ** How could you then conmstently de- 
 liver 80 many temperance lectures in Quebec and Montreal ?" 
 
 I answer, on the same principles that I qould pve an ad- 
 dress at a Missionary or Bible Society meeting; when I 
 could make such addfosses subservient to the" revival ; when 
 I could mingle with my remarks those eternal truths of the 
 gospel wluch awaken and convert men ; thus affording my- 
 self an opportunity of proclaiming the verities, and presmng 
 the clMmSj of Christiamty upon minds which otherwise I 
 could not have reached ; and the very next night preach the 
 gospel to these awakened sinners, and thus lead them not only 
 to be tempei-ance men and philanthropista but rtal Christians, 
 and all this without infrinpng upon the rights of any par- 
 fioular society, or without entaaglementa from claimB con- 
 nected with any special agency. 
 
 Under these oircumstances I cheerfully embraced such op* 
 portunit'^s, and thus enjoyed the doable gratification of 
 helping forward the interesta of awociations, good in them- 
 ielvoB, while I carried forward, at the same time, conscien- 
 tioualy, the grand design intended by God in timisting me out 
 from my ordinary sphere of labour. I intend to spend only 
 a few days here, and then return to Monlieal ; and from 
 tibence shall proceed into tho TJmted States. 
 
 Finding myself quite unsucceasM here, it was imprewed 
 upon my mind to jMreaoh rtHUuUm. Tba» has cwjated qmte 
 a stir. I piead for the rii^ts of govarnmeat, as for those tut 
 anindividuaJ; and ioiist that it »■ ja«t as sinful to defraud 
 1it9 niiwiiii. M 10 <^etA m trMb. The naugglera are in 
 
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 |,A-- - ;-v-^,>« 
 
OANADA. 
 
 RBVIYAL SOSKB0 IN LOWIR CANADA. 
 
 88 
 
 e of my friends, to 
 
 tho objeots of the 
 
 rould lessen my \)or- 
 
 proatly entangle me 
 
 len conmstently de- 
 bee and Montreal ?" 
 I (jould give an ad- 
 ' meeting; when I 
 the' revival ; when 
 iteraal truths of the 
 i thus affording my- 
 erities, and pressing 
 wMoh otherwise I 
 ext mght preach the 
 18 lead them not only 
 9 bttt r«al Christians, 
 s rights of any par- 
 ita &om ol^ms oon- 
 
 y embraced such op' 
 ble gratification of 
 utions, good in them- 
 same time, conscien- 
 Ki in thniBting me out 
 intend to spend only 
 (ontareal; and from 
 tes. 
 
 »re, it was impressed 
 hjys has created qmte 
 imeat, as fur those of 
 b ae sinful to defiraad 
 i» naug^era are ia 
 
 great trouble. One was so powerfully wrought upon, that 
 ho was on the point of presenting )m watch to a custom- 
 house officer during the sermon. 8o he confessed afterwards, 
 but congratulated himself that he had had strength of mind 
 enough to conquer his sapercdtio'^^ weakness. I tiunk 
 the devil will have his difficulties m. luioping some of them 
 quiet. 
 
 In Montreal the effects were more fivident and general. 
 Numerous cases of restitution came to my knowledge ; from 
 tiie small sxaa of one dollar, ran^png upwards to two hundred 
 dollars. The history of some of the cases, though mclan* 
 choly; was really amusing. The coneoience of a barber 
 flew in his face, accusing him of repeatedly charging two- 
 pence more for a oertam article th^in its real value ; and 
 keener than the razor's edge was tbit> conscience in its 
 opemtions upon his aoul. 
 
 Anotiier had acted the rogue, a few years ago, in denying 
 f/ossession of a bank note to a certain amount, which he had 
 picked up on the street, dthouj^ ohdlenged by tlte owner 
 a few minutes alter ; now it was buniing his soul like a coal 
 of a fire. 
 
 Another was the case of a young man in a mercantile 
 house, who had charge of the cash book. In 1839, his.em* 
 ployer one day made a wrong entry, by mistake, whioh was 
 to the young man's advantage. On bi^ancmg his cash 
 account at mghb, a sum of monoy remained in his hands, for 
 which he could not account, nor was he anxious to do so. 
 Some time titer, however, he discovered the error of his 
 master, but atid rothing, having expended tho saija in a oer- 
 tun article. The doctrine of restitution fell upon his ears 
 like peals of thunder ; he became deeply concerned about 
 his soul ; but this stood between him and salvation like a 
 gate of iron. At last these words came to his mhiI nith 
 
 4* 
 
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 84 MvivAL somr»« w towi* oahada. 
 
 awful power, " WiU you neU your »oul to hell for the mun of 
 
 ? " Hia coMcience reooU jd and staggered under the 
 
 influence, and he cried out, " No, I wUl restore it !" 
 
 Another had defrauded a widow, and he sent the amount 
 to Mr. Squire, that it might be restored. But I cannot go 
 OTcr all Oie caaee. Excuse this very hastily written letter, 
 and believe me, your most affectionate friend, and brother m 
 Jesus Christ. 
 
 After closing these bbors in Lower Canada, Mr. Caughey 
 Tisited New York for the purpose of making a fii^l aettie- 
 ment of his pecuniary affairs, preparatory to his, European 
 voyage. In reviewing hi« tour, he wrote to a fnend, Ihe 
 result has been the conversion of between FOUR and 
 „VB HUNDMD «nner. to God. I cannot help receivmg 
 tius as a convincing proof that I have not mistaken the will 
 of God " Truly this was proof amounting to a demonstnir 
 tion. Nearly five hundred souls saved in a few months ! 
 Thousands of ministers would be inexpressibly happy could 
 they have as many -,eaU " in a life time. An « impression 
 ■0 fruitful as this can hardly be deemed fianciful. 
 
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 staggered under the 
 restore it !" 
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 But I cannot go 
 «tily written letter, 
 end, and brother in 
 
 uiada, Mr. Caugbey 
 laking a final settle- 
 ry to hia, European 
 e to a friend, " The 
 ^tween four and 
 knnot help receiving 
 lOt mifltaken the will 
 iting to a demonfltra- 
 I in a few months! 
 •essibly happy could 
 , An "impression" 
 fanciful. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 BAUVAX AND THH VOTAOl THITHKR. 
 
 In the following chapter, we shall enjoy the pleasure of a 
 sea voyage with our indefatigable revivalist. We shall be 
 charmed with the innocent cheerfulness of his spirit, when 
 out of ike din of spiritual battle, and with the readiness of 
 his lurdent mind to improve every opportunity for doing gcjd, 
 whether in the walks of social life, or before the great con- 
 gregation. Viewed merely as a Christian traveller, Mr. 
 Cau|^ey is an object of interest ; but there is a high moral 
 sublimity in his movements when seen in their relation to his 
 divine call. His voyage was a voyage of faith. Like ancient 
 Abraham, he "went out not knowing whitner he went," and, 
 for the same reason, because " he was called." It is this 
 fact that gives his conduct its peculiar colorings, and fills th« 
 Christian observer with admiration and even wonder at the 
 man whose um{dicity of heart and action is equalled only by 
 his astonishiag labors. 
 
 But Di^withstanding his eall from above, Mr. Caughey 
 omitted no perscmal attentiim to his temporal ttSbith, that was 
 neceraary to enable him to stand before the world in the as- 
 pect of an honest man. Before starting for Halifax, we ar« 
 pleasdd to hear him sa^nng to a correspondent, " My teair 
 poral af&irs ara now neariy aU settled, x> that I do not owe 
 a aagto dialling on tlie continent of America. Help me to 
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 ti(Hi ! How judicious w ui this care for ahillings ! It WM wise 
 in this devoted Uborer, wheti igajpng in his >fty and en- 
 uohling mission, to koop himself .inipotted, even from a shi^ 
 ling deb I, before a world whose delight it is to gainsay aod 
 to ii\jurw U»e children of Qod. 
 
 The letters, from which this chapter is compiled, „ dx writ- 
 ten from Halifax luring the mouth of July, JH41. He^ajrt: 
 
 I have i-aveUed many hundreds of miles wince 1 last 
 wrcje to you from Ht. John's, th« 21st of last April. I h we 
 visited tho cities of New York, Albany, and Troy. he 
 Lord gave me an opportunity of preachiog in beveral town 
 on my route, so that I hope *<)me gowi wM ue. I i*[>ent 
 Sabbath, thf 'IM of May, m. Whitehall, N. Y., (where I 
 woeived the call to visit K ope,) and preached three times 
 on that day. I had a most refreshing time among the 
 dear souls who wore converted to Qod when I wa i stationud 
 here They had lost none of their affection. 
 ' On Monday, the 24th, I visited the retired spot wher« 
 God allowed me to plead. Exodus xxxiv. 5 -— 7, on e lltii 
 of July, 1889. After that meraonJ[)le period, 1 alwayi 
 named it Providenoe Path : and bo noted it in my private 
 journal. Here I had a gracious season alone, and dedicated 
 body, soul, and spirit to God, who enah'-d me to plead, with 
 great sweetness and !». ver, that the blessing of the Holy 
 Ghost might attend my i '>orB in distant Ijuida. Although 
 nearly two years had fle<. mto eternity since I prevailed 
 irith bod to unfold his designs, the impression to cross the 
 Atlantic remMnad as strong as ever. I left the hallowed 
 ground rejoicing in God . It U possible I may see it no more ; 
 yet it was impressed upon my nund that I should be brought 
 back agwn to pnuse him in that place for his abounding 
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 euflion to croM the 
 [ left the hallowed 
 may see it no more ; 
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 About one o'clock I left ^^Tiitehall, in the ateamer White- 
 hall, Captain Lyon, for fiuHington, Yt* where I arrired in 
 the erening. My aoul waa deeply on ^god in prayer all the 
 day, many timtw rei^adng, aa I walked tho deck : — 
 
 " Till glad t lay thU Ixxly down, 
 Thjr ••rvaiit, Ix>r<l, atlnnil i 
 Ab4 0, my llAi of rocralaa crown 
 With % trlatnphMt •ud I" 
 
 On the evening of the 28th of May T bade fkrewell to 
 mj Burlington Menda. Sevt^ral of them accompanied me 
 on bou^ the steamer. We had a very Holcmn time in part- 
 ing. Some thought they fihould ree n« v &cn no more : 
 others hod confidence that I should be iparod to return, 
 whether thoy should live to see me or not. As to my own 
 feelings, they were too lioep and various for utterance. The 
 friends went ashore, and our steamer, like an arrow, darted 
 forward on that fine expanse of wat<'r I walked the dock 
 till midnight engaged in prayer ; and, afler taking a last 
 look at the United States, reUred to my berth. Next mom- 
 bg I landed at St. John's. I was rejoiced to find th^y 
 had rfused tho chapel subeoription to seventeen hundred 
 dollars. 
 
 I spent a few days in Montreal, and then sMied for << 
 bee, where I arrived on the 5th of June ; I spent about 
 twenty-four days in that city. It was not my intrntion to 
 ftay so long, but con8oienti«%ns scruples detained me. The 
 The Unicom steamer was announced to cuil on Sabbath, the 
 18th June. This involved my conscience. I could not >4ee 
 it to be right for me to sul on the Sabbath ; and yet I could 
 not feel resigned to postpone my departure till the return of 
 the vessel in two weeks. I was greatly perplexed. The 
 eyes of thousands woo upon me ; and if my own coiucience 
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 fluding hirn iiutnovubto, I oonoludoil to wait two weekit ; when 
 he woulii Mul nositivnly on » weok-daj. My miutl Wl l»«eu 
 much «)Mt down for a few tlayi, with manj noro oxerciM* and 
 buffetiii^ii from tho d«vil ; but nhortly after I gave nay de- 
 cision, tlie gloom WM totally diji|)cnied, and p«ac« an<l joy 
 ovenpread ray soul. 8inoe thflu my peace hon been like a 
 river. Isaiah xlviii. 18. 
 
 The Quebeo friend* were greatly rejoiced when they 
 learned I would spend a couple of weekn with Uiom. Tho 
 chapel was opened for preaching every mght, and Uie power 
 of God wa" 'Usplayod among his pcop^e. Sinners were con- 
 Terted to (iod daily, and Uio young converts of last winter 
 were greatly strengthened. Never shall I forget the kiu4- 
 ness of that dear people ; every thing wai done that huir tj 
 beings could do to render my stay pleasant to myself. I had 
 ■evend delightful oxcm.iions, sometimes witli U»e moek agree- 
 able company ; often on horseback alone. 
 
 As you intond to vijiit Qaebeo, you must not {ul to sea 
 the Vtik of Montmorency ; they are oidy a few mJcs from 
 the city. The rido is charming, and the Falls will aflbrd you 
 some sublime sensations. You will not be overwhchned with 
 those indescribable emotions, which you felt when •;acing 
 upon the terrific majesty and ovorpcjwering grandeur of 
 Niagara ; but you will be conscious of feelings quite as 
 gracious and pleasurable. Here you will see a river of oon- 
 uderable magnitude, gathered into a \. mparatively narrow 
 ohaunel, moving on under a placid surface towanls a cataract 
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 la one itnpetaoui tomnt, down the iteep 
 
 It thundering thootii, and shakes the country ronnd. 
 
 At flnt an nzuro sheet, it rushes brond j 
 
 Then whitening by ('.egrees, m prone it falls | 
 
 And from tho loud resounding mekt bnlow, 
 
 Dashed in a cloud of foam, it sendu aloft 
 
 A hoary mist, and forms a ceaseless shower. 
 
 Nor can the tortured waves here And repoae | 
 
 But raging still, amid the shaggy rocks, 
 
 Now flatibing o'er the scattered fragments, now 
 
 Aslant tho hollowed channel rapid dart* ; 
 
 And failing fast fnim gradual slope to slope, 
 
 With wild infracted cjurae, and lessened roar, 
 
 It gains a safer bed, " 
 
 and steals away into the bosom of the majestic St. Lawrence. 
 I know you love the geaa^ and beautiful in nature, and I am 
 sure you will retire from it, saying with your friend, — 
 
 " My full heart expanded, grew wiinn, and adored." 
 
 It is not likely you will visit Quebec in the winter ; but if 
 you should, Montmorency is even then more grand than at 
 this season of the year. You can then walk on tho ice be- 
 low the falls, very close to the descending mass of waters. 
 Then it is you may so« it with an accomtpanimeut, which it 
 never has in the summer, an immense icvoone, formed by 
 the spray, one or two hundred feet in circumference, stand- 
 ing iii the centre of the basin, and ascending as if to over- 
 look the surface of ike river above tibe falls. T thought it i 
 grand sight when I was here in the winter of 1886. 
 
 If you ascend the river a short distance you will light upon 
 ft place well worth seeing, the Natural Steps. These are 
 formed on a large scale by successive layers of shelving 
 rocks, and modified into a great varwty of figures by the 
 action of the waters in times of heavy ftesheta. Here, in 
 company with a gentleman from the city, I spent an hour 
 very agreeably ; wad, kneeling upon one of the steps, we had 
 a most delightful time in prayer. 
 
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 HALIFAX AND TIIB VOYAflE THITHBR. 
 
 Hie celebrated plains of Abraham mnst not escape your 
 attention. These lie south and west of the citj. Here the 
 famous battle was fought between tlie Eni^lish, under Gen- 
 eral Wolfe, and the French, commanded by General Mont- 
 cahn, September 13th, 1769. A broken column of black 
 marble marks the place where the English commander died. 
 It bears this inscription :— 
 
 " Hera died Wolfe, riotoriotu." 
 
 Quebec was then surrendered to the English, who have held 
 peaceable possession of it since, with the exception of an 
 ineffectual effort during the first war between England and 
 the United States. Here your Senoral Montgoiaery was 
 killed, in a desperate struggle to scale the walls. The place 
 where he fell waa pointed out to me below Prescott Gate. 
 Any intelligent person can show you the place »here the 
 English army ascended from the brink of the St. Lawrence, 
 on the night previous to the battle. All visiters 9taud 
 amazed when tji^y look at this precipice, not less than two 
 hundred feet high from the river, uid reflect that the cannon 
 and monitions of war, necessary for a great battle, were 
 dra<:^ed up these steeps in one short night, almost in the very 
 teeth of an enemy ; and that these wearied soldiers should 
 have gained a complete victory the next day over a vigorooi 
 and powerful army. 
 
 Quebec is built upon a lofty promontory, formed by the 
 St. Lawrence and river St. Charies. The city looks best 
 from the river St. Lawrence. Ton are aware Utis is the 
 only regularly fortified city on the continent of America. 
 The stalls are nearly three miles in circuit, of great thick- 
 ness, firom twenty to thirty feet high, surrounded by deep 
 ditches of gre&t width, and surmounted by batteries at regu- 
 lar Stances. Every where, oiotside the walls, iiie oannon, 
 
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 !t not escape your 
 lie citjf. Here the 
 Ini^liah, under Oen- 
 by General Mont- 
 n column of black 
 b oomnuuider died. 
 
 liab, yrho have held 
 le exception of an 
 irecn England and 
 I Montgouery was 
 » walla. The place 
 low Prescott Gate, 
 le place where the 
 
 the St. Lawrence, 
 All visiters 9tand 
 
 not less than two 
 ect that the cannon 
 great battle, were 
 , almost in the very 
 ied soldiers should 
 lay over a vigorous 
 
 Dry, formed by thn 
 The city looks best 
 aware tltis is ths 
 iinent of America, 
 nit, of great thick- 
 urrounded by deep 
 f batteries at rego- 
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 like large black dogs, are peeping ftoin their threatening 
 ramparts. The city is entered by ^<^-u or five masnivo gates 
 of plain architecture. The citadel crowns the whole. It is 
 built upon the liighest part of tlio promontory, called Capo 
 Diamond, and is considered impregnable. The walls aro 
 forty feet thick, with a ditch £fty feet wide. The whole 
 includes between five and six acres. There it stands in dark 
 magnificence ; its lofty ramparts frowning down upon the 
 river and lower town,, from the diay height of four hundred 
 feet. It has been well called the Gibraltar of America. 
 
 Time will not allow me to describe the buildings, some 
 of which are elegant in dosign, and generally built of stone. 
 A few days before I loft, J visited the Marino Hospital, an 
 excellent institution, and well ordered. The situation, how- 
 ever, is too low. I found therein one hundred and fifty 
 patients, bolon^g to different nations ; one dear sailor boy, 
 fourteen years of age, deeply affected me ; in tho dead hour 
 of the night, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, ho had been 
 ordered aloft, and, missing his hold, he fell from the riggmg 
 of a largo ship, struck on the dock, and fractured his thigh 
 in three places ; poor boy, how I did feel for him ! Lock- 
 jaw had commenced, but he was able to speak a litUe ; he 
 was qwte senmble, and very intelligent. His little heart was 
 drawn out in prayer for mercy, while I was pouring out my 
 soul to God for him. lie told me he was bom in England, 
 that his parents lived there, and HaJb he had had a reli^us 
 education. His lips the next day were closed f<»rever ; and 
 he obtained a lonely grave on a foreign shore, without a 
 relation to drop a tear over his liittle coffin, or to raise a 8ton« 
 to his memory. 
 
 I am sorry I ^d not learn his name, as I may possibly 
 visit the place where his parents reside. It would be a great 
 comfort fiar them to know that their lovely child died pray- 
 
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 BALIIAX AKD THl VOTAOI THITIIES. 
 
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 ing to tho (iod of hia fathers, and that strangora wero kind 
 to him ; that hia tears were not unnoticed, nor his dying 
 groans unltoeded ; that the sympathies of heaven and earth 
 oncirolcJ liim ; that, while angol bands were conveying hia 
 wondering soul to heaven, stranger hands wore decently 
 Attiring his inconsoious body for the grave m which they 
 laid him. 
 
 A few days before I siuled from Quebec, I crossed the 
 river to Point Levy, and bpent a few hours very pleasantly 
 with Mr. Johnson. We had a charming ride in his carriage. 
 Tho scenery is very beautiful ; and the barber, shipping, 
 city, citadel, and adjoining coimtry are seen to great advan- 
 tage from that sido of tho river. We visited a party of 
 Indiana who wore encamped on the sand by the side of tho 
 8t. Lawrence, some of whom we found hasily employed in 
 making very mce baskets of the bark of trees. One old 
 aquaw was asleep by the side of her husband, while he was 
 engaged in preparing materials ; another aged In-^ian was 
 slumbering by the door of his wigwam. Thjy received us 
 kindly, and were quite willing to talk about the Great Spirit. 
 A child lay stretched on tho bunung sand, panting under 
 tho intense heat of a scorching sun. We inquired why they 
 permitted tiie chUd to sleep there. They replied, ** It is 
 ttok." Perhaps their Indian mediome required auoh an 
 exposure. Their wigwams wers made of the bark of trees ; 
 and altogether there was the appearance of vuoh poverty 
 and degradation. 
 
 As the heavena became suddenly darkened witli clouds we 
 hurried back, but had to quicken our pace, as the big drops 
 of the coming deluge began to thicken around us. No 
 Booner had we got into the house than the storm oamo down 
 in fbry. I bad now an opportunity of seeing, for the first 
 time, » Canadian thunder storm. Nature, from a perfect 
 
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 Btrangors wero kind 
 >ticed, nor hia dying 
 of heaven and earth 
 } were conve3ring hia 
 lands wore decently 
 ^ve in which they 
 
 nebeo, I crossed the 
 lours very pleasantly 
 y; ride in his carriage, 
 ho harbcr, shipping, 
 seen to great advan- 
 e visited a party of 
 id by the side of the 
 boflily employed in 
 : of trees. One old 
 sband, while he was 
 ler aged In'^ian was 
 . Thij received us 
 tout the Great Spirit. 
 sand, panting under 
 ''e inquired why they 
 Phey replied, ** It is 
 M required such on 
 of the bark of trees ; 
 ce of vuoh poverty 
 
 kened witli clouds we 
 ace, as the big drops 
 m around us. No 
 the storm oamo down 
 f seeing, for the first 
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 BAUFAX AND THE VOYAOB TniTHBR. 
 
 96 
 
 
 calm, was thrown into a tremendous uproar. Tempest rolled 
 on tempest. The clouds in black sheets seemed flying to 
 either polo. The bursts of thunder wore appalling. Waves 
 of Are rolled across the aky. The peals sucoec^ded each 
 other with fearful rapidity. The earth trembled. The 
 heavens resembled the ocean in a storm, billow rolling on 
 billow, broken here and there into fragments of fire. M- 
 though we could say, — 
 
 '• Thii awful Qod It onri. 
 Our ffttliar and onr 1ot«,"— 
 
 yet it required a full conviction of God as reconciled in 
 Christ, to keep our minds calm amidst these contending 
 elements. We were in a state oi mind fully to appreciate 
 the sentiments of one who said, " What speaks the thunder 
 in its cry through heaven's clouded palaces ? There is one 
 God. And when the fierce tompoat has lifted the billows to 
 mingle with the tumult of the heav ns, what voice is it that 
 rised higher than their loudest outcry ? There is one God. 
 What is the voice of tliose tall pine trees and timo-dofying 
 oaks, royally waving their hands on Itigh as they battle with 
 the tempest, till the hurricane bends them to sweep the 
 ground they have so long shadowed ? There is one God. 
 Is not heaven's artillery ringing it through the air, while the 
 red lightmngs are writing it on the troubled sky in letters of 
 flame, There 1% one God." We all said in our hearts, 
 " There is one God." We did indeed stand in awe of him, 
 as a God of majesty and power ; but wo thought of Jesus 
 Christ, and saw there the majesty of love. This we could 
 not doubt. Jefl\i8 was precious, very precious. But had 
 not the character of God been unfolded in Christ Jesus oui 
 Lord, who took upon him our nature, and by his miracles, 
 invitations and teuv, his life, his sufferings, and his death, 
 
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 BAIWAX AND THB VOTAQB THITIIBtt, 
 
 proclaimed what otherwise we never could have known, the 
 lovo of God to us men and for ua sinnora, wo might indeed 
 have l)olioTed in his existence, but wo should have trembled 
 before his dreadful p.^senco, and have boon terrified by the 
 manifested power of the invisible Ood. At the en<l of an 
 hour tho storm came to a crisis, the raging winds subsided, 
 and the electric fires wore extinguished with torrents of rain. 
 Soon after the rain ceased, and we had a calm and beauti- 
 ful evening. A few friends put mo across the harbor in a 
 sail-boat. As we glided over slowly, the citadel and city, 
 with tho immense foroat of shipping, appeared to great 
 advantage. I went straight to the chapel, and entered into 
 a gracious prayer meeting. The Lord was present, and 
 several poor sinners were converted to God. Returmng 
 homo my soul was very happy, musing most feelingly on the 
 language of one of our poets : — 
 
 " How iweet nt inch • time m thii to morallM, 
 Ami think how noon the «tonn of life 
 Shall p«»», and leave thli frail and earth-bora 
 Part to »eek a iholter in the grare'e iwett 
 Solitadet and thU Impriioned iplrlt, 
 Thus »et free, to plnroe her wlnp, and 
 Soar aloft, to gaze upon the unlverie •, and 
 When her olrcult's done, to (bid her weary 
 Wingt faat by the foot of Ood't eternal throne." 
 
 You will be pleased to know^that in my voyage to tliis 
 city, I had the agreeable company of two Wesleyan clergy- 
 men from Quebec, the Rev. Matthew Richey, A. M., and 
 the Rev. Ephraim Evans, missionaries from Upper Canada, 
 on their way to England. The particulars of this voyage I 
 must defer till another time ; but, before I conclude, I ou^t 
 to state the reason why I am not now on the broad Atlantio, 
 as silence on this point might cause you some uneasiness. 
 When I arrived in thii city the Columbia steamship waa 
 
 
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 I hiiTO known, the 
 , we might indeed 
 iild have trembled 
 ion terrified by th« 
 At the end of an 
 ng winds subsided, 
 ith torrents of rain. 
 , a calm and beauti- 
 >99 the harbor in a 
 B citadel and city, 
 appeared to great 
 }!, and entered into 
 was present, and 
 God. Returning 
 lost feelinglj on the 
 
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 real throne." 
 
 I my voyage to ttu8 
 ro Wesleyan clergy- 
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 rom Upper Canada, 
 ars of this voyage I 
 B I conclude, I ought 
 I ths broad Atlantic, 
 ou some uneasiness, 
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 96 
 
 alongside the (juay, with hor full compliment of passengers. 
 Wo went aboard and found the crow clciiring out the foro- 
 cojttle for the conveni<'nce of additional pmwougers. The 
 agent offered us our |)a8sage for one hundred dollars each, 
 instead of ouo hundred and twonty-fivo. I coiuiidorcd the 
 matter over, and knowing that I Mhould suffer enough by near 
 sickness in the best jmrt of the ship, I recoiled from the 
 prospect of an augmentation of it in such accommodations ; 
 so I refused to proceed, saying, I would wait two weeks for 
 the next steamer. My clerical friends said thoy could not 
 do so, as they had business of importance at the English 
 Conference. It was quite easy to see from our looks, that 
 we had learned a lessjon now, whioh ought V) have been 
 known weeks before, that wo should have either sailed from 
 Boston, or have had our berths engaged there, if we ikitended 
 to go aboard at Halifax. Although several hundreds of 
 miles nearer England than at Boston, they demanded the 
 same fare for passage. 
 
 The vessel is gone, and here I am in a strange city. My 
 soul U very happy in God. Swoet peace and a glow of 
 divine love reign throughout my soul. Glory be to God in 
 the highest ! 
 
 " Within hi* otrcllng powrr I ttand | 
 On every side I flnJ hi* hmid ; 
 Awake, aileop, at home, ahroad, 
 I am (urrounUed itlll wirJi Ood." 
 
 On the 29th of June, about noon, I bade adien to Qnebeo. 
 During my stay there, I preached nineteen sermons, and 
 delivered two temperance lectures. About twenty persons* 
 were converted to God. A large number of kind friends 
 accompanied me to the steamer, each vieing with the other 
 in manifestations of Christian love. My heart waa deeply 
 affected. Many were the tokens of iheir fiiendship. I 
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 thftl I nwdod any thing ; thoir klndncM Iwt winU^r, toj^eth^r 
 with that of Uio Montrual frieu<U, had anttcipatod my wants 
 for •OBQO timo to cotno. It aocnui, however, they were not 
 jet Mtiifled. A few momenta Itofore the Unicom atarted 
 from the dock, a pomon canio ftlM)ar<l aiwl put a letter into 
 my hand, and wont ashonj. My tciirful oyea wore fixed 
 «IK)n my prwcioua frioudu on tho wharves aa long aa I could 
 ■00 them. It ia imiMxwihIo to expreta my feelings. I ro> 
 strained them as long aa I could, but when Quohoo and those 
 I loved had disappeared, • • • • 
 
 After my omotioiu wore sulmided, I opened the letter, and, 
 lo 1 ft check on a hank in I/)n(l()n for more than sufficient to 
 pay my entire expenses from Quebec to Kugland. Tho ac- 
 companying letter informed mo that the gift had originated 
 with a few ladies, followers of our Lord Jesus Christ. I 
 oannot withhold from you a copy of a note which I found 
 folded in tho chock. It is from a precious servant of Christ, 
 one who is an honor to hor hux, aitd an ornament to tho 
 church '>f Qod in that city. Her kind ha<iband and herself 
 have ever shown toward mo tho affection of parents, and in 
 all my visits to Quebec their hospitable house has been my 
 happy homo. May the Holy Ghost ever bless them and 
 thoir iuteroating family ! 
 
 " DiAR Brothsr Cauobet : This is but a smidl mark of 
 our regard for yourself, and love for our adorable Jesus. 
 May Qod odd his richest blessing ! Perhaps in some leisure 
 moment you may find tim9 to look at this lij>t, and here you 
 will see the names of those wlioso hearts the love of Jesua 
 has moulded to beat in unison with your own ; and who feel 
 a street confidence, that if we meet no more on earth, we 
 shall meet around the eternal thrtmo. 
 
 ** Your obliged and attached sister in Christ, 
 
 "Mart M'Liod." 
 
 UL 
 
IlITUKH. 
 
 uit winlpr, together 
 ticipatod my wiuits 
 Ivor, thfijr were not 
 
 Unicom itarted 
 rl put a lotter into 
 il ojros wore fixed 
 
 1 ai long as I could 
 my feelingi. I re- 
 
 n Quoboo and those 
 
 • • • 
 
 mod the letter, and, 
 e than sufficient to 
 Kngland. The ao- 
 ^ft had originated 
 I Jesus Christ. I 
 iioto which I found 
 s servant of Christ, 
 n ornament to tho 
 uaband and herself 
 I of parents, and in 
 louse has been my 
 er bless them and 
 
 but a small mark of 
 ur adorable Jesus, 
 laps in some leisure 
 I lii^t, and here you 
 i the love of Jesus 
 own ; and who feel 
 more on earth, we 
 
 sr in Christ, 
 
 IIAUrAX AND TUK VUTAUI THITHIB. 
 
 87 
 
 Our beautiful steamer dashed down the St. Lawrence in 
 noble style. The ministcn I mentioned m mj Uit were 
 moat agreeable companions. V.' had, uideed, 
 
 ■* TiM fWwl of rtMOO kod th« Sow of twl'* 
 
 As our vessel flow along the waters, her white canvas wings 
 filled with the propitious breese, that delightful verse rolled 
 many times over my mind with tho greatest sweetness — 
 
 *• Pnm ftwwvd, pr«M (bnrard, 
 Tb« priM U In *1«w ( 
 A erown of brigbl glory, 
 b wklUng lot you." 
 
 Thirty-four hours brought us to Oaspe, four hundred mlleg 
 from Quebec. On the evening of the 80th of June, Mr. 
 Riohey preached us an excellent sermon. We had about 
 thirty passengers aboard, and they were very attentive to 
 tho word. 
 
 The St. Lawrence is a beautiful river. From the east 
 end of Lake Ontario, to the Gulf of St. Lawrence in the 
 Atlantic, is seven hundred miles, which is considered, I 
 believe, the length of this river ; but the whole extent d 
 water communication, by the groat lakes and this river, can- 
 not be less than two thousand miles. Besides, it is not only 
 the oatiet to that great ohun of western lakes I have refer- 
 red to, it also receives the waters of Lake Champlain, the 
 Ottawa, or Orwid River, and a great variety of tributary 
 streams. The scenery from Quebec to Oaspe is as diversii 
 fied and pcturesque as you could well imaj^e. From 
 Quebec, one hundred nules, we had almost a oonttnuous chain 
 of littio Canadian houses, with here and there a small village, 
 and the spire of a church " pointing like a silent finger mto 
 heaven." When these are pMt, all is one vast scene of 
 (I'HuUtion. Forests, rooks, preoijnces, and mountuns, mm 
 
r 
 
 M 
 
 ■ALtf AX A!n> TOi TOYAOi Tmnnni. 
 
 b awful and tinipilar profuiion. On approaching th« Qulf, 
 th« granilour and exceeding holditoM of tho mdnly Mfiarattid 
 ■hor«i are quiU) befttling tho mouth of such a mighty rivor. 
 Tho Hcene muit bo ap|>alling in th« <lopth of wiuttir. We 
 found ouneWea in tho (ilulf on tho inonting of July the Ut, 
 an<l weru out of aight of land during Mvorai hours. The 
 wcnthor wa« vury flno, and acarcoly a rippio rufllod that vatit 
 oxpanw of watem. What a coiitraat hotwoon it<^ then placid 
 and silvery bosom, and the terrifiu uproar observable here 
 late in tho autumn or early in the spring I 
 
 Many a flno vcmcI has hoim ingnlfod here ; and the hones 
 of vast multitudes line the shores of this dangerous region. 
 Only a few weeks since, the brig Minstrel, Captain Outer- 
 bridge, struck a dangerous reef in a heavy sea, went down, 
 and nearly all on board perished. The vciw(<l Hailed from 
 Limerick, Ireland, last April, with one hundred and forty-one 
 passengers, emigrants intending t^) nettle in Canada. It 
 seems they had a tolerable passage ; but when full of joy at 
 hailing the land of their destination, and sup{K)sing all their 
 hosanis and hardshifM were over, in a moment the full cup 
 of misery wan placed in their hands, nor was it long ere they 
 drank it to the very dregs. At four o'clock in the morning tho 
 vessel struck on the reef. The boats were launched and 
 made fast to the fore chuits ; upwards of one hundred paA- 
 sengors embarked in Uiom, but their doom was quickly 
 sealed; the brig ''heeled off" into deep water, and went 
 down stem foremost, and so suddenly that the ropes of the 
 boats could not bo cast off, and all followed tho ship to the 
 bottom. Out of upwards of one hundred and fifly souls 
 only eight remained to tell the sad tale. These eight had 
 got into the (pg, which was towing astern ; providentially, 
 the rope which attached it to the vessel broke when she went 
 down, and they escaped from the yawning whirlpool. 
 
HALirAX ARD Till VOYAOi TOmim. 
 
 99 
 
 iroAohing th« Oulf, 
 widrjly aoparaUsd 
 ich R mighty rivor. 
 th of winter. We 
 ng of July the 1st, 
 v«r»i hours. Th« 
 ilo rufltotl that vMt 
 0011 iH then placid 
 ur observable here 
 
 in ; and the bonee 
 dangerous rogioa. 
 ■el, Captain Outer- 
 vy sea, went down, 
 voMvl Hailed from 
 ndred and forty-one 
 lo in Canada. It 
 when full of joy at 
 aup[Hwing all thoir 
 lomont the full cup 
 ftm it long ore they 
 : in Uio morning the 
 rero launched and 
 P one hundred pa»- 
 doom was quickly 
 p water, and went 
 %i the ropes of the 
 red the ship to the 
 ■ed and fifty souls 
 These eight had 
 m ; providentially, 
 poko when she went 
 { whirlpool. 
 
 Bui, ah ! their souls. What liocamo of their souls. How 
 ■udtlon the transition from time to eternity I 8o many ac- 
 countable beings foroe<l, proj^rod or not, into the pr«»sonce 
 of the Judge of all. The capUin, poor follow I iMihavod 
 ouwt gallantly during the awful scene, declaring that ho 
 would not leave the vessel t.. Jl his passengers were saved, 
 and ho poriiihod with the r^st. 
 
 There was another event hapjicned farther up the river 
 lost Novembor, which I uso«i to great advantage at Quebec, 
 at a temperance meeting. Two of Iler Britannic Majesty'! 
 soldiers went ou board a vessel on business ; one of them 
 took with him a Iwttlo of li«iuor ; they got drank, qiwrrellcd, 
 and, seising each other in mortal conflict, carried their ven- 
 geance even unto the death. A gentleman came on deck 
 just as they wont ovorljoanl. They continued their murde^ 
 ou^ grapple in the water till they went down to rise no more 
 alive. But the matter did not end here ; the man who let 
 that soldier have the liquor ha<l a little harbor near his 
 house, where he kept a small boat. One morning, a few 
 woeki after the event, on going down to his boat, lo ! t;"*» 
 victim of his rum, the corpse of that unfortunate soldier lay 
 beside his boat. It had floated seven miles from where the 
 catastrophe happened. A physician told me the effects upon 
 the man were awful. But to return to our voyage in the 
 Gulf. 
 
 I felt grateful to God fcr the calm, not on account of our 
 safety merely, but I did not want to have a foretaste of my 
 seaHiiokness before I had it in good earnest on the Atlantic. 
 The passengers were in fine spirits ; but, at the dinner table, 
 some appeared to think that such spirits could not last long 
 unless recruited by the spiriti) beneath the cork. Your friend, 
 being of quite a different opinion, was drawn into a tempe- 
 rance debate. The bottles, of course aati-temperance char- 
 
 
 MMl 
 
 J 
 
100 
 
 EALIVAX AND THB VOTAGI TiUTHEB. 
 
 actera. were powerful advocates on the other ride. Ailer 
 we had been contending some time, a gentleman from St. 
 John's, New Brcnsnick, observing a bloated son of the cupa 
 deliberately depriving thf« corks of all authority, and liberating 
 most freely, for a moment, the spirits imprisoned, there, then 
 incarcerating them in as hopeless and objectionable a prison 
 as ever poor alcohol had the misfortune to fall into, whispeied 
 in my ear, " How horrible a thing it is to see a man make 
 suca a steam enpne of his stomach ! " This brought him 
 out, and a few strokes like the following put an end to the 
 debate : " I have been to MoDireal, and also to Quebec. My 
 business to these cities has called me frequently to the cab 
 depots. When looking among them for a suitable convey- 
 ance, I aaw poor horses whose hides presented a very wide 
 contraat when compared with others. In a short time I 
 could always tell what horse belonged to a temperance man, 
 and what to an oppoate character. When I saw a good 
 looking horse, and in cxoftUent order, I concluded, that be- 
 longi to a teetotaller ; and when I saw a pwr animal that 
 the crows might be ready to fall upon, I exdMmed, The 
 owner of tlus takes the oats himself; and nothing that oc- 
 curred ai''«rward8 convinced me I had come to an erroneous 
 oonclurion." 
 
 We had only been a few hoiiW out of sight of land when 
 we hailed Prince Edward's Island, and the Island of Cape 
 Breton. The latter island is separated from Nova Scotia by 
 an arm of the sea, caUed the Out of Canso. Both islands 
 betong to Great Britain 
 
 As we nearod land, Prince Edward's Wand looked exceed- 
 ingly beautiful. And now I saw what I had long desired to 
 see, that strange optical illusion, " The Mirage." It is 
 formed by a >«iate of the atmosphere so highly transparent 
 that objects baneatti are refle(ifeed as 19 a mirror. Prince 
 
UTnBB. 
 
 HALDfAX AND THB VOYAaB THITHBR. 
 
 101 
 
 )thor (ude. After 
 ;eDtloman from St. 
 Cd BOQ of tbo cup6 
 rity, andliberatiag 
 lisoDed. there, thoa 
 ectiooable a prison 
 fall into, whispeied 
 io see a man make 
 This brought him 
 put an end to the 
 lao to Quebec. M,y 
 iquently to the cab 
 a suitable convey- 
 ented a very wide 
 jxa short time I 
 k temperance man, 
 ten I saw a good 
 joncluded, that be- 
 a p')or animal that 
 I excljumed, The 
 I nothing that oc- 
 ne to an erroneous 
 
 sight of land trben 
 he Island of Cape 
 om Nova Scotia by 
 080. Both islands 
 
 [and looked excecd- 
 bad long desired to 
 e Mirage." It is 
 highly truisparent 
 a mirror. Prince 
 
 Edward's Island seemed like a scene of enchantment, or 
 some ftury land. The shores arose in bold and lofty gran- 
 deur twice their natural height ; and every object more than 
 doubled its size. The little white houses along the shores 
 were transformed into high towers, and some of them looked 
 like splendid waterfalls, equal to Montmorency or Niagara. 
 The whole was a complete illusion. About ten miles east^ 
 ward, there was another on a parallel with the sun. It was 
 formed by the action of the sun's rays upon the water, the 
 atmosphere being at the same time in a state of peculiar 
 transparency. This was entirely a water illusion. The 
 little waves appeared like a swamp of tall reeds, snd again 
 like an immense sheet of water falling over the side of a 
 
 dam. "" 
 
 Prince Edward'B Island, I understand, contMns a popor 
 lation of ei^ty thousand souls. Cape Breton was first 
 discovered by the French, and called by them L'Isle Boyale. 
 It contwns a population of thirty thousand, and sends two 
 members to the provincial Assembly of Nova Scotia. The 
 island, as I said before, belongs to England ; and her naval 
 power in possesmon of it, eanly commands the whole St. 
 Lawrence. 
 
 We oast anchor in the haribor of Pictou, about dark. It 
 is a spacious basin formed by an arm of the Gulf of St. 
 Lawrence, three miles from its mouth. The small boats were 
 lacuched, and, after some diflSculty with our baggage, we 
 were safely put on shore. We made the voyage from Que- 
 bec to Pictou, six hundred and fifty miles, in fifty-seven hours. 
 I was up next morning in good time in order to get a good 
 view of the town. It his several churches, a court-house, 
 and an afcademy. Population, eighteen thousand souls. 
 Timber, coal, wl, and fish, form the principal articles of 
 tride. The town is pleasantly situated. I understand 
 9* 
 
102 
 
 BAUIAX AND THR VOTAOB THITHBB. 
 
 there is a high probability that it will yet be the great em- 
 porium of the Gulf. The harbor is often frozen m the winter. 
 The coaches wore ready by noon, and, after bargaiaiug as 
 we could with men who seemed determined to make the moat 
 of us, we started for Ualifaz. The sky had a very threat- 
 ening aspect, and the inside b'eiug quite full I was compelled 
 to take my seat with the coachman, which, however, afforded 
 me the advantage of seemg the country. Shortly tho clouds 
 dispersed and we had a lovely day. As our route by many 
 miles through an almost uninhabited desert I expected miser- 
 able roads ; but, to my surprise, they were excellent, equal 
 to any of your Macadamized roads m the United States. 
 
 Some parts of the country were ver^ thinly settled ; 
 others a wilderness of trees and brushwuud. There was 
 nothing, throughout our whole journey across Nova Scotia, 
 looked so dreary to me as the desolate and abandoned hovels 
 of the new settlers. These mournful objects meet the eye 
 ya. different direotiiMis, and fill the mind with a variety of 
 melancholy sensations. Ah! there is a spot that- pleased 
 tho inexperienced eye of a poor exile. There he built his 
 hut of rough logs, wd thither he conducted the partner of 
 his joys and sorrows with the little ones. Yonder, with his 
 brawny arm, he felled the lofty trees, and opened a path for 
 the sunshine to the long neglected bosom of die eartiii. Here 
 was his first cleared field, still full of black stumps ; the 
 marks of the spade wd the plough, with the appearance of 
 a scanty harvest, are still vimble. But the winter came 
 upon him, and the produce of his two small fields, whiQh he 
 had stored so carefully in a comer of his 1(^ house, was ex- 
 hausted before the long and severe winter was over. He 
 had no money to buy im>viu<«s, nor could he and his fiunily 
 by any means subust till a coming harvest. A council was 
 )kdd{ iAd he and hi* wife, wkh weejung eyes, bi^ 
 
IHITHSB. 
 
 et be the great em- 
 frozea m the winter, 
 ttftor bargaiaiug as 
 }d to make the moat 
 ' had a vcrj threat- 
 oil I was compelled 
 I, however, afforded 
 
 Shortly the clouds 
 our route lay many 
 1 1 expected miser- 
 )re excellent, equal 
 J United States, 
 rv thinly settled ; 
 rood. There was 
 cross Nova Scotia, 
 i abandoned hovels 
 jects meet the eye 
 I with a variety of 
 
 spot that pleased 
 
 There he built lus 
 ited the partner of 
 
 Yonder, with his 
 1 opened a path for 
 )f tJie eartiii. Here 
 t>lack stumps ; the 
 , the appearance of 
 it the winter came 
 tall ilelds, whiQh he 
 log house, was ex- 
 r was over. He 
 i he and his fiunily 
 jt. A council was 
 «jang eyes, bi^ 
 
 BAUTAX AUD THl ▼OTAQB THITHBB. 
 
 108 
 
 farewell to their home in the wilderness, and they never had 
 courage to make a second trial of the unkind soil. 
 
 We travelled aU night, and, as morning opened upon us, 
 the country greaUy improved, and continued to do so to 
 Halifax, where we arrived on the 3d instant, in the afternoon. 
 As I related the cause of my detention in my last, I need 
 not repeat it here. The Columbia sailed the evening I ai^ 
 rived. As soon as the Wesleyan miniaters knew I was in town 
 they showed me every mark of kindness and respect. Here 
 I met my old acquaintance, the Rev. William Cro««M)mbe, 
 V ', is Superintendent of the Halifax Circuit. He and his 
 excellent wife wore gUd to see me. I found them both as 
 ardent in the cause of Christ, and as deeply devoted to God 
 as when I parted with them in 1886 at Montreal. Mr. C. 
 introduced me to his colleague, the Rev. Charles de Wolfe. 
 We had not been long together before I found in him a 
 kindred spirit. We have had some deUghtful rides over the 
 pemnsula, and have taken the sweetost counsel on the thing? 
 of God. He is a most intelligent person, and powjfesses 
 talent which wiU, I have no doubt, enable him, if spared, 
 to take the first rank among the able ministerg of the New 
 Testament. 
 
 A home was provided for me at Ae house of Mr. Billipgs, 
 a merchant of the city. He, with his two daughters, had 
 just sailed for England ; but Mrs. B., notwithstanding aU 
 her cares in the absence of her husband, seemed deUghted 
 to show me every kindness that hospitality could devise; 
 dear woman, she was greatly troubled at a Uttte incident 
 which I know wiU amuse yon. Mrs. B. was ii»qiured of 
 whether she ooold acoommodate a sbpanger for a few daya at 
 her house ; her mind being troubled about the departure of 
 her husband and daughters for England, and worn down with 
 the fttigofi of getting th^m in rea4iM«, "N *i»»k ftwa 
 
 1 
 
 riHMMMMM 
 
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 104 
 
 HALIfAX Ain> TUB VOTAOB THITHBR. 
 
 any additicnal trouble ; so, casting a glance at the stranger, 
 who by the way was far from presenting a tidy appearance, 
 beuig in his travelling dress, unshaven, and covered with the 
 duat of a long journey, she gave a positive refusal ; and, 
 indeed, I could not blame her. This was Saturday, and I 
 obtiuned lod^gs elsewhere. 
 
 Next day she was in her place in the house of God, and, 
 hearing your friend in one of his happiest hoars unfolding 
 the wonders of redemption, she became sorely troubled, 
 exclaiming to herself, *'■ Oh ! what is this that I have done ? 
 I have turned away from my house a servant of Qod, I have 
 turned away from my door a minister of Jesus Christ." 
 The following morning she applied to Mr. Crosscombe, and 
 insisted I should malce her house my home. I did so, and 
 in hev I found a mother indeed. 
 
 I am now preaching every night to good congregations. A 
 few have been converted to God. Will you believe me if I 
 tell you that I visited the theatre while in Quebec, " The 
 Theatre Royal," and that I was on the stage and took part 
 in what was going on ; that I had authority to order tiie 
 necessary scenery ; that the theatre filled well, and that I 
 rec^ved great applause for my performances ? Well, so it 
 was ! But it was a temperance meeting. I chose a dark 
 priton itcene for the drapery behind the stage, and brought 
 forward two prisoners to be tiicd before a judge and jury. 
 Tho nam^s of the prisoners were" the Devil and Alcohol. 
 The chairman was the judge, and all who had not signed 
 the total abstmenoe pledge were the jury, and the verdict 
 against Alcohol was to be given by tiie act of sigmn;; ^e 
 pledge. On commencing my addrras, I told them it wi^ i 
 proper, before I preferred my charges against tibe prisoners, 
 or called forth my witnesses, to appriie them that I never had 
 had the honor of being a lawyer, nor had I ever had a law- 
 
 n 
 
JL. 
 
 \ 
 
 ace at the itnuiger, 
 ; a tidy appearance, 
 ad corored with the 
 litive refusal ; and, 
 as Saturday, and I 
 
 house of God, and, 
 sst hoiurs unfolding 
 le sorely troubled, 
 I that I have done ? 
 rant of Qod, I have 
 of Jesus Christ." 
 [r. Crosscombe, and 
 le. I did 80, and 
 
 1 congregations. A 
 you believe me if I 
 I in Quebec, "The 
 stage and took part 
 kority to order the 
 ed well, and that I 
 nces ? Well, so it 
 ig. I chose a dark 
 stage, and brought 
 a judge acd jury. 
 Devil and Alcohol, 
 'ho had not signed 
 ry, and the ferdict 
 I act of sigmn/; r<e 
 I told them it wt^ 4 
 rainst the prisoners, 
 )in that I never had 
 i I ever had » Uw- 
 
 aALOTAX AKD THB VOTAOl TBITUSM, 
 
 m 
 
 suit with man, woman, or child, all the days of my life ; and, 
 therefore, that they must not expect me to adorn my speech 
 with lega' phrases, nor cramp myself with the technicalities 
 of that profession. We had a stirring time, and a noble 
 verdict agiunst Alcohol. 
 
 At the close of the meeting, Mr. Booth, of whom I think 
 you have heard me speak when in * • * * , and who is tiio 
 father of the temperance society in Quebec, came forward on 
 the stage, and taking from his breast his own splendid medal 
 presented it to mo, with a very neat speech, in the midst of 
 tremendous applause. 
 
 I arose and returned thanks to Mr. B., and acknowledged 
 the kindness of tiie audience, a« well as I was capable ; but, 
 really, I had no command of my feelings ; the thing wag 
 BO unexpected and so unmerited that it almost unmanned 
 
 me. 
 
 A few days ago, in company with Mr. D« Wolfe, I visited 
 the ruins of Prince WiUiam's Lodge. (Aftorwardi William 
 IV. of England.) It is situated about two and a half miles 
 from the isthmus, on the western banks of Bedford Basil*. 
 Here, about tlurty-five years ago, the young prince careered 
 in all the dissipation which wealth and luxury could aflford. 
 The building has been rather elegant in its day, but, unlike 
 the ancient castles of Europe, it is not likely long to perpet- 
 uate the memory of him whose name it bears. It is of wood, 
 but neglect uid the extrone rigor of the climate have con- 
 spired to render it a complete wreck, so much so that it is 
 dangerous to enter it. The front is much torn away ; this, 
 and the hanging ceilings, tottering floors and empty chambers, 
 exposed to the gaw of the visitor, render it an object ^ 
 moumfnl desolation. 
 
 We wTf^isred over the grounds, once laid out b hand- 
 Mine waiks, but now totally neglected, and overgrown with 
 
 J 
 
106 
 
 BAUriX AKD TBI VOTAOH TaiTHU. 
 
 grtma and weeda. Here and there re espied little summer- 
 houaes punted white, and surrounded with 
 
 •* Tho iMkfy labyrinth of •mbowtrlng tr«M." 
 
 But the fingers of desolation are busy upon these also, 
 while human fingers have been writing epitaphs in a great 
 rariety of poetic fancies. Several of the versos ponciled 
 upon tho walls are not without merit, principally on the 
 vanity of earthly tlungs ; all tending to confirm that impor- 
 tant sentiment, 
 
 •*& balMt too low, who balld* b«nMth th« ikiM." 
 
 We had not time to copy any of them ; but, after glanc- 
 ing at the circular wine-house, standhig lonely and decaying 
 upon a jutting promontory on the brink of the basin, we 
 came away mournfully reflecting, Here is the place whore 
 the prince revelled in all the luxuriance of English living ; 
 but he has gone to the grave, and a singular frown of 
 desolation neemA to hong over the scenes of his former 
 pleasures. 
 
 (Jod has a good, a lovely people in Halifax. Our meet- 
 ing9 are delightful. There is a move among sinners, and 
 one now and again converted to QoA. Here, as in most 
 places, I met with a little prejudice against the adoption 
 of extraordinary means for the revival of the work of God ; 
 but, I doubt not, oovJd I remain hero two or three months 
 longer, all feeling of this kind woidd vamsh, and we should 
 have a warm and general coK>peration fipom all who love 
 Christ and the souls of men. But I cnnnot stay. To-mor^ 
 row, if God permit, I shall s«l for England. If his provi- 
 dence conduct me safely over the great deep, you may 
 expect to hear of me from some part of that country. 
 
 The other night I gave a lecture on temperance. The 
 
raiTUM. 
 
 spied little summer- 
 ith 
 
 baM." 
 
 sy upon those also, 
 epitaphs in a groat 
 the ▼ersoa ponciled 
 , principally on the 
 confirm that impor- 
 
 t th« tkiM." 
 
 n ; but, after glano- 
 lonelj and decaying 
 ,k of the basin, we 
 is the place whore 
 
 of English living ; 
 
 singular frown of 
 senes of his former 
 
 alifax. Our meet- 
 among sinners, and 
 
 Here, as in most 
 gainst the adoption 
 f the work of God ; 
 no or three months 
 tmsh, and we should 
 
 firom all who love 
 iTiot stay. To-mor^ 
 and. If his provi- 
 3at deep, you may 
 :hat country. 
 I terapcranoA. The 
 
 BALIVAX Ain) TBM VOTAQI TUITHUU 
 
 107 
 
 audience was very large, and for a time appeared passionless ; 
 but when I got fairly into my subject, the cool-tempered 
 Nova Scotians gave ample proof that ihey were capable of 
 the highest excitement. Every man, woman, and child, 
 seemed resolved they v/ould never drink another drop of 
 intoxicating liquor. Two dogs, which had followed their 
 masters to the meeting, got full as much excited m any of 
 the rationals, and gave their full-mouthod applause in their 
 own way. So we had what Thomas describes so nervously, 
 
 *'The olwnor ro«n of mra utd bojri Mid doiit.** 
 
 Success to the Nora Scotiaos. If they are not as hearty as 
 they should be in religion, I am glad to see them at least 
 whole^ouled on the temperance subject. Perhaps the 
 following anecdote may not be unacceptable : — 
 
 Previous to the above meeting, a committee of the cit^ 
 temperance society wuted upon me, and brought with them 
 an old gentleman, who is a member of our church and a 
 warm advocate of temperance, to introduce them. In the 
 course of the conversation he sud, "This morning I was sit' 
 ting in the barber's shop, and my large dog was waiting for 
 mo near the door. A man came in who. is an habitual 
 drunkard. He has made efforts sevsral times at reformatiwi, 
 but has agtun and agMn fallen into his intemperate habits. 
 This morning he was sober and thov ghtful. I sud to him, 
 
 << <Do you see that dog ?' 
 
 " ♦ Yes, I do,' said he, ♦ and a fine one he is too.' 
 
 " I then ordered the barber's boy to hand me an empty 
 glass, and I held it towasd the dog's moutii ; but the poor 
 animal sneaked away with his tail between his legs, as if he 
 were ashamed, or was about to receive a severe chastiset oni. 
 The poor fellow expressing some surprise, I asked him if ho 
 
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108 
 
 BAUVAX AHD THB TOtA01 THITHim. 
 
 knew the reawn why that dog mwakod away eo. ♦ No, Sir ; 
 why doeete that!' , ^ . a 
 
 " * WeU, Wend, that dog wm once made drunk, and erer 
 •bee ifagla«i»heldouttohimthu»,heaotaju«tM. Thk 
 ia a Newfoundland dog. SeTeral year, ago some flAennen 
 of that country made hhn drunk ; and euoh is his hatred, 
 on that account, toward any of the craft; that if a fisherman 
 
 or fiiihermaa'e boy Aould hold out the glaw to him he would 
 
 capeiiehiminaiiDmenl.' He would bite him.' 
 
 "My hearer felt the reproof, and made hiB exit, not without 
 
 rMseiYing a le«on which I trust may be made a lasting 
 
 bkssing." 
 
 X 
 
 mtm 
 
BITBn. 
 
 r»y 10. * No, Kr ; 
 
 de dnink, aad •▼« 
 ftota juBt 10. Thic 
 ,go tooM fishermen 
 laoh ii hia hatred, 
 Uiat if a fishemiMi 
 ksa to him he would 
 
 I him.' 
 
 hiB exit, not witiiont 
 
 be made a laflting 
 
 *#■ 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 THB ATLANTIC VOTAOi. 
 
 Ab the refleotiTe reader peruses this chapter, he wiU not 
 f!ul to notice the utflexible adhesion of our travoller to the 
 grand object of his mission. In the friendly outpouring of 
 his soul in this characteristic correspondence, he has, with 
 manifest unconsciousness, revealed its devotion to its chosen 
 work of soul-saving. Amidst the mixed society of the 
 iteamship he maintains the character of the Christian laborer, 
 and is ready to grapple in argument with the sceptic, to utter 
 an adroit and cutting rebuke to the gambler, to preach the 
 gospel alike to the purse-proud voyager in the cabin, and to 
 the poor sulor in the forecastle. This is as it should be. 
 The Christian, and more especially the Christian mimster, 
 should see his field of labor every where ; and seise upon 
 every opportunity to work for his master. Not only ihoold 
 ha be heroio, 
 
 •< In the worU'i biMd tM of biUtla," 
 
 but also 
 
 "IntUMmMMofUOk" 
 
 In hooae, shop, street, ship, every where he should keep 
 diligently at lus master's work. 
 
 It is in tlus devoted spirit we ^d our revivalist travormng 
 ^e "booodlees sea." But why is he found there at all? 
 10 109 
 
 ! 
 
 ■Mi 
 
Jhk 
 
 110 
 
 TBI ATLAimO YOTAOII. 
 
 Whj U ho not moving in tho (luiot iphoro of » village or city 
 pMtor ? Why doo« he encounter tho drc»ry •term T— Tho 
 (Ungera and unploMWitnew of tho ocean wa«t« ? 'A hy goes 
 he to another land ? Does he expot to be greeted by tho 
 bpen hand« and hurtung hoarta of affectionate friomU ? Nay I 
 IIU frionda are behind him. None but strangen wUl ho 
 meet on tho ihorea to which be hiwton. Why then dooi ho 
 
 go at all 7 . 1. .. 
 
 Reader ! Our traveller believe* Qod haa a work for him 
 to d J in the BritUb lalanibi. Ho travel* an a iptoial ambaa- 
 aador for Chriat ! Faith in his call to thia high miaaion ia hia 
 only Bupport. Inapirod by thia faith alone, he approachea a 
 land already filled with ininmtera, many of whom rank far 
 above him in position, influence, talent, learning, and akUl I 
 How Qnixotio and fanatical if aelf-inapired ! How aublimo 
 In Y ' fiuth ! — how ahnplo in hia obedience if called of God I 
 But lot ua join him on tliia ocean voyage. 
 
 On tho 19th of July, 1841, 1 went aboard tho atearaer 
 Britannia, Captain Clollan, and aailed about aeven, P. M. 
 I apent ftttoen daya in Halifax, preached eighteen aermona ; 
 several tinnora were converted to Qod, and one claaihloader 
 profeiaed to have received tho bleaaing of entire aanctificar 
 tion. I formed an acquaintance with aome of tho excellent 
 of tho earth in that city, acvoral of whom accompanied me 
 to tho aWp. No sooner had wo cleared the harbor, than I 
 began to be aiok. Tho Lord Ikvored us with fine weather 
 till Saturday morning. That waa a bleak morning to mo. 
 Nothing waa to bo aeon but aky and water. Our ahip was 
 toaaod about upon tho angry waves like a feather. W« 
 could well believe the sentiment of a poet : 
 
 " Th« w»T« b«bind imp«ls th« jiw bcftm ( 
 Th« wnym that rU« would drown lb« highMI WB.** 
 
m ATtAmO TOtAfll. 
 
 Ill 
 
 villftge or citj 
 •torm T— Th« 
 s ? "fV )iy gooi 
 lpro«te(t by the 
 riomUT N»jl 
 angen will h« 
 then do«s he 
 
 % work for him 
 tpteial %mbM> 
 ;h mianion in hi« 
 e approAchofi a 
 whom rank far 
 ung, and skill t 
 How flublime 
 oaUed of Ood 1 
 
 >d the steamer 
 t Boren, P. M. 
 tteen sermons; 
 tne clas»-leader 
 itire sanc^osr 
 if the cxcoUont 
 Aoompaniod me 
 
 barW, than I 
 
 h fine weather 
 
 morning to me. 
 
 Our ship was 
 
 feather. We 
 
 
 Now the yessel was Ijring across the deep troai^ of two 
 foaming billows, and again hangiiig on the drca«lful steeps of 
 a mountain wave. Hiduotimes IkiUi who«ls were out of the 
 water ; at others, one whrol would bo burie«l deep b the 
 troubled sea, while the other was several feet from the sur- 
 Am*. It was astonuhmg t« see under what perfect com- 
 mand our engineer had the btoain and machinery. Tlie 
 surgeon told mc the great«<st caution and vigilance wort 
 required to teguhito the power in proywrtion to tlie dip of the 
 wheels ; as error or neglect wonld, in a few momentti, be 
 attondo<l with the most fatal c«)nso<tuonces to tbo machiuory. 
 To lie in my Iwrth 1 could not, to nit still when out of it 
 was impossible ; so, with a few other determined spirit*, I 
 clambered to the hurricane dock. ll*>rt wo walked, or ran, 
 or staggered, or sprawled, s«cording to the force of oiroumr 
 stances • and if some of these poor sinners had never read 
 Psalm cvii. 28 — 28, they did at this fmie receive a most 
 striking comment upon the passage, While some of us were 
 battling with the tremendous motion, resolving to keep on 
 our legs in spite of all the laws of gravitation, we amused 
 ourselves with the reflection, if the sea does not soooeed in 
 finding us pleasure, we are fiuite sure it aflfords us emidoy- 
 
 ment. 
 
 I thought of the man who, when asked what were the first 
 princip'es and principal parts of eloquence, ropUed, "Ac^n ! 
 action! action!" If so, the deck of a ship in • storm is Uie 
 place to learn action. There is not a gesiure peculiar to the 
 eloquent orator that he will not be forced to imitate, unless 
 he cling to the bulwarks with his head over the side ; like 
 sm« timid preachers I have seen, who seemed determmod 
 nol to lose the pulpit although they mi^t their argument. 
 Head snd arms, and lops and feet, arc all in motion ; some- 
 tteiM, indeed, not the moat graceful, as, in " tiie storm and 
 
 
 f"i'''"*lif''., 1,11, 
 
 ■!■>■ 
 
119 
 
 m A'Ukfwe votiti. 
 
 pftMion of the •onl," il m diP alt to »Tolci •• ortrttopplnu the 
 nodeetj of iwtur' : but Mime are the moet gnuseful inuiKitv- 
 »llo. Nor should we format the exi)r«?iMiion of the cou»t«- 
 nsnoe »k partif'ulmr loaeoiui, nor the eye in *' fine freiay 
 Itrflbg," ti\ indicative of the strongcet ciuotion* in tlie nJtpou 
 <rf the heart. If a nuuj have acquired an awliwanl ra*thod 
 of walking, thin in U»e place to gpt cUsar of it, for hfre ho ia 
 pnt through all tho varieties of gait |)Oor human ualurt? ii 
 capable of. If ho iU,»m<- to indulge in B«ilite«jui©«, and he 
 wUi be much inclined to do eo, he can relieve lumwlf inoet 
 pathetically without diiiturhing any Innly, aa the roost of thowj 
 around him are aa prono to tlio same indulgence aa himaclf ; 
 and the nimble winds will carry away hia voice with the roar 
 of the wavoH and rigging he knowi not whither. Uer* ha if 
 " alone 'midiit buay multitudea." 
 
 And this is the apot to exerciae the lunga, and (^ve oobif. 
 pam to the voice. Only let our »0ircU$aHt orator havo an 
 audience of two or three, and resolve to be beard ; if he auo- 
 oeed, he need never have any rawgivinga about making the 
 moet diatMit pcraona of tbouaanda hear. 1 wondered that 
 Dtfmoethcne* should have stood by the sea shore to exeroisa 
 ; imoelf in oratory, amidst Uie roar of the waves ; had he 
 " li pat out froin tbe Icaid when Uie storm was abroad upon 
 i- leep, i>e might have studied at one and the same time 
 gesture and elocution. The promenade, or what wrae call 
 the hurricane deck, is the place to exercise one's jud(paent, 
 I mean during a gale. For instance, iwo or three doaen 
 waves are coming on irith the swiftness of race horses. Now 
 the question is, what part of the vessel will rfi-^y strikis firtt T 
 On the starboard or larboard? The head or stem? In 
 what direction is it likely the groaning slap will lurch ? 
 What degree of inclination in the opposite direction will be 
 ■afeit and moat necessarj to naatraliM theao " eooentrio 
 
m 
 
 TWl Al'JUmO V0TA«1. 
 
 lit 
 
 r«nt«ppinx tho 
 nusefiil tniAKitv- 
 of tho cuunUj- 
 j •• fin« fr«iuijr 
 M in Ui« r«|0on 
 ikwftrd riM>th(>d 
 , for h«^r« ho is 
 itnwi ikAtunt il 
 |»({uie«, uvi be 
 9 binuiolf iiMCt 
 mont of thoM 
 iico oa himaoif ; 
 e with Ute rotr 
 )r. Uor* ha it 
 
 and f^vo oom^ 
 orator havo an 
 lard ; if h« auo- 
 ont making the 
 
 wundorod that 
 Bore to exercise 
 nravea ; had he 
 an abroad upon 
 
 the flame time 
 
 what iuane call 
 ine's judgment, 
 or three dosen 
 d horses. Now 
 ny strilra first? 
 
 or stem? In 
 up will lurch ? 
 lireotion will be 
 ecoentoio 
 
 laws of (ratiUlkn f Hhall I incline to the north or sotil^ 
 oa^t or west T A ►. an angle of how many degrees T Quiok t 
 alaat I am flat on the dock, or clinging U> tho htiUarks, 
 holding on in desperation, while I am greatly vt a ioes 
 whether to show my displeasure at the outrageous laughter of 
 my more fortunate cowpanions, or at tho ftckle 8liit> *•»•* 
 unsteady elements, or retreat at onco from tlio scone of my 
 humiliation. The wisofct way, however, is t«) do neither. 
 Every mishap of this kind must' bo taken in giKwl |»art ; and 
 it is generally ^Jjoaght no small mark of talont and good 
 breeding, when a man can gather himself up without ombar- 
 rasamcnt, and rejoin the company in a manner the most 
 graoefii and easy. I assure you many have found it very 
 difficult to avoid the indulgence of a secret wish, that the 
 gwnl ship would try an oxi)Orimcnt ufion some of the rest, 
 especially Uio merry ones. Tlicn here a man may loam 
 how to treat the world, and it is a flne opportunity. If many 
 ai« walking to and flpo we must always be willing to go out 
 of the straight line of an intended course, in order to avoid 
 concussions with our fellow-travellers. We must bear and 
 forbear, live and let live, and join hands sometimes to keep a 
 poor fellow on his feet. If a lurch of the vomoI has sent a 
 follow-fAssi'ngcr adrift, so U.at he has lost all authority over 
 his limbs, do as you would bo done by, catch him if you can, 
 but if not without a violent collision, let hun go, 
 
 " To n»n, or w»lk, or twing, or tonbtt i 
 A» nwtUr ud m mbtlon Jambls." 
 
 This is the place to learn forbearance. If % Wend crosses 
 my path, and treats me to an upset, I must not get out of 
 humor ; the enemies outside are to blame, aud they don't 
 oare a farthing for our wrath. It is hard to feel quite rij^t 
 sometimes. F<»r imtanoe, a stupid fellow is gawking around, 
 10* 
 
 iMiNHBSIHISiiiiBta 
 
 ksinti 
 
mmmm 
 
 Aruama voTAai. 
 
 and not mindbg what he is about ; a sudden jerk, and away 
 he ootaea like an avalanche, and " at one fell swoop " you 
 are level with the deck ; and, if you keep your temper, you 
 may reason with philosophic Locke, " If a greater force than 
 nune holds me fast, or tumbles me down, I am no longer 
 free." And if you have the good fortune to get clear of 
 the grappling limbs of your vulgar companion, luid have the 
 privilege of shiftmg for yourself as you roll along, whether 
 you will or not, you may experiment upon another plain 
 principle of philosophy, laid down by a thinking man ; and 
 if you are too busy m other matters I am siue the spectators 
 will think for you : " When a man tumbles a roller down a 
 hill, the man is the violent enforcer of the first motion ; but 
 when it is once tumbling, the property of the thing itself oon- 
 , tinues the motion." 
 
 WeU, the day passed away slowly. I am sure it was the 
 most bleak hu^d tedious day of my ezisienoe ; a day never to 
 be fi)rgoii.en. But the motion outmde was nothing when 
 compared with the " dread commotion of my interior self." 
 Wlton somewhere talks about 
 
 '' Prodigiow motion felt, and raefU thraM." 
 
 I wonder if the poet was ever sea-siok. No one who has 
 fltver felt this " prodi^ous motion," Mid these " rueful 
 throes," will ever wonder at the strong expressions of ano- 
 ther poet : — 
 
 " C«aM, OMM, thou fouDing ocean, 
 For what* s thjr troubled mutlon. 
 To that within my breaat 7" 
 
 A« ni^t approached the wind lulled considen^ly, but strtrng 
 necesfflty kept me on my feet till eleven o'clock. 
 
 Ait I was pacing the deck with tolerable steadineee, a little 
 man stepped up to me, and entered into conversation upon 
 
 !iJ!*W76' 
 
n jerk, and sway 
 fell swoop" pu 
 jronr temper, you 
 p:«ater force than 
 , I am no longer 
 ) to get clear of 
 ion, and have the 
 1 along, whether 
 on another plain 
 iking man ; and 
 ire the spectators 
 > a roller down a 
 irst motion; but 
 ) thing iueU' oon- 
 
 n sure it was tbo 
 ; a day never to 
 ts nothing when 
 ny Ulterior self." 
 
 No one who has 
 [ these <*raefal 
 pressions of ano- 
 
 rably, bat nixoog 
 lock. 
 
 teadinees, a little 
 onvetsation ufion 
 
 mmmm" 
 
 NMMNMiMtMHMUl 
 
 miaift 
 
 rBM ATURTIO TOTAftl. 
 
 116 
 
 religious subjects. Perceiving tltat he loved to talk, and 
 quite preferred to be the principal speaker, and not beiag 
 much in the talking mood myself, his " ruling passion " had 
 free scope. Finding me so teachable, he began to open his 
 miud upon all aubjocto which be thought a man of my age 
 should have long since understood. The character of his 
 mind assumed a mongrel complexion, part Quaker and part 
 Deist. War he abhorred, and all kinds of priestoiuft ; and 
 all priests were brimful of war and ;>rieatcrafl, priests of 
 every denomination. All denominations of Christians were 
 wrong ; the Quakers were the nearest right, but somewhat 
 astray also. I told him I enteruuned a very high respect 
 for pious clergymen of all denominations. This aroused him, 
 and he recaptulated his arguments, iia he thought, in a nwMt 
 convincing manner. I then began to put the littie num on 
 the defensive, by proposing questions and starting objections, 
 but carefully avoided affirming any thing. For a time, as I 
 still retuued the character of a learner, he retuned his good 
 humor ; but finding, what I before suspected, that it was 
 TKudh eauer to ask questions than to answer them, he be- 
 came very boisterous. His voice, not by any means pleas- 
 ing, aivse in shrillness to a squeak ; so if one storm had 
 Bubnded, here was the beginning of another. It was very 
 gratifying to him that I should be the humble pupil, but it 
 became rather faasardous for the pupil to confound the tutor. 
 The dilemma was sometimes most humiliating. After labor- 
 ing hard upon some plain question, and tiiat too witfar the 
 generous prolixity of one who said on another occasion, " I 
 know your mind, and I will satisfy it ; neither wiU I do it 
 like a niggardly answerer, going no fiirther than the bounds 
 of the question." Poor fellow, gomg beyond " the bounds 
 of the question" involved him again in other questions, 
 patil he firand himself insuoh a labyrinth that he lost all 
 
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i. 
 
 116 
 
 THB ATLAKnO VOYAQl. 
 
 patience, and called me a " blockhettd," " a moat ignorant 
 man," " exceedingly weak-minded," *' incapable of uuder- 
 ttanding or appreciating an argument," etc. 
 
 I told him all that might be very true ; but, as I had 
 jdaced myself in the capacity of a learner, he must not get 
 out of humor with me, bat have patience. Then, in great 
 pity, he would ag^ condescend to my weaknees of intellect, 
 and would try to make the thmg appear as pliun as A B ; 
 but thia gave rise to other objections, and he was driven to 
 his ynVa end to explain and defend some palpable contradio- 
 ikoB. At last he exckumed, *^ You ane eitiier a knave or 
 a fool." 
 
 I replied, in the height of good humor, " I do not feel 
 greatiy demrous of setting you right as to what I am, but I 
 do assure you your self-conceit, to say the least, has involved 
 you in the fog ; so that I will venture to say, you don't know 
 to wbioh p(Hnt of the compass to steer for tiie rest of your 
 argument." 
 
 But I was qmte mistaken. Alter oalUng me some hard 
 n^'nes he steered for the stairway of the promenade deck 
 and disappeared, to the no small amusement of one or two 
 passengers who had kept close to our heels during the con- 
 versation. I happened to be wrapped in my cloak that night, 
 and concluded he would not know me in the day-time ; but 
 he did, and was exceedingly shy for several days; but, 
 before our voyage was over, he became very sociable, and 
 never once recurred to our first acqmuntance on the promr 
 enade deck. 
 
 Another incident occurred one ni^t, either before or 
 
 after, I am not sure which. I was sitting in tiie saloon readr 
 
 ^Ibg. A number of gentlemen had commenced on my right 
 
 hand playing cards. I concluded not to retire, and continued 
 
 reading. The author suggested a few thoa(B^ts, and as I 
 
 T 
 
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1 
 
 m 
 
 TBI ATLAKHO VOTAAB. 
 
 117 
 
 *' a moat ignorant 
 ipable of uuder- 
 I. 
 
 ; but, u I had 
 he must not get 
 Then, in great 
 knees of intellect, 
 plain as A B C ; 
 he was driven to 
 alpable contradio- 
 eiUier a knave or 
 
 "I do not feel 
 what I am, but I ' 
 east, hag involved 
 y, you don't know 
 r the rest of your 
 
 ng me some hard 
 promenade deck 
 ent of (me or two 
 I during the con- 
 f cloak that night, 
 le day-time; but 
 I'eral days; hut, 
 ery sociable, and 
 tce on the prom- 
 
 eitlier before or 
 in tiie saloon read- 
 need on my right 
 ire, and continued 
 oughts, and m I 
 
 was in the act of noting them down in my pocket-book, one 
 of the party turned round from his cards and sud, *' You 
 are maidng extraote, eh ? " 
 
 I answered, Yes, and turned his attention to the bodii. 
 Psalm. I told him there was great beauty and majesty in 
 the whole Psalm; but the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th veisea 
 were very significant : " When I thought to know this, it 
 was too piunful for me ; until I went mto the sanctuary of 
 God ; then understood I their end. Surely thou didst set 
 them in slippery places : thou castedst them down into de- 
 stmotion. How are they brought into desolation, as in a 
 moment ! they are utterly consumed with terrors." 
 
 It appears, Sir, the Psalmist was pained, if not bewildered, 
 on beholcUng tiie prosperity, apparent happiness and secnrity, 
 of ungodly men. He had been viewing tiiem firom various 
 points of observation, but never could find liis mind other 
 than in a state of oonfunon respecting them, till he took his 
 pontion in tjie simotuary of God. You know. Sir, I oosh 
 tinned, that landscape painters have to change their pontion 
 often before they are satisfied as to tiie best and most com- 
 manding view of the scenery. One of these will wander up 
 and down, from rock to rock, and from one jutting promon- 
 tory to another, until he li^ts upon a spot which, above all 
 others, aflfords the most superior view. So it was with the 
 Psalmist, when his post of observation was " the sanctuary 
 of God," where he had a commanding view of eternity ; 
 heaven and hell were now spread before the eye of his fnth ; 
 then it was he saw the dreadful precipice, upon the slippery 
 steeps of which the ranners of his day were sporting \ and 
 he exclaimed, in a way he never could before, " Surely thou 
 ctidst set them in sUppery places ; thou castedst them down 
 into destruction. How are they brought into desolation, as 
 in a mcHOMnt ! they are utterly consumed with temmi.'' 
 
 ritfawtfi.w^iiiag.>i» iTjij 
 
 mm 
 

 1 
 
 118 
 
 THl ATLAMTIO VOYAOl. 
 
 ^ 
 
 The cam player waa rery uneasy, and, au «o<m aa I had 
 oloaed my remark*, his head turned the other way, and he 
 took good care not to auk me any more queationa. He 
 neither liked the position I occupied, nor was he aatiaBed 
 TTith his own. Who knows but even this seed sown upon the 
 waters of the broad Atlantic may yet spring up and bnng 
 forth fruit unto eternal life ? 
 
 But to return. That stormy Saturday and its night passed 
 away, as other days and nights have done, and a pleasant 
 Sabbath succeeded. The captain requested mo to preach 
 to the paa-iengers, which I did about eleven o'clock, to as 
 many as the large saloon would hold. Text, Hebrews vu. 2b. 
 An were very attentive, God was there, and a very gracious 
 influence seemed to rest upon every mind. I descnbed 
 Christ as the only acceptable medium of access to God: 
 « Come unto God by him." Two ways of approach unto 
 God were then pointed out. First. To come unto Ocd fo.- 
 pardon and salvation. Second. To watt till we are irmn 
 tobe judged and damned. I insisted that God and the smr 
 ner must meet in tlus world or the next. That the mau. 
 whd wffl not come unto God to be pardoned must at las\. 
 suffer the driving process. He must be driven to God for 
 judgment, and fW)m thenoi into beU. Again : Thi»'^ it was 
 just as possible to be damned in coming to God in a forbid- 
 den manner, as in not coming at aU ; and eommentod upon 
 the sixteenth chapter of Numbers. 
 
 My second proposition was the encouragement we have to 
 come unto God by Christ. First. His ability to save, 
 «He is able," etxs. Second. His willingness, "He ever 
 liveth to make intercession for us." An interceding Jesus 
 proves he is a willing Saviour. Third. The extent to which 
 his abiHty and willingness can go to save us, "To ttie utter- 
 most." Concluded with an exhortation. 
 
J. 
 
 1, M toon M I had 
 I other waj, and he 
 )re questions. He. 
 )r was he aatiafied 
 seed sown upon the 
 ring tip and bring 
 
 and its night passed 
 )ne, and a pleasant 
 tstod mo to preach 
 loven o'clock, to as 
 9Xt,Hebrew8vii. 26. 
 and a very gracious 
 mind. I described 
 of access to God: 
 m of approach unto 
 come unto Gcd fo» 
 e till we are driven 
 hat God and the nn- 
 }zt. That the man 
 ird<med must at lasi 
 \m driven to God for 
 Apun : Thi»'^ it was 
 g to God in a fothid- 
 ugid commented upon 
 
 ragement we hare to 
 His ability to save, 
 illingness, " He ever 
 In interceding Jesus 
 The extent to which 
 reus, "Totheutter- 
 1. 
 
 THS AtULtniQ VOTAOI. 
 
 118 
 
 I did not intend it, but I have scribbled away till, lo ! you 
 have the outline of my first sermon on the Atlantic. At the 
 close of the service the capUun invited me to preach to the 
 crew, which I did after dinner. It wtk* very sweet and 
 solemn to hear the tolling of the ship's .bell. Many of the 
 passengers mingled with the sailors. The vessel rolled about, 
 but I contrived to stand pretty firmly, while discussing 
 Hebrews ri. 7. Thus ended the feeble labors of another 
 blessed Sabbath of my existence. 
 
 On Monday the waves ran very lugh,but I had become 
 quite a sailor ; had some pleasant conversations with several 
 of the passengers, and spent part of Uxe day in assisting 
 a German to the right pronunciation of tome English words 
 irith which he had great difficulty. 
 
 The weather continued rough, and the restiess sea, oh! 
 
 what shall I say ? 
 
 But day and mght our fine steamer never paused. Onward she 
 pressed to her port amidst a tiiousand insulto. The prophet 
 Habakkuk speaks of the " deep uttering his v<»co, and Uft- 
 mg up his hands on high." Many-fisted waves were lifted 
 up, and thousands of them would come rushing on inrajnd 
 succession, like so many giants, each more eager tiian tiie 
 other to strike and overwhelm her ; some would fetch her a 
 blow right in the face, and half a dosen on i side of the 
 head ; while otiiers threw tiiemselves entire upon her ; but 
 lolUng and staggering, she mounted upon tiieir backs and 
 " ran through a troop," while Aousands of her enenues fell 
 beneath 
 
 " ThoM flMhlM* •mat, whot» pultM b*^ 
 
 ■m 
 
 wmmm. 
 
190 
 
 THI ATLAimO YOTAOI. 
 
 Intht midnight hoar or »k the morning dawn we ooaU hmt 
 
 •• Th* bMkUDg or Iwr Nitl«M hawt, 
 8ttU Mandlng through tho (ttxrinl " 
 
 A« we were flying slong the face of the w»ten, refleoi- 
 ing that eeyen daye ba-^ nearly pawed away since we loet 
 A^t of the American continent, wo were cheered with the 
 exclamation, "Land! land!" and "land! land!" was 
 re^hoed ftom every part of the ship. In a ehort time we 
 were oloee upon the northern coast of Ireland ; and about 
 daiic we ran down between Torry Island and Ireiiind, in the 
 midst of an angry sea. The momont we loet our bold upon 
 any part of the vessel we were dashed about like footballs. 
 Next morning we were still close upon the shores of Ireland ; 
 and in the coarse of a few hoars we found ourselves running 
 along the coast of Wales. The pleasant hills of old England 
 rai^dly opened *<y our view, vrith liverpool in the distance. 
 After a pause of a few minutes, in order to receive a pilot, 
 we entered the river Mersey, and landed about seven o'clock 
 on the evening of the 29th of July. We made the passage 
 flpom Halifax to liverpool in not quite ten days ; the quick- 
 eii, I have been informed, oa record. 
 
twnwtoottld hMT 
 
 I" 
 
 \» w»ton, rafleoi- 
 »wfty nnce we lost 
 e cheered with the 
 indl land!" WM 
 la a abort time we 
 reland; and about 
 and Irehmd, in the 
 lost our hold upon 
 ilwut like footballB. 
 shores of Ireland ; 
 i ouraelTes running 
 tdUs of old England 
 K>1 in the distance. 
 r to receive a pilot, 
 about seven o'clock 
 re made the passage 
 a days; the quiok- 
 
 OHAPTER X. 
 
 TBB DIKOUBMaNT. 
 
 Tbbrb is somethmg exquisitely touching in t&e simple and 
 natural narration, which Mr. Caughey has given below, of 
 his mental exercises on arriving at Liverpool. Guided by 
 an impression, which worldly men and formal professon 
 would treat with positive contempt, and which even truly 
 spiritual minds would regard with a degree of suspcion, 1m 
 had lefk lus quiet pastorate in Vermont, buffeted the violence 
 of the ocean's storms, and arrived in the land whidh was 
 divinely designated as the theatre of his future successes. 
 ]lut, who would believe in his mission ? Who would put ftdth 
 it an imprettion, which, however potent and authoritative to 
 his own mind, eould have little weight with others, especidly 
 with strangeis. Indeed, to confess the cause of his coming 
 would certainly render him obnoxious to the charge of entiia- 
 nasm. Knowing all this, is it wonderful that a S{nrit of sad- 
 ness took possession of his heart ? Can we feel surprised 
 to read that a sense of loneliness, a feeling of perplexity, an 
 apprehension of evil disturbed his spirit ? Nay ! All this 
 was perfectly in accordance with human nature ; while, the 
 degree of serenity he did retain, the patience with which he 
 waited for Cbd to open an effectual door, and, above all, the 
 tenacity with which his heart dung to the reality of his call, 
 and the certainty of his final success, exhibit him in an 
 aspect of true moral subliimty ; of holy hermsm-; of a man 
 11 121 
 
 MH 
 
 s 
 
 ! 
 
XBB pmOUlMINT. 
 
 «d any thing but the offepring of fanaUcmm. But we m^ 
 ^ W JreUte his own intemiing .tory of h« onM>tion.^^ 
 
 wS the .trceU of Liverpool and followed the gmdmg h«^ 
 
 of God. Heaays:— 
 
 All are strangem, and erery thing ia strange. I hate 
 w.lked7..m atreet to street, and firom place to place on. 
 ;:lltg and unknown. Although I havM>-^d w^ 
 ceasing, it is no easy matter to keep my heart (^ «^ 
 into despondency ; but, as I have «^"«7^ j^ '*t„, 
 „.ind so frequently before -ome -"-^^^^^^'^^^j.^pT 
 »;„;.(r. it doM not mach dacoarage me, ulthoogh it a P^- 
 M 7il«Tol » J.', formed . ™glo «,««nt«>ee m 
 
 keen k Terr good hou«, » r"» » "'? O-"*" '"'™" 
 
 t^ ^Z I h.« fo»«d to t«.il.' fJ't "J P-^ 
 
 u .„ L «ul I oniojed weel oommuiuon mill IM 
 
 a„a ^ not mten* .o .»k. -■ '"•^ ^"^jf ^^^"^ 
 corfbund th. thing. wlnA are might, . wd "^ ""»■' 
 
 toZiAi thing, that .«; he never would hay. "^^ 
 
 '"'^'i. before „„ I know not. bnt I deeply feel *ere « 
 JIZ^ appn».hing. My nnnd U Top, "Tf •*»"^ 
 
 l,«,di«el7 into littC. »a IWy, » to »•>»>«* "«" 
 
 iptniilifcirliiiii'niWiW" 
 
i 
 
 HBBH 
 
 ' ■ 'PP 
 
 mi DKfotnumr. 
 
 oere, endoringi 
 
 Bat we muii 
 
 emotioni, m h« 
 
 be guiding haJid 
 
 arange. I !»»▼• 
 CO to place, war 
 prayed without 
 krt from unking 
 led this Btate of 
 10 BUCceM in my 
 though it i« p«itt- 
 acquaintance in 
 
 o{ the Saraoen'i 
 jellent man, and 
 hristian trayeUer 
 ayer very pr^flt- 
 auniun with God 
 nse of my entire 
 king the deck, If 
 ingB of the world 
 1 base tlungfi, and 
 b are not, to bring 
 L have choeen and 
 solemn and imppr- 
 
 leply feel there are 
 ry unsettled aa to 
 I should open my 
 aiting orders from 
 I thoughts of going 
 8 18 the beet season 
 
 of Uie year to see those countries ; but a voice in my solitary 
 heart socma to say, " No, if you go there now, you must 
 go alone, for Qod will not go wiUi you." My heart con- 
 stanUy replies, Then if God will not go with mo there, God 
 forbid I should attempt it. As it is written, " The steps of 
 a good man are ordered by the Lord." I have some oond- 
 denoe that God is by this method controlling and ordering 
 my stops ; but he commands me no where, and I am doing 
 nothing for God here. There is nothing to be seen that 
 would aflford me any comfort so long as I do not see lost un- 
 ners coming home to God. 
 
 The English Conforence is now sitting in Manchester ; I 
 am undecided whether to risit it or not. The preachers, no 
 doubt, will be all engaged ; and, as I have no particular 
 business there, I should be as much alone as here. I must 
 dose this letter in a state of entire uncertunty respecting 
 my providential path. My soul is sitting at God's footstool, 
 having no will, but referring all to him, saying, "Lord, 
 Ood, if thou hast sent me fortii, direct my goings." 
 
 These statements open his heart to our inspection at a 
 most interesting period of his movements. And this is «nie 
 of Mr. O.'s peculiarities. Not only in his writings, bat aho 
 in Booial life and in the pulpit, he is remarkable for the 
 transparency of hii character. He seems to have nothing 
 to conceal, and is willing you should look into the secret 
 workings of his soul. How delightful, too, is the place and 
 portion of his soul at this trying period, '* Sitting at Chd^t 
 footitooh having no mtt." He did not have to sit thus a 
 great while. A fwnt light guided him to Manchester. He 
 describes his visit thither in the following language : — 
 
 On &e afternoon, after maoh prayer, I started for Man- 
 
 Wl 
 
m 
 
 tu onoumnrr. 
 
 dMSter bj r^lroad, trrirvd then about (brk, and put up at 
 lh« Star ilut«l. Noit dajr, Sabbath, I heard the 1U)V. l>r. 
 Bunting. High la wara mj azpaotatiuna, I rum not diaap- 
 pointad. Uk aanDon wia a obar and baautifVil «xpoaition 
 of tbat atriking tazt, Uabrewi ii. 10. It waa juat auoh a 
 diaoourac aa onlj a maater in Ura«l oould preach. Th« 
 Doctor appeared in excellent health, and waa liatijned to 
 with breathloaa attention. In the arening, at another chapel, 
 I heard tie Rev. John M'Lean, on Romaiui x. 4, and waa 
 bij^ljr delighted. I waa exceedingly pleased with the man, 
 hia manner, and hia language. There waa a graoioua une- 
 tkin in every part of the aermon. I un aure much good waa 
 done, and oould he have atajed at the prayor-meotitig which 
 followed the termon, and aaaiated the brethren by hia prea- 
 «M)e and influence " to draw the net aahore," I am per- 
 nadad » maltituda would have been entangled withb ita 
 •mi^e aweap. Aa it waa, a few came forward to be prayed 
 for, but none appeared to have the influence of Mr. M'Lfean. 
 The peqkla gradually left the houae, and, I think, wme were 
 c><mTerted to Ood. I mourned about it, still I beUeve it did 
 not return unto the Lord void ', but the freij[(u<nt failures of 
 ■uch powerful diaoourses, aa it regarda the immediate gather- 
 ing in of awakened sinners, have made me auapiriouA. 
 ' I formerly oaat out the net in thia way and retired, miiir 
 oat taking the trouble to aee whether any aoul had got 
 entangled therein ; and for montha together I waa not aware 
 of a i^igle aeal to my nuniatry. The brethren would often 
 MJ, " We are on the eve of a powerful revival," but when 
 nex6 Sabbath came, nnners were aa &r from Ood aa av«r, 
 and were once more ready to play around and inside my 
 hanoloaa net At last I came to th» determination Uxat I 
 would stand by my net with tears and mwfiy prayers, and 
 tbat I would not leave the fiahing-plaoe tUl I had seen what 
 
 MMiMMiiilMlMiMH 
 
THI OBMOUIMWfT. 
 
 1S6 
 
 k, and put up at 
 rd thfl llov. LV. 
 [ t)M not diiftp- 
 ,utify Qxpotition 
 «M juat auoh » 
 id preach. The 
 
 WM lintoned to 
 t another obapal, 
 na X. 4, and wac 
 :d with thu man, 
 
 tk gracioua une- 
 « much good w«i 
 Br-me«ting whkh 
 iron by but pr«»- 
 ore," I am per- 
 ogled within ita 
 ard to be prayed 
 I of Mr. M'Laan. 
 thiiJi, wme w«re 
 11 1 beUeve it did 
 mwnt failures of 
 omeiUate gathar- 
 luapiriotti. 
 nd ratirfld, witli- 
 Dj BOol had got 
 
 I waa not aware 
 ir«n would oftan 
 fiytil" but whan 
 om Ood as ever, 
 d and inside my 
 irmiuatioa Uwt I 
 Miy prayers, and 
 : I had seen whak 
 
 lucoeaa. Then it waa I began U) lee, more aliundantly, the 
 poM^re ftruit of my labors. bumcttmes, indeed, wo h»tr« 
 " toiled all night," and hare "oauglit nothing;" but then 
 we had this satbfaction, 'I'ho net hat been drawn ashore, and 
 we havo done the bent we could ; the fish have escaped this 
 time, but next Sabbath, by the help of the Holy Ohoat, I 
 will endeavor to havo my net ready to let down •• on the 
 right side of the ship," so coiwtructed, and of such materials, 
 that sinners will find it difficult to run tlirough it or got dis- 
 entangled from it. There is much meaning in U»at invitation 
 and promise which Jesus gave to Simon, and Andrew his 
 brother, as they were casting thoir net into tixe sea of Gal- 
 ilee, " Come y«i after me, and I will make joa. to b« SA»n 
 
 of men." 
 
 Is there not also an important lesson in that nngular iUa»- 
 tration used by our Lord, in the thirteenUi of Matthew : 
 «♦ The kingdom of heaven is like unto a net that waa cast 
 bto the sea, and gathered of every kind, which, when it waa 
 fWl, they drew to shore, and sat down and gathered the 
 good into veaaeb, but oast thebad away t" When a minis- 
 ter's health will allow him, and suitable persons are willing 
 to assist, a lively prayer meeting after the evening aermon 
 greatly proinotea the design of the Christian ministry. 
 
 On Monday I hewd tite Rev. Rol^eH Newton preach what 
 b called the " Conference sermon," text, 1 Cor. i. 28. The 
 chapel waa literaUy crammed. He carried us along on the 
 mi^^ atroam of bis nloquenoe during an hour, and daaed 
 anddst hearty expreasions of satisfaction and joy, espeoiany 
 tt«m hia admiring brethren in the mimstry. Mr. Nowton 
 looked quite aa well aa when I saw him in New Yw-k, in 
 1880. In the evening, the candidates for ordination related 
 th«r oonyerwon and call to the work c< tie miiusiTy, before 
 a very crowded audience. 
 
 f 
 
 ^mm 
 
 K'^H 
 
m DntouiMsmr. 
 
 lltll d«7 I ami mj oniinatton {Murhmento into 
 I, with the reoutuiiMtidktorjr lotttir of my Confe r ■■ ■ », 
 i tiok«t of MimitUnoe wu Mnt me, wgnod bj (he I>r««' 
 dent, the Rev Jmiwh Otxoti. Hare I beoame M<|u*int««l 
 with MvenU of the proiirhen. The Ilflv. Willuun I^iunl, of 
 IlttU, ■howe<l me ipreal kindnow, ftnd gftve me » p r ee an g 
 invitation to vLut t}i»4 town. I wm tntroduoed I4* the R«v. 
 ThniiuM Wau^h, atul the Flev. Williiim 8towart, repreeenta- 
 ttvea from the Iri«h (!onfer«noe. Mr. Waugh received mo 
 with ftll that full-tMned ardor which ia mt peculiarly Irieh. 
 Hk heart wan open to me in a moment ; and learning that I 
 te^'^nded to vint^ Ireland, ho took hit pen, and wrote mo a 
 letter of tntetMluotion to all the Weeleyan Methodiat minuitani 
 in Ireland. Mr. Stewart ia the moet agreeable and enter- 
 taining comf'Anitm I have ever met. It would Ite iuipoaaiblo 
 hr 70Q to be in hifl company five minutea without thinking 
 of Proverha iii. 17. 
 
 After the pleaaure of <lining with aeveral mombeni of Con- 
 fsrenoe, among whom waa Dr. Ilatinah, once, you will 
 remember, the ropreaentativo to the American general Con- 
 ference, I stepped into a railway oarriagOv and arrivc«l once 
 more in Liverpool. It waa then Btrongly irapreiwed ujioii my 
 mind to aail for Dublin, idUutugh I did not know a human 
 Being there. After much prayer I felt fully perauaded that 
 thia waa the path of Providence. When walking towarda 
 the docka, I noticed that two atoamora wore to aail that 
 •vening ; and aa Uie charge for a cabin paaaage in one wai 
 <mly half aa much aa the other, I choac the cheapeat, and for 
 ono« in my life I paid dearly for my economy. We encoun- 
 tered a very heavy gale during the night ; aome of the pa»- 
 sengera were much alarmed, but I alept moat profoundly UU 
 morning. A gontloman came down into the cabin before I 
 ftroae, and uid, ** We have a heavy gale, and it ia ri^i in 
 
 ■M** 
 
 ■IMIIIIM 
 
 1 
 
fito into Coofar- 
 luy Coofflrtnofl, 
 nod by th« Vrm- 
 
 Willuun Utnl, of 
 s mo a prmwing 
 uoed t< tho R«r. 
 irftrt, reprwicntft- 
 ugh r«oeivod uio 
 peotiluu-ljr Iriah. 
 (1 learning that I 
 , and wrote me a 
 jthcxlUt ministeni 
 eablo and «nter- 
 uld Im) unpoMible 
 without thinking 
 
 mcmlMm of Con- 
 once, you will 
 ;an ^nncrol Con- 
 Rn<l arrivc«l once 
 ipremed u{ion my 
 )t know a human 
 y p«niuaded that 
 walking towardii 
 vera to sail tiiat 
 waage in one wai 
 cheapeflt, and for 
 ly. We cnooan- 
 ■ome of tho pas- 
 ist profoundly till 
 tte cabin before I 
 and it ia righi in 
 
 mi ontouiMiMV. 
 
 W 
 
 <mr t««th. The wind aayt to our •teamer, iVb, and tlM »• 
 1^ Myi, Km, faintly. Wo are making about two uules an 
 hoar." On going upon deok, to my nirpriaa, w« ««r« 
 only creeping along th« uuN«t of Walea ; our progreia had 
 b««n very alow during the nighii, aa we wore only a f«w 
 mile* fW>m Liveriiool. Now [ found out my miit«k* ; iaatMd 
 of taking the mail iteamor I had gone alxMwd a heavy freighl* 
 boat. During the gale I reaort<*d to mr old metho<l of doek 
 walking, but a few ateiia couvinoed out this mtuA b« i^ao- 
 doned. 
 
 Well, If I oould not uao my fo«t, I held on with my handa, 
 and gave em|itoymeut tu nty «yeii, in Mianning the mountain- 
 oua aoenery of Wale*. Wo had terrible toaaing^ abng th« 
 ooaat of the late of Anjf^eiiea. 
 
 Aftor gaining Ilolyhowl wo itoorod with a atraight oi >• ^ 
 for Dublin, at which place wo landed alxiut midnight. I put 
 up at tho hotel of the Northumberland Luildinga. lUxi 
 roomutg I aroao in good health, but with great moumfiiln«<Mi 
 of apirit. Throughout the day my mind waa aorwly d«>- 
 prcMod. I thought of what tho I^onl said to the laraolitoa : 
 " Yo know tho heart of a utrangor, aooing yo wore strangort 
 in tho land of Egypt." Tlio day waa wet, tho atroota ex- 
 tremely dirty, and whoreve? I wont I waa surrounded with 
 iwarma of the moat importunate beggars. Their ploadui^ 
 for help agMnflt hunger and distross were tho moat doleful 
 you could imagine. After some difficulty, I found tho 
 preacher's house in Whitefriar'a street. On presenting Mr. 
 Wane's latter of introduction, I waa receive<l with great 
 kindness by the Rev. Robinson Scott. A few moments in 
 hia company oonvuioed me, this man is entirely devoted to 
 Ood ; and an aoqusdntance of Mveml weeks has conflrmed 
 and deepened tho impresnon. After a short oonversatioa, 
 which graatly cheered my mind, ho conducted md (o Loirnr 
 
 m 
 
Jl 
 
 128 
 
 XHB DKNOUBMONT. 
 
 Abbey street, and introduced me to the junior preacher, the 
 Rev. George Vance. With him my heart was united in a 
 few moments. Thus, in the same day, I formed an acquaint- 
 ance with two servants of God, which every day's intercourse 
 endears, and for which, I believe, I shall praise God through- 
 out eternity. A few days after, I had the pleasure of being 
 introduced to their excellent colleague, the Rev. Henry 
 Price. On Saturday night, after I had retired to rest, Mr. 
 Vance caUed at the hotel, and requested me to preach the 
 next day at the Henderick street chapel, to which I agreed. 
 Next morning my soul was sorely bufifeted by Satan. 
 « Your adversary the devU," says St. Peter, " aa a roaring 
 lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour." He 
 roared against my soul. The forty-second Psalm, and the 
 following lines, express what I then felt : — 
 
 Af p«nU the wearied hart for cooling spring*, 
 That Binks ezhansted in the summer's chase, 
 
 So pauta my soul for thee, great King of kings, 
 So thirtta to reach thy secret resting place. 
 
 On briny tears my famished soul hath fed. 
 While taunting foes deride my deep desp«ir | 
 
 Say, where is now thy Great DelWerer, 
 Thy mighty God, deserted wnnderer, where 7 
 
 Why throb, my heert V Why sink, my saddened soul ? 
 
 Why droop to earth, with various woes oppressed ? 
 My years shall yet in blissful circles roll. 
 
 And joy be yet an inmate of my breast 
 
 I know this experience will not surprise you, for our 
 blessed Lord said to his disciples, " My soul is exceeding 
 Borrowftd, even unto death." I had no doubt of the favor 
 of God, nor that the blood of Christ had cleansed me from 
 all sin, but my soul was like ttie grapes in the wine-press. 
 Have yon ever read those beautiful lines of Re?. Charles 
 
 t*«««ilMkil>'«Mli 
 
 i^^t^miMll 
 
jl 
 
 I i ii'iiH*riiniTil 
 
 l|iglW|Wtti|ilJ>!WifW<WiinWiirtl>Wi'riMH^ ' r •! -- 
 
 lior preacher, the 
 b was united in a 
 mod an acquaintr- 
 day's intercourse 
 me God through- 
 pleasure of being 
 the Rev. Henry 
 itjred to rest, Mr. 
 me to preswih the 
 which I agreed, 
 uffeted by Satan, 
 er, " as a roaring 
 ay devour." He 
 d Psalm, and the 
 
 rings, 
 ) chase, 
 r kings, 
 place. 
 
 'ed, 
 lesp«ir ; 
 
 where? 
 
 iftddened sool 7 
 es oppressed 7 
 
 II. 
 ist 
 
 irise you, for our 
 Bonl ia exceeding 
 doubt of the favor 
 cleansed me from 
 in the wine-press. 
 M of Rev. Charles 
 
 THS DHNOUBMBHT. 
 
 129 
 
 Wesley, descriptive of the mental conflicts of Thomas Walsh, 
 who died iu this city many years ago ? 
 
 ImpatiMi to be tmly great, ' ** 
 
 Ambitioot of • orown abore i 
 He coveted the highest seat, 
 
 He asked tho gift of perfect loTe. 
 
 Be asked, alas ! bat knew not then. 
 
 The purport of his own desire. 
 How deep that cnp of sacred pain, 
 
 How searching that baptismal fire. 
 
 The Lord allowed his bold request, 
 
 The servant is called fortli to share 
 That angnish of a woanded breast. 
 
 Those pang*, which only Ood could bear. 
 
 Who drank in his sad days of flesh, 
 
 The potion by his Father given. 
 And bids his members feel afresh. 
 
 The fierceness of the wrath of Heaven. 
 
 A taste of that mysterions cap. 
 His faithful follower now received, ' , 
 
 And filled his Lord's afflictions np, 
 While grief beyond description grieved. 
 
 The above is perhaps too strong for my experience at this 
 time, but my soul was anuued and sorely tried. 
 
 After taking breakfast with a &w pious persons, at Mr. 
 Vance's lod^gs in Abbey street, a young brother conducted 
 me to Henderiok street. The congregation was small. To 
 ihem, for the first time in Europe, I opened my commission, 
 from John xvii. 1 : '^ Father ! the hour ia come." The Lord 
 touched the hearts of several, ^ud a gracious influence rested 
 on the whole congregation. At the conelusion of the ser- 
 vice I qmetly retired through a door under the pulpit, and 
 reguned the street, little imagining the stir which had been 
 excited among the dear people in the chapel. Some were 
 
 *w 
 
 liiriiiiiiiHillllil 
 
I 
 
 180 
 
 THl DINOUEiatKT. 
 
 •aying, " Who is he ?" others, " What is his name ?" On© 
 little party were inquiring, " Who sent him here ?" and 
 another, were fully cf opinion that " this stranger should be 
 invited to preach again at night." 
 
 In the mean time I and my guide were hastening back 
 again to Abbey street chapel, to receive the sacrament. 
 Two brethren, William Fielding and Richard Craig, who 
 have since been very valuable friends to me, were dispatched 
 after us, and when they overtook us they presented the wish 
 of the people. I consented on condition it should be agree- 
 able to the preachers. They soon obt^nod permission, and 
 that night I preached to a large congregation with a good 
 degree of liberty. An influence from heaven rested upon 
 the leaders ; and, after a consultation with their ministers, it 
 was resolved to hold '* special services " during the week, 
 ** to promote a revival of the work of God." I agreed to 
 preach four nights, but with the secret determination to leave 
 the following week. I left the hotel on receiving a pressing 
 invitation from Mr. Fielding to make his house my home. 
 Towuds the latter part of the week we found ourselves sur- 
 rounded with weepmg penitents. The glory of the Lord 
 filled the house, and dnners were duly converted to God. 
 We continued these services in this chapel during four weeks. 
 'A select meeting was then appointed for the young converts, 
 and one hundred and tlurty persons came forward to testify 
 that God, for Christ's sake, had pardoned all their mns. 
 
 All the young converts were very clear as to the distinct 
 manner in wUoh they had been awakened, as well as m the 
 time and place of their conversion. This will be of no small 
 assistance to them in their future conflicts, if tboy prove faith- 
 ful. A Christian has great advantage over the enemy of 
 his soul, when he can confidently refer to the precise place 
 and exact time of hia adoption into the family of God. My 
 
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 iiiiiniiiii& 
 
i, 
 
 "WffiHl 
 
 WW Wiliiil i : '• I 
 
 TBB DBNOltEMEMT. 
 
 in 
 
 his name 7" One 
 
 him here?" and 
 
 itraugor should be 
 
 re hastening back 
 ire the sacrament, 
 chard Craig, who 
 te, were dispatched 
 presented the wish 
 t should be agrcc- 
 )d permission, and 
 ^tion with a good 
 ;aven rested upon 
 I their ministers, it 
 during the week, 
 od." I agreed to 
 irmination to leave 
 iceiving a pressing 
 it house my home, 
 und ourselves sur- 
 ;lory of the Lord 
 converted to God. 
 during four weeks, 
 le young converts, 
 
 forward to tesiiff 
 all their was. 
 ' as to the distinct 
 1, as well as m tlie 
 will be of no small 
 if thoy prove faith- 
 )ver the enemy of 
 
 the precise place 
 mily of God. Mj 
 
 foul was much comforted in beholding such an affecting scene. 
 The language of my heart was, — 
 
 " Who, I Mk, in •maM, 
 
 Hath bogotten in« these ? 
 And iuqulre fWim wbiit quarter they oame i 
 
 My (Ull heart it repliea, 
 
 They are bom from the iliiei, 
 And givet glory to Ood and the Lamb." 
 
 It would be impossible, my dear JBriend, to tell you how 
 severe were my mental trials during the four weeks I spent 
 in this chapel. Sometimes it cUd appear as though the devil 
 would have torn me to pieces. Fiery darts were cast at me 
 as thick as hail. My soul was ahnost continually pressed 
 down by a weight that was scarcely supportable ; and yet 
 the adversary could not touch either my justification or 
 sanctification. His evident design was to drive me out of 
 the city. Ho constantly insisted, " You shall not be per- 
 mitted to enjoy any comfort in Dublin, so yon had better be 
 off." The Lord, I believe, on the othor hand, showed me, 
 if I would leave before he gave me liberty, I should be no 
 better off in any other place. I therefore determined to 
 fight it out, and bear patiently the grievous curses of this 
 infernal Shimei^ 2 Samuel xvi. ; and curse me he did, by 
 day and night, from street to street, in the pulpit and out of 
 it ; but I continued, with all my might, to win sinners to 
 Christ. He never inrinuatcd that he would have me in hell, 
 nor that I was a hypocrite, nor any thing of the lun(\; but, 
 that if I would injure his kingdom, he would injure me ; ^i&t, 
 if I should keep up hostilities, he would do the same ; and, 
 at least, deprive me of all comfort. Allow mo, however, my 
 dear friend, to say, that I was often compelled to acknowl- 
 edfle * — 
 
 * * u Oalm amidst tremendona motion, 
 
 Knowhig that my Lord is ni(^| 
 
 Wave* obey Um, 
 Aad ttw itonns before Urn fly." 
 
Ul 
 
 THl DBfOUIMXNT. 
 
 At » partictJar tiine, I opened on Eieldel riyfi. 8— «t 
 which gave me great encouragement. The first real check 
 the devU received from God vrae when I waa walking in the 
 Phoen" Park, near the city. God then came down upon 
 my soul in mighty power. The enemy was silenced, and 
 I rejoiced " with joy unspeakable and fuU of glory." Satan 
 retomed again with more caution and leas confidence. God 
 then put a hook in his jaws, and said, « Thus far thou shalt 
 go, but no farther." There were other particular aeasona of 
 divme visitations to my soul, in which God " half revealed 
 his face." The consciousness of the immediate presence of 
 God to my soul was deep and umxtterable. 
 
 You will remember that I related to you some gracious 
 revealmga of a spiritual nature, before I left America, in 
 which I thought God condescended to converse with my 
 spirit, and gave me many special directions for the guidance 
 both of my present and future movementa.- . was in the 
 same manner, though far clearer, and with greater power 
 and unction, an invisible agent seemed to hold conversation 
 with my soul ; in which promises, directions, and encourage- 
 ments, were pven in quick succession. My spirit was often 
 as still as the nudni^it hour, and the communings of an 
 active agent were as perceptible as any conversation I ever 
 had witii a visible friend. More I cannot venture to say at 
 present. Of this I am persuaded, I shall see some stariking 
 displays of the power of God in the conversion of mnnen. 
 The following came with uncommon force : « I will be with 
 thee whithersoever thou shalt go, to deHver thee." Alw 
 the passage, John »v. 21 — 23. ^ ^ 
 
 The state of my soul during these divine visitations was 
 that of deep self-abasemeut. A solemn and an oppresrive 
 awe rested upon my whole natiire ; yet, strange as it may 
 appear, my soul was weaker than a bnased reed. The more 
 
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 fl walking in the 
 ;ame down upon 
 ras silenced, and 
 F glory." Satan 
 ionfidence. God 
 OB far thou Bhalt 
 ticular seasonB of 
 I " half revealed 
 diato presence of 
 
 m some graciotw 
 left America, in 
 sonverse with my 
 I for the guidance 
 ts.- V was in the 
 th greater power 
 hold conversation 
 IS, and encourage- 
 ly spirit was often 
 sommnmngs of an 
 onversation I ever 
 ventore to say at 
 see some striking 
 rersion of sinnen. 
 ) : " I will bo wiUi 
 iver thee." Alao 
 
 ine Tiritaloons ires 
 and ui oppresnve 
 , strange as it may 
 d reed. The more 
 
 firmly I belioTed and retted upon the divine promisee and 
 counsels, the more I guned strength ; and when suoh mai^ 
 ifestatioBS in a great measure cewed, I reeetved in their 
 place a larger measure of the perfect love of Ood. But 
 you are ready to inquire, " Hod you no doubts whether such 
 communications came from Ood ? " No, I cannot say I had, 
 they came in such a way, and with such an holy unction, as 
 to leave no room for doubts. I may also add there was 
 nothing in them to excite my suspicion, nothing contrary to 
 the written word of Ck>d ; if so, I should have rejected them 
 with horror ; nothbg that did not lead to puriiy and entire 
 devotedness to Ood. 
 
 When the Rev. Thomas Waugh, the Superintendent of 
 this Cirouit, returned from England, he was made acquainted 
 with the amaxing work of Ood going on. He immediately 
 sanctioned my movemenis, placed the fullest confidence in 
 me, and told me to go on in my own way. From then till 
 now he has been ever ready to open any door of usefhlness 
 to me witiiin his power ; I thank Ood for such a friend. 
 This long communication, which I know will rejoice your 
 heart, as well as many of my other dear friends in America, 
 I must BOW oktse. The revival is gcnng on in another ohspel 
 with great power. Between two and three hundred unneni 
 have been oonrerted to Ood. Gloiy, eternal gbiy, be to 
 that Ood, who 
 
 • • » •< MoTM in a mjntorioai mj. 
 Hit wondan to pwrfbrm { " 
 
 and who, adored be his name ! can, — 
 
 ** ThonRh aM wmtm hhutm » thouund wi^i, 
 PUce awrcy o«ntn! in the nuM I " 
 
 My fnends may make tiiemselves perfeotiy easy respeoi>> . 
 lag my temporal oinramstanoes ; I have all and alMund. 
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 184 
 
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 The BnMln people m« proTerbbl for their hoapitahty to 
 •trangen ; but I can say of them, «» the queen of Bheba 
 said of the wisdom of Solomon, " Behold, the half was not 
 told me." ^ ^ , . « • • 
 
 Yesterday was a gracious day to my soul in the Abbey 
 street chapel. The interior is spacious and elegant, has a 
 fine organ, and the congregation is second to none I hare 
 ever seen, either in rcspectabUity or intelligence. My morn- 
 ing text wM Deut. viii. 2. Many acknowledged, with stream- 
 W eyes, the mercies of God, and the designs of his pron- 
 denoe. In the afternoon fifty persons, who had been con- 
 verted lately in this chapel, came forward to give pubUo 
 thanks to God for his pardoning love. At night, to a congre- 
 ntion of not less than two thousand, I cried, " How long 
 halt ye between two opinions ? " &c. 1 Kings xvin. 21. It 
 was an awful time ; seventy persons came forward as peni- 
 tents, and many found mercy. 
 
 In the midst of these successful labors Mr. Caughey's 
 mind was subjected to an unusually severe temptation from 
 Satan He viewed this assault as a part of the tactics of 
 the Great Enemy of aU good to hinder the revival in Dublin. 
 He therefore met the adversary with boldness ; he endured 
 hardness Uke a good soldier until he won a victory. To the 
 editor, these spiritual traits are among the moet interesting 
 portions of his letters. They illustrate so encouragingly 
 the sameness of ministerial experience, and furmsh a fine 
 example of fideUty and endurance. Who can behold Mr. 
 Caughey, amidst these Satanic floods, rising as they did m 
 furious waves, standing firmly on the « Rock of ages, 
 BteadUy keeping his great work in view, and labonng with a 
 .seal which increased with Uie magnitude of the storm, witii- 
 out beipg stimulatp-^ to a corresponding boldness ? But let 
 
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mam 
 
 r hospitality to 
 |ueen of Bheba 
 le half WM not 
 
 d in the Abbey 
 I elegant, has a 
 to none I have 
 ace. My mora- 
 ;ed, with atream- 
 pas of hia provi- 
 > had been con- 
 1 to give publio 
 ight, to a oongre- 
 ied, " How long 
 igs xviii. 21. It 
 forward as peni- 
 
 I Mr. Caughey's 
 » temptation from 
 of the tactics of 
 reviTal in Dublin, 
 leae; he endured 
 victory. To the 
 ) most interesting 
 BO encouragingly 
 id furnish a fine 
 I can behold Mr. 
 ng as they did in 
 ♦Rock of ages," 
 id laboring with a 
 >f the storm, with- 
 oldneas? Bat let 
 
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 m DBVOUIlflHT. 
 
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 ui listen to his own descriptions of his mental state under 
 this trial. He says of it : — 
 
 God has in a great measure silenced the enemy. Satan 
 found it of no use ; out of Dublin I would not go while God 
 was converting souhi. He preaaed me very sore, but this 
 goaded me to greater ardor in the cause of God. The more 
 he harassed me with temptations, the more I was enabled 
 to prevail agauist his kingdom. His file was very rough, 
 but by it my soul became the brighter, and obtained 
 a keener edge and livelier sensibilities. His fire was 
 very intense, trying and searching the inmost of the soul. 
 What one said of the old blacksmith, my poor soul could say 
 of the adversary, "Every morning he rises fresh to his 
 hammer and his anvU;" but this only nerved me for "my 
 turn," and made me more resolute in atte-.,.tmg to ove^ 
 throw his strongholds. Oh, help me to praise the Lord I 
 for ho could say to angels, and men, and devils, when point- 
 ing to Dublin, " Is not my word like as a fire, and like' a 
 hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ?" Jer. lodii. 29. 
 
 I am far mistaken if the devil has not considered Dublin 
 the pcui to the three kingdoms; and, perhaps, of as much 
 importance to his kingdom, as Thermopylje was to the Gre- 
 cians. How then could I expect him to 
 
 " Oire qntat pu» 
 Tbroo^ hit tfomiolooi for thi« Mterpriia ?»• 
 
 Glory be to God ! we have got possession of the pass. God 
 has fought for us, and the shin of the Lord are many. The 
 revival is going on with power, but I cannot teU you the ex- 
 act number converted to God since the date of my last letter to 
 you ; but I think not less than one hundred and fifty. I am 
 sorry to mform you that the work of entire sanctification ad- 
 rances very slowly. Many seem to be earnestly seeking pu- 
 
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 186 
 
 TBI DUfouumrr. 
 
 flty of heart, bat I do not remember th«t any perwn hu, M 
 
 yot.diatiiictly profcfwod it« atUiumoufc during tlin rerivd. I 
 greatly foar there must be eomothing grievously deficient in 
 my method of preaching it, else God would surely raise up 
 his witnesses for this doctrine as well as for tliat of justi- 
 fication. Tho one is as much a New Testament privilege a* ' 
 
 the other. 
 
 Yesterday, (Sabbath,) after taking break-'ast with the 
 " Strangers' Friend Society,*' I walked over to the Hend- 
 rick street chapel to preach. On my arrival, every counte- 
 nance wore the hues of sorrow. One of their old leaders, 
 Mr. William Haughton, had just departed for heaven, and 
 their hearts wore oppressed with grief. I could not well 
 chide them, as his gain was indeed a toss to them, which, in 
 the first shock of iio news, they knew not how to sustain. 
 All seemed to feel that his place could never be supplied. 
 Daring thirty years ho had been a father to that society. 
 The excitement was increased by the presence of the mem- 
 bers of his six chases, mingling their tears and sighs together, 
 M children for the death of a most beloved parent. 
 
 Instead of taking the subject I had intended,! chose Rer. 
 yi. 18— 17 ; and never, never have I seen such a weeping 
 congregation. Their tears and sobs would have softened a 
 heart of stone. Suddenly, like a burst of sunshine on a 
 ■ammer's afternoon, when the rmns have ceased, an influ- 
 ence, evidently from God, came down upon the people. Tho 
 Lord seemed to open heaven to the view of his swnta ; at 
 least, the veil became so transparent that hundreds felt, 
 during thirty or forty minutes, as if they were sumranded 
 with the glories of the celestial worid. The church miUtant 
 and the church triumphant appeared to unite in a manner it 
 is not possible to describe. I cannot, I daw not attempt it, 
 not ev«n the language glten m« in that heut. Oh, irhat 
 
TBI onrouumiT. 
 
 187 
 
 r p«n<m hM, M 
 ; thn wrivd. I 
 usljr dofioi«nt in 
 Buroly mse up 
 or Uiat of jiwti- 
 leut privilege aa - 
 
 akfast with the 
 r to the Hond- 
 1, every oounte- 
 leir old leaden, 
 for heaven, and 
 
 could not well 
 them, which, in 
 how to auatain. 
 rar be supplied, 
 to that society, 
 nee of the mem- 
 id sighs together, 
 
 parent. 
 
 led, I chose Rer. 
 such a weeping 
 i have softened ft 
 )f sunshine on a 
 ceased, an infln- 
 , the people. The 
 of hb sunts ; at 
 It hundreds felt, 
 were anrrcraoded 
 le church militant 
 Ite in a manner it 
 iM not attempt it, 
 hour. Oh, niiat 
 
 ▼iewi of God uid heaven filled my amamd soul f It mm 
 what one hoH olsowlioro called, " A vision of glory;" such 
 ts, perhaps, u(»ne of us over had before, nor may ever have 
 •gun, till *' mortality is swallowed up of life." 
 
 The servico was closed, and every oountenanoo wor« a 
 oalm, heavenly expression, as if each was saying in his or her 
 heart, — 
 
 " Th«r« it a world wber* wintar oomM not, 
 
 Wliora n riirewull oiitera iiovar, 
 Wliera no clouili ili« ntmoiplinre blot. 
 
 And, no clianges our frior.dtblp Mvtr. 
 TliKt world li th« liom« of th« soul, 
 And Uli ! how iwiftljr it flia* to tlia god. 
 
 TUora sorrow'* nota is never hanrd. 
 
 Mo stfirin • raaa-laaf avar stirrad. 
 Bat strains on liarps ot he«Tenl> sound, 
 And soogs aosUtic breatha Mouud." 
 
 The last Sabbath night this holy man spent upon earth 
 was in Abbey street chapel. The crowd was groat, and he 
 stood with his eyes fixed upon mo during the wbola sermon. 
 At the close of the prayer meeting he stood upon a bench, 
 and gave the people his last exhortation, and song that verse, 
 whioh I believe was Ids favorite, — 
 
 " When Jesus inakas mj heart hU homo, 
 
 My sin !«hall all depart < 
 And, lo! he saitb, I qutokty oome, 
 To flU and ruto thy heart" 
 
 Next Sabbath night, about that time, he was in the " honse 
 not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." I visited 
 him a day or two before he died. On approaching his bed, 
 such an influence came upon me as melted me into toars ir. a 
 moment. I felt God was there, and that a warrior of our 
 Israel had entered upon his last battle with the enemy. He 
 reached out his hand and sud, << Tell the oongregatitm the 
 following is my experieno^ : — 
 
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Si 
 
 118 TKS DMOUIMRrr. 
 
 H« mU tll« |iri>iiii('i irva ; 
 till blu<Hl riiii iiiak* lh« roiiloat clMO, 
 ' Hit blood •r»U«4 (o* »>••' " 
 
 Om (Uy, whca titttng together in hb IiUl« p«rlor, ft few 
 w«eka before he wm taken with hui ImC sioknesi, he said to 
 me, " I have often *U»A u|M)n yoiwior bridge, and looked «* tko 
 figure of Hope, on the dome of the Cvuitom Hou«o, loaiung apoa 
 her anchor, with her iaoe turned towarda the troubled Boa,a» 
 ifinanxioua but confident expecUtion of the lingering ship ; 
 soon after, I have seen tho weatherbeatcn vcsucl entering the 
 harbor, badly Bhattcre<l by tho storm, rigging disordered, and 
 Mula riven into shreds ; and it is thus, I have thought, that 
 hope cheers the soul on tho stormy ocean of life, and calmly 
 encourages the billow-tossed Christian to hasten into tho 
 harbor of glory ; when, lo ! the weather-beaten senraftt of 
 God, shattered by time and storms, dashes into the port, 
 where hop<j had so long had her anchor c&it within the rail." 
 He KtUo thought he wne just then sailmg so near the ocast of 
 heaven, nor that he should so suddenly dart into the harbor 
 of eternal rest. Mr. Hau^ton also informed me, that k 
 tt.e little parlor alluded to, Mr. Wesley had often taken 
 breakfast with the Dublin preachers ; and that, when a boy, 
 in the same place, he had often Bwung upon the knees of that 
 yenemble aamt. 
 
 It wiD b« interesting to my American firlonds to know that 
 tiiis is Ae frmous little room whore the Rev. John Summer- 
 field WMi eonverted to God. The Bpot where ho obtained 
 rmnisaion of riiM, uA the hearth-stone upon which h« atood, 
 whea pring his first exhortation, were pointed out to me by 
 Mrs. Haughton, who was one of the praying company to 
 wh<M&tbe addi«ss waa delivered. Ah! I thou^t, to tUi 
 humble room arose that "burning and slaniBg Kgj^V* w*» 
 
THi omouuinrr 
 
 m 
 
 i1« parlor, % few 
 uiesf, h« said to 
 aid loolutd at the 
 ue,luaiungu{M)o 
 
 troubled aoa, «» 
 a lingcriug ship ; 
 iMol entering the 
 ; disordered, and 
 fo thought, that 
 
 life, and calmly 
 boaten into the 
 iten senra&t of 
 « into the port, 
 
 within the rail." 
 near the cc>a»t of 
 t into the harbor 
 med me, tiiat hi 
 bad often taken 
 hat, when a boy, 
 the knees of that 
 
 nda to know that 
 . John Sammer- 
 lere he obtainad 
 d wluoh h« Rtood, 
 ted ont to ma by 
 fing oompaoy to 
 thou^t, k thki 
 iniag Ki^V* ^«*«> 
 
 bM«B« the wflwler of Anwrioa, the glorjr of Chrkt, and 
 one of the bnghteat oniamontii of tho MotJ.odiet Epiacopal 
 C&tmh. Uandreda of thouaanda were enraptured by hia 
 eloquence ; and many, rerj mwiy, were tne soaU of hia 
 miniatry. 
 
 I had an awful time the other night in one of the ohapela, 
 on this text, R«?. mv. 9—11, aod, juat aa we wore singing 
 that Terse, — 
 
 " T« TiTgn touk wiM, 
 • • • 
 
 Oil la jowr tmmU tak«,"<« 
 
 the whole of the lighta went oat, with the exception of a 
 couple of eandloa on tlie aide of the palpit. Twelre brilliant 
 gaa lighta extinguished unaeeountabli/ in a moment ! The 
 effect waa really awful, as tho miiuia of sinners were fn«di»- 
 poeed to atrong acnaatiooa by the text, sermon, and hymn. 
 Many trembled, but tiiere waa no confinrion. Afterwards 
 Bine ot ten sinnera were conrerted to God in the prayer 
 meetiBg. 
 
 A very remarkiAIe oonrersion, in answer to prayer, haa 
 lately taken place, which I know wiU interest you. A 
 young lady, a fiew weeks since, arrived in thirt nity fmtu Eng. 
 land, on a visit to her frionda. Shortly after she waa in- 
 dooed to attend ^m aenrioM ; the word ivaohed her heart, 
 and, after a seTer* and deep repentance, God apoke pea^e to 
 her soul. In the simplicity of her heart she wrote *a «o- 
 oomit of her oonTeraion ta her mother, in Lirerpool, and 
 deairad tiberty to unite hervlf wiA tho Metfiodiat choroh, 
 little snapeeting the natural enmity of the unrenewed heart. 
 Her mother, a highnspirited, unconverted woman, felt an 
 imtant indigna<»m againat her daughter; wrote to her im- 
 mediately, ridiculed the revivia, forbade her joining tho 
 MethodiatB, reproached her for her weakness of mind, and 
 
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 ordered her horn*. Th« young l»dy, »i»nne<l it th« tone of 
 th« letter, wnt a not«» to the pul|)it, staling the ca«e in » deli- 
 CAlo way, aiul rwiuontuig my prayers, aiul th(>«e (»f the con- 
 gregation, for the convertion of hov mother.. We full down 
 before Oo<l ; faithful ai»<» umt«d prayer wm offered, in which, 
 I beliere, every pioui wal joined. 
 
 A few days after, a letter arrived from Liverpool, giving 
 an account of the mothor'ii convoniion. On the night " Uie 
 prayer of faith" mu offered to (Iwi, Bho wm awakened to 
 Me heraelf a sinner on the brink of hell. " IWing Uio 
 night," naid nhe, " I felt tuM if I wm in a furnace of fire." 
 The next morning Ood converted her ioul. In that lefler 
 ■he humbly asked forgiveness of her daughtc , and the same 
 from me, idthough sho had never seen me ; but it was on o- 
 ' count of what she had said against the revival ; and concluded 
 by giving her liberty to join the Methodists as soon as she 
 ]deased, as she intende<i to do U»e same herself. 
 
 On the 17Ui of Ust month, (November, 1841,) I yWted, 
 with a few fHends, the cwtle of DubUn. It happened to 
 be the day of the Lord Lieutemmt of Ireland's levee. It 
 was held at the Castle. We had to make our way through 
 two companies of sentinels ; and, after much diflSoulty, were 
 permitted to stand in the hall of the grand entrance, where 
 we had a fine view of the visiters. About thirteen hundred 
 of the aristocracy of Ireland paid their respeoU to his lord- 
 jUp. They were all sirayed in rich court dresses, distinc- 
 tive of their rank and station ; whether officers of state, 
 bishops, archbishops, or inferior clergy ; private genUem-m, 
 officers of the army, members of the city university, or of 
 other institutions of the country. The scene was very ani- 
 mated and imposing. The band of the Boyal Hussars was 
 stationed i^ the Upper Caatle Yard, and 
 
 " PiMoaiMd twMt mulo." • 
 
 H f^ifii j i . ^IHH I' J ' IM ' -i i .: |ii . i ) i l l HllH' W . 
 

 TMi ourounmiT. 
 
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 Kl at the tone of 
 
 in CAM in • doU- 
 IxMie of lli« con- 
 . Wo ft'll tlown 
 >flbred,in which, 
 
 iv«q)ool, giving 
 I the night " the 
 M awakened to 
 " During the 
 funiaco of Are." 
 In Oiat letter 
 'f- , and the same 
 but it wae on o- 
 1 ; and concluded 
 I aa toon aa ahe 
 self. 
 1841,) I viaited. 
 
 It happened to 
 land'a levee. It 
 our way through 
 ih difficulty, were 
 
 entrance, where 
 thirteen hundred 
 peoU to hit lord- 
 t dressee, distinc- 
 officere of state, 
 rivate gentlem'sn, 
 nnivendty, or of 
 sne wae very ani- 
 oyal Hussars waa 
 
 A par^ of the 4«th roji^inenl lined the hnlt. and a varf< ." M 
 
 inferior tilHcwm wtiro .ttttiomxl at tli« dilloroMt entr^-'' 
 
 We waited, with suuio intoreHt, to mo the nowly-clected Ix)rd 
 
 Mayor of Duhlin, the colebratod Daniel O'Connell. Hit 
 
 carriage drove up, tiwtofully oriifttuflntod with green and 
 
 yollow. Ilo a«cm.tt<-(l the gran.l stnirway, follr,w*'a by the 
 
 ■«W membei-a of the Corporation, .Itom.hI in Hcarlot oloakd. 
 
 We had a gwnl view of U'Co.mu.11, as ho »U>wl upon ono of 
 
 the landings, waiting his turn to bo pronented. Ho wae 
 
 dre«.«.l in his civic robe, in hi« hand tho wand of offlco, and 
 
 on his loft stood the bearor of tho maco. 1 IciUth, happinoss, 
 
 good humor, and indepon(lonce,.apiH>ared as if holdbg » 
 
 lovee ufM)n what a poot calls •♦ the temper of hu face." lU 
 
 soemed well pleased with himself, an<l [wrfoctlyso witheveiy 
 
 body and every tiling around him. 
 
 After leaving tfet liall we got entangled In a net, which 
 cost us much tro ib'9 before we wero liberated. No sooner 
 had «e passed the oastio gate than wo wero incloeod in tho 
 widst of thousands ; many of Uiom the lowest of human 
 ■ooiety. Nothing was heard but tlie cheering and shouting 
 of the nndtitude, cracking of whips, prancing of horses, 
 bawlingof coachmen, and jamhing and crashing of carriages ; 
 •ome of them two or three deep, struggling which should 
 first enter tho gate. Tho sccno was frightful. It was often 
 doubtfiil whether wo should be crushod by a coach and 
 horses, or trampled down by tho mob. To retreat, waa im- 
 possible ; to go f-rwanl, equally so. At last a providential 
 waj opened and wo escaped. When walking homo we found 
 the line of coaches yet to enter, a mile in length. 
 
 • • • • • 
 
 The Wesleyan Methodists, have three very respectable 
 ohapels in Dublin, and several smaller ones in the vicinity ; 
 bufc,ai there is nothing particularly interesting in their arohi- 
 
148 
 
 THB DBNOUBMBNT. 
 
 tecture, I shall forbear description. The Methodists in this 
 country seem more anxious to provide accommodations for 
 the greatest possible number of hearers, than to expend their 
 money on costly decorations, which sometimes leave the mul- 
 titude unprovided for. The chapel in Whitcfriar street 
 should not, however, pass unnoticed. It was erected by 
 Mr. Wesley, ten or twelve years after the first Methodist 
 society was formed, w?d a venerable building it is ; quite in 
 the old style, very plain, and without any communion place. 
 The lobby overhead is furnished on eil-icr side with a smte 
 of convenient rooms, in one of which died that eminent min- 
 ister of Jesus Christ, Thomaa Walsh. After a long and 
 severe conflict with the powers of darkness, while a few of 
 Ids brethren were praying for him in an adjoining room, he 
 burst into a transport of joy, exclaiming, " He is come I 
 He ia come ! My Beloved is mine, and I am his, his for 
 ever ! " wid sweetly fell asleep in Jesus. 
 
 Last night I assisted Mr. Waugh in holding what I think 
 he called the ninetieth watch-night meeting held in this 
 chapel. My sensations were peculiarly humbling, when re- 
 flecting, " I am now standing in a pulpit, once so effectually 
 occupied by the Wesleys, and the seraphic Fletcher." The 
 Lord has lately honored this consecrated place by the con- 
 conversion of many sinners. 
 
 On the night of Thursday, the 6th of January, 1842, I 
 preftched my last sermon in Abbey street chapel. That 
 large house was crowded in every part. I had taken my 
 farewell at two of the other chapels, and affecting seacons 
 they were, but the scene at Abbey street surpassed any thing 
 of the kind I had ever beheld. After sermon, about thirteen 
 hundred persons remained to bid me farewell, and they in- 
 timated most si^^iificantiy, that out of tte house tiiey would 
 not go until tiiey*had shaken hands with me. I bare up utt- 
 
 hiillH -Mlllirfi 
 
 m 
 
THB DBNOUBMENT. 
 
 148 
 
 liiethodists in this 
 ^ommodations for 
 a to expend their 
 lea leave the mul- 
 Whitcfriar street 
 ; was erected by 
 le first Methodist 
 ng it is ; quite in 
 communion place, 
 side Trith a suite 
 that eminent min- 
 \fiter a long and 
 18, while a few of 
 idjoining room, he 
 , "He is comet 
 I am his, his for 
 
 ding what I think 
 
 ting held in this 
 
 lombling, when re- 
 
 once so effectually 
 
 J Fletcher." The 
 
 place by the con- 
 • • • 
 
 January, 1842, I 
 eet chapel. That 
 I had taken my. 
 1 affecting seasons 
 lurpaased any thing 
 mon, about thirteen 
 rewell, and they in- 
 I house they would 
 me. I IxHre up un- 
 
 der the excitement till I thus parted with two hundred of 
 tliem, cluefly young converts ; but tbeir tears and cries so 
 affected me, that I could not bear it, and excused myself 
 from proceeding, saying, I would imitate the converted Indian 
 chief, " Shake hands with them in my heart," by singing, 
 
 " Amen, Ain«n, my »oal replie*, 
 I'm bound to meat yon in Uie tkie«, 
 And claim my manaion there ; 
 Now, here's my heart, and here my hand, 
 To meet yon io that heavenly land, 
 Where we shall part uO more." 
 
 When this was over, matters became worse and worse i I was 
 hemmed in on every side. At last two or three brethren, 
 in mercy, undertook to set mo free, and they had a task. 
 With much trouble they opened a small path, and through a 
 forest of hands, I gained the street; when, lo! it was' lined 
 to my home, at Mr. M'Comas's. The door was surrounded 
 inth people, but some friends succeeded m pulling me into 
 the house ; but, even here, there was little relief, as many 
 were inside. The sorrowful hearts of the people at my de- 
 parture, and a deep sense of my own unworthiness and utter 
 insignificancy, crushed my spirit to the very dust. Never, 
 in all my travels, have I met with a people equal to thosd 
 of Dublin. Their affection knew no bounds : I cannot tell 
 you all, my dear sister ; but their many acts of kindness and 
 generous friendship are too deeply engraven upon the heart 
 of your unworthy brother ever to be obUterated. 
 
 I preached one hundred and twenty-nine sermons b Dub- 
 lin, and v\bont sev*!? hundred persons professed to have re- 
 ceived pardomag mercy. Many of these were members of 
 society who had never before obtained salvation. Some were 
 backsliden. Several from other churohes, but a large pro* 
 portion were from the workl. 
 

 144 
 
 THB DXNOUKMBMT. 
 
 ii- 
 
 To pre the reader a just conception of the genidneneas of 
 tiiese numerous conrersiona, we insert a letter written by 
 Biohard-Oraig, Esq., of Dublin, in March, 1847. This letter 
 will show how sacred and how lasting was the influence com- 
 mumcated fifom God through Mr. Caughey's labors in that 
 city ! :*> also presenfc. hia labors there in a deeply interesting 
 point of view : — 
 
 " Dublin, March 9th, 1847. 
 « Dba» Sir,— After the Conference of 1841, the Society 
 connected with Henderick street Chapel was looking forward, 
 with no small degree of anxiety to the expected ministrations 
 of the Rev. Robinson Scott, who had been appointed to this 
 (rity, and whose reported love for revivals had made his ap- 
 pointment an exceedingly popular one. On Sunday, 8th 
 August, the day on which Mr. Scott was expected to preach 
 for the first time in that chapel, Mr. Caughey delivered his 
 first message on this side of the Atlantic. His method of 
 r«a<JUng the Psalms and Lessons for the day, and his passmg 
 remarks, seemed to make a most fiivorable unpression on the 
 congregation : and he preached a sermon, in his own pecur 
 liarly tender, heart-searching, and affecting manner which 
 will not soon be forgotton. Its effect was astonishing. The 
 people were delighted with their new preacher ; but behold ! 
 on inquiry, it was discovered not to be Mr. Scott, but " a 
 stranger from America." In less time than I have been 
 , writing, it was decided that another brother (Fiel<Kng) and 
 
 myself, should hasten after, and endeavor to prevwl on lum 
 
 1 • • • • • * 
 
 to preach agam. 
 
 " So much for his first sermon. His last in Dublin waB 
 preached in Abby street Chapel on a week evening. I had 
 frequenUy gone there to hoar other great men preach oe- 
 cauonal sermons on the Sabbath, but never before did I see 
 
 i 
 
TBB J>tSOXTBUSST.. 
 
 146 
 
 le gentdnenen of 
 etter irritten by 
 847. This letter 
 le influence ccm- 
 'b labors in that 
 eeply interesting 
 
 • 
 
 ion 9th, 1847. 
 L841, the Society 
 looking forward, 
 ited ministrations 
 appointed to this 
 lad made his ap- 
 On Sunday, 8th 
 pected to preach 
 ey delivered his 
 His method of 
 r, and his passmg 
 mpression on the 
 in his own pecn- 
 ig manner which 
 stonishing. The 
 bier; but behold! 
 r. Scott, but " a 
 tan I have been 
 r (fielding) and 
 to prevul on lum 
 
 ist in Dublin was 
 
 evening. I had 
 
 men preach oe- 
 
 boforo did I see 
 
 that large chapel, the most spacious we had in the city, so 
 densely crowded : such a mass of human beings in such a 
 space I had never before seen. Although many of his he-vr- 
 ers, from the immense pressure, must have been exceedingly 
 uncomfortable, his semon was heard with the deepest 
 attention. Sorrow " that they should see his face no more," 
 seemed to be depicted on almost every countenance. At 
 the conclusion, he earnestly requested all present, but es- 
 peclally the yoimg converts, to be attentive to the means of 
 grace, more especially those for Christian communion ; and 
 urged upon them the necessity of exercising liberality in the 
 the cause of God. He then spoke of the kindly bearing of 
 the preachers towards him, and of theu- brotherly love ; and 
 with a delicacy of feeling which did him honor, he expressed 
 his fears that, from the way he had been laboring amongst 
 them, they might expect too much from their ministers. To 
 guard against this he informed them, that if he was stationed 
 among them, as his brethren around him were, it would be 
 utterly impossible for him to fulfil the duties of the circuit, 
 and at the same time qarry on the meetings, evening after 
 evening, as he had done, '^e then bade those near him fare- 
 well, and yn^h great difficulty got home. 
 
 " I think that the number brought to God during his min- 
 istry in Dublin was about 700, nearly half of whom were 
 ^ from the world. During the five years prior to his visit, the 
 average number of members in Ae Dublin Society was 1267 ; 
 and the average annual piumber of enugrations, during the 
 same period, njras 39. During the five years wMch have 
 eli^ised tdnce Mr. Caughey's visit, the average number of 
 members has been 1592, and of emigrations, 62 annually for 
 four years, no return of emigrations having been made for 
 the year 1 846. This shows a clear average increase of 826, 
 beudM Bttking up the deficiencies caused by emigration. 
 18 
 
 ' : 
 
w^ 
 
 140 
 
 IBB DBNOUBMBMT. 
 
 
 ! 
 
 1 ::. 
 
 Formerly the society was only able to pay three preaohera ; 
 within a few years of Mr. Caughey's visit, by much ezerUoo, 
 the expense of four was met ; but in consequence of the 
 blessing of tho Most High on his la)x)r8, we are now able, 
 from havmg such an increase of members, to support six. 
 Thus, even in a financial point of view, his services in Dub- 
 lin were invaluable, and, as it appears, produced lasting good. 
 The amount of money subscribed to some of the most im- 
 portant funds of the Society has also increased considerably, 
 as the following statement shows : — 
 
 Average of five jrean Average of five yean 
 
 prior to Mr. 
 Caughey's visit. 
 
 Yearly Collection . . £15Q 1 11 
 Education Fund. ... 48 16 
 
 Chapel Fund 58 2 
 
 Missions 685 
 
 846 18 1 
 
 subsequent to Mr. 
 Causey's visit. 
 
 £174 11 11 
 
 55 11 
 
 64 18 10 
 
 615 15 2 
 
 910 11 11 
 
 So that to these four funds there has been a gross average 
 aimual increase of about jC63. 
 
 " Here, then, we have from the Minutes of Conference, a 
 demonstrative proof, whether reference be made to the eter- 
 nal or temporal interests of the society, that the work which 
 was wrought through Mr. Caughey's instrumentality, was 
 indeed of God, and not tho effect of mere animal excitement 
 or fanaticism ; and the results have been such as I am able 
 to prove are unequalled in the entire history of Methodism 
 in Dublin. 
 
 " The secret of Mr. Caughey's success in Dublin was, 
 that he always acknowledged the necessity of the Sjnrit's 
 influence to make his ministrations profitable to the peojde. 
 
 i'.. 
 
 m 
 
^^'"Ml 
 
 THI DBNOUBMINT. 
 
 347 
 
 tree preaohen; 
 ' much exertion, 
 lequenoe of the 
 I are now able, 
 to support six. 
 ervices in Diib- 
 ed lasting good. 
 )f the most im- 
 )d oonsiderably, 
 
 rag« of Are yean 
 haequent to Mr. 
 'aa^ay't vtoit 
 
 ei74 11 11 
 
 65 11 
 
 64 18 10 
 
 616 15 2 
 
 910 11 11 
 
 > gross average 
 
 ' Conference, a 
 ide to the eter- 
 he work which 
 mentality, was 
 mal excitement 
 ii as I am able 
 of Methodism 
 
 a Dublin was, 
 
 of the Spirit'a 
 
 to the people. 
 
 Hence he spent many hours of each day on his knees, with 
 his Bible spread open before him, asking wisdom from on 
 high, and besuoching a blosfling from God on tho preaching 
 of his word. This, while at Mr. Jloldiag's, (and I believe 
 Mr. MoComas's,) was his almost constant employment be- 
 tween breakfast and dinner. Whenever ho suffered lumself 
 to be prevailed upon to spend an evening out, he usually 
 retired an hour before tho commencement of the evening's 
 service, in order again to cry to God for a blessing on the 
 people. I have, on more than one occasion, accompained him 
 from my own or from a friend's house to the house of God, 
 and during the whole qf our walk he scarcely ever exhanged 
 a word with me, — sotmingly lost in contemplation of the 
 importance of the work in which he was about to be engaged. 
 What a contrast to the bearing of some ministers in simi- 
 lar circumstances. He showed that he felt it to be bis 
 one business to bo made instrumental in tho salvation of 
 siimers. 
 
 "At a tea-meeting in Hendorick street Chapel, which 
 took plaoe a few days before he loft DubUn, Mr, Waugh, 
 the Superintendent, in the presence of the preachers and 
 leaders, and on behalf of the Society, returned him thanks for 
 his labors amongst us ; and promised that, as far as in him lay, 
 every facility should be afforded Mr. Caughey for hisvimtato 
 the different Societies in this land. Such a statement, from 
 such an ordo^lovi^g man as Mr. Waugh, speaks trumpet- 
 tongued as to the high opinion he then entertained of his 
 pety, usefidnesa, and obedience. I hav( o reason to think 
 that lus opinion has undergone the sligh' i. change. 
 "I am, dear Sir, afiectionately yours, 
 
 «R. Ceaio." 
 
CHAPTER XI. 
 
 TEN WREKS VS LIUBRIOX. 
 
 Amonq the many endences, which Mr. Caughey'a move- 
 ments furnish to domonatrato the reality and divinity of his 
 mission to Europe, ia the facility with which the Prondence 
 of God opened doors of access for him to the people. Conr 
 sidering tiie extraordinary method of holding protracted pub- 
 lic services which he was led to adopt, it is surprising that 
 his way was opened without any direct effort of his own. 
 Indeed, nothing is more apparent than that Mr. Caughey 
 had no plaiif preconceived, and subsequently carried out by 
 persevering labor. lie acted in simple, believing obedience 
 to the call of God, leaving his heavenly director to prepare a 
 way for his willing feet. How he should move, after his 
 arrival in Liverpool, he did not know ; where he should com- 
 mence his labors, he could not conceive. But he stood ready 
 for the conflict at any point. This was precisely the attitude 
 proper to his views and situation. And how naturally he 
 moved. The Conference is in session at Manchester. There, 
 tibe heart of the great Methodist body is to be seen, and 
 there he modestly appears. An invitation to Ireland decides 
 his mind to visit Dublin. In that place, an invitation to 
 preach brings him before the people. God owns his first 
 sermon, by causing it to produce a deep impression on the 
 leading men present, that the stranger is sent to them from 
 
 148 
 
TIN WIIKI Ilf UMiniOE. 
 
 140 
 
 aughoy'8 move- 
 l divinity of hifl 
 tho Providence 
 I people. Con- 
 protracted pub- 
 surprising that 
 )rt of his own. 
 ,t Mr. Caughej 
 r carried out bj 
 eving obedience 
 tor to prepare a 
 move, after his 
 he should com- 
 I he stood ready 
 sely the attitude 
 ow naturally he 
 ihester. There, 
 be seen, and 
 Ireland decides 
 Em invitation to 
 d owns his first 
 pression on the 
 nt to them from 
 J 
 
 Ood. They invite him to preach again, lie does so, and 
 with mighty effect, for a groat revival oommonoos at once. 
 They insist on his stay. He remains, until an army of souls 
 is nused up. His fame in DubUn procures him an invitation 
 to Limerick, and thus ho proceeds from place to place blos»> 
 ing and being blessed. What stronger demonstration, tluui 
 thv-se facts, can be demanded in proof of the genuineness of 
 his astonishing impression ? We know of none. But lot w 
 hear his somewhat versatile statements concerning the ten 
 weeks he spent in Limerick. Ho says : — 
 
 I had a very pleasant ride, though rather cold, from Dub- 
 lin to Limerick. Our route lay through several towns and 
 villages, among which wore Maryborough and Boscrea. I 
 had a glance at a round tower, tho first of tho kind I had 
 ever seen. I am agreeably entertained at tho house of Mr. 
 Keys. He and his sister are very intelligent persons, ex- 
 ceedingly kind, and deeply devoted to Ood. Several pre- 
 cious souls have been converted since my arrival. 
 
 On the 18th inst., (January, 1842,) I received the fol- 
 lowing letter from an intelligent and excellent brother in 
 Dublin : — 
 
 "Mt very drar Sir, — 
 
 " On last Sabbath I was informed of an awful circum- 
 stance, which occurred on the Sabbath evening you preached 
 in Whitefriar street, from this text, ' This year thou sbalt 
 die.' You may probably recollect that, in your pmyer, you 
 earnestly besought God to spare that man for three weeks, 
 whom he had decided on oaiiing soon into eternity, in order 
 that, before death, he might seek the salvation of his soul. 
 On that night, a man who lived in the neighborhood hbd 
 wandered into the ohapel, was deeply affected under the 
 18* 
 
IM 
 
 TUT wmu ni tncnios. 
 
 \ . 
 
 prajer, *nd went home convinced of mn. For jean he had 
 had a stielUng upon the sido of hia neck, which, however, 
 gave him little if any annoyance. On the next day, Mon- 
 day, it became aoro and inUamed, and continued ao bad that 
 i^ ladt^ he was under the necessity of giving up work, and 
 taking to his bed. A physician was called in, and, on ex* 
 amining the sore, pronounced it a cancer. The poor man 
 sank speedily under it, and in a short time the ontii« inside 
 of his throat was exposed. lie continued, during all hia 
 ■uSbrings, to cry for mercy, and at Icngtli Qod spoke peace 
 to his sou! ; and exactly in throe weeks from that Sabbath 
 evening, and at the same hour in which you had been en- 
 gaged in prayer, ho exchanged time for eternity, with a 
 hope blooming with umnortality." 
 
 I had a delightful walk this afternoon, along liie bank of a 
 branch of tho river Shannon, east of the city. My promen- 
 ade was a wide embankment, a mile uid a half in length, with 
 water on both sides. My soul was engaged in earnest- plead- 
 ing with Ood for an outpouring of his Holy Spirit on Lime- 
 rick. I told the Lord, with deep emotion and reverential 
 awe, that if he had called d > from America to preach the 
 gospel in these kingdoms, and if I was still permitted to re- 
 tain my commission, he would condescend to own and attend 
 me in all my miniatratiohs of his truth. I then drew nearer 
 to Ood, and represented the smallness of ray congregations, 
 and the comparative want of success which had, as yet, 
 attended my ministry in Limerick. 0, my dear sister, God 
 <Muae neur to my soul ; I felt great sweetness, and a strong 
 assurance that God would bring out the people, and awaken 
 and convert many sinners, before he would call me out of 
 Qaa oliy. The day before yesterday we wore visited with a 
 pMMt teirifio hurricane. Several vesseb in the harbor were 
 
mff wnn or uianuoic. 
 
 For jean he had 
 which, however, 
 i next diky, Mon- 
 iuuod ao b«d Uiat 
 ing up work, and 
 d in, and, on ex- 
 The poor man 
 Uie entii« inatde 
 1, during all hit 
 Qod Hpoke peace 
 )m that Sabbath 
 )u had been eo- 
 etemitj, with * 
 
 >ng iJie bank of a 
 y. My protnen- 
 i\{ in length, with 
 in earnest- plead- 
 ' Spirit on Lime- 
 
 and reverential 
 la to preach the 
 
 permitted to re- 
 ) own and attend 
 then drew nearer 
 ly congregations, 
 loh had, as yet, 
 
 dear sister, Ood 
 IBS, and a strong 
 >ple, and awaken 
 td call me out of 
 )re visited with a 
 1 the harbor war* 
 
 much injured. The roofe of many houacs were seriously 
 damaged ; one house was demolished, and two or three lives 
 lost. Tlio beautiful stone bridge across the Shannon WM 
 greatly injured, by vessels wiiich had broken loose from their 
 moorings, and drifted against it. Two ships were upset 
 below the bridge. The scone was awful. We are erpeoting 
 sad tidings from the coast. Last night I improved the dread- 
 ful visitation from thfl passage, 1 Kings x\x. 11—18. 
 
 Limerick has more than once been smitten by the rod of 
 God's providence. A short time since, I was taking tea 
 with one of our most influential friends hero. In Uie course 
 of our conversation, he related an awful event which hap- 
 pened a few years ago, by a terrible explosion of gunpowder. 
 A number of houses were blown to atomrf, and eighteen or 
 twenty persons killed. His house stood next to one that was 
 thrown down, and was badly shattered. He pointed to the 
 wall of the room in which wo were sitting, and siud the shook 
 dashed it in nearly a foot, but it sprang back to its place 
 immediately. He and his family had a most miraculous 
 wcape. The house was filled with the smoke of gunpowder, 
 Old when the neighbors gathered around his door, supposing 
 thoy were all killed, they made their appearance as monUf- 
 ments of mercy, uninjured, but covered with the dust of 
 bricks and mortar. I was amused with the account of the 
 old family clock, which stood at the head of the stairs at the 
 time of Uie explosion ; notwitfistandLng the wall was torn to 
 {Heces close by, and the stwrs demolished, the old time-{Heoe 
 kept its footing, having just enough left to stand upon ; and a 
 few minutes after the catastrophe, struck the proper hour, 
 eleven o'clock, and continued its motions with the same regu- 
 larity as if nothing had happened. And thus, I thought, 
 it IB witii ti le ; whatever disasters may occur beneath the 
 ■on, time still goes on. 
 
 n 
 
 i 
 
ua 
 
 TIN WRIIKII ttl UMmiUR. 
 
 " Who ttuUI contend wllk 
 TliiM? UnvaiiquUlMMl IIimT 
 Tha OunqiMror at UtMiiqiMrun, tnd LomI 
 Of dMoiatluu." 
 
 Sbo« the nm flnt 
 
 •• Bant into birth, 
 And daahwl from off hit «IUIu<la •nbllntt, 
 Tbi) flnt ilnuul imy tli«t aiarkeU wninniMlM timm," 
 
 it hm ntrtr pMuad. Although our globo wm onc« nearlj 
 d«po{m]«t«d, and often aince has it beeo rent &tul torn b/ 
 ewUiquakei, and devasUted by fire and •torn ; while revo- 
 laiaons have oonruhted tl»e nations dwelling upon its lurfaoe, 
 and myriadn of immortal bring* have been incarcerated in 
 hell, or blessed widi the liberty and joya of m eternal heaven ; 
 through all the vicwaitudei to which our pKnot has boon Bub- 
 jeot, Time, dread Time, haa never for a moment r««ted his 
 pinion to sigh over the wreck and the desolaUona both of the 
 work* and the hop«« of num. How truly lublime ia tha 
 poet's deacriptioQ : — 
 
 ItoilK )«I«M tilM I 
 
 FtoRM tplril of th« |Im« and Myth*, wbM pew«r 
 Can tUj him in hla tilant coona, or malt 
 Rlit Iron heart to pity ! 
 On, •tlU oit bs pnta«a, anfl for •▼er. 
 
 Tha pfuud bird, 
 Tha Condor of tha Andtn, that can low 
 ThrouKh heavpri'i unfathomabla depth, or bimw 
 Tha r\uy of tha northam hnrrloana, 
 And hatha hit plunaga in tha Urnndar*! hama, 
 Furla hit broad wing at nlght-fkll, and ilnkt dora 
 To rtat u^ion hk mounrain orag i 
 
 Bnt Tima 
 Knowa not (!.«« walght of tleap, or wtariaaai j 
 And night'* deep darluiatt haa no ohalat to Mad 
 Hi* ruihing pinion I 
 On, ttlll m ha praaiaa, and Ibr arar. 
 
 

 169 
 
 Loi4 
 
 M onc« nearljr 
 it aoil turn bjr 
 n ; whilo nro- 
 pon its iurf&oe, 
 ncsrconted m 
 itornol heaven ; 
 t hail boou Bub- 
 lent rcitited his 
 DIM both of th« 
 ■ublimo k th« 
 
 I hftd • refrenhlng mmkni the oUior night, while pr««chtiig 
 on that encouraging teji, Lake »t. 10, «• UkowiM, I mj 
 unto yott, ^«re ia yij in the preaence of tlie angfU of Ood, 
 over one tinner that rej)cnteth." What a bmad niifl glori- 
 o«M charter is this for revival ttfnru. U it not sufRcient to 
 .kindle an inextinguishabU) flame of seal in tlto breast of • 
 minister of Christ T How clearly does it reveal the btlmaM 
 connection existing between the world of mind in hm^ »n, and 
 the world of mind upon earth. Dtws it not show that Ood 
 has linked his great fliniily, tt>^>ve and below, by the strong 
 and powerftil ties of brotherhood ? • • • 
 
 The We^leyan Methodists in th»« couiUry have a bean^fti! 
 hymn in their collection, which I do not recollect to have 
 aeen in our American hymn-book. It was quite new to me, 
 and has become a favorite ; perhaps it may gratify yon and 
 some other friends. 
 
 Who Mn <l«<u>rlM tli« Joyt Uiat r\M, 
 Thronfh all th* conrU of ParsdlM, 
 To ••« a prodigal r«(urn, 
 T« Ma aa hair of glory bora T 
 
 With Jivy tha Karhar dolh approvs 
 Tha (Volt of hit etarnal loTa ; 
 Tha Son wftii Joy kiolu down, and •••• 
 Tha porehaaa of hia agontaa. 
 
 Tha Spirit takaa dallrht to flaw 
 Tha contrita toni ha formt anaw | 
 JUd titoli Md aniaU jMn to *lng 
 TIm pwriBg aaipfa* of thair King. 
 
 A few honrs agf, a beautifnl flag was seen waving firom a 
 neighboring flag-^taff ; and, upon inquiry, it was found that 
 the wife and servant of a pious captain, whose ship i» in port, 
 had been converted to Ood. The noble-hearte<l stm of the 
 ocean vraa so fall of joy, Uiat he commemorated the {^oiious 
 
U4 
 
 TUf WMIU IN LIMIRIOK. 
 
 •r«nt beforo hoaveit, aud earth, ami hell, b/ thua hoUting 
 kia ahip'a cubn, *' That it might aiirtDiinoe viotory," to mm 
 hia own language, •' through the blood of the Lamb," m 
 it waved in the tiioruing brecsoa. 
 
 The liord ia reriving hia work in Limerick bj oonTerUng 
 joula daily. Th« mo<-lit»g» are oharaotoriattd with much 
 aolemuitjr, aometimoa the atillnoaa ia upproaaivo. I often feel 
 afraid it ia the roiiult of lukowanimcM or atupidity ; but, on 
 going from aoat to aoat, aitd finding thu poopio univeraally on 
 their kn«; n, plowling with Ood for mercy, or for a larger 
 outpouring of the Holy Spirit, I return, very oilen, aahamod 
 of my auapiciona. 
 
 The following caae ia an exception ; but the resaltn were 
 io glorioua we could not rogrot the ciroumatance : A woman, 
 whoae hunband ia a Roman Catholic, was induced to attend 
 the servicoa. Ood powerfully awakened her to a aenae of 
 her wretched condition a3 a ainnor; she came again and 
 Again ; at laat her diatroaa becomo so great that ahc Ugan 
 to agoniie tor aalvation, when a ntrange accno ensued. Bhe 
 ■P"*K "P^^n *""■ fo«t> •>«««"» to jonip up and down, howling 
 in a most horrible manner ; hor head at the same time flying 
 from side to side, tm if it would leave hor body. 8omo fled 
 in horror ; others fainted ; many stood in solemn awe beforo 
 Ood. It was a terrible conflict. I had soon such things 
 beforo, but the dear people were appalled. It seemed aa if 
 two contending powers were rending her in pieces. I be- 
 lieve the devU waa then making his lost effort to keep pos- 
 lesaion of her soul ; nor can I doubt that the Holy Ohost 
 was then in the act of casting him out. The devil *' rent 
 her sore " and departed. Mark ix. 26. I saw her in the 
 congregation a few nights afterwards, *' Clothed, and in her 
 right nund," aa peaceful aa a hunb, and hi^py in Ood. 
 
 We are now distributing the following circular : — 
 
 !^ 
 
TUf WIMI iir t.IMmOK. 
 
 IM 
 
 bjr tliua hui«l{|^( 
 victory" tu um 
 the Lamb," m 
 
 sk bj converting 
 iioil wiUi much 
 ?o. I ofMn foel 
 af^ity ; but, uu 
 tie unirenally on 
 , ur fur A larger 
 )r ofl4)n, aahamod 
 
 ^0 rosulta were 
 uicti : A woman, 
 aducod to attend 
 or to a aeiiae of 
 came again and 
 
 that aho began 
 10 ensued. Bhe 
 il down, howling 
 same time flying 
 ixly. Some fled 
 lomn awe before 
 oen such thing* 
 
 It seemed aa if 
 n pieces. I be- 
 Fort to keep pos- 
 the Holy Ghost 
 rhe devil " rent 
 I saw her in the 
 Uied, and in her 
 ipy in Qod. 
 rular: — 
 
 TO THAT MAK WHO KKAK8 (JOD IN THE CITY 
 
 OF LIMKIIICK. 
 Mr DiAii Fribnd and IIrotiinr, 
 
 You IwUeyo tlio Bible U) be the word of Ood, a revelation 
 of the will of the Most High to man. When you look into 
 that holy book, when you read its SMred p*ges, when joor 
 heart is deeply iiiipresscd with its solemn truths ; and whra 
 you ooro[>are the general conduct and acknowledgml expeH- 
 onoo of multitudoa around yuu with that book, and with the 
 gospel you hear preached fVom Sabbath to Sabbath, can yoa 
 for a moment doubt the jeo|)ardy to which their poor souls 
 are every hour exposed ? With this book in your liand, you 
 ttave a right to make an estimate, not only of your own pros- 
 pects for eternity, but also of the eternal prospects (d thoM 
 around you. 
 
 You tnuft do this in order to feel for your own soul, and 
 for Uie souls of your fellow-men. How can your heart bleed 
 for poor impenitent sinners t How can you weep and cry to 
 God for their salvation until you thus realise their dreadful 
 condition ? 
 
 This language is not new to you ; your Christian heart has 
 often sighed over the abominations practiced around yoa ; 
 you have often trembled for the eternal ram you have seen 
 a little ahead of the giddy throng ; and as one uid another 
 of them have been cut down by the justice of <)o<l, your soul 
 has been troubled within you, and your cry has been, '* O 
 liord, revive thy work ;" and you have long expected that 
 God would defend his own oatue in Limerick, and that he 
 would raise up many witnesses to that great truth, '* Jesus 
 Christ hath power upon earth to forgive sins." 
 
 Long have you waited for an outpouring of his Holy 
 Spirit. I address you as a friend of God ; as one who fears 
 his holy name. Will you recognise that revival of the work 
 
 / 
 
I 
 
 I*- 1 
 
 u 
 
 156 
 
 TON WBKK8 IN LIMKIUOK. 
 
 (rf God for which you have bo long Mghe d and prayed, aod 
 for which you have been so long in expjctation ? But will 
 you recognize it among a people with whom you are not in 
 the habit of worshipping God ; perhaps a people against 
 whom you have been prejudiced in paat years ? K so, we 
 oan assure you, brother, the revival of God's work has begun. 
 A few souls have lately experienced the great truth referred 
 to above, and are now rejoicing in the salvation of God, 
 experimentally felt. 
 
 In the Wesley chapel, George street, a few of God's 
 people have resolved to follow the directions given in Isaiah 
 Lrii. 6, 7 : " I have set watchmen upon thy walls, Jerusa- 
 lem, wluch shall never hold their peace day nor night : ye 
 that make mention of the Lord keep not rilence ; and j^ve 
 him no rest till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem ft 
 praise in the earth ;" and among them are a few whose lan- 
 guage is, " A dispensation of the gospel is comnutted unto 
 me, and woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel ;" and 
 the cry of their heart is, as recorded m the first verse of that 
 same chapter of Isaiah, " For Zion's sake will I not hold my 
 peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the 
 righteousness thereof go forth as brightoeas, and the salvar 
 tion thereof as a lamp that bumeth ; and they are resolved 
 . to make full proof of their ministry by wieldir^g, to the very 
 utmost of their strength, those great and tremendous trutiis 
 of (Jod which are believed by Christiana of different denonu- 
 nfttions. Among those who are thus resolved to do all they 
 can to bring sinners home to God, is the writer of this 
 
 paper. 
 
 When in NortJi America, surrounded by the happy people 
 of his own charge, as a minister of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church of that country, he received an impression wluch he 
 believed then, and does yet believe, came from God, that it 
 
 mm 
 
 W,j|gg 
 
.iffltt . 
 
 TEN WRBK8 IH UMBRIOK. 
 
 16T 
 
 and prayed^ 9od 
 bation? But mil 
 1 jou are not in 
 a people agunst 
 ^ears ? K so, we 
 a wprk has begun, 
 eat trutli r&ferred 
 salvation of Ood, 
 
 a few of God's 
 OS given in Isaiah 
 iT walls, Jerusa- 
 ay nor mght : yo 
 e^ence ; and ^ve 
 lake Jerosalem a 
 » a few whose Ian- 
 is committed unto 
 the gospel;" and 
 first verse of that 
 will I not hold my 
 lot rest, until the 
 as, and the salvar 
 I tiiey are resolved 
 aldiiyg, to the very 
 tremendous truths 
 t different denonu- 
 Ived to do all tiiey 
 the writer of this 
 
 y the happy people 
 [ethocUst Epscopal 
 npres^on wluch he 
 9 from God, that it 
 
 was his duty to take a tour through these kingdoms and oaU 
 mnuers to repentance ; rid, after fulfilling his mission, return 
 to America and re-«nter upon his regular work. After haV'^ 
 ing obttuned leave of absence from the authorities of that 
 church, and being duly recommended to the confidence of 
 his brethren on this side of the Atlantic, by his Bishop and 
 Confei noe, he has come as far as Limerick, preaching the 
 gospel of the Son of God. Will you, my dear friend, help 
 us in this work by yomr prayers, presence, and infiuence ? 
 May be God will at this time give a general revival of true 
 religion in tiiis city. Perhaps your own soul is fiur from 
 being happy in the love of Qod, That with all your good- 
 will to the religion of the Saviour, you yourself have never 
 been oouverted. That you can neither tell the time, nor 
 place, nor circumstances of your havmg passed from deaUi 
 unto life ; so that our Lord's discourse to Nioodemus, John 
 iii., on the tiubjeot of the *' new birth," is as great a mystery 
 to your unhappy soul as it was to thn Jewish ruler. Although 
 you do know what " the spirit of bondage again to fear " 
 meaneth, yet Romans viii. 16, is yet to your heart an nnez- 
 plained mystery. 
 
 Look up to God, thou who art wuting for the <* conso- 
 lation of IsraeL" " The time to favor Zion is come ;" and 
 the time to favor thy poor soul is come aiao. *' The Lord, 
 whom thou seekest, shall suddenly come t? his temple." 
 
 Perhaps there may stand by your side, a poor, wicked, 
 wretched mnner, over whose head the sword of eternal jaa- 
 tice has long been suspended. Let me speak a word to him. 
 Ah! poor dinner! thou unhappy wanderer from Qoi, and 
 fh)m the path to heaven, what a mercy thou art not m heUl 
 God has spared thee for a number of yearei, thou^ 
 
 " Thou hast long withstood hb gnat, 
 Long pioToked him to his Akm." 
 
 14 
 
 
158 
 
 TEN WBIKS IW UMnaOK. 
 
 Thoa hMt long been a transgressor against Qod, and an 
 enemy to thine own soul. 0, sin no more ! Turn, man, 
 ifoman, turn ! 0, turn to God before he involve thy poor 
 soul among the wretched and hopeless outcasts of a miser- 
 able eternity! May the Holy Spirit help you, throug|h 
 Jesus Christ ! Amen. 
 
 James Cauohbt. 
 Wetley Chapel^ lAmerick, 
 Jan. 14«A, 1842. 
 
 Hundreds of the above are already m circulation. I tnut 
 the effects will be good. 
 
 The next paragrapns, which treat of the history of Lime- 
 rick, although a digression from the main topic of the work, 
 are inserted both on account of their intrinsio excellence, and 
 as a specimen of Mr. Caughey's descriptive powers. They 
 will be both novel and interesting to the intelligent reader : 
 
 Limerick is seated on the noble river Shannon, about nxty 
 miles from the ocean and ninety-four from Dublin. The 
 river is narigable for ships of a large size to the city wharves. 
 Situated in the heart of a rich and fertile country, it is a 
 place of conmderable commerce. The city umals are full of 
 stirring incident. Some have supposed its foundations were 
 laid before the birth of Christ. Ptolemy gave it the name 
 of Regia ; and in other ancient documents it is called Rosse 
 de Nwleagh. Its earliest name is allowed to have been 
 Lum-neach, an Irish word, signif^g a place made bare by 
 the graring of horses. It seems, that at a very eariy period, 
 the island upon wWch part of tiie city stands, was the resort 
 of a set of outlaws and vagabonds, who subsisted by plunder- 
 ing the neighboring coimtiea, on both sides of the river : 
 
 ^mm 
 
ut Qod, and an 
 e ! Turn, man, 
 involve thy poor 
 tcasts of a miser- 
 Ip you, through 
 
 [ES Oauohbt. 
 
 ulatdon. I tnut 
 
 history of lime- 
 opic of the work, " 
 ic excellence, and 
 ) powers. They 
 elligent reader : 
 
 nnon, about eizty 
 m Dublin. The 
 the city wharves, 
 e country, it is a 
 annaU are full of 
 foundations were 
 ave it the name 
 it is called Bosse 
 3d to have been 
 se made bare by 
 rery early period, 
 B, was the resort 
 isted by plunder- 
 les of the river : 
 
 TBN WMK8 IM UMBBIOK. 
 
 169 
 
 Cthink of ancient Rome.) Here they drove their stolen 
 horses. Hence the name. The island was at that time 
 accessible only by a ford ; now, two majestic stont ndges 
 span the river, uniting the county Clare with the town. Its 
 present modification of name was by the English. 
 
 l-he place was taken and plundered by the Danes, m the 
 year of our Lord, 812, and soon after they constituted it one 
 of their principal maritime stations. They encompassed it 
 with walls and towers ; and for more than a century main- 
 tained it as a place of great importance to their interests m 
 Ireland. Ai the time, denominated in history, Ihe 
 English Invasion." A. D. 1169, it fell into the hands of tiie 
 English ; and soon after tiie Danes were banished from the 
 kingdom. Previous to tiiis time, much blood had been shed 
 within and outside its walls. There is an account of a suc- 
 cessful siege against it, by Brien Boroimhe, (can you get 
 your American tongue around this ?) Kmg of Munster. It 
 became tiie residence of the King of Thomond or North 
 Munster, and arrived at such dignity as to be called in his- 
 tory, " The Kingdom of Limerick." I find that dunng a 
 few centuries it suffered no less than eight bloody sieges. 
 The last two were the most important, as they resulted m its 
 complete subjugation to the Protestant British throne. These 
 moges took place, A. D. 1690—1. 
 
 On the accession of James H., the inhabitaniB proclawaed 
 the event with great rejoicings The same year, King Wil- 
 liam, the antagonist of James, laid siege to the city. It was 
 then a wallod town, three miles in circumference, with a 
 castie, citadel, various towers, and seventeen gates, ^e 
 whole strongly fortified. William approwshed the walls with 
 twenty thonaand veteran troops, and commenced the siege. 
 The place was well garrisoned witii Irish and Danish troops, 
 largely supplied with munitions of war, with the advantage 
 
'■mrnm* 
 
 MtM 
 
 led 
 
 TBK WBIKB m UMtlirOK. 
 
 i' 
 
 h*' 
 
 of a frae «ccen to the ocean. Nottnthstanding these dkad- 
 tantftges, together with the lateness of the seaaon, this 
 monarch pressed the siege with great vigor. A breach was 
 made, and through it did his valiant soldiers several times 
 penetrate mto tiie city, but as often were they driven back. 
 This desperate contest lasted four hours, when William was 
 forced to retreat, leaving behind him sixteen htmdrcd men, 
 princtf«Ily slain. A few months afterwards, King William 
 sent General Oinkell against the place with a large army. 
 The siege was bloody and desperate. I stood near the place 
 yesterday, at the Thomond Bridge, where six hundred Iririi 
 troops were cut to pieces, and one hundred and fifty drowned. 
 It seems the Irish had made a sally, but meeting with a hoi 
 reception, and being severely pressed by the English, tixey 
 retreated in great disorder. The officer in charge of the 
 gate, fearing tie English might gain an entrance with ihe 
 fu^tivea, ordered the bridge to be drawn and Uie gate shut ; 
 thus the poor fellows were left to be butchered like so many 
 cattle. On the first of October the city surrendered, under 
 certain articlies of capitulation. The treaty was ngned on a 
 large stone, on the Clare side of the Shannon, close to the 
 bridge. This stone is an object of interest to the inhabitants, 
 an well as a curiosity to visiters. About this time the city 
 was declared to be no longer a fomrois, and the dismantling 
 of its walls immediately took place. 
 
 The otiier day I walked upon fifty yards of the old wall. 
 It is about twenty-five feet high. The effects of the cannon- 
 ading are stall visible m the shattered and broken stones of 
 the front. A gentleman who accompanied me, pointed out 
 the place where King William made the first breach, tmd 
 the spot where the Irish and Danes played off a small batter]^ 
 which did terrible execution among those who were pressinj^ 
 in. Here was the place, too, where tiie good ladies of Tjwwu 
 
TIN Wliia IN UMIMCK. 
 
 161 
 
 ing these dkftd- 
 iie seaiion, this 
 A breach wm 
 rs several times 
 3y driven back, 
 en William was 
 a himdrcu men, 
 , King William 
 I a large army, 
 i near the place 
 I hundred Irish 
 d fifty drowned, 
 tting with a hot 
 B English, tiiey 
 
 charge of the 
 ranee with Uie 
 
 tlie gate shut ; 
 id like so many 
 endered, under 
 ras signed on a 
 )n, close to the 
 the inhabitants, 
 
 time the city 
 ihe dismantlinff 
 
 •f the old wall, 
 of the oannon- 
 oken stone9 of 
 le, pointed out 
 at breach, tmd 
 X small battel^ 
 were pressing' 
 adies of JAsn^ 
 
 rick came up to the help of their valiant husbands. Strong 
 affection for those they loved drew them to the scene of con- 
 flict, weaponless of course',. but seeing the dreadful cnsM 
 tliey resolved to go into action ; so, pulling off their stock- 
 ings and putting a fe^ stones therein, they rushed mto the 
 ranks and assisted in turning the tide of battie. The heavy- 
 footed stockings wore seen swinging in aU directions ; with 
 these they hammered the heatls of the wounded, or those 
 who had fallen in the peU-mell of retreat. Oh, the horrors 
 of war ; into what demons does it transform our race ! 
 
 Pardon the digression. But Limerick, waU-less as it is, 
 is once more besieged by a small army under the command 
 of Jesus Christ. Several skirmishes have already taken 
 place, and more than thirty sinners have been mounded by 
 the sword of the Spirit; but the Captain of our salvation 
 has healed them again, as he did poor Malchus, who had 
 been deprived of his ear by the keen sword of Peter. We 
 are expecting a general engagement one of tiiese days ; bu- 
 it is not necessary to contrast the consequences ; I mean 
 with those bloody conflicts I hav« been just descnbmg. 
 Should we have the victory, it will be a bloodless one ; wd 
 the effects so much more glorious that they cannot be brought 
 into comparison ; but if we are unsuccessful, the ^^^ 
 many hundreds of the enenues of the Lord maybe as awfully 
 terrific as the horrors of hell surpass those of the bloodiest 
 battle that has ever stwned our globe. 
 
 The ancient Cathedral of St. Mary is a venerable and 
 noble structure, in plain Gothic. The walls are sunrounted 
 by a line of graduated battleme««*, and the whole finished 
 off with a square tower one hund^^d and tweaty feet hij^, 
 singularly castellated at the top, besides four turrets, twenty 
 feet high, which adorn the angles. Tae interior is orna- 
 mented with a variety of monumonta and inscnptionB. Th6 
 
 Mn 
 
 A 
 
 IMM^^WJIpi^'WoS^SSSE*" 
 
 ssase 
 
tea 
 
 TUr WIBKS IN LIMRRIOK. 
 
 •oulpture, however, possesses but litUe interest beyond being 
 ▼erjr ancient. The figures, with one or two exceptions, »re 
 rery coane. I was amused and surprised to find the follow- 
 ing inwf ription upon a plain Hlab in this church ; especialt j 
 M ii dates the latter part of the seventeenth century : — 
 
 IIEMEHTO MORY 
 
 HERK UETH LITTKL 
 
 8AMVKLL BARINGTON THAT 
 
 GREAT VNDERTAKER OP 
 FAMOVS CITTI8 CLOCK AND 
 
 CHIME MAKER HE MADE 
 HIS OWN TIME QUE EAR- 
 LY AND LATTER BVT 
 NOW HE IS RETVHNED TO 
 
 GOD HIS CREATOR 
 
 THE 1» NOVEMBER THEN 
 
 HE 8EE8T AND FOR HIS 
 
 MEMORY THIS HERE IS 
 
 PLEAST BY HIS SON BEN 
 
 IMt. 
 
 Was not Ben a gemus ? 
 
 Will your taste be shocked, if I tell you, that encompassed 
 tm I was with many remnants of antiquity, my eyes routed on 
 no spot with such interest as upon the ruins of an old Meth- 
 odist chapel ? A few moments after leaving the cathedral, 
 we found ourselves standing before ita venerable walls. It is 
 neariy unroofed. The front is supported by four pillars of 
 the Tuscan order, resting upon neat pedestals, and finished 
 with plain capitals. The recess is well fiagged, protected by 
 a BubsCantial balustrade. To the left are the stairs to the 
 lobby, entirely above the chapel. These we ascended, but 
 durst not proceed, as the floors were bad. We could see the 
 long range of class-rooms, and chambers for the preachers, 
 aooorcUng to the custom of early Methodism. Ilie interior 
 of the ohapel is a mournful desolation ; tixe pulpit is gone. 
 
 l\ 
 
 i¥p«p 
 
 
 mtmgmmmm 
 
I beyond hmng 
 sxoeptions, mto 
 ind the follow^ 
 oh; eapeci&llj 
 entury : — 
 
 b encompassed 
 eyes ropted on 
 
 an old Meth- 
 the cathedral, 
 e walls. It is 
 four pillars of 
 , and finished 
 , protected by 
 B sttura to the 
 ascended, bat 
 
 could see the 
 tie preachers, 
 
 The interior 
 olpit is gone. 
 
 mr WIMS IN UMBMO*. 
 
 let 
 
 i\ 
 
 »d the whole seatloss and floorlcss. The frame-work of the 
 Lories mA the stairs remain. Ah! I tho;«^^' «;« P\^; 
 C often been vocal with the praises of God MulUtudes, 
 now in heaven, were » bom of the Spirit" ^J - ♦JT Hot 
 Here Mr. Wesley often preached the gospel with the Holy 
 Ghost sent down from heaven." In this place he often met 
 the society, and instructed them in the deep things of Ood , 
 but they are all long since gone to the eternal world. 
 
 Tlie following remarks on this «^»P«^ *;;«/""" ^,- 
 Wesley, in his journal, 1766 : " Friday, 8th J"^!' I/;J« ^ 
 Limerick, and found the preaching-house just fimshed. I 
 Uked it the best of any in the kingdom ; bemg neat, yea, 
 
 ^X'^i:;L%ti^^^^ present, a large and 
 
 handsome chapel in another part of the city. Limenck ha. 
 the usual number of benevolent institution, which honor 
 ler cities ; the same variety also of ^^-J- ^^^^ 
 tions a«d place, of worship that we have genenaiy to Amenc^ 
 You are aware, that all who do not belong to the Established 
 Church m this country, are called Dissenters or Roman Cat^ 
 olics. The dissenting churches in Limerick are very respeo- 
 tftble and flourishing, although they are livmg amidst &• 
 frowns of Papist, on the one hand, and, very generaUy, the 
 contempt of the Establishment on the other. 
 
 That popery should frown upon protestant churche., aiid 
 persecute Tern, is not to be wondered at ; but that the mm- 
 tatere of one protestant church .hould endeavor to imchuroh 
 all others, and anathematize their ministers, m »*™<*«" ^^ 
 the paatoral office, is mournful indeed. It i. not unhksly 
 that a church establishment i. best for these kmgdou- , 
 inasmuch aa it ha. been, for centuries, interwoven with theu^ 
 cItU and religious constitution. The fict, however, isnoto- 
 rious, that in whatioeTer nation under heawn, one bm«h of 
 
164 
 
 WW WBBKH IN UHmUOK. 
 
 the church ui elevated by Uw above the othora, in honow, 
 privileges, and emolumcnta, that that section becomes, and 
 continues ovorboarinK, dogmatical, and exclusive ; and thus 
 it has been from time immemorial. You will ask, "But 
 have the/ meddled with the validity of your ministry ?" 
 Certainly ; am I not found among the Dissenters ? It is 
 therefore thought im()088iblo your friend can be m the suc- 
 cession. I usually answer the attack with a smile, or a 
 pointed reply, thus : 1 have no sympathy whatever with your 
 exclusive olaima. Your high church notions may do well 
 enough for this country, but as we have no state church in 
 America, you cannot imagine I should have any respect for 
 ■uoh claims. Christian churches are there on an equal foot- 
 ing in all respects ; and the consequence is, they escape that 
 humiliating pon?ccution to which your sister churches are 
 ■ubjectod, in most places in Ireland. As to the constitution 
 and government of the church of vhich I am a member, it is 
 an Episcopacy. We have our bishops, elders, and deacons ; 
 ar "' Allow me to say, however you may b« dissatisBed with 
 OS, we are perfectly contented, as a church, with our ec- 
 elesiaatical position in America. But I would have you un- 
 derstand, we lay no clwm to any such superiority over other 
 churches, as would go to invaUdat* the ordination of their 
 pastors. " I am become a fool in glorying ; ye have com- 
 peUed me." 2 Cor, xii. 11. « Yet as a fool rtn ,Mve me, 
 that I may boast myself a little." 2 Cor. xi. 16. Although 
 tiie hands of two bishops have been upon my head ; first in 
 my ordination as deacon ; aad, lastly, as an elder in the 
 churtih of God ; yet, neither do I on this account disestoem 
 or undervalue the ordination of the Wosleyan Methodist min- 
 isters, nor that of other Disfwnfcbg clergymen of these king- 
 doms ; nor wiU I allow you to go on with your unwarrantable 
 d«nonciationB against my ministry and ordination, without 
 
""•>- 
 
 TW w««ii w vmmKX. 
 
 i6& 
 
 hen, in honon, 
 ti bticomos, and 
 sivo; and thus 
 will ask, " But 
 mr miuiatry?' 
 Hinters 7 It is 
 
 bo in the auo- 
 smile, or a 
 tover with your 
 IS may do well 
 state church in 
 my rospoot for 
 I an equal foot- 
 ley escape that 
 : churches are 
 he constitution 
 i member, it is 
 and deacons ; 
 issatisfied with 
 
 with our ec- 
 
 have you un- 
 ity over other 
 lation of their 
 ye have com- 
 >1 ret cive me, 
 8. Although 
 lead; first, in 
 
 elder in the 
 unt disestoem 
 [ethodiat min- 
 f tbetiti king- 
 nwarr&ntable 
 tion, without 
 
 .lo».d Witt. ^, ««"«'"■»«' ■• J"" *•"" '^"„.'° *• 
 rZ WtoMly p»nu„l ho».., .nJ lively, br,Il»,>. .pF'" 
 
 'CIT- wide „d cic.>; .h. h«„». b'";^^^; 
 
 il.„ .Itogcter, th. cit, of N.. York ,o«W b, hODored by 
 
 .. h»rafer of tliB purt of th« oilj of Lim«no«. 
 
 * T^« ^Vb«n h.« . ...mcien. Wh of «■« to fom 
 
 ^ ,,t Umited to the Mo*odi.tt ; mi . "'"V"™*'!""^^ 
 
 tUnt penned iho chan>«..r of iho I-™"*-'"^" 
 
 n?l " Feb. 26a., 1 .poke Mindly t» Ibo «'»'«« »« *« 
 
 .' n T imerick I have (bund no Mciely «> IrcUmd, 
 
 •«'»5 f ^Tw ,0 Lied Md grounded in W.." They 
 „vnnb« for number, .orooM«.P»^ ^^j, 
 
 Uv« two eiMllont men of Ood •<•'"»"» „ *wmi.iB F. 
 ™., Um B«». John F. Mathem, «nd Iho Ber- WdlMO I. 
 Sw ^.i wboM I feel My .ou. .trongly '-^'-J^' 
 ^Z. e,.r,to.gIco«ldd«»ro,«ad enter n»»the-«J 
 
 A. to the f ""STP" • ^^ , ^„ ■„ „ ,,t, M falUng 
 
mr wuucB w umwwok. 
 
 him to otrtMn meMarM which proy«d raocoMfbl. Th« Ibl- 
 lowing antrjr in hi. journal for the ym 1771. ii rather 
 •ymumng : •• Tu«m1»j, 14th, I mk on to Lim«, ick. aad t.,ld 
 them plamljr, ' If, a. i« your n,ann«r, you attend thn,e dayg, 
 J«. thou fall off, I can beHtow my tim« Utter eta«where. 
 But . you continue to oome, I will stay with y , longer.' 
 They took me at my word, aod continued to iuc. no««, both 
 aoromg and erening, as long as I.t«y«d k the city " 
 
 Mr Mathew. a.id I have b*e« .ngi^;ed lately in vi,iti„g 
 from hooae to hou»e, praying with tl,<. fkmilios and ethor'ma 
 
 r*? M ^T *" "T^; ^ ""^ ''""'y •"«»•' '••' *fa« ^-<'k! 
 
 exoer* Monday and Satunl .y. There ia . graciou. move 
 among the people. Sixty persona came foward , night before 
 Mt, to U,.nfy that, blaring the laat fev. week., they had found 
 "redemption through Hi. blood, ovon the f.,rgive„J« of «a. •" 
 •nd afterwarrU eighty awakened einneni came forwar for the 
 
 LTr ""[^"^^'f ''^^P'" ' ^''' ^' '" ''^ *f"»'^ «•"> -' averts 
 •d before they departed. Glory be to Go<i in the higJbort I 
 
 The following p.^ .^ges are taken from a letter written 
 from roA, ^d contain sever.! m«tt. rsof interest concern 
 mg the reanltt of hi. labora in Limerick :— 
 
 Yesterday morning, Maroh 18, 1842, 1 left Limerick br 
 -ti^ coach, ^d «Tived in thi. city (Cork) a Jit* past five, 
 P. Bl Thujr mOa. of our route Uy through a mterc^ting 
 
 We had a very gracioo. work of God in Limerick. One 
 hundred and rhirty j^r^ns professed the M^lvation of ttm 
 gospel, «»d about lunety united with the Methodist oh.. .x>h 
 I WM mfomod that other churches had received some 
 benefit from the revival ; to what extent I «n not ^ZZ 
 
 Why* 
 
TKTT WIIKII IN UMMICK. 
 
 167 
 
 •M. Th« M- 
 1771, ii nther 
 aotick, and (old 
 >ud thrae d»yi, 
 tter eiiiewh«r«. 
 h J'l longer.' 
 • Ulcs naiM*, both 
 he city." 
 telj in vuitiog 
 and exliorttag 
 It in the week, 
 Rnujioiui move 
 i. night liofore 
 Jiey bad found 
 6mm 0^ mm;" 
 brw&r ' for the 
 were c^nyert- 
 1 the highest I 
 
 letter written 
 rest cuuoonx 
 
 Limerick by 
 tt'n pMt fire, 
 k interc«tiag 
 (ediagljru il, 
 
 sriok. One 
 ration of iii» 
 
 Klist cht -xjh. 
 [*i)ired some 
 t not Me to 
 
 A fewdaji befbre f departed, I wm lnvil«d to takebrtak- 
 (a»i with a number it the frienda In the veatry. There wera 
 about forty [rwwnt. When the oloth waa remoTed, the Re». 
 J. F. Mathewa, Su|>erintend6nt of the Olwttit, roae, and 
 after a abort apeeoh, a copy of which waa gltan to ma aftof- 
 warda, ho preaonted mo with a Taluable patent leTor watch, 
 together with an addrea%, algned by th« chairman and »*^fr^ 
 tary of the mooting. I rose, and returned Mr. M. and ttio 
 friends my hearty thtok«, stating, that I should be moat 
 happy t- receive the beautiful timepiece, did I not poaaoM a 
 good one already; that om watch waa quite enough for a 
 Methodist preacher ; that if they would consent to receive 
 mine, and do what they pleased with it, I would gratefoUy 
 accept their elegant pi-eseiit ; but only on these terna. I* 
 waa then resoWed that the Rev. JohnF. x^athewa should b« 
 presented with my watch. 1 accompanied it with a short 
 ad Iress ; but I felt so unworthy, and was so overcome with 
 the unexpected kindness shown me, th 4 I could scMcely 
 praeeed. Mr. M. reoeiTed it with loh expressions of 
 broUiorly ivo, as have left an mdeliblo pression 'ipon my 
 heart. 1 foil wing are the copies of tia» addreames on the 
 ocoaaiim : — 
 
 "RlVlBKKD AWD VIET DfAB SlB, 
 
 «' At Uie request of a few of our brethren of the Wit- 
 leyan aonely, some of whom, through yoi., have been led to 
 the Sa^oar, and united i<> lus people, we address yoo a few 
 liaa% now on the eve of your dei,*rtarc from os, to another 
 fiehi oi 1 aior and usefulness. 
 
 "We feel inad'^quate to give expression to onr feelings of 
 
 ospe*. t and regard to you, for your great and unwearied 
 
 xertiima during your virit to this city. The reanlta hare 
 
 |i«a% exceeded our liighest antioipations. When we oair 
 
riN WlUii IN UMIUOK. 
 
 Um Urge »tt«mUno« of deeply altonlife congregstioiw, 
 
 thai from niKht to mght ut under jrour miui«trjr, the imuil)«« 
 who bftTO boeii »w»ken«l luid brought to believe in the Lord 
 Jeius, ftnd the eucoui».;pnn circvunntaucc* in which the m>o\r 
 Mj hm b««u plfccod bjr thi« revival of the work of Ood, w« 
 W« le«l, witli wloring gntitudo to Jlirn, tho iource of every 
 bloMtng, to aoknowlodgo wliat, lhn)ugh your imtrumentaUty, 
 bM b€M»n efluoted. 
 
 " Wo tnuit, «lcM Sir, Uiat yotir vaJuAhlo life wil' long be 
 preserved to the world aiul the church ; that you m*y Uve 
 to publieh tho gospel o^ iho grace of God, which, we earn- 
 Mtly pray, m»y tt> many thouaandu bo hi« jwwor to their 
 milvation, who ihall Iw your 'joy and crown of rejoicing in 
 tlio day of ilie Lonl Jo«u«.' Wo do chcriah the delightful 
 eipeotrtion of meeting you in that day, in our Father'i 
 kingdom, where there \» ' fulneiw of jcj,' and ' ploMurea for 
 evermore.' Now that you are about U> leave u«, we cannot 
 Iflt you depart wiUwut a imall testimony of our fraternal re- 
 gard for you, and tnut you wiU be pleaumi to accept the 
 accompanying token a« an cxprewion of gratitude to Clod, 
 for .the hleeiingp he ha« been pleaaed to confer on us through 
 your instrumentality. 
 
 ♦♦ We rcmab, dear Sir, yourfl most truly and affectionate- 
 ly '^J^""^"'' "RoBt. K.ATB. 
 
 "MiottL. Bwinim.** 
 
 " March 15<A, 1842." 
 
 The aecretary put into my handa Uie following, aa Uie rom- 
 mary of the Rev. Mr. Mathew'a address : — 
 
 "He congratulated the meeting upon the very chewmg 
 wroumBtancea in which the society was phiced. A few 
 months ago it was greatly depressed, but now the scene WM 
 oonaidorably altered. Many, d-iring tho revival, had beon 
 
r« ocmgrogfttiotM, 
 t%ry, the nutub«r« 
 ilieve m iha Lurd 
 n which the *'ci- 
 W(»rk of (Jtid, wo 
 ) ikturco of every 
 r ioiitruinontality, 
 
 Ufe wir long bt 
 Ihttl jou majr lire 
 , which, wo oMTi- 
 i» |M)Wor to their 
 wn of rojoioing in 
 riah the doliKhtlul 
 , in our F»thor'i 
 md ' ploftBurcs for 
 ave u«, wo cwuiot 
 f our fraternal re- 
 o/uhX to aofiopt the 
 gratitude to flod, 
 iil'er on m through 
 
 y and affectionate- 
 
 C. KlATS. 
 
 !L. BwiTnm.** 
 
 owing, aa the fum- 
 
 the Tery cheering 
 
 placed. A few 
 
 now the Bcene wM 
 
 I revival, had be^n 
 
 m wwHa rM uwmior. 
 
 Whverted to (Jod, had given themaehea to him and to hk 
 people aotxnrding to hi« will. 
 
 •• He ipolie of M«M.odijwn In twwi of hi^jh admiraUon 
 with ^^}^ard to ite a.Mtriiie«, privilej^*, and di««iipHn«, and 
 of ita ailaptotion to tli*' ureat deaigim <»f Ood In th« aalvatioQ 
 of tho worh',. The l^mi had nignally owned the lal»ora of 
 hia aorvant. Ilia word had boon ' in dcnioiuitrution of the 
 Spirit and of pjwcr.' Th- Koa|)ol, by hia miniatry, ha*l in- 
 deed conjo 'in the Holy Ghoat, and in much anavirance.' It 
 was Uioir comoat prayer tliat the Lord would Htill be with 
 him ; and, in every place, crown hia labom with abundant 
 
 Buocoaa. 
 
 •• In condoaion, he obaorvod, thia token of affection and 
 gratitude ia a watoh. The frionda pretienting it are fully 
 aware, dear Sir, that you doopl^ fool the value of tim* ; elae 
 you would not have preached with that ycamin;? compaaaion 
 for the aoula of ainnora, which haa charactorizod your lalnira 
 aince you came to thia city ; that ita unapcakablo importance, 
 aa the period allotted to proparo for eternity, ia a aubject 
 which fillayour mind in all your miniatrationa. 
 
 "The vibrationM of thia viatoh, waorovar the providence 
 of God may leau you, in Ireland, England, tho continent of 
 Europe, the mighty deep, or far away beyond tho groat 
 Atlantic, will be a fit memento of the oonatan*. affectionate 
 vibrations of tlje hoartaof your Limerick friends ; and wo are 
 led, in joyful antici|)ation, to look beyond tho periodical revo- 
 lutiona of houra and daya, montlia and yoara, torroa bfilong- 
 mg to limited duration ; to that glorioua period when there 
 ahall be duration without meaauro, without limit, and without 
 end ; and we expect, dear Sir, to meet you in that kingdom, 
 where our friendship ahall bo perpet'iated forever." 
 
 I received many other tokena of tho strong affection of 
 ihia lovely people, ond left their city with feoliuga of strong 
 16 
 
 
w 
 
 170 
 
 Tmr wins m ldicrtok. 
 
 attachment and gratitude not c-jsily expressed. An ac- 
 quaintance has been formed there ^ith some of the excellent 
 of the earth which, I believe, shall bo renewed in heaven. I 
 do pnuse God also, that I over became acquainted with the 
 Rev. J. F. Mathews, and his colleague, Mr. Applebe, and 
 intb their amiable frives and families. 
 
 Ibi 
 
 Mjrunii irmliri 
 
 An. 
 
sscd. An AO- 
 of tho excellent 
 d in heaven. I 
 aintcd tvith the 
 r. Applcbc, and 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 
 VISIT 10 CORK. 
 
 HAVlNa finished bis work in Limerick, Mr. Caughej found 
 <( an open door " in the city of Cork. With the incidents of 
 his visit there, the reader will be greatly pleased. Perhaps 
 he will wish that M», Caughey had j^ven a more regular 
 and detailed account of his revival movements. But it must 
 be recollected that, in a former chapter, he has entered fully 
 into his mode of assaultmg the kingdom of Satan. To de- 
 scribe minutely lus labors in §ach place, would be only a 
 reposition of that chapter, nnce his mode of procedure was 
 substantially the same every where. He has, therefore, very 
 wisely, as we think, left the reader to apply the descriptions 
 of that thrilling chapter* to limerick, Cork, &c., and has 
 ^ven us the incidents only which were eztittordiiuury and 
 peculiar. 
 
 The succeecUng chapter derives its chief interest and value 
 firom its description of the eteran soldier, a truly unique 
 character. There is a singular beauty in the picture it pre- 
 sents of the wearied warrior, laying down his sword before 
 tht) door of the Wesleyan Chapel, and offering his services to 
 the Captain of his st^vation: and in the subsequent history 
 of this bold old soldier we have the character and duty of 
 a MODEL OLASS-LBADBR dutbctly drawn. We hope this 
 character will be profoundly studied by every olasa-lsader in 
 
 • Vld* Olwptw IT. 
 
 171 
 
 
 mamm 
 
iviwaaxpiiVHor* 
 
 172 
 
 VISIT TO CORK. 
 
 tiie connection. But wo must let Mr. Caughey apeak for 
 himielf. In hiB usual and somewhat abrupt iuanner he thu» 
 be^ns his account of liis visit to Cork : — 
 
 To-morrow morning, March 20, 1842, please God, I open 
 my commission in Cork. This morning I walked out of the 
 city, and ascended one of the nei^boring hills, and had a 
 fine view of the place. It blew a gale at the time, with oc- 
 casional bursts of sunshme through caroering clouds. I 
 ipent some time here i» fervent prayer i^ tfw town, wfeich 
 lay beneath ; near access to God mu yoachsafesd ae ; ^d, 
 after pleading deeply in the Spirit for tfee ii^y^n^, I 
 arose from my knees with the fullest c«»Tio^ tji«t God wm 
 just as ^nlling to visit Cork wUh an outpojpi^g of the Spwrit, 
 aa he was to send the purifying br«eae, and Oie isarmjng a^ 
 » dieering bewis of the sun, Oirough th« skeats and Iwes 
 
 «f the city. 
 
 On tiie Sabbatii moraing foUowing I »ddre#sed ^ lw«e 
 <5ongregalaon from Isaiah d. 81 ; jeamj i-eceived ^ w<ad i» 
 &ith and gladness, but some were prejudiced, and re8i»*»4. 
 I had many confficting emot. )ns during the sermon; «uoh as 
 fight, gloom, joy, sadness, fc-eodom, sesfawnt, sofineafl, hard- 
 ness. Do you understand such a paradoxical experience? 
 I fdt deeply humbled, and resolved to cleave to God. At 
 ni^t I opened my commi^ion more fully, from Jerenuah 
 xxiii. 19, 20. God enabled me to bear down on sinners with 
 the foUowing proposition : There are fi few grea* principle 
 whidbi every sinner should conader perfectly befoi» he entera 
 the eternal world. 
 
 It was a very solMnn &ae, especially a^ the dose of the 
 sermon. I insisted that a period mu?t arrive in the ^ioif 
 of all men who die in mn, when God Almighty wiU xJOPpl 
 them, by all the argumtfints of hell^e, to consider perfectly 
 
 1^ 
 
▼isrr TO cowt. 
 
 178 
 
 ighey speak for 
 iuooner be thiu 
 
 lae God, I open 
 dkeu out of the 
 billfl, and had a 
 e thne, with oc- 
 ing cloads. I 
 Ijbe town, Hfi^ch 
 isaM axQ ; ^d, 
 Q iohabiA^nts, I 
 9P^ tiliat God wa0 
 jqg <^ ^ Spji^t, 
 lie vanspg aj^ 
 Ireds and UuQieo 
 
 ddr««s^ |b Uur^e 
 ired tb# vroxd iia 
 ed, «ad reais^^d. 
 aermon; e,aofa as 
 t, softaaeafl, hard- 
 ic&l experjeiMSe? 
 k7e to God. At 
 , from Jerenuah 
 ni on aionew wkh 
 r grea>t principle 
 f befom ^ enten 
 
 , tite 4,(MM> of the 
 ive iu the Imi^ty 
 
 consider perfectly 
 
 thoM labjeots which daring life they had nei^eotod ; that 
 perfect consideration now would be attended with the moat 
 delightful consequences, but that the name exercise of mind 
 in hell wUl only sink them deeper in its tormenting flames. 
 I then threw down the gauntlet of defiance against the devil 
 and idl his works, and rallied my officers around the banners 
 of the cross. There was a shaking, but the devil raised his 
 signal of detemuned opposition. The night was spent in 
 hard fighting, without any great advantage on either side. 
 Hostilities ceased about ten o'clock at night. We called off 
 our troops and so did Satan. He had some wounded, but 
 he carried them off the battie-grouad. Since then we have 
 had a hard tug of war ; several of our praying men have 
 been so erihausted that they could not engage in active 
 service. 
 
 A few nights ago one of the worthiest officers in Jesus 
 Christ's army wm beaten from his post ; I found Iiim in the 
 congregation with his head down in great dejection, and sur- 
 rounded with many in a similar state of soul. I wont to 
 him and said, «' What doest thou here, Ehjah ?" He had 
 just strength enough to reply, " There is too much noise ; I 
 can do nothing in the midst of it." 
 
 " My brother, I am astonished at you ! It is a temptation 
 of the devil. I have just been moumiiig over the death-like 
 slaUness which is prevailing, suspecting it to arise from luke- 
 warmness and spiritual death, and I have been urging the 
 brethren to get into a state of soul in which they could shout 
 for battle and for victory." 
 
 He "aw it was a device of Satan, and escaped out m? the 
 hand of the enemy. The leaders coir^ lain of great hardness 
 of heart, but they are good men and true— 
 
 "Valiiot heutod m«a, 
 Who wiU not ti>«ir ookn fly." 
 
 16' . 
 
 .^■««>«wi wl, i l) ll « l WijliaWl i UWIiMIM I jlM il WjUIII|||IW)l 
 
I 
 
 ^m»^ 
 
 174 
 
 mirt TO CORK. 
 
 The itreaohers, Rot. Foasey Taokaberry, (1)roaier to the 
 Rev. Mr. Tiickaberry, of the Now York Conference,) and 
 Rev. .John Greer, are possessed of an excellent spirit, fins 
 talents, and active zeal for the salvation of ftinnere, and are 
 highly esteemed by their people They manifost a lively 
 intereflt in the present conflict, and seem delighted to open 
 every door of usefulness which would be likely to promote 
 thd great end of my visit. 
 
 The principal cuapel is a large and substantial buil^g. 
 Ita exterior is quite pretentionless ; the interior, however, in 
 spacious and exceedingly neat. There is an elegant and 
 digmfied simplicity in the fitting up which I admire. In few 
 places of worship has py mind enjoyed such a soothing sense 
 of religious quiat and secluqion from the world as in this. 
 The regular congregation is large and highly respectable ; 
 equal to that in Abbey street, Dublin, in every respect. 
 The preachers insist I shall occupy the pulpit twice on the 
 Sabbath while I stay. My mind has been uneasy about tlus, 
 knowmg the superior talents of these ser>^ant8 of God ; but 
 they say, " Let God send by whom he will send ; we have 
 been {nreaclung to our people for several Dtonths, and we shall 
 have many opportunities after you are gone ; we wish you 
 to do all the good you can while you remain with us." 
 • A touching scene once took place in front of the above 
 chapel, which will please you. It was related to me by an 
 old and successful clasa-leader of the Weslevan Methodist 
 Society in this city, as a part of his religious e\-"^rience 
 Ho is one of the holiest and moat devoted W'. cr ' :4 1 
 have ever met. Although between seventy ard .ig* .^ -j .at* 
 of age, his mind scenes to have all the freshness aud vigor of 
 youth. He has btjen the instruin'^nt of th« oonversioo of a 
 great number of sinners j aat *» mB&h, I believe, by public 
 exhortatioBS aE by his pritete ®JS>»tfl fbr ikikt e^vation ; by 
 
 1^ 
 

 
 van TO ooax. 
 
 176 
 
 (bro^Msr to the 
 Conference,) and 
 llent spirit, fins 
 dinnerB, and are 
 lantfoat a lively 
 slighted to open 
 kely to promote 
 
 tantial building, 
 nor, however, is 
 an elegant and 
 idmire. In few 
 a soothing sense 
 orld as in this, 
 hly respectable ; 
 
 every respect. 
 nt twice on the 
 leasy about this, 
 its of God ; but 
 
 send ; we have 
 kths, and we shall 
 16 ; we wish you 
 with us." 
 int of the above 
 kted tome by an 
 [eyan Methodist 
 ious e^Tr-nence 
 
 I w. u <* r: jd 1 
 syd j}g> '.^ J ,An» 
 lesK&ud vigor 0? 
 oonversioo of a 
 elieve, by publio 
 ir salvation ; by 
 
 this I mean his olo«d, pungent, and untiring i^liMtion of 
 divine tmth to individual sinners, in private conversation. 
 The whole of his time is now taken up in watohing over and 
 visiting the mcmbert) of several largo daases committed by 
 the ohurch to Ids oaru. Indeed bo is a fatiier to the entire 
 eooiety. The prime of nis life was spent in the Eritiah army. 
 He endored tiio hardships and hatmls of several bloody 
 oampMgns in iho Peninsular war. It was on his return from 
 fi^tbg the battles of liia coruntry ihai the oircuFiStanoe 
 aUuded to occurred. I will give it you in nearly bis own 
 W(Nrds: — 
 
 " On the 21at September, 1809, 1 arrived in Oork by the 
 mail, about throe o'clock in Uie morning. I had hwax dis- 
 ohar^ 4 from the Royal ArtoUery, my health having suiered 
 mudi in Spedn. The morning was finO} the streets still and 
 .,>litary ; I know my wife and children wore asloep, arid con- 
 oluded not to disturb the:ji so early. I wont to the front of 
 the Wesley tibapel, Iwd down my p««^ Rod placed wy 
 sword across the iron gate, knooled m thu flags, and praised 
 my gracious God with all my heart and soul fov his fwovi- 
 deutial cave, in not suflfering a bone to bo bndcen nor a drop 
 of my blood to bo shod, in all the sieges and battles k which 
 I had been engaged under the Duke of York mkL Sir J. 
 Moore ; saving ma by sea and land, and for biiu^ng me to 
 my family in peace. 
 
 " And now, my Ood and King, I praise thee for all thy 
 merqies; and as thou hast enabled me, by thy jgraoe, to sarvo 
 faitMuUy my earthly eovereign, tmd hast provided i<x me m 
 honorable disoharge feom t^ bloody servjoe, I dw^, I lay 
 down ray aanm sword at the ^te of thy bf^use, deiwrained 
 by diviae grace to put on wore heartily the whole a^rmor of 
 God ; tine breaat-phte uf righteousness, tJie gjr^lo cf kuth, 
 tjae gpspei «h«>Q»i U»« hehaet ef salvation, oad the s^eld of 
 
176 
 
 VISIT TO CORK. 
 
 ' • 
 
 (Uth. Lord Jesua Ohriit, enable me now to take the 
 •word of the Spirit ; for I am fully r3Bolred, by thy assist- 
 ance, to serve thee as faithfully aa I have sen'ed King 
 George. God, teach mo to bo export in the ubo of these 
 my spiritual weapons; toaoh my hands to war and my 
 fingers to fight, that I may crucify the flesh, overcome the 
 spirit of the world, And vanquish all the powers of darkness ; 
 servo my generation, glorify thy name, and bo made meet, 
 through rich and abounding mercy, to enjoy thee in glory, 
 through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen." 
 
 " I have no doubt," continued the old Christian warrior, 
 " after thirty-two years* experience, this prayer waq hoard 
 and answered. Glory, etomal glory be ascribed to God ! 
 Within a few minutes of six o'clock I went home to my joy- 
 ful, weeping wife and children. As I now had enlisted more 
 immediately in the sennoe of Jesus Christ, I pl^nly saw it 
 was my duty to win aa many souls for my Lord as I possibly 
 oottld. I made an effort, rough as it was, to grapple with 
 the servants of the devil, and God blessed my humble en- 
 deavors. My class soon became too large, and had to be 
 divided ; then multiplying in numbora, it was agun divided 
 and sub-divided. La a few years I had six large classes." 
 
 Is there not something morally grand thrown around the 
 above simple story? Ifc is not, every hero, returning from 
 tho field of battle, who thus lays his honors at tho feet of 
 Christ and cjilisls for life under the command of the Captun 
 of our salvation. I have another ciroumfitmoe to relate, 
 oonneotod with ihia excellent man, told me by a friend the 
 other day. It may be a blea'ng to yourself and oiher lead- 
 ers in Ameritt, many of whom need to be stirred up aa well 
 M thoM in Cork. At a mealiag, several years ago, the 
 leaders wero presenting their dastt-booka for ti« iztspoction 
 of the miniiter. One gfxA bMther had bat a very small 
 
 ■^tii 
 
VIWT TO 00»K. 
 
 xn 
 
 w to take the 
 1, by thy assist- 
 sen'ed King 
 he uso of thcae 
 ) war and my 
 1, overcomo the 
 in of darkness ; 
 bo made moot, 
 thee in glory, 
 
 iriatian warrior, 
 kyer wai heard 
 iribod to God! 
 lome to my joy- 
 id enlisted more 
 [ pliunly saw it 
 rd aa I possibly 
 to grapple with 
 my humble en- 
 and had to be 
 B again divided 
 rge olaMea." 
 wa around the 
 returning from 
 at the feet of 
 of the Captain 
 nee to ralate, 
 y a finend the 
 and other lead- 
 rr«fd up as well 
 fetan ago, the 
 A* i^peotitm 
 b ft very samU 
 
 Qlaaa, and it bad contijmod stationary for yean. 0»i friend 
 whispered in hia ear, " Brother, for i^ loqg time you have 
 had but a fow names ai the head of that paper ; why don't 
 you get 8')me of Satan's servants f>ro\ight down to the foot 
 of the cross? Ho haa too many of thorn ; got some of them 
 otmverted, and till your paper with their namos." 
 
 Tho good man tiwught it rofloctod op his efficiency »s a 
 leader, and cxclaimod aloud, *' All persons are not such good 
 rooniiting sorgcimta as you arc." 
 
 TbJa drew the attention of tho mooting ; and some, wh^ 
 had been troubled upon the subject in their own case, wore 
 aroiued; a«d, lost he should come down upon tliom once 
 more, several eloquent speeches wore made, wiih convuwjing 
 IB-gumanta, showing why he was more successful than them- 
 aelvea. One very strtjing reason was suggested, "That hf 
 had a talent peculiar to himself ; and that neither God oo^ 
 yeasoaaUe men would renuu^ th^om to do what he did." 
 
 For some time ho pndeavorod to provo that they were 
 'n.fWg, but to no purpose ; at length he could kcap his seat 
 Xi^ !opger, and claimed the floor for a fow minntes. 
 
 « Brethren,'^ ho said, " let us Ipok at and icspoot this man 
 of * pocttliar ialent,' and see how or wherein bo differs from, 
 or has advantages over, the leaders of thia meeting. 
 
 "First : Is it in his riahe$f No ; he is as poor a man as 
 ftuy among you. Then it is not in liw wealth. 
 
 " Second : Is it in Lis mfiumee, flowing from high connec- 
 tions, or having been born and bred in your city ? No^ h« 
 has no natural relations here , aad, moreover, he is a stran- 
 ger fwwi the north of Ireland ; who, after being worn out in 
 the army, came to your city with a Mattered constitution. 
 Therefore it is not m Ws connections nor m his health. 
 
 "Third: Is it in \mbm»t,iff No; be is aa coursealook- 
 Hig mi^ as any of you. 
 
 I 
 -J 
 
r 
 
 178 
 
 vinr TO ooBK. 
 
 *' Fourth : la it in hii Uamingf No ; for he has nerer 
 b«en at school to learn to road or write ; but he has good 
 temm to suppoeo many of you have been favored with 
 expensive eduoatiooa. Here you have the advantage of 
 him. 
 
 '* Fifth : Is it in bebg matter nf hi$ time that enables him 
 to do what you suppose yourselves incapable of doing ? No ; 
 ho must attend to his businosa from six in the morning till 
 seven or eight in the evening, and he has no time to visit 
 till late at night. Here he stands on no vantage ground. 
 
 " Sixth : Does his success arise from his eloquence f No ; 
 for want of learning he has barely words to express his ideas. 
 Here he is ini'erior to his brethren. 
 
 " Seventh : Is it his talentt that do the work ? No ; he 
 has just one talent ; and as I hope you are all converted men, 
 you have, at least, one also ; for as God commands every 
 soul ho converts to ' go work in my vineyard,' and always 
 gives them a talent to occupy till their Lord calls them to an 
 account, blessed bo God, he has given me one also. Neither 
 in tiiis has he any advantage. 
 
 ' Eighth : Well, is it in his hoUiua f No ; it would be 
 pride to suppose ho has as much gnvce as most of you. 
 
 "But,notwith8tauding, there is a great diflTerence between 
 him and you ; will you allow me to tell you wherein it lies ? 
 
 " Well, when you are toasting yourselves at your parlor 
 fires on winter ni^ts, or indolently loimging at home 
 on summer evenings, he is scampering from Blackpool to 
 Evergreen, from the Custoti House to Dyke Gate, from 
 north to south, from east to west of the city ; in the dark- 
 ness of the night, in all weathers, — hail, rain, wind, or 
 snow ; from cellar to garret, to rich and to poor, to see who 
 he OMi get to lend an ear to his counsels. He patiently 
 listMis to their complaints, he has a shoulder for all tlieir 
 
■hhpSEBHB^^BI^KS&bSI 
 
 liffifiiiriMilBigwi 
 
 >r he has nerer 
 but ho hu good 
 m favored with 
 le advantage of 
 
 that enablea him 
 of doing ? No ; 
 he morning till 
 Qo time to viiit 
 tago ground. 
 loquence f No ; 
 (press his ideas. 
 
 rork ? No ; he 
 I converted men, 
 lummands everj 
 rd,' and always 
 sails them to an 
 also. Neither 
 
 ^0 ; it would b« 
 Jt of you. 
 Perence 'oetween 
 wherein it lies ? 
 at your parlor 
 iging at home 
 a Blackpool to 
 ke Gate, from 
 r; in the dark- 
 rain, wind, or 
 oor, to see who 
 He patiently 
 or for all Qyeit 
 
 VISIT TO CORE. 
 
 179 
 
 crosses, he lots them fool he loves them by taking a kind 
 interest in what concerns thorn, and gives the best advice he 
 can for both worlds ; in this way he convinces them of his 
 disintorosted lovo, ho gains influence, 'ib prevails upon thom 
 to attend ^o preaching of God's word, to read it at homo, 
 and pray for tho Ho ,; Spirit. By theso means they are 
 brought under a concern for thoir souls ; he guts thom into 
 his classes, and thoy are soon converted to God. This is 
 the way, my brethren, he fills his ranks, and his classes over- 
 flow. Has he made a secret of his plans ? Has he not over 
 and over again urged you to adopt tho same meaiiures, in- 
 sisting that equal causes will produce equal effects the world 
 over T and he now, in the name of God, humbly presses the 
 same upon your consciences. If you will go and do likewise, 
 the same results will surely follow. It is not in the man, 
 but in the manner in which his talent is occupied." 
 
 All the leaders dropped their heads and wore silent, with 
 the exception of one very clever local preacher, whoso feel- 
 ings wero not unlike young Elihu'e, trhen he saw that Job 
 had confounded his three counsellors, Eliphaa, Bildad, and 
 Zophar, and sud, " Behold, there was none of you that con- 
 vinced Job, or that answared his words. Now he hath not 
 directed his words against me ; neither will I answer him 
 witii your speeches. They were amaied, they answered no 
 more ; they left off speainng. When I had wuted, (for 
 they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more ;) I 
 suid, I mix answer also my part, I will also shew mine opiniofi. 
 For I am full of matter, the spirit witiiiu me constrtunoth me. 
 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent ; it is ready 
 to burst like new bottles. I will speak, that I may be 
 refifeahed : I will open my lips and answer." Job -^irii. 
 12 — SO. 
 
 Thus it ifUi probably, wiA ibis good brotiier. He threw 
 
81 
 
 180 
 
 fwn to com. 
 
 lito f0«l b(o It, tftd MMoiied jH^werftll • Men wit! n Ao 
 ■pHllltlfT, tay ^t'"n» rulPK, and (lis«*iia« prindjdwi ; yea, do 
 mjlbbig Mid OToi f Uung hut iho " rrai mati.-r-of-feet work j** 
 hanl, patient, Btci.lj, humUiaUnp;, and i«iinfal drndfjftrjr of 
 Baring (Wuis from hell ; in the ihop, ai la Iba parlor ; In th« 
 c«Uar, garret, street, or fici , M In the hoitfe of God. When 
 Im bad refreshed hiv ^.^If the venerable man row and wlt«d 
 fh« brother, " Don't you keep a shop .'" 
 "I do," w«« the reply. 
 
 «' Well, snppoBo 1 could tell yon of an artic.e, by dealing 
 te which, on ftiir and honest principles, you couM clear '^vt» 
 iiimdroii pounds per annum, would yon aot com* to me to 
 learn the •oorofct" 
 « I would." 
 
 «♦ T iMnllevo you ; and what doos this prore in your case, 
 but that you lovo money better than tho seals bought with 
 Josua Christ's most precious blood, eU» yon would have come 
 to mo to loam this wonderful charm you conceive I possesB 
 for converting souls." 
 
 The person who related the above, concluded by remark- 
 ing : " That local prcach«r entered ctenaty soon after, and hb 
 now kncws whether ho won as many souls for Christ as was 
 poBsiblo in his state of probation." 
 
 Conversing with this " good solti -r of Joaua Christ," the 
 other day, ho remarked, "Once, oni. '.hese thirty-two yeam 
 have I been obliged to part with one from my class, whom I 
 thought a true penitent, fithoiit obtjuning pardon ;" ad(Kng, 
 « I lot not a penitent rest till ho has obtiuned tlua blessing, 
 for the following reasons : — ' 
 
 ••First : It would grieve the Hoty Spirit. 
 «• Second: R wonld prove my want of lovo to souls, tmd 
 fwth in the truth and \)Ovtcr of God. Tho Samaritan not 
 only touched tho man who had been irtobted ahd wtytohded 
 
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 Men win n^Jtft 
 r\ciple« ; jea, do 
 
 > r-tjf-faet wofV i 
 iiful drndgwry of 
 lie parlor ; In tin 
 m of Ood. Wh«n 
 m row and x«k«d 
 
 irtic.e, by dealing 
 3U couM cleat '"v* 
 )t oomQ to me to 
 
 ore In yonr ewe, 
 Ronls bought with 
 u would have come 
 conceiTO I powewj 
 
 eluded by iremark- 
 r soon after, and hb 
 for Christ as waa 
 
 Josua Christ," the 
 186 thirty-two yeani 
 my cltuw, whom I 
 ; pardon ;" adding, 
 olnod tluB bleasing, 
 
 it. 
 
 lovo to flouls, and 
 The Samaritan not 
 lobted ahd irdMkded 
 
 by the thierti, and left half deiwi, but, ader binding up hit 
 wo j»(U, h» lifted him on hia beaat, and brought him to 
 mfa ludglaga. 
 
 ** Third : It would g!?fl Ratnn many advantefM io pt^ 
 ^If ' and distracting the mind. 
 
 " h'l: < h: It would set a ha«l oxamph^ to all who may b« 
 preiu'Qk, <i 1 as to tho««> who should hear of the oirpn»> 
 itai . 
 
 ' i ah: It would tend to weaken my own fidtb ; but I 
 •* %nt it. trengthnned both in mymilf and other*. 
 
 " EBxth : As unbelief ia the awful, damning ain under (be 
 goapcl, he who can be tho meana of accelerating ita duMtruc- 
 tbn in Uie heart of aitothor, uid doon not ; neither lovos hia 
 Mi|^Ub(Hr M he ought, nor ia he a loyal subject of hia heaven- 
 ly King ; nor ought he to bo very confident of hii own adop- 
 tion into Uio fiunily of Ood." 
 
 I know yoM will excuse mo for writing au much about thia 
 dear man; 1 lovo him, uud havo durived nmoh benefit to my 
 own aoul from hia conversation. 
 
 Tho 9th iu.Htant was my birth-day. As usual, I ol>«orvedi 
 tho 8th as a private watoh-night, and had a moat solemn time 
 in dedicating mysvlf anow to God. A review of tho {uuit 
 year was attended with deep humiliation and gratitude. 
 Since tlion I havo cujoyod more abiding peace, and sweeter 
 communion with my heavenly Father, thau at any timo nince 
 my arrival in Ireland. About thirty sinners have been con- 
 verted. I vvisli I could havo stated a larger number. My 
 ooul is much humbled. We are resolved, by tho help of God, 
 to push our principles to tho utmost for an extensive revival. 
 Hammer on a rock long enough, audit must break in piocei. 
 This is true, to some extent, with mii.d, God's word is as a 
 hamoMr to break the rocky hearts in pieces before the Lord. 
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 I mfll wllh tho foUowinj? Bontlmente of an old wriUf , lh« 
 other day: '• Mou will -» raiiulo for reliKion ; write for it} 
 ftght for it ; die for it ; any U»m« but live for it." I can 
 •ay, in behalf of tho preaches m and leadem in (v'ork, that thoy 
 M«m not only willing U) ft^ht with npiritual woapna for a 
 wmal, to die, if it Im) (Jod'» will, in tlie tromendou* conflict, 
 but to live for a revival in th« moat apiritHal wtuw of that 
 tons. I do boliovo, with my whole soul, Owl will not dia- 
 appoint thorn. 
 
 In a letter dated M-^y 0, 1842, wo find a oonllnoance of 
 hia doecriptionii of tho work of God and of hin {wrsonal movo- 
 menta whUo he remained in Cork. Uo thoro naya : — 
 
 I hare been In thia city nearly two monthn, engaged In 
 my beloved work of calling aiiuM^rs to repentance. As I 
 take oxorciiie every day, for an hour or two, either m riding 
 or walking, an opportunity \\m Injon afforded me for making 
 ft few obaervationa which may porhai* gratify and amuae 
 you. Cork is «oatod on tlio rivor liCo, about fifteen milos 
 from the ocean; i« the capital of tho county bearing the 
 same name, and tho aecond city in the kingdom. It has 
 long been considered " the metropolis, and tlio grand em- 
 porium " of tho south of Ireland. The ancient city origin- 
 ally covered an island^ formed by two branchea of the Lee, 
 which divided above and joined again below tbt> island. 
 Spenser, in his " Faorie Qucene," describes it thus,— 
 
 •• Th* iprMdlnK L««, thiit like an liltnd (kir 
 EncloMth Cork with bli dWldad Auod." 
 
 The muted Leo and the salt water mix below the city and 
 form a commodious harbor. Ancient Cork partook of tho 
 shape of tho island, which resembled an egg. It was walled 
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 century, but in consequence of the lowncss of its position, 
 could never have been a place of much strength. 
 
 Moderti Cork has spread herself over a cluster of little 
 marshy islands, separated by small branches of the river. 
 The channels, however, are now arched over, and wide 
 streets occupy their places. The two main branches which 
 encompass the city are still open, and are called the north 
 and south channels, and afford a fine harbor for the shipping. 
 I understand there is a resemblance, in this respect, between 
 Cork and most of the cities in Holland. Although its posi- 
 tion seems to be unfavorable to health, I am not aware that 
 it is any more uiiaealthy than otl cities in Ireland. Jlaaj 
 years ago it was visited by severe epidemics, but m conse- 
 quence of valuablp improvements, such as arching the vari- 
 ous canals, and rusing, though at an immense expense, vast 
 portions of the marshy ground, such visitations have been 
 rare for many years. Besides, the tides of the ocean have 
 free access, daily, through all these covered channels. ITieir 
 ebbs and flows, together with the current of a swift river, 
 gjve such a brisk circulation of pure water through these 
 concealed arteries and veins as keep them perfectly clean. 
 Were it not for the cleanliness of Cork, (I speak of its 
 covered channels and sewers of different kinds, for some of 
 the streets are very narrow and dirty, especially in the 
 ancient part of the city,) I should judge it could not escape 
 epidemics. The nutrshy ground upon which it is built, the 
 heavy fogs wluch settie upon it, and the immense quantities 
 of rain wHoh descend in the course of a year, not less, I am 
 informed, than an average of thirty-eight inches, would lead 
 a stranger to tins conclusion. Since my arrival I have had 
 excellent health ; but, could you see the elevated and lovely 
 spot where I reside, and which I am requested, by the most 
 convincing and substantial forms of Irish hospitality, to call 
 
184 
 
 VISIT TO CORK. 
 
 
 1 
 
 mj homO; and the beautiful prospects spread around mo on 
 every side, with elegant grounds, and walks shaded with lofty 
 trees, — 
 
 •' Whore meditation 
 Blight think down hour» to minutes, where th« ^ 
 
 Heart miglit give a uieful lewou to the b«ad, 
 And learning, wiser grow, without her boolt»,"— 
 
 you would not wonder that I enjoy the « full tide of health," 
 and of what the world calls " good spirits." So much for 
 «' Ilayficld ;" but it is in the pleasant society of Mr. Perrot's 
 excellent and intelligent family I enjoy tnafc which, " Whilst 
 by numbers sought, is realized by few,"— real happiness. 
 There is just one drawback, and it belongs to all things of 
 an earthly nature, I must soon bid these pleasant scenes 
 farewell ; and once more " a stranger stand, unknowing and 
 unknown ;" so that the sentiment can only be reahzcd in 
 heaven, " A perpetuity of bliss, is bliss." I know these 
 items of my personal comforts will not be iminteresting to 
 you ; and I would add another, which an excellent author 
 says is " a main article of human happiness,— the exercise 
 of our faculties, whether of body or mind, in the pursuit of 
 some engaging end." What that "engaging end" is, 
 which absorbs my whole being, you very well know,— the 
 conversion of sinners to God. 
 
 As I have digressed so far, allow me to tell you something 
 better than all. My soul enjoys deep and almost uninter- 
 rupted communion with God. This throws a brightening 
 charm upon every thing around me, and imparts a relish for 
 all that is beautiful and grand in the works of nature and 
 art, or whatever is engaging and pleasant in human society. 
 For, as Bishop Home says, "He who hath his thoughts 
 about him, can enjoy no bodily pleasure while he thinks his 
 (loul is in danger of hell-fire ; but the reflection, that all is 
 
VISIT TO CORK. 
 
 186 
 
 I around mo on 
 ladod with lofty 
 
 tb« 
 
 J. 
 
 tide of hcaltli," 
 ' So much for 
 of Mr. Pcrrot'a 
 ^'hich, " Whilst 
 real happiness, 
 to all things of 
 pleasant scenes 
 unknov'ing and 
 J be realized in 
 I know these 
 imintcresting to 
 jxcellent author 
 8, — the exercise 
 n the pursuit of 
 iging end " is, 
 rell know, — the 
 
 II you something 
 almost uninter- 
 s a brightening 
 parts a relish for 
 s of nature and 
 I human society, 
 ith his thoughts 
 lilc ho thinks his 
 ectioc, that all is 
 
 right with respect to another world, doubles every joy that 
 he can taste in tliis." 
 
 *' The mind that feeU no smart, 
 Enliveni nil It ie«8." 
 
 But I have more glorious news to tell you ; the revival is 
 still going forward with power. Yesterday, (Sabbath,) a 
 glorious day ! ten converted and two backsliders restored ; 
 one of the latter had wandered from God sixteen years, the 
 other seven. 
 
 I think it scarcely necessary to ocoup^ your time with a 
 description of the public buildings, and other interesting 
 objects of this kind, as they are so similar to those which are 
 peculiar to all large and commercial cities. The Cathedral 
 is respectable, but not ancient. There are also several 
 handsome parish churched. I think the St. Ann's, Shandon^ 
 has a more imposing aspect than the Oathedral. It has fe 
 tower one hundred and seventy feet high, two sides of which 
 are limestone, and two of brown stone, which give it a sin- 
 gular appearance ; and a good chime of bells, as you may 
 learn &om an old Cork poet, in exile : 
 
 With deep affection, 
 And reoolleotion, 
 I often think on 
 
 Those Shandon belli ; 
 Whoee tonnd so wild, would 
 In days of childhood. 
 Fling round my cradle 
 
 Their magto ipella. 
 
 On thif I ponder, 
 Where'er I wander. 
 And thus grow fonder 
 
 Sweet Cork, of thee; 
 With thy belli of Shandon, 
 That wund >o grand on 
 The pleaiant wateia 
 
 Of the river Lee. 
 
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180 
 
 VIBIT ^0 CORK. 
 
 There are ako the uBual number of churches belonging to 
 the existing denominations of Christendom. The Utiuma 
 Catholics are the most numerous. The Woalcyau Metho- 
 dists have another handsome chapel, besides the one 1 have 
 ^already described, but much smaller. 
 
 I have not ascertmned the exact population of Cork, but I 
 should judge it nearly twice as large as that of the city of 
 Albany, N. Y. ; and the population of Limerick double that 
 of Troy, N. Y. Are you aware that a tonii) in this city con- 
 tains the dust of our beloved Boardman ? I say our Board- 
 man, because his name shall bo for ever identified with 
 American MethodUm. Upon an eariy and prominent page 
 of the history of the Methodist Episcopal Church is enshrined, 
 among a few others, the name of Richard Boardman. It is 
 also recognized by hundreds of thousands in our book of dis- 
 cipline. He died in Cork, A.D. 1788. On referring to 
 the minutes of the English Conference for 1769, which waa 
 that year held in Leeds, Yorkslure, I find the following 
 record. Mr. Wesley proposed the question : — 
 
 " We have a pressing call from < jrethren m New York, 
 (who have bmlt a preachmg-house,; to come over and help 
 ttiem. Who is willing to go ? 
 
 " Answer : Richard Boardman and Joseph Pilmoor." 
 These were the first regular Methodist preachers in Amer- 
 ica. Mr. Boardman remained long enough in the western 
 worid to have his mmistry blessed to many thousands ; but 
 the revolutionary war breaking out, circumstances oWiged 
 hun to sail for England, and he never returned. Mr. Wes 
 ley appointed him to this city in 1782. The following 
 account of his death I extract from the Methodist Magaaine 
 for 1788: — 
 
 «* On the 29th September, 1782, Mr. Richard Boardman, 
 having been about eleven daya in Cork, when walking, wai 
 
m x'LimkS i isMmi^,. 
 
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 VIBIT TO COWt. 
 
 187 
 
 lies belonging to 
 I. Tho Uomua 
 'oaleyau Mctho- 
 i tho one 1 havo 
 
 in of Cork, but I 
 ,t of the city jf 
 rick double that 
 
 in tliia city con- 
 [ say our Board- 
 identified with 
 
 prominent page 
 rch is enshrined, 
 toardman. It ia 
 
 our book of dis- 
 
 On referring to 
 1769, which waa 
 id the following 
 
 ■en in New York, 
 Le over and help 
 
 pb Pilmoor." 
 eachers in Amer- 
 5h in the western 
 f thousands ; but 
 mstances obliged 
 med. Mr. Wes 
 The following 
 thodist Magaone 
 
 chard Boardman, 
 hen walking, wai 
 
 inddonly struck blind, so that ho could not find his way, till 
 one of our friends mot him and took him by tho hand. Soon 
 after, ho recovered himself, and sat down to dinner. Upon 
 doing so he was immediately deprived both of speech and 
 undcratanding, one of his sides being at tho same timo 
 strongly contracted. After a few hours ho bocamo nearly 
 well ; in a few days perfectly so. Ilis mind was cdm and 
 serene ; no anxiety about life or death. A few days before, 
 on leaving Limurick, ho told Mrs. B. that he should die in 
 Cork ; but ho spoke it without the least concern, as knowing 
 in whom he had believed. He preached twice after receiv- 
 ing the shock. The Sabbath previous to his first intimation 
 of his call, he preached from, ' Though he slay mo, yet will 
 I trust in him ;' and it was a solemn meeting. On Friday 
 morning he appeared easy, and mot the people at the hour 
 of intercessiou, when it was observed that he had an uncom- 
 mon degree of freedom and power with God. lie prayed 
 fervently for the people, and begged that if this was tho last 
 meeting in this world, tli^y might have a happy meeting in 
 the realms of ligh'-. 
 
 " About three o'clock in the afternoon, he went to dine 
 with a friend in Blarney lane. As he was walking, his wife 
 observed him to falter in his spe<)ch, and desired him to 
 return, but he would not comply, hs soon as he came into 
 the house he sunk down insensible. He was brought homo 
 in a carriage, and two physicians were sent for. They both 
 declared him beyond help. He continued thus till nine in 
 the evening. He then expired in the arms of two of his 
 brethren, and in the presence of many who commended him 
 to God, with sorrowful hearts and weeping eyes. His funeral 
 sermon was preached by Mr. Yewdall, fiom Revelation xi7. 
 13, to as large a congregadon as had eTe? been seen in the 
 Cork obapel." 
 
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 VISIT TO CORK. 
 
 A few days ago a younn l)n)tlior conducted mo to bU 
 gruvo, which ia near to the Cuthadral. I cannot well ex- 
 prow to you my senaationB cii beholding it. W« knelt down 
 Ui>on the stone, and worshipped God. With deep emotion I 
 exclaimed, » What hath God wrought " m America since 
 precious Boardman visited those shores ! Then, there were 
 not more than two hundred members in our societies, on the 
 enUro continent; now, in the United States alone, we have 
 nearly one million of members! After prayer, I copied the 
 following from the plwn slab which covers his dust:— 
 
 RICHARD BOARDMAN, 
 Departed thii llfo October «th, ITM, 
 
 Beneath thii itone, the dutt of Boardman Has, 
 Hif preciuui loul has soared above the (klat t 
 With eloquence dlrine, he preached the word 
 To multitudfli, and turned them to the Ix)rd. 
 Hi* bright example strengthened nhat he Uught, 
 And devil* trembleil when for Cbriit he fought 
 With truly Christian ie»l he nations UkA, 
 And all who knew him mourned when ha expired. 
 
 Perhaps the following remarkable interposition of Divine 
 Providence, in behalf of this man of God, might be interest- 
 ing to you. It was related by himself, a short time before 
 
 his death : — 
 
 «« I preached," siud Mr. B., " one evening, at Mould, in 
 Flintshire, and next morning set out for Parkgate. After 
 riding some miles I asked a man if I was on the road to that 
 place. He answered, * Yes, but you will have some sands to 
 go over, and unless yon ride last, you will be in danger of 
 being inclosed by the tide.' 
 
 «' It then began to snow to such a degree that I could 
 scarcely see a step of my way, and my mare being with foal 
 
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▼HIT TO CORK. 
 
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 cted me to LU 
 cannot well ex- 
 We knelt down 
 deep emotion I 
 
 America since 
 hen, there were 
 societies, on the 
 
 alone, we have 
 er, I copied the 
 I dust :— 
 
 llM, 
 
 M ; 
 
 ord 
 
 rd. 
 
 taught, 
 
 lught 
 
 •zplnd. 
 
 )6ition of Dime 
 light be interest- 
 lort time before 
 
 ng, at Mould, in 
 *arkgate. After 
 \ the road to that 
 ,ye some nands to 
 1 be in dangot of 
 
 gree that I oonld 
 'e being irith foal 
 
 prevented me from riding to fast as I otherwise should have 
 done. I got to the sands, and pursued my jouniuy over 
 them for some time ; but tiie tide tlien came in, aud sur- 
 rounded mo on every side, so that I could neither proceed 
 nor turn back ; and to ascend the perpendicular rocks was 
 impossible. In this situation I commended my soul to God, 
 not having the least expectation of escaping doatb. In a 
 little time I perceived two men ruiming down a hill on the 
 other side of the water, and by some moiuis they got a bout, 
 and came to my relief just as the sea had reached my knees, 
 as I sat on my saddle. They took me into the boat, the 
 mare swimming by our side, till wo reached the land. While 
 we were in the boAt, one of the men said, ' Surely, Sir, God 
 is with you.' 
 
 ** I answered, ' I trust he is.' 
 
 " The man replied, * I know he is ;' and then related the 
 following cireumstanco : ' Last night I dreamed that I must 
 go to the top of such a hill. When I awoke the dream made 
 such an impression on my mind that I could not rest. I 
 therefore went and called upon this man to accom|)any me. 
 When we came to the place, we savr nothing more than usual. 
 However, I begged him to go with me to another hill at a 
 small distance, and there we saw your distressed situation.' 
 When we got ashore, I went with my two friends to a public 
 hoa^e, not far distant from where we landed ; and, as wo 
 were relating Uie wonderful providence, the landlady said, 
 < This day month we saw a gentleman just in your situation ; 
 but before we could hasten to his relief he plunged into the 
 sea, supposing, as we concluded, that his horse would swim to 
 the shore ; but they both sank, and were drowned together.' 
 " I gave n?y deliverers all the money I had, which I tlnink 
 was about eighteenpence, and tarried aU night at the hotel. 
 Next morning I waa not i> little embarrassed how to pay my 
 
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 VltlT TO OORK. 
 
 reckoning, for the wiint of cwh, wi^ bef^ed that the land- 
 lord would koop a i)air of silver timni till 1 should rodocm 
 thorn ; but ho answered, ' Ue I^rd bleM you, Sir ! I woul.l 
 not iake a farthing from you for the world.' After sonie 
 Mrioua converMtion with the friendly people, I ba<le them 
 farewell, and re-commenced my journey, rejoicing m the 
 Lord, and praising him for bis great salvation." 
 
 On the 20Ui ult. a party of ui visited the famoui Blarney 
 Cwtle. It standi in a pleasant vale, on the banks of a little 
 river of the same name, five miles from Cork. A square 
 tower, one hundred feet in front, fifty in breadth, and one 
 hundred and thirty feet high, is all that remains of this once 
 flourishing CM«e, with the exception of a smaU castellated 
 battery close by. A singular awe crept over my mind on 
 first beholding it from a neighboring eminence. It stands 
 •lone, surrounded with ancient trees, bit rismg far above 
 them, frowning upon their aspiring branchoa, aa if haughiUy 
 demanding the respectful homage of other days, when favored 
 with the radiant smiles of fortune. The storms of four cen- 
 turies have made Uttfe impression upon its aspect, o'Her than 
 those hoary hues which the Scriptures say are a crown of 
 glory to an aged man, when found in the ways of nghteoua- 
 ness. One feels willing, when appn)aching its peaceful ram- 
 parts, to award such a tribute of respectful veneration to 
 Blarney astle. The sound of the bugle and clash of arms 
 are heard here no more. Royalty and grandeur have long 
 since fled away. The stir and dm of multitude, have tuh- 
 Bided into the stillness of death. No sentinel challenges 
 your approaching footsteps. AU is deep, dread, unbroken 
 
 solitude :— 
 
 " Kot a wmnd, ivn B»tnT«'» own, 
 Could o'ar th* lilnio* iwell, 
 To j«r the ohordi of quiet thoniM 
 Or bimk teolotioD't tpaU." 
 
 
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 1 that the I»n<l- 
 1 nhould redeem 
 ou, Sir ! I would 
 d.' After iorao 
 pie, I b»<le thi'in 
 rejuioing in the 
 jn." 
 
 I famoui Vlarney 
 ) banks of a little 
 Cork. A iquare 
 breadth, and one 
 nains of thia onoe 
 small castellated 
 over my mind on 
 Mnce. It stands 
 t rising far above 
 M, as if haughiily 
 ays, when favored 
 tonus of four oen- 
 aspeot, o'Her than 
 i^y are a crown of 
 irays of righteoua- 
 ; its peaceful ram- 
 tful reneration to 
 and clash of arms 
 andeur have long 
 ititudes have sub- 
 «ntinel challenges 
 , dread, unbroken 
 
 It is built, like most of the csntles in this country, upon a rock. 
 The olifi facing the river rise about fifty feet. The opposite 
 side of the castle is on a level, in its lower story, with an eiten- 
 Hve lawn or mowlow sprinkled with fine treM. We ascended 
 to the top by a spiral sluno staircase, uf tlie same workman- 
 ship as those near Limerick. It is roofless and floorless ; bul 
 there is a snlMtantial {jromcuade on the top, inside the para- 
 pet, which widens towards the south and cast, by means of 
 maohioolated parapets. These rest upon projecting corbells, 
 having openings or crenells at pro|)er distances, through 
 which, I have been told, in former days of hasard and blood, 
 they pournd down melted lead, and other destructive mat»> 
 rials, upon the unfortunate heads of the besiegers. The 
 prospect from the top is very good ; but, considering the 
 length of my letter, you will excuse the omission of a descrip- 
 tion. I was interested with the various windings of three 
 small streams, neighl>oring the castle ; Blarney, Cormane, 
 and Scorthenao. The celebrated '' Ulamey stone " was 
 pointed oqt to us. You have often heard of the suspicious 
 phrase, '* A little blarney." This phrase originated from 
 some legend belon^^ng to this Blarney stone. It is currently 
 reported here, and the reputed facts of the case have circu- 
 lated from father to son, through many generations, thai 
 who ever kisses it will always have a flattering, ciyoling 
 tongue ; from that moment he is enabled to tell the smooth- 
 est and most insinuating lios without a blush ! Now " don't 
 be after putting on" that look of incredulity, so peculiar to 
 American unbelievers, and which has frightened many a poor 
 Irishman among yon out of half his story. But yon must 
 hear an Irish poet, by some called the *' Mellifluent Millikiu," 
 describe its wonder-working properties : — 
 
 " Thar* b m itone there, who ever klMce, 
 Oh ! he never mtieei to (row eloquent | 
 
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 III Y!S!t TO flOM. 
 
 •tlifci»»y«>««»k« • • • • • 
 
 Or !•••■• • O'tmbar of PuUmscdI. 
 A «l«v«r iixiutar, hall lura turn Ml, W 
 An out mhI oniKf, to b« lat (Uon* ', 
 Dim'l hop* to hiwl«r him, or b«wlia«» Um| 
 Hurt bo't • i»U|tlm U> lh« ni«ni«f •ton*.'* 
 
 Another writer lelta on, in pWn unvftmuihed proe thw the 
 touch of thu iton* » makeii » li*r of the firet magnitude ; M 
 the Mme time, » .mooth gr«eftil liw ;" th*t " lU enun^nt 
 perfetition if * iweet preiUMiive l»i»Kua««, thwi can whuper 
 the Boftetit woniii into the oani of th.«o who we to be de- 
 ceived ; ftill of guile Mid bluidiehment, wid potential flatter/, 
 
 and uncontroUaWo euation over the credulity cf ." 
 
 Thia •tone I law, if our guide were correct ; but I awure 
 Tou ray lip- were not within a yard of it. It ii recorded 
 that Sir Walter Scott made a pilgrimage to it, in Auguat, 
 1826, in company wiUi Bome oUtem, and that he p»Med 
 thrwigh the ceremony of kiwing it. ' ' 
 
 I write by the present packet to my Conference. My 
 deaire in to coutinuo my tour. Nearly two yearn have 
 expired «inoe itB commencement. U is doubtful whether I 
 ■hall return before 1H44. My letter contains a request for 
 a » location," according to the discipline of tho Methodist 
 lipwcopal Church. I have asked for such a relation, con- 
 Kientioasly, that I may not infringe upon any of the nghU 
 of the Members of Conference. By their approbation I have 
 continued my tour till now. Last year I sent thorn the cer- 
 tificate of iny ministerial character from the quartoriy meet- 
 ing of the Wesleyan Methodist Society, Montreal; and this 
 year I send another from a similar meeting of the same body 
 b Cork. Should they grant me a location, it separates me 
 from any future claims uiwn the funds of the church; that 
 i« should my health laU, or any unforeseen difficulty anse m 
 B»y temporal ai&irs. befof. I rqoin tha itinerMit ranks ; but 
 
^^IsjfiSMiliT^ i. It 
 
 9(1 pro« . ttukt th« 
 •t in»gnitud« ; M 
 h«t " lU «nun«nt 
 Lhan o«a whiap«r 
 who »r« to bo de- 
 |)otonti»l flattcrjr 
 
 dulUy cf ." 
 
 ict ; but I Maur« 
 t. It M recorded 
 t to it, in Auguat, 
 1 that be puced 
 
 Conforeno«. Mj 
 two yean have 
 loubtful whether I 
 taiiui a re(|ue«t for 
 ) of the Muthodiat 
 ch a relation, con- 
 t any of the righta 
 approbation I have 
 aont thorn the oer- 
 iie quartoriy meet- 
 klontreal ; and this 
 g of the same body 
 m, it Mparates me 
 f the oharch ; that 
 m. difficulty arise in 
 ineraot ruilu ; but 
 
 nut TO com. 
 
 It Mcurei ma till then, or through life, the office of an 
 ordained mini«t«r of iho Mothmlijit K|>iiicopaJ Church in 
 America ; I mean lo long tm my character is becoming A 
 miiiUtor of the guepet. I shall then have the privilege of 
 continuing* my tour without erabarraiisment.* 
 
 We find thut upwanln of a huudnMl Hinnem have been 
 converted to Ood since the revival began. Tho " signs of 
 the times " are glorious in Cork. I am quite uncertain as 
 to the period of my departure ; we want several hundred 
 sinners to bo couvertod first. 
 
 • Mr C«o«h«3r'« f»qn«il ttt • kM«ll<m wm etMwftinjr (r«"(*<li ""^ * **»*t- 
 fliwr* (ma UUbu|i U^Jlof, bMring Um tUU of July 9, ISO, dul/ forwurdtd 
 (ohla. 
 
CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 EXPERIBNOBS AlTD INOIDBNTS IN CORK AW BANSON. 
 
 This chapter is a medley. It treats of a great variety 
 of topics. The two cases of restitution it records are re- 
 markable illustrations of Mr. Caughey's power of moving the 
 conscience. Perhaps in no one feature u his power so 
 marked as in this. No unpardoned smner can avoid a sense of 
 guilt uiider his appeals : hence the many examples of resti- 
 tution and of complwnts from sinners, that aome one had told 
 him their histories. 
 
 Bandon yielded less fruit to Mr. Caughey's labors than 
 any other place he visited while in Europe. It was indeed 
 a !«tronj^old of the Enemy, which would not yield very much 
 to hW "revival artillery." Yet even there, some were " slain 
 of Ae Lord." Possibly a restrwnt on Ws success was as. 
 needful to Mr. Caughey as the thorn in the flesh wm to 
 Paul— it confirmed him in his well cultured principle of 
 the necessity of divine aid to ministerial success. 
 
 The opening paragraphs are extracted from a letter to his 
 sister in America, and contain an account of his cloedng 
 labors in Cork, and of the incident which detenoined him to 
 visit Bandon. > 
 
 My work is nearly fimshed in Cork. It pves me great 
 satis&ction to find God's dear people so generally convmced 
 
 194 
 
 <Cr" 
 
ANl^ BANSON. 
 
 ' a great variety 
 t records are re- 
 fer of moving the 
 L his power so 
 [i avoid a sense of 
 samples of resti- 
 lome one had told 
 
 ley's labors than 
 It was indeed 
 b yield very much 
 some were " slain 
 s success was as. 
 the flesh w%b to 
 ired principle of 
 Lccess. 
 
 om a letter to hifl 
 nt of his cloedng 
 letenoined him to 
 
 [t gives me great 
 nerally convinced 
 194 
 
 CORK AND BANDON. 
 
 195 
 
 that this is a real revival of religion. I should have left two 
 or three weeks since, but thei>" entreaties to romiun a little 
 longer have been overpowering. Awakened sinnen*, too, 
 have taken the alarm, and the generJ cry has been, " Surely 
 he will not Ituve us when he finds himself encompassed by 
 such a crowd of penitent souls." I cannot express the sen- 
 sations which have swept over my soul in beholding the large 
 communion tilled every lught with seekers of salvation. 
 Their tears and sobs, and subdued cries for mercy, have 
 been sometimes profoundly awful. You will, no doubt, be 
 anxious to know the number of these trophies of Divine 
 Love. I cannot state precisely the number of persons con- 
 verted to God. We had a meeting for this purpose three 
 weeks ago, and nearly two hundred of them present ; there 
 were many others, but they were unable to attend that par- 
 ticular meeting, and we have not had a Bimilar one since. 
 The work is still advak/.ouig with increas!-ig power, A short 
 account of the above select meeting may be interesting to you. 
 We had those who have been lately bora of the Spirit 
 seated by themselveti in the centre seatei of the chapel. 
 After a solemn and pointed address, in which their duties, 
 responsibilities, and dangers, were fmthfully urged upon their 
 attention, they were called forward to the communion nuls. 
 Several important questions were then proposed to them ; 
 their names, places of residence, and the leader of their 
 choice, were carefully taken. They then knelt down, and- 
 were commended in prayer to the guidance anu protection 
 of the Almi^ty. Tlie congregation, admitted by ticket, 
 then arose, while the young converts remtuned kneeUng, 
 and we sang, — 
 
 " O ti*pp7 day that fixed my ehoioa 
 
 On thoe, my Saviour and my God I 
 Weil may thii glowing heart rejolo«, 
 
 And tell it* rapttuw all abroad." 
 
W*R 
 
 199 
 
 BXPERIBNOKS AND IITOIDBNTS 
 
 While the last two lines were being sung they retired to 
 their seats, and another company came forward, and were 
 prayed for, and dismissed in the same way, until all had 
 thus presented themselves at the alt&r of God. 
 
 The service was most impressive. Many tears were shed 
 by the members of the society, who were seated in the gallery, 
 but especially by the young converts. Such a scene of en- 
 tire consecration of body, soul, and spirit, to the service of 
 God, with such an influence from heaven, many of the oldest 
 saints say they never had witnessed before. Assist me, my 
 dear sister, in prau-iing God for his abounding goodness, 
 "Which always causeth me the triumph in Christ, and maketh 
 mamfest the savor of bis love," by your unworthy brother, 
 " in every place." 
 
 I have been contemplating a visit to England for several 
 weeks, and have had many very pressing invitations from 
 iho Rev. William Lord, formerly a Wesleyan Missionary in 
 Canada ; and were it not for the following circumstance I 
 would sail immediately for that country : — 
 
 Some weeks since I wrote to Mr. Lord, in Hull, stating 
 tiiat I was nearly ready to leave Ireland, requesting the 
 route to Hull, and where I should find a home or my arrival. 
 When my letter reached Hull, Mr. Lord had gone to the 
 Conference in Lccdon. Mrs. Lord forwarded my letter to 
 him, and he wrote to a brother in Hull, respecting my in- 
 tentions, requesting him to write to me in Cork. He tihen 
 folded my letter inside the one ho had written to tiie friend, 
 and directed the entire to me at Cork. It arrived, and to 
 my surprise I f^imd my own letter returned. I saw at once 
 it was a mistake, and concluded that Providence defured to 
 retain me in Ireland for a longer time. 
 
 Since then I have engaged to viut Buidon, a pleasant 
 
 ■MM 
 
 1 
 
they retired to 
 ward, and were 
 jT, until all had 
 d. 
 
 tears were shed 
 id in the gallery, 
 h a scene of en- 
 o the service of 
 any of the oldest 
 Assist me, my 
 ading goodness, 
 rist, and waketh 
 morthy brother, 
 
 rland for several 
 invitations from 
 m Missionary in 
 ; circumstimce I 
 
 in Hull, stating 
 , requesting the 
 ke or my arrival, 
 lad gone to the 
 ied my letter to 
 sspectmg my in- 
 Dork. He then 
 )n to the friend, 
 t arrived, and to 
 I saw at onoe 
 lence deured to 
 
 [xdon, a pleasant 
 
 IV CORK AI7D BANDON. 
 
 197 
 
 town a few miles from this city. I shall leave for that place 
 on Saturday, the 80th instant, if God permit. 
 
 We continue this chapter with extracts from another letter 
 addressed to an American friend, from Bandon. It refers 
 to his Temperance labors while yet in Cork, and to lua ©pett- 
 ing revival movementa in Bandon. He says : — 
 
 On Saturday, 30th July, I left Cork for Bandon. Before 
 I bade adieu to Cork, I felt it my duty to deliver a few lec- 
 tures on Temperance. Some battled hard for the wine 
 bottle, but nobly surrendered to the convincing arguments * 
 of tee-totalism. A society was formed, denominated, " The 
 Cork Younp Men's Total Abstinence Society," that is, " total 
 abstinence from all intoxicating drinks. The meetings were 
 animated, and several of the brethren advocated the cause 
 most eloquently. The young society was in a very flourish- 
 bg condition when I left, and those who had joined it well 
 satisfied with the step they had taken. 
 
 This cause, like every other benevolent institution of the 
 day, requires to be kept in motion by a stirring and vigorous 
 advocacy. What would become of Missionary, Bible, Tract, 
 and other kindred Societies, without publio meetings, and 
 th6 powerful and arousing speeches delivered on such oo- 
 oamons ? What would become of the church and the Christ- 
 ian world, notwithstancUng the hold which the gospel and the 
 Bible have upon the consciences of the population, if gospel 
 sermons were as '' few and far between" as are addresses on 
 total abstxnf ^ce ? If sin and its servants would, in snch a 
 case, bHi^t or root out the cause of truth and true religion 
 from the ohurob and from the world, the same restdts, under 
 like ciroumstanoes, will unquostion^bly attend the cause of ^ 
 temperance <m total abstinence principles ; alcdiol, with its ^ 
 grogshops and votaiies, would soon undo all that has been 
 17* 
 
198 
 
 BXPEItlBNCIS A5D INOIDBHTfl 
 
 done to cleanse our globe from the sin of drunkenneM. Tlie 
 Tomporanco fciocioty will prosper iu Cork, if its friends will 
 not allow it to sloop ; but, if they do, it will soon come to 
 an end, and tlioy will have none to blame for it but them- 
 selves. 
 
 I have written to them smce I came to Bandon, offering 
 them this motto. Action! Action!! Action!!! Not that I 
 would advise any of them to make it a hobby in preaching, 
 in prayer meetings, in class meetings, or in love-feasts, as 
 this would only tend to prejudice and disgust those who are 
 not yet convinced ; but to plan their public meetings so as 
 not to give drunkards and temperate drinkers, time to check 
 their uneasiness or fortify themselves before another discharge 
 of temperance truth is poured into their entrenchments. 
 Let the friends not be afrud of a little money ; let them 
 call forward the best speakers of the day : whatever talent 
 God has enlisted against alcoholic drinks, let them wield 
 against the hydra-hoaded monster, and punch and wine, 
 and ale and porter drinking will becomo quite as unfashion- 
 able in respectable families in Cork, as in America. You 
 know the battle we had to fight in America, and the results ; 
 that upon ^e tables and ude^toarde of thousands of families, 
 those drinks were not to be seen ; the effects upon the rising 
 generation, as well as upon the morals and religious move- 
 ments of the adult population, eternity alone wsll reveal. 
 We can never know tihe final results in time, great as they 
 ure acknowledged to be. 
 
 A few days before I left Cork, Father Mathew honored 
 me with a vimt. We had a very agreeable conversation for 
 three quarters of an boor on temperance. H^ seems an ex- 
 cellent man, full of benevolenoe and good will to all classes 
 of his fellow-men ; and detennined, while he lives, to prose- 
 eute with his charaoteristio ardor, the eaofta of temperaaos, 
 
IK CORK AND DANOON. 
 
 m 
 
 konness. Tlie 
 
 its friend» will 
 
 Boon come to 
 
 r it but them- 
 
 andon, offering 
 7 Not that I 
 r in preaching, 
 love-feasta, as 
 those who e,re 
 meetingH bo as 
 , time to check 
 other discharge 
 sntrenchments. 
 key; let them 
 vhatevor talent 
 let them wield 
 ich and wine, 
 e as unfashion- 
 Lmerica. You 
 nd the results ; 
 ads of families, 
 upon the rising 
 'eligious move- 
 He will reveal. 
 I, great as they 
 
 [athew honored 
 ionrersation for 
 [^ seems an ex- 
 ill to all classes 
 lives, to prose- 
 of temperaaoS) 
 
 for the promotion of which, it would appear, Qod has raised 
 him up. 
 
 If Mr. Mathew can only snooeed in steering his tempe- 
 rance ship clear of the rocks of political intrigue, which 
 seoma to be the fixed purpose of hin heart, the elevating and 
 glorious results in the future history of Ireland, can no more 
 be doubted, than the beneficial influence upon the millions of 
 tee-totallers already enrolled beneath his temperance banners. 
 There is not, I presume, a Protestant in Ireland, that has not 
 been forced into the acknowledgment of a change, not, of 
 course, in the Roman Catholic religion, but m the moral 
 - habits of the people in refarence to intoxicating drinks and 
 
 drunkenness. The fruits of the reformation, sobriety and 
 elevation of moral character, are such as cannot be denied, 
 their enemies ^emselves being witnesses. 
 
 I opened my commission here on Sabbath, Slst of July, 
 in the use of that text, Heb. vii. 25 ; since then, have been 
 preaching four nights in the week, and twice on the Sabbath. 
 A few have been converted to God. The influence upon 
 the Wesleyan church, is very gracious indeed, but the in- 
 habitants generally seem as yet uniuoved. The good citiaens, 
 as far as we have become acquunted, treat me with great 
 civility, but on the subject of religion, the general state of the 
 public nund appeal's to be, " I pray thee have me excused !" 
 The congregations are tolerable, but our doings or sayings, 
 excite but very little interest beyond the families of Method- 
 ism ; why, I cannot tell. Popularity or influence over a 
 community, ii, especially when a good man is concerned, the 
 gift of God ; but Uie Lord does not seem to deliver them 
 into my haxni, and, I grc<«' .; Ueatt, I stepped out of the order 
 of God in eonung here at ail. Yesterday, I was much oast 
 down and sordy buffiited by flie enemy. I have experienced 
 ndliiinglik* it Knoa I lafk Dublin. 
 
200 
 
 ■XPERinrCES AND INOIOINTf 
 
 
 A few days ago I, received the following letter: — 
 
 "My very dear and worthy Fribnd, 
 
 I have sent to London, lately, ^400., m half notes, the 
 first halves directed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and 
 the corresponding ones to the Duke of WelUngton, (conceal- 
 ing my name,) with the request that the receipt might he 
 acknowledged in the Loudon Times newspaper, and a copy 
 of the said paper to be forwarded to the Rev. James 
 Oaughey, Methodist minister, Bandon ; as I mentioned, that 
 it was through the instrumentallity of your preaching, that 
 the money was restored. I would bo glad to know, when 
 you receive the paper, and will be thankful that you will keep 
 h for me. I constantly remember you when on my knees, 
 and the prayer I offer up is, that the Almighty may keep 
 
 you in the same humble atate that you were in while in , 
 
 and that many more souls may be given for your hire. Oh ! 
 pray for me. I renuun, dear Sir, your most affectionate 
 Hs^ther in Jesus Christ, 
 
 The paper referred to now lies before me, with the ac- 
 knowledgment therein, the Chancellor's name on the wrapper. 
 I am about to write to the individual. When in Cork, a 
 person was convinced of the necessity of restitution, of a sum 
 much less than the above, in consequence of having cheated 
 the revenue, fifteen yean ago ; I assisted Uie poor fellow by 
 obtaining the advice of a revenue officer, and penned for him 
 a letter to the Chancellor, ngned " cmscienoe money," which 
 he sent by post. 
 
 While upon tiiis subject, yoa will be g: '^tified to learn 
 another case of restitai»m, and -it may, perhaps, serve to ex- 
 jdun the secret why * * * and * * * aotin saoh a singular 
 manner. WhUe in * * * , and daring the reinval, a person 
 
 mHmmmmmmmmmit 
 
ettor: — 
 
 half notes, the 
 Szchoquer, and 
 gton, (conceal- 
 iceipt might he 
 «r, and a copy 
 ) Rev. James 
 aentioned, that 
 preaching, that 
 to know, when 
 t you will keep 
 1 on my knees, 
 ghty may keep 
 
 I while in , 
 
 )ur hire. Oh 1 
 Mt affectionate 
 
 le, with the ao- 
 sn the wrapper, 
 lien in Cork, a 
 bution, of a sum 
 having cheated 
 » poor fellow by 
 penned for him 
 money," which 
 
 'tified to leara 
 ps, serve to ex- 
 ■uoh a singular 
 Bviral, a person 
 
 nr CORK ARD BANOOM. 
 
 801 
 
 who roaidod in * * * street oxperioncod a clear sense of the 
 pardoning love of God, and joined the Mothodiet church. 
 Her husband no sooner knew of it than he began to persecute 
 hor ; he vowed vengeance against her, and in one or two 
 instances knocked her down to the flwr with liis fist. She 
 bore it with the patience of a real Christian. Few knew her 
 troubles, but she stood fast, and clung to Qod and his people. 
 A short sime after I arrived at * * *, I was surprisod in meet- 
 ing the man in a fhop. Ho drew me aside hastily, and bogged 
 I would not call him by the name he had at * * *, but by 
 * * *, as the latter was his real name. We walked out together, 
 and ho expressed himself oa having become " quite a new 
 man." *' But," I inquired, " why did you conduct yourself 
 so to your wife in * * * ? you acted as if the devil were in 
 you ! " The substance of his reply was, " I was very un- 
 happy. But I should remark, first, I have abandoned the 
 use of liquor ; and, secondly, God has compelled me to be- 
 come an honest man. The secret of my opposition to 
 my wife was, I had no hopes of salvation myself. To be 
 short, Sir, I formerly resided at***in***;I ran away 
 firom my creditors, and kept several thousands in my posses- 
 sion. I changed my name at * * * to avoid detection ; but, 
 Sir; I have mado restitution, and I have obtained great peace' 
 of mind. My soul was tormented ; God began alao to afflict 
 my body, and convinced' me, that it was on account of my 
 dishonesty. My disease has disappeared with my mental 
 distresti, and I am now a happy man." 
 
 I havt) been doubting in my mind, whether you will be 
 satisfied with me, for filling up my letter with these restitu- 
 tion cases ; still, as tiiey serve to illustrate the power of tiie 
 gospel, in casting out bad principles, by the «xpulsive force 
 of those peculiarly its own ; I hope the relation, on that ac- 
 eoont, may not be uninteresting. 
 
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 208 
 
 nmnnioii avd nroiuiNTi 
 
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 Mj aoul ifl freqaentlj aaaailed by the gnuid adversary ; 
 but often, when the enen/ cornea in as a flood, the Spirit of 
 Ood raises op a standard against him. In general, mj 
 peace and rest in Ciod are soul satisfying. Ho is my object 
 and um. If I have any happiness, it is in Him. I have 
 much to humble me, but ** covered is my unri^teousness." 
 The blood of Jesus Christ has washed away ray guilt and 
 stains. I rest upon the merits of the atonement, and have 
 the victory ; and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth l « from 
 all sm. what a happiness is this ! The revival is gobg 
 on very slowly hero, which gives the enemy much advantage 
 in harassing my soul. 
 
 The following paragraphs form a sort of episode in toe 
 narrative ; yet as they show the workings of his mind, while 
 b Boodon, their insertion is not deemed inappropriate. It 
 seems some ministerial fHen4 in America had written to Mr. 
 Caughey in terms of admiration at his successes, and almost 
 in a spirit of discontent at the comparative want of similar 
 fruitfUluMS in his own ministry. This reply is worthy of Mr. 
 Caughey's head and heart, and will assoredly profit many a 
 minister who is discouraged from lundred causes : it oonk- 
 menoes with oertun references to his fnend's letter : — 
 
 Permit me, in the outset, to oppose the following yene to 
 youTB : — 
 
 "Thiek watMB •b«w no ImagM of thtngt ) 
 FriMids are M«k Omar's nfarron, and tlioald be 
 CtMMw thMi oryttal or Om moantein •prinfi, 
 JkaA tnt flRMB ekmd, d««iga, or flattafy." 
 
 I allow an joa say on "eoatraiies illuaiarstang contraries ;** 
 **^ the two fields of grun, one thin, shrank, and shrivelled ; 
 the other, rioh and lozoriant;" tlie *' two ckmds, p(«sen(ang 
 thur oontrariw oi darknesa and brightnMS, gloom and 
 
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 of episode m tne 
 of bis mind, while 
 inappropriato. It 
 lad written to Mr. 
 ctisses, and almost 
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 \y is worthy of Mr. 
 idly profit many a 
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 foUowing yene to 
 
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 tf and shrivelled ; 
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 QMS, gloom and 
 
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 208 
 
 lAorj ;" the one throwing the other into bolder and mor« 
 striking relief, and mutually serving to illustrate each other ; 
 these are happy illustrations, but you must not forget th« 
 sentiment of a poet : — 
 
 "'Til dbtMM iMdi •nohuttrnmit to th* tI«w, 
 And oioUiM Ui* moonuin In iu unr* hn*.** 
 
 The ruggedness of the landscape is greaUy lessened by being 
 only seen at a distance. Great aUowance should be made, 
 when the position occupied by the person who is scanning 
 those fields is considered. If too near, one may be seen to 
 great diaadvantago ; but distance may make the only differ- 
 ence wiUi respect to the otiier. It is here that the principle 
 of deception often works, and where I have frequenUy 
 detected it, in my estimate respecting both myself and 
 others. In reference to those clouds, much may depend 
 upon the point of observation ; the bright one may have dark 
 shades, and the dark a bright side, when seen ftom a differ- 
 ent direction. Will you allow the applicati^ T You stand 
 too near your own field ; your eye is fixed upon the dark 
 aide of your own cloud ; you see me and tiie oinsumstanoM 
 in which I am placed, in the far away and shadowy distance. 
 The disadvantages of your situation, with aU its vexations, 
 •re, indeed, duU and sombre oertabties, whUe the broMi out- 
 lines «f mine are only seen ; distance lends its graces as to 
 the landscape, and fancy, ignorant of the soft iUusions, fills 
 It up with a thousand romantic charms. Could you only 
 approach a litUe nearer, and acquaint yourself by actual 
 experience with the ground over which vision has been exp*- 
 t»ting, "the fairy enchantment" which deludes your 
 imagination would soon disappear before stem and ragged 
 reality. Do not, my dear Sir, entertain the thought for a 
 mooient (hat my pikth ii a imootlt one. Your " trial* " and 
 
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 204 
 
 nmmfom ajtd iwoisiim 
 
 nbe differ, bat I hiiTe thorn m woll m yoo ; nor do I npeot 
 It to b« otherwuMJ, till mj wul it lodged in Abrdtuun'i bogom. 
 The t«ar« I h»v« •hod, Mid tho »gonicii »nd •oro conflicii I 
 h^vo piuMod through, in fighting with tho opposing poi»or« ai 
 hoU, aro known only to my h«»venly Father. Under open 
 iky, upon tho cold and damp ground, or upon tho floor of my 
 bedroom, I have lain in ejqiiiaito angui«h, with praycra and 
 •appUoationa, itrong oryinga and tavt, — 
 
 •• Aad wiMI I Mt, I oA ibaU (M ■fiOB." 
 
 Ho that wages war with hell, muat expect to auffer hell'a 
 rage ; but the oppoeition from infernal power* ia Tariod 
 according to our tomporament and circumatancoa. When 
 penwing nx old volume tho other day, I fell in with ono of 
 Lather's letters to hia friend Melnnothon. It waa written in 
 1622, Mid at a time when all hoU waa moved against these 
 devoted men ; when ttie rage of the papiL », and threats of 
 those high in power, knew no bounds ; and when their fury 
 menaood every moment, and soouiod about to come down 
 upon them like a tornado. Melancthon gave himself up to 
 grief, sighs, and tears. At this crisis, Luther wrote him tho 
 Mowing letter : — 
 
 " In priTato conflicts, I am weak and you are strong ; bnk 
 in public conflicts, you are found weak, and I am stronger, 
 because I am assnred that our cause is just. If we foil, 
 Christ, tho Lord and Ruler of tho world, falleth wiUi us ; and 
 suppose he fall : MalUm ruere cum Chriito, qttam regnan 
 eum Caetare! • I had rather fall with Christ, than reign 
 with Cnsar.* I extremely dklike yom- excessive cares, with 
 which you say you are almost consumed. That these reign 
 so much in your heart, is not so much from the greatness of 
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 I the greatnofls of 
 inwMlalify. If 
 
 IN OOaK AND RANDOW. 
 
 206 
 
 the catMe be ba«l, lot us giTo it up, and llee ba«k ; If it b« 
 good, whjr do we make Ood a liar, who hath given us so 
 grent promises! riying, 'Cast thjr oare np«)n U>e Iy)rd J 
 bo of good comfort, I have overcome the world.* A maa 
 would fetch such iient«ncc8 m I have (juotcd, upon his kniKJS, 
 fnnn Rome to Jenisalem. If Christ b« the wmquoror of the 
 worid, why should wo fear ll, as if it could overcome usf 
 Be courageous and cheerful, solicitor for nothing ; the Lord 
 is at hsrid to help us." 
 
 Can you make the applicsUon, and obey the li^unotion of 
 the apostle : *' Wh<nn resigt, stoadfaHt in the faith, knowing 
 that the name afflictions," either inward or outward, " are 
 accomplished b your brethren that aro in the world." Thai 
 was a choice saying of one now wiUi Ood. " A Christian it 
 never without an enemy to persecute him, inwardly or out- 
 wardly ; even this is a temptation of the devil, to think ;hal 
 we are at any time free from, temptation." The things you 
 speak of aro annoying; you should rather woudor that you 
 have not a heavier tax to pay. Patience, prudence, and 
 perseverance, are Uie graces you are now called to exorciao ; 
 and I am persuaded, that an incresM of the love of Ood in 
 your heart, will materially assist yon m your exercises. 
 
 I have read lomowhero, the saying of a good man, that 
 calumny and detiiwtion are like siiarks ; if you do not blow 
 them, they will go oat of themselves. A poet has well 
 tiud : — 
 
 •* Th«rt U * luit In man, no chann osn tun*, 
 Of londljr pabllthlnK hli n«tf(hbor'i thaiM | 
 On M(tM' wlnM Immortol ncwirtiU fly, 
 Whlla Tlitootu MtioiM •!« but born to ill* I" 
 
 Some years ago, I was amosed with the sentiment of a 
 
 witty fellow : "A lie wUl travel from Mabio to Oeorgia, 
 
 Who* Truth b potting <m Ui boots ; in thst caM." he added' 
 
 18 ' 
 
r 
 
 i 
 
 A 
 
 IQf ixraiuniou *»t> wctDirti 
 
 « trnth .hoold not ttop to r«t on hii boot. ; lh« ^Acvi^ U^ 
 In idlowing th« l« to run .0 ff .hiMl ; Ul th#« .Urt ^rtM». 
 ILi truth V-t U.« tt«ld. It majr U d-fnoca »t th. f .*! 
 h^tt, but in th« Umg run, it I. mir, to ••«7^^* f .-• 
 
 Tb« *bor« i. cl-TT.but 1 «n incUiuKl to^hmk Truth 
 wmetim« drmwi on hk booU too «on, and m hj. hMt. •nd 
 Tplutur. ..po- bio-lf to .u-lHoion. I Uk. il-^ -jr'nR of 
 lt:'.tUr^inaednu«b.,tt«r: " Fd..h..>d tUe. « ..^ 
 M th« Wind, End truU. cr«.p. >H.hind st a .r»*d • !*«• • J^* 
 fek^hcKKl a».k«. .0 nwmj twUUnffi and tummRr, tbat truth, 
 kMpinK iteadilT on, and looking neither to th.e nght mr to 
 S, '.ert^a. it befo. long!" May your «pcnence 
 be that of the old proverb : Uic muru. a^««. •e.. ; Ui 
 thi. be thy br-en waU of defence, to be conacloui of no 
 crtme and to turn pde .* no acc««tion." Say .1.0 wtth 
 Z^^^r, " I will Ur. . that ..body wiU bel-r. 
 
 "^^i other ca«-, however, that you mention, conatituU Ae 
 Jereat,-- deceptive Wendrf^ip;" and the danger-,^ 
 rrtlt; trial, .hould lead you to indulge m co.dne« ^ 
 iai[doion toward* your real firienda. 
 
 •• Bot h«»« •!•<«, *' ♦ *"'«"' "••• 
 U»t, h»ifiinf n.. . . ' • ■ '"■» •>•% 
 Au4 Uktm *ie^ ** ' -*•' rf, 
 Wt»honUl« " 'I "*'''^' 
 Friandthlp, ■ mK» .«.i'»l f«><«i 
 A nww UtoplM ptawBM." 
 
 Beware of thi. extreme 1 Beware of ii^thropy ! It i« • 
 n^nTt^appy feeling; the nmlXcMt degree of it wur. the 
 :^d ^dTfita it for the plea«^ of -cial life, and pr- 
 rlTl to take offence at the mo.t trifling occurrence.. 
 fwS Iher be deceived a thouaand Un.. m my Jjend- 
 ir^tb«»UTathe«>i«tio«-<^»'»»-^^- ^ " 
 
nr ooBi Alio UAjnon. 
 
 tor 
 
 tern tUrt i^rcMl, 
 anoed at th« f i«l 
 r« th« pri»«." 
 I to think Tnith 
 1 in his hMta tod 
 hk« tli« Mjring o( 
 hood fiiea M awiA 
 iri*a'i I*0«; btti 
 mtnKPt that tnith, 
 the nght nor to 
 ,y your expcrieiioe 
 ^tntut, ete. : " L«» 
 e coMciou* of no 
 ," 8»jr »l»o, w»^ 
 obody will beli«Y« 
 
 • 
 
 ,Uon, oonititut* the 
 
 the danger \», le«t 
 
 fjt in ooidn«M and 
 
 inanthropy! It ii a 
 i^rce of it bouts tli« 
 social life, and pr«- 
 triiling occurrences. 
 , times in my friond- 
 utanthA>pa. Thi» it 
 
 lh« only part of your utrtn ti'mhios, with which I cannot 
 •ympathisfl by experience, as I do nm*. r(}oollc)(;t that I hara 
 •▼•r yet lw«n deceived, wher » ♦ have rrji-niwd oonft<l»riieo in 
 lb* bosom of (Hondship. For this I fun! truly thankful to 
 Ckd. Allow me, howsTsr, to minind you, tluit tliora are yot 
 many real friends u|ion ymr list, aii<l I havn no doubt yoa 
 will yet find uiany mora. As one has said, on a aimil&r 
 occasion, " One piece of gold will oflen r«ipay us for turning 
 op much nihbish ;" so I hope, if doomed to turn over many 
 more heaps of ntbbish, you will go on doing so, in full ex- 
 pectation of meeting with " goo«l men and true " to fill up 
 the spaces in your brnkcn ranks. 
 
 Your complaint only ppres, that worda are cheap things, 
 ail I " professional fViendship " <l<>os not cost much. W« 
 may say of this, as did the Italian poet, who lived in a rery 
 •mall house, and who, on boing aakod, why he who had so 
 •lo(|uently describo<l magnificent palaces, should himself live 
 in a house so small and shabby. He replied, '* Words art 
 put together cheaper than stones." Although your case is 
 lomewhat dtaaimiUr, it reminds me of the severity of a l4itin 
 poet against one Candidus, the fruit of whoso friendship, it 
 would appear, only grew upon his tongue. The translation 
 of one of his verses runs thus : " Thou sayeitt, my friend 
 Candidus, that all things are common among friends ; but it 
 Moms those words of thine are the all Oiingn ; for, of sll 
 thy wealth Hud goods, thou makost no friend thou hast a doit 
 the better ; thou jpvost nothing at all, ard yet art most 
 prodigal of thy language, and vrearost out that proverb 
 thrMMlbare, //orra atMya ^k^m*i " All Utiiigi aro common 
 amor % fHends." 
 
 St. John touches this forcibly : " My little children, let 
 m not love m word, neither in tongue, but in deed, and m 
 tnth." 
 
jHO BXPBEI1H0K8 AND Df-IDINTS 
 
 Pemit tne, my dea. friend, to direct jmrr sorro^l M 
 to ihoee passages of Scripture, .Hh^^hich you are ft.im^x_ 
 « God is a sun and a shield ;" " God is bgbt, and m h.n. ui 
 no darkness at all;" and again, "With hnn the^ « no 
 variableness, neither shadow of tummg." I do not bnng 
 these beautiful declarat^ms before you, merely to put you m 
 remembrau. e of God's unchangeable fnendship to those wb^ 
 love and obey ; but to urge the necessity of hvmg m cl«« 
 1 rtimato'u;ion with Him,.ho "is Ught," so tbat neitber 
 
 devils nor men may cast your soul into tae shade. 
 
 Once I received a very important lesson, from a very 
 simple incident, which I tn«t will be a blessmg to m« so 
 long as I Uve. One evemng, several yews ago, I went 
 abo'ard a stoa.ar, at the city of Albany, and sailed forj^w 
 York. After admiring the beautiful scenery of the HudiK,n, 
 tai night obscured every object on the ^ores from my vv.w, 
 I reUVed to the gentlemen s cabm and sat down to read, 
 LkCa seat some distance from the lamp. I^wa^jtbrng 
 
 befo^ dark shadows, to my great ^^J^^'^ ^'"^^^^ 
 and again over my book, in consequence of careleM se,n^«to 
 and aShinkmg passengers passing and repassmg betwe«irme 
 S the light I^re it for some time with great p^t^nce, 
 closin- ^ eyes tiU the shadows flitted over the page, P;hi- 
 ; pirizing on the benefit of tranquility in all the ch«.^ 
 Lnes of Ufe. Each person being intent upon h« o^ 
 business and pleasure, the studious stranger »ever ente^d 
 their thoughts. At laat the inconvenience became too g|^at 
 for even ^hilosophi, to bear patiently, and ,t ^^^^^ 
 rleV Obser^ng that the thoroughft«re %^*-««"^ 
 alTthe lamp, I concluded to occupy it, and ^w so close 
 to the source of light, aa to prevent any one f^m commg 
 ^tween me and it. I did bo, and here my tn>ubles ended^ 
 Z\ir wa. as great as ev .r, but the voyagers found a p«^- 
 
r Borrowful mind 
 ^ou are IkmilisT : 
 dt, and in him in 
 him there is no 
 I do not bring 
 ■ely to put you in 
 riup to those ^'ho 
 of living in close 
 ," go that neit'ber 
 
 son, from a very 
 blessing to mo so 
 ears ago, I went 
 ad sailed for New 
 iry of the Hudijon, 
 ires from my viaw, 
 sat down to read, 
 ,. It was not long 
 ranee, flitted aj^un 
 of careless servimta 
 passing between me 
 ith great p»vti«nce, 
 over the page, phi- 
 in all the changing 
 tent upon bis own 
 nger never entered 
 se became too great 
 and it suggested a 
 ire lay between me 
 t, and draw so close 
 ay one from coming 
 my troubles ended; 
 (yagers found a pa»- 
 
 nr oosK ARS baitson. 
 
 209 
 
 •age behind me, and *' left me alono in my glory." I was 
 only a few moments in this advantageous position, before I 
 was disturbed by another class of agents, not less stirring 
 than those I had contrived to avoid, and which equally pro- 
 hibited me from reading. A poet has described them thus :— 
 
 " Lulled in the oonntlew chmmben of the brain, 
 Oar thongliti are linked bjr many a hidden oliaiii, 
 Awakft out ona, and lo 1 what myriad* riM, 
 Each stampe it* image «• the othetfliei." ^ 
 
 I recollected how often nnce God converted my soul, my 
 peace had been broken or destroyed, by a great variety of 
 agents, many of them as unthinking and undesigning as 
 these passengers ; and why ? la nine 'Jistances out of ten, 
 my soul stood at such a distance firom Qod, as to leave a 
 thoroughfare between me and him, which waa perpetually 
 occupied by these intruders ; my soiil being thus excluded 
 from the beams of the great Source of light, happiness, and 
 comfort, I have been dark, cold, and unhappy. 
 
 "Ah!" I thought, "now I know the cause of all my 
 troubles ; and the method of redress for all my grievances 
 is revealed. From henceforth, by tJie grace of God, I shall 
 endeavor to live so near the Lord, that no creature under 
 heaven shall be able to come between us. Then I shall 
 walk in cheerful light under l^e sunshine of his countenance, 
 and shall read, unintem.ptedly, 'my title clear' to lus favor, 
 And to his heaven. Then I shall cheerfully bear whatever 
 may come, — losses, and crosses, siokn«»s or herith, pros- 
 perity or advenuty. Friends in such case may divert or 
 prove true, may be spared to my embraces, or wither and 
 die ; and though tendeirly aUvt^ to (lie whole, yet the presence 
 or absence of Uiese, which one has somewhere compared to 
 * candle light in the presence of sunbeams,' can make no 
 aoaterial difference to tiie soul upon which the Sun of Right* 
 18» 
 
 IBH 
 
^«i«,« hath «ri,«ni, wUh healbs m hi« wing.. Mai. W. 2. 
 My exiwrieuoe will b« coutmually — 
 
 With respoct t«the other point, in your letter, T really 
 JtmZi.^i ^ great a distance, to detemn.e^ AH 
 
 S;.^ without cargp -«^^!;;'::;r- TtLaT^^^ 
 
 ^,^t';o^il -torial, i- generally thrown -J- ^^"^ 
 
 Tut a c..go. if there \-^t::SL:^ta" ^^^^^^ 
 oaution unnecewary. Mo«t ChnsUau. ne^ » 
 -troubles and afflictions of various kinds, to ^e^ 
 
 ..^y,othorwise ^^^^^^^^-^^1^^^^ 
 
 «,me require more, others less , ^"» ^ ^^^j ^,a y, 
 
 boisterous: — 
 
 H ThnmRd tribulation* dMPt 
 The way to glory Het, 
 That iVonny cour»e 1 •'••?» 
 •Neath the»e tempeetaone dUe*. 
 By wIb«»» and wa»ei 
 1 am totMsd and driven, 
 ' . Freighted with grace, 
 
 And boMd Car heawn !" 
 
dk 
 
 IN OOHK hi,0 ttAHMW. 
 
 m 
 
 (». M»l. W. «* 
 
 letter, lre*ny 
 detennhiii. AH 
 , Rtrnie lew ; »tid 
 bat it b« not too 
 lie coanwst, uA 
 n in for ballast ; 
 pendcra this pre- 
 d a little ballMt, 
 b, to keep them 
 bard to manage ; 
 ,re love and faith, 
 t we shall need to 
 hicL >• freqnentljr 
 
 llM. 
 
 >erience, or, if yo« 
 , DOt unlike a clock ; 
 tecp the macUnerj 
 1 1 waa reading the 
 lu8 Boul in prayer, 
 known lu8 reqoesto. 
 But hear lum: — 
 
 " Mjr Mill to ■ okiok, whoM whoeki (for want of om 
 At!(l wIndInK np, belnjt •nlije/'t Jo fh« nfctiw 
 Ot Mlh«K nnrt) wanlit vlttnr fo fVilfll 
 II«>r twnlTii bnam tMh, und <hnw h«T Maktr'i aktll, 
 Bnt Idtoly ilMps anmovMl, Hnd ttendeth ttill. 
 
 Oreni Owl, it l« ihf work, mm) th«r«ft>T« ([wxfj 
 
 ir thou l)« pUHUNMl to el«iu))i« tt witfi thy hkio<t« 
 
 And wl»d It tip with thy Nonl-nH'/ving kays, 
 
 }(«r limy wb««lii sImII mrve (Ima ftll h«T 4«yi( 
 
 Her hand shall |>ofnt thy power, b«r hammn itrtk« thy pralM.** 
 
 Bot, to change ttie fignro, I can very weQ conceive how a 
 threadbare coat may hare a hap|r;r heart beneath it ; or how 
 a man may have a burden upon bis back, and sttnstnne ia 
 his floal. Remember my leeaon on board the steamer. The 
 great point to b« settled, in, ** Can I see God in this ? U 
 this providential ? Can it be avoided or removed t Th« 
 question is not, what ought I to have dortr "> bat, what is my 
 duty now ? If I can do rtoibing bnt saffer, let me do this. 
 If Ood akne ckd help me, then I vmst be still." Are these 
 yoor feelings ? Then let me call to yoor aid the sentiments 
 of a miffcring servant of the living God: ''He will do the 
 work, and his hand will be seen in the doing of it. We are 
 obliged to wait fbr the tide. When that iowa, and the wind 
 seta in fiur, let na heist sa3, WIma ike ^dn has left a sh^ 
 on the beach, an amry nay attempt to move it m vus ; btut 
 when she is afloat in the water, a sraall force moves her. 
 We mmst wait ihe opemngs of Prondenee." la the meaa^ 
 time, yon may rei^ Ae troft oi the CUaeae maini: 
 " Whatever tempests nay arise, tranqn^j ia a port t^waja 
 qien to Oe innoeeirt heart." Tl^loQowing is better: ** Cart 
 thy harden upon the Lord, and he wiB maitaiM. thee ; he w)& 
 never sofier tiie righteovs to he moved." 
 
 Perhaps ano^er leason, whieh I rec«fve<l severdE ycais ag»y 
 ■»y be laefol to yoa in the present jaactage ti jaar 
 
fIS I2PBBI1UI0M AMD iNdSBNTS 
 
 My mind had been sorely ex'^rcised for some time, respect- 
 bg temporal afiuirs, out of which I could see no way of 
 doUveranco, feeling unwUling at ttie same time to rest the 
 matter in imcortaiuty. That scriptural direction waa forj^ot. 
 ten • " He that believeth, shall not make haste. One day, 
 a« I was standing in an hotel, in the city of Troy, waiting 
 the arrival of the coach, I took np a common newspai-cr, 
 when my eye rested upon the follo^ving paragraph, denonu- 
 Bated, "The just principles of wisdom," which seemed to 
 have been written expressly for me: « Distresses that are 
 removable, remove ; those that camiot be removed, bear with 
 as httle disquietude as possible. In every situation m hfe 
 there are some comforts ; find them out and enjoy them. 
 
 May you not also, my dear Sir, receive some benefit from 
 Ae above? Endeavor to do so, and God wdl help you. 
 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and wait patienUy for 
 him, and he shall bring it to pass. And ^e you are domg 
 so, you may adopt the language of a very old poet : — 
 
 « Fear not tho rock., or world', imperlms. w»tw, 
 Thoa cUmb'»t • Rock, my wul. » E<«k that .arM ! 
 
 We have had, hitherto, a very hard conflict in Bandon ; 
 the hardest in wWch 1 have ever been engaged. Last SaV 
 bath, however, was a glorious day to many. We had a select 
 meeting for the young converts in the afternoon, and forty- 
 four persons came forward and testified, that, dunng the last 
 four weeks, God, for Christ's sake, had forgiven thenr sma. 
 It was indeed a powerful and melting time. I have wit- 
 nessed nothing like it since the commencement of the special 
 services. Many of the old members were bathed m tears, 
 and toward the close of the service, a ^^'f^^'^^^l'lZt 
 ened simiers approached the commumon rail, and knelt tobe 
 prayed for. Their criea for mercy Trere percing. lhi» 
 
 
ZV COSK AlTD BANDOK. 
 
 218 
 
 me time, respect- 
 I see no way of 
 
 time to rest the 
 BCtion was forgot- 
 iste." One day, 
 
 of Troy, wwting 
 nmon newspaj-cr, 
 iragraph, denomi- 
 
 which Bccmed to 
 istresaes that are 
 emoved, bear with 
 y situation in life 
 id enjoy them." 
 some benefit from 
 UA will help you. 
 , wait patiently for 
 (Me you are doing 
 ' old poet : — 
 
 that »»TM !*• 
 
 inflict in Bandon; 
 igaged. Laat Sab- 
 f. We had a select 
 lemoon, and forty- 
 ;hat, during the laat 
 forgiven their sins, 
 time. I have wit- 
 ement of the special 
 sre bathed in tears, 
 •ge number of awak- 
 rail, and knelt to be 
 ere piercing. Tlu» 
 
 happy ho«ir amply repaid me for all my tears, and groans, 
 and labors, during these laat nine weeks. Tlie Lord saw 
 that I needed such a manifestation of his power, for my :m>u1 
 was greatly discouraged. 
 
 The remainder of this chapter is from a letter dated Cork, 
 Oct. 28, 1842, and is addressed to his sister in America. 
 It briefly reviews his Bandon labors, and describes his final 
 labors in Cork while dettuned there a few days prior to hiB 
 departure for England: — 
 
 This monung I had my baggage taken aboard a steamer, 
 but just as we were about to sail for Liverpool, an accident 
 occurred to the maohiaery, and the passengers were requested 
 to disembark. 
 
 Before leaving the vessel, a person informed me, who had 
 the means of knowing, that the boilers were in a most 
 wretched and dangerous condition, and that this was the 
 last trip previous to a refi^ in Englauad. 
 
 Had the accident taken place when out at sea, even if an 
 explosion had been avoided, a crippled machinery nught have 
 let us drift upon a lee shore, attended with the most fatal 
 consequences to all on board. With a thankful heart, I put 
 my signature to that beautiful verse : — 
 
 " Keer with most diatlngnlihed care, 
 The :^an who on thy love dep«nd«; 
 Watohei every numbered hair, 
 And all his step* attend*." 
 
 A party of the Cork friends had accompuued me to the 
 boat, having previously exercised all their powers of per- 
 suasion to induce me to spend tiie Sabbatii with them ; but 
 being fully conscious, that my work, for the present, was 
 finished in Ireland, I could not consent ; but when they saw 
 me and my baggage put ashore, they accosted me with a 
 
214 IXP«MWOW UXh WOIDMW 
 
 (inA will not let you leave ua I It >■ ?»»«> Jf" 
 d^ebCorUdbehaa-entyoubaclcto^^^^^^^ ■ 
 
 My mind i- involved in great anxiety, aa to the path oi 
 
 ,X' Tstea^er sails ^ Tfo^^toTTyttrt ^ 
 about the middle of next T^eek for Bnstol, hut in 
 
 rmpre^ion upon my mind that o«^ ^ ^f/^;; "^^Z 
 po^l iB constantly before me, althou^ ^^^^^ , ^^d 
 Station from thence; tcvmorrow »^' ^/^^^^Ibla^ 
 .hould I sail, that would leave '?;^'^* ?^* '^^^^^tlle i 
 ^d if I put off -other -eMV? --^f^^^'^ta the 
 must sail on Saturday alao. WeU! }^2^^^.^ ^,- 
 Bu^tter to God, and will now spend a ^^J^^''^^^^ J 
 you a sketeh of my proceedings smce the ^to my 
 ; ♦*-, t^ • • • wliich no doubt you have seen, 
 letter to , ^^cn n J, ^ ^jjat distressed me 
 
 The revival advanced wiA a "^^^^ ?,„ j felt as if 
 
 during the r^-^^-^'''^'^^:ZrZT^^'-- ^ ^' 
 there were sometWng '^''l^^^^jonue.e^r.t shaU 
 Holy Bp-t --whe- ; P^^^^^^ ^^ij ^di- 
 
 s::i pi-eC^ -^-^f"cll^'"''' 
 
 justification through faith in the --^o^^' ,,,,„ions 
 I have just ^- --7« 7J:*: C r« doubtful 
 made while in Bandon, t«*^«y^«^ J 'T^;, ^^eks since, 
 .hetherthey^llbemte^ngto^^^^^ 
 
 in company with a «°fff7^y\, r^^. Bobinson Scott 
 
 Kinsale, to see my kmd fnends, Ae Bev. no 
 
 ^d wif;, whom we found well and ^^ - <^ ^ , 
 
 On the 17th inst., we set off m a d ^rent a«e 
 place called Court Mac Sherry ; on our way, we p«a 
 L the nuns of the old abbey ^^ Tim^«^- ^ ^^ 
 
 L';::^ererf:^s^r^;al^^^ 
 
or CORK Avt Biin>o!r. 
 
 S16 
 
 indeed, then, 
 ■our work is not 
 jmplete it.' 
 B to the path of 
 ool, and another 
 but there is no 
 visit B.; I^ver- 
 have no official 
 I Saturday, and 
 jn the Sabbath; 
 than probable I 
 re committed the 
 oinutes in ^ving 
 , date of my Iwt 
 een. 
 
 hat totrewed me 
 Ion. I fel* as if 
 J grievous to the 
 of judgment shall 
 iiMt., twenty addi- 
 to the blessing of 
 ' Christ. 
 
 ,f a few excursions 
 lean, it is doubtful 
 A few weeks since, 
 mds, I rode over to 
 «v. Robinson Scott 
 ^ in God. 
 
 srent direction, to a 
 way, we paid a virit 
 aleague. It »■ »p- 
 kks of a busy Vittte 
 
 tSver itreamt which, before it reaches the abbey, glides near 
 the base of an ancient castle, built by an Irish sept, called 
 O'Shagii Hsy, and soon after washes the walls of Timaleaguo. 
 
 The abiioy is built upon an arm of the sea, about three 
 miles from the ocean. The foundations have been laved by 
 the tides during four centuries, and yet the venerable pile 
 has sustained but trifling injury from that cause. The con- 
 vent church is large, and, like the rest of the buildings, 
 roofless. The choir has been a noble wing with side aisles, 
 formed by arcades. A venerable gothio tower stands in Uie 
 centre, seventy feet high, but so damaged by time- and 
 storms, we c uld not ascend to the top. The conveht is 
 filled with graves and tombstones, and upon <me side of the 
 main entrance we observed an immense heap of human 
 bones, laid together like one of your American wood piles, 
 exposed to the weather. The Roman Catholics in this 
 country seem to have a strange taste for such humiliating 
 spectacles. 
 
 A peafcant told m very gravely on leaving the ruins, that 
 " when the abbey was in its glory, larij;e ships came up close 
 to its walls ; and, upon a oertam time, 'Le sailors mocked the 
 monks, and one of them prayed that God would put a stop 
 to their coming up entirely ; and so it was, for the channel 
 was immediately filled with sand, and never a ship caine up 
 here any more at oU." 
 
 As we proceeded down the shores of the bay, we came to 
 Abbey Mahon, a ruin nearly enveloped m ivy. I left the 
 carriage and spent a few minutes in walking tJbrough its 
 desolate chambers. Court Mac Sherry is a neat village, 
 built upon a natural terrace, with a pleasant prospect of the 
 bay and opposite shores. We entered the fields at the oppo- 
 site side of the village, and after traversing some distance a 
 pleasing and romantio path, ovenhadowed with tarves, sudr 
 
 m 
 
BXVnUIKOBS AND IltClMNW 
 
 6m\7 «.• « Old H«.d of Kin«ae" ^ the Atkntio bnrtt 
 
 Tp^^chcTmy f^well .men at Bandon to a larg«^ 
 J^tioB, on thi night of the 10th in-t and ««» ^^J^; 
 ^Tt a few hou« mo«t agreeably with a number of the 
 friends, in the houao of Mr. Edwards, 
 "^stlrday, 22d, (Oct. 1842,) I 1«J ^j^ t'a.t; 
 and had for a foUow F»««'K«'- *« ^^''^ '^ ^J^l ciS 
 I^nriblc and pious nmn, quite the gentleman »»J^ the Chr»- 
 L. • we had a most pr^AtaWe conversation on the things of 
 Z: H?^ heard ii«y movements in Ireland s^^^^^^^^^ 
 wrnarted.he heartily wished me success in my Master a 
 I^A And now once more iu Cork, and retracing the 
 ^L o^t Tast few months, sore ss my conflict, were m 
 S!nL IdonotregretmyTisit. A new circle of acqnatat- 
 ^td i^^oS, wHch shall, d^ibtle., ^i^ten n^ 
 trb heaven. God has a precious people in Bardon witt^ 
 whl I Mt great union of spirit, and who showed me much 
 Itti Tthe fkmiUe. of Me«r-. Edwards, Scott, and 
 Sk^'l wL most hospitably entertained duri^ig my sUjy. 
 SlvO^^ Vance, whom I mentioned in one of my DubUn 
 ^«!r now stationed in tiiat circuit. He i. ti^e «^e 
 A^ «>«1, and treated me with hi. accustomed kmdne«i. 
 SS^i^- 28d, I .pent in Cork, preached twioe,^ 
 JteMowing Tuesday, Wednesday '^^Tj -d ^^ 
 day evenings, and simmer, were converted to God m every 
 
 "7^ now entertained in the manmon of Bdward^bte.^ 
 Esq where f spent a few weeks last J^, P^ 7*^ "J 
 
 Sly!l have formed «i «5qui^nta„ce ^t ^ bat ^ 
 ^: My hoalA, I have reason to V^^ "J^JJ 
 
W OOMK Ain> BAHDOW. 
 
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 m, to ft Iwge e«*- 
 md next evemug, 
 ft number of tiie 
 
 Bandon for Cork, 
 in of Cork, a very 
 lan and th« Chri»- 
 jn on the thingB of 
 Ireland, and when 
 B8 in my Maater'a 
 and retracing Uie 
 J conflicts were iti 
 r circle of acquaint- 
 btlea, heighten my 
 pie in BardOT with 
 10 showed me much 
 Idwarda, Scott, and 
 Bd duriiig my stay. 
 in one of my Dublin 
 t. He ia the same 
 oonstomed kindneea. 
 preached twice. Mid 
 , Thwaday, and Frir 
 ted to Clod in e^ery 
 
 )f Edward BoWnaon, 
 fi^i^ p>eTioaa to my 
 ir Mbellent wife and 
 « tiiat shall last for 
 prniso God, is very 
 » ii chewibg to aQf 
 
 iool. How dreary would be my path but for thU ! What- 
 erer happiness I enjoy, it is in God. He is mine, and I am 
 Hia. What is before me in England, I know not ; but it la 
 swoeUy and powerfully impressed, " He cwi open and no 
 man can Bhut, and he can shut and no man can open ;" and 
 with this, which I believe to be firom the Holy Spirit, I rest 
 escure and satisfied* 
 
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 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 MB. OAUQHBY IK WXQhAVr>. 
 
 Ik Uub chapter we Bhall lee our friend walking once more 
 in the way of naked fiuth. Hi« commoninge with the Holj 
 Spirit have led him to believe that hia work liea next in 
 England. Though fully ■uooe«f»d in Ireland : though var- 
 rounded by fnenda whose f ffeotiona he haa won by hii won- 
 derftd labors ; yet, in obo<lience to his convicUons of duty, 
 he tears himself away from these friends, and tiirows himself 
 once more into the midst of strangers, confident that God 
 wiU ^ve him abundant access to the people. The (acta re- 
 oojrded will show that he did not trust God in vmu. 
 
 The Poem contained in this chapter is inserted here both 
 because we find it in his letters, and because it gives a fwr 
 specimen of Mr. Caughey's pow< « a writer of verse. It 
 is appropriate aa a feature in his m>. il picture. 
 
 On the 29th of October, (1842,) in company with Edward 
 Robinson, Esq., and Thomas Fannin, Esq., of liverpool, and 
 his daughter, I swlod from Cork for ttus port, (liverpool.) 
 
 The captwn very politely allowed a large party of the 
 friends to come aboard, and acoomi«ny me down the river. 
 My heart was greatly afiected with their kindness, and after 
 an exchange ol fareweUs, they landed at Passage. As our 
 fine steamer, the Prince of Wales, darted aorop the harbor 
 
 jrr-'rS^T'-^'t^'^-i^'- 
 
MM. OAwmn a nroLAiTB. 
 
 Jtf 
 
 rftlking once mora 
 iga with the Uolj 
 wurk lies next in 
 land : though rai^ 
 I won b J hii woo- 
 nvictions of dutj, 
 knd throws himself 
 mfident that Qod 
 I. The fiMSti r»- 
 in viuu. 
 
 inserted here both 
 ISO it ^ves a fur 
 riter of rerse. It 
 }ture. 
 
 [yany with Edward 
 ,of liverpool, and 
 )rt, (liverpool.) 
 jrge party of the 
 ae down the river, 
 cindness, and after 
 Passage. As oar 
 aoropthe harbor 
 
 of Um Core, we had anotlior opportunity of admiring Iha 
 beautiful scenery; but there was a singuLw moumfulnesf 
 oyer my spirit, that seemtxl to tiug« every object with is 
 hitea. A few minutes more, and we were dasiiing through 
 the outlet, the fortifications of which were frowning down 
 tt|>on us from either hand. The unoasy motioiw of oar rea- 
 tel told us that, howovor calm an<l lovely the day, it poa- 
 sessod no charms to luisli bto quietness the untamed and 
 restless sea. 
 
 During the afternoon, we ran along the wild and rooky 
 ooaat of IreUnd, and as we wore close in shore, we wera 
 most agreeably entertained with a great variety of objeota. 
 There was little indeed of the soft and boMitiful to be seen, 
 nor were the rocks sufficiently stupendous, to impress the 
 mind with images of grandeur ; but the amaiing masses of 
 gray and graduiUly ancending rocks, broken into rents and 
 chasms, by the actiwi of the waves ; the bleak and shrubkif 
 highlands shelring back, widhud bare in their various points 
 of elevation, or disfigtired by the beetling operations of tha 
 storms of many centuries ; these, with the bokler promon- 
 tory, shooting far into the deep, and the little bays, with their 
 rugged beach and crested waves, seeming to say, "Land if 
 you dare," were highly calculated to excite emotkms of plaar 
 jure, Dungled with absori)ing curiosity, in tfie bosom of those 
 who were fond of sea-coast scenery. Seldom have I seen a 
 bleaker Mast, though here and there, we esfned an oa«s, joat 
 sufficient to suggest tho idea of '♦ beauty resting in the U4) 
 of horror." Deck-walking is a very sociable exercise in 
 pleasant weather; but I fear my taciturnity disappointed my 
 excellent friends. Though alive to any imagery babn^g 
 to sea or land, which might hereafter assist me in the illastanir 
 tion <^ trath, my mind was constantly embarrassed with 
 Mt« general and oocMigenial idea, anticipated saa sickness. 
 
 V 
 
 \ 
 
 ?wsf 
 
CAVQMtn ta tamuMB, 
 
 I kftv* rMd Mf Mwbvra of • RtMiuM fpocrml, whoao •nsf 
 kid bMn overtKroini bj » powerful fo«, mod alihoaf^ h« 
 himMlf «NMmp«d iVocD th« banrcU mm! dMptnUioiui of (Im 
 bftlU»-fi«ld, WM nrsr after in t oonstMit itate (if terror iui4 
 ftkMvi, M if ho hf ftnl tii« olAogor of trump«ta ttni Um noM« 
 of a partaiog ftxt ; Mid, Uk« mtaj an twakcMd matmr ti 
 th* niDDtMoth ctntary, h« had no oaMation <^ hia diaifdU 
 atudea, unl«M when undor ilia inflnenca of wina or tlMp. 
 
 Leaving witi« and Hl««p out of tha qucation, it waa thoa 
 iHlh joar frtaod. Tha wavaa ara hk anamiaa, Mtd h« haa 
 vldtn boan in tine poiluiall of thair oongregatad rogimunta, 
 and, with tha aioeplion of a faw ulight •kirmiitlifla on Mma 
 of tha North A.mancan IdcM, h« haa alwa^^" baeu di-fcatod ; 
 fai ipita of all tha ho«ti of philotophical and anergetioai 
 thoiighta ba oculd moatar for tha oonfliot, ha hat evar baan 
 oompaUad to turrander or retraat in diagraoa. Ilia ;nind ta 
 therefora alwajs in a stata of conatamatioa, whan within tiM 
 tarritorMa of hLi dvtannined foaa. 
 
 Onlj raad tha following Uoaa, which I aoibblad a faw jaan 
 Ci|{0, whaa mj faat w<n^ onca mora plaoad firmly on tmrra 
 Jirma, and I could ling deftanoa to mj raging anamiaa : — 
 
 It w u ninriM, " 
 
 An4 llM tanth raornlDg*! dawn had '»righl«Mid 
 Hk iifrk vapon, wbleti ervpl aloag Um ' 
 
 fu •it«n<t«il •well cm Ocaui'l boaoa. 
 Aloan th« »kj, (twa touth to wMt, Um okmAl 
 PottMrimnly ware tpnmi lo maMtva tivn i 
 TtM wliMia>tajr hnalMd amM UmIt many IbMa, 
 And, Ilka a mighty h«,«t aaUvaalMd, anaad, 
 S«ad]r Air Um battla 
 
 TIN aaa aroM, a* it tnm oat tha daap, 
 ElMnmpaMad hy a mnh of witm — angry wa*«^ 
 WbMa altltttda and vIolAioc, a man at wtt 
 iMelaMd traaaon aad outHifht rcbaUlon 
 AgalMt Uia King of Day i while h«, in glaat 
 Awandad tUlI, aad down on erartad foat, 
 
 
trml, wkoM ttrmj 
 
 ■p«rUioM of Um 
 »(e (it terror Mid 
 «ta mmI Ui« noiM 
 akecMil nniMnr uf 
 oa of hu (iiaqoi- 
 win* or alMp. 
 Htion, it WM ihiM 
 mifls, and h« hac 
 Df^ktfld rogimunta, 
 irmutliM on iiotM 
 ■< b«eu di-featod ; 
 and eoerKetioal 
 h* htm aver b««a 
 to*. I III ;nind is 
 t, when withia th« 
 
 ibblod a ftw jvan 
 1 finnlj 00 ttrr* 
 ng eomniM : — 
 
 
 w»*«», 
 
 atpoww, 
 
 HB. oAininT nr ixouirv. 
 
 Aim! noiar inmall, mawM 4aian««' 
 
 Ua ttw AtMittni fbaiilalM o* !*• low«rtni h««»«afc 
 
 ThnailM* uturol iMIr lhra«('ulii« mumar*. 
 
 ArUlUryltka, Uiatr tlUlani fiar, wiUwal 
 
 Tha llwhhti of Uwlr tk>tk»A ««•. Buahlnj wl«4a 
 
 Arran||«<l th« 0I.HI.U m »n«l«t. fr«»nl to (Vuiil, 
 
 la 4r»a4 arrwy, .'tuwuli.n, Ui«n ralMng, 
 
 Or j<ltiilag *UU tn mtcUty plxiani. 
 
 TiM M* llMir WM UottbM, 
 And mlrT<»»«J In It* loai oonllmioM li««»«, 
 Th« dlinMl ilrmpary of Ih* mowIIiik tky 1 
 Oar gailaat ihlp Inukwl *«fuUy ilmid, hw 
 Itnow-whtM winfi io.pUjlawly tontnteUU 
 Within tha olreU <J bar trambliac womb. 
 DaaptboaRliI »m naatad on tha halmtman'i <hM( 
 A* arar an*! anon ha ayad tha anK*! 
 Klnjaraof tlia ln«(>lra«l guWa of him 
 Who pl.,ught the •urf*ca of Uia briny daap, 
 And to tha windward haaven. tuniad a 
 PllUUl, ftirtbodlng look, and U>ou«ht of homa. 
 
 Il WM a iolamn hoar, 
 And tolamn taamad tha JotW aona of NaptwM, 
 Kaoh at hU p »% In :uaM attantlon, 
 Frompt to obay aaoh aUrn command 1 thmigh 
 On tha bandlui top-mMt, or iwlnglng on 
 The yard'* arm — raallii« to and fro amtdil 
 Tha Kath'rinK itorm, ~ or on tha wa»<»-wMhad da«k, 
 Raady f *ar, — alwaya wllllnR, - though in 
 Parformanoa of hli arduoua duty j 
 Tho haaillonx plann* l» made reaittlaM— 
 Dmp Into tha yawning gu"* banaath. 
 
 AwfVil WM tha momant, 
 Whan tha Fathar of tha aklaa hia grMp nnlooaad 
 Of tha mighty wlnda, and lat tham um thair powari 
 Haaven't aonndlng aqnadrona through the oonoavod 
 Dome, pealed their drtadful notM 1 and down 
 On riftad deep and reeling raaMl oame 
 With one tramandoui roar 1 and In tumultuoua 
 Confualon t«JMod the tronbled atmoaphara, 
 And hurried forth the wheeling oloudu, to mIm 
 Upon the tope of congregated blllowi, — 
 Upwud whWlag tb«B 'mid Tapgra, foMO mmI atorm. 
 
222 
 
 MK. CAUOHBT IN KMOLANO. 
 
 The liquid mounUin* and the oleaving yOtjt 
 Seemed, in their fury, willing to let ui touch th« 
 Cornl n)ok», or pick the gemt from ocean'» bot»om \ 
 But rapid a» the ninhing terror* of the ttonn, 
 Drove our itrainiug ve«»ul up the steep* agaio, 
 In wild »m«ie to mingle with thefklei« 
 A moment there— of peril and dltmay, 
 And •nddenly, away from oft that foaming peak, 
 8h» came, like avnlanche fVom Alpine mountain brow, 
 In one terrific eweep into the black abyu. 
 
 A fearful orisU this I 
 The war of wlndi and wave* It ever awful, 
 Bnt dreadful was this elemental climax — 
 The •hrill cry of dtatrew mingled horribly 
 With the loud bellowiiigs of the maddened deep. 
 The OT«ak!ngt of the frictioned timbert kept 
 Awfbl time to tattered sails, cracking like wUpt 
 Around the uuked mast»> — — 
 
 It was an hour of terror. 
 Infidelity tamed pale, and vice became unmasked. 
 And every man was honest with himself and God. 
 Too late, how many found opinions valueless. 
 Such vain conceits and lying vanities 
 Might do on land— on sea, when all was calm, 
 And death far off ;— but now in dread extremity, 
 To still the conscience, or to soothe the mind, 
 Utterly incapable. In time of greatest noed, 
 ' Defective moet: 'midst aggravated roar of 
 Conflicting wind* and aU-involv<i»g billows, 
 The wretched soul was left a helpless prey, 
 Close npon life's verge, naked, cold, and tremblingi 
 Poised upon eternity's dread brink } refuge none. 
 By first and second death at once invaded : 
 tIiI wlllmg, by the promptings of a black despair. 
 To take into eternal nigh^ the awful leap, 
 Skrieking in borrar, fonakeo and alone ! 
 
 AnditwasatiiM, 
 When Christfaalty *on« with splendor. 
 While I could read the troubled souls, even Itt 
 The very countenancec of the «on« of Mammon j 
 And hear the sinner pray, who never prayed befew 
 I heard the Christian olahn, with confidecoe, 
 Brtp frMD Him wiio rod* npM the stomy ikf. 
 
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■»' ■ m 
 
 luch th« 
 » bottom { 
 ondi 
 igain, 
 
 >ttiiUin brow, 
 
 ul, 
 
 r 
 
 tddMp. 
 kept 
 LS whipt 
 
 «rror. 
 lomMked, 
 iMiJaod. 
 eless. 
 
 ■ calm, 
 xtraraitf, 
 nind, 
 iMd, 
 of 
 w», 
 rey, 
 trernbltngi 
 
 Uge DOD«, 
 
 >d; 
 
 k dwptir, 
 
 OM, 
 VMlta 
 
 lammoBi 
 iiyedb«fof* 
 ienoe, 
 ayAr, 
 
 MR. OAUOHBT IN BKGLAHD. 
 
 Tbo nging of the mighty ••»•, whoee power oonld Mini, 
 
 Or elevate the noul abxTe the tempoiit'a wail, 
 
 To hope in Oo<l, »nd clap her wliigi of joy. 
 
 And I oould nee Religion, danghter of the iklea, 
 
 Benilitig ii'er the mountain surges, holding 
 
 Sweet conrerio with broa»t'i monitor, conacience, 
 
 Whiipering n peace, which stood unshaken amidst ' 
 
 The strife of element* anil peals of death ! 
 
 . At a certain point toward evening, we gradually retired 
 from the land, and as we were losing sight of old Ireland, a 
 little bird came off on full wing, reached us, and fluttered 
 around the rigging, as if desirous to rest its weary pimons ; 
 but seeing such a formidable assemblage on the deck, it 
 poised wing, and was borne along on the increasing breeze out 
 to sea. For a time it appeared a black spot, and as it be- 
 came scarcely discernible, and wo were sympathizing with its 
 dreary prospects should it continue in that direction, it began 
 to increaae in-bulk, and after a serious struggle with the gale, 
 arrived witlun the riggmg again, and dropped down into a 
 recess in the lee side of the windward bulwarks, a few feet 
 from the deck, and concealed itself behind some ropes. After 
 a while, it arranged its plumage, and prepared itself in the 
 most contented manner for a quiet night's rest ; but a cabin 
 boy came and seized the little stranger ; we immediately took 
 its part, and insisted he should pat it back again into the 
 berth of its choice : but on his pronusmg to sat it at liberty 
 when near the coast of Wales, we permitted him to bear it off. 
 I remarked to a friend that this incident brought forcibly 
 to my mind the conduct of an awakened sinner ; ihtA I had 
 Been many an unhappy pemtent borne away from the devil's 
 territories by the powerful gales of the Spirit, John iii. 8, 
 and when about to find rest to his soul, doubt and despair hare 
 come upon him, and he has fled away from the sight ai^ 
 Bound of Balvation; and when the saints of God have hem 
 moundag on account of the dreadful destiny tiiat awaited 
 
 
 
p( 
 
 MR. OACQHKY IS BNOLANl). 
 
 him, if he contmned to fly away from the gospel hope, ttiey 
 have seen him returning, feint, weary, and heavy laden, 
 glad to come aboard of " Zion's ship," saying with the poet: 
 
 "UxMXMl ftofii Ood, Mid hr wmored, 
 
 Long h»vo I wandered to and (Vo J 
 O'er eRrth in endlew circle* roved, 
 
 Kor found whereon to reit below j 
 Back to ray Ood at lost I fly, 
 For O, the waten f' '1 m* high ! 
 
 •* Selflth punuiu, and nature'! maze, 
 
 The thing* of earth, for thee I leave i 
 Put forth thy hand, thy hand of grace i 
 
 Into the ark of love receive ! 
 Take this poor flattering soul to rett. 
 And lodge it, Saviour, in thy breast t " 
 
 Next day, Oct. 80th, (1842,) we landed at Liverpool; 
 and that evening attended divine service in the Wesleyan 
 ■ chapel, (Bruns^ck,) and heard a most powerful sermon 
 fromthe Rev. Dr. Beaumont. My friend, Mr. Fanmn, whom 
 I mentioned in the begimiing of thib letter, introduced me 
 to the Doctor before sermon. He gave me a very cordial 
 welcome to England, and invited me to preach forhmi ; this 
 I refused, but afterwards assisted him in the prayer meeting. 
 On Monday, Mr. Fanmn insisted I should leave my hotel, 
 and make his house in Brougham terrace my home ; which 1 
 accepted, and am ik»w comfortably -ituated in a plea^mt 
 part of Ahe town, and with a very agreeable and mterestmg 
 
 ^"wfth regard to my prospects of domg good in this town, 
 theyareverydarkatpresent. Having had no officud mvita- 
 tion to visit Liverpool, nor any acquaintance wi* *he Wes- 
 leyan Ministers stationed here, excepting the Rev. A. *.. 
 Farrar, superintendent of the north circuit, to whom I had an 
 introduction, when on his missionary deputation mirehmd, a 
 fbw months since, renders the case rather perplexmg. My 
 
>. 
 
 MB, OAUaHEY IN BliaLAND. 
 
 SS6 
 
 gospel hope, they 
 ind heavy laden, 
 ng with the poet: 
 
 ded at Liverpool ; 
 in the Wedeyan 
 i powerful sermon 
 Mr. Fannin, whom 
 or, introduced me 
 ) me a very cordial 
 reach forkim ; this 
 he prayer meeting, 
 luld leave my hotel, 
 my home ; which I 
 lated in a pleasant 
 ible and interesting 
 
 good in this town, 
 tad no official mvitar 
 mce with the Wea- 
 ig the Rev. A. E. 
 it, to whomlhaclan 
 mtation in Ireland, a 
 it perplenng. My 
 
 mind is strongly impressed to remain ; — that God has a work 
 for me to do here ; but, I fear, if the door does not soon 
 open, the devil will take the advantage, and attack me as in 
 Dublin. I have had an interview witfi the Rev. A. E. Far- 
 rar, who expresses an ardent desire for a revival, but we 
 have not, as yet, been able to fix upon any plan of special 
 eflbrt for the salvation of sinners. My health, thank God, is 
 excellent. My mind seems to be under a singular prohibi- 
 tion, respecting leaving this town ; so that I am unable to 
 give you the least information as to my future movements. 
 This uncertainty is painful ; but tlie Lord knows what kind of 
 discipline is best for his weak servant. I need your prayers. 
 
 The foregoing part of this chapter is from a letter to an 
 American friend ; what now follows is from a letter to his 
 aster, and describes his mental struggles very touchingly, 
 before his way was fully opened in England. These strug- 
 gles, however, led him to a continued walk of faith. GoU 
 was true to his promise, and again furnished lum with open- 
 ings and opportunities. Faith was victorious over aght. 
 But we must allow him to tell his own story : — 
 
 I landed in tins port from Cork on the 30th of October, 
 and once more walked the streets of Liverpool, a solitary 
 stranger, bat in a much happier state of mind than when last 
 here. Soon after my arrival, the Lord provided me a home 
 in an excellent family, whore I have since remtuned. Many 
 sore exercises of mind have been my lot, since my second 
 Tisit to England. It would appear as if the devil were deter- 
 mined to contest this ground with me in a fiercer manner 
 than in Dublin. I have groaned, and prayed, and wept 
 much. You know the hastiness of my disposition, how apt 
 to dedde qmokly, and act promptly. This peculiarity of my 
 temperament would have driven me out of liverpool, had it 
 
MR. OAHGHBT IN XirOLAND. 
 
 not been for a deep conviction that God has a work for me 
 to do here. Even up tiU now, I would gladly retreat, but 
 
 dare not. 
 
 On Sabbath night, November 6th, I crossed the rivw 
 Mersey, to the Cheshire side, walked to < ; Wesleyan 
 chapel, Woodside, and opened my commisait u in England, 
 with that text, 2 Peter ii. 9. The above passage has often 
 been a comfort to me in days of temptation, years gone by, 
 and chose ik on this occasion on my own behalf, and was 
 much comforted. An influence from God evidently rested 
 upon the people, and could the blow have been repeated, 
 many sinners, I doubt not, would have been saved. 
 
 Monday night, preached in Great Homer street chapel, 
 Idverpool. The Rev. Mr. Farr r was present, and many of 
 the leaders and local preachers, and a good congregation ; 
 text, 1 Cor. X. 15. In this sermon, I' endeavored to lay 
 down a few great principles, and the Lord applied the whole 
 by his Spirit ; afterwards we had a powerful prayer meeting, 
 but none converted. 
 
 Mr. Farrar and his official board were unammously of 
 oinnion, that a special efifort should now be made for a 
 revival, and that the meetings should be continued in this 
 
 chapel. 
 
 During the firet week we had small congregations ; my 
 soul w»s much assisted from on high ; glad of an opportunity 
 of using those weapons which are not carnal, " but mighty 
 through God to tiie pulling down of strong holds." The 
 week ended, and we had only one mnner converted. Sab- 
 batii, 18th, I preached in tiie afternoon to the sailors, aboard 
 of the Bethel slup, having been invited to do so by Captain 
 Hudson, chaplain for the port. We had a very gracious 
 season. The services, during the ensuing week, were mt«r- 
 fered with by tea meetingp for important purposes ; and no 
 
Ma. OADOllBT IN BNOLAND. 
 
 227 
 
 lis a work for me 
 adly retreat, but 
 
 ;ro88ed the rivw 
 » ( ,' Wesleyan 
 881011 in England, 
 )as8age has often 
 L, Years gone by, 
 behalf, and waa 
 i evidently rcstod 
 B been repeated, 
 n saved. 
 
 ler street chapel, 
 sent, and many of 
 od congregation; 
 adeavored to lay 
 applied the whole 
 111 prayer meeting, 
 
 •0 unanimously of 
 r be made for a 
 i continued in this 
 
 iongregations ; my 
 I of an opportuni^ 
 mal, "butnughty 
 t)ng holds." The 
 
 converted. Sab- 
 
 the sailorb, aboard 
 
 « do so by Captain 
 
 id a very gracious 
 
 ; week, were bter- 
 
 purposes ; and no 
 
 sinners, I believe, were converted. The following Sabbath 
 evening, the Lord opened my way to Great Homer street 
 chapel pulpit, and there was a shaking among the dry bones ; 
 text, 1 Kings xviii. 21 ; and frum that night Uie work of 
 Qod has advanced with majesty and power. 
 
 Last Sabbatli afternoon, I met those who had found mercy 
 since the 7th of November. The meeting for the young 
 converts was conducted in a similar manner to that I 
 described in Cork. One hundred and thirteen persons came 
 forward, and in the most distinct manner, and with many 
 tears, declared, that God for Christ's sake had pardoned 
 their sins. Many who had found salvation, but who did not 
 understand the nature of the meeting, were not present ; but 
 thirty additional persons gave their names in the evening, as 
 trophies of redeeming love. All glory be to God ! 
 
 It would be impossible, my dear sister, to tell you how 
 severely, and on how many points, the adversary has harass- 
 ed me, dnr. ig these few weeks I have been in England, but 
 all his attempts to discourage me have driven me nearer to 
 God. Part of each forenoon was spent upon my knees, 
 crying to God for Liverpool, and a fuller baptism of the 
 Holy Ghost upon my own soul. 
 
 The Lord, during these seasons of conflict, gave several 
 helps to my faith. Perhaps the following may be mterestbg 
 to you. One day a stranger came into my room, and said, 
 " Sir, a few weeks before you arrived in this town, I had a 
 singular dream. I thought I was passing up a certun street, 
 when I saw two inunense flames arising from each side ; one 
 was of a bluish color, and filled me with horror ; the appear- 
 ance of the other flame was quite different. These flames 
 met in terrible contention, and filled the street, so that to 
 pass seemed impossible. It was suggested to my mind by 
 some one n^ar, ' You must not attempt to pass, or you y^il 
 
 '?"^?^T^-'^?t^(^""??«^^-?'^'^''^'*-'/'. 
 
 ■ •' ." . ^^ i' yy?. y^^'^-' i?V - 3 ??? i^ ' . ^;r^?^?^?^"' 
 
a^ -1 7auaT ni waLAMD. 
 
 be borncd.' I replied, that ^ I would m! pt* I did» 
 while the flames played arouud my ahouldera ; but when I 
 1 through there waa not a singe, nor smeU of fire upon my 
 LmenU,, and I distinctly heard a voice, wyrng. ' Glory be 
 to God V And, Sir, ttie first night you preached m Great 
 Homer street chapel, 1 heard you, and the inomen* your 
 .oice reached my ear, I recogni«.d it -the voice JJu^^ 
 in my dream, saybg. 'Glory be to God !' ^"'^ "°^ ^"^ 
 Ink God, through your instrumentality, I have obtam^* 
 clear sense of the remission of my sinn, with the pardonmg 
 
 ""'if t^t Dr. Johnson used to say, « Do not wholly be- 
 Uev; d^, for they may be false; but do not entirely 
 nject ttiem, because they may be tnie. 
 
 The remainder of this chapter is from aletter to afnend, 
 wd describes his movements in Liverpool up to January 8, 
 1848. 
 
 The Lord ha. opened a great and effectual door for me m 
 T ;««,«ol The enemy opposed me moat seriously, and en- 
 ^eS'in v'ilor^.Kut Oie door of u^^ulnes. -d 
 
 i„«Um«ted that be would completely ^^f^^^lZU 
 B,^d ; but the promise I received m Ireland stood f«t, 
 ZaT^ ihe " sheet anchor " of my soul. Ia«ah «n. 2^ 
 «d Rey iu. 7, 8. On the 18th of last December, L-uai 
 Sf iT, w« pventome, « No weapon that is formed agp^ 
 t^^^ P-per," -^ ^ rested sweetly up- -7 -^ 
 rince. In (he time of extremity, God came doim m power 
 «r.rreeted ««rea of sinners, and surrounded u. with tiie 
 ^ and cries of imploring pemtonts. ^hja -« ^^^ 
 demonstration of the presence and »PP«>^»*»''" ^^AeH 
 few could withstood, except those who were e^^^renc^ 
 ,,fl,„^ and aiwMMMi tiumiielve. with the strange and ffu^ 
 
, anf! ptM I did, 
 leri J but when 1 
 U of fire upon my . 
 aying, ' Glory be 
 ireached in Great 
 the moment your 
 the voice I heard 
 d r and now, Sir, 
 I have obtained a 
 ith the pardomng 
 
 Do not wholly be- 
 utdo not entirely 
 
 % letter to a friend, 
 )1 up to January 8, 
 
 >toal door for me in 
 it gerioualy, and en- 
 \T of usefulneas, and 
 ock up my way in 
 IreUnd stood fast, 
 al. Isaiah zxii. 22, 
 )t December, luaab 
 lat is formed af^unst 
 reeily upon my mind 
 came down in power 
 rroonded us with, tiie 
 I. TWfl was such a 
 [wobation of God that 
 •were entrenched at 
 > strange and gazhltd 
 
 Ml. OACOHBT IK ENOUiNO. 
 
 reports which were put in circulation. The Rev. A. E. 
 Farrar, the Superintendent, pronounced it at once a si oial 
 work of God, and among friends and foes stood up for the 
 revival most nobly, as did also his excellent coUcagues, the 
 Bov. Dr. Beaumont, and the ilov. John H. James. 
 
 After apeuding about five weeks upon what is called here 
 the " North Circuit," and many sinners were converted to 
 God, a deputation of Leaders from the " South Circuit " 
 waitid upon me, with a request to spend a few weeks with 
 them; saying, "Come, Sir, and lot tlie revival aame be 
 kindled at different points, and God may sot the town m a 
 blaze." As Mr. Farrar had advised mo, by all means, to 
 visit the South Circuit, should an invitation come from the 
 proper authority, I agreed, provided the Superintendent 
 wss wiUing. We therefore walked down to see the Ilov. 
 William Atherton, who rocoivod us politely, and though evi- 
 dently not at all enthusiastic upon the subject, yielded to the 
 request of the Leaders, and your friend received an official 
 permission to preach tho gospel of the kingdom on that side 
 of the town. His coUoagues, the Rev. Joseph Hargroavoe, 
 and the Rev. Henry H. Chettle, wore not present during the 
 mterview, but I had the pleasure of an introduction to them 
 
 That very night, m Pitt street chapel, a few hot shot from 
 the walls of Zion were thrown into the entrenchments of the 
 devil's children, and four of them cried out for mercy — 
 
 " W-iunded by the Sptrit'i iword, 
 And then by Glletd'e b«lm reetorwl "— ' - " 
 
 One of them an old woman of seventy-two. Shortly after 
 we began in the above chapel, I was taken with a severe 
 hoaraeness, in consequence of having to walk some distance 
 after preaching, and being a little careless withal. It ooa- 
 SO 
 
M&. OAUOJIIY IN KNULANO. 
 
 fined me two nighta to my room, bitt in answer to the prajer 
 of futh, and the um of meana, (inhaling the vapor, caamd 
 by a red hot poker in a mug of tar, and, at certain intonrals, 
 flipping a littlo flax-sood tea, made to the conaistonce of 
 hone/,) I regained my voice, and we contmued the battle 
 with rigor. During Uio first week, we had twenty con- 
 verted ; the next week seventy ; and the week after, more 
 than forty. 
 
 On the night of the 81st of December, I assisted one of 
 the preachers in holding a watch night m Pitt street chapel. 
 Altogether, it was one of the most singular of the kind I h^d 
 ever attended. Several exhortations were ^ven, but the 
 " direct um " was wanting, and I fear your friend was quite 
 •• deficient na his brethren. We seemed afraid of each 
 other, and did nothing. When the new year was ushered 
 in, and part of the immense crowd had retired, God enaSlcd 
 me to break through the infernal opprewion which rested 
 upon us, and in a few minutes, we had the altar filled with 
 weeping penitents, and several obtuned salvation, t retired 
 to rest, about three o'clock in the morning, much cast down 
 by reflecting upon the comparative fiulure upon such an 
 important night. 
 
 On tiie following day, I assisted one of the preachers in 
 the administration of the Lord's Supper, at Wesley chape], 
 Stanhope atreet, and enjoyed a very solemn season in " the 
 renewal of the covenant." The latter is a most impressive 
 lervioe, and why it has not been incorporated into ihe usages 
 of American Methodism, I cannot tell ; of the gracious 
 effects, there can be no question. I shall bring with me on 
 my return a copy of the Covenant. 
 
 New Tear's Day night, I preached in the Mount Pleasant 
 tihapel to a crowded tsongregation. Twelve jinuera were 
 inverted to God. 
 
MR. OAUOIIET l!f rSOLAMD. 
 
 281 
 
 iwer to the prayer 
 :be vapor, caiued 
 ; certiun intenrals, 
 he conmatenco of 
 tUnued the battle 
 had twentj cod- 
 > week after, more 
 
 , I assisted one of 
 ?itt street chapel, 
 of the kind I had 
 re giren, bat the 
 r friend was quite 
 )d afraid of each 
 ^ear waa ushered 
 ired, God enaMcd 
 don which rested 
 I altar filled with 
 ration. I retired 
 ;, mach cast dcwn 
 re upon such an 
 
 the preachers in 
 it Wesley chapel, 
 n season in " the 
 a most impressive 
 ;ed into the asages 
 of the gracious 
 bring with me on 
 
 le Mount Pleasant 
 rIvc sinners were 
 
 Up to this time, not less than two hundred and seventy 
 limiers have been converted ; but only one hundred and 
 thirty of these are from the world ; the remainder were mem- 
 bers of the Wosleyan church. I am amaxed at this ; but so 
 it was in the ciUes I visited in Ireland. Certainly this was 
 ft large number to be meeting in class without conversion. I 
 have had some tribiUation to endure, since my arrival hero. 
 Much from my great adversary, and some from poor human 
 nature, warped by various prejudices. My position is a sin- 
 gular one, though I trust in the order of God, else I would 
 very soon return to America; but it is not understood m 
 Liverpool; nor would it bo bccommg, I fear, to appear 
 anxious to set matters in a clearer light, unless it wore 
 requested. The voice of the Lord in my conscience seems 
 to be, " Mind the one work, for the accomplishment of which 
 you have been sent ; you have noUiing to do either with the 
 opening or shutting of the door, so long as you are faithful 
 in saving souls." The opinions about me are various, and 
 some things to me are inexplicable ; and if any thmg, m 
 some sort, throws a ray of light upon tiiem, it is, that I am 
 Bure tiiere is nothing personal designed ; only what is con- 
 sidered by some « good policy." This reflection rehevos my 
 mind, and enables me to exercise that charity wliich " beai- 
 eth all tlmigs, believeth all things "—the best of every man, 
 ■0 as to put a good constiruction even upon the greatest parar 
 doxes— " hopeth all things, endureth all things." I know 
 my eye is single. The salvation of lost sinners is my steady, 
 constant aim; but as all cannot see my heart, it would be 
 wrong in me to fret with those who cannot appreciate my 
 motives, nor, for the present, sympathiio witii my move- 
 ments. My soul is greatty humbled before the Lord ; but I 
 am his, and he is mine. Thia is settled, tiiorefore I wiU 
 rejoice, and be ghid in the Rock of my salvation. 
 
CHAPTER XV. 
 
 AftOCMtsm wrtn tni ixcxibs or tinTALf. 
 
 Tni »uccw!«ling ch»pt*r pr«i«nt« » new phase in tfa* 
 «hiur«cter of onr Ilerivaliat. He ia b the arena of contnv 
 Tertjr, contending nobly with the ailvemrie* whom Bataa 
 lIMed up in Liveqx)ol to buffot him. It would appear thai 
 th«M enomiea aasaultc<l him with a variety of ohjectiom to 
 hia manner, hia mode of procedure, hk atyle of preaching, 
 and eriin to the aatoniahukg reanlta of bis lab<wf . To theat 
 miaaivea ho replied in a uuuitorly manner, a« the reader 
 will aee. I do not remember any work which deala ao 
 tersely, and ao effectually with revival ohjeetumi, m Mr. 
 Caughey baa done in theae lettera. He wastes no words ; 
 he resorts to none of the intricacies of logic ; bat aimply 
 grasps hia opponent's objection with a hMod, conacioiis of 
 saperior strength, and forthwith it ahriuka and cowers hi 
 tbjfict Bubmiaston before bin. I kSink tiHis chapter wUi 
 boeome an armory of choice, defenaire weapons for the firiendi 
 of revivals. 
 
 The reader most bear m mind, that the objections here mot 
 were sent to Mr. Cangbey by different persons, to whom h« 
 wrote theae replies. Hence he does not always state them 
 in due form, but they may be easily gathered from the 
 reg^, by a reflective mind. The abruptiietw with which he 
 presents them is, as the reaJer has already learned. Mi 
 peculiarity. If not consistent with eleg^itce, it i^ lent 
 282 
 
1 
 
 iriTALf. 
 
 r phase in th* 
 jnma of rontro- 
 m whom Bfttan 
 aid app«mr tb«k 
 of objection! to 
 « of fNre»ehing, 
 bon. To tb«M 
 , M th« rrad«T 
 which denk k 
 eetUmt, M Mr. 
 urt«s ao words; 
 pc ; bnt flimply 
 kd, conacioiui of 
 and cowen kn 
 us ehupker will 
 18 for the firieitdi 
 
 ectkmsbere met 
 ifM, to whom h» 
 wajR state them 
 hored from the 
 m with which he 
 dj learned, Mi 
 [tee, it i^ iMMt 
 
 /itocMKHTt wmi mi larBMiM or KirivAU. 289 
 
 (avors brerttj. An usual, I have bl«ndrd the Uttem into 
 one continuous chapter. Thejr were aU dated fnim Liverpool 
 during the winter and upring of 1H43. 
 
 Yoar objections are not worthy of attention ; but are joa 
 not on some pinnts rather too tevero? at least, over p<j«itire? 
 Read again the following : " I am convinced many ponNins 
 aro merely ''nxbtflncd into a rolij(io«s life, by the siiiguhur 
 ■ervices." Thin in the mere echo of your fritrol, Mr, ' * % 
 who says, ** when the terrors are off thom, tliey will be m 
 bad an ever." Perhaps not ; Uioy may linger around their 
 hearts till they change worliLi. Hut many of them are 
 entirely dclivcre*! from " the terrors," and aro rejoicing 
 with joy onspeakable and full of glory. I have hoar<l scores 
 of them bless Oorl they ever heard the voice that terrified 
 them. This shows they aro neither dis|)le8sed nor tired of 
 tlM fright. 
 
 ** When you leave Liverpool, the results will be woeful 
 •nanf^." It is well if you do not desire your prr)fibecies to 
 be fulfilled, that you may have it to say, *' I knew it wookl 
 be BO." 
 
 *' What man of reading and intelligenco, who attends 
 these meetbgs, can leave Uiem without a convictioo that 
 there is a eoostant aim to excite the paseimis ?" There are 
 Tery many intelligent people who fireqoont these services, 
 Uunk quite differently. 
 
 " How little respect is paid to the understanding. Proofii 
 of &e existence of a God, immortality of the mimL, divbe 
 aathenticity of the scriptares, etc., arb banished from the 
 pulpit, where once they shone in all their gk)ry." These 
 •re by tto means neglected, but they are nut discussed as 
 they shoold be to ignorant pagans. Ninety-nine oat of a 
 hundred of tibose who attend these services regularly, beUere 
 20* 
 
284 ouuMiim wiTM -niM inimiu of tcriYAU. 
 
 theM ftrtioloa of our cre«d. We know thk to b« » faet. 
 Them »n), however, Uioumui'Iji who cut htnu mUveu that the 
 judgmcDU of the he&rera, and tho doctrinci of whinh jroo 
 •])o»k, have not Ixjon dUrugnnlcd ; jr«t I frtjwiy admit, .njr 
 object haa hooa to drivo down into the heart the knowlv<lgo 
 of the head ; that ia, to make them fetl what thojr ainmdjr 
 know. If thia ia what you mean hjr exciting the paaaiumi, I 
 must plead guilty. 
 
 The HeitUmonta of a niUiiiter, now with Ood, are worth 
 hearing ; thoy once atumUed me, but I can well understand 
 them now. ** You may prove thin, confirm or confute that, 
 but who hatea hi* aina ? Who criea for mercy ? Who tuma 
 to Ood ? Sinnera may aa well be hearkening to a mathema- 
 tician demonstrating Euclid's Elementa, aa to a preacher 
 only proving a point of Christianity, Whin I was a young 
 man I endeavored to drivo religion into the heads of my 
 hearers, but I have given that up, and having learned a little 
 mor^ wisdom, I attack the heart only, and labor with all my 
 might to melt them down in the tendecest manner, till they 
 cry out, * I have need of every thing God has done for me.' *' 
 
 Why detain a man to hear you prove that to which he 
 readily wssenta ? What better way to drive t man to hia 
 feet, or knees, than to make him /tel that it is his duty and 
 bterest to allow his Mirf to exert an entire influence over 
 his affections and life ? 
 
 " And o'er th« tlnMr't m1m<1 haMt, 
 SMttor tiM living c4m1« of tnilh." 
 
 ** Suoh oroahing and crowding, — our chapeki win bo ruhied." 
 They were built for this purpose, and it is not unlikely they 
 will be standing when you and I aro in our graves. 
 
 " We were going on quietly, and could worship God com- 
 fortably before this sUr." This may bo correct, but it is oo 
 IflH true that HUMn were going to hell by thousands. 
 
L 
 
 ftttlTAU. 
 
 ik to b« a fkflt. 
 
 r witn«M thkt th« 
 MM of whinh jrou 
 fr«i«Iy adiiiii, .nj 
 rt tho kiiowlcilgo 
 that they ftlruii<ly 
 fig the pOMioiui, I 
 
 K Ood, are worth 
 1 well umlentaiid 
 n or confute that, 
 roy ? Who tuna 
 ng to a mathema- 
 ui to a preacher 
 (•n I was a young 
 
 tho h«a(l« of my 
 ng learned a little 
 
 latmr with all my 
 
 manner, till they 
 M done for me.' " 
 
 that to which he 
 ive t man to hia 
 
 it ia his duty and 
 ire influence OTer 
 
 M win bo ruined." 
 not unlikely they 
 r graves. 
 
 worship God com- 
 >rroct, but H is no 
 r thousands. 
 
 AMtTMlimi WIT« Tli Dfnfm Of RtftTAU. «5 
 
 " Now, all is c*mf\tsioo ; fiunilies and •«rvants are dis- 
 tracted aitd uncontroUttt.lo, and the town is likely to be in an 
 uproar." i'erliaiis you havo not tieen a laUi (Jorraan writer 
 on this subject. He can help you U) a few idi^a*. Hear 
 him : " Faithful ministers are often storro-birds, or messett- 
 gers of misfortune. I'lie preaching of tho gospel by them 
 is like tho sinking of a burning mountain in ihe sea ; sleep- 
 ers awake, and the dry bonoii are stirred. O^j such occa- 
 sions tlio thoughu of many hearts are revealed. whal 
 divisions of heart may wc then witness ! but the awakening 
 preachers are regarde<l as the offending parties. ' The men 
 who have turned the world uj)side down have come hiUier 
 
 "These fronsicd and mystical declamations respecting 
 hell," — Hold ! do you believe there is such a place as hell 
 in eternity ? The same as is roprosontod in the Hcriptures ? 
 Tliat sinners are in as grvai danger of falling into it now as 
 1800 years ago ? If you deni/ this, I have nothing more to 
 lay to yoo in $e\f-dfffnc«. We must occupy different posi- 
 tions in regard to truth and duty, and tho (jucstion in debate 
 must be changed. But I Hhall take it for granted that you 
 believe the above propositions. How then are men to be 
 warned of such a dreadful reality ? 
 
 Allowing that thousonda of these liverpool smners, who 
 •ftgerly crowd to hear Uie truth, are every moment in jcop- 
 irdy of falling into hell, how are they to be aroused to a 
 tense of their danger ? By any other mode of voice and feet 
 ing than what a firm belief in such an awful hell would natu- 
 rally excite ? Should a watchman, at midnight, discover a 
 house in flames over a sleeping family, how would you have 
 him alarm the unconscious inmates ? " I would have him 
 ory, Fire ! firs I fire !" ♦• Cry !" would you have him cry ? 
 But not like a i&aa asleep, or drunk, or in jest, or afraid of 
 
286 ARGUMENTS WITU THE BNKMIBS OF RKVlVAtfl. 
 
 hurting their feelings, but in good oamost, and ftt the top of 
 his voice, ♦' Fire ! fire ! ! fire ! ! !" " But the danger is not 
 so great." Are you sure of that ? Is there no family, or . 
 unner in jeopardy of eternal burning among the multitudes 
 who hoar me from mght to night ? The thread of hfe is a 
 brittle affiur : — 
 
 » And death, that fling* at all. 
 Standi ann«d to *trlke them down, and flamea 
 Attend their fall." 
 
 I may not bo long away from Liverpool, before the sudden 
 death of some of these sinners, shall prove the dreadful truth 
 of the sentiment. Ay, and the triumphant exit of several of 
 these young converts may prove the time of their conver- 
 sion to have been a momentous crisis in their history. But 
 to return. I once discovered a building on fire, with a 
 number of wooden houses close by, and a heavy south wind 
 to drive the flames onward. I awoke the neighborhood with 
 a cry of fire, and saved the place. But no one blamed me 
 for treatmg the matter as a reality. The eame people, how- 
 ever, complained loudly when I warned them of the danger 
 of falling into hell with similar earnestness. Query, did 
 they believe in a hell of fire, and that their souls were more 
 valuable than their endangered property ? Did they not 
 rather consider the loss of eternal life of less consequence 
 than that of temporal life ? "A man may tell you," says 
 a writer., " your house is on fire in such a way as to make 
 quite an opposite impression, and you will take it for granted 
 that your house is not on fire." May we not warn sinners 
 in the same way, and make an impression exactly similar ? 
 I have heard of two young men who were carting gravel 
 from a pit. One of them met his companion returning with 
 a load, whom he saluted as they passed : " Your cart will 
 break down." A short distance from the spot it came to 
 
f RKVIVALB. 
 
 , and at the top of 
 ; tho danger is not 
 here no family, or 
 ong the multitudes 
 thread of life is a 
 
 ig« at all, 
 i flame* 
 
 , before tho sudden 
 tho dreadful truth 
 It exit of several of 
 le of their conver- 
 their history. But 
 ng on fire, with a 
 i heavy south wind 
 neighborhood with 
 no one blamed me 
 i came people, how- 
 khcm of the danger 
 ness. Query, did 
 eir souls were more 
 y? Did they not 
 tf less consequence 
 lay tell you," says 
 1 a way as to make 
 I take it for granted 
 e not warn sinners 
 on exactly similar ? 
 rere carting gravel 
 inion returning with 
 ,: "Your cart will 
 he spot it came to 
 
 AKaCMlim WITH THI wnMWi or MVIVAL8. 
 
 the groubd with a crash. When they agun met, tho unfor- 
 tunate person was accosted, " I told you your cart would 
 break down." " Yes, you told me," was replied, " but you 
 Mud it in such a manner that I did not know whether you 
 were m jest or m earnest. Why did you not tell me in such 
 a way that I could not but believe you ?" 
 
 It appears that you think the liverpool sinners do not 
 nusunderstand me. Thank Gcd! nor shall they while I 
 remain in town. None of them shall tell God Almighty in 
 the day of judgment, "James Caughey warned me of this 
 oay, and of a coming hell, but it was in such a manner that 
 I could not tell whether or not he was in can jst." Why 
 should I be called a fanatic for this ? An eminent minister, 
 now in heaven, once defended himself from the charge of 
 enthusiasm, in the folbwing language : " Because I am in 
 earnest, men call me an enthusiast. When I came into this 
 part of the country I was walking on yonder hill. I saw a 
 gravel-pit fall and bury three men. I lifted up my voice so 
 loud that I was heard in the town below, at the distance 
 of a mile. Help came, and rescued two of the poor suf- 
 ferers. No one called me an enthusiast then. And when 
 I see eternal destruction ".waiting my fellow-men, some 
 already engulfed in that hell, and others under a mass of sin 
 and wrath which shall speedily sink them there, and call 
 olond for warning and help, shall I be called aa enthusiast 
 now?" 
 
 Perhaps yon may be inclined to make the application in 
 my favor. 
 
 Yon reason well; no rational man could object. But 
 what has all this to do with the enlightened '•ou^e^dtiuu nt 
 * * * * chapel? Have they not been ratting under the 
 •pond of the gospel for years ? Enter into conversation with 
 •cores aad hundreds of them ; — how clear tb«r views upon 
 
288 ABQUMBNTB WITH THE BNBMIEti OP REVIVALS. 
 
 all the essential doctrines of Christianity ! A largo propor- 
 tion of the youi»g people have been trained in the Sabbath 
 school, and are familiar with the holy Scriptures. Many of 
 them are moral and upright in their conduct, but without 
 any internal religion. Converse with them closely, and they 
 will candidly admit they have never been bom again. Net 
 a few members of the society confess thei" state unsal . 
 Some, mdeed, of that congregation, may doubt whether a 
 knowledge of salvation by the remission of sins can be ob- 
 tained ; but a vast majority allow even this. But they are not 
 alarmed on the subject. Their hearts are still cold and m- 
 ^Mforent. What is to be done ? Could you, or any sensiblo 
 man, beUeving the word of God, forbid a mmister to cry unto 
 the Lord, for an influence from heaven to come down upon 
 tbege sinnew ? On returning to the pulpit, should he not 
 bring his God with him, and by the power of th^ Holy Ghost, 
 attempt to break them down into compunction for their sms ? 
 How can he do this more readily, than by seiang upon the 
 knowledge already in the head, as the element of ahirming 
 appeals to the conscience ? They have been reasoned with 
 till their heads are as clear as those of devils; but their 
 hearts are Uke flint, and cold as ice. They beUeve as coi^ 
 rectly as dovils do, but, unlike devils, there is no trembling. 
 James if. 19. They must be made to tremble, and be broken 
 down before the Lord God of hosts, or they can never be 
 
 saved. 
 
 " You certainly impress the audience with a want of re- 
 spect for their understanding, and so prejudice them agwnst 
 you and your message." It may be so ; I must run the risk 
 of that. If they understood the matter properly, they should 
 consider that I honor their intelligence. In some of my ser- 
 mons, it is taken for granted, that they believe in all the doc- 
 trines of the Bible. The point then at issue is, whether it ia 
 
 vsstseimmm 
 
.amif.Hfi/'A ,'Lu^^M.«>'L.'iUd*.k^ 
 
 P REVIVALS. 
 
 ! A largo propor- 
 inod in the Sabbath 
 ripturos. Many of 
 )nduct, but without 
 sm cloBolys and they 
 n bom again. Net 
 the!" state unsai . 
 ly doubt vrhether a 
 n of Bins can be oh- 
 B. But they are «ot 
 are still cold and m- 
 you, or any sensiblo 
 , minister to cry iinto 
 
 to come down upon 
 pulpit, should he not 
 ir of th9 Holy Ghost, 
 action for their sins ? 
 
 by seizing upon the 
 element of alamung 
 I been reasoned with 
 )f devils; but their 
 They believe as cor- 
 here is no trembling, 
 remble, and be broken 
 • they can never be 
 
 9 with a want of ro- 
 rejudice them agunst 
 » ; I must run the risk 
 properly, they should 
 In some of my ser- 
 believe in all thedoo- 
 , issue is, whether it is 
 
 ABaUMBNTS WITH THE ENEMIES OF REVIVALS. 
 
 289 
 
 not high time thoy should test their prmciples, by a conscious 
 and happy experience. In other words, tiiat the enjoyments 
 of the heart should harmonize witii the "knowledge in the 
 head." Upon this I hbor with all my might. My plan, then, 
 is to lay close siege to the heart and conscience, and ttorm 
 them, if I can. If this cannot be done in one night, I return 
 to the charge the next. And so, without any "flourish or 
 prolusion," fall to blows, and that so rapidly as to give them 
 no time to recover tiiemselves. When they " cry for quar- 
 ters," .mercy is freely and generously offered through tiie 
 blood of the Lamb. 
 
 But forget not, tiiat in every appeal made to the heart, 
 there is a dignified recognition of principles already lodged 
 in the understanding. . 
 
 I consider the intelligence of tnat congregation maultcd, 
 when a preacher, month after monUi, and year after year, 
 engages tiieir attention in proving and defining pomts of be- 
 Uof, and tiieological terms. I doubt whotiier they would 
 bear with lum three Sabbaths, but for the charity that hopes 
 somebody needs enlightening upon such subjects. That min- 
 ister does credit to the intellects of his audience, who drives 
 home to Uxe conscience, with a giant arm, truths which they 
 profess to believe. He is only pushing received and ao- 
 knowledged principles to tiieir proper result in the conveiw 
 
 sion of the soul. 
 
 You go on, " Why not a Uttie system, and some attention 
 to accent and cadence ? nor should you be above a nice 
 definition of words. You are capable of all tiiese, but you 
 suffer your feelings to run away witii your reason. I can see 
 no good in all tiiis furious bluster ; and as for such outcries 
 among hitherto sober and sensible people —I am amazed." 
 And thus it will be with you, till you understand my aim in 
 preaching,— th9 conversion of sinners to God. It is in 
 
240 ABomaDm wrra thi mnania or KSTZTALi. 
 
 kearing this kind of preaolung, as one looking at an archer 
 shooting at a mark. Unleta the by-«tander notice the object 
 aimed at, and obeerve the arrow the moment it leaves the 
 string, there is nothing more seen of it, till it strike the 
 gnwind, or stick fast in the mark. Bat let the design of the 
 mark"n»»n be observed, and the flight-shaft is seen the 
 moment it is delivered ; the eye following it through the air, 
 till it strike the pwnt to which it was directed. All confa- 
 mn is then avoided, and the effisct upon the nund most 
 agreeable. 
 
 Consider the intention of the minister ; notice the mark ; 
 appreciate his motives ; i^cognixe the adaptation of the truths 
 delivered. Sympathae with the feelingp of the xam of God ; 
 follow the shaft by the eye of faith, to ohe invisible heart of 
 ihe rinner ; nor will you bo surprised if he cry aloud, as in 
 an agony from an arrow sticldng fast. Having traced the 
 oaose to the effect, and the effect back to the cause, the sure 
 reanUs of gospel truth shall gladden your heart. The bitter 
 complaints of one of old, mingUng in the outcries, shall then 
 be no confusbn to you. " For the arrows of the Almigh^ 
 aire witlun me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit ; 
 ihe terrors of Qoi do set themselves in array agwnst mo." 
 
 Job tL 4. 
 
 I am awcro you have not received that answer which some 
 of your remarks have richly merited. But, if you have 
 thrown away fifom you common poUteness and good humor, I 
 choose to retain botii. Beware, lest while you bear the 
 character of a despiser, you wonder and perish. Acts xni. 
 41. B«member it is written, " Fis arrows are made ready 
 upon Ae steings," Ps. txi. 12, and that he holds the arrow 
 of death, as well as those suitable for conviction oi an. 
 « God shall shoot at tixem with an arrow," says the Psalmis^ 
 u suddenly shall they be wounded " unto dewth. 
 
 II 
 
 i_- 
 
■rfWa 
 
 ftarxTALfl. 
 
 ing at an archer 
 ■ notice the object 
 aent it leaves the 
 till it strike the 
 the design of the 
 ihaft is seen the 
 it through the air, 
 !ted. All confa- 
 )n the nund most 
 
 notice the mark ; 
 tatiou of the truths 
 f the maa of Ood ; 
 invisible heart of 
 le cry aloud, as in 
 laving traced the 
 the cause, the sure 
 heart. The bitter 
 outcries, shall then 
 m of the Almighty 
 eth up my spirit ; 
 uray agunst me." 
 
 answer which some 
 But, if you have 
 and good humor, I 
 ^hile you bear the 
 perish. Acts xm. 
 iws are made ready 
 le holds the arrow 
 conviction of ton. 
 'says the Faalnust, 
 
 deaOi. 
 
 > 
 
 AROUMIRTB WITH THH KMBMIBS 09 MVITAL8. 
 
 " Several intelligent persons have vacated their pews, in 
 consequence of your fiery style of preaching." That I am 
 aware of; but they are few in number. Were they to speak 
 of their secret hearts, as freely as they do of me. I may 
 venture to say, they would confess themselves attached to 
 sins sufficient to damn them, were they to die in them. 
 They know it, and arc disturbed. This is no discredit to me 
 among the angels of God, the spectators of this conflict, who 
 (ure filling heaven with acclamations of joy over repenting 
 nnnenk 
 
 I have seen many such oases ; bat startling facts after- 
 wards explidned the matter, and have cleared the preacher 
 of all blame. 
 
 "Why so p(»nted? why so severe? You will succeed 
 just as well with softer words." To this I reply, words are 
 the mstruments by which the Spirit of God affects the mind. 
 Sharp they must be, and powerful ; if like a two-edged 
 sword, tiiey pierce even to the dividmg asunder the soul and 
 s{»rit, the joints and marrow ; uid severely searching, too, 
 if their discernment penetrate even to the thoughts and the 
 intents of the heart. Heb. iv. 12. An old divine, quoting 
 the saying of a phyucian, " Soft words cure no wounds," 
 added, " we may more truly say, Soft words give no wounds, 
 wai are not fit for the service." 
 
 Two of your concluding sentiments are worth a line or 
 two. " I never come, but there is a storm of hell and dam- 
 ixation." But you do not attend every night ; frequently, 
 there is nothing of the kind. Such powerless seasons, 
 however, caujM me great sorrow of heart ; I would weep 
 my life away on this account, were it not for the oon^ 
 sideratiim, that quiet sermons may be necessary for certain 
 nunds, of mild temperament and kindly disposition. The 
 jailor was surprised by terror, and sprang into the oeU of 
 21 
 
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 242 ARaUMTOTB WITH TM BNSMIIS Of RBVIVAUI. 
 
 Paul and Silw, trembling, and fell down, saying, " Siw, 
 what must I do to be saved ?" But it is recorded in the 
 Bame chapter, that, " The Lord opened the heart of Lydia," 
 when hearing the truth of God by the river of Philippi. 
 " He opened Lydia's heart with an oiled key," swd a good 
 man, " but an earthquake was necessary to open the heart 
 
 of the jiulor." 
 
 Who dare say, that these two styles are not necessary for 
 respective characters ; or even that the same lud of preach- 
 ing is always suitable to the same individual? If you are 
 sent on the earthquake mghts, to breathe amidst a "storm of 
 hell and damnation," are you quite sure you do not need sdch 
 arousing elements ? 
 
 " You have a good deal of brass in your face, if, after the 
 repeated hints you have received from certun quarters, you 
 do not disappear from the town." I have a good deal of love 
 in my heart, or I could not breast my difficulties ; and one 
 of the old "Scotch worthies," (the persecuted Rutherford,) 
 used to say, "Faith is the better for free wr, and for the 
 sharp winter storm in its face ? " 
 
 Not at all. I meant no such thing. The judgment should 
 be addressed as well as the passions. What I intendqd, and 
 thought plainly stated, was, a mimster of Christ should ad- 
 dress the whole man. Appeals to the passions should not be 
 made, to the neglect of the understanding, nor should the 
 intellect be engaged while, the passions are disregarded. 
 Doubtless, those preachers are most successful who turn at 
 both. Whether I fail in either, others must judge. Come and 
 hear for yourself regularly, and without prejutMce. Mark 
 those parts of the sermon which speak to the judgment, and 
 those designed for the passions, and you may possibly find 
 as much intended for the former as for the latter. But ex- 
 pect not equal proportions in all the sermons, nor run aw»y 
 
 il | i !l »l i ; i< Mt ( WW ! 
 
 MHii^iftHilf l M 
 
RBVlVAtJ. 
 
 I, saying, *' Siw, 
 is recorded in the 
 ) heart of Lydia," 
 river of Philippi.' 
 ey," sud a good 
 to open the heart 
 
 not neccBsary for 
 no ' ind of preach- 
 ual? If you are 
 unidst a "storm of 
 )u do not need siloh 
 
 r face, if, afler the 
 rtun quarters, you 
 a good deal of love 
 fficultiea ; and one 
 Buted Rutherford,) 
 ■ee air, and for the 
 
 lie judgment should 
 hat I intendqd, and 
 f Christ should ad- 
 jsions should not be 
 ig, nor should the 
 s are disregarded, 
 icessful who ium at 
 It judge. Come and 
 t prejucUce. Mark 
 > l^e judgment, and 
 1 may possibly find 
 16 latter. But ex- 
 nons, nor run away 
 
 ARaOMTOTB WITH THB BINEMIB8 Of RBVIVALfl 
 
 disgusted after a moving discourse. Come back the next 
 night, and the following ; perhaps you may observe both 
 matter and manner in tho opposite oxtromo. If so, look out 
 for another "storm," for these arc only preparatory. 
 
 Let us not disagree where we are really agreed. That 
 " the judgment should bo informod before the passions are 
 moved," I allow. This is a good general rule, but the min- 
 ister who is laboring for souls, is often tho best judge. If 
 he have the work tt heart, he will converse with hun- 
 dreds of his hearers, in a week or two, and be able to form a 
 pretty correct estimate of their intelligence, and suit his 
 preaching accordingly. Hence, a hearer, especially one 
 who is only present once or twice a week, is far from being 
 qualified to say, how such a man should preach to the crowds 
 who surround him. In very many cases, the fieelings must 
 be moved before we can have access to the judgment. I 
 cannot enter into a labored argument upon this point, for the 
 want of time. I have visited many towns in tho course of 
 my travels, where a revival has broken out suddenly. Vast 
 numbers have crowded into the house of God, out of mere 
 ' curiosity. Some of them, "Wild as the untaught Indian's 
 brood." Before suoh mmds could be enlightened, I had to 
 gain their attention ; but this was impossible, without an at- 
 tempt to "rouse their passions," as you term it, by these 
 objectionable appeals. The fear of that great and dreadful 
 God whom they had offended, and the conscious danger of 
 dropping mto hell, have so " wrought upon their feoUngs," 
 as to impel them to attend to the things which were spoken. 
 Dark mmds, forced by an aroused conscience to listen to the 
 truth, became enliBhtenod, and soon yielded themselves to 
 God, through Jesus Christ. 
 
 I recollect an instance of this kind, which took place at a 
 oamp meeting m the jtate of New York. A very wicked 
 
 p» 
 
944 ABOUMSNTS WITH TUI IHIMltfl Of MVITAU. 
 
 phjnioUn, driven on hy the devil, come upon the ground. 
 Day after day, regardless of tho .sanctity of tho place and 
 lervioes, he despised the sous of Qod, and ridiculed the 
 whole at a religious farce. Uis mmd was as dark as that of 
 an Indian of our forests, on the whole subject uf roli^on. 
 I was present the night ho was struck to tlio ground, as by 
 a flash of lightning. The point to be gtuned was to arrest 
 his attention during a sufficient length of time to make an 
 impression. A pUdn young man ouj night chose a text, 
 Bom. vii tl, 12; and instead of laboring to convince *he 
 judgment, uu thrust directly at the conscience. Every sen- 
 tence had a dagger point. Uis appeals to the conscience 
 were absolutely terrific. The woods re-echoed ; tho audience 
 irtood aghast, and Christians trembled before the Lord God 
 of hosts. The man's attention was rivetted, the smile of 
 contempt disappeared, and he fell to the ground as if a bul- 
 let had passed through his body. Morning had not dawned 
 ' apon that grove, bef(M« the results astonished all who were 
 acquainted with the case. 
 
 Several yean ago, a few reli^ous people and others were 
 worshipjMBg God. An old man arose, no4 so much to toll 
 people what they did not know, as to make them feel all 
 they knew. A hardened young sinner was there, while the 
 exhortor, at tho top of his vrace, cried, " Sin and repent, sin 
 and repent, till you repent in the bottomless pit." He 
 aftorwaJrds sud, that the word entered his "heart like a dag- 
 ger." His " passions were excited," but an arrest was hud 
 upon his attention. During five weeks God poured light upon 
 his mind, by tiie instraotions of his servants, which he was 
 glad to receive, while suffering the agomes of a wounded 
 spirit. At the end of that time, he received remisdon of 
 mns, by faith ; ei\joyed it several years, and thon died happy 
 ittOod. 
 
IBTITAU. 
 
 wn the grtrond. 
 f the pUce And 
 d ridioulod tho 
 dftrk as that of 
 joct uf roli^on. 
 
 ground, as by 
 ed was to arreat 
 timo to make an 
 it chose a text, 
 
 to convince *he 
 c«. Every aeo- 
 » the conaoienoe 
 ed; theaadience 
 re the Lord God 
 led, the smile of 
 oand as if a but 
 ; had not dawned 
 led all who wore 
 
 and others were 
 )4 so much to tell 
 ke them feel all 
 B there, while the 
 in and repent, sin 
 oless pit." H« 
 heart like a dag- 
 tn arrest was hud 
 poured light up<m 
 ts, which he was 
 es of a wonaded 
 ircd remisfflcm of 
 
 1 thon died happy 
 
 > 
 
 ARauMwrre with Tini wimim of niyiVAts. 
 
 24fi 
 
 " The leal of some men is of a haughty, unbending, 
 ferocious character," you say. " They have the letter of 
 truth, but they mount the pulpit like prize-fighters. It is 
 with thi-ra a perpetual scold. It is not the spirit of 
 Jesus Christ. He seems to have labored to win men." I 
 never scold ; it is against my principles. But when the 
 lore of Christ constrains, I persuade men with power and 
 divine authority. Call this « ferocious," if you please. 
 But I happen to know whore you got tho above criticism. 
 WhT did you not add tho passage immediately in connection T 
 I shaU do it for you. " But there is an oppomte extreme. 
 The love of some men is all milk and mildness. There is so 
 much delicacy, and so much fastidiousness. They touch 
 with such tenderness, and, if the patient shrinks, they will 
 touch no more. The times are too flagrant for such a disjio- 
 ■ition. The gospel is sometimes preached in this way, till all 
 the people agree with the preacher. He gives no oflfence, 
 and he does no good." This is what another calls, « A 
 general, sofl, and toothless ministry;" and adds, "I con- 
 fess I look upon nothing more dangerous and deadly." 
 May the Holy Spirit teach me wherein I err! 
 ThU very morning I feU in with the following Unes, which 
 I consider the best answer I can give. It would seem as if 
 they had been written expressly for yourself: — 
 
 " ParroU th«iM«We« •!>«* prop«rty by rot«, 
 And In (ix roontht, my dog iluai howl by noU | 
 I laugh at thoM, who, when th« ttage they tread, 
 Keglect the heart, to oompHment the head ; 
 With itriot propriety, their oaiee condned 
 To weigh out word*, while paMion halte behind* 
 To eyllable dlMMiton they appeal, 
 Allow the accent, cadence —foeU may fcel j 
 Bat tptte of all the oritloielog eWe^ 
 Thoe^ who would make xujM, mnt/Ml AmtOtm." 
 
 Ton have stated many good thingii, but I have iieither time 
 21* - - 
 
 mmm. 
 
246 AROCMRMTB WITH TttM CSIMIM Of RRVIVAUk 
 
 nor inolhuition, to toko them up, tma hj one, or continue the 
 corrwiporjdpnco. (?omj»aro your philosophy with what follow! . 
 Each »entiin«!f»t iniglit bo a pnipodition. Carry them oqt, 
 nd Aey would tear your argument* to ribboM. " Tmth 
 tnd mfmpatky are the (wul df an eflSoaciom miniBtry. W« 
 may say, • thit or that » the wpect which ought to hav« 
 moet effect : we must illummate the wwW; we must enlist 
 the reason ; we must att««k the conscience.' " " We may 
 do all this, and yet our want of success in begetting and 
 educating the sons of glory, may domonstrato to un, thrt 
 there is some more ©ffictivB way. Man w a creature of feol- 
 fag as well as intellect. We mutt interest *h«!n as we can. 
 It is unphilosophical to depend on tl o mere stotomcnt of 
 truth. The armor of Saul is armor for the camp of the 
 Israelites, or in the camp of the Philiatines, but we want ti»« 
 sling and the stone. I honor metophysicians, logicians, 
 critics, and historians, in their places. Look iit facts. Men 
 who lay out all their Htrength in BtatomentH, preach churohps 
 empty. They fail in their effects on their hearers, by not 
 entering as philosophofM into the stoto of human nature. 
 They do not consider how low the patient is reduced. They 
 set themselves to plant principled and prove points, when 
 they should labor to interent tlie heart. Few men have wis- 
 dom so largo as to see, that the way they have not hitherto 
 attained, may yet be ttie best way. I dare not tell most 
 academical, logical, frigid men, how littk- I account of their 
 opinion, concerning the tnui method of preaching to the pop- 
 ular ear. I hear them talk as utterly incompetent judges." 
 On the other matters, I have to thaci you for your candor. 
 But have you nover read the little story of ttie " irregular " 
 apple tree ? A gentleman one day, when passbg by an 
 orchard, the trees of which were standhig in regulai: rows, 
 noticed one qmte " out of order." He hailed tiie owneP^ 
 
 
RVIVAUk 
 
 or eonriniio the 
 th what follow!. 
 )arry them oat, 
 bono. ** Truth 
 tninietrj. We 
 ought to hftve 
 we muflt oalbt 
 •• "We may 
 begetting and 
 ftto to a«, thftt 
 :ro»ture of feci- 
 h*!n M we CM). 
 « itAtoment of 
 be camp of the 
 lut we want tli« 
 ;iaM, logicians, 
 at facts. Men 
 )reach churoheo 
 hearers, by not 
 human nature, 
 reduced. They 
 ^e points, when 
 r men have win- 
 ,ve not hitherto 
 B not tell moat 
 iccount of their 
 liing to the pop- 
 peteut judges." 
 for your candor, 
 he " irregular " 
 passing by an 
 in regvlur rows, 
 iled the owner, 
 
 iRUUMKNTt WITH TUI INItlllM Of BIVITAUI. 247 
 
 saying, •• What a i»ty. Sir, that you should lot tlmt bree 
 stand tliero ; were it mine, I would root it up, and thereby 
 rodttoe my orchard to ao exact uniformity." *' I regard the 
 /rmt rather than tli« form," was Uie reply. " It more ihtax 
 compeusatus for Uio ioconvenionce arising from its nituntaou. 
 This tree which you would root up, hath yielded me more 
 than many of those trees, which hare little else to commend 
 thom, than their reffular position." 
 
 Are you (juito sure, that Josus Christ would not give you a 
 similar reply, wore you bold enough to carry (iie " ol^otico" 
 to him? 
 
 Here this controversy must close. I have other, and 
 better work on my hands. Hundreds of sinners aro turning 
 to the Lord. Were it not for difficulties over which I have 
 no control, both oirouita would be wrapt in the flames of sal- 
 vation, and many more sinners converted at tliis time. The 
 devil foaght with me in Dublin, as the starting point of my 
 labors in Ireland; but my trials were neuriy aU metital. 
 liverpod is " the pass " into England. To me it ii a Thei^ 
 mopylK ; but tiatan has changed his mode of attadc. Hit 
 entrenchments, artillory, and agents are of a different kind. 
 My eye is single. There is prudence connected with thai, 
 far beyond any thing worldly, and much more effectual. The 
 ■ingleueaa of Uie mental eye is a noble safeguard agaimt tha 
 warpinipi of tiioso selfish interests, which nun a man's usO" 
 fulness, and blight the work of Qod. M v one olgeot is the 
 salvation of lost unners. This saves me fir <m many snares 
 and hurtful temptations. When souls are ^ven me, I am 
 happy : " Then, let or earth or hell assaiL" 
 
 In bidding you adieu, I indulge the charitj which "hopoth 
 all things." Although you have used some hard words, b«^ 
 i^ all m keeping with the politeness curremt in the weU- 
 bred world, to say nothing of the apoatobc ii^}«noti<»i, "B« 
 
948 AKouifnm with tui inimiu or mtivau. 
 
 oonrtoooi ;** yot T wonM hop*, ym ti»y« ml " wt ftnght down 
 In malice." Rather, that the Mittimuiita of a g(KMl man now 
 in glory, ar« mnro juatly applicable. '* If a man look at 
 mcMit of hii pn^judicei, ho will find that they ariie fmni hia 
 field of view being nccewiarily narrow, like the eye of a fly. 
 He can havo hut littlo bottor notions of the whole •chowu 
 of thinga, an haa been well Raid, than a fly on the pavomont 
 of St. Paul'a cathedral can havo of the whole atructur*. 
 He ia offended, therofor«, by mo<{ualitie8, which are lost in 
 tfio grwid design." Think of the following sontonoe, it may 
 aaaiat you to more prudence, and render you K-iw poaitive. 
 '* Thia porauaabn wul fortify him againat many iiyurioua and 
 tronbleoome prejudicea." My chanty, however, need not 
 hinder jou from 
 
 " TarnlDg tb« Imtm of «Mr«(i eonielcne* o'tr, 
 Mor b« afVaJd to March htr hUldan iton.** 
 
 I ondentand perfectly the n&tnre of these petty annoy- 
 anoea. Never hare I yot been in any great revival, without 
 having had numbera of thew aquiha of the devil, and other 
 fltv-worka let off about my oaio. Seldom havo they ceaaed 
 making a noiac, and spitting fire, till the poor creatures 
 employed by the author of evil, (as the monkey employed 
 fte pikws of the cat, in dragging the eatables out of the fire,) 
 get converted to God; or till the revival either atop or 
 become extremely popular. Sometimes I have felt it my 
 duty to silence Satan's batteries, by the superior artillery 
 of the gospel. But where the effect haa been no other, than 
 to keep my officers awake, and to stir Uiem up to deeds of 
 noble daring, I have let them fire away. My reply in such 
 oases haa been, " I am doing a great work, so that I caimot 
 come down ; why should the work cease whilst I leave it, 
 and oome down to you ?" Neh. n. 8. 
 
 mm 
 
 IW'IWIWHH'IW 
 
> &IT1VAL1. 
 
 I '* Mt Mght down 
 )f ft giMMi mail now 
 If » man look at 
 hej urine fmin \\\» 
 Iho eye of a fly. 
 the whole mc'hcino 
 f on the pavi'mpiit 
 ) whole ttructure. 
 
 which are bat in 
 jjr M^ntcnof), it may 
 
 you IcH poiiitive. 
 nany iigurioua and 
 koweror, need not 
 
 ne« o*«r, 
 
 heiio petty aniu)j« 
 )at rovival, without 
 le devil, and other 
 1 have they ceaaed 
 ho poor creatures 
 
 monkey employed 
 lea out of the fire,) 
 ral either stop or 
 I have felt it my 
 
 superior artillery 
 teen no other, than 
 em up to deeds of 
 
 My reply in such 
 k, so that I cannot 
 I whilst I leave it, 
 
 Anatmumi wit« tki niffMiM or mivif au. 
 
 £40 
 
 Having a few mouienta on my hands, it is not imiroper, 
 all things coimidercd, to send you a short answer. 
 
 You »*«ra to bo a wnsihle man, an<l I am surprised that 
 you meddle viith what it u ovidoat you are t<»tally ignorant 
 of. Were I to enter your shop, and interfere with your 
 men, and attempt to j^vo orders about a trade, of which I 
 know just nothing, what would you think or say of roe ? 
 Wliat but " ho is a foolish, impudout, moddling, aelf^iuacoitod 
 coxcomb ?" 
 
 Once, during a glorious revival, \a unconverted lawyer, 
 who was a member of the congregation, set himself to op|)O80 
 me and the Leaders. A judicious friend brought him to liis 
 senses. " Suppose, Sir," ho Bai«l, " an individual, who had 
 never studied law, should come into your office, and bepn to 
 find fiiult with your legal proceo<lings ; and insist that, here- 
 after, you should govern yourself by his (Urections, how 
 would you Uuat his impudence ? And how does it look, Sir, 
 for you to be dictating to an eiperionoe<l miiuster of God, 
 tJid converted and intelligent Leaders, o» U) how they shall 
 conduct this revival ?" 
 
 This prompt defence of my friend, reminded mo of a 
 clasncal story. When Antony carped at the study of the 
 civil law, acknowledging, at the same time, the small knowl- 
 edge he himself had therein ; Kcoevola, a great lawyer, smil- 
 ing swd, that "he had made a kind of amtnd$ for his 
 invootave agwnst the law, by professing his ignorance here- 
 in." A good man once replied to a sceptic: "It is no 
 di«i)a!-agement to any science or profesmon, to be slighted by 
 iuoh as understand it not." 
 
 A few months ago, when in the south of Ireland, a aealoMi 
 old Christian came into my room, saying, " Sir, I was 
 exhorting sinners to turn to Christ, and believers to cry to 
 God for an influence from above. My soul was very happy, 
 
 rk« 
 
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 250 ABQUMBNTS WITH 1'HB HUKMIBS OF BBVIVAL8. 
 
 and I called upon God to send down fire from heaven. A 
 poor man cried out with great emotion, ' God forbid 1' " 
 They understood each other differentiy. The old saint wanted 
 the fire of divine love to descend upon the hearts of the 
 people ; the sinner thought he was calling for the fire of 
 vengeance, end ventured to put a negative upon such a 
 request; — ontering his proUst against such a shower, with 
 a "God forbid!" 
 
 It is the same misunderstanding of spiritual things, which 
 leads you to exclaim, "Blasphemy," in a lively meeting. 
 You seem as ignorant of the phraseology necessary to a 
 revival, as an Indian would be of the shouts for brick, and 
 stone, and mortar, from the walls of a buildmg in the course 
 of erection. Nor will it ever be otherwise with you, till the 
 pubUcan's cry, " God be merciful to me a sinner!" be wrung 
 from your agonized soul ; or tiU ^he first five verses of the 
 one hundred and third psalm, become the language of your 
 newly converted heart. In heU you may possibly under- 
 stand the matter. Theology is studied there, were it for 
 no other purpose, than to bum into the lost soul, lessons on 
 the justice of its pumshment. I care not a straw for your 
 threatening. Neither you, nor any smner in Liverpool, can 
 do me any injury, unless it be given you from above. The 
 will of God be done. When my work is finished in England, 
 I Phall cheerfuUy return to America. He can open, and 
 no man can shut, and he can shut, and no man can open. 
 I think it is Luther, who teUs us of a certain Duke of Sax- 
 ony, who determined upon war against a bishop of Germany. 
 The prelate, iostead of raising a military force to defend Ids 
 town and territory, gave himself to prayer, and to the care 
 of the church of God. The duke sent a spy into the com- 
 pany of the bishop, for the purpose of learning his plan of 
 attack, or defence. The spy returned, aad the duke, with 
 
.-Jb 
 
 BBVIVAL8. 
 
 from heaven. A 
 ♦God forbid!'" 
 ft old saint wanted 
 ;he hearts of the 
 5 for the fire of 
 ive upon snch a 
 ch a shower, wiA 
 
 tual things, which 
 a lively meeting. 
 f necessary to a 
 uts for brick, and 
 ding in the course 
 I with you, till the 
 linner!" be wrung 
 five verses of the 
 language of your 
 »y possibly under- 
 there, were it for 
 ist soul, lessons on 
 b a straw for your 
 r in Liverpool, can 
 from above. The 
 oished in England, 
 Qe can open, and 
 no man can open, 
 tain Duke of Sax- 
 )isLop of Germany, 
 force to defend Iiis 
 sr, and to the care 
 , spy into the ccm- 
 iaroing his plan of 
 mi the duke, with 
 
 ARQUMBNT8 WITH THE ENEMISa OF EBVIVALS. 261 
 
 much eagerness, put forth his inquiries. « ! Sir, waa the 
 reply, "you may surpiiso him without fear; he is domg 
 nothit,g, and making no preparation." "How is that? 
 inquirod the duke, "what does ho say?" "He says he 
 wiU feed his flock, preach the word, visit the sick, and ^at 
 as for tliis war, he should commit the weight of it to God 
 himself " " Is it so ?" said the duke, " then let the devil 
 wage war against him, I will not ;" and ad^ <!, if I remem- 
 ber aright, " It is a hazardous aflfair to attack him, who has 
 engaged God in his quarrel." 
 
 There is a lesson here for me and thee, and for all parties 
 concerned. I have nothing to do but mind God's work, nor 
 shall I do any thing else ; and that with simplicity and 
 singleness of heart. While God surrounds me with a crowd 
 of young converts, and penitents, and unawakened but atten- 
 tive sinners, my dut^ is plain. Some are to be built up on 
 their most holy faith, others are to be converted, and vast 
 masses broken down into sorrow for sin. Here is my work, 
 and I shall do it with all mylnight, by the grace of God. 
 When these things are accomplished, I shall disappear from 
 Liverpool, and they may see my face no more. The weight 
 of what vou speak, I shall commit to God himself. 
 
 In the dark days of Protestantism, in this country, a 
 trooper rushed into a church, and ordered a faithful nunister 
 to Gtop preaching. The man of God went on with a steady 
 voice, and firm countenance. The soldier raised a pw^l to 
 his head, and threatened him with instant death, if he did 
 not desist. " Soldier," said the undaunted minister calmly, 
 " I Mn doing my duty, you may do yours ;" and, with a still 
 more exalted voice, proceeded with his sermon. 
 
 God is mine, and I am his. This is settled; and, O! 
 what a paradise is this ! My feelings are not unlike those 
 of a Christian lady in America^ who said to me, " Brottier, 
 
 '■■tX 
 
 *-. 
 
BBVIYALS. 
 
 of a high rook; 
 base." The man 
 t Sam. xxii. 2, 8, 
 issing of serpents 
 barking of dogs ? 
 1, surrounded hj 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 INQUIRIES, ANECDOTES, AND CLOSING LABORS IN LIVERPOOL. 
 
 The following chapter is full of interest. It abounds in 
 fine, pointed anecdotes. It exhibita the opimons formed of 
 Mr. Caughey by lukewarm professors and worldly men. It 
 furnishes an example to those ministers whose aims, efforts, 
 and prindples, being above the comprehension of a carnal 
 world, call forth its anger. Mr. Caughey stood firm as a 
 « Druid rock " amidst the beating waves of hostUe opmions. 
 He vanquished his foes by a meek perseverance in the work 
 of God ; by being himself unmoved, while his foes were 
 
 excited against lum. 
 
 His replies to those who qrestioned him concemmg the 
 secret phflosophy of his revivals, are worthy of careful 
 study ; since his successful, simple philosophy, is within roach 
 of every other minister. It is so compendious as to be 
 easily comprehended and as easily remembered. That it is 
 the true philosophy, will appear from its practical working?. 
 In five months at Liverpool, it produced the glorious fruit of 
 a THOUSAND CONVERTS. 0, that every reader, and especially 
 every minister, may learn well and truly that philosophy so 
 aptly comprehended by Mr. Caughey in the angle phrase, 
 
 KNEE work! 
 
 Yes ! in %uch cases it may do very well. We may maar 
 aire those infinmties, as did the painter, when taking tiie 
 28 268 _ 
 
154 
 
 OLOSIMQ LABORS IN LIVERPOOL. 
 
 portwdt of hifl friend. A blemiah happoned to be in one of 
 his eyes, but he concealod the dofoct by paintmg the other 
 Bide of the face. This was a delicate stroke, and not repre- 
 hensible. The presence of the defonmty was not absolutely 
 necessary to a correct likeness, in a certain position. And 
 thus it maiV be sometimes in preaching. Innocent and una- 
 voidable imperfections are not needful to be described. We 
 can do more good by throwing over them the mantle of con- 
 ceahnent. No principle is sacrificed, by taking the most per- 
 fect side of the chbracter for our contemplation. But *• cir- 
 cumstances alter cases." Suppose the " frailties" are sinful, 
 and known to the public, a nunister is not at liberty to con- 
 ceal or excuse. Principle, the good of others, and the concerns 
 of a deathless soul, are concerned. " But would you announce 
 his name ? " By no means; there is no occasion for that ; 
 nor have I b- your case. I would draw the portrait with those 
 mnful blemishes in it, and it should be to the life too ; so that 
 if the mdividual be known to the congregation, every one 
 may discern the likeness, and avoid the example. If th© 
 failing^ are secret, then the sinner himself may behold his 
 deformed feahires, and repent, as m dust and ashes. A 
 oertaonnunister was m the act of sketching such a character 
 once. A poor fellow in the audience looked unutterable 
 things, gasdng all the time with intense interest. A few 
 more touches by the faithful preacher, and the likeness waa 
 complete. He could restrain himself no longer, and cried 
 out, " Name me ! " with a look aa if he would sink through 
 the floor. Did you feel any thing like tins on the ni^t in 
 question ? man ! secure such a character upon you, by 
 the grace of God, that you shall not be ashamed of your 
 picture any where. . _ _ 
 
 You say, " It it' disgusting and horrible for any nunister 
 to descend to such personjOitieff. It ii mean ; you knew 
 
CLOSING LABORS IN LIVBBPOOL. 
 
 866 
 
 m 
 
 to be in one of 
 inting the other 
 >, and not repre- 
 u not absolutely 
 
 position. And 
 nocent and una- 
 described. We 
 i mantle of con- 
 ag the most per- 
 ion. But *• cir- 
 Ides" areflinful, 
 t liberty to con- 
 and the concerns 
 lid you announce 
 icasion for that ; 
 ortrait with those 
 ) life too ; so that 
 ^tion, every one 
 ixample. If the 
 
 may behold his 
 
 and ashes. A 
 such a character 
 )ked unutterable 
 iterest. A few 
 the likeness waa 
 onger, and cried 
 old sink through 
 I on the night in 
 er upon you, by 
 ashamed of your 
 
 for any numster 
 aean ; you knew 
 
 well enough that what you said could apply to none but my- 
 Tl" I knew nothing of the kind, nor any thmg about 
 " ou. I did indeed " paint " a face and form, with a peculmr 
 Cpery, and ,o like yourself, it would seem, that you taew 
 yorvi^go and garb ; and now you must wear them tdl you 
 Cvide yourself with something better. I am as inno^en 
 fn the whole affair, most surely, as wa^ an old Local Preacher 
 Stytquainta^ce in America, sinularly -— nc^^' 
 He was a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost and 
 "uch people were added to the Lord by his instrumentality. 
 P^eacConce in aprivate house, which waa full, a certa.u 
 character came up suddenly before his mmd. This he 
 sketched admirably, in « full length." A man at the door 
 tZ. greatly a^tated, and forgetting t^epecu^^ f 
 
 his situation, called out to tiie P'«'«'^«'^' / .^Iw^' ^' I 
 talk to some of the rest, and not to me ^ the time ? I 
 
 did not know you were there," rephed the g-^m^^^* 
 if the coat suit you, put it on ^d wear it, and ^ ^^^^^ 
 and I shall try to fit some of tiie rest." Ah 1 Sir, if there 
 rrmoTof U preaehing, men could not ftequon our 
 longregations, nor appl^d the ^^^r -d^-/:,rr 
 rnttreirrom^te l^::in:;f - sLchin. ^th 
 Tgci converted to God. The above fact « so appUcable to 
 Yourself, tiiere is no need for comments. 
 ^T^o^e were other offensive remarks, which I know applied 
 ♦. .«.«« even Wesleyans; but such v^igar descnptioift 
 ItrrSblrghlint; the pulpit^ ^ ^^^^^^ 
 lith you there. If people are « vulgar "enough to comr^ 
 Zl Ibines, tiie minister of God, ratiier tiian have the blood 
 "ttif^d in his skirt., must reprove ^^ly, even at tiie 
 Ik of being charged with vulgarity. "Reproofe of tVis 
 Sl^dlSways be ^ven in private." You amuse me. 
 
S50 
 
 OLOSme LABORS IN UVBRPOOL. 
 
 Take the following Incident m my reply : An eminent mM, 
 since gone into eternity, once publicly reproved a certain 
 olsM of men with whom he was aaaociatod. Stang by hi» 
 pointed remarks, they complained of his imprudence and 
 ■everity, adding, " You should have done this i.rivately, and 
 in Latin." He replied, " When you transgress privately 
 and in Latin, I will rebuke you privately and in Latin ; but 
 when publicly and in English, I shall rebuke you pubhcly 
 and in English." While upon this part of your letter, I 
 must remind you of the saying of a zealous minister of 
 Christ, some years ago, which it is not unlikely you have 
 read. He preached one day, very pointedly, against those 
 sins which prevail among the wealthy. A nobleman bemg 
 present, left the house of God much out of humor, and sent 
 his servant to the minister, with this message : " Sir, you 
 have offended my lord t(Hiay." The noble reply was, « I 
 should not have offended your lord, except he had been con- 
 scious to himself he had first offended my Lord ; and if your 
 lord will offend my Lord, let him be offended." Do you not 
 think the foUowing to be applicable to your case ? A cei^ 
 tain knight, in the days of CromweU, entered a charge against 
 a faithful preacher, to this effect, that he was « preached at 
 in church." What was CromwcU's advice ? " Go home, 
 ^ir John, and hereafter live in good friendship with your 
 minister. The word of the Lord is a searchmg word, and I 
 am afraid it has found you out." . 
 
 • You are certainly mistaken. NiVunni F autre, "Neith- 
 er the f,ne nor the other." No human being has told me a 
 single word about you. I have no <^f>ubt it was the Spirit of 
 God, which led my nnnd to those t-^ -^ts, which turn out to 
 be facts. Beware how you blame any one. God is in it; 
 your sins have found you 'out. It is a mere trick of the 
 devU, to charge • * " with it. cr *aiyone else. Satanknows 
 
OLOBIirO LABOaa in UVIWOOL. 
 
 267 
 
 eiDinent man, 
 )ved a certain 
 
 Stnng hj hit 
 iprudcnce and 
 
 jirivately, and 
 ijross privately 
 in Latin; but 
 e you publicly 
 
 your letter, I 
 IB minister of 
 ikely you have 
 r, against thoee 
 nobleman being 
 luoor, and aent 
 ge: "Sir, yon 
 
 reply was, " I 
 B had been coo- 
 rd ; and if yonr 
 ." Do yon not 
 case ? A cer- 
 a charge agfunst 
 I "preached at 
 ? « Go home, 
 iship with your 
 jng word, and I 
 
 'autre, "Neith- 
 ig has told me a 
 was the Spirit of 
 Woh turn out to 
 . God is in it; 
 aer© trick of the 
 e. Satui knows 
 
 there is no readier way to irritate your mind, and dettroy the 
 improwiion, than t. 'mpute the affair to some " tattling busy- 
 body," in.Uid 01 the Holy Ghost, who knows all about you. 
 I would not taKO pains to send you the following, m the m.n. 
 iater's own words, but or a desire to counterwork the de- 
 signs of the enemy of your soul : — . t 
 
 " I was once applied to by a stranger, in a place where 1 
 was laboring for a few Sabbaths only, for a sight of a letter 
 which I had received calumniating his character. I looked at 
 the man and pitied him, a-.d coolly roplied, 'It would be a 
 breach of the common principles of society, to show confi- 
 dential letters written to us for the purpose of our domg peo- 
 pie good.' He retorted in an angry tone, ' I demand a «ght 
 of it. Sir, as an act of jnstice due to an injured man. Ire- 
 pUed, * How did you know that I have received a Ic ter con- 
 ceming you ? ' ' Know ! ' said ho, ' it was .mpossiWo not to 
 know it ; your hinguage and mam»er were «> P«"^*«^;^' ^ 
 was impossible I should be deceived.' I rojomed. Do not 
 be too positive ; you have been deceived before now, I sup- 
 pose ; Vou may be so ag^.' ' It i» not possible saad he , 
 Cu described the sin of which I am accused m the clearest 
 language ; ' and, looking me in Uie face, and pomlmg ^ 
 wafds me, you said, ' Sinner, be sure your sins w.ll find you 
 out ; I tlierefore expect from you, Sir, as a g«»««™^^'«f ' 
 Christian nnnister, that you wdl give me a sight^of the let- 
 ter, that I may know its contents and repel its charges. I 
 Tl^^rved, a do not know your name ; to my knowledge I* 
 :^e7:r; you before ; and as you havenot told me m what 
 part of the sermon it was I was so pomted rf I show you 
 Ly letter I may show you tlie wrong one ; I shall ^r^for. 
 ceLnly not exhibit anyof my letters to JO-. ^^^^^ ^^ 
 whether I have received any one about you, till 7J\^^!^ 
 ill! alluded to.' Hehesitated.huta£terwardsdescnbed 
 
 22* 
 
OLOBIKO LABOBfl IM UVSftPOOL. 
 
 tiie rin of which he wm acmued. When he had finished, 
 looking bim full in his eyes, assumbg a solemn attitude, and 
 unng a greve and serioua tone of voice, I sud, * Can you 
 look mo M in the f>ice, as you must your Judge at the groat 
 day of GKkI, and declare that you are innocent of the on 
 laid to your charge ? ' He trembled, turned pale, and his 
 Toice fldtered ; guilt and anger struggling in his breast, like 
 the fire in the bowels of Mount ^tna, and summoning up 
 his remuning courage, — ' I am not bound to make any man 
 my confessor ; and if I were guilty, no man has a right to 
 hold me up to public observation, as you have done.' I as- 
 sumed ^ benignity of coontenance, and softened my tones, 
 saying, 'Do you bolieve the passage I cited — be sure your 
 [sna will find you out — is the word of Ood ? ' He answered, 
 * It may be.' ' Surely it is,' said I ; ' he that made the ( or, 
 ihall he not hear ; he that made the eye, shall he not see ; 
 can he have any difficulty in bringing your sin to li|^t ? 
 Now I will tell you honestly, I never received any letter or 
 information about you whatever ; but I ajq persuaded your 
 nn has found you out ; the preaching of the word is one 
 ipethod by which God makes men's sins find them out. Let 
 me entreat you seriously to consider your state and 
 character ; who can tell, God may have intended this sermon 
 for your good ^ ;e may mean to have mercy upon you ; this 
 may be the means of saving your body from the gallows, and 
 your soul from hell ; but let me remind you, you are not 
 tiiere yet ; there still is hope.' He held down hii head, 
 clenched his hands one into the other, and bursting into tears, 
 said, ' I never, never met with any thing like this ; I am oer- 
 tunly obliged to yon for your friendship ; I am guilty, and 
 hope this conversation will be of essential advantage to 
 
 me.' 
 
 A little more tlum two years ago, I was preaohiiigi& aa 
 

 he had finished, 
 >mn attitude, and 
 I Mud, ' Can you 
 Fudge at the groat 
 Dooent of the sin 
 led pale, and hii 
 in his breast, like 
 d summoning up 
 to make any man 
 an has a right to 
 ive done.' I a»- 
 iflened my tones, 
 id — be sure your 
 ' He answered, 
 lat made the (ir, 
 shall he not see ; 
 rour sin to light ? 
 ved any letter or 
 1 persuaded your 
 the word is one 
 i them out. Let 
 your state and 
 mded this sermon 
 ly upon you ; this 
 n the gallows, and 
 you, you are not 
 d down his head, 
 lursting into tears, 
 i:e this ; I am oer- 
 [ am guilty, and 
 lial advanta^ to 
 
 I preaohiiigiiiaa 
 
 OUMIHO LABOIf W UTVIWOOL. M9 
 
 American town. A merchant was there, and during the ser- 
 mon his portrait was so correctly drawn, that he loft the 
 house in a rage. Next day, he 'vas going to wreak his ven- 
 geance upon a shoemaker, whom he suapoctod to be the in- 
 former. The poor man protested that he had never men- 
 tioned his name to me, nor had he related a smgle circumstance 
 to any person, connected with his history. 
 
 It is rather amusing, that this very morning, a good lady 
 called upon me, lamenting in bitter terms the treachery of 
 her enemies ; weeping, as if her heart would break ; re- 
 proaching me, at the same time, with the meanness of my 
 conduct, in exposuig her before the whole congregation. I en- 
 treated her to expUdn ; and when she had attained sufficient 
 composure, reminded me of a sermon I had preaohed on a cor* 
 tun night, in which I had described her character. Poor wo- 
 man, her likeness had been so " striking" that it hadneariy 
 thrown her into a state of frenzy. The malice of her neighbow, 
 and my ungentlemanly behavior in the pulpit, descending 
 to sach personalities, and daring to drag her before such mul- 
 titudes, were unbearable. In order to relieve the distressed 
 woman, I had to call God to witness, that no person had over 
 said a word about her to me, in any way whatever ; and that 
 I had no recollection of having ever seen her before. What 
 her after reflections were, I know not, but it is to be hoped, 
 she has this day learned a lesson, which may be an eternal 
 
 blessing to her. 
 
 Take care, then, my dear Sir, of what you are about, lest 
 you may find yourself fighting against God. He always 
 waiTM before he strikes, and g^ves repeated blows ere the. 
 fituil one is inflicted. Repent, man ; the last stroke is coming, 
 and the longer the swing, the more tremendous it will be 
 when it comes. There is little of man in this business. The 
 wanung is from Heaven ; it has been delivered fiuthfuUy, 
 
8M 
 
 OLOfXHa LA.IOM » UVIOMOI^ 
 
 and htm ftwww. ' k)dgtn«nt In ycmr oonaolonw. Attmd W 
 U i but, O, dt) not quarrel with mo I 
 
 » WlMD 0«d iiipporf7, wIm th«n fotn eMt <•• down 7 
 ■U hbUm m* Itfo, but dMlh MuuhU hi* nrown." 
 
 LudicTooi M th© following m»y appear, your -conduct b«ar» 
 in it an etact rmwrnblanoe. I remember nothing better a« 
 an iUuitration. A few yoart ago, in the vicinity ot an 
 American to.m, (the Bcene, by the way, of a part of my 
 kbcM in the raiuiatry,) the oirc»wn«tance which foUowa oo- 
 ourred. It was related tn me as a fact, by a man ef veraui- 
 fy. Near the town wae a oanal, along the b'uik of which, 
 a fellow was one day waU ing, when a thunder cloud cam* 
 rolling up. A sudden tla*-)! of lightning, attended by a p*i(il 
 of thunder, Btartlod him; aiid about the saiuo moment he 
 received a stunning blow. It appears the lightning had 
 Itruck very near him, and a powerful electric shock vas the 
 result. He was probably within a hair's brea<ith of loaing 
 his life. But instead of oonmdoring the concussion as arising 
 from the violence of tho lightning, hei suspected some od 
 bad struck him with a stone. Determining u{ on veng< ance, 
 ho scrambl«d around for a weapon, and seising a hurge clod 
 of hard earth, he fixed lu< body in a cert»"m attitude, and his 
 i^m in a proper position, and waited for his supposed enemy to 
 peep from behind the abutment of the bridge over the can \1, 
 that he might repa, him for ]m treachery. Nobody appear 
 ing, he became thoughtful, mi8tnist«-d the cause, and thn -^ ' 
 down the clod ; the nimble lightning had disappeawd, and 
 tho source of ita powe^ wfw too high for his revenge. Job 
 xxviii. 26. < 
 
 But, can you see no resemblance of yourself here ? Why 
 this menacir.g attitude agwnst your humble servant ? If tha 
 truth of God haa reached your heart , if facta, of which I 
 

 Attend W 
 
 r xnduot betn 
 Iking better M 
 vicinity oC an 
 a part of mjr 
 lich foUowi oo- 
 t man «f vcraoi- 
 b%nk of wbioh, 
 ler cloud cama 
 endcci bj a p«(il 
 mao moment he 
 lightuiug had 
 c shock vM the 
 readth of losing 
 luuiion aaariaiog 
 Bcted Bome oi> 
 i| im veng' ance, 
 ag a largo clod 
 attitude, and his 
 ppoaed enemy to 
 I over the can il, 
 Nobody appear- 
 aufie, Mid thrcv 
 Usapp«ared, ana 
 revenge. Job 
 
 lelfhere? Wky 
 lervantt Ifth* 
 acts, of which I 
 
 0L0«iKa tABoai IN umtfOOL. 
 
 •m not the author, have •truck you into remone, am 1 be 
 blamed ? Youri ia the (kult, for having preparwl yourself, 
 by » «Mnn '^f tin, to be thai aitounded by the truth of Ood. 
 Tlioee oonrictioM, whi. h have bbuwd acromyour nuti<'. ha?e 
 had a higher orij^m than man. You have received a ahook 
 from Heaven— the Holy Spirit'e lightning-«troke ; > «i •hcmld 
 thank Ood yo» were not struck into hell. And yet, like the 
 man •tanned by tf»e li^itning, you irap«t« it to • follow 
 ci-eatow. If you <iare not rotaliate with blow*, yon h»?» f* 
 s .rted to Ttry hara wor<b. Pardon my agun alluding to the 
 abi.ve incident ; but • lere Ui a moral in it. Mifc^ ng a »toii6, 
 he grappled a clod, and though bonce would not have b««i 
 broken, y< . he might have innulted an innocent perioii, 
 for which a humiliating apology would have been doroanded 
 When in Ireland, last Jtme, one of the preacher* rebted 
 the following, in which I wa« much intereeted. A certam 
 preacher vae h- Vmg tV/rth, in a certwn place, and he de- 
 •cribod the character of a einner preti^nt, 40 etrikingly, that 
 he concluded the minieter waa ;x)inting him out. knowing him 
 f be there. The next night he concealed hiuae!'" in a cor- 
 ner, where he WM sure the preacher oould not •ef im. The 
 preaching, howeT«»,w«« as pononri aeever, and \ fef-Uofi 
 BO correcUy delineated, that there could be no nuBtake, — -Jve 
 had been detected. The Buoceeding night, he eecreted hia 
 person wh there could be no [wsmbiUty of being »een. It 
 was of no »e , during the sermon, Uie Toic. of the servant 
 of Ood feU upon h ear like thun(!er : "Sinner ! come <mt 
 of your lurking-plaoe : thou art the man " Ah ! well," he 
 thought, " what avaib it ? Somebody has b<^n tejling the 
 strwger all about me ; but T ahall not leave tfll i know who 
 the vagabond is.' After pr. aching, he stepped forward, and 
 boldly inquired of the minister who it wae that h»d been 
 « after telling eueb thingi" eboat hinx »♦ I have nothing 
 
S6S ctAmo tABOM n utimool. 
 
 mpun.t your h.mor." •n<l. doubUng hi. (Ut,h« d^Uml what 
 TwouU do to " th« r^cally mfonuer." ' Myfri.... , «^ 
 ^ othor. •• .u. h««.«» »)ebK h« told m« any »»»«>K^ 
 ,ou • but the Spirit of G.^l h*.." Conviction m^ thM mo- 
 C Lned uU hi- h^art, aud h. ..ted ..t UU he .und 
 Mlvttion. I b.Uovo h« i> yt •hy«, »nd on hm way to 
 
 'Tu.a./«Your preaching would .ting .«dtarrif>»derUr 
 Wen, you Inow, it i written. '' 11^ dovU. aUo behove and 
 rerablo " I. it any wonder Uion, that the truth h«i af- 
 
 It remind, me of what Eu,.,li««ud of P«";»«- 7. ^'2^',^ 
 oration, tx, the peo,le of Athe«.. It ^-jT^^^Ihol U 
 certain needle, and .ting, in their mmd.. I .ho«ld be 
 lamed of the doctrine, of Chriatianity. .f ^^JJ^^^ 
 i«oompU.h moro than the poUtic. and rhilo«.phy of Penolj. 
 ?a« ^ a witne«, that the go.pel i. the «me now « tn the 
 il of 8t. Peter, - when thouw^nd. were pncked m the.r 
 SI and inqui^, Men and brethren, what .hall «« 
 ^ tv' Act." 87. Butonthatvery daytheirwound-were 
 held by faith in that blood which theyhad "Ho^ on Ca^vajr. 
 La about three thouwrnd «ml. were added to the nfant 
 .^tr^YTare quite out of humor with a «mtiment m my 
 trbu*tll"n«plt it. Godnever.tnke.b.forehewa™. 
 Tu remarkableTthe deaUng, of God W.U. .mner. bow 
 clow he keep, to that direction given through Mom. to the 
 :::::e'o?i.ll-'' When thou comeat r^^^ll^.^l 
 ..htagain-titfirst^eon^diU^^^^^^^ 
 
 S d^r "^i'tdTaron to Egy^ Ut to^.. 
 
CLUIINO LABOU IM LIVMirOOL. 
 
 26fl 
 
 1 docUri'^ wKftt 
 
 ,iiy thing »bout 
 ion »t tli»t mo- 
 not till he found 
 
 00 hit WkJ to 
 
 terrify »tlBvU." 
 aUo behove Mid 
 e truth hM af- 
 Boftor matoriiilT 
 e,__««AtlerhMi 
 lund he hv\ left 
 " I nhonld be 
 f they could not 
 jphy of Periol««. 
 me now tm in the 
 ) pricked in their 
 1, what shfcll we 
 heir woundi were 
 nhodwCaivary, 
 ed to the infant 
 a nentiment in my 
 »8 before he warm, 
 with iinnen, how 
 )u^ Mo«e« to the 
 ligh unto tk city to 
 ice." " It WM on 
 .Id world," iiyi*" 
 pt, Lot to Sodom, 
 id even Chriit, to 
 
 1 order in nature. 
 [br«athofaataiiui, 
 
 and «oftr»»d le»vc«, wxl wUhcrwl flowor«. Krening ihadee, «r 
 twiliglil, before dark night. Thunder never bunto over oof 
 heA<b in a clear tky. " Cloud* are hin charioti, and lighi- 
 nlnffl hii iteeda." The volcano gruinbl»«« long and loud- 
 ly, with many fitful gleanu, and much •rooko, ere U 
 buniUi forth to «)verwh«hn vineyard* and towna at iti baM. 
 The hurricane in ofttui li«raldod by utertliiig changtm in na- 
 ture, and thoM who are olmorving, prepare for itii fury. 
 
 There in a bitter gtoroi approaching you ; a wing of it 
 iwccj* you alreadv Strike Mil, man, before* ita entira 
 weight buriU upon your unhappy «oul. A »mooth aea and 
 fair ap|)earancc« do not alwaya deceive the experienced eye 
 of the sailor. The ocean may look like a standing pool, with 
 scarcely a ripple upon ita surface ; yet there ia trouble intha 
 offing, wid the top and top-gallantu are lowered ; in fact 
 there is litUe left but naked span, to struggle with the firtl 
 sudden rush of the tornado. 
 
 God, my dear Sir, has jpven you a warning ; prepare for 
 tlie blow. It is iurely coming. Ia it not written, " Wo« 
 unto him that striveth with his Maker ? " Wlio can deny 
 those striking sentiments of a good man T " There is no 
 contending with sovereignty ; no resisting omnipotency ; no 
 striving with our Maker. The fish that is caught with the 
 hook, the more ho jerks and flings, the faste- hold the hook 
 takes of him. The harder a man kicks agwnst the prioka , 
 the deeper they enter into his heels. An earthen pitcher, 
 the more forcibly it is dashed against an iron pot, the sooner 
 it flies in pieces. In like manner, the more we contend with 
 God and his judgments, the more we hurt, wound, and, \u 
 the end, destroy ourselves. Be not like the dog that bites 
 the stone, never looking upon him that flings it. Mark him 
 who wns at you, and has Wt you ; and say with David, ♦ I 
 was dumb, and opened not my mouth, because thou didst it.' 
 
 1^ Jt<-, 
 
264 
 
 CLOSING LABOBS I» LIVSaPCOL. 
 
 (if 
 
 Or cover your mouth with Job : « Behold I am vUe, what 
 flhall I answer thee ? I wiU lay my hand upon my mouth. 
 Once have I spoken, but I will not answer ; yea twice, but 
 I will proceed no farOier.' Job d. 4. Eave you read of 
 the philosopher, who was censured for net holding out his ai- 
 Kument with Adrian, the emperor ? His apology was, 'Is 
 it not reaaon to yield to him, who hath thirty legions at his 
 command?' God is terrible out of his holy places. Legions 
 innumerable are ready to avenge his quarrel. He could 
 look you into the grave, or into hell, in a moment. Ue- 
 cause there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with ks 
 8t. ke.' Job xxxvi. 18. Yield, man! Diacontmue the 
 controversy. He would have doomed you to destruction 
 long ago, but for a strong desire to save. You have m Ad- 
 vocate above. He died for you, and Uvea to intercede, xiis 
 blood speaketh bettor thmgs than the blood of Abel, lly I 
 fly to the cross ! and plead for pardon through the merits of 
 that atomng blood. There is mercy implied in aU these warn- 
 ings. Appeal from the bar ofjustice, to the throne of Gods 
 3e. There is a disposition there to favor your cause. 
 God looks graciously from thence ; a Mediator is there, and 
 Your Judge is disposed to be kind through him. What 
 tould a criminal do, suppose ye, if he sh.uld notice an in- 
 dinationto mercy in his judge? Would he romam hstless 
 with such an advantage before him, or fail to urge his fneuis 
 to entreat for his life ? Why not say with penitent Austo, 
 « Why do I still procrastinate my conung unto thee, O Lord f 
 Why not now? Why not tins day ? Why should there not 
 be this hour an end of my sinful course of life ? ' " 
 
 
 
 Yourfirst inquiry amuses me. « Will you let me into the 
 
 secret phUosophy of these revivals?" Yes, with all my 
 heart! 
 
COL. 
 
 i I am vUe, what 
 i upon mj mouth, 
 r ; yea twice, but 
 Save you read of 
 holding out his ar- 
 s apology waa, 'Is 
 thirty lemons at hifl 
 y places. Leg^ous 
 uarrel. He could 
 a moment. ' Be- 
 I thee away with his 
 ! Discontinue the 
 you to destruction 
 You have an Ad- 
 >8 to intercede. His 
 oodofAtel. Fly! 
 irough the merits of 
 ied in all these wam- 
 ) the throne of God's 
 D favor your cause, 
 [ediator is there, and 
 hrough him. What 
 shculd notice an in- 
 uld he remain Uatless 
 fail to urge his frieuis 
 with penitent Austin, 
 ig unto thee, Lord ? 
 Why should there not 
 of life?'" 
 
 ill you let me into the 
 " Yes, with ail my 
 
 OtOSraO LABORS IN LIVERPOOL. 
 
 265 
 
 « Are you aware that, in some circles, your continued auc 
 cess is the subject of various speculations ? " I do not ques- 
 tion it; this is a tax which persons in my situation must 
 
 ^*«I have been present when your powers of mmd have 
 been discussed." Better they had been employed upon 
 something more profitable. 
 
 « Much waa said of your peculiar tact for conductmg re- 
 vivals; one called it a kind of a witchery over the feelings 
 of the people ; another questioned your mottves, etc. 1 
 have become hardened to such animadversions. A smner, 
 when I was at Bandon, in Ireland, fled from the chapel, say- 
 ing « He is enough to frighten a fellow out of his senses ; he 
 must have been the very devil himself before he took to th« 
 way or he could not tell a man all he has been guilty ot. 
 
 A few nights since, a good lady left chapel, exclaim- 
 
 in<r « The man is a wizard ; there is nothing in one s heart 
 that he does not blab out." I hope she wUl have no rest 
 
 till converted to Cod. , x • 
 
 "Your sermons have been canvassed, taken to pieces, 
 analyzed, compared with those of other ministers, and pro- 
 nounced far inferior; but the results 3eemed to stumble 
 them " So, if I have much to humble me, there is, after 
 all, something to encourage. My humble success w owing 
 to an influence above and beyond their criticisms. A mmis- 
 ter once came to hear the late Mr. William Dawson preach. 
 After sermon, in a neighboring house, he spoke of the won- 
 derful effects produced by Mr. D.'s preaching, and .nshed 
 that he could accomplish the same by Ins pulpit efforts. 
 « Ah Sir ' " said the lady of ihe house, "you must move 
 the hand of Him that moves the world, before JO^'^^J'^ 
 ness these effects." The « power of the Holy Ghost ac- 
 companying hard, patient, steady, constant hbw, with many 
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266 
 
 CLOSIHO LAB0E8 IN LIVBBPOOL. 
 
 tears, and much crying to God in private, have produced the 
 "results" which are so mysterious to those of whom you 
 speak. Knte work! knee work!! hue work!!! This is 
 the secret. 
 
 " My powerful gro»M thou canrt not bear, 
 Nor stand the violence of prayer, 
 My prayer omnipotent I " 
 
 « Give me a revival, convert sinners, or I pine away and 
 die," is a cry that is much thought of in heaven; nor wiU 
 He who pities the groanings of the distressed soul, treat it 
 mth indifference. He wiU come down out of the holy phwje, 
 and make bare his arm in the sight of all the Wj^J/o';'^* 
 the dragon and cut Rahab in pieces. Then shall the feeblest 
 servant of God often thresh the mountains, and beat the hiUs 
 to chaff; one shall chase a thousand, and two put ten thou- 
 sand to flight, and the sMn of the Lord shall be many. Let 
 any minister (who has not mistaken his call) thus plead with 
 God, while, week after week, every night, from a fuU and 
 bleeding heart, he pours the burning, pointed truths ot 
 the eospel, into the ranks of sinners ; and, whatever may 
 be h^ talenta, he shall be a joyful witness of a glomus re- 
 
 "^ As to the « getting up" of my sermons, you wiU find the 
 history of the afeir in a lesson I once received from an old 
 divine. "I desire my sermons to be like Momcas son; 
 children of many prayers and tears, and thereby the more 
 unlikely to perish. Let all your sermona, as dew, be heaven- 
 bom, that they may drop down like rain upon the mown 
 grass. Let prayer be the key to open the mysteries of 
 Christ to you ; and let prayer be the turning of the key, to 
 lock them up safe within you. Let prayer open and shut all 
 your books; form and write, and bepn and continue every 
 sermon. Ah! how should he pray both before and after 
 
 L. 
 
re produced the 
 e of whom you 
 rhUI This is 
 
 ; pine away and 
 leaven; nor will 
 led soul, treat it 
 >f the holy place, 
 J people ; wound 
 shall the feeblest 
 knd beat the hills 
 wo put ten thou- 
 ill be many. Let 
 ) thus plead with 
 from a full and 
 ointed truths of 
 i, whatever may 
 of a glorious re- 
 
 you wiU find the 
 eived from an old 
 je Monica's son; 
 thereby the more 
 ^ dew, be heavett' 
 i upon the mown 
 
 the mysteries of 
 ing of the key, to 
 r open and shut all 
 nd continue every 
 I before and after 
 
 OLOSINQ LABOBS IN LIVERPOOL. 
 
 267 
 
 r 
 
 I lus preaching, who by every sermon preaches bin beloved 
 I neighbors into eternal burnings or eternal pleasures ? 
 
 I The » serious objections " of are, mdeed, of weight 
 
 I They remind me of what Pliny the Younger reported of 
 I Egypt ; that she boasted of owing nothing to the clouds or 
 
 I anTfoWign streams, for her fertility, bemg abundant^ 
 
 I watered by the sole inundations of her own nver, the Nile. 
 
 I ^becomes me, as a stranger, to say the same of Engl^d^ 
 
 I God has, indeed, greatly enriched her with the ;^«--^ 
 
 Balvation It may seem presumption for a wandering cloud 
 Uke me to think of adding any thing to the mighty rn^r of 
 i:h>us knowledge, which meanders through this country - 
 S Lotions. May I not, however, comfort -Jj-e^^ jf «^« 
 ^flection, that many a thirsty spot has been refre^ed by a 
 sprinkUng from a cloud, wafted from afar? I tmt tha 
 Zy in^Liverpool do know that tbe stranger does - 
 resemble that which is mentioned by St. Jude, A cl.ua 
 
 "J^ldXthe opinior. of the other p^es weigM^ut^ 
 as light with me, as any thmg enumerated by the ancient 
 
 • ..M, .00, mat. lighU. than^JJ^^rJ^ ^^f^^^^^.. 
 
 ThU bubble world. What than this bubble V Nought- 
 Mr. Caughey now resumes his brief notices of the revival 
 in Liverpool. 
 
 We have had « protracted meetings " in two other chapels 
 onleSra: Circuit: Mount Ple--t,-d Wesley chape^ 
 Stal)pe street. The former is a small building m wboh 
 we had a good work, though I did not enjoy such freedom m 
 n^Lwng there as elsewhere. At the Stanhope street 
 TaX^e word of the Lord had free course, and was glo- 
 
268 
 
 OLOSIira LABORS IN UVEBPOOL. 
 
 rified. Here my soul enjoyed great liberty, and many 
 sinners were converted to God. Although I had some trib- 
 'siation to endure, yet so long as n^ man had power to shut 
 the door of usefulness, I labored on with joy and success. 
 This is the chapel, in which my kind host and hostess, Mr. 
 and Mrs. Banning, worship ; and I found a large portion of 
 the congregation possessed of the same elevated and enlight- 
 ened views of the work of God, witl which their souls are 
 animated. During my stay in this chapel, more than three 
 hundred sinners obtained remission of sins, through faith in 
 the blood of the Lamb. The last nigbt we spent there, we 
 had a select meeting for the new converts, and it was a most 
 affecting iime. Scores of smners came forward at the close 
 to be prayed for, and p few were caved. My mind was 
 greatly oppressed at leaving this chapel for another part of 
 the town ; but the aspect of circumstances clearly pointed 
 out my path. 
 
 Ah ! I can carry myself with " ease and indifference " 
 towards a thousand things that are trying, when they have 
 no connection with the salvation or damnation of precious 
 souls. However, what sorely pained ma, was overruled for 
 the " furtherance of the gospel." A poor man was once 
 heard to say, that he was once rich, and had learned some- 
 thing of God ; that he prayed continually for " a closer walk 
 with God." " But at first," said ho, " when God began to 
 answer my prayers, I thought he was going to destroy me ; 
 he deprived me of every thing I had ; but he gave ms what 
 was of infinitely more value, even to know more of ^mself 
 and Jesus." And thus my narrow mind mourned over 
 surrounding difficulties, when the Lord was, by these means, 
 leading me to see some of the richest displays of the power 
 of God, in another part of the same vineyard. 
 
 The Rev. A. E. Farrar, Super'ntcndent of the North 
 
 L 
 
L. 
 
 rtjr, and many 
 '. had some trib- 
 i power to shut 
 oy and success, 
 ud hostess, Mr. 
 large portion of 
 ted Old enlight- 
 i their souls are 
 nore than three 
 through faitlt in 
 spent there, we 
 ad it was a most 
 fard at the close 
 
 My mind was 
 another part of 
 
 clearly pointed 
 
 id indifiFerence " 
 when they have 
 ition of precious 
 as overruled for 
 man was once 
 d learned some- 
 r " a closer walk 
 jn God began to 
 ; to destroy me ; 
 le gave ms what 
 more of himself 
 I mourned over 
 by these means, 
 -ys of the power 
 rd. 
 it of the North 
 
 0L08INQ LABORS IN LIVERPOOL. 
 
 269 
 
 Circiut, kindly invited me to return and spend a few weeks 
 among the people of his charge. But at tbs time, the 
 Welsh Methodists also insisted upon havmg a claim upon 
 part of my services, and gave me a hearty invitation to ymM 
 their chapels. I questioned the propriety of the step, but 
 the following arguments of a few friends removed my objec- 
 tions- "First, these Welsh chapels are unacr the control ot 
 our Wesleyan Conference, and from that body the congrega- 
 tions receive their preachers, who minister to the people in 
 the Welsh language. Secondly, the chai>el8 are in the 
 neighborhood of those you have already visited on the South 
 Circuit. Thirdly, although they are accustomed to hea. 
 preaching in Welsh, they understand enough of English to 
 make it a medium for a blessing through your ministry. 
 Fourthly, many of the wounded sinners you aie leaving at 
 Wesley cha^l, ^^'^^^ ^Uow you, and ge^ healed among the 
 Welsh Methodists." Events soon proved, that they wero 
 not wrong in their calculations on this point 
 
 Many of the English leaders and local preachers accom- 
 panied me,ai.d after sermon, united vigorously in prayer, 
 for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. As the services Pro- 
 gressed, we discovered that the Welsh brethren though full 
 of love and zeal, had the disadvantage of not bemg aWe to 
 pray fluently in English. It was proposed that the Welsh 
 midsters, with their leaders, should pray m Welsh alter- 
 nately with the English brethren. The plan answered admi- 
 rablv Very soon the power of God was displayed m the 
 conversion of - . rs. When the English leaders prayed, 
 the response. «c . mostly confined to the English Metho- 
 dists ; but tue ^v :ae, . a Welsh brother began, the scene »nd 
 sounds among the people were entix-ely changed. With 
 upUfted hands, and voices indicating the deepest emotaon, 
 they responded to the ardent suppUcationfl of their leader; 
 28* 
 
2T0 
 
 CLOSING liABOAS IN LIVBBPOOIi. 
 
 the English ChnBtiana, m the moan time, remaining in Bolemn 
 silence, but breaking out at intervals with an "amen," or 
 " glory," as the iuUcctions of tho leading voice, or the amens 
 of tlo Welsh, reseinbUng, ''Hear, hear, hear," indicated, 
 until iho feeling became so overpowering, that restraint 
 seemed impossible, and a general burst of " Glory be to 
 God !" from the English, mingled with tho loud hallelujahs 
 
 of the Welsh. 
 
 This was especially the case when their mmister, the 
 Bev. • * • * • % prayed, lie is considered one of the most 
 eloquent and powerful speakers among tho Welsh preachers. 
 He is a man of fiue natural powers, richly cultivated, and is 
 deeply devoted to God. Ilia voice has considerable compass 
 and sweetness, and capable of 'the most moving intonations. 
 I speak now of his exercises in his native tongue. Ho 
 appeared quite indisposed to engage in English, although m 
 private he converses in it rather fluently. Whenever he 
 began to pray, I felt my whole being arrested. His voice 
 arose into what appeared to be a succession of cUmaxes, and 
 88 one sentence climbed above another, the congregation 
 ascended with him, UBtU the effects were really overpower- 
 ing; and when ho came to the loftiest point, — when every 
 thing of the highest importance to man's eternal interests 
 seemed as if tottering upon the rugged pinnacle of some 
 tremendous precipice, — the tcai-s which streamed down his 
 manly fa«e, and the lorg, loud, and heart-rending cnes of 
 Welsh sinnex-s, mingling '*ith the subdued tones of imploring 
 believers, told those of us who could not understand his lan- 
 guage, where he had landed them, and how profoundly awful 
 were the effects npon their minds. Several of the English 
 brethren tf)ld me, that though strangers to tho import of his 
 words, they felt their hearts agitated with tho most singular 
 and powerful emotions. Many were the saved of tlio Lord ; 
 
 iH 
 
X. 
 
 CLOSING LABOR! IK LIVERPOOL. 
 
 271 
 
 utung in solemn 
 m "amen," or 
 !e, or the amens 
 ]ar" indicated, 
 , that restraint 
 ' <* Glory bo to 
 loud ballelujahs 
 
 ir minister, the 
 . one of the most 
 ^Tolah preachers, 
 ultivated, and is 
 derablo compass 
 'ing intonations. 
 fC' tongue. Ho 
 lish, although in 
 Whenever he 
 sted. His voice 
 of climaxes, and 
 he congregation 
 ■eally overpower- 
 t, — when every 
 eternal in teres ta 
 mmacle of some 
 reamed down his 
 ■rending cries of 
 ones of imploring 
 idorstand his Ian- 
 profoundly awful 
 d of the English 
 the import of his 
 lie most singular 
 ,ved of the liord ; 
 
 but to what extent we shall never know, till that groat day 
 when Imroanuel comes to gather homo his jewels. ^ ^ 
 
 The Rev. ^Ir. Farrar, and hi« colleagues in the mnnstry, 
 together with the leaders and local preachers of the Brui.s- 
 wi'^k chapel, becoming pressing in their solicitatioiu., that I 
 should return to the circuit, and hold a few meetings m the 
 above plaoo of worship, we reluctantly concluded the services 
 among the Welsh. Tho Brunswick chapel is an elegant 
 building, with an imposing front, adorned with columns, and 
 stands on a fine and elevated situation. The mtonor is 
 handsomely fitted up in tho form of an amphitheatre, one her 
 of seats rising above another to a considerable hosght, with- 
 out any gallery, with tho exception of two small wings bohmd 
 the pulpit, to tho right and left of the orchestra and otgan. 
 It seats about seventeen himdred, but twenty-throe hundred 
 can be crowded into it. _ 
 
 Various opinions were circulated in town, respecting the 
 results of revival efforts in this chapel. Many wealthy fam- 
 ilies worship here, and the general cliaractcr of the congm- 
 gation is serious and intelligent. •' W<s a^vaU see, said tho 
 speculators, "how revivals will go on ai^<-vo^- the anslwcraoy 
 of Methodism." The prevailing opinion waft, iihat as they 
 had long been considered the opponents of noise and excit^ 
 ment, a failure would be the unquestionable result. Blessed 
 be God, such speculations and prophecies have come to 
 nothing. Never have I labored with more freedom and 
 delight in any congregation, or with greater success, than m 
 the Brunswick chapel. There was Uttle, if any, of that 
 mean and secret opposition I have met with elsewhere. 
 When there was a burst of noise, attended with a good deal 
 of what is considered revival confusion, ^hey bore it with a 
 noble generosity, and a forbearance that did them honor. 
 Men and women of mind, education, and infiuenco, retamed 
 
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 272 0L08WO LABORS HI UVBBWOL. 
 
 their -eat. in Bolemn awe. Thoy «aw the diitrew of sinncrt, 
 and Byrapathiicd with them, and how pecuharly the nunm- 
 ten, and lenders were mtuated ; often taking our P^rt «aymg, 
 » We do not 800 how the meetings couW be managed better, 
 if the revival is to go on at all. The congregation « mcreai^ 
 bg, the society enlarging, classes are being filled w.th con- 
 verted sinners from the world. That we needed such a 
 visitation as this is H-ite plain, whatever the resuH. may be 
 and we shall neither run away from this astonishing move- 
 
 mont, nor shall we oppose it." . , , . . , „^ •. 
 
 It is right, however, that credit should be given where it 
 is due. I am convinced, that the noble conduct of many 
 influential individuals and families, has imbibed a most gra- 
 ZZ influence fi-om the position taken by their excellent 
 ^rintendent and his worthy colleagues. These servaj^s 
 of God, in public and private, acknowledge and defend the 
 wvival and great as is their popularity, cheerfuUy and 
 gene^usly offer me their pulpits, and every co-ov^ration 
 
 within their power. ■, 
 
 During the first week, forty professed convemon; and 
 during the next, forty-four. The revival is stiU progressing 
 gbriouBly in BruJick chapel. Many have been sav d 
 Sin a' few days r««t. I have ^-n Preachmg^to H. 
 young the last two nighte, and the word of the Lord has 
 had free coarse, and is glorified. 
 
 l-he Temperance cause in Liverpool is P«>g;7"g- J 
 have deUvored several lectures In the Music Uall, on he 
 ^nriety of total abstinence from all intoxicatmg liquors , a 
 Cg'e Iber, each night. Joined the Tee-total Society. A 
 tea meetm, has been given by the tee-to tallers, ^ to c^ 
 brato the arrival" of your friend in England. The a^ 
 was got up in a most tasteful and spirited manner ; and! 
 Z t pLure of taking tea with about seven hundred 
 
 L 
 
L. 
 
 itreM of sinnert, 
 liarly the niinw- 
 mr part, Baying, 
 managed better, 
 Ration i« mcrea»- 
 fillod with con- 
 needed auch a 
 reaulte may bo ; 
 itonialiing inove- 
 
 )e given where it 
 conduct of many 
 )ibed a moHt gra- 
 y their excellent 
 These servants 
 e and defend the 
 'y cheerfully and 
 rery co-operation 
 
 conversion ; and 
 18 still progressing 
 have been saved 
 preaching to the 
 
 of the Lord has 
 
 13 progressing. I 
 lusic Uall, on the 
 cicating liquors ; a 
 •total Society. A 
 otallers, '* to cele- 
 igland. The afisur 
 «d manner ; and I 
 3ut seven hundred 
 
 OLOBINO LABORS IN LIVBBl'OOIi. 
 
 278 
 
 persons in the Music Hall. The company was liighly respect- 
 able. After tea, several excellent addresses were delivered. 
 One, especially, by a Wesleyan miniator, the Rev. George 
 B. Macdonald, of Leeds, was most elQ<luont and convincing. 
 In the present age, a minister deprives himself of a groat 
 moral power, when, for the sake of a little wine now an<l 
 again, he excludes himself from such fine opportunities of 
 scattering the otenial tr\ith8 of God, among a mass of mind 
 which otherwise ho could never reach. Mr. Macdonald told 
 some thrilling anecdotes, which hod a direct tendency to 
 awaken sinners to the concei-ns of otornity. I have no 
 doubt great good was done. 
 
 Here follows some opinions concerning a nervous person, 
 of whom Mr. Oaughcy's correspondent had written. Those 
 sudden (jhgrcssions grow naturally out of an epistolary style, 
 although they embarrass an attempt at coMecutive narrative 
 with such materials. 
 
 I had almost forgotten the case of * * * * * * . There is 
 a close connection between the body and the mind, and they 
 always, more or less, exert a mutual influence upon each 
 other. " The web of life," says one, " the soul and body, are 
 strangely and intimately interwoven with each other, and a 
 reciprocal influence is constantly exerted. The system acts 
 uijon the mind, and the mind upon the system." I apprehend, 
 however, that Mr. ^ ' * * "a trouble haa originated from a 
 source that he is not willing to allow; that is, the separation 
 of his soul from close and intimate commumon with God. 
 
 I was much stiuok, when reading Lord Nelson's Life, with 
 the account he gives in one of his private letters, of the 
 secret unhappiness of his heart when almost at the height 
 of his glory. " There is no true happiness in this life ; and 
 in my present state, I could qiut it with a snule. Believe 
 
974 
 
 OLOdIKO LAWORO IH UVKKPOOL. 
 
 me, my onlj wish in to sink with honor to Ui« grave. Not 
 that [ am insonBible to tbn honors and riches ii)y king and 
 country havo heaped uj^rn o, so niuoh more thaii any officor 
 could deserve ; yet I am reaay to quit this world of trouble, 
 and envy none hut those of the estate, six feet by two." 
 
 How true is the language of the poet, and it is apfAicaWe 
 to every unconverted sinner ; nor shall it ever bo otherwise, 
 till the ioul finds rest in Ood : — 
 
 •• In all our pUnty, lorarthlng «till, 
 ToIIko, torn Mhim U w»ntin(?| 
 That crual toiu' ililog unpwMMt^'t, 
 Corrode* «Dd canksm 11 th« r««t- 
 And eten while fiwhlon'e brlght^it uU decoy, 
 The heart, dUtruiUng, wke If Ih.^ b« joy." 
 
 The record of the experience of one now lifs npon my 
 table, who represents himself as tho gayest n{ the gay, when 
 mingling in tho night sisncs of revelry, fashion, and song; 
 but in the midnight hour, when lighter hearts are lost in 
 Bleep, his depression is so great, that " this sweet oblivious 
 anti'lote" flies from his couch. Morning comcfl, and tho 
 smile is assumed, and, hke the expiring eagle, he covers his 
 wounds by the wings of a fancied gayety. " There is not a 
 blessing springs upon my path, but mildew overs it ; nor 
 a flower that blooms there, that does not wither and die. 
 Although gray bain* have not silvered my head, yet my 
 hopes are dead, and now in my prime, I must, it is most 
 likely, sink to my grave, with an icy chilliness rife at my 
 heart. ' My life is steered by uusery's chart.' " . 
 
 " Thna, though the smllee of oheerfnlneea 
 May hide (Vom light an aching heart, 
 They cannot malie its miBery Ibm, 
 Nor bid the frown of fate depart. 
 And though no teart bedew the eye, 
 Nor outward tigni of grief appear, 
 The brain may bum without a ligh. 
 The heart mav break without a tear." 
 
 I, 
 
>t. 
 
 the grave. Not 
 les my kinj^ and 
 9 thati *ny officer 
 world of trouble, 
 bet by two." 
 d it is aiiilicaWe 
 vor bo otherwiBe, 
 
 OLOniNO LAiiUtB tv 
 
 m 
 
 • • 
 
 t arts d«eo7, 
 
 low IJf'' upon my 
 of the gay, when 
 kshion, and Hong; 
 learts are lost in 
 la Bweet oblivious 
 a; comofl, and the 
 ,gle, he covers his 
 »* There is not a 
 >w covers it; nor 
 t wither and die. 
 my head, yet my 
 '. must, it is most 
 Illness rife at my 
 art.' » . 
 
 ln«M 
 
 At to the opiii orui of the phy»iclttfi, r.»pecting Mr. » 
 
 It would bi> jwrhape bold ir. uie to contradict, but I »'hall take 
 the Uberty to traiiicribo a tew thoughts of M Wesk^jy upon 
 the subject, V liich you may lot him soo when convcuiunt. 
 
 " When physicians meet wiHi disorders which they do not 
 understand, they commonly U 'em nervoui ; a word that 
 conveys to ua no doterminai.. idea but is a good ooftr for 
 learned ignorance. Bu'. these are often no natural "'"T^eif 
 of the body, but the hand of Chd upm Ui. toul, ng a 
 duU oonjJciou-Mnoss of the want of G >d, and tb3 unHaUsfeo- 
 toriness of every thing here below. A^ '^ber tunes, it i« a 
 conviction for sin, ci her in a higher or i. ..r degr.u. It is 
 no wonder that those who are strangers to r«ligion should 
 not kn' ^ what to make of this ; and that consequently aU 
 their prescriptions should be uaoless, seeing they quite .aistake 
 
 the cause." 
 
 As to amutementi, I require to know to what tond you 
 refer, m order to give an uimiion. Wo should never indulge 
 in any which would mifit us f tiddng pleasure m God, or 
 from which we could not retire for private prayer, with a 
 good conscieiK <^. An old diviii.= says, « Like skilful mari- 
 ners, wo may make use of the side-wind of recreation, to 
 help U6 toward the haven of rest." When a boy, and about 
 to make % clever jump, I have often retired backward a few 
 stepfl, in order to accelerate my velocity ; and frequently, 
 the fa h<>r back I went, the more " way" I had ufion rae, 
 as a saUor would express it, and strength and agUity for the 
 intended leap. I have many times returned to study with 
 greater vigor, .and to the bosom of my God with increased 
 dolisht, after a short relaxation amidst the flowers of poetry, 
 or those of the garden ; in music, in cheerful conversation 
 with a few friends, a ramble through the fields and woods, 
 a tug at the oar, or an hour in feUowship with the spade, 
 
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 ULOIIMa LABOM IN UVBAJPOOL. 
 
 the axe, or th« hwniner. A Wond of mine hM oft«n «aid 
 b my beariug, " HcU«r wear out shocM thwi ilweU. Ax«r- 
 MM ii a part of my religion ; I take it from principle, b«- 
 eaoM I am bound to Uko caro of uijr body a« woll u my 
 •oal ; and I remember wbat Cicoro wys : * For man ia not 
 ohi««llod out of the rock, nor hown out of tbo oak ; bo baa a 
 biKly, and he baa a wml ; the one ii actuated by tho intellect, 
 the cUter uj tlio senaea.' 
 
 ' B«tt«r K»th«r h«»Uh In ft«l<lt, iinboiiKht, 
 Tlmn r«« th« doctor Tor « uauwoot drsochi 
 Th« mim tot aan on «i«r«!iM ii«p«uJ ( 
 Ood iKvor nia«t« hi* wurk for man to m«ad.' " 
 
 « A life of inaction," laya a writer, ♦' ia a diauae of talenta, 
 ftnd a jiervorsion of intellect ; and our loiauro daya arc the 
 enemy's btiay ones." I remember two provorba, one uaed 
 by the Turks, and the other by the Spaniarda. " A buay 
 man ia troubled with but one devil, but the idle man with a 
 thousand." '* Men are usually tempted by the devil, but 
 tho idle man positively tempts tho devil." 
 
 «« The idle man," suys one, " soon becomes torpid, and 
 resembloa the Indian in his feelings, insensibly adopting hia 
 maxim : ♦ It is better to walk than to run, and letter to 
 Btai.!J still than to walk, and better to sit than to stand, and 
 better to lie than to sit.' There are said to be pleasures to 
 madmen, known only to madmen ; there are certainly mis- 
 eries to the idle, which only tho idle can conceive." 
 
 . " A wtnt of occupation It not re»t ; 
 
 A mlml quit* T«o«nt U k mind dUtrtiied." 
 
 His account of hia labors is now again resumed. 
 
 My labors are now nearly finished in this town. On the 
 nighte of the 6th, 0th, and 7th of April, 1848, 1 preached 
 firewell sermons in Great Homer street, Brunswick, and Pitt 
 
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 strettt oh«p«il9. Two of tiiose nighta, the rain oame down in 
 tortenta, but this did not prevent the ohspels from being 
 orowdod. 
 
 This wook has been a season of rest, with the exception 
 of addresses delivered at two Missionary meetings. On both 
 oooasions, I hod the honor of presonUng several sums in gold, 
 handed to mo by the friends of Missions. 
 
 Ihe Wosleyan Methodists, English and Welsh, have seven 
 prinoipal chapels in town ; the Brunswick, Wesley, and Gr^at 
 nomer dtreet, are the most elegant. Four of them are fur- 
 nished witit handsome and flne-tomd organs. That in Great 
 Homer street I consider the swooteat and most powerfid ; 
 ^nd fbU justice is done to the*, instrument, by the acoom- 
 pitahed organist. His ear seems to be acuto for poetry as for 
 mudo. It is sufficient for the officiating minister to emphaase 
 a word, or line, in the verse, and I have seldom observed an 
 absence of a corresponding expression in the music. 
 
 The congregation appear to have more confidence in umt- 
 ing with the organ than I have ever witnessed in any place 
 of worship. l%e life and soul he throws into the instnmicnt 
 allure or compel the people to sing. Such a state of things 
 tends admirably to the liveliness and devotion of the audience : 
 and it is desirable that every organist should endeavor to 
 bear with a littie inaccuracy or discord, now and then, for 
 the nk'4 of encouraging the congregation to unite heartily in 
 this very important part of the worship of God. In this 
 chapel, for the first time in my life, I have had liberty granted 
 me to select any hymn in the book, for the service ; and I 
 assure you^ I have laxuriated anudst some of the moat sub- 
 litne and beautiM poetry in the collection ; which, thouj^ 
 trften admired, I never before dared to offer in tiie sanctuary. 
 Years ago, I copied the following lines firom one of the poeii, 
 and lometiines in the oourte of my travels, have had them 
 24 
 
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 278 
 
 outiUfQ iiABoaa ur uyirpool. 
 
 delightfullj reaHzed ; but never as in the Great llonjor street 
 Wealeyan chapel, and throughout Buoh a tuccession of 
 •ervioes : — 
 
 •• The iUmo«d pnaobw yield* to potent •tnOn, 
 And feeli that gruoe hit prayer betonght in T»in | 
 liie bleMing tbHlIt throngh all the laboring throng, 
 And heaven la won by tlolenoe of atmg." 
 
 Of the final reaulta of his labors in lAverpool, Mr. 
 Caughdj thus writes : — 
 
 I spent fiye months in liverpool, preachod one hundred 
 and twenty t^mes, delivered five Temperance lectures, and a 
 few Missionary speeches. From books kept by different sec- 
 retaries, we learned that more than thirteen hundred persons 
 found peace with God. I see, however, by a sermon on the 
 revival, lately published by the Rev. John H. James, that 
 he estimates the number at one thousand ; but in a private 
 letter to me, he says the number is much understated, for pru- 
 dential reasons. It is an eloquent and excellent production, 
 and a masterly defence of the revival. About sir hundred 
 of the above were members of the Wesleyan church when 
 they were converted. What the increase to the church is 
 likely to be, I have not yet learned. 
 
 The night previous to my leaving liverpool, I had the 
 pleasure of taking tea with about five hundred parsons, in 
 the school-room of Great Homer street chapel ; after which 
 we adjourned to the chapel, where we had an excellent 
 
 meeting. 
 
 Twelve speakers, local preachers and leaders, had been 
 appointed for the occasion, linuted to ten minutes each. The 
 Eev. Mr. Farrar occupied the cwur. Several appropriate 
 resolutions were phused in the hands of the persons referred 
 to, for the adoption of the meeting. 
 
 I was charmed with the intelligenoi, good sense, and d^ 
 
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 OLObiNO LABORS IN LIVBRPOOL. 
 
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 )at Iloijucr street 
 I lucceasion of 
 
 Ttini 
 throng, 
 
 liverpool, Mr. 
 
 od one hundred 
 e lectures, and a 
 
 by different sec- 
 hundred persons 
 
 a sermon on the 
 1 H. James, that 
 but in a prirate 
 erstated, for pru- 
 )llent production, 
 K>ut sir hundred 
 an church when 
 
 to the church ia 
 
 rpool, I had the 
 dred parsons, in 
 ipel ; after which 
 Lad an excellent 
 
 leaders, had been 
 nutes each. The 
 veral appropriate 
 ) persons referred 
 
 >od sense, and di> 
 
 tine unction, by which the speeches were distinguished ; 
 some of them, too, were really eloquent. The ol '.s must 
 have boen salutary, especially upon the minds of the young 
 converts, many of whom were present. 
 
 Your friend made the closing speech, but hii emoUons 
 were too deep and powerful for him to find words readily to 
 express himself. The kind address of Mr. Farrar, full of 
 love, and the delicate and touching allusions of the brethren, 
 were almost too much for his sensitive nature to sustain. The 
 service closed by prayer, and singing that beautiful hymn in 
 yoia hymn-book — surprised not to find it in the Wesley an 
 collection : — 
 
 " thoa Qod of mj aslration." 
 
 They had, however, a great many copies of it printed, and 
 set to a piece of music, called " Caughey." Mr. Ashton 
 did it great justice with the powerful organ ; and the congre- 
 gation united as if they had been accustomed to it for years. 
 The Lord, has a precious people in Liverpool. Although 
 I had many sore exercises of mind, while there, and was with 
 them "in weakness and in fear, and in much trembling," 
 (1 Cor. ii. 3,) they bore with me, and upheld me in the arms 
 of faith and prayer. He also, who knew my Weaknesses, 
 provided me with pleasant homes at the houses of Mr. Fannin 
 and Mr. Banning, of whom mention was made in a former 
 letter. In the bosom of these amiable families, my drooping 
 mind was often cheered. The day I parted with them shall 
 never be forgotten. 
 
 ** Frieudthip 1 myitarioni oem«nt of the loiil, -, 
 8wMt«n«r of lift, and loldor of loclety, 
 I owe the* much ; 
 
 Thoa hMt deienred team me ikr, fkr beyond 
 What I cwi e'er repay. 
 Oft hare I prored the labor of thy Ioto, 
 And the warm efforts of the gentle heart 
 To pleate." 
 
 
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 CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 OKBAT RBVIVAL IN LEEDS. 
 
 No introduction seems necessary to this chapter unless we 
 call on the spiritual reader to rejoice in God for the wonder- 
 ful work it describes, or stimulate the minister who may 
 peruse it to emulate Mr. Caughej's success. Let every min- 
 ister inquire, as he reads, why all of us who are called of 
 Ood do not count our aecda by thousands instead of by units ? 
 Who? Who is in fault? Or is it not the will of God to 
 grant the like measure of his Spirit to all ? Who can solve 
 the interesting question ? 
 
 On ttt ilst of April, 1848, 1 left Liverpool for Leeds, by 
 rtulway, ninety miles, where I arrived at half past seven 
 in the evening, and put up at the house of a Idnd friend, the 
 Rev. William Loid, and received a cordial welcome. 
 
 Tbe evening after my arrival in Leeds, through the kind- 
 ness of the Rev. William Lord, Superintendent of the Leeds 
 First Circuit, I had the pleasure of taking tea with a few of 
 the princip&l friends. All appeared to be deeply anxious for 
 a revival of the work of God. My soul was much encour- 
 a<;ed by the congeiuality of spirit I felt with these excellent 
 peraons. It was agreed that we should commence efforts for 
 a revival in the Oxford Place chapel, which we did on the 
 evening of the 23d of April, and concluded on the 5th of 
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 ORBAT RIYIVAL IN LNDS. 
 
 281 
 
 D8. 
 
 aptor unless we 
 
 for the wonder- 
 
 ister who may 
 
 Let every min- 
 
 are oalled of 
 ead of by units ? 
 
 1 will of God to 
 Who oan solve 
 
 ol for Leeds, by 
 half past seven 
 kind fiiend, the 
 olcome. 
 
 rough the kind- 
 3nt of the Leeds 
 la with a few of 
 3oply anxious for 
 » much encour- 
 i these excellent 
 mence efforts for 
 I we did on the 
 1 on the 5th of 
 
 May. Daring that time the congregations were small, and 
 only about thirty persons professed to have found peace. A 
 meeting of the preachers was then called, and the Superin- 
 tendents of the four circuits, the Rev. Messrs. William 
 Lord; William Kelk, Thomas Harris, Alexander Straohan, 
 with their collcagties, met, and after much conversation upon 
 the work of God, it was agreed that I should visit the circuits 
 in succession, and spend two weeks in each. Although my 
 judgment was averse to such hasty movements, having al- 
 ways succeeded best in staying five or six weeks in a chapel, 
 yet I gave up my will to surrounding counsellors, and our 
 future proceedings were settled on the two weeks plan ; at 
 least, until each of the circuits should have had a visitation. 
 On the 7th of May, I opened my commission in St. Peter's 
 chapel, (Third Circuit,) and m the evening of the same day, 
 we found that twenty-nine sinners had been converted to God, 
 one half of whom were backsliders. The following eveiling 
 the Rev. William Cattle preached a powerful sermon, and 
 thirty-five found peace, through the blood of the Lamb ; 
 many of these were members, who had long een groaning 
 under condemnation for sin. We continued the meetings in 
 this chapel with similar success till the 20th inst., when the to- 
 tal number converted w&^' two hundred and fifty ; of these, one 
 hundred and twenty-eight were members, fifty-one backslid- 
 ers, and the remaining seventy-three were from the world ; 
 of these, many were from adjacent towns, so that the actual 
 increase will be very small, but the amount of good to the 
 church of God cannot be estimated. On Saturday night, 
 the 21 St inst., we held the usual band-meeting, in the Old 
 St. Peter's chapel. You may not understand this distinction. 
 There are two chapels now standing upon the same premises. 
 The oM one is a plain substantial brick building, with a gal- 
 lery, on three sides, erected in Mr. Wesley's time ; the new 
 24* 
 
382 
 
 ttRlUT klVIVAL IN LllOfl. 
 
 MM, ft fow jai is diat«nt, ii a oommodious ediHo« of tho Mine 
 liiaterial, accotnniodatcfl ()erhn|)(i two thousaud four hntidrod 
 ponoQS, but more thaii three thousand hte Bometimet within 
 its wa*]!. The old chapel hae been unoocapied for eoveral 
 jeare, and many of the pews hare been removed. Ilore the 
 Weeleys and Fletcher often preached. 
 
 This was the fint Methodist chapel m Leeds; and from 
 the fc^owing account gLten by the Ilov. Charles Wesley^ of 
 a fbarfol accident, in which he was invoked with many oUicrs, 
 ■ueh a i^aoe of worship was greatly needed at that time : <* I 
 met the brethren at Leeds, and many others, in an old uppnr 
 room ; after singing, I shifted my place to draw them to tho 
 upper end. One desired me to come nearer the door, that 
 they might hear without. I removed again, and drew tho 
 weight of the people after me. In that instant tho floor 
 sunk. I lost my senses, but recovered them in a moment, 
 and was filled with power from above. I lifted, up my head 
 first, and saw the people under mo, heaps upon heaps. I 
 cried out, * Fear not ! Tlie Lord is with us. Our lives are 
 all safe ; and then, 
 
 * PraiM Qod from whom iXl bleitlngi flow,* 
 
 I lifted up the fiillen as fast as I oould, and perceived by 
 their countenances which were oar children; several of 
 whom were hurt, but none killed. We found, when the 
 dust and tumult were a little settled, that the rafters had 
 broken off short, dose by the mun beam. A womun lay 
 dangerously ill in a room below, on the opposite side, and a 
 child m the cradle, just under the ruins. But the sick wo- 
 man, calling the nurse a minute before, she carried the child 
 with her to the standing side, and all throe were preserved. 
 Another of the society was moved, she knew not why, to go 
 oat wil^ her diild just befiiro the room fell. Above one 
 
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 01IAT RIVIVAL IN LIBOB. 
 
 283 
 
 sdifioe of tho Mine 
 iaud four hundrod 
 BomeUines within 
 upied for Bovend 
 noved. Hor« the 
 
 Loeda ; and from 
 Iharlea Wosloy, of 
 
 with many othcra, 
 
 at that time : '* I 
 ts, in an old upper 
 
 draw them to tho 
 trer the door, that 
 ain, and drew tho 
 
 instant tho floor 
 liom in a moment, 
 lifted, up mj head 
 fl upon heaps. I 
 IS. Our lives are 
 
 and perceived bj 
 Iren; several of 
 I found, when iiie 
 li the rafters had 
 1. A woman lay 
 pposite side, and a 
 
 Bat the siok wo- 
 e carried the child 
 )6 were preserved, 
 lew not why, to go 
 
 fell. Above (me 
 
 hundred lay with me among the wounded ; though I did nol 
 proporly fall, but fllid down softly, and lighted on my foet. 
 My hand was bruisod, and part c' tho skin rubbed off my 
 head. One sinter had her arm broken, and set immediately, 
 rejoicing with joy unflpoakublo. Another, strong in faith, 
 was so orujtbed that she expected instant death. I asktd 
 her, when she got to bed, whether she was not afnud to die. 
 She answered that she was without fear, even wlien she 
 thought her soul was departing ; and only sud, in oalm faith, 
 * Jesus, receive my spirit I ' Her bo<ly continues full of pain, 
 and her soul of love. A boy of eighteen was taken up, roar- 
 ing, ' I will be good ! I will be good ! ' I'hoy got hk leg 
 set, which was broken in two plooes. He had come as usual to 
 make disturbance, &nd struok several of the women going in, 
 till ono took him up stairs, for Providence to teach him b( iter. 
 
 " The news was soon spread through the town, and drow 
 many to the place, who expressed their compassion by wiab- 
 ing all our necks hod been broken. I preached out of (he 
 twwn in weariness and ptuufulness. The Lord was our strong 
 consolation however ; Mid I more clearly see that a hair oad- 
 Dot fall to the ground without our heavenly Father." 
 
 In the old sanctuary alluded to, Mr. Wesley held his twen- 
 ty-fifth Annual Conference, in 1769 ; during which it waB 
 detemuned to send out preachers to America. The printed 
 Minutes of that Conference now lie before me ; — 
 
 " Lebds, AuausT 1, 1769. 
 
 " Queation 18. — We have a pressing caU from our brethren 
 in New York (who have built a preaching-<house) tu com* 
 over and help them. Who is willing to go ? 
 
 " Answer. — Richard Boardman and Joseph Pilmoor. 
 
 ** QuuHon 14. — What can we do farther in token of cor 
 brotherly lovo ? 
 
** Aiuvfr. — Letoinjaka a collection among our««W#i. 
 Thla wftn immetiifttolj done, and out of it XfjO were allotted 
 towarda the payinont of their debt, and about X20 pron to 
 our brethren for their pansage." 
 
 Mr. We«le^ lays in hi« Journal : •• Sunday, July 80, 1709, 
 Mr. Crook Iwing out of order, I read prayem and preached 
 in Hunilot church,* both morning and afternoon. At ft\o, I 
 preached at Leechi, and on Monday, 8Ut, prepared all thin«« 
 for the enauing Conference. Tueiday, l«t, it began, and a 
 more loving one we never had. On Tucmday, I mentioned 
 the cane of otir brethren in New York, who had built the fimt 
 Methodist preaching-houae La America, who were in great 
 want of money, but much more of preachem." 
 
 The part of the chapel where Boardman and Pilmoor 
 ■tood, when they offered thomaelves for the service in Amer- 
 ica, waa pointed out to me to the right of the pulpit undortha 
 gallery. What interest do past events afford us when the 
 results are fully unfolded ! At the time of the above Con- 
 ference, the number of Methodists throughout Great Britain 
 and Ireland did not rc- 'h exceed 28,000. The infant society 
 in America was too smalt *o be worthy of notice. This war 
 the entire of Methodism in the world. Now, America 
 alone numbers one million of raembors —ministered unto by 
 four thousand travelling preachers, besides four hundred su- 
 peranuated or worn out preachers, and eight thousand local 
 preaohers.f Thus, Sir, you will perceive that the preachers 
 alone of the Methodist Episcopal Church, are equal to the 
 standing army of the United Spates! — an event this that 
 Mr. Wesley and the members of that Conference little antici- 
 pated. The number of members in Great Britain and 
 
 «' A ihort w»lk tram whew I tm now writing— Urohfl«ld Houn^ Hnntlat 
 lane, near LMdt. 
 * Their nnmbar iIbm 184< hM oontidmUily InonaMd. 
 
 k 
 
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 imong ourMlvM. 
 ^'>0 wore allottod 
 ut £20 ffvoa to 
 
 J, July 80, 17(19, 
 era aiid preoohod 
 n<M)n. At A\o, I 
 ■opared all tllin^■ 
 , it began, and a 
 lay, I mentioned 
 had built the timk 
 10 wore in greal 
 m." 
 
 iftn and Pilmoor 
 service in Amcp- 
 
 pulpit undorth« 
 ITord us when the 
 ' the above Con- 
 3ut Qroat Britain 
 rhe infant stxjiety 
 lotico. This wat 
 
 Now, America 
 linistcred unto by 
 four hundred su- 
 ;ht thousand local 
 hat the preacher* 
 are equal to the 
 
 1 event this that 
 Tenoe little antioi* 
 ■oat Britain and 
 
 ahfltld HooiM, Han*l«t 
 
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 UIUUT liMVIVAb IN LWU>.>t. 
 
 tt6 
 
 Ireland, and in forei|<n staliona, under tli^t «ar« of tlio BHtiali 
 and Iriiilt Wotiloyan t'tmforuucnH, in uuarly half a million; 
 and about fiiloun huntlred and fifty vfflciuut miui«tflra, b«!sides 
 ■u|)einuuiorury and sufMirannuatod proochera. Tlicro ore, 
 besidoM, ill Kuro|>« and America, nut far short of half a 
 million of MeUxxliiits under diffuront titles ; such as i'rimi- 
 Uve Association, Iude|>eftduut, New Connexion, Can&dian, 
 and Protestant Methoduts, etc. All these have their rcs|)ect> 
 ive ministcrg ; and though they differ in the mode of church 
 government, tltoy preach the same doctrines which VVesluy 
 taught, and arc, I trust, aiming at the glory of Ood, tho 
 •onveraion of sinnen, and tho salvation of a lost world. 
 
 It appears from the Minutoti alluded to, that tlio name of 
 Francis Asbury,* did not stand in tho list of preachers in 
 ftiU connection, till tho Conference of 1709, as also lUchard 
 Whatooat. Their names are placed next each other. ■ A»- 
 bury, it seems, was admitted on trial tm a preacher in 1707, 
 and was received into full connection in 170H. 
 
 When Hoardman and Pilmoor offered thomsolvos for th« 
 American work, Asbury little thought what hard labors 
 and exalted honors awtutod him m that countryf Pilmoor 
 was admitted into fiiU connection in 170(1, in Leeds ; 
 three years after, in th« same place, he voluutcerod for 
 America. 
 
 It was not till the Bristol Conference, 1771, that Francis 
 Asbury was appointed to Uie Western world. Tho twenty- 
 sixth question on the Minutes of that Conference roads Urns: 
 " Our brethren in America call aloud for help. Who are 
 willing to go over and help them ? Answer: Five are will- 
 ing to go." The two appointed were Francis Asbury and 
 Richard Wright. In the appointment of these servants of 
 God, especially Asbury, how evident does it appear to us 
 
 • Afterwudi Bi*hop Aibaty. 
 
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 286 
 
 «lUUt RIVtVAL IN LHMOa. 
 
 J 
 
 now, that Mr. Wwl«y »nd the |.r«»flhfln W9m MmncM by 
 thffl wuno •i.irit that directed the niiiwU of lh« a|w«tlcii, wh«n 
 Paul and BanmhM were BoiArated from othcw, for the 
 •pecial work to which they were called by the Holy Ohott. 
 Act* xiii. 2. IVrhapa thow remark* may load you to pro- 
 cure Aabury'i Jour ^l ; if you have not seen it, ! can 
 recoinm.'nd it with Rroat pleai-ire. About t«m ytars ago, I 
 road it, and mado the following entry in my Journal: " Au- 
 guat 14th. Week before taut I fininhcd rca<ling the itecond 
 and thinl volumes of Anbury'i Journal. My mind fro<jmmtly 
 paiwod in amaio while, I truat, it rocoived IcMona never to 
 bo forgotten. What a man of God ! Ho »nd the work of 
 an evangelist indeed, and made full proof of hia ministry. 
 The continent wna hi« circuit, and he travelled round it with 
 the regidarity of a Methodist preacher. After taking on« 
 of his tours, in which he had endured great hardships and 
 sufTercd much pain, he learned that an old woman had been 
 awakened and converted through his instrumcnUlity ; ha 
 exclaimed, ' Glory be to God ! I wiU take courage from this, 
 and go round the continent again.' I have read Mr. Wes- 
 ley's Journal with equal attention, and my conviction is, that 
 what the latter was to Methodism in Great BriUin and 
 Ireland, such was the former to Methodism in America. 
 Although Mr. Asbury suffered loss from riotous mobs, and 
 other iH'rsecutions, than did Mr. Wesley, yet he endured 
 more from bad health, bad roads, bad beds, indifferent food, 
 climbing mountains, fording rivers, together with the extremoa 
 of a rigorous climate, in traversing the wilderness of Amer- 
 ica, tm he was old and grayheaded, than the venerabla 
 founder of Methodism, when in his travels, itinerating through 
 the more highly cultivated countries of England, Ireland, and 
 Scotland. Add to these, the heavy responsibility of an epia- 
 copaoy^— the stationing of the preachers over such a wide 
 
T 
 
 I 
 
 wmra ihflufinccd hy 
 th« a|n)Ktlfii, whnn 
 im othcni, for thu 
 ly tho Holy Oho«l. 
 iy load you to |)ro- 
 lot iociii it, ! can 
 lit ten ytarw aj^o, I 
 ny Journal : •* Au^ 
 ri*a(lin|,( tho wcon<l 
 ^ly uaiul froquontly 
 sd leMom nover to 
 le did the work of 
 Kif of hm ministry, 
 rolled round it with 
 Aflor taking one 
 ^eat hardship* and 
 Id woman had been 
 instrumcnUUty ; he 
 courage from this, 
 ave read Mr. Wet- 
 ly conviction is, that 
 Great Britain and 
 lodism in America. 
 Q riotous mobs, and 
 ey, yet he endured 
 ^ds, indifferent food, 
 er with tho extremes 
 ifildemess of Amer- 
 than the venerable 
 i, itinerating through 
 ugland, Ireland, and 
 lonsibility of an epts- 
 irs over such a widtt 
 
 ORBAT aiVlVAL IN bSBM. 
 
 •itont of tflr.ltorji— prifllding at at! the annual eonfrr- 
 ences, — baaniig th* nproachcn of sonio, and tho murmur- 
 iiig of others, in tho itincranoy ; and all this unit4)d for many 
 jeam, with almost uuintcrrupted bad huulth, — I cioHed the 
 la«t voliuno, aayinj^, I <loubt whether, since tlm dnyx of the 
 A|)ostlca, a man could bo ninglcd out who has labored so 
 long and so hunl, and endurvtl fw) ro^ ' witliout sufTuriug 
 martyrdom, a» tho He v. HiHhop Anbury." 
 
 I'anlon thin long di(',r«'r)iion ; but to return to tho old 
 ohapul ; the Kor. Thomas llarriri, Hu|)i<rint«nd«ut, partly to 
 gratify me. and nUo to accommtMtato the unuHuul number 
 expected to atU'ud tho Sutunlay night band-mootinu, had 
 tho sacred spot prepared for our roccption. I can ncarcoly 
 describe my sonsatioim, on taking my seat with the other 
 ministers, and glancing round tho venerable edifice. Mr. 
 Wesley was fond of largo ptdpits ; this one is capable of 
 holding seven or eight |)onioiui very comfortably. Wo had 
 a noble assembly, many of them tho choicest saintM of (iI<k1 ; 
 and this " holy house," tho birthplace of thounuiuls now in 
 glory, and where multitudes, low in tho dust, wonihip|>ed in 
 years gone by, was, once more, vocal with the praises of God 
 and the loud hallelujahs of his {)Ooplo. 
 
 Never before have I seen or hoanl so many witne^uics for 
 entire sanctification. Tho deep and rich exporienco of the 
 fathers and mothers in Israel, who had long enjoyed this 
 blessing, mingled with tho ardent and decided testimonies 
 of those who ha<l been lately puriBcd, more than eighty of 
 whom, during the last two weeks, had experienced the bless- 
 edness of those who are pure in heart. Towards tho close 
 of the meeting, Mr. Harris, observing the intense feelings of 
 those who were seeking purity, requested such to retire into 
 an adjoimng clas»-room, and that a few loaders would assist 
 thorn b prayer. Many did so ; and between twenty and 
 
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 288 
 
 ORSAT BnVIVAL IN LSEDS. 
 
 thirty obtained the blessing of a clean heart, ^hile wo con- 
 tinued the eervice in the chapel. 
 
 This is truly a great and glorious revival of holiness. If 
 proper care bo taksn of these precious believers, and the 
 blessing kept fully before the people from the pulpit, the 
 entire church may soon bo a leavened and holy people unto 
 the Lord. Were the preachers, after these special services 
 shall have ceased in the town, to approuriate one night in the 
 week to preach expressly upon entire sanctification, it would 
 greatly tend to this desirable result ; and those who have 
 beer made clean woula then, it Is most likely, be preserved. 
 God sanctifies the people by belief of the truth, John xvii. 17, 
 — truth charly^ pointedlt/, and frequently preached. Where 
 the pulpit is silent, or indistinct, or has long intervals upon 
 the doctrine of entire holiness, it is seldom you will find 
 many clear on these " deep things of God," and few pro- 
 fessing their reception. My soul has often paused, in holy 
 awe and adoring wonder, in marking ho»f closely the Holy 
 Ghost attends with his blcasing the frequent exhibition, from 
 the pulpit, of this glorious privilege oi all believers. I have 
 observed, during this revival, that when justification has been 
 the subject of discourse, few have professed sanctification ; 
 but invariably, when holiness has been the theme, many have 
 been the witnesses of purity of heart.. Whatever class of 
 truth, it would appear, is brought to bear upon a congregation, 
 the Holy Spirit condescends to make that the medium of an 
 according blessing. Perhaps it is on the same principle we 
 can accounli for the fact, that in those congregations where 
 justification by faith and the witness of the Spirit are not 
 preached, few, if any, are raised up to testiiy that Jesus 
 Christ hath power upon earth to forgive sins ; whereas, just 
 the contrary takes place where these are clearly and fully 
 preached. 
 
>8. 
 
 cart, Trhile vro con- 
 
 ul of holiness. If 
 believers, and the 
 om the pulpit, the 
 id holy people unto 
 ese special services 
 [ite one night in the 
 ictification, it would 
 nd those who have 
 kely, be preserved, 
 nth, John xvii. 17, 
 I preached. Where 
 long intervals upon 
 ildom you will find 
 jod," and few pro- 
 len paused, in holy 
 p^ closely the Holy 
 lent exhibition, frctn 
 1 believers. I have 
 justification has been 
 jssed sanctification ; 
 le theme, many have 
 
 Whatever class of 
 ipon a congregation, 
 it the medium of an 
 le same principle we 
 iongregations where 
 r the Spirit are not 
 ) testily that Jesus 
 
 sins; whereas, just 
 ire clearly and fully 
 
 
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 imm 
 
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 GHKAT REVIVAL IN LEEDS. 
 
 289 
 
 On Sabbath, 22d instiut, we commenced a series of reli- 
 gious services in the Webley Chapel, (Fourth Leeds Circuit,) 
 text, 1 Thess. v. 16 — 18. After service, I diued with the 
 celebrated author of "The Village Blacksmith," the Rev. 
 Jt mes Everett. He is a most agreeable man, full of good 
 humor; a fine illustration of Prov. iii. 17. Pleased I am of 
 having had an opportunity of forming an acquaintance with 
 him. He resides in the city of York, and is here to preach 
 epecia.1 sermons in behalf of an institution belonging to a neigh- 
 boring Wesleyan chapel. Has his life of Dawson made its 
 appearance in America ? It would be made a gi-eat blessing, 
 I am sure, to the local preachers of the Methodist Episco- 
 pal Church, and, indeed, to the regular ministry. If it haa 
 not yet been republished in the United States, you might 
 make the suggestion to the Book Committee in New York. 
 
 In the evening, to a large congregation, I cried, " How 
 long halt ye between two opinions ? " Twenty-five persons 
 decide i for heaven, laid down their arqts at the feet of Jesus, 
 and obtained redemption throu^ his blood, the for^veness 
 of sins. 
 
 I spent th«» last two weeks, most agreeably, at the house 
 of Mr. Kinder, of the St. Peter's Circuit, where I was hos- 
 pitably entertained. At the mansion of Mr. Holdsworth, 
 where I am at present, I enjoy every comfort that a Chris- 
 tian could desire. The ministerti of this circuit, the Rev. 
 Alexander Strachan, Superintendent, and the Rev. Wilson 
 Brailsford and Thomas Lewellyn, are exceedingly kind, and 
 take a rejoicing interest in the revival. 
 
 You desire my opinion in the case of * * * , and • • * . 
 I consider them both in the extreme of that species of wrong 
 which should be rectified if they desire to save their souls 
 ftmx perdition. To the firtty 1 would say, let him see to it 
 tiiat Us own soul is in a ae^fe state, before he allow himself to 
 26 
 
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 290 
 
 GREAT RKVIVAL IN LPEDS. 
 
 indulge in such uncharitable and wholesale accusations. It 
 frequently happens, that those who are constant in the 017, 
 " Woo, woe, woe to the church and her ministers, because 
 thny have fallen from Ood," are really in that state them- 
 selves, and shall eventually share, unless they repent, in the 
 same woes they have denounced against others. Josephus 
 tells us of a man, afflicted in mind, near the time of the 
 downfall of Jerusalem, who ran about the city, crying, "Woe 
 to the city, woo to the temple, woe to the priests, woo to the 
 people ; and, last of all, woe to myself! " at which words he 
 was slain on tho walls, by a stone out of a sling. I think it 
 is Plutarch who says, " They who delight to gad abroad, for 
 the most part have smoky, nasty, or dankish houses, or at 
 least, ill rule and no content at home ; so when men range 
 abroad, and play the spies and scouts, and pry into other 
 mer's actions, it is a sign that they have a foul houte at 
 home, and ill rule in Oieir oum conscience." I shall borrow 
 the language of another, in speaking to the case of the 
 second. "£mtdati(m has been termed a spur to virtue, and 
 assumes to be a spur of gold. But it is a spur composed of 
 baser materials, and if tried in the furnace, will be found to 
 want that fixedneaa which is the characteristic of gold. He 
 that pursues virtue only to surpass others, is not far from 
 wishing others less forward than himself; and he that rejoices 
 too much at his own perfections, will be too little grieved 
 over the defects of other men. We might also insist upon 
 this, that true virtue, although the most humble of all things, 
 is the most progressive ; it must persevere to the end. But, 
 as Alexander scorned the Olympic games because ther. 
 were r.o kings to contend with, so he that starts only to out- 
 strip others will suspend his exertions when that is attained ; 
 and self-love will, in many cases, incline him to stooj^for the 
 prize even before he has obtained the victory. But the 
 
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 GREAT REVIVAL IN LEEDS. 
 
 201 
 
 3 accusations. It 
 instant in the cry, 
 ministers, because 
 that state thcm- 
 hoy repent, in the 
 others. Josephus 
 r the time of the 
 jity, crying, "Woe 
 priests, woe to the 
 at which words he 
 sling. I think it 
 to gad abroad, for 
 kish houses, or at 
 
 when men range 
 ad pry into other 
 
 1 a fovX koute at 
 " I shall borrow 
 
 the case of the 
 ipur to virtue, and 
 spur composed of 
 ;, will be found to 
 istic of gold. He 
 rs, is not far from 
 nd he that rejoices 
 ) too little grieved 
 it also insist upon 
 mble of all things, 
 to the end. But, 
 ics because ther. 
 otarts only to out- 
 n that is attained ; 
 im to stooj^for the 
 nctory. But ike 
 
 I 
 
 views of the Christian are fnoro (Jxtonsivo, and more endur- 
 ing; hia ambition is not to concnior others, but himself , and 
 he unbuckles his armor only for his shroud. 
 
 What you mention tow&rd the close of your letter, I con- 
 sider to bo one of the moat tou(;hing beauties of holiness ; to 
 bo enabled to aim at pleasing God in every thing, and to 
 seek and find our first happiness in him. Wo may say of 
 such a principle, as an old philosopher said of the soul, «' It 
 is in the whole body, and in every part of it." This is what 
 our Lord meant by the single eye ; and when wo have this 
 singleness of intention, of pleasing him in all things, and 
 purity of afiection at all times, and in all places end circum- 
 stances ; then our whole body shall bo full of light. An oU'. 
 divine tolls us, that holiness in ouv hearts should bo as the 
 lungs in our bodies, in continual motion ; and tiiat holiness 
 in our lives must run through all our woi-ds and conduct, as 
 the woof through tlie whole web. 
 
 Your ideas on hope, are plausible, perhaps sound ; but we 
 must die to know. If such sentiments load you to " a closer 
 walk wiUi God," and to te more entirely devoted to him, I 
 can see no harm in indulging them ; but a poet, when spoak- 
 mg of heaven, says, — 
 
 •« Wh«w hope, th« 4WMt ilnger th»t gladdened the earth, 
 Lies Mleep on the boeom of hliw." 
 
 To this I know you will say, "Pretty, but not sound." 
 Well, have your own way. 
 
 The wvival is still progressing with considerable power. 
 In iny last, mention was made of the commencement of 
 ipecial services in Wesley chapel. I continued my eflforta 
 there two weeks, but was disabled part of the time from 
 doing much by an obstinate hoarseness. The results wer« 
 good, but more than the half of those converted at Wesley 
 were members of society. There is evidentiy a groat move 
 
ORBAT REVIVAL IN LEEDS. 
 
 in this town, but it is singularly confined to professors of 
 religion under oar observation. Tho report is brought 
 weekly. The revival does not grapple with tho people of 
 tho world to the extent that one would expect, and this 
 discourages me. Abou^ fifty persons were converted, who 
 were not members of society, (at Wesley chapel,) but, on 
 looking over the list, I perceive twenty of these wore (rbm 
 the country, several from other churches in town, and a few 
 from the other Leeds circuits, so that the poor society at 
 Wesley has been, I fear, but little improved as to numbers, 
 but greatly so in piety, when we consider the conversion of 
 so many of her backslidden and unconverted members. 
 
 On Sabbath morning, 4th of June, I opened my commis- 
 sion in the Brunswick chapel, Leeds first Circuit. The 
 Rev. William Kelk, Superintendent ; his colleagues are the 
 Rev. Francis A. West and George T. Perks. Twenty 
 souls wore converted the first night. This is an elegant 
 chapel, and a very intelligent and influential congregation. 
 My labors among them have been lutherto with great satis- 
 faction and comfort to my own mind. We have hot wit^ 
 nessed a single pause in the revival. Sinners are converted, 
 and believers sanctified duly ; but, on glancing at the secre- 
 tary's book a short time s'jice, I was amazed at the largeness 
 of the list of members professing conversion ; and my troubled 
 heart has exclaimed again and again. Why is this ? I should 
 have told you, that to prevent exaggerated reports as well 
 &8 to afford a clue to the residence of those who obtun salva- 
 tion, we have a person appointed to converse immediately 
 with those who profess conrendon or sanctification. He has 
 a book lined off into columns, and headed thus : Date, Name, 
 Residence, Justification, Sanctification, In society, From tiie 
 world. From other circuits, From other chorohes. Leader, 
 Observations. By this sheet we know at the end of each 
 
 I 
 
0R8AT nBVIVAIj IN LBBD8. 
 
 298 
 
 [ to professon of 
 oport is brought 
 ith tho people of 
 expect, and thifl 
 e converted, who 
 
 chapel,) but, on 
 
 these wore fr6m 
 1 town, and a few 
 ) poor society at 
 id as to numbers, 
 bhe conversion of 
 ed members, 
 med my commis- 
 it Circuit. The 
 olleagues are the 
 Perks. Twenty 
 ilia is an elegant 
 ial congregation. 
 
 with great satis* 
 re have hot wit- 
 9rs are converted, 
 sing at the secre- 
 1 at the largeness 
 
 and my troubled 
 s this ? I should 
 
 reports as well 
 who obtun salva* 
 jrse immediately 
 [cation. He has 
 lis: Date, Name, 
 lociety, From the 
 lurohes, Leader, 
 the end of each 
 
 ' 
 
 week tho exact state of tho work, so far at least as the sub- 
 jects of it have coino bcforo tho leaders' moctiiij;, and ar- 
 rangements inado to visit those [lorsona at their houses who 
 have promiaod to moot in clwjs, or who may have rcciuoatcd a 
 few days for consido.ation. Tho plan is excellent, but I am 
 notable to inform you, oa yet, how far it hna been carried 
 out. It is certainly no small task ; for instanco, on Sabbath, 
 i8th inst., one hundred persons professed justification, and 
 forty-two sanctification; now, allowing tho half of those jus- 
 tified to have been from the world, here is considerable labor 
 immediately spread before tho pastors and official members, 
 as the result of one day. How great the resi^onsibility ! 
 When men cry to Ood for a revival, they Uttlo think, if grant- 
 ed, the amomit of care and labor it must bring in its train. 
 On Saturday night last, we concluded the » protracted 
 meeting " in the Brunswick chapel. A few evenings previous, 
 we had a meeting for tho new converts, similar to those I 
 have described in other letters. We had a most gracious 
 
 season. 
 
 On Saturday mght, in the band-meeting, tho Rev. Mr. 
 Kelk gave an account of the advancement of tho work of 
 God, during the last month of special services in Brunswick 
 chapel. Documents were produced, from which it was as- 
 certained, that during the above time, tho total number pro- 
 fessing to have obtamed justification and sanclification ware 
 about six hundred. Two hundred and forty-four of these 
 were cases of sanctification. One hundred and fifty-six 
 members of society justified,* and the remaimng two hun- 
 dred were sinners converted from the world. Upwards of 
 fifty of the latter were from the country, and the rest distribu- 
 ted among the four circuits in town, and other churches ; so 
 that, comparatively, Brunswick wUl have but a smaU increase. 
 
 » Bomui T. !• 
 
 2&* 
 
294 
 
 QR!(AT RBVIVAL IN UIKDS. 
 
 My heart is greatly atisched to the society and congregaticn 
 of fi. They are a lovely people, and showed me much re- 
 Ifj^ot and kindness, as did their excellent ministers. My 
 homes, at the hospitable mansions of Mr. Heigham, Mr. 
 Smith, and Mr. Shann, where 1 am at present, have been 
 every thing I could desire. You will see, therefore, that my 
 stay on the circuit has been most agreeable. " 0, to grace, 
 how great a debtor ! " I believe no chapel within the claim 
 of Methodism could produce a greater number of talented 
 and devoted leaders than those which belong to the Bruns- 
 wick chapel, Leeds. My drooping soul was often enlivened 
 and warmed by theur life and glowing zeal during the con- 
 flict. I am sorry that they have received such a small in- 
 orease; but the real good diffused throughout the entire 
 society cannot be estimated by numbers. This revival was 
 needed, and if they take the proper advantage of their pres^ 
 ent position, they shall see far greater things than these ; 
 at lease, were the revival efforts to be begun now at Brun^ 
 wick, I should expect a mighty and glorious work. 
 
 The ministers and leaders of the Oxford place chapel have 
 j^ven me a pressing invitation to spend a few weeks 
 with them, which has been accepted. Yesterday morning, 
 (Sabbath, July 2,) we commenced "special services " there. 
 I enjoyed^a good degree of liberty on Col. i. 19. In the af- 
 ternoon, I assisted the Rev. Mr. West in the administration 
 of the Lord's Supper, at Brunswick chapel. It was a gra- 
 cious season, and the number of communicauits unusually 
 large. Returned to Oxford Place in the evening, and 
 preached to (some say) four thousand ))eople. Twenty-fiv« 
 rinners were c<Hiyerted to God. 
 
 m 
 
ad congregation 
 d me much re- 
 ninistere. My 
 
 Heigham, Mr. 
 sent, have been 
 jreforo, that my 
 
 " 0, to grace, 
 rithin the claim 
 iber of talented 
 ig to the Bruns- 
 oflen enlivened 
 daring the con- 
 iuch a small in- 
 bout the entire 
 Ilia revival was 
 ■fi of their prea- 
 igs than these; 
 I now at Bruns* 
 work. 
 
 ice chapel have 
 a few weeks 
 ^rday morning, 
 ervices " there. 
 19. In the af- 
 ) administration 
 
 It was a grar 
 
 sants unusually 
 
 D evening, and 
 
 Twenty-ave 
 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 
 THB OFVBMDBD HEARER* 
 
 At Leeds, aa elsewhere, Mr. Caughey found those who 
 could not endure hU apostolic simplicity and faithfulness. 
 They were wounded sorely. Some of them vented their 
 anger in letters addressed to the offending preacher. To 
 some of those letters Mr. C. repUed. I have inserted enough 
 of hia answers to make a chapter. The reader wUl agree with 
 me that it furnishes a model of faithful dealing with oifended 
 hearers. Any nunister having such hearers may benefit 
 them by calling their attention to these pointed appeals and 
 reaaonings. 
 
 It is not the first time I have been called a "fool," and 
 designated by other kindred epithets ; but it seems the fool 
 has drawn your portrait " to the life." I am not at all 3m«- 
 prised that you are displeased. Had it been otherwise, I 
 should have suspected myself a flatterer. A few months 
 previous to my leaving America, I was requested to sit for 
 my portrait ; and deprecating that which you prefer, I charged 
 the artist to delineate my coarse features on the canvass aa 
 they were, without one hue or Imeament of flattery. When 
 busUy engaged in his art, I inquired whether people were 
 not aometimes vexed with him about their pictures. He un- 
 deratood me. "0 yea! but I endeavor to avoid that." 
 «♦ By what means ? " "0 Sir, I can readily diaoem from 
 
 296 
 
fM 
 
 THK OKrKNDKU HEARER. 
 
 the Individual who situ, whether he would profor the portrait 
 !:ioro handsumo ttian hinuclf ; thou, Kir, I flatter a littlo ; but 
 t(rhcn I di«covcr that my subjoct desires a fac-simile of him- 
 self, I am at it in tmth and honesty. Such are never of- 
 fended." Ah ! I thought, this may do for a portrait-paint- 
 er, but not for a muiister of Christ. Tlio portrait may not 
 affect the eternal interests of the painter or his friend ; but it 
 is quite a different thing, when the features of a hearer's heart 
 and morals are portrayed. " You paint well." Thank you 
 for the compliment. *' What mas' <)r did you study under ? " 
 Ask your conscience ; but ore you lifted the pen, it gave the 
 answer. 
 
 " Your flourishes and figures, your flowers and hell-flro 
 images of terror, and noisy uproar, are a strange and harm- 
 less compound." Ay, if they are orAy painted they will bum 
 nobody. Who was over burned by painted fire ? I have 
 seen the thbg exquisitely managed, so as to deceive the eye, 
 but never the touch; but this "highly-colored" fire has 
 ■corchod you. How is this ? There must have been some- 
 thing more than paint. I have looked upon lions, (these 
 are " images of terror,") sculptured in marble, stamped on 
 paper, and carved in wood, well-pro jwrtioned, and skilfully 
 colored ; but they neither roared nor devoured. So far from 
 exciting terrir, 1 have amused myself watching the little 
 birds hopping into their open mouths, and playing among 
 their teeth. Have not my *' images of terror " had quite a 
 different effect upon you ? Why this ill humor? Why de- 
 clare you will never hear mo again? Why, unless the 
 .imagery represented realities of a terrible nature, in which 
 you believed, and for which you felt yourself totally unpre- 
 pared ? " The lion hath roared, who will not fear ? The 
 Lord hath spoken, who can but prophesy ?^" Amoaiii. 8. 
 A glow-worm resembles fire ; but it is light without heat. 
 
 
 T 
 
liiMM 
 
 TBI OrriNDID HKARI^n. 
 
 297 
 
 refer th« portrait 
 ittcr a little ; but 
 iic-siinile of bim- 
 ich are never of- 
 a portrait-paint- 
 portrait may not 
 lifl friend ; but it 
 ' a hearer's heart 
 II." Thank you 
 1 study under ? " 
 I pen, it gave the 
 
 Brs and hell-flro 
 range and harm- 
 ted they will bum 
 d fire ? I hav6 
 deceive the eye, 
 lorcd" fire has 
 have been some- 
 non lions, (theso 
 irble, stamped on 
 ed, and skilfully 
 ed. So' far from 
 tching the little 
 1 playing among 
 or " had quite a 
 imor ? Why de- 
 V^hy, unless the 
 nature, in which 
 If totally unpre- 
 not fear? The 
 ?■" AmosiU. 8. 
 ght without heat. 
 
 1 
 
 God asks, "Is not my word like fire? and like a hammer, 
 to break the rook in pieces ? " Jor. xxiU. 29. And now, 
 resjKJCting the " noisy uproar " which has thrown you into 
 this consternation : — the other day, while walking on Wood- 
 house Moor, during the drilling of a regiment, the quick die- 
 charge of musketry suggested » images of terror ; " but 
 not quite so awful as those you had of hell and iu (lames tlie 
 other night. These were but the imagery of the battle-field, 
 wet with life's red current, covered with the dead and the 
 dying,—" hail of iron, and the rain of blood," driven on by 
 men nek-vjd for deeds of death. Nonsense ! The whole was 
 as harmless as a parcel of boys cracking whips. None were 
 wounded, none frightened ; all wore highly delighted. " We 
 go through bhmk motions here," said an old soldier to me, 
 "for we only use powder; this will do no execution, you 
 know." Had the guns been loaded with ball or shot, and 
 discharged among the spectators, how many hundreds would 
 have scampered from oflF the common, as did multitudes from 
 Oxford Place chapel, on Sabbath night, after sermon ! How 
 many would have been left on the ground, to weep over their 
 wounds ! Lives there a man iii Leeds, with a heart so hard, 
 as to rail agwnst their cries for surgical wd ? What an ex- 
 citement too would have taken place in the town ! Remon- 
 strances from all quarters, quite as violent as those in your 
 letter. Showing what? That there was something more 
 penetrating than "noise" on the Woodhouse Moor. 
 
 There were no "blank motions" on the night in question, nor 
 any harmless artillery. There was more than flashing, noisy 
 " powder." The sermon was charged with the truth of God, 
 and levelled, and fired among thousands. You stayed long 
 enough to see the sUiin of the Lord, for they were many, and 
 to hear their ones. Why did you fly, when you yourself 
 were wounded? We had a Physician there, who healed 
 
Wm Till omiNDin iirarkii. 
 
 Mores, nor would ho liavo rcjocted you, hiul you throwu ftwoy 
 jour weapons niid ik)u;;ht liiit lioaiiii^ |iower. 
 
 You httvo holjK'd 1110 to a goo<l idoa. A painter be^iiM with 
 tho hciwl. Tho dra|iory u a im>ro circuiiutauco, with whit'h 
 any dauh may nucccod. Tho head ahown tho master. Lek 
 him hit tho countonnnce well, or aa somo have it, " tho ox- 
 prosnion," and tlioro ia littlo difficulty with the rest. Home 
 •onnona aro like dra|)ery in |«inting, thoy will suit any Iwdy ; 
 often thoro in neither huail nor face, ho that all fovl ho means 
 DolMxly. Frccjuontly tho countenances aro sc numerous, 
 that everyone may Ik* meant, which, as any effect upon a 
 congregation may be equivalent to nothing ; and ex nihilo 
 nihil fit^ " of nothing comes nothing." In a crowd there is 
 obscurity, and none got their «' feelings hurt " by a mortify- 
 ing view of their own likeness. When this occurs by design 
 to avoid giving offence, there is guilt. When it arises from 
 incapacity for tliis kind of distinct and sinner-awakening 
 preaching, t*' n should the preacher inquire, whether that 
 awful passage bo not applicable to his case. Jor. xxiii. 
 80 — 32. 
 
 It requires a skilful mind to portray the true foatur«s of 
 an individual character, so as to compel him to cry out, 
 " Name me." But I carry the idea farther than the visible 
 appearance of his morals. The *' inner man " lies beyond 
 tho art of the limner, though within the vision of the Ciiris- 
 tian minister. He must delineate tho lineaments of the 
 mind, and the aspects and moral coloring of the licart. If 
 he have studied under the Great Master, he can sketch, by 
 a spiritual discernment, " the thoughts and intents of the 
 heart." How far tho '' madman" has suooeeded with your 
 picture, you yourself have determined. 
 
 " I have made up my mind to hear you no more. Tou 
 ■ball never have a chance to insult me agun." You re- 
 
 ■T^TiiiBW'"^ 
 
 '"^H^ 
 
1 
 
 ni. 
 
 hiui you throwu away 
 wer. 
 
 A painter bc^ini wilh 
 iiiiHtaiico, with whi(<li 
 tm thu iniuter. Lot 
 io have it, " the cx- 
 ith the roHt. Home 
 )y will Huit any l>udy ; 
 hat all fuvl ho moans 
 ;fl aro m numerous, 
 M any ofTvct upon a 
 thin;,; ; aitd ex nihilo 
 In a crowd there ia 
 hurt " by » mortify- 
 thifl occun by doHign 
 When it ariHos from 
 nd einner-awakenini; 
 iquire, whether that 
 is oa«e. Jor. zxiii. 
 
 the true features of 
 pel him to cry out, 
 rther than the visible 
 r man" lies beyond 
 I vision of the Ciiris- 
 ) lineaments of the 
 ig of the iioart. If 
 r, he can sketch, by 
 I and intents of the 
 succeeded with your 
 
 on no more. Tou 
 e agiun." You r»- 
 
 Tiia ovrr*DiD nvAaiB. 
 
 S99 
 
 mind roe of » genlloman who came into the Wculeyoa 
 MethodiHt cha|H>l, in Qnoboo, during the sermon. Ho waa 
 jiwt walking down the ainlo, socking a seat, when I was utp 
 toring the following sentcnco, with strong .tmpho^ia, and with- 
 out the least reference to him, (in fact, I had never seen the 
 man before,) "Sinner! what brought you hero, sinner?" 
 Ho turned oji his hcol in groat iudigiiation, saying, " I did 
 not come here to be insulted ; " ai;d ma«le his exit. 
 
 " You may call this preaching, and the ftwls who are with 
 you ; I do not ; it is mere burK«iue." Ikj it so, I cannot 
 help it. Allow m« however, to say, you do not seem to re- 
 semble the sinner doscril)ed by Ht. James i. 2}1, 24. The 
 gospel was the glass into which ho hod looked. It reflected 
 his deformed features, and ho knew the likeness to bo his own} 
 but, upon withdrawing from the unriattcring »r.irror, ho im- 
 mediately lost the impression, and forgot hif ugliness. Rath- 
 er, you may becomj^rcd to a certain lady .n high life, who 
 was mortified with the -onviction that she possessed a set of 
 uncomely features. Being asked on a certain day, why she 
 never turned when passing the mirror, as every body else di<l ; 
 she gave to the rude (picslion the candid reply : " I have too 
 much self-love to boar the sight of my own ugliness." Why 
 not thus speak out the sentiments of your heart at once, and 
 have done with it ? Several years ago, I conversed with an 
 old man, in the State of Vermont, who had been a fine look- 
 ing person in his day, but time had dotted his face very un- 
 handsomely. He told mo ho could not bear to look into a 
 mirror, and that he bad not done so during twcnty-fivo yearn. 
 The application to yourself is plain, although it apjwars you 
 do not neglect the house of Ood. Why despUe the gospel- 
 glass, or your humble servant who held it before you ? 
 Neither is to blariio that you have not had a more comely 
 reflection of your visage. Is there a deformed person iu 
 
 T 
 
 "TiSf: 
 
too 
 
 TUB orfMOBU HIARUU 
 
 thi Mtkm, ntAtm •* out of hk bw^i," wua would Wl bto * 
 tl of Migcr with th« h..nMtr d hk mlfr «? We k*"*"^/ 
 Mt««(n thrne u-eful •rticlw ^ . proportion M tbcy »re true to 
 MtuM. Uut I forgot the d»;fli»um of the poet:— • 
 
 • Too »«ni r**"' 'p'*"" •• n»«»"k«y«. "•>•'> '''•y 9"^ 
 ■arakih •! lti« inlmla mmiMjr l« Ik* glM*! 
 Whilit both w* <MM I " 
 
 HotwithttMwl.ng your ill humor, I ahall attempt to neutral- 
 Im it by the fnUc.winK ttrikiug Uluatmtioii : I heard th« 
 wcount .Uked m a reality in a country through which I wm 
 trarelling ana o'"l«r circunuitwio*!, too, wWch would forbid 
 the r«lati<m of a fable a« a fact, altbough it .oem- -carcely 
 credible. In the depth, of au Americau for««t tboro lived 
 • man brought up in ignorance, potarty, and hani Ubor. 
 His neighbora were aimilarly oircumitanced. All were entire 
 ■trangera to the comforU of civiiixed life. Ho wan a black- 
 ■mith by trade, and bUck ai. the coal necoMUiry to bia 
 bu«ne«, and aa rough too an the neighboring wolf. Hia 
 wife made a pilgrimage on a certain day to a di.tant town, 
 and rentured to purchaao that wonderful tiling, a looking- 
 glaM. She brought it home, suspended it upn the wall 
 witlMot informmg her husband of Uie curiosity. Coming m 
 ftrr, (v- .op a litUe after, he saw a strange looking bemg, 
 M•'^•n lin*r ii.n yery dc-) him«jlf, peering at him, through 
 f.»,i., h.' ucr,..deredanoT, hole in his log house -his own 
 lik<me« ta the glass. Not a word did ho npi-ak, but ran to 
 the shop, seised a sledge-hammer, and glided soWy back. 
 Peepmg cautiously in at the door, the horrible .Igu .■ ^uted 
 him on the oppo«te wall of the room. It was no tome to 
 give way, his house was invaded. «d the man who would 
 not shrink from contending with a bear in the forest, was not 
 BOW to stand aghast at the ugly creature before iam, hN> he 
 man or devU ; so he raised the hammer, it did the same ; he 
 
 —■'••am 
 
 -"'f « 
 
] 
 
 ) would fall Into ft 
 • t We K*o«"^/ 
 m tbej (U9 true to 
 
 [Kxit: — 
 lUMr I 
 
 itt«mpt to n«atr»l- 
 toii: I heard th« 
 rou)(b which I wig 
 irhich would forbid 
 
 it tetvM Hcarceljr 
 
 for»»t ihoro lived 
 ^, Mid hard labor. 
 1. All were entir* 
 Ho wan a black- 
 1 noccHBttry to hi* 
 tiboring wolf. W» 
 to a distant town, 
 I tiling, a looking- 
 1 it upon the wall 
 ioeity. Coming in 
 nge looking being, 
 ig at him, through 
 )g house — hia own 
 ic Bpcak, but ran to 
 
 glided Boflly hack, 
 rrible .igu < liuluted 
 
 It waa no Um« to 
 'he man who would 
 a the foreat, waa not 
 e before him, b« he 
 it did the same ; h« 
 
 TRi orruioRt) miAtra. 
 
 •01 
 
 •prang, and it sprang ; an«l Uio l.^oking-glass was shiverfld lo 
 Atoms in a moment, ile saw fk mwtake too Ute U) imito his 
 wife's feelings or the mirror; the btter Ijring scattered 
 arountl him in fV.igment«. 
 
 Take mwther cun. Three or four weeks ago, I MW (q a 
 I^,u.lim |)a|)or th#. following, headed, '* An egregious fool,*' 
 It was a laU |»olico re|x»rt, and a fact ; the court of jostict 
 and I/>n.lon magistrate w««re menti«ne«l, with a full account 
 of the trial. The defendant, an Irisli lalx.rer, had been sent 
 that rooming to make some uecensarjr repairs in a oerUin 
 mansion. The plaintiff, a Mr. Jennings, sUtod that while 
 wBtchifig the man, (as he otherwise could not have bcUe««d 
 wiy man could have been such a fool,) he gUnco*! ttrouud, 
 »nd st-oing in the room in which he was working, his reflec- 
 ticn hi a largo looklng-glww door, eiolaimed, '* Arrah ! by 
 St. Patrick, my m«ith«'r ujUI roe he only sent one man, and 
 there's another ; and he's got my hammer ; I'll have a $hy 
 At him." And suiting the action to the word, he smashed 
 tlie imaginary personage and tlie glass at the samo time. 
 The defendant's plea was, tliat ho had just been put un the 
 job, AS ho expected, by hinwelf ; but seeing the other fellow 
 looking at him, he stn^k »gaii\6l the glass ; and that he 
 could assure his majesty, (the magistrate,) that he thought 
 it waJ another workman, who had " taken the job over his 
 head," and that ho wai4 no enraged at him, thinking at the 
 same time that he had stolen his hammer, that he struck at 
 him, and ruined the glass. The article was valued at £10 ; 
 but, in mercy to the poor fellow, it was only hud at X5. 
 After having been locked up a few hours, ho was liberated 
 on the complainant's accepting the wife's promise to pay the 
 amount, at five shillings per week. 
 
 You have some sense left, and I shall not insult it by 
 assisting you to make the very evident appUcatioo. " Aa I 
 26 
 
fi 
 
 802 
 
 IBB 07FBNDBD UBARKB. 
 
 said before, I will hear you no more." To this I reply: 
 Some people get into hell wounded in the back, flying from 
 the truth ; and others go into hell with a crash, fighting 
 against the truth, and carrying their wounds in front. Which 
 go the deepest into perdition, eternity must show. It seems 
 you intend to be wounded behind ; perhaps you think there 
 are scars sufficient before. Remember you cannot escape 
 from yourself, nor from principles wluch have made a lodg- 
 ment within you; nor from a "judgment" that shall dog 
 your steps through life, and overtake you in your last hours: 
 
 " Wttile eonscience, nnrelontiBg, ttitl malntaint 
 Her right to raise new fears, and cause new pains." 
 
 Make no rash vows. Leave yourself free. Many take 
 much pains to attam a position, only to prepare themselves 
 for a plunge into worse troubles ; as an Italian would say, 
 Cadar dalla padella nella brace, — equivalent to fallbg from 
 Scylla into Charybdis. Beware lest that come upon you 
 predicted by an old divine • " For if thou shuttest the win- 
 dows of thine eyes from reading, and the doors of thine ears 
 from hearing, God may clap such a padlock of a judicial 
 curse upon them both, that thou shalt never open thine eyes 
 . or ears, till thou comest, as the rich glutton, to see Abraham 
 afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom ; and bear a part in those 
 dreadful screechings and bowlings which are in hell ! " You 
 sav, " I prefer my former views and ease of mind ; it is 
 impossible for me to see as you see," etc. No ! nor are 
 you ignorant of the reason ! The name of that great philos- 
 opher, Galileo, is familiar to you. If he was not the inventor 
 of the telescope, you are aware he improved it ; and ren- 
 dered essentisd service to the cauee of science when he 
 made the instrument subservient to astronomical observa- 
 tions. But do you remember the story of a Florentine phi- 
 losopher, who could not be persuaded to look through one of 
 
 whL 
 
 iiutiiiiiiiiiuiuiiuiuwn 
 
 HMmmt 
 
 1 
 
THE OFFENDED HEARER. 
 
 808 
 
 To this I reply: 
 
 )ack, Ayrng from 
 
 a crash, fighting 
 
 in front. Which 
 
 show. It aeems 
 
 you think there 
 
 ii cannot escape 
 
 ,ve made a lodg- 
 
 " that shall dog 
 
 your last hours : 
 
 Mat 
 
 )w palna." 
 
 ree. Many take 
 epare themselves 
 alian would say, 
 int to fallbg from 
 come upon you 
 shuttest the win- 
 oora of thine cars 
 [>ck of a judicial 
 r open thine eyes 
 1, to see Abraham 
 ix a part in those 
 •einhoU!" You 
 se of mind ; it is 
 c. No! nor are 
 that great philoa- 
 8 not the inventor 
 >ved it; and reiw 
 science when he 
 )nomical observa- 
 a Florentine phi- 
 ok through one of 
 
 Galileo's telescopes, lest he should see something in the 
 heavens that would disturb his belief in Aristotle's philoso- 
 phy ? The scriptural telescope of faith is a great disturber 
 of the peace when put before the vision of a man living 
 
 in sin ! 
 
 " I have hell enough in this life." I shall not dispute 
 with you about that ; but should not this satisfy you ? " Pant 
 ye after the second death ? " What is hell upon earth ? Is it 
 any thing else than a foretaste of the torments of the damned ? 
 What is the "bottomless pit" mentioned in Revelation? 
 What, but the eternal sinking of the soul from God ? Hell, 
 then, most assuredly begins in this world ; and the mouth 
 of the pit opens wide in time. Every unconverted sinner is 
 within the circumference of the pit. " A wicked man," 
 gays one, " is a candidate for nothing but heU;" and, says 
 another, "Hell is the centre of every sinner's gravity." 
 These are facts ; and there is no standing still. The motions 
 of a sinn. r downward are as steady aa the weights in a 
 clock. Such things go down slowly, but surely, by the 
 ordinary revolutions of the time-piece; or the cord may 
 break, and they fall at once. Time is connected with what 
 the Holy Ghost calls the « silver cord " —human life ; and 
 a brittle aflfeir it is. There is no law m nature more steady 
 than the progress of a sinner to his horrible centre ; but the 
 cord may be severed by an accident, or by the friction of its 
 own workings ; or by the stroke of God, Job xxxvi. 18 ; 
 and thus you may drop into an eternal hell at once. Many 
 Binneis, on their death-bed, have confessed themselves on 
 the brink of hell; but you admit yourself ahrcady in hell. 
 And does not tiiis illustrate my sentiment ? If the sinner 
 be V in the circumference of the pit, he must be troubled 
 with its smoke ; and this is hell upon earth. Smoke is some- 
 times hot, but never so intense as the flames from which it 
 
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 804 
 
 TBI OFTRNDBD BBARKR. 
 
 
 proceeds ; but there is just such a difference between the 
 hell upon earth and that in eternity. 
 
 I can only reply to the other epithets you have lavished 
 upon me, the old Latin proverb, the translation of which 
 runs thus : '* Growing mad against the remedy of our 
 madness ! " 
 
 These frequent appeals appear to have brought his offended 
 hearer to a more reasonable state of mind. Hence the 
 milder tone of the next paragraphs. 
 
 " The wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of 
 God." I am glad you are better pleased with me ; but I 
 have no wish you should be any less displeased with yourself, 
 until you become a better man. *' I thought it so monstrously 
 ridiculous." But it seems you were led to suppose that the 
 ricUeulotu montter was yourself. *■*■ It was so unnatural — 
 so out of all character." And yet you sud in your heart, 
 *^ He means me." How could you think so, unless there 
 were some lineaments in the monster strikingly like yourself? 
 " It is easy," sud a man, who understood the matter well, 
 << to know a picture well drawn; if we are acquainted with 
 the person whom it represents." This is a very good crite- 
 rion to apply to the present subject. If nat'Jtre had been 
 wholly avoided, or misrepresented, you could no more have 
 thought the distorted figure was your own, than if I had 
 been describing tiie devil lumseE A witty writer has some 
 where remarked, that he who studies life, yet bungles, may 
 draw some fiunt imitations of it; but he who purposely 
 avdds nature, must fall into the grotesque, and make no 
 likeness. In this case, I have you for a witness, that, how- 
 ever bunglingly nature was imitated, the likeness has been 
 lecogT'ized by one of the most competent of judges. 
 
 I have read a remark to this effect, that the jucture ii 
 
 j.,^_j,ii 
 
THB OrriNOBD UKARBR. 
 
 806 
 
 renoe between the 
 
 ^ou have lavished 
 uulation of which 
 ) remedy of our 
 
 rought his offended 
 lind. Hence the 
 
 I righteousness of 
 )d with me ; but I 
 ased with yourself, 
 tt it so monstrously 
 o suppose that the 
 is so unnatural — 
 aid in your heart, 
 k so, unless there 
 ngly like yourself? 
 d the matter well, 
 >e acquainted with 
 a very good crite- 
 : nature had been 
 >uld no more have 
 wn, than if I had 
 ij writer has some 
 , yet bungles, may 
 he who purposely 
 jae, and make no 
 witness, that, how- 
 likeness has been 
 of judges, 
 that the jucture ii 
 
 well drawn which looks at all who look at it. It seems the 
 picture looked on you, at any rate ; and you wore simple 
 enough to imagine that it not only looked at you, but boktd 
 like you. 
 
 «• You are not so morose a being as I thought you were, 
 nor so stiff. I wish you success among the Leedites ; I shall 
 come to hoar you as often as I can while I remain in town." 
 I care little for your opinion about me, unless it lead to your 
 conversion. It is pleasing, however, to learn you have 
 altered your mind. II tabic muda conteio, il ne$eio fWy said 
 the Spaniard : " A wise man changes his mind, a fool never." 
 If the truth be heard in the love of it, your heart may be 
 softened into penitence, which is the forerunner of salvation. 
 Till sin is hated and abandoned, I fear you will hear to little 
 advantage ; but aa ftdth cometh by hearing, — come ! "Now 
 that you know my views and state of mind, I expect a kinder 
 method, and leas severity." I am afraid you will be greatly 
 disappointed, unless a change take place in your morals. 
 Even then, without regeneration, you will still be disgusted 
 with your own likeness, and dissatisfied with the preacher. 
 Allow me to illustrate what I mean. In a work entitied The 
 la»t year in China, we have some excellent remarks on 
 Chinese portwut-painters ; showing that they have not learned 
 the art of flattery, although they make excellent likenefesos. 
 The author relates the following anecdote, in proof: A lady 
 of Macao, was having her portrwt drawn by q CWnese artist. 
 As the work proceeded, she expressed her strong dissatisfac- 
 tion at the performance. " 'Spoee," said the painter, " you 
 smile a littie, he look better." But it was in vain ; for 
 when the picture was done, the indignation of the fwr one 
 was so great, and so disagreeably expressed, that the irri- 
 tated artist exolumed, " If handsome face no got, how hand- 
 lome fikoe can make?" The writer remarked, that he 
 26» 
 
na OFFBKDED HKAKKR. 
 
 thou^t an English artist could have shown the honeit Chi- 
 cd^ out of his diflSculty — that a golden application would 
 have removed hia scruples. Perhaps not. Respect for his 
 profession, or homage to the stem demands of principle, 
 might have rendered his miud as obstinate toward Mammon, 
 as to the displeasure of the good lady. 
 
 I shall be glad to see you agun in the house of God. 
 Remember, however, that pabters only make a rude draught 
 of the fiM3e at first ; succeeding touches bring out the fear 
 tures more perfectly. If the minister be " a workman that 
 ueedeth not to be ashamed," like a clever artist, he will not 
 throw down his smritual pencil till the picture is in such a 
 itat« as to render it imposuble to mistake the person repre- 
 ientt.<d. Nor will he stop here ; what no punter would do 
 with a finished picture, he will — hew it in pieces, as Samuel 
 did AgKg before the Lord. Take heed ; some of the slashes 
 of **tiie sword of the Spirit" may reach beyond your por- 
 tnut, " piercing, even to the dividing asunder of soul and 
 sjHrit ; uid of the joints and marrow." Heb. iv. 12. The 
 f<dk)wing verse has long been my motto : 
 
 •■ Bmndith in tM Mth, till then. 
 
 The Spirit'* two-«Jg«d iword, 
 
 Hew M the tnarei of flends and nun 
 
 In pieces witli tlie w>rd; 
 
 "Tit written,' tlius tpplied, 
 
 Bafflei all itrengtii and art ; 
 
 Spirit and soul, witl> this diride, 
 . And joints and marrow part" 
 
 Another letter commences with the next paragraph, and 
 in^cates that the offended hearer was yielding still more to 
 the futhful application of truth. 
 
 You are certunly an awakened unner, whatever you may 
 lay to the contrary. In tiiia state of mind, *' the smallest 
 tidngi can ffn your una a twitch.** Had you lived m the 
 
THI OVVBNDED HKARBR. 
 
 MT 
 
 a the honest Chi- 
 application would 
 Respect for his 
 ,nda o{ prineipUf 
 toward Mammon, 
 
 le house of God. 
 ce a rude draught 
 ring out the fea- 
 " a workman that 
 artist, he will not 
 stare is in such a 
 the person repre- 
 painter would do 
 pieces, as Samuel 
 }me of the slashes 
 beyond your por- 
 mder of soul and 
 leb. iy. 12. The 
 
 ct paragraph, and 
 Iding still more to 
 
 whatever you may 
 nd, ** tlie smallest 
 i yoa liTed in the 
 
 days of Aaron the high priest, and with such a conscience 
 as you have now, it would have interpreted the tinkling of 
 the bells on the borders of his garment, into an *' unmannerly 
 personality." 
 
 You say, •* This could never have happened by 
 
 chance ; somebody has put you up to it." But have you 
 never read of one Appelles, who failed, as often as he tried, 
 to paint the foaming of a horse ? At last, in a rage, he 
 flung his brush at the punting, and "cAan<?«" expressed 
 that which art could not. In your case, I deny that any 
 person has given me the information in question, as firmly 
 as I reject tho power of " chance." The oye of a heavenly 
 witness rests upon you and your sins. God, who has called 
 me to preach his gospel, suggested to me suitable matter by 
 his Holy Spirit. I lay clum, however, to no lu^er insjara- 
 tion than what any minister of Christ may have, who walks 
 closely with God, and who has one deure and one eim. 
 
 " And if I turn to God, will that mend the affiur ? Yon 
 said, ' Sinner, God will cut you down.' " I did say so, but 
 added immediately, "Your speedy repentance will be a 
 lengthening of your tranquillity." Did not Jonah, at last, 
 obey the Lord, in delivering the warning to the people of 
 Nineveh ? But one day's journey on the walls was sufficient. 
 As he walked, crying, « Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall 
 be overthrown ; " they heard the voice, a« if it had come 
 from heaven, and turned every one of them from their iniqui- 
 ties. Forty days passed away, and the city continued its 
 gnmdeur. There was a condition in the sentence, ineir 
 unfeigned repentance rendered the pre^ction void. " new, 
 and adnurable thing ! " says a good man; "the denunciaticm 
 of death brought forth life ; tiie prophesy of the overthrow 
 overthrew the prophecy ; the sentence of destruction made 
 lb nullity in tlie sentence." 
 
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 808 
 
 TBI OFFKNDKD HBA&IB. 
 
 I cannot conclude without referring to one or two of jour 
 closing sentimcntfl. It a wrong in you to Bupposo, that what 
 you feel, is a sample of a religious life ; and yet many mi»- 
 tako here. A very excellent man told me, m Dubliui that, 
 when an awakened sinner, he was greatly bufieted by the 
 devil on this point. It was represented to his mind, '* This 
 ii relif^on ; and are you prepared to exchange a life of 
 gayety and pleasure for these moping, miserable feelings ? 
 This is a religious life." He met the temptation thus : '* I 
 am conscious of real misery, and if I set out for heaven, I 
 may have seventy years of it ; but then, after death, I shall 
 be eternally happy. On the other hand, if I neglect religion, 
 I may possibly enjoy seventy years' happiness; but this 
 must be succeeded by an eternity of torment. Which, then, 
 will be the most profitable to me, in the long run ? Un- 
 questionably, seventy years' wretchedness, followed by an 
 eternity of pleasure and delight." From that moment, he 
 bade farewell to sin and the devil forever, without a single 
 idea of the comforts of experimental religion ; as if Chris- 
 tianity were designed to strip him of every source of gratifi- 
 cation, and render his desolate soul void of any enjoyment, 
 other than the anticipations of the rewards of heaven. 
 But a happier man than this same individual I have not met 
 throughout my travels. 
 
 The saying of Origen is worthy of notice : " It is the . 
 manner of Scripture to begin with those things which are 
 sad and dreadful, and to end with those things which are 
 cheerful and comfortable. ' I will kill and make alive ; not, 
 * I will make alive and kill.' " I un much mistaken, if you 
 are not now drinking the " wormwood and the gall ; " but 
 there is a great difference between that and the " cup of 
 salvation." The paths of repentance are sad and Hhomy ; 
 bat the ways of religion " are ways of pleasaDtness, and all 
 
Tia OWBUDBD Hi-ARgR. 
 
 800 
 
 ne or two of jour 
 suppoHo, that what 
 nd yet many uus- 
 , m Dublin, that, 
 r buSeted by the 
 
 his nund, '* This 
 change a life of 
 sorable feelings? 
 iptation thus : " I 
 )ut for heaven, I 
 ter death, I shall 
 I neglect religion, 
 ppiness ; but this 
 it. Which, then, 
 
 long run? Un- 
 I, followed by an 
 
 that moment, he 
 ', without a sin^e 
 i^on ; as if Chris- 
 ' source of gratifi- 
 ►f any enjoyment, 
 ards of heaven, 
 al I have not met 
 
 tice : " Tt is the . 
 things which are 
 things which are 
 , make alive ; not, 
 I mistaken, if you 
 i the gall ; " but 
 and the " cup of 
 sad and Aomy ; 
 taaantness, and all 
 
 her paths are peace." 1 cannot agree with yoa, that an e»- 
 capo from sin, and from pursuing temptation, is impossible. 
 Think of your soul, its value, its cost. Think of the agonies 
 and blood of Jesus Christ ; ayo, and the horrors of bell. 
 Cast these reflections between you and your sins. 
 
 I was reading the other day of an ancient general, who 
 showed great skill in conducting the retreat of his army. 
 The enemy pressed him sore ; and, at a time when all was in 
 jeopardy, ho marched rapidly thr mgh a narrow pass, between 
 mountains, and then filling it with the branches of trees, sot 
 fire to them. The flames ascended like a wall of fire be- 
 tween him and his foes, and thus he secured his retreat. 
 Throw hell-fire between you and your sins : " Escape for thy 
 life," sinner ; " tarry not in all the phun." 
 
 " Pnnne, on knowledge bent, the pathleM ro«d, 
 And pierce, through Infinite, in qneet of God." 
 
 Remember, every other avenue to God is closed, but one, 
 " The new and living way," opened by the death of Jesui 
 Christ. There is no access but by this way. The law of God, 
 " like a two-edged sword," turning every way, will smit« 
 you into hell, if you dare to force an approach. " Come 
 unto God by him," and " enter into the holiest by the blood 
 of Jesus;" receiving, v.pon your entrance, "remission of 
 sins, through futh in his blood." 
 
 Attend to it in time ; perhaps when you would, it may be 
 too late. Only a few days ago I was reading of a man who 
 had long neglected the house of God, his worship and his 
 word. Sitting by his own fire, one Sabbath, with his family, 
 he sud, " I shall read a chapter in the Bible, as I have not 
 done so for a long time." It was too late ; while in the act 
 of reaching for the Bible, he sunk down, and immediately 
 expired. When m the south of Ireland, about nine month! 
 
tio 
 
 THB OJTFBKDSD BBARSa. 
 
 tgo, » lealoni lenrant of God reUted to me the following 
 iffecting circuumtatice : — 
 
 He had been on a viait to a certain town, for benevolent 
 purposes, and intended to hold a meeting on the Sabbath fur 
 the conversion of sinners. On the Saturday provioiw, Prov- 
 idence cast in his way an ungodly sinner. He talked with 
 him respecting his soul, but the man treated werj thing 
 with great levity. When my friend was about to take leave, 
 he said, with much mirth, "I am likely to live as lung 
 as you. I could match you in a walk of ten miles any 
 day." " Well," replied the otijer, on a sudden impression, 
 but without Uie least degree of resentment, ** this is your 
 day of mercy, to-morrow may be God's day of judgment." 
 He then asked him, whether he would come to the chapel 
 next day, and hear such truth as might be made a blessing 
 to him ? In a somewhat merry mood, he replied, " I shall 
 come." Accordingly, on the Sabbath, he followed the man 
 <^ Qod to the meeting, and when within a few yards of the 
 place, he dropped down, and was dead in a fr w moments. 
 That night, in ihe same rc^m where Iiis corpse lay, my friend 
 held a meeting for the benefit of the living. How often is 
 the sentiment of a German poet verified ! — 
 
 with nolMlMt tTMd, dMth itMUa oa man. 
 
 Mo pies, DO pnyar, d«liT«n him i 
 
 From the mtdtt of btuy Ufe't anftiilthe4 pka, 
 
 With tndden hand it leren htan. 
 
 Beadjr, or not rmtij—na deUj, 
 
 Forth ia hi* Jadc«'i tar, he matt ftwagr." 
 
 Adieu. 
 
 
 .1 n.- ! ^» jr 'r w TTaKfTi imrnM 
 
le the following 
 
 1, for benevolent 
 
 the Sabbath fur 
 
 proviouii, Prov- 
 
 Ile talked with 
 
 ted ever/ thing 
 
 >ut to take leave, 
 
 to live 08 lung 
 
 )f ton miles any 
 
 Iden impression, 
 
 i, " thia is your 
 
 • of judgment." 
 
 ne to the chapel 
 
 made a blessing 
 
 splied, '' I shall 
 
 tllowod the man 
 
 bw yards of the 
 
 a fr w moments. 
 
 le lay, my friend 
 
 How often ia 
 
 a, 
 iplaa, 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 
 KAMBLIB AROUND LBIOf. 
 
 Ix the aevonteenth chapter, we left Mr. Caughey at the 
 close of his first round of visits to the various cha|)6ls in 
 Leeds. Having taken a glance at him in hia dealings with 
 the offended hearer, wo now follow him once more into the 
 scenes of his more active labors. It appears that, after 
 going round the Leeds circmt and spending about two weeks 
 in cacii chapel, he returned, first to the Oxford street chapel, 
 and then to St. Peter's, preaching several weeks in each, 
 with " signs following." , 
 
 Before describing these latter labom, he favors oa wiA 
 some account of his rambles around Leeds. His visit to 
 Cross Hall, and to the tomb of the heroic John Nelson, will 
 afford the pious reader great pleasure ; since every remin- 
 iscence of the holy dead is a pearl of price to a spiritual 
 mind. The letters which compose this chapter were ad- 
 dressed to an American friend. 
 
 A few weeks nnce, in company with the fkuuly of Thomas 
 Shann, Esq., I rodo out to Cross Hall, a few miles from 
 Leeds, formerly the residence of Mrs. Fletcher. Five years 
 ago, when we derived so much benefit to our souls from a 
 perusal of her Memoirs, we little thought that I should ever 
 
 811 
 
8ia 
 
 HAMBUU AJWUWD IMMM. 
 
 par a vliit to the very upot where then* eventi trtnipir«d, 
 which then affonlea iM so much hit«ro»t wd |'lc»*ur«. 
 
 Tlio hoiuie w a iK,uarc, •ulmtantial, tw(Mitory budding, of 
 cream-colored .tone., «tuat«d a short duitance from the road, 
 ,ha.lcd with tree., and a fine garden Iwhind. Mra. F. bui t 
 thi. immediately after .he camo to York.hire. The old hall 
 i. attached to it; a low, vcnerabli edifice, over the door of 
 which we read, 1712. The ftunily who now occupy the 
 manrion, on learning who we were, and our errand, kmd y 
 gave tt. iermiwion to walk through the ho««. I can «:arccly 
 „pre« to you the emotion which filled my heart when pa«H 
 bg from vLn to room, each one hallowed by the prewnce 
 of thi. holy jjoman of God. Ah! I thought, here, dunng 
 foarteen year., .he .pent many happy a. well a. many m^ 
 wwful hour.. Here the deepcet mght brooded over a^l her 
 temporal proepecto. In thi. pUce .he tra.ted m God, and 
 • wa. deUvored ; for here it was that day dawned upon her 
 dark, dark night. Through the«e room., or alon^thoM gar- 
 den walk., did .he often meditate upon and conflict with an 
 imprewion, which bear, the tinge of romance, but which was 
 evidently of God. 
 
 « Hid* It my htwt, within Owt oIom dliguli., 
 Wb*N mixed with Qod'i, hU lo»ed ld<» \\»». 
 
 Thi. ii the .pot where .he endeavored to break or .trengthen 
 that mysteriou. link which .trangoly bound lier .pint to that 
 eminent .ervant of Chri.t, the «,raphic Retcher Ke«^vtng 
 to await the dawning of that day in her eartldy h»tory, which 
 ■ for many year, .he had fo««ieen, u by propheUc vi«on , 
 here ^^ oL mournfully excUimed, in fiuth'. darkeat hour, 
 
 " Omriily i»fc with Ood, my tool 
 HU fcrm itlU onw«rd bewt, 
 TIU throngh ewh tempwt on th« whoto, 
 A p«M«dliii»» •?!>•«•" 
 
[ 
 
 lcMur«. 
 7 building, of 
 from therotd, 
 Mm. F. built 
 Th« old hkll 
 rer the door of 
 )W occupy the 
 crr&nd, kindly 
 I can iCRrcely 
 jftrt when paa»- 
 )y the pretence 
 it, here, during 
 ill as many sor- 
 ied over all her 
 ted in God, and 
 awned upon her 
 nlon;? thoeo gar- 
 conflict with an 
 5, but wWch wa« 
 
 liM, 
 
 , \\m." 
 
 )ak or strengthen 
 her spirit to that 
 cher. Resolving 
 [dy history, which 
 propheUc virion ; 
 th's darkest hour, 
 
 KAMBLE0 AMtmH LilPi, 
 
 Or, b th« more triumphant language of aootbor poeli — 
 
 « TIm IxiH mjr pMlara dwll t><«p*>«, 
 Ami flM<l ma with • •huplian'.'* o«r« | 
 HI* |irmMiic« *hall my w*nbi tapply, 
 An<l Kii«r<l m« with • wstuhrul •J* | 
 My nuoii<t«jr walki h« thall •Itaiid, 
 Aod all m/ mlilnlgbt houn dafend." 
 
 That prominfl also wan her itay, which she received tr*mk 
 Ood at I^ytonstono : *' Thou iihalt lay up gold a« <lu«t, and tb« 
 gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks : yea, t)ie Almighty 
 shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have [denty of silver," 
 Job xxii. 24, 25 ; and commented upon them thun : *' What 
 I understand by theee words is, that a time shall come when 
 I shall owe no man any thing, and have plenty to carry <mi 
 such designs as the Lord shall lay on my heart, for his 
 glory; that he will bring me out of this place, and provide 
 some way for every member to be removed, so that I shall 
 say, * Now is fulfilled that word,' ' Thou shalt decree a 
 thing, and it shall bo established unto thee, and light sliall 
 shine on thy path.' " 
 
 Here her fwith seemed to receive a death blow in the sad 
 intelligence, that the object of her hope was dying at Made- 
 ley ; and agun, that he was about to leave England, perhaps 
 for ever, the blood dnumng from his lungs day by day ; 
 still futh flourinhod agun, and failed not, but pmmpted her 
 to ask and believe for the following signs, which were fulfilled 
 to the letter, four years afterwards : Firat, That Mr. Fletcher 
 might bo nused up again. Second, And brought back to 
 England. Third, That he would write to her upon the sub- 
 ject, though they had been so many years asunder, and not 
 so much as a message passing between them upon any sub- 
 ject. Fourth, That in that letter, he would state tlte matter, 
 m having rested upon his mind for several years. This 
 27 
 
r 
 
 r 
 
 m 
 
 tJMBUn ABOUMD LSSIX. 
 
 prtytr of Wth wM brtanUy •tt.ndad with th« •Munoet 
 
 that all thin wwiUl occur in tl»o year 178 1. 
 
 With the .inK"l»r ooincid.noM you «• (todiw. On »• 
 8th of Jan.. 1781, - -He "I'^*^ '»• "^« •'•""'^ *T; 
 ul - a human hand." In the form of a Utar. rom tha 
 object of h.r affeoUo.-. which wa. -oon afUr f.>lU.wed by Mr 
 netohor hi««elf. n«re thoy talked over all the pt«vH len e. 
 thn^gh which Uu,y had been led; ^"«<\ ^''Pr-^.™^^^; 
 gbom which atai hung over her tcm,K,rul affium hut tha^ 
 Ood, who ha-i .o .tnui«ely hnrnglU tl>em ^lf>^^'^!";'^ 
 ,^ed the darkue«. into light, and In the «»e.ghbonng 
 church of BaUey, " We covenanted." ••y* M"/' !^ 
 the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy 
 (Jhoat, to bear each other', burden., »nd to becomi, on. 
 
 *°'with"the hiatory of her orphan e.tabU.hment her wal for 
 Oo<i, and «:avity in hi. cau«,, her holy life and god^ oon- 
 Teraltion, her Memoin. have m«le you already fam.l^r , 
 and I doibt not, that on my return to Amenca, we .lud 
 read them over again, with — ^ r7«C A^ 
 then tell you more than I can crowd into a letter. AOer 
 ~*Lg the apartment .he had fitted up - a chapel for her 
 orvhana, we returned U) Leed.. 
 ^In company with a friend, I rode over ^oBatley church 
 
 the other day. ^ '^^ ^^^-^ ^»'« '*"*' ,'^^' f ? 1 
 were married. The vicar wa. very kind, -ductrng u. 
 thr.>ugh varion. part, of the old .anctuary, m wh. h wet. 
 LeTery ancient monument., and afterward, mto the v^ 
 tr After a tcdiou. .earch, he found Uie ^jt^r of their 
 ZmHO, in one of the church record., ««««\fi"*^y ^^ 
 ri^Ld then by the partie., thu. : "John Wrtlu^m 
 Cher, or De la Fletchere," and underneath, m her own 
 peculiar hand, "Mary Bo«nquet;" the witne««i were a 
 
 L 
 
tfM umuuM 
 
 niliwr. On th« 
 le cloud aroM, 
 letter, from tbi 
 rollowed by Mr. 
 the provi«loncei 
 
 pcnotrftto tho 
 kffaini ; but tliat 
 
 tt)g«thor, com- 
 :he neighboring 
 
 1 M«. F., "In 
 ,nd of the Holj 
 
 to b«oom« on* 
 
 lent, her ical for 
 arxi H'xlly oon- 
 Ircatiy farailiar ; 
 merica, we thall 
 sure, and I ihall 
 , a letter. After 
 I a ohapel for her 
 
 to Batley church 
 altar where they 
 il, conducting u« 
 ry, in which wer« 
 ards into the vet- 
 lie entry of their 
 rigned first by the 
 : "John William 
 meath, in her own 
 iritneaaea were » 
 
 r 
 
 
 KAMfiUSa AftOCMD LESDt. 
 
 816 
 
 " MtM Tripp," and •omo other penoaa whoM namet I did 
 
 nwt copy. ...... til 
 
 A few day. ago. with a •nmll party, I vw.ted the village 
 
 of nintlal, ilHjut wiven mile* from Imc^\»- <>»««■ principal 
 object wan U) wo tho U)mb of th« famouii John N.<lium. Mr. 
 Wciiloy'ii faithful coadjutor. 'Iho -|K.t *horo hi« earthly re- 
 maiiM liavo re.ted nearly aevcnty yean', ia a little i«)uth of 
 the old porinh church. The tomb U a neat freestone ..piare, 
 covered with a iUb of tho aamo material, and Warn Uio fot 
 lowing iuacription : — 
 
 JOHN NKLSON, 
 
 Dcpwtta thta Ufk, Jaljr l*ti>. ^TT4, 
 
 Agttl n jmu*. 
 
 UARTiiA, ins wirE, 
 
 D«|»rt«<l thU Uf«, K«pt«mb«r lUh, ITT*, 
 A|«<1 a». 
 
 Willi* w« on •»rth h»d oar lAtoA; 
 W« bolh »jr««il to ••rrn th« iMtti, 
 And h« WM pl«*»««t •» yo" '"•7 •••» 
 By death not long ut p«rt»d b« i 
 Th«n h« r«i«ilr«d th* br««lh h« «•»•, 
 And now w« both r««t In on« r**«» 
 Until aK«ln h« v» rettoro, 
 A lift to llv* and dl« no mor*. 
 
 An old building wM pointed out to na, a few yards fVom 
 the tomb, as tho remains of tho vicarage, whero John's per- 
 secutor lived. 
 
 Near the Wesleyan ohipoi we were shown mto a very 
 small brick building, where John used to road and pray ; 
 and over the Uttle fireplace is engraved upon a stone, " John 
 NoUon's sttidy." Here he prepared some of those heavy 
 thonghU, which came down with the execution of his stone- 
 hammer, upon the rooky hearts of his hearers. 
 
 19 
 
 ■Ml 
 
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 816 
 
 RAHBIiES AROUND LEBDS. 
 
 Yesterday, accompanied by part of the kind family of 
 John Howard, E,iq., at whoso house I am at present entor- 
 twnod, I rodo to Micklefield, eight miles from Leeds, formerly 
 the residence of the famous Sammy Hick, tho viUage black- 
 smith. 
 
 Hia Memoir is !kow published by our Book Concern m 
 New York, and doubtless it has had a wide circulation in 
 America. 
 
 We put up at the village inn, and Sammy's daughter was 
 pointed out to ui», standing at the door of her own house, 
 looking towards us with great earnestness. On approaching, 
 she gave us a cheerful welcome, as if aware of the purport 
 of our visit to Micklefield. " Walk in," said she ; " this is 
 ♦he house my father and mother occupied during fifty years, 
 and there is the flagstone upon wluch my father was kneeling 
 when he was converted to God, and where he was aftewards 
 sanctified ; and it was, while sittmg on a chair with his feet 
 on that flag, he died and went home to glory. And on that 
 other flagstone, my mother (Martha) died. There is the old 
 shelf just as they had it, and that is the same old clock." 
 
 We felt ourselves quite at home, and entered into an 
 agreeable conversation respectmg the "departed." Her 
 good husband came in, ai\d a few neighbors, and we sang, — 
 
 " He breaks the power of cancelled sin, 
 
 He sets the prisoner free ; * 
 
 His blood can mske tlie foulest clean, 
 His blood availed for me." 
 
 Kneeling down upon the &nu)us flagstone, I prayed that the 
 blessing of God might descend upon the descendants of 
 Sammy Hick, and upon those his old neighbors and as- 
 sociates. 
 
 We then visited the blacksmith's shop, the scene of Sam- 
 my's labor at the anvil, and where he spent many a happy 
 
 I 
 
ind family of 
 present entor- 
 leedfl, formerly 
 I village blauk- 
 
 ok Concern in 
 circulation in 
 
 daughter itaa 
 er own house, 
 a approaching, 
 of the purport 
 I she ; " this is 
 mg fifty years, 
 it was kneeling 
 
 was aftewards 
 r with his feet 
 And on that 
 !here is the old 
 I old clock." 
 ntered into an 
 arted." Her 
 nd we sang, — 
 
 )rayed that the 
 [escendants - of 
 hbors and as- 
 
 scene of Sam- 
 many a happy 
 
 I 
 
 BAMBLBS ABOUND LBBDS. 
 
 817 
 
 day. The identictd bellows, used by Sammy, are yet there, 
 and in active employment ; and the old anvil block, etc. 
 
 Mr. Caughey now resumes his account, of the progress of 
 the revival. He had begun a second series of meetings in 
 Oxford Place chapel, and concerning which he says : 
 
 The congregations were greatly increased, when compared 
 with my first visit. This is the largest chapel I have ever 
 preached in ; indeed, I have been informed, it is the largest 
 Methodist chapel in the world. It seats two thousand 
 five hundred persons ; but from the spaciousness of the aisles, 
 etc., when crowded, admits one thousand more ; and on Sab- 
 bath nights it was always full, and many had to go away who 
 could not get m. Such a mass of people was a most sublime 
 and imposing scene. The Lord graciously assisted my voice, 
 so that I was distinctly heard in all parts of the congregation. 
 What a contrast when compared with years gone by ! Eight 
 or nine years ago, my voice was so feeble, it was often with 
 the greatest difiiculty I could make three or four hundred 
 persons hear ; now God has so enlarged its compass, as to 
 reach the ears of three or four thousands. Perhaps this 
 may tend to illustrate that important sentiment, that the 
 Lord Jesus never calls a person to any great effort, or ex- 
 traordinary duty, without the gracious intention of impart- 
 ing a corresponding supply of strength for its accomplish- 
 ment. 
 
 I know not which to admire most, this or the society at 
 Brunswick. They are truly a loving, gracious people^ In 
 the fanulies of Mr. Holt, Mr. Dove, Mr. Howard, and Al- 
 derman Musgrave, every thing was done to render my visit to 
 their circuit most agreeable and delightful. Their hospitality, 
 and many acts of kindness, have left an indelible impression 
 upon my heart. Did I not tell you, before I left America, 
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 818 
 
 ftUlBLES AROUND LBB08. 
 
 that the Lord would give me ikthera and mothera, and broth- 
 ers and sisters ? Nothmg of all that God promised me haa 
 yet failed. With their ministers, the Roy. William Lord, the 
 Rev. George B. Macdonald, and the Rev. Alfred Barrett, I 
 have formed a friendship that will last for ever. 
 
 The results of the four weeks in the above place of wot^ 
 ■hip, were very gratifying. Three hundred persons wen) 
 enabled to declare that the blood of Jesua had cleaniied them 
 from all sin ; and an equal number professed justilioation. 
 A i^oDttderable portion of the latter were members of the 
 Wesleyan church, and several from other churches and cir- 
 cuits ; so that the increase to the church at Oxford plMe, 
 cannot bo more than about one hundred persons. On the 
 last Sabbath in July, I returned to St. Peter's chapel, which 
 is almost equal in size to Oxford place, and continued there 
 two weeks. During that time, two hundred persons -ob- 
 tained the blesung of sanotificatiou, ninety-five of whom 
 wore from country circuits. One hundred and ninety indi- 
 viduals professed justification ; fifty of this number were al- 
 reidy members in the St. Peter's circuit, aad the remainder 
 were from other churches and the world. Those who were 
 converted from the world, and resided in the neighboring 
 circuits, had notes ^vea them, as an introduction to the lead- 
 ers of classes in the Wesleyan society ; that they might 
 have the benefit of weekly instruction, and become candi- 
 dates for church membership. I have not been able to as- 
 certain the increase, during the two weeks, to the church in 
 St. Peter's ; but I doubt whether it amounta to more than 
 
 fifiy. 
 
 With the Superintendent of the St. Peter's circuit, and 
 his worthy colleagues, the Rev. Charles Cheetham and the 
 Rev. William Cattle, I labored in great harmony. They are 
 self-denying and zealous servanto of Qod, well acquainted 
 
 nuassm 
 
RAMBLES AROUND LBBDI. 
 
 819 
 
 then, and broth- 
 )romiMd me has 
 ifilliam Lord, the 
 Llfred Barrett, I 
 er. 
 
 e place of wor- 
 d persons weiru 
 d cleamted them 
 sed justilioation. 
 members of the 
 hurches and cii^ 
 t Oxford place, 
 jrsons. On the 
 ■'s chapel, which 
 continued there 
 rod persons -ob- 
 ;y-fivo of whom 
 and ninety indi- 
 vumber were al- 
 i the remainder 
 Those who were 
 the neighboring 
 :iion to the lead- 
 that they might 
 I become candi- 
 >een able to as- 
 to the church in 
 ■a to more than 
 
 er's circuit, and 
 eetham and the 
 lony. They are 
 well acquainted 
 
 ivith revivals of religion ; and they have entered most bearV 
 ily into the present movement. 
 
 In the above chapel, they have more than their share of 
 the poor ; but they are rich in faith : many of them Itave 
 boon acquainted, for a long time, with the deep things of Ood. 
 They were more noisy during tlie services here titan in any 
 other circuit in town ; but Mr. Harris had them generally un- 
 der perfect control. Thoro wero soasona, however, when his 
 voice of autltority was lost amidst their halleluji^. It glad- 
 draied my heart to see men and women, clothed in the coarsest 
 garb, feasting upon the richest blessings of the gospel of 
 peace, and rejoicing witli joy unspeakable and full of glory. 
 
 Were I a resident of Leeds, and desired a close walk with 
 Christ, and lessons on the deep things of God, though worth 
 thouBsmds, I would choose for my i^ace of worship, the St. 
 Peter's Wesleyan ohapel. I would sit at the feet of these 
 poor saints, and learn from them how to watch and pray, 
 live by fluth, desiuse the world, oommer hell, and take the 
 kingdom of heaven by violence. • • • • 
 
 My work is now nearly finished in Leeds, and indeed In 
 England, for the present ; as I sail from Hull, on the 13th 
 Sept., 1848, by the will cf Ood, for Rotterdam, Holland. 
 Since my last to you, I have preached a few times in Wesley 
 ohapel, and in the Wesleyen ohapel, viUage of Woodhouso, 
 near Leeds. In both places the power of God was revealed 
 in the conversion of unners. 
 
 On Sabbath evening, 8d inst., I preached out of doors, to 
 an immense multitude, on the verge of Woodhouse Moor. 
 Text: Rev. xx. 11—13. Some triflers made an effort for 
 a little sport, but a few appeals spoiled the movement, and 
 the parties listened with attention to the end. 
 
 On the foUomng week I preached fiurewell sermons in St. 
 Peter's, Brunswick, and Oxford place chapels, with much 
 
 Ji 
 
820 
 
 IUMBLB8 ABOUND LHIDS. 
 
 comfort to mj own loind, and, I tnut, profit to others. We 
 liave taken some ptuns to obtain statistics of the revival, with 
 regard to convwrsions, and as correct as possible. We find that 
 upwards of sixteen hundred persons have professed justifica- 
 tion. This embraces the work carried forward in the chapels 
 of the Leeds four cir( its. In my letters to you and * * *, I 
 have classed the new onverts, so that you could see what pro- 
 portion were Wesleyan, and from other churches and circuits 
 in the country, and from the world. 
 
 After deducting those converted from other churches in 
 town, and those from the country circuits, many of whom 
 were Wesleyans, and a goodly number from the world, it haa 
 been ascertained, that one thousand of the converts belong 
 to Leeds. About six hundred and fifty of the latter were 
 membr of the Wesleyan church in Leeds. These may be 
 divided into three classes. Those who had backslidden from 
 God ; those who had never been converted, by far the great- 
 est number ; and a few who had been living, to say the least, 
 in a low state of grace, but, under the searching truth of 
 God, had been involved in distressing doubts, and cast away 
 the little confidence they had, but had sought a clearer man- 
 ifestation of the favor of God, and found it. Such were 
 questioned closely respecting past experience, and they gen- 
 erally said, " I have had secret misjpvings for years, about 
 my conversion ; there has been a standing doubt, which has 
 ever annoyed me since I began to meet in class ; so that I 
 have done little good, and received little, other than re- 
 gtrsunt from gomg back into the world. My uneasiness has in- 
 creased under tWs pointed preaching, and also in beholding 
 this wonderful work of G)d, I felt, if I could not bear the 
 test of this, how could I expect to bear the trials of my 
 deathbed, or the light of eternity. I have made much 
 resistance agtdnst conung forward to be prayed for, have and 
 
RAMBLES AROUND LKB08. 
 
 •tt 
 
 to others. We 
 the revival, with 
 le. We find that 
 ofesaed justifica- 
 rd in the chapola 
 you and • • *, I 
 old see what pro- 
 :hes and circuits 
 
 ;her churches in 
 , many of whom 
 the world, it has 
 
 converts belong 
 : the latter were 
 
 These may be 
 )ack8lidden from 
 by far the greafc- 
 to say the least, 
 arching truth of 
 3, and cast away 
 t a clearer man- 
 t. Such were 
 e, and they gen- 
 for years, about 
 [oubt, which has 
 class ; BO that I 
 
 other than re- 
 measiness has in- 
 Iso in beholding 
 mid not bear the 
 tlie trials of my 
 lave made much 
 red for, have and 
 
 
 held out for several weeks. At latit I took up my cross, 
 camo forward among the penitents, as a sinner, and God, for 
 Christ's sake, has pardoned all my sins." " Do you then 
 consider this hour as the time of your conversion ? " "I 
 prefer to do so, Sir, and shall consider this aa my starting 
 point for heaven." 
 
 You will therefore perceive, that the increase to the four 
 circuits is not more than three hundred and fifty souls. 
 This is a much greater disproportion tlian any thing of the 
 kind I have observed since my arrival on tliis side the 
 Atlantic. Indeed, such classifications as I have sent you 
 from Idverpool and Leeds, in regard to the subjects of justi- 
 fication, have been new to me ; as I do not remember any 
 necessity for such distinctions in any of the revivals in which 
 I hare been engaged in the United States. You are aware 
 how seldom it is, that persons continue to meet in class for ft 
 length of time in ( lo Methodist Episcopal Church, who have 
 never been " bom agwn." They are generally pushed to 
 such extremities, under the preaching or in class, as to com^ 
 pel 4^em either to retire into the radu of the world or get 
 converted to God. The frequency of revivals in each soci- 
 >ty of our church, also greatly contributes to lessen the 
 number of such unhappy persons. Were I to take the star 
 tistics of the revivals in Dublin, Limerick, Cork, Liverpool, 
 Mid Leeds, as criteria (^ the state of Metliodism in thif 
 coontry, I should certunly conclude, that a vast number 
 meet regularly in cl ss for years, and in good standing too 
 as it respects moral character, who have never obtfufied a 
 satisfactory evidence of their adoption into the family of God. 
 
 I am not sufficiently acquainted with the religious "state of 
 tlie Wesleyan body in this country, to say, "whether it is thus 
 with the societies generally, or that similar developments 
 would be exhibited in case of a revival in other towns of the 
 
mrmmm 
 
 mm*"** 
 
 &4MBIJiS ABOCMD UtBDi. 
 
 kingdom. My mind hM be«n greatly exorc'aed about it; 
 but ia my commumcationa to America I have refnunod from 
 BpeculatJoM, and cntertwnod my corrospondonta with pbun 
 mattern of fact, which fell under my own observation. 
 
 You know how oaay it is for a stranger, passing rapidly 
 through a country, to form opinions the most erroneous ard 
 absurd, of the real state of society. 
 
 America has suffered severely in this way by travellers. 
 Full of prejudice, and determined to pander to the vitiated 
 taste of their countrymen at home ; having neither time, 
 disposition, nor perha[)3 capabilities to examine into the true 
 state of American society ; but driven on, by the force of 
 circumstances, to writo a book and travel too ; «* wide awake " 
 to all the peculiarities of that society with which they have 
 the honor to mingle, namely, bai>room heroes, stage-coach 
 characters, and the promiscuous crowd of men of all nations 
 under heaven, on the crowded street of the city, or deck 
 of the steamer, (to say nothing of the fictitious,) they are 
 " enabled to draw to the life the national character of the 
 Yankees." Their productions are published to tiio world, 
 and read with avidity, and credited; while it is plain to 
 those who have spent many years in that country, that their 
 readers are still in total ignorance about American manners 
 and the real condition of the population. 
 
 Nothing can be more unjust ; and Americwi institutions, 
 moral, reUgious, political, and scientific, have been caiicatured 
 jQrom such sources of information. 
 
 " Whore other* toll with philoiophio foroa, 
 Their nimble noneenie takes a shorter coaree ; 
 Fllnjp »t your he»d convictloni in a lump, 
 And pia» remote couclmtiont at a jump." 
 
 But to return to the subject ; wherever such revival di»- 
 dosures occur, whetiier in Europe or America, tbe matter 
 b worthy of the most serious conaderation. If the new 
 
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 RAMBUU AROUND LBB08. 
 
 828 
 
 xoroised about it; 
 lave refrainod from 
 ondoQtfl with pUun 
 obaorvatioQ. 
 er, paBsing rapidly 
 Qost errouooua ard 
 
 way by travellers, 
 ider to the vitiated 
 ving neither time, 
 amine into the true 
 n, by the force of 
 00 ; " wide awake " 
 th which they have 
 heroes, stage-coach 
 
 men of all nations 
 f the city, or deck 
 ictitious,) they are 
 d character of the 
 ished to ^o world, 
 vhile it is plain to 
 country, that their 
 
 American mannera 
 
 aerictm institutiona, 
 bve be«n catioatured 
 
 broa, 
 
 ter ooaiM | 
 k lump, 
 jam p." 
 
 Br such revival di»- 
 imeiica, the matter 
 ation. If the new 
 
 birth is the hinge upon which the salvation or damnation of 
 the soul muit turn, so many persons, living destitute of sucb 
 a change, and within the bosom of a church, so clear, doo- 
 trinally and experimentally, upon this jtoint, is a most sorioua 
 and awful affair. Were I to vent»ire any thing like an opin- 
 ion, I would say, the cause might be traced to the entire 
 absence of, or long intervals between, powerful revivals of 
 religion. Where this is the case, there would be as much 
 likelihood to find in such societies a healthy and vigorous 
 membership, a» a population enjoying excellent health though 
 unvisitcd for years by the purifying breezes of heaven. We 
 need a ffole every now and then to sweep through the streets 
 and lanes of our groat towns to curry off the smoke and 
 unhealthy exhalations. And thus it is in a spiritual sense 
 witli tlio church of God ; she needs a revival breeie. Our 
 Lord compared the operations of the Spirit to the wind, 
 which bloweth where it listcth ; and we still want the out- 
 pouring of the Holy Spirit, and in some places nothing but 
 a tornado can clarify the spiritual atmosphere, so as to ren- 
 der it fit to breathe in, or to see heaven through by faith — 
 such as that which came in a sound from heaven, as of a 
 rushing mighty wind, filling all our places of worship, and 
 the heart of every worshipper ; shaking the place, and set- 
 ting the town in an uproar, as Jerusalem in days of old. 
 Acts ii. and iv. 31. And blessed ha God, this is in full 
 accordance with that verse wh'„h they sing vigorously in 
 this country, as well as in America : — 
 
 ** Like mightjr wioda, or tomnti fleroa, 
 Let it oppoten all o'arnin ; 
 And every law of «in rerene, 
 That faith and lore may make all one," 
 
 A neglect upon the part of ministers and leadmg members 
 to carry out fully a revival where it has commenced, or an 
 
834 
 
 BAMfiLSS AROUND L8SD8. 
 
 indispostdon to live for and porp«tuat« a iiacoeMnon of thoM 
 gntoious visitationB, weakens the ohuroh of God, and grierM 
 the lloljr Spirit. 
 
 A certain town, for inatanoe, is favored with a remarkable 
 outpouring of the Spirit, with or without extraordinary inatm- 
 mentality, and a largo increase of converted souls is realised 
 bj that church. Now, if instead of a vigorous cooperation 
 witti Ood for a continuation of the revival, (and I can see 
 no reason why it should stop, while a backslider remains to 
 be reclaimod, or an unconverted sinner in the town ; thou^ 
 the flame may not for a time catch upon sinners, it need 
 nerer lose its intonsity in the hearts of believers,) they 
 grow weary in well doing, and desire something else more 
 than the salvation of sinners ; the Spirit of Ood is then 
 grieved, a blight comes on the ohuroh, and a general dead- 
 nesi will be the consequence, and most probably the melan- 
 oholy relapse of the new oonverta. 
 
 But supposing the revival to have ceased, let the church 
 be alive for its recommencement ; and whether their ftsith be 
 fixed on Ood for a revival notr, in the regular means of 
 grace, or in the " special services " mtended for next mondi, 
 the efifeots must ever be the most salutary. The church of 
 God is by that means kept in action, — brought into the 
 field, — and activity is the spring-tide of religious feeling. 
 MethocUsm, firom the beginning, has been a system of aggrn- 
 $ion agMnst the devil ar.d all his works ; lat her keep to this, 
 and she will multiply her numbers and increase both in power 
 and influence. Whenever and wherever she loses this cUs- 
 tinguishing feature in her economy, she must dwindle away 
 into insigmficance. I have never yet seen it fiul ; and the 
 catastrophe has always been in proportion to the length of 
 time nnce she ceased to be the aggressor. It is not enough 
 Hak Mvtfaodism is enabled to stuid on the def(NiriT«» and 
 
8. 
 
 RAMBLKli AkOUND UIDl. 
 
 8i6 
 
 nuccewnon of thoM 
 )f God, »nd grierw 
 
 with a rem«-kabl« 
 xtraordinary inatror 
 scd souls is realised 
 l^rous co-operalion 
 al, (and I can see 
 skslider remains to 
 I the town ; thoo^ 
 on sinners, it need 
 >f belieren,) they 
 mething else more 
 it of Ood is then 
 nd a general dead- 
 >robably the mekn- 
 
 ised, let the ohuroh 
 lether their &ith be 
 I regnlar means of 
 ied for next monUi, 
 jr. The church of 
 — brouj^t into the 
 )f religious feeling, 
 a system of aggre*- 
 let her keep to this, 
 nrease both in power 
 ■ she loses this <Us- 
 uust dwindle away 
 sen it &il ; and the 
 }n to the length of 
 '. It is not enough 
 I the defenrire) and 
 
 hold her own ; if this be ad, a very small part of thA designs 
 of Ood are answered ; and she has little more than half her 
 glory. Acquisition shoidd norcr bo eflbced from her banners. 
 The devil's territory must be invaded till earth and hell are 
 aroused against her aggrossiro movements. Then, and not 
 till then, shall Methodism bo in the meridian glory of her 
 usefulness. 
 
 I have ever considered an anti-revivid Methodbt preaohef 
 as a phenomenon in Methodism. It would be ahnoat as dif- 
 ficult for a man of that character, unless a consummate hyp- 
 ocrite, to got into the ranks of American Methodism, as !br 
 a Jesuit ; and I believe the remark will equally apply to 
 Wesleyan Methodism in these kingdoms. I can, however, 
 easily conceive how a minister may lose the life of God ou'i 
 of his soul, and fearfully backsUdo from first principles. A 
 orimioal indifference to sealous efforts for the salvation of 
 imners may characterise his movements. Is it not poesiblfl 
 for him to impart the same feeUng to the officers of the 
 ohuroh during tiie yean of his stay upon the ciromt i Sup- 
 pose, that at tho end of his term the church is cursed with 
 another of a similar spirit, the results upon the cause of Ood 
 are too evident to need enlargement here. There have been 
 mournful cases of that kind, as you very well know, in 
 America, till the conference has been under the neoesdty to 
 request them to " sit down ; " that is, to e^ase the iv,inertto«y ; 
 and why ? Because of an almost universal protest against 
 receiving them from the circuits within the bounds of Uie 
 conference. 
 
 It has been ruled by some, and in high places too, that 
 the flock ar« just what the pastors choose to make them. 
 This precept, thouj^ extensive, is itot of universal applic»^ 
 tion. " Like people, like priest," says the prophet Hosea; 
 >~ as you fiind the people, so you shall the priest. This 
 28 
 
 
 • • 
 
r~ 
 
 ^k. 
 
 ; 
 
 JU^liSLti^d AnuL'KU Ut&UA, 
 
 \oo\m like traoing; effecto to iheir'oa'tae. But another holj 
 prophet, iMuah, ailor all hut faithful lalior, found hia (wopl* 
 what he would not, and mournfully coinphuned, " I hare 
 labored in vaio, I have spout my strength for nought, and in 
 Tarn ; " and in(|uired, " Who hath behoved our report ? and 
 to whom ifl the arm of the Lonl revealed ? " 
 
 There have been places where ministers have worked 
 themselves bto the grave in beffeotual ofibrts for a revival. 
 
 I have known branches of our church settle down and 
 oease to look for another outpouring of tlto Holy Spirit, con- 
 tented to glide along from year to year, without any revival, 
 till their feeble and sickly state, and the wickedness of 
 nimen around them, became notorious. 
 
 Where there is no anxiety about a revival, in the hearts 
 of the leading members of the church, it is not to be expected 
 they will make that sacrifice of Ume and strength, required 
 by the Holy Ghost, to bring about puch an important triumph 
 of the gospel. The inconaistoncy is greater where such an 
 •rent is prayed for in sincerity, while a reluctanoy is indulged 
 to em{doy the necessary means. 
 
 Whether any of theso propositions apply to the past hia» 
 tory of the Methodist church in Leeds, and in the other 
 towns I have visited, I cannot determine. 
 
 You rememb<jr the groat revival in " • *. Long and 
 Mudoasly did they desire a revival ; but entertained at the 
 Mune time an avoruon to extraordinary means. And why ? 
 Leit the ordinary services, which they admitted were inef- 
 ficient, should be brought into discredit by the extraordinary ; 
 M if another gospel was to be preached in the latter, while 
 in fact, the proposal was, only to preach the gospel a little 
 oikener, — say every night in the week in the same chapel, 
 instead of one or two nights. God, again and agun, both 
 by Ml proTidenc* and the example and successes of othw 
 
 ■ L-...A. 
 
RiMBLBi ARGUHD USDS. 
 
 8S7 
 
 Dut another holj 
 found bia (wopl* 
 plained, '* t h»rt 
 for nought, and in 
 i our report ? and 
 
 era have worked 
 >rti for a revival, 
 settle down and 
 lluly Spirit, con- 
 thout any revival, 
 le wiokedneM of 
 
 ra], in the hearts 
 lot to be expected 
 itrengtb, required 
 important triumph 
 ttr where such an 
 ctanojr ia indulged 
 
 Ij to the past hi*- 
 and in the other 
 
 • •. Long and 
 nterUunod at the 
 sans. And why ? 
 nutted were inef- 
 he extraordinary ; 
 I the latter, while 
 le goepel a little 
 the same chapel, 
 
 and agun, both 
 acc«MM of other 
 
 ohnrohea, Invited them to ctvoperata with him, in a direct 
 and cuutinuod attack upon the dovira kingdom. But, '* No, 
 tile preaching on the Habbath ia excellent ; and if i^nnen 
 are not arouwd and converted by auch preachbg M we bare 
 now, they ouglit t« bo damned." They did not aee that it 
 ia with mind aa it ia with matter — hammer long enough upon 
 a rock, and you will brcnk it in piccca; repeat your atroket 
 upon mind, ond it muat alao break down. Every bo<ly knowi, 
 that one day in the week, however heavy the hammer and 
 rapid the blnwa, cannot accompliah ao much, as if the aaoDO 
 were wicliled every day of the week. 
 
 No man in thot town could have prevailed upon the lead- 
 ing moml)crs of that church, to carry into their buainem 
 operationa the aamo priiiciploa thoy had adopted for a revival 
 of religion — work one day and reat aix. Thua they con- 
 tinued Boveral ycara. A few were converted in that time, 
 and many were impressed with the truth, and joined the 
 church, and met in clasa : — 
 
 '• But tlia pitca dMigiiMl for ((rowth In |nea, 
 Beo«ro« their iplritiMl iMding-pUo*.** 
 
 They never grew at all, bccauae thoy had not been bom of 
 the Spirit. With the exception of numbere, some of th« 
 claaaea resembled a Popish confessional ; the " experience '* 
 was scarcely a whisper, and none hoard it but the leader ; 
 and some were dumbics who could say nothing. What ia 
 recorded in 2 Kings xix. 8, might truly be said of that 
 church ; she had various troubles and rebukes from God, 
 and blasphemies from a world of wickedness ; for Ae chil- 
 dren were brought to the birth, and there was no power to 
 bring forth. 
 
 After years had pucsed away, and some of these unhappy 
 persons had died, and probably slipped away into hell, the 
 Lord heard the sighing of the prisoners, who yet contanaed 
 
r 
 
 •t 
 
 im 
 
 mAMIUUI AAubXb UiSOm. 
 
 b hia ohurch, Mid tli« Meret rappliofttloM of ■ome of Ura 
 •icclUnt of the Qarth. rreachen aiii* |)«w|)l«, wiUt MtoUior 
 maa of Uod who had c^tnie bj ipccbl iuviUtiou, humbled 
 th«mMlvM before the Lord of Hc^ti. The houno of God 
 WM Ihiown op«n dfty wid mghi. lUtUe wan (^von •gaiiut 
 th« worki of d*rku«». Tlio population rMi togotlicr, wid 
 oriod, " Wlukt mctt»«th thk ? Are you mad or druuk ? " 
 ** W« an nettiMr ; but como out every night, thit week and 
 neit, and learn the i«crol." Tho burning trutln (if ( lod wore 
 ihowered ujnm «innem during eight or iiiue days. At length 
 God shook the hoaveM and tho earth, the Spirit of Ood wm 
 poured out upon the people, huiidrodii of the aiunen in Zion 
 wer« bom again, while (iod added duly to his victorious 
 church scores of converted souls from the worid. But this 
 was succeeded by a humiliating difficulty. They mi^^t as 
 well hare tried to keep the thunder a secret as this revival. 
 Thi report <rf it spi«ad far and wide ; many came from a 
 great distaone to witness the conquering power of tho gospel 
 of Cbrirt. All who luui seen or hoard of it, expected 
 •D amanng increase ci membera. Although it was large, 
 yet when mattort cune to be sifled, it was not at all in 
 proportion to the numbers reported to have been saved, 
 and Uie reaction was ii^urious for a timo. An astonishing 
 monument of the revival had been raised, and the church 
 WW ft living flame, but this did not satisfy those inclined to 
 find fault The insinuations of carnal professors were even 
 mor« annoying than diose from the world. They had been 
 reproved lu conscience for their inactivity during the revival ; 
 ftud now, it seemed as if ttiey eiyoyed a secret satisfaction 
 at what tiiey called " the failure of tiie movement." But 
 the ministers, leaders, and those who were devoted to God, 
 View the benefit derived too well to be weakened. They 
 ffl« all tlopg aware, that the majority of those converted, 
 
r KNBM of IM 
 , with MtoUior 
 iioii, huuibl«tt 
 houno of titxl 
 givun Bgiutuit 
 tvgoUiur, aikd 
 
 or drunk?" 
 thk weok and 
 laof (lud woro 
 rs. At leriKtli 
 it of God WAS 
 uxmn in Zion 
 hi* viotorioiu 
 •Id. But tliia 
 rhojr might m 
 m this revival. 
 J camo from n 
 r of tho gospul 
 r it, expected 
 li it was large, 
 
 not at all in 
 e been saved, 
 An astonishing 
 ad the church 
 ose inclined to 
 lors were even 
 Fhey had been 
 ing the revival ; 
 ret saUsfaction 
 rement." But 
 e voted to Qod, 
 akenfld. They 
 loae converted, 
 
 
 
 « 
 
 • 
 
 
 
 
 , 
 
 
 UMIUW AKOUifC 
 
 ) LIUMi. 
 
 
 Ml 
 
 
 WMW 
 
 oneonverted 
 
 or bairVnttddpn 
 
 ti»«mb«ni ; 
 
 th«M, 
 
 ivlththi 
 
 
 large in«r«aa«>, ntom than thfy hod had for many yean, and 
 the high tono of religiou)! Tooling in the church, enabled 
 them to n\>\y to the cavillcm, " We are well repaid for * 
 few weeks' hartl and glorioun labor. We shall certainly us« 
 the very Mtno moans for another revival, within a few months 
 from now. In the moan time wo shall endeavor to traia 
 these new converts for noblnr doings in the church of Ood. 
 We shall get all things in readiness for another battle. Wa 
 see plainly, that it is only preaching tho gospel a liltl* 
 oftenev, and with the Holy (Hiost sent down trom heaven. 
 If the Lord has done so much for us under such disadvan- 
 tages, what may we not expect during anoUier campaign, 
 seeing that we have so many hundreds more of converted 
 souls to bring into tho field ? " 
 
 Again and again, you are aware, has that church Leoa 
 visited with such outpourings of tho Holy Spirit, till not • 
 dog dare move his tongue against a revival. Exod. xi. 7. 
 You may [)0«sibly recollect my reading you an extract front 
 the Annual Address of tho British Conference to the Wes- 
 leyan Methodists, in 1H89 or 1840. It was a source of great 
 encouragement to mo, as it showed that the ministers of the 
 Wcsloyan church had not varied a hai^breadth from first 
 principles. " Some churches regard revivals of reiifpon as 
 gracious singularities in their history ; we regard Uiem ag 
 essential to our existence. If a regular series of dime 
 visitations, issuing in the conversion of sinners, be not vouch- 
 safed to us, we must either change tlie s^nritual constitotion 
 of our discipline or we sliall pine away from among the 
 tribes of God's Israel." 
 
 In no town that I have hitherto visited, has the vrork of 
 entire sanotification advanced with such swiftness, power, 
 and <!^stinctne8B, aA in this town. Hundreds were ruwd up 
 28* 
 
 111 
 
8sa 
 
 KAMBLES ABOUND LBEOB. 
 
 to tes(tfy, in the clearest manner, that the blood of Jesua 
 Chriat had cleansed them from all sin. More than once, 
 however, it haa been hinted in certwn companies, that the 
 n^jority of these had only experienced a larger degree of 
 justifying grace ; in a few days or weeks from now, they 
 would come down from such flints, and be content with the 
 level of the justified ones. Were I called upon for a reply, 
 I would say, it may be so, and most Ukoly will be so, if their 
 testimony be treated with unwarrantable suspicion by their 
 feUow members. Let this holy flame be fanned by frequent 
 and clear sermons on this doctrine, and let all those who 
 have professed tlua great blesang be exhorted to hold it >aat ; 
 and should any such suffer loss, let the whole church cr;' to 
 God for their recovery. Moreover, let the purified souls be 
 encouraged to bear a distinct and weekly testimony to what 
 God has done for them, without any annoying insinuations, 
 unless tiieir conduct contradict their profession ; let them be 
 treated in a loving but searching manner ; and if they have 
 been niataken, they may not be discouraged, but obtain the 
 very thing after which their eager souls have been so rin- 
 cerely aspiring. At the same time let all the Lord's people 
 be exhorted to press into this glorious liberty of the sons of 
 God, now, by ample faith ; and this revival of entire sancti- 
 fication need never stop, tiU the entire Wesleyan church in 
 Leeds is saved, to sin no more. 
 
 After Mr. Caughey left Leeds, those enemies t» revivals, 
 ^ho could not in the face of facts deny that a mighty work 
 was wrought, reported that a declme in relipon had suc- 
 ceeded his labors, owing to the great instability of the con- 
 verts. But this malignant falsehood found its contradiction 
 in the minutes of the Annual Conferences, for they showed 
 t)uijb wihjle the numbers m society had been goAvtHj 
 
 mum 
 
RAMBLES AROUND LKBDS. 
 
 S81 
 
 tlood of Jesus 
 }re than once, 
 mies, that the 
 ger degree of 
 •om now, they 
 ntent with the 
 m for a reply, 
 
 be BO, if their 
 )icion by their 
 id by frequent 
 all those who 
 to hold it I'ast; 
 
 church CT2' to 
 Liified souls be 
 amony to what 
 g insinvations, 
 1 ; let them be 
 i if they have 
 
 but obtain the 
 e been so un- 
 I Lord's people 
 of the sons of 
 f entire sancti- 
 eyan church in 
 
 declining m Leeds from 1840 to 1848, the period of Mr. 
 Caughey's labors, there was an increase of Jive hundred 
 memben reported at the followmg Conference, and the circuit 
 continued to prosper from the impulse it then received. 
 
 After leaving Leeds, Mr. Caughey made a short tour on 
 the continent, in which he passed rapidly through portions of 
 France, Holland, Prussia, Germany, and Switzerland, making 
 observations on men and manners, and gathering information 
 adapted to freshen his mind and prepare him for further 
 labors in his Master's vineyard. 
 
 Hifl account of this tour is conttdned in his ' Letters,' but 
 for want of space we are compelled to pass over them alto- 
 gether. On his return from the continent we fit! him 
 resummg his pleasant t(uls in the town of Hull; for an 
 account of which the reader mqst peruse the next chapter. 
 
 ies to revivals, 
 a mighty work 
 i^on had suc- 
 lity of the con- 
 8 contradiction 
 or they showed 
 been {pcadually 
 
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 ■ ^ .-..■:. ..-^».. .rfnrti'rtfa. 
 
 CHAPTETl XX. 
 
 QLOBIOrS WORIt OF GOD IN HULL. 
 
 THB following Chapter « rich in incident. ^^^^^^ 
 grace of God in one of its in«rt wonderful manifestaUon^. 
 ^ is Been ridmg gloriously in the Revival fhanot "nd «.e 
 Cross triumphs over the Serpent, to the confusion of sumers 
 ^Tihe joy of saints. Such displays of heavenly power as 
 Tere n«de in the Waltham street chapel, show that the 
 ^^em church may have its days «f Pentecost as weU^ 
 the ancient. 0, for that fidelity to God that Vr^T^^^^^ 
 which, with holy violence, takes the kmgdom of God hy 
 
 ^Thl reader will remember that the visit of Mr. Caughey 
 to nr^k place in the aut«nm of 1843, di^ctty afl«r bs 
 return from to first continental tour. He had been mM 
 some weeks when he wrote the following account of the work 
 to a friend in America :— 
 
 During the first two weeks I had very etraitened tkaesm 
 prea^lnni; frequently, indeed, -J -ou^T ^^f^ 
 Do you understand this? I ^"^ ^'^^''^'y .^,f ^**"« , S 
 iad quite as much in expressing them ; as f they ^O!?^^* 
 ^ayonmyUps. I could only account for these h^tmg 
 ZLZL Supposition that they, (the MethodisteOj-e 
 TpendinguponL "arm of flesh," instead of trustmg m the 
 882 
 
OliORlOUS WORK OF 000 IH HULL. 
 
 HULL. 
 
 it. It edubits the 
 rful manifeatatioDB. 
 ral Chariot, and the 
 :onfvision of fliimera 
 heavenly power, as 
 pel, show that the 
 ?entecoBt as well as 
 that praying fwth, 
 bgdom of God by 
 
 iBit of Mr. Caughey 
 i3, ^Urectly after Ws 
 le had been in Hull 
 account of the work 
 
 f straitened times in 
 ih was ahrost closed. 
 Ity in getting ideas, 
 as if they wodd die 
 for these humiUating 
 te Methodists,) were 
 «ad of trusting in the 
 
 living God. They had heard, it seems, much about your 
 friend ; expectation was " on tiptoe ; " noUung was looked 
 for but some mighty and sweeping arguments, with bursts of 
 commuiding eloquence, which would carry every thing be- 
 fore them, mowing down sinners by hundreds. Had their 
 faith been fixed in God for this, it is not unlikely he would 
 have honored it, by an immediate putting forth of his power, 
 in an extraor(Unary manner. This was a sore trial to me ; 
 and my divine Master continued to let mo down lower and 
 lower. 
 
 One night, during this humiliation, an intelligent member 
 sud to ber husband, as they were returning home, " That 
 good man should not take a text at all." My soul was proch 
 trated and humbled before God and man, and mourned in 
 the dust. The Rev. William lllmgworth, one of tlie min- 
 isters stationed in this town, one evening after preaching, 
 expluned to me, in a pleasant but serious manner, the groat 
 hinderance in tlie way of a revival. It is not necessary to 
 repeat Uie conversation, as the substance is incorporated in 
 the above, but his concluding advice went deep into n^ 
 heart : " Hold on ; preach as you can ; by-and-by the peo- 
 ple will lay hold of the throne of grace for themselves, by 
 futh and prayer. They will not do this, however, till they 
 have learned the useful lesson — man can do nothing. Then 
 we shall have a brealdng down, such as you have not seen. 
 Tlus you may depend upon." 
 
 This encouraged me ; and we cheerfiiUy, both in preach- 
 ing and in various exhortations, labored to show the people 
 that without an influence fW>m above, the gospel, with all 
 our efibrts, must continue a dead letter. Gehaii was sent 
 by lus master (2 Kings iv.) to lay the staff of Elisha upon 
 the fkce of the dead child of the Shunammite. Gehari ran, 
 e^peoting to do wonders ; just as some tlunk of aooompUsh 
 
 _Ji 
 
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 884 
 
 ULOBlOtlil WORK OF OOD IS HULL. 
 
 ing great things by their sermocs, without a proper depend- 
 ence upon the Holy Ghost, and aro doomed to a signal 
 disappointment. Geha«i laid the staff upon the « head" of 
 the cUld ; like ministers of the gospel, who endeavor to drive 
 the life of religion into the hearts of simicrs, by attacking 
 the head, the inteUect only. Ho stood by the corpse, anx- 
 iously watching the process, and hoping, no doubt, to have 
 the miracle wrought before his master arrived ! But the 
 child remained as dead as the staff. " lliere was neither 
 voice nor hearing." Satisfied, at length, that the means had 
 totaUy failed— I doubt whether the man spent five minutes 
 in agonizmg prayer for the recovery of the child— discour- 
 aged, Gehazi went out to meet Elisha, exclaiming as they 
 met, " The chUd is not awaked ! " I vnah all pious people, 
 and aU unsuccessful ministers, would thus return to their 
 Lord and Master, saying, " The staff— the sermon has been 
 appUed to the sinner's head and heart— but he is not awak- 
 ened ! " Let them see to it, however, that they faU down 
 and agonize with God, in the presence of the sinner, and 
 leave no means untried, before they sink into despondency, 
 and return forlornly to their God, as Gehazi to his master. 
 Elisha said nothing, but went into the house, entered the 
 chamber of death, and remained there alone with thewrpse, 
 praying to God. After which, he "lay upon" the dead 
 boy, " and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon 
 his eyes, and his hands upon his hands ; and he stretched 
 himself upon the child, and the flesh of the oh 'd waxed 
 warm." The minister of Christ must address himself to the 
 whole man, if he will have the dead sinner raised to life ; 
 the pasMonfl must bo warmed and excited, as well as the 
 eyes of the understandmg opened. Elisha then arose " and 
 walked in the house to and fro," no doubt greatly moved in 
 himself, and crying earoestiy to God. Again he repeated 
 
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A,. 
 
 proper depends 
 ed to u signal 
 he " head" of 
 ideavor to drive 
 :b, by atttMsking 
 he corpBe, anx- 
 > doubt, to have 
 ivcd ! But the 
 ere was neither 
 t the moans had 
 ent five minutes 
 child — discour- 
 jlaiming as they 
 ill pious people, 
 return to their 
 sermon has been 
 he is not awak- 
 ; they fall down 
 the sinner, and 
 to despondency, 
 oi to his master, 
 use, entered the 
 with thcTJorpse, 
 upon" the dead 
 nd his eyes upon 
 and he stretehcd 
 the cb 'd waxed 
 )8S lumself to the 
 er nused to life ; 
 i, as well as the 
 then arose «'and 
 greatly moved in 
 giun he repeated 
 
 GLOaiOUS WORK OF GOO IN HULL. 
 
 886 
 
 the experiment upon the chUd, usbg the means, and tnistbg 
 m the power of a miracle-working God. At length there 
 were tiffnt of life, and a koise ; the chUd sneezed seven 
 times, opened his eyes, and was restored by Elisha, alive, to 
 his joyful mother. 
 
 " Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the 
 Lord of hosts." Zech. iv. 6. « Christ had the key to open 
 Lydia's heart," aayj an old divme, "but St. Paul might 
 have preached his heart out, before Lydia's heart would have 
 opened to let the word in, had not the Lord undertaken the 
 work." Acts xvi. 14. Christ has the key to the human 
 heart, but he must turn it, or it will remain obstinately and 
 for ever shut against all the preaching that may be thundered 
 at the door ! The word of God is a sbal, (Rom. vi. 17, and 
 Eph iv. 80,) but it requh^s the hand of the Holy Ghost upon 
 the word, m order to an impression. As powder to a bullet, 
 so are faith and love in the heart of a minister, to make truth 
 
 The people of God were exhorted and entreated to be- 
 seech the Lord of hosts to fill the hearts of his ministers with 
 the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven ; they were told 
 again and again that the weightiest truth could accomplish 
 nothing without the direct agency of the Spirit ; that with- 
 out this influence, the words of the preacher would faU like 
 feathers or flakes of snow upon the congregation, and with a 
 similar effect. The Lord appUed such truths as the above 
 to the hearts of many. The spirit of prayer descended upen 
 the people, many of whom were now in an agony for the 
 conversion of sinners. Hundreds of prayers ascended ^o 
 heaven every day, and during eveiy sermon, for « the out- 
 Pooring of the Holy Spirit." The superintendent, the Rev. 
 Robert Thompson, managed the prayer meetings admirably : 
 and his coUeagues, the Rev. William lUingworUi, and the 
 
886 
 
 0L0RI0U8 WORK OP OOD IN ntlLL. 
 
 Rey. John Vine, came up to the help of the Lord, in a noble 
 and energetic manner. The people of God. obBerving how 
 cordially and confidently their ministers co-oporated m «ie 
 work, were cheered and encouraged to give all the aid withm 
 their power ; their numbora increased in the meetings daily, 
 and gpod men from every part of the town "JJted around 
 our standard, and prayer became general. » IJie effectua , 
 fervent prayer of a r -hteous man availeth much, says »t. 
 James; and says a good old minister, "If one trumpet 
 sounds so loud in the ears of God, how much more a concert 
 of all the sUver trumpets of Zion sounding together. If 
 one sigh of a praying man wafts the bark to the desired 
 haven, or stirreth Zion's ship, how much more a gale of sighs 
 breathed by a thousand real Christians. Where so many 
 hands are lifted up, how many blessings may they not pull 
 down from heaven t " The valley of dry bones was stirred, 
 CEwk xxxvii.,) " There was a noise, and behold a ahakmg. 
 The Spirit of God now moved in power, and breathed upon 
 the slain, and they lived, and « stood upon their feet, ahttle 
 army of three hundred and fifty souls, who had passed from 
 death unto life. More than one half of this number were 
 already members of the Wesleyan church ; some of whom 
 had backslidden from God, and others had never been convert, 
 ed; the remamder were from the world. We found also 
 about two hundred persons, who had within a few weeks ex- 
 perienced the blessing of entire sanctificabon. Thess. v. 28, 
 24. All glory be to God! FromGeorge Yard ehapej, 
 (Methodist places of worsWp are aU caUed «^*P«1« « *«» 
 co^^try; some members of the Establishment esj^em 
 "meeting-houses," others « preaohing-houses,'; ^ ^^«^ 
 them as far as possible firom the^ churches ; th«, of co««, 
 you would not bear in America,) we adjourned to ihe Kmfr 
 8ton chapel ; a new, large, and elegant edifice. 
 
 T^^H^f 
 
Lord, in a noble 
 observing how 
 )pcrated in the 
 dl the ud within 
 meetinga daily, 
 i rallied around 
 "The effectual, 
 much," BayaSt. 
 If one trumpet 
 1 more a concert 
 g together. If 
 : to the desired 
 •e agaleof sighfl 
 Where bo many 
 ay they not pull 
 ones was stirred, 
 (hold a shaking." 
 id breathed upon 
 heirfeet,"aUttle 
 had passed from 
 this number were 
 1 ; some of whom 
 jver been convert- 
 We found also 
 1 a few weeks ex- 
 lon. Thess. v. 28, 
 rge Yard ehapel, 
 5d chapels in this 
 ihment call them 
 ises," to degrade 
 I ; tins, of eourse, 
 med to the King- 
 [ifioe. 
 
 OLORIOinS WOBK Of OOD IK HULIi. 
 
 887 
 
 Considerable fear was entertained by many, as to the r»- 
 ndt of a special effort in this chapel, as it was a new interest, 
 and very many of the pew-holders were unconverted, and 
 not a few of them comparative strangers to MeUiodism. But 
 the people of God were too well acquainted with the source 
 from whence we obtained our victory at George Yard, to 
 place a revival in this chapel upon the ground of probability. 
 Indeed the last 3aturday evening wo spent at George Yard, 
 previous to commencing at Kingston, tho Rev. Mr. Thomp- 
 son told them. We must not go to that chapel under any 
 other feeling than an unconquerable and unwavering deter- 
 mination to obtain a glorious victory for the Lord God of 
 hosts. He then offered all the lovers of Jesus in that band- 
 meeting a " motto, and a watchword," to circulate through 
 all their ranks ; and advised it should be tho language of 
 their hearts as they passed along Uie streets to the chapel, 
 and at every meeting there, Victort ! Victory ! ! Vioto- 
 RT ! 1! You know my sensitive nature ; how euily weak- 
 ened, how ready to be encouraged in conflicts such as these . 
 My soul was happy ; I felt as if I could run through a troop, 
 and leap over a wall ! 
 
 The followmg morning (Sabbath) we commenced the 
 " special services " at Kingnton ; enjoyed a good day, and a 
 number of sinners were converted to God. A few days had 
 only passed away, when the revival was advancing with all 
 the npdity and power it had at George Yard. We con- 
 tinued to fight tiie battles of the Lord in this chapel, till the 
 80th ult., when it was ascertuned that more than two hun- 
 dred nnnen had been converted from the world, besides 
 feventy or eighty membw^ ; there were also two hundred 
 and fifty member* who obtained the blessing of entire sanc- 
 iaficataon. Tke select meeting for the young converts was 
 omilar to those I have described in other letters. Unite 
 29 
 
^■MMftrtWki^M^ 
 
 M«M«*MWMMt*MMh> 
 
 QLoaious WORK or aoD in hdix. 
 
 with me, my dear friend, in giving all Uio glory to God for 
 ■uch wonderful diaplaya of hi« [lower ! llio Lord ia very 
 good to mc, hia unworthy servant ; and I am sure you will 
 aasiat me in giving him thanks for his great mercy in multi- 
 plying the evidences, that my mission to Europe was of God. 
 It aflfords me groat pleasure also, to say, that, under Qod, 
 much of this success has been owing to the " brotherly kind- 
 ness " manifested by the superintendent and his worthy col- 
 leagues, durir ^ my stay among them. Every thing was done 
 by them to smooth my path, and to open to me a wide door 
 of usefulness in this town ; and with such genuine good 
 will as none could misiuidcrstand. It was seldom that there 
 was not one of them present to take the management of the 
 prayer meeting. Some of their exhortations, especially 
 those of the Rev. Mr. Illingworth, were among the most 
 soul-stirring and sinner-awakening appeals I have over hoard. 
 The local preachers and leaders, among whom was my host, 
 Mr. WilUiun Field, entered into the work with an ardor and 
 success I have never seen excelled. Bless the Lord, my 
 soul, and all that is within me praise him, that he has per 
 mitted me to form such an acquiuntanoe with so many de- 
 voted servants of the living God ! The f "esence of the 
 stationed ministers relieved my mind from a weight of ro- 
 sponubility ; and having perfect confidence in their judgment 
 I was saved from all anxiety from that quarter. The help also 
 of so many men of deep experience, rendered unnecessary 
 those exhausting personal efforts with penitents after preaching 
 which you are aware have worn me down in other revivals. 
 We rettuncd the same secretary who o£Bciated at George 
 Yard, (Mr. M. • *,) by which means, persons who had relapsed 
 into doubt, (which frequently happens during a revival,) and 
 had re-obtained a clear sense of the pardoning love of God, 
 were prevented from having their names recorded a second 
 
 ■BBHBHWWP' 
 
QIiORIOUB WOBK Off 000 IM BULL. 
 
 389 
 
 7 to God for 
 Lord i« very 
 •uro you will 
 eroj in multi- 
 10 WM of God. 
 it, under flod, 
 irothorly kind- 
 M worthy col- 
 bhing wu done 
 ko a wide door 
 genuine good 
 lom that there 
 kgement of the 
 ns, especially 
 kong the most 
 ve over hoard, 
 k was my host, 
 I an ardor and 
 le Lord, my 
 i he has per 
 I so many de- 
 *esence of the 
 weight of re- 
 thoir judgment 
 The help also 
 d unnecessary 
 Ebfler preaching 
 other revivals, 
 ated at Qeorge 
 ho bad relapsed 
 a revival,) and 
 g love of God, 
 orded a second 
 
 time ; which should alwajrs be avoided, if possible, as it only 
 swells the number to an unreal amount. 
 
 Having received au invitation to the Hull West Circuit, 
 from the superintendent, the Ilev. Thomas Martin, I preached 
 in W:Utbam Street chapel, last Sabbath morning ; but in 
 such a " rough and unpalatable manner," that many wore 
 offended. At night, I came forward with a text which had 
 for some time rested upon my mind, with solemn weight : 
 " This year thou shalt die." The warning was attended 
 with an unusual influence from Ood, and about forty sinners 
 were converted. This display of the power of truth, togeth- 
 er with the solemn and impressive services of " the watch- 
 night," have given an impulse to the revival, which I trust 
 it will retain during the entire special services on this 
 circuit. 
 
 I am at present busily engaged in preparing a volume of 
 my Letters for the press, and under various apprehensions 
 as to how they may be received by the public ; but this I 
 must leave witli the Lord. The principle upon which I pro- 
 ceed is this : If the work of God be neglected, in brin^g out 
 this volume, the Lord may frown upon it, and it will not 
 succeed, but become a total loss to me. But if I continue to 
 give my energies fully to the revival, leaving nothing undone 
 likely to promote its interests, and then do what else I can 
 in relation to the book, the Lord may snile upon the produc- 
 tion, give it a circulation, and make it a blessing. The pre- 
 paring of this volume is a secondary thing; and this is as it 
 should be. The fruit of my preaching, I thank God, is not 
 00 problematical as that of my pen. My mind is quite free 
 from tf«alo)'iff/«u, " evil reasonings," when preaching to a 
 chapel full of sinners, repentance toward God and futh in 
 our Lord Jesus Christ. " H'^re is solid footing ! " The re- 
 sults are sure, so long, at Iwist, as I live entirely to God, 
 
UQ 
 
 Qiouovt wuiu; or uoo is uvll. 
 
 and while mj T/onl grMlottdj p«nnlta me to wtab the oonip 
 miaaioii ho vouch«afod to me in Aoierica. 
 
 In ft letter bearing date of Feb. 28, (1844.) Mr. Caugh^j 
 reiumos hie noticoi of tho Hull revival as followa: 
 
 You will be rejoiced to hear that the revival ia advancing 
 with rapidity and power. The great end which every con- 
 ■cientioua preacher of the goapel ahould have in view, ia being 
 aooomplished diuly in thia town — the converaion of ninncra 
 tc God. Tho effect* of truth upon acorca and hundred* of 
 tlie Bona and dau|^ters of wiokodneaa, are distinct and 
 undeniable. 
 
 Since the la«t day of the Iwt year, my labora have been 
 confined to t?.o llnll West Circiut. We contmuod tho 8e^ 
 vicea in Waltham Street chapel, from the Slst of December 
 till the 17th instant. 
 
 During that time, the congregations were large, tejoad 
 any thing I liad yet Hoon in a revival. The chapel, on the 
 week nights, was often "filled i» overflowing," long before 
 the hour had arrived for preaching. Every service, during 
 the above period, was marked by a graciooa and constraimng 
 influence from above. Tliere were seasons, too, when the 
 power of God was revealed in a manner moat astonishing. 
 An extraordinary manifestation of this kind occurred in the 
 above chapel, on Friday night, 2d instant, which I shall 
 never forgot, nor will the multitudes who were present. 
 During the first forty minutes of the sermon, tiiero was an 
 awful solemnity, " a general calm ; " not unlike a prelude to 
 one of your American storms of thunder and Ughtning and 
 rain—" a silent awe, that dares not move," pervaded the vast 
 assembly. So profound was the silence, that one would have 
 supposed the falling of a pin could have been heard in any 
 put of the chapel. From, say, the fortieth to the forty- 
 
1 
 
 etidn the oovBr 
 
 I Mr. Cfta|^7 
 
 )wa: 
 
 J ii »dvuicuig 
 ch erory oon- 
 i view, ii being 
 ■inn of Htnnon 
 (i hundredfl of 
 distinct and 
 
 ion have been 
 
 inuod ttio 0O^ 
 
 of December 
 
 large, l^yond 
 chapel, on the 
 5," ]ong before 
 service, during 
 dd constraining 
 . too, when the 
 «( astonishing, 
 occurred in the 
 which I shall 
 were present. 
 >, there was an 
 ke a prelude to 
 1 lightning and 
 rvaded the vast 
 one would hare 
 t heard in any 
 th to the forty- 
 
 OLOMOVQ wnaic or ood at moll. 
 
 841 
 
 eighth minute of th« discourae, Ujore were ocoasional RMhee 
 of dirine power, succeeded by supprwsm'ii »>unda from dif- 
 ferent parts of the congregation, indicating emoti«>ns of no 
 ordinary character. The preaching wa tery f»r from being 
 of a boisterous kind ; but when th'j preacher arriTed at that 
 point where it was strongly, but not with viol«noe, urged 
 that full salvation should be expected every moment, by fMth, 
 there was a divine feeling. •' If we are nanctiBed by faith," 
 naid the preacher, " why not now ? this very moment, this 
 instant, now ? " my brother. If 
 
 " Yonr nAul br«»ki out in itrong (ImIn, 
 ThU perfect blld* to prov« i 
 Your IcHigiiiK hmrt li ill on Art, 
 To b« dit<ulv«<t In lovo." 
 
 More rapid than thought shall be your transition into a 
 state of perfect purity and perfect love. If you (l*re to be- 
 lieve, he cleanses now ; in answer to your powerful prayer it 
 shall be done. Believe that ho does save you from sin now, 
 and just now, the bUwd of Jesus Christ his Son does cleanse 
 you from all sut, by the power of the Holy Ghost, and you 
 Bhall bo able to tesUfy, '* Let men exclaim, and fiends re- 
 pine," — 
 
 " 'T It d'mo, Ihon dost this momant Mra, 
 W th full MlvRtinn bleu i 
 Dedemptlon tlironxh thy blood I lutTO, 
 And spotlou l(iv« Mid {i«ao« 1 " 
 
 At this moment, an influence, evidently from Heaven, 
 cwne upon the people suddenly;* it seemed like some 
 mighty rushing — likt the bursting of a storm of wind upon 
 some exton-sive forest. The entire congregation was in mo- 
 tion ; some preparing to fly from the place, and others in the 
 act of prostrating Uiemselves before the Lord Qod of hosts. 
 Cries for mercy, and percing supplications for purity of 
 
 • Aeu u. 1 
 
aa 
 
 OU)MUUi WOUk OF ttOO IX UVU*. 
 
 tb« K»ll«rio«, u w«U M ain>nghoul lh« body of th« oh»p«l I 
 «lalo i.unfl«d auuli wer« •lultbg m th« lofti«.t ttwii- <^ 
 
 The Men* wm, UywA dewriptlnn, grtnd Mid fubluMly 
 •wfy. UwM"Ood'iownhou«!,»udJie»vou'«gate" Poor 
 noMni were wiiMod, wid fled ; but •omo of thorn foil down, 
 ■ooM dkUno* «W)m the clukpel, in terror wwl »«ony. Many, 
 bowtftr, rtn»«in«d, renturinK th« pubUcan'* ple», " Ood b« 
 mernful to me a mimer!" My loul, full of holy awo, 
 trembled t«for6 the m«a«9ty of Ood. Ok* Elijah, who oov 
 «rod hia face in hi* maiide when the I^rd pawed by, 1 
 waa glad of a place of concealment in the bottom of 
 the pulpit. The Buperintcndcnt miiii«tor, the Rev. Thomaa 
 Mirtin, who waa with me in the pulpit at the time, wm to 
 orerpowertKl, that he ooull do nothing but weep and adore. 
 Thoa it continued for about twenty-five minutce, when the 
 I/)rd stayed his hand, ai.<l there waa a .ud,len and heavenly 
 cabn, m of auiiahine and glory. The number converted 
 and .anotified on that night wm great. It appear* the in- 
 fluence waa ahnoat as powerful outaide the chapol aa withm. 
 An unconverted nuui, who waa standing wiUiout at the time, 
 waiting to accompany hia wife home.aaid, when she came 
 out, " I don't know what haa been gomg on in the chapel, or 
 how you have felt, but there waa a v«ry strange feeling came 
 over me whUe I waa standuig at the door." 
 
 A few Buch Bhocka of almighty pwer would torn the 
 kmgdom of the devil in any place or city upaide down, and 
 ao &r to convert the entire population. 
 
 I have Been but few auch manifeaUtiona of divine power 
 daring the coome of my miuiatry ; that which occurred at 
 the PortJackBoncamiH»eeting,onthe weatembwikBof Lake 
 
 Champlab, very much resembled it. 
 
1 mam — oo 
 
 ih« chAp«l} 
 
 It ttraim of 
 
 nd iublmMly 
 Kftte" Poor 
 im foil dowa, 
 ony. Many, 
 », " God to 
 »f holy »w«, 
 jab, who cor* 
 
 pMM<i by, I 
 10 bottom of 
 llov. ThomM 
 
 time, WM 10 
 op and tAort. 
 ten, when the 
 and heavenly 
 yet conrerted 
 )poan the in- 
 ipol as within, 
 it at the time, 
 hen she oamo 
 
 the ohapol, or 
 B feoUiig came 
 
 aold tarn the 
 dde down, and 
 
 divbe power 
 h oooorred at 
 h«nkBof Lake 
 
 , 
 
 au)aious work or ooo im miL. 
 
 848 
 
 I h*Te becoro* acquainted with aeroral remarkable caM« 
 of eonveraion, in c<mnectiim with Uiiflreviral, iume of which 
 will be intereating to you. 
 
 A few m<»ming)i •inco, a baolulidor. aged aboul fifty, 
 called to ae* mm, in great <li«trc«i of mind. He trembled 
 from head to fixit, and to great waa hia anguinh, he could 
 not, for wnnfi time, utter a word. At length, he cried, 
 *' liord, help me ! O, Sir, a few ho\ir» ago, I had a droam. 
 1 tliought I waa in a atrange town, mmio diatance fi?om Hull, 
 where the devil nppcaretl to nws, and attomptod to carry mo 
 off to hell, b«xly and toul. My soul waa greatly troubled in 
 my dream, and I Inigged for a certain number of honra, that 
 I m?)?ht return to Hull, and bid my wife and family farewell. 
 I aaked for twonty-fonr houra, in which to go and come back; 
 allowing twelve houni to remain witli my family. The devil 
 replied, • Very well, you shall have that time ; ' and now," 
 continued the unhappy man, weeping an if hia heart would 
 break, ♦' I believe I ahall be taken aick to-morrow, at a cer- 
 tain time, and die." It i« a warning from God, my friend, 
 I replied, and receive it M such. " But I shall die to-morrow, 
 about this time." No ; I believe you will live much beyond 
 that period, if you aeek for mercy, and get your baokslidtngn 
 healed ; you may be spared yet a number of years, to glori- 
 fy your pardoning Ood. " Do you think so ? " I certainly 
 do, but it will bo at your peril to procouttinato your salva- 
 tion. Come forward to be prayed for to-night, at the cloae 
 of the sermon, in Waltham Street chapel, should you not 
 obtain salvation before. After prayer, ho departed in great 
 anguish and agitation of spirit. That night he came for- 
 wiu^, e«nong many otiier penitents, with his deeply-awakened 
 wife by his side ; nor did he leave the place of prayer till 
 God had restored to hia soul the joys of salvation. A few 
 dajs after, on a Si^bath morning, at the Kingston ohapel» I 
 
. 1 1fffi' '""--'--f ' "'''--'■i^^ - 
 
 ifMiiTiitte. ■ 
 
 8M 
 
 OLOKIOUB WORK OF GOD IN HULL. 
 
 mentioned Uie case ; and he aroee and testified to a largo 
 congregation that ho was the sinner whom God had so won- 
 derfully rescued from hell. 
 
 The following letter from one of the leaders of the Hull 
 East Circuit to me, unfolds an interposition of tiie presence 
 and power of God, winch ought not to be concealed : — 
 
 " Hull, February 27, 1844. 
 
 "Dear Sir, 
 
 " Feeling assured that it will be mteresting to you to re- 
 ceive any information concerning those persons who, during 
 tiiM great revival, have been brought to 'the knowledge of 
 the truth,' especially, as so many infidels, moralists, and car- 
 nal professors seem detemuned to brand that work as the 
 effect of a mere mental, temporary excitement, it is with 
 imfeigned pleasure I commumcate the following incident, as 
 additional evidence that the work in which you are engaged, 
 is indeed the work of God. 
 
 "You will remember, dear Sir, during the services' at 
 Kingston chapel, one night, at the close of your sermon, you 
 were involved in a deep and intense agony respecting some 
 individual m tiie congregation, who, as it appeared to you, 
 was violentiy resisting the influences of the Holy Spirit, and 
 upon the very brink of destruction ; wid, so solemn and aw- 
 ful was the impression, at that moment, throughout the vast 
 congregation, that many persons have repeatedly declared, 
 they never recollected any tiling comparable to it during tiieir 
 prenous history. 
 
 "The following incident may serve, perhaps, m some 
 measure, to elucidate the occasion of that most extraordi- 
 nary and overwhelimng scene :— 
 
 «J. A., now a member of my class, and apparently, 
 about forty years of age, was, until within the last two or 
 
led to a Urge 
 i bad 80 won- 
 
 of the Hull 
 the presence 
 ealed : — 
 
 27, 1844. 
 
 to you to re- 
 I who, during 
 knowledge of 
 iliatB, and car- 
 b work as the 
 nt, it is with 
 g incident, as 
 I are engaged, 
 
 le services ! at 
 ir sermon, you 
 ispeoting some 
 peared to yon, 
 )ly Spirit, and 
 )lemn and aw- 
 ghout the vast 
 edly declared, 
 it during their 
 
 , m some 
 nost extraordi- 
 
 id apparently, 
 the last two (a 
 
 OLOKIOUS WORK OF QOD IN UULL. 
 
 845 
 
 three months, a bitter enemy of religion, and a violent per- 
 secutor of the people of God. In bis sentiments he appears 
 to have been an infidel ; for, notwithstanding lus awful blas- 
 phemies uttered agsonst every thing sacred, be has been 
 frequently heard to say, that ' if there were a God and a 
 heaven, ho had no doubt of going there.' I ought to stato 
 that his wife had been for some time a member of our so- 
 ciety, but through ^ m violent persecutions, she was induced, 
 after considerable endurance, to withdraw herself, and lost 
 her religion. No matter into what company J. A. entered, 
 whenever religion watt nsmed, he never hesitated to denounce 
 it as a system of ' fraud and deception,' and its ministers as 
 ' rogues, vagabonds, devils,' &c. And be has often said, that 
 * if ever he entered Kingston chapel, he hoped he should be 
 smothered, or that it would fall down upon him and crush 
 him.' Soon after you came to Hull, he visited a member of 
 my class, Mrs. J., and during the conversation sud, 'Why 
 you have another rascal come to town.' ' Rascal,' said the 
 person, * who do you mean ? ' 
 
 " ' Why,' sud he, < that man from America.' And again 
 he commenced his old course of blasphemous language 
 agtunst the ministers of reli^on, &o., when she renund- 
 ed him of the impropriety of such language in the pres- 
 ence of her ohilchren, and comnumded him to leave tlte 
 house, at the same time telling him, that she diould call 
 upon his vrife to go and hear this Mr. Caughey,. 
 
 " She did so. His wife went to the chapel, and through tite 
 mercy of God, was awakened and converted. She was solicit- 
 ed to beccMne a member of society, and a leader w&ited upon 
 her two or three times ere he could meet with her at home. 
 Her husband, by some means, received some intimation of it, 
 and became, greatly enraged ; prohibited her from attending 
 class meetings, threatemng her, if she did, witii tiie most 
 
846 
 
 aLORlODS WORK OF OOD IN VUtL. 
 
 KftM denunciationa, and hoping that 'if ever she entered 
 that chapel (Kmgaton) again, she would fall dotm and break 
 her neck.' But she waa determined, if poBsible, to attend ; 
 and as the duties of her husband re<iuired hifl attention at 
 that period of the evening, she thought she could do bo with- 
 out his knowledge. That day came, and to use his own ex- 
 pression, he *felt like adevU;' came to &e dreadful A^ 
 termination, as sincerely and resolutely aa he ever determined 
 upon any thing in his life, as he himself has since declared, 
 to take away the Uves of hJK wife and child, in fact to ♦ cut 
 iheir throats,' and afterwards to destroy himself. In order 
 to effect this horrid deed, he hired a man to occupy his phwe, 
 and proceeded to his house. His wife, being unacquainted 
 with those circumstances, was, o^ course, not a Uttle sur- 
 prised to see hmi. Very suddemy and unexpectedly, how- 
 ever, he changed his purpose, and announced his intention 
 to go with her to chapel. They went ; but on their way, he 
 reiterated his strange wish that they might be ♦ smothered ; 
 and indeed he was 'smothered,' whether from external or 
 internal causes, or both, bnt most probably fk-om extreme 
 mental conflict ; for he was observed to be in a state of deep 
 agitation during the whole service ; huge drops of pert]E»rar 
 tion, terge as peas, were seen to drop almost incessantly from 
 hifl brow. Indeed, if ever the powers of heaven and the 
 demons of hell were in conflict for aman"« soul, it seems as 
 if they wore for his. S« great wa» the agony of his mnd 
 that he was quite incapable of paying attention to the aer-. 
 
 mon 
 
 « But he was within the precinte of the Lord s sanotoaiy 
 and the x-ange of di'nne influence. As yon were proceeding 
 in your discourse, he made a move to leave the chapel, and 
 requested his wife to follow him ; but she press^^ him to re- 
 main a Uttle longer ', aud this wab repeated two or three xaim. 
 
 wnmm 
 

 ever she entered 
 11 dotm and break 
 wsible, to attend ; 
 id luB attention at 
 e could do so with- 
 
 use his own ex- 
 the dreadful dd- 
 
 le ever determined 
 bas since declared, 
 lUd, in fact to * cut 
 himself. In order 
 10 occupy his place, 
 «ing unacquainted 
 e, not a little sur- 
 onexpectedlj, how- 
 meed his intention 
 it on their way, he 
 bt be* smothered;* 
 ler firom external or 
 ably from extreme 
 le in A state of deep 
 > dropH of perspinir 
 tost incessantly firom 
 of heaven and the 
 [i> soul, it s^ems as 
 
 1 i^gony of his inind 
 kttendon to the s^p- 
 
 he Lord's sanctuwry 
 von were proceecUng 
 eave the chapel, and 
 e pressed him to re- 
 sd two or three veom^ 
 
 OLORIOUa WORK OV QOl) I: lUUi. 
 
 847 
 
 nntil at last he stdd, with as much vehemence as he dared, 
 « What the devil in hell will you stay hero for ? ' She then 
 thought it necessary to move, and they rent oct. You will 
 remember, dear Sir, ^^^Q ^ ^^^ tremendous agony, you 
 heard some person moving, as if to leave the ohapol, and you 
 besought thom, with the utmost fervor and energy, not to 
 leave the place ; as though you thought the individual con- 
 cerning whom you woro so hardened was then retiring from 
 the chapel. Ho and his wife were then going out. 
 
 " The ♦ hand of the Lord,* however, was upon him, and 
 he had not proceeded far, when his heart began to yield, and 
 his convictions became deeper and more intense, almost at 
 every stop, until at last his alarm and terror became so groat 
 that he could proceed no further; and the house of a ustor, 
 which he had long avoided on account of her religious prin- 
 ciples, being near, he now entered to groan out the agomes 
 of his soul, and plead for salvation. All united in fervent 
 and earnest prayer with him, but he did not obtun the deliv- 
 erance ho so anxiously sought. He kept his burden until 
 the following Saturday evening, when he attended the band' 
 meeting, but he was not relieved even there. He then pro- 
 ceeded towards the town, for the purpose of purchawng 
 some groceries ; but his burden was so mtolerable he could 
 not reach the shop he generally frequented, and procured 
 them At the nearest. On his return, he agun called at his 
 sister's, and prayer was agun made for him, but apparentiy 
 in vain. He went home, and after a tremendous agony, he 
 obtuned, about one or two o'clock in the morning, the for- 
 ^veness of Ids tins. He could then say, ' Being justified 
 by futh, I have peace with God.' He and his wife have at- 
 tended my class ever ^ce. His peace and joy, for several 
 weeks, were unutterable; to use his own expression, his 
 * hetft was so full, he oould not tell us ; ' all ho could say 
 
 '4 
 
 mm 
 
OL0RI0U8 WORK Of GOD IN HULL. 
 
 waa he WM happy, very happy ; and he continues to evidence, 
 to the present time, the reality and genmnenea. of the 
 change wrought by tho Holy Spirit within him. He •ittnbutes 
 hia conversion to your prayers, and the pmyer. of the co^ 
 gregation. offered, as they seemed to him to have been, 
 especially for himself. , 
 
 « Such, dear Sir, are the triumphs of the grace of God . 
 and no doubt there are manyinstances equaUy remarkable, 
 if they were only brought to light. The prayers and best 
 ^he. of hundreds, aye, and thousands, are "Fy^J ^^ 
 ^1 follow you wherever you may go. May the Lord bless 
 iTd prosp^ you more and more! May your health and 
 strength be long preserved to labor in tins great work ; and 
 Stytmayyetl, permitted to see manythousan^an^^^ 
 of thousand; brought out of darkness into hght and from ^e 
 power of Satan unto God, is the sincere and fervent prayer 
 of, dear Sir, yours most affectionately,^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ 
 
 « To the Rev. Mr. Caughey. 
 
 «P S You will perhaps remember, whilst pleading in 
 a«ony'that evening you uttered the words, 'Visit not m 
 ;Sent,Lord,but in mercy;' and at last you rose cry- 
 Lf- Christ shall have the victory ! ' Mr. J., the husband 
 of ilrs. J., before mentioned, who also meets m my class and 
 ^hoknew J. A. well, UJld me, the other evening, that it was 
 hiB decided impression, that night he was '^^ f I^^ *^^^^ 
 less he was awakened that very evemng, ' *« ^f ^^ ^^ 
 viait him in judgment, and make an example of him. He also 
 
 TtedTh^, aa^ari; as he could calculate, the tmie when 
 yorexctod, ' Christ would gain^the ^'ictory ! ' was just at 
 the moment J. A. began to relent." 
 Another letter Ues before me, bearing date the 4tli instant, 
 
 iMi 
 
 iliili 
 

 BULL. 
 
 tttinueB to evidence, 
 ^cnuinenese of the 
 bim. He attributes 
 ymjen of the con- 
 him to have been, 
 
 the grace of God ; 
 equally remarkable, 
 le prayers and best 
 , are upon you and 
 May the Lord bless 
 ly your health and 
 lia great work ; and 
 y thousands and tens 
 
 light, and firom the 
 
 1 and fervent prayer 
 
 Thomas Lestbr. 
 
 r, wh'ilst pleading in 
 words, 'Visit not in 
 at last you rose cry- 
 Mr. J., the husband 
 meets in my class, and 
 r rvening, that it was 
 as at chapel, that un- 
 bg, ' the Lord would 
 npleofhim.' He also 
 julate, the time when 
 wtory!' was just at 
 
 tg date the 4th instant, 
 
 aLORIOUS WORK 07 OOD IX HCLL. 
 
 849 
 
 in which there is a deeply affecting account of the death of 
 a young man, of which the following ia the substance : — 
 
 He was present, it seems, at the watch-night service, at 
 Waltham Street chapel, when I preached from that text, 
 *' This year thou shalt die ; " but he resisted the influence 
 which attended that sermon, and turned away his ear from 
 the call. When the letter was written, they had Itud him 
 in his coffin, ready for interment the next day. 
 
 It appears, that about twentynseven days after he heard 
 the warning, he was taken with a bad headache in the night. 
 Next day he lost the use of both legs ; the work of death 
 proceeded most rapidly. He endured great pam, and was 
 in extreme anguish. This continued five days. During his 
 affliction, he would answer no question about his eternal 
 state, until he was very much pressed to it ; and then the 
 reply was, he hoped to get better, and that if Ood would 
 spare him he would lead a new life. Toward the closing 
 scene, he desired prayer to be offered for him, and died. 
 
 "He was a cWld cf praymg parents," says the letter, 
 " and his mother is now in glory. When he heard you, he 
 was £ull of life and vigor, and as likely to live, ten days ago, 
 as any man you could look upon. I believe that, at least, 
 he died a true penitent. These statements come from evi- 
 dence which is most unquestionable. He now lies about two 
 
 hundred yards from chapel ; and as some of his friends 
 
 may hear you to-night, you will use your discretion in 
 brin^g it forward, as they feel deeply on the subject. 
 " Your humble brother in Christ, 
 
 H. G." 
 
 I am sure you will be gratified to read the foUov^ng letter 
 from another class-leader : — 
 80 
 
860 
 
 ai/)RI0U8 WORK OF GOD IK HULL. 
 
 ««Dbau and Rev. Sia: 
 
 ♦•The purport of thU letter serves to inform you of » 
 circumstance which must be both pleasing and Profitable Jo 
 you. Yesterday I was waited upon by the bearer, and 
 Luested to attend the 'dying bed' of a young woman 
 flLah Jackson, aged eighteen, for the purpose of wntmg 
 a few words from her Ups to you ; wluch I did, and found 
 her perfectly happy ia the love of God, and tnumphant m 
 
 her last conflict. . , ... 
 
 « She desired me to tell you how happy she was ,-that 
 on the Uth of last January she was awakened under one 
 of your sermons, to a sense of her lost condition ; and th^ 
 afJr enduring much misery on account of ^^e^ sms »he 
 found peace with God, through faith m the blood of the 
 Lamb, Vn the 20th of the same month ; that shortly after, it 
 pleased the Lord to afflict her unto death but having obtained 
 Lrcy, she could now, on the verge of the eternal worW, read 
 her tide clear to a heavenly mansion. I then VJon^\^^^ 
 that you should have this communication ; and m about an 
 hour she died, triumphing in her Redeemer s love. 
 
 • 0, may we trinmph », 
 When aU our conflict •• pMtr 
 
 "And now, my dear Sir, having given you a brief account 
 of tTaC and thus fulfilled my promise, I will not occupy 
 mo^ ryoi precious tune, but conclude by wishing you 
 ly :: Lde'the happy instrument - GodVhands of 
 •plucking many more brands from the burnmg, and that they 
 L.y be as stars in the crown of your rejoicing. 
 
 ll .exr^ain, in great haste, your sincere fnend and brother 
 
 «» Ch^'^'^» Hbhry Cox." 
 
 "Kev. J. Caughey." 
 
T 
 
 form you of a 
 d profitable to 
 bearer, and 
 young woman, 
 po80 of writing 
 did, and found 
 triumphant in 
 
 be was; — that 
 nod under one 
 tion ; and that, 
 ; her Bins, she 
 le blood of the 
 shortly after, it 
 having obtained 
 irnal world, read 
 en promised her 
 jid in about an 
 s love. . 
 
 1 a brief account 
 [ will not occupy 
 by wisWng you 
 God's hands, of 
 ig, and that they 
 
 ing. 
 
 riend and brother 
 
 Hbhey Cox." 
 
 0L0BI0U8 WORK OF ODD IN HULL, 
 
 861 
 
 On Thursday night, the 17th instant, we held » meeting 
 for the benefit of ♦Ve new converts, in Waltham Street 
 chapel. In consequence of many being in the employment 
 of others, some also unavoidably detained by their own 
 business, and several belonging to country circuits, who 
 could not attend, there were not so many present as some 
 expected. Three hundred and fifty pcnwns o»me forward 
 to the altar, and in the clearest manner declared they had 
 obtained a conscious knowledge of the forgiveness of sms, 
 through the precious blood of Christ, during the progress 
 of the revival in Waltham Street chapel. The Rev. Thom« 
 Martin, and one of his colleagues, the Rev. Wilham Hurt, 
 Bpoke to each person separately, and expressed themselves 
 fSy satisfied with their experience, and exhorted them, in 
 the most effectual and pathetic manner, to hold fast the 
 bedmung of their confidence steadfast unto the end. It 
 wiTindeed, a gracious season. Such weepmg, prajjng, 
 aad rejoicmg. I have seldom seen. More than two hundt^ 
 persons came forward to be prayed for, after the new convert, 
 had retired to their seats. 
 
 The following night, I preached on the influence of a long 
 enjoyment of holiness in this life upon our heavenly state. 
 A large number obtained an inheritance among those that 
 are sanctified by faith. Acta xxvi. 18. 
 
 Nmnerous cases of restitution have lately occurred, from 
 the smaU sum of a few shillings, rangmg upwards to fifty 
 pounds sterling ; but I fear a relation of the circumstances 
 ^nnected with each case would be tedious and umnteres^ 
 iM. I am sure, however, you will rejoice with me, and 
 these precious English aristians, who take a hearty interest 
 in t Jwonderfbl revival, as weU as with the angelic host, m 
 « the growing empire of our King." My ^«;Y«J.^fy 
 in God. A revival is the element in which I dehght to 
 
B52 
 
 OLO&IOUS wow Of aOD IM HULL. 
 
 breathe ; but aU hell, u a matter of courw, ia aet in anw 
 againit my iimovations. The devil ia performing, m thewi 
 day*, Boyeral exiraordinary evolutiona to countoraot agg^a- 
 BWe movemcnta. The design «eema to be, a vigorous eflort 
 to hedge up my way by prejudicing Uie minda of «ome good 
 men. Many report, are afloat that I have effected a sepa- 
 ration between the American church and myself. Letter, 
 reach me from varioiw quarters, tliat some mtcnd to make 
 my way rough in England.' My answer to tho«5 who 
 trouble me is, they camiot do it and prosper, unles. God 
 permit ; and even then their eye must be single. 
 
 My soul is sweeUy assured, that no weapon that is formed 
 against me shaU prosper; but, if wielded through envy, or 
 jealousy, or any unreaaonable dislike, and contrary to the 
 iingle eye, which regards the glory of God only, the Lord 
 will bring i^ and the hand that wields it, into confusion. 
 
 • A. if Ood de.l«ned It for • provldcnlUl defence of Mr. Cwchty •g»init 
 
 t.L'^LvltTpl. or r.vL.. .he ["«-•"« 't-^/rn'XS 
 Btohop Heddlng. --' ohed him a few month, .fter, and greatly .t«ngU.en«i 
 
 him egaln^t hU foefc — Ed. 
 
 » Tbmiom, New Jkmkt, U. 8., April «l, 1844, 
 
 ""-;•/"•; Sr-Y-r letter to the Be.. K. Ohlche.^ n^ «- 
 bJ!L^ .«Z.Ul for the greM work Ood h« wn,ught throngh your 
 
 Uibort in Irelend end Ertgtand. .. . minli»«r In irood 
 
 "You wert regularly located, »t your own request, m» mlniiter m gooa 
 
 « aremLri"h7ni.c.%nd a regular tn.v,IUn« ?'-«="-.•''«; 
 j:ertir«Tl.m to the travelling connecUor 1. perfecUy «on.i..ent with 
 
 •": Th:;:::d."^^d rejoice to .ee you return, and -niU with u." again in th. 
 "^U ^""f^P^r. in thU hnd. May Ood blea and proeper yo« 
 
 wherevar you labor ! . ^, , .. 
 
 »YonraffeoUonatob«^.rtaChri.t. ^^^^^^^^., 
 
is Mt in armi 
 rming, in tho«o 
 itoraot aggro»- 
 k vigorous effi)rt 
 l8 of Bome good 
 sffcctod a sepo- 
 iiyB«lf. Lottcra 
 intend to make 
 r to thoeo who 
 per, unleM God 
 agio. 
 
 ,n that ifl formed 
 ihroagh envy, or 
 contrary to tho 
 i only, the Lord 
 , into confusion. 
 
 Ut. Ctnghvjr ■gtinrt 
 
 •r JVom th« van«r»bto 
 
 grMtly (trangUiMMd 
 
 [. 8., April ai, 1844. 
 
 Obichattar now Dm 
 irruught through yonr 
 
 t, M » minlitar In (?ood 
 the Troy AnniuU Con- . 
 ratum to thU country, 
 Id b« joyfully received 
 llnR prencher, m wch 
 irfectly oontlttent with 
 
 iU with M again In tb« 
 
 bloai and praapar yea 
 
 Eluab Hkddiini." 
 
 
 OtOWOOt WOtK Of flOD IN HtJLl. 
 
 868 
 
 Thi«» my heritage of the Lord. This he ha- promi^ me, 
 uA in him I tnisl. The oaoM is his, and I shall keep to 
 the one thing for which he sent me out- the conversion of 
 •inners to himself; and shall leave the weight of such mat- 
 tors to him. I am ready to leave England, and to return 
 to America, upon the least clear inthuaUon from Heaven. 
 Here I rest my cause. It hs. been suggested to my mmd, 
 perhaps the Lord is now about to thrust me back from 
 whence I came, seeing that tho work is accompl«hed he hath 
 
 wnt me over to perform, ^e* "^^ P^^Tn ,d iTto 
 »d I stand ready gladly to obey. Cheerfully wotild I haste 
 sway across the mighty deep, could I but clearly see the 
 wiU of my divine Master; but my conscience slan^ m 
 dread of the consequences of retreatmg firom these kingdom, 
 before the Lord has signed and sealed my passport. 
 
 We commenced a series of services in another chapel oa 
 the Hull West Circuit, - Great Thornton Street chapel,- 
 on Sabbath, 18th instent; and since then, about one htm- 
 dred rinners have been converted to God, and about fifty 
 umotified throughout— soul, body, and spint. 
 
 On Mon4, Ae 26»h instent, m old m«i, nearly seventy 
 year, of age, eaUed upon me for advice. He stated that, 
 during seT^l months past, h« had been tempted, m the 
 most unoontioUable manner, to commit murder, by way 
 rf vengeance. An individual., it seems, m this t«wn, had 
 wrong^him in wme Uwmiit, by which he ^ hi. fV^acter, 
 «id Hhad driven him to deqH»r«tion. « When I p.« him 
 upon the streeV -aid the old m«i, « I tmm round, and p«y 
 thaTall the curses contained in the one hundred and mntjj 
 PBalmmayfidluponlumandhisfiunily. A few day. ago, 
 he added, "when wdkmg on the Pier Head, I prepared 
 mywlf to attempt hi. Mid my own de«tnicUon ; and had he 
 not at the momeni linked arm. with another gentiemwi, I 
 80' 
 
8M 
 
 0I.0IUO')8 WO&K 09 SOO » UVU.. 
 
 •hwiH Uve clMpc"- him 01 tfjy mtm, wid l«ftpe<J with Mm 
 iuto the flumlier. A short time sine*', I liMtdeU » putol, 
 and w»jlmd him, wmI wouW h»re blown \M bmna out, had 
 h« not oiCft[)ed me bjr taking auoth«r way." 
 
 Poor man ! I endeavwwi to draw aside tlio refl ; tod 
 Ood eu»bled ui« to ihow hui araawd ccinicieoce how a 
 maliKnant devil hau been operating in the dark, and with * 
 wtUed and infenud purpoee ot bringing him to aii ignomini- 
 oiu end, md hia ^ovil into a torriWe heU. "My aged 
 man! yon are a iiner, and you know it. Y vur own trea- 
 {AMea a^u^ ^od hare be^n great and ii»*i«''; and, b« 
 aaeured, if you cannot forgive a fellow or«fttttr« u» dtfmoM 
 aguiuBt yon, noalier will God forgive youn »g»iMt him. 
 With the Lord's Prayer, I preaume, you are famSliwr ; — 
 forget not that part of it, ' Forgive u« our trwpM»ea, aa we 
 forgive them that trespaaa against us.' Remember, also, my 
 dear Sir, that this is the only passage m that beautiful 
 prayer upon which our Saviour Uiought proper to mak» any 
 commnut ; and what he says is most emphatic : ♦ for, if ye 
 forgive not men tiioir trespn-ws, neither will /our Father 
 forgive your trespasses.' Leave tbi- natter witli God. Pray 
 for your enemy, but avenge not yours, t, <ir you w'dl bring 
 your gray hairs with sorrow and dishonor to the grave ; 
 neither give place unto wrath; iiecause it it written, * Ven- 
 geance belongeth unto me, and 1 will reoompense, sattti the 
 Lord.' * Resist tlie devil, and he will flee from you.' " 
 
 AfWr prayer, he departed, soleuaily afeoted, at»4 I tru^t, 
 eithci delivered from his |wn>flSO, or at least Ann) resolved 
 to strugf^e against the horrible impulse. Who can teU but 
 tins c<H»ver8ati9u may sare two aonls from perdition? — and 
 
 thw J8 worth my visit to Hnll 
 You will be gratified to \eam, that the Lord continues his 
 
 great go iness to me, with regard to providing me oomfort- 
 
 t-m. 
 
IVUm 
 
 aiiORioim WORK or ooo im hdll. 
 
 l«ap«<l wiUi him 
 : loaded » \mUi\, 
 m braina out. had 
 
 ide Uiu Ten; Mid 
 !onsci«aco How a 
 I dark, aod with ft 
 im i<> ail ignomiui- 
 lell. "My ag<*d 
 . Y- or own trea- 
 d nmii^'i utd, b« 
 eatun< uis offences 
 oun against him. 
 u are fam'liar ; — 
 r treairfuuM, aa we 
 «memb«r, al«o, my 
 
 m that beautiful 
 )ropor to malt* any 
 phatao : * for, if ye 
 
 will ^oar F&thar 
 er with God. Pray 
 , or you win bring 
 nor to the grave ; 
 I k written, ♦ Ven- 
 OMnpeme, nath the 
 a fr</m yo«.' " 
 leoted, and I trust, 
 east ftrmi readved 
 
 Who can tell bat 
 m perdition? — aad 
 
 ) Lord ooDtinuea hii 
 mding me oomfort- 
 
 ahle homflu In a itrango land. At the houae of Mr. "William 
 Field, Market Place, ilr. West, Holdomowi Road, Mr. 
 James Crow, Beverly Road, awl at the mansion of Mr. 
 Thomae IIolnu>?«, where I am at present, I have been ente^ 
 taiiie<l in a most hoapu-ibto ininner. In the lov«!y familica 
 of theeo kind ami ^oncrooH friends, I have eiy-.yed every 
 ooinfv>rt I could de«re. May th ' Ood of grace and prcvi- 
 denoo reward th<Mu for their great kindness to m«, hk 
 unworthy servant ! 
 
 I have, also, since tho beginning of the year, spent a (trw 
 weeks in the h< « of the Bev. William lUingwerth, on« 
 <^ the ministers a the Bast Cinmit. With him and hii 
 devoted wife 1 enjoyed mnoh of tht^ r»reaeno« of Ood, 
 " the communion of saints, the fellowship of kindred aundf," 
 in a very high degree. 
 
 " 0, to (T»M how gTMt • dabtor, 
 Daily I'm conitrBlMd to b« I " 
 
 I cannot express my oiroumstanoes and state of mind b«ttor| 
 than in th» words of Bishop llaU : '' Theru is • itij 
 carelcMoess, free f m idlenuss, free from distruF 
 
 You have heas of he peculiar iMjauty of Englt«^ 
 hoarftwt. A few nomings since, when enjoying a walk 
 into the country, I was favored with a rare oj^rtunity of 
 observing this tranaitorj, yet wonderful jwoduction of nature, 
 " frost-work f«r, where transient hues, and fwjcied ^g^utt 
 rise." Ever branch, and slender twig *»f tree, thorn, and 
 ahni / , enoh herb, leaf, and blade of grass, wau adonMd 
 with tho8c light and feathery, ali |)erv8/'ing, "myriada of 
 little salts, or hooked, or shaped, the van w \Bhan of th« 
 silent night;" as if in imitation of all that "vernal sun'* 
 awakes on •♦ forest bough or bladed field," whsn moist with 
 the "light-footed dews" of summer's earliest mom. The 
 
 Mil 
 
•M 
 
 OLOWOUg WOIK Of WD W "««'«•• 
 
 ,tano«A«r« WM .tiU and paw, w<l the -oft mA ftltny rell 
 wyoh ob.ctirc.1 th« •ky, prolroted th« fairy tcenc fnnn 
 b«nK di«p»te,l or dwtfoytd too loon by tb« wyt of the 
 
 Mr itml WM T«ry happy in b^b.lding th«. lordy «i.n«. 
 Bt«17 object oonlribtttod to fiU my *)al with gratitude and 
 Jot 2 and Ood h»<i aU my heart. Hometimoe my joy m Ood 
 WM eoatBtio; but it wae not that kind of joy whloh, •• • 
 ftM writer eaye, " Often ueurpe the name of joy ; a trivial, 
 ▼Miihing, wperflcial thing, that only giMs the .pprehen«on, 
 •nd play* apo« Hit eurface of tho eoul ; not the mere crack- 
 Ung of thoma under a pot, a ludden '/.aae of the •P>nU, the 
 exaltation of a tickled fenoy or a pleawd appetite ; it 
 penetrated my nature, and diSuwl it«>lf throughout my 
 lottl Apart from tho «plendor of nature around me, ''it 
 waa the re«dt of a real good witably applied ; it wm a joy 
 that feasted upon the *4i.iitiee of troth, and the n»\mtme9 
 of fruition ; it filled Uie mml aa God dooH the umverw ; I 
 cannot say "wlentty and without noiee;' for there waa • 
 d»out now and again, "refreshing and oompoaing aa the 
 mirth of a fettiral with tho aUenco of contempUtion. 
 
 We >haU reaome tho iubjcct of the Hull rorival in the 
 next chapter. 
 
■ri 
 
 IULIm 
 
 r>ft Mid filmy yell 
 fairjr ■€««>« fnmi 
 )j tb« rmji of th« 
 
 thM lovely wena. 
 with gratitudo and 
 M« my joy in Ood 
 of joy which, m • 
 I of >)y ; » trivial, 
 I the appreheniiun, 
 kot tho mere oraok- 
 I of the apiriu, tha 
 led appetite;" it 
 itf throoKhout my 
 « around me, ^*it 
 plied ; it wM a joy 
 and the mi^wtanoe 
 I the univeree ;" I 
 ," for there was ft 
 . oompoung m tibe 
 ntemplation." 
 
 Uull rovival in the 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 
 lOIKU A»D IXCIDIWTi Of THi HOLt liTlVAL. 
 
 «« BiVCi^B honor i« htiinility," uuth U.o Eternal Word. 
 Mr. Caugh«y*> ex|)orionce in Hull alT..r.lH a fine ill.utraUon 
 of thi« truth. Hi- opcMiiuK tiff"f«« ^l»«f« "«" de«pw«d and 
 almoMt rejected. Hi* humbled heart iunk U> it. lowliest 
 uttitude ; feeU.iK anew ito long-abiding conviction, that man 
 alone i* notuinq - God every thing ! Hu prayers, exhoi- 
 uaons, and sermons inspired tho praying men of the church 
 with tho same powerful idea. They called upon God Uke 
 men who moanl wlu»t thoy exprewcd, and who felt aU they 
 acknowledged. ITiis was meeting God on his own terms, 
 and never did Jehovah honor tho faith of the creature in a 
 more marked manner than he did in some of the wonderful 
 scenes of the Hull rovivuJ. Let the minister or Uyman, who 
 reads this chapter, keep these views before him, and he may 
 • learn a precious lesson which may yield fruit to the honor 
 and glory of God. But wo will again suffer Mr. Caugjiey 
 to relate his own story : — 
 
 You will glorify Ood when I inform you that the revival 
 is still going on in Hull with increasing power. Hundred, 
 of sinners have been converted to Ood since the date of iny 
 last to jou. Tlie devil has been showing his teeth, also, and 
 roaring ; but ho has neither liberty to bite nor devour 
 
 » The withered, <Urk, deheted mind, 
 That ciinee He»»en end iconw meuklnd.' 
 
 857 
 
868 BCBNBS AND INOIDBNT0 0* KBB HULL REVIVAL. 
 
 One of the Hull newspapers has lent its colmnna to attack 
 me, and callfl upon the authorities of the town to interfere, 
 and put me down. The gentlemen, however, have better 
 sense, and too much of the fear of God, to meddle with the 
 work in which I am engaged. Some of the wicked have 
 threatened to " drum me out of the town ;" but their pru- 
 dence, it would 8eem,hafl questioned the propriety of obeying 
 this mandate of the devil to the letter; so the matter has 
 been deferred in the councils of the ungodly. Chagrined 
 that he cannot command physical force, by rwsmg a mob, as 
 in former times, the evil one vents hia spleen through the 
 medium of anonymous letters, most of which are impudent 
 and insulting, beyond any thmg yon can imagine. Bui none 
 of these thin^ move me. A good fire in the grate soon re- 
 duces these harmless missiles to ashes ; and, when blazing there, 
 my prayer ascends to heaven, ti«at these silly dupes of the 
 devU may never bun? in hell. Now, I consider this exccUent 
 revenge on Satan ; because God is able to overrule such cow- 
 ardly and malignant scrawls, for the awakening and convendon 
 of the scribblers. I have known the wicked become fright- 
 ened with the daringness of their foUy, and return quickly to 
 their offended God, "lest they should get into heU before the 
 
 time." 
 
 Now and then there is a letter displaying considerable 
 talent, as if Apollyon had a little vani^ in showing that he 
 has minds under his control fiw superior to the other scur- 
 rilous dogs, whom he usually employs to do his dirtiest work. 
 
 Some occasionally throw down the gauntlet, and invite me 
 into the arena of controversy; but my reply irritates both 
 the sinners and their masters : " I am doing a great work, so 
 THAT I CAKKOT COMB DOWN: why uhould the work cease, 
 wWlst I leave it, and comb down to you ? " Neh. vi. 8. 
 
 We may say of tlus revival, as a certun learned judge 
 
 1 
 
EITJLL BBVIVAL. 
 
 ita colomns to attack 
 he town to interfere, 
 lowever, have better 
 1, to meddle with the 
 ) of the wicked have 
 wn;" but their pru- 
 I propriety of obeying 
 r; BO the matter has 
 ungodly. Chagrined 
 , by nusmg a mob, as 
 3 spleen through the 
 which are impudent 
 1 imagine. Buc none 
 in the grate soon rc- 
 d, when blazing there, 
 ese silly dupes of the 
 rannder this excellent 
 ) to overrule such cow- 
 kemng and convcrmon 
 wicked become fiightF- 
 , and return qmckly to 
 ;et into hell before the 
 
 splaying considerable 
 ty in showing that he 
 ior to the other scur- 
 » do his dirtiest work. 
 ;auntlet, and invite me 
 Y reply irritates both 
 loing a great work, so 
 lould the work cease, 
 ou?" Neh. vi. 8. 
 sertun learned judge 
 
 80ENB8 AND INCIDKNTS OF THB HULL BBVIVAl. 869 
 
 said of justice; that though opposed, and in some measure, 
 retarded by interested parties, yet it is Uke a nver, which, 
 though its surface is broken and ruffled into waves by 
 contrary and boisterous winds, yet holds on its way with 
 resistless force. AU the opposition of men or devUs seems 
 incapable of interposing any effectual barrier agamst its 
 triumphant progress. Hallelujah! « I am not a*>hamed of 
 the gospel of Ohri^t " in Hull, " for it is the power of God 
 unto salvation to every one that believeth." 
 
 The truth of the Uving God in its burning power, is bemg 
 thrown among simiers daily. Some of the hottest diot 
 from the magaaines of Immanuel have been cast mto their 
 intrenchments; and the execution has been tremendous. 
 The roaring of the artiUery has no sooner ceased, than the 
 cries of the wounded, suppUcating for mercy, ^ j'^^ 
 every side, until my soul has trembled before the Lord im 
 of hosts. Ah 1 the human mind is a fearful thing. And L 
 have thought, in the midst of the uproar of terrified sinners, 
 that if the Uving coals of eternal truth, scattered over the 
 naked consciences of the ungodly, produce such effecto, 
 even though there is hope throughout their agomes, and 
 their ears are filled with the cheering accents of the gospel, 
 from the lipp of so many servants of God, how ternble, 
 then, must the effect of hell fire be, when long resisted 
 Truth shall call upon etenuty to vindicate its nghte I 
 
 On the night of the 6th instant, in Great Thornton Street 
 chapel, an exhoriAtion was jpven before the text, on the 
 absolute necesdty of an increase of the spirit of p»yer 
 among the people of God, in order to the continuance of the 
 revival. My soul was burdened and pressed down before 
 the Lord, and I could only fird reUef, by telling them all 
 &at was in my heart-all that I considered « "!^^« ^ 
 the way of a larger outpouring of the Holy Spint. The 
 
 ■ «!TO(«TB»1W! 
 
860 SOENBS ASB INCIDENTS 07 TBS HULL RSVIVAL. 
 
 Lord helped me to speak words of fire, and that declaratioa 
 of the Holy Spirit was accompanied with unconmion powet, 
 " for as soon as Zion travtuled, she brought forth her child- 
 tvi." Isaiah Ixvi. 8. The congregation was then requested 
 
 i^' to Imeel down, and spend a few minutes in silent prayer. 
 
 •^ Nearly all bowed, and the spirit of agoniaing prayer came 
 
 down upon the people in a wonderful manner. Ten mmutes 
 bad scarcely elapsed, when the cries of penitent nnners 
 began to mingle with tiie earnest pleadings of God's sarraati. 
 " The hand of the Lord rested upon the entire auchence. 
 None moved from the place, though some looked unutterable 
 things. Earnest prayer ascended from almost every part 
 of the chapel, even from the galleries, to a perfect tempest 
 of hmnan voices. Zion was now traveling for the salvation 
 of sinners, and we were afnud to interfere. We left the 
 people safe with God ; although he seemed to say, «' Let me 
 go, for the day hreaketh." " They cannot let thee go, my 
 Lead ! Hoar, hear their cries, my gowsious Master I Hast 
 thou not said, ' Agonize to enter m at the strait gate : for 
 many, I say unto you, wiU seek to enter in, and shall not he 
 able?' And hast thou not declared, 'The kingdom of 
 heaven suffereth violence,' — that is, permits it, invites to it, 
 * and the violent take it by force ? ' So far from spmning 
 away the eager multitude, or redsting their vehemence as 
 ineverent, and derogatory to the glory of thy divine Majes- 
 ty, thou must, thou wUt let them ' take the blesfdng from 
 idbove,' that they may 'wonder at tiny boundless love,' — 
 that they may adore thy matchless benevolence and love, in 
 Jesos Qunst our Lord. 
 
 • Th«ir powerful gro»ns thon canst not Iwar, 
 Nor litaiHl the violence of Aeir prayer,— 
 Their prayer omnipotent.' " 
 
 The mtfttton tested about three quarters of an boor. I 
 
 ^ 
 
HULL RavrvAL. 
 
 , and that decIaraUon 
 ith unooDunon power, 
 aught forth her cliild- 
 m waa then requested 
 itea in silent prayer. 
 {OQiKing prayer came 
 aanner. Ten minutes 
 9 of penitent nnners 
 ngs of God's sarranti. 
 the entire auctience. 
 me looked unutterable 
 am almost every part 
 , to a perfect tompeat 
 iling for the salvation 
 terfere. We left the 
 imed to say, *' Let me 
 annot let thee go, my 
 cacious Master! Hast 
 at the strut gate : for 
 «r in, and shall not be 
 id, 'The Kingdom of 
 lermits it, invites to it, 
 So far from spmning 
 g their vehemence as 
 ■y of thy divine Majes- 
 ake the blessing firom 
 fliy boundless love,' — 
 snevolence and love, in 
 
 mst not bear, 
 irpnuyer,— 
 
 larten of an hour. I 
 
 tOm A»» INOIDBSTS 01 THB HTJU. RmVAl. Wl 
 
 •Witohed tha amanng .oene with holy awe and indewmhabte 
 •motion, UU the many hundr^ of voices seemed to hav* 
 arrived at that point peculiar to prevaihng prayer -irhen 
 rappaar^d a. !f God was speaking to each .tormy jod, 
 "Pe^oTbe .tlU!-i»hat is thy namo?-That wij^u 
 ^i I aUd do for thee ? " And from U^o grad:«a d«io^t 
 •ad .eUowing tones of many yoioes,-»oftenmg down Uka 
 I^eToiwofliany water.,"-there couldbe nodouU ih«r 
 Mbdued answera received his approbation, and that M iraa ^ 
 l^g to every wrestling Jacob, "Bo '^^^^^J^JT^ 
 Srwih; thy name shaU be «> ^h^^'^J''^' 
 fcr, a. a ^ncc, hnt thon power with God and mth me^ 
 and huHb prevailed;" Oen. xxxii. 28. 
 
 At tto moment, the powerful organ, acoompanrtd hf tt« 
 voioea of a tiiu»phant maiatude, pealed forth,— 
 
 KSndl«d by ft »p»rk of gn«<» ' 
 Jtta't loT« th« nfttlon flrw, 
 
 8«U tht Wngdomi In » WaM t 
 To bring in on -aVk ho caraai 
 
 Bndlod In ionio hwrti '» •• ' 
 tiwt aU might cfttch th« ltai«, 
 
 AU pftttake the gloriowa bltat t " 
 
 The chapel wa« filled with *« ^ory of f^; •^V'SIJ 
 Jtre L heavenly -PT^'.-.^V^f o'S.iTiL^ 
 house of God, and tMs is ttie gate of heavei. e«i. 
 
 "t^''ik^ ^, it « tr-e, who yet ^^^^ 
 
 IwdyoftWiO-rtlit GtdUTe mercy «i*«i««.»^i 
 B«^ b«fr(« the aiwfeg dowd, they also r«sft «■•««• .^ 
 MMotltiapniaitogQod. mj 
 
 81 
 
462 BOBNBB AOT> li. JIDBNTS OF THB HULL BSVIVAI. 
 
 A few days ago I received the following affecting letter 
 from an inhabitant of tiwj town : — 
 
 "Hull, March 11, 1844. 
 
 "Ebv. Sir, — Having received information that yon 
 desired to have some account of the death of our beloved 
 son, George Young, we proceed to give it ; but first allow ua 
 to state what, I am sure, will be deeply interesting to you. 
 
 « On the 12th December last, while sitting under your 
 fermon, from tUs text, « This -'ear thou shali die,* it pleased 
 God to give him to see his awful condition as a rinner. From 
 tiiat moi-ent, he could not rest; and, after the sermon, he 
 went into the vestry, and, blessed be God, peace was spoken 
 to his soul, through fjuth in the blood of the Lamb ; and, up 
 to his death, I believe he has been growing in grace and 
 in the knowledge of our Lord Jeem ChHrt. 
 
 « On th^ morning of the day in which he lost his life, 
 (March 9th, 1844,) he left home for the factory, sinpng,— 
 
 ' TbU, this it the God ire adore, 
 
 Onr faithful, nnchangeablo Friend ; 
 Whoee lore ii m gre»t m hie prwer, 
 
 And neither knows meainjre nor end. 
 •Tie Jesns, the First ecd the Last, 
 ' Whose Spirit shell guide us safe home ; 
 
 We'll praika him for all that is past, 
 And trust him for all that •» to came.' 
 
 fle entered into ctei-mty about ten minuted past nine tiiat 
 same morning. 
 
 ^ « The manner of his death was as follows • We have been 
 mformed by the overseer of the miU, that there is a shaft 
 which rona from one end of the room to the other, abv i. 
 Ibre» feet from the coiling, wiih » drum attached U) i« 
 Wha© <m dear son was iu the tct of patting the strap apott 
 Urn dram, hii baud got entangled in the str^.p, and Im WMi 
 
 
[CLL REVIVAL. 
 
 ring affecting letter 
 
 March 11, 1844. 
 formation that you 
 mth of our beloved 
 it ; but first allovr us 
 interestbg to yuu. 
 utting under your 
 ihali die,' it pleased 
 n as a Nnner. From 
 Iter the sermon, he 
 d, peace was spoken 
 the Lamb ; and, up 
 twing in grace and 
 ift. 
 
 kich he lost his life, 
 1 factory, singing, — 
 
 end; 
 
 rer, 
 
 >rend. 
 
 'I 
 
 re home ; 
 
 ut, 
 
 come.' 
 
 nate3 past nine Uiat 
 
 0W9 ' We have been 
 b&t there is a shaft 
 to the other, abff-'i. 
 nint attached io 'w 
 Itiixg the stre^ apou 
 e strf.p, and faM was 
 
 g.ESB8 AND INCIMJJXS OF THB HULL REVIVAL. 888 
 
 1 
 
 I 
 
 tdcen round the shaft, which is a hontontal o^«» »>»«** 
 the r-*o of one hundred and thirty-eight revoluUons per 
 „.inuto, aa uear as could lyo calcuktcd. He was on^ 
 ^hoft aUt one minute and a half, so that he could n^ 1^ 
 gone round less than two hundred Umes, before tho mjr 
 chinerywas stopped; afwcr which, he was earned to the 
 HrOcneral Sn^, poun.g out his soul m prayer to 
 God- not to be relieved from his bodUy .uffenngs, but te 
 bo taken home to heaven. Medical aid was immediately 
 ';orured, when it was found his shoulder blade was fo«ed 
 L of its place, las arm broken in two places, also his tiugh, 
 ^t, J ankle-all broken, and his body most drea^i^ 
 cTu^hed, so that the smgeon gave up all hopes of ba 
 
 " " m." lus parents, followed him to the Infirmary, mi 
 when he saw us, he cried, * Father '.-mother '.pray for 
 Z ;' -hich we did. Wo inqm.-ed with deep anxiety wto 
 fl,e state of his soul; he was happy m the loveof <^. 
 * Are vou afraid to die, my dear son ? ' He replied ♦ No . 
 but I ;a.t to sleep ./ then added, a shall slee. uiU^e a^^ 
 
 of Jesus.' After which, he prayed repeacodly, ^^^^ 
 1 to thyself'.' and,turmng his ejes towards heavea,he 
 exclaimed, ' Glory! Glory!' and expired. 
 
 "Tie was in L sixteenth year, and was ever a «^ 
 obedient child. In the year 1842, he became a Sabbat 
 ::ho^^ scholar in the DryTKK>l Wesleyan cbapel-was mu^ 
 ^spected by the superintendent* and teachers a^d received 
 ripy of L Hew Testament, as a pjmium for memonBig 
 ihe greater part of the Gospel according to St. J jn. Hto 
 ««ed to repe^betweeu twenty and tlurty verses e«^ &^ 
 bath aftem^n, which he had committed te ---^^^^ 
 the week, though employed ivo-. six m the ««jf ^J^ 
 at night. He accompUshed it by carrying the New Testi.. 
 
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 8M BOWM AMD INOIJ>KHTli Of THB HOLL aiSVXVAL. 
 
 men* tlwayt in bis pocket, so \h^t it was always at hand 
 for a spitre moment. He was a member of the Wesleyan 
 ohoroh at the time of his death. 
 
 " We renuun, dear Sir, yonr ob«dient serrants, 
 
 "ElCHAftD AND MaBY YoUNQ." 
 
 How nnsearchable are the judgments of God, and his 
 twvs «re past finding out 1 What a frightful death to come 
 J«on« but newly adopted into his family I But the Judge 
 ofall the earth hM done right. " Though clouds and dark- 
 ness are round about him, justice and judgment are the 
 habitatiim of his throne." 
 
 Last night I enjoyed a most powerful time, on the sub- 
 ject of entire sanctification. About fifty professed to obtain 
 
 ■ihratioB. - , 
 
 The Lord is very good to my soul. Although I have 
 
 wioos temptations and threatenings from the great adver- 
 Mry of God and man, he enables me often to rejoice with 
 joy imq)eftka)>le and full of glory. 
 
 "I tare a »ecr«t joy that flows 
 Mgtbut the tidi of oommon oTorthiowii ; 
 I hun ft tdftled, avsni peMe, 
 
 I aMi glad to leam, that Mm. • * * has found a situation 
 m much to her mind. I am quite of the opnion of that 
 trifle Athenian, who, having a farm to sell, directed the cner 
 to proclaim, as its beet recommendation, that it had a good 
 BWgjftoorhood. I cannot tlrink the smallnees of Ac house 
 my gveat disadvantage, that is, if there be rofficient room 
 ftrlMrwtf Mad fanrily, and some to i^Mure for the uccommo- 
 dttton of a few Mends. You recoHect the sentiment of 
 Soon^, vho, wh«i asked why h* had built for himself 
 a flBnU house, replied, " Small •• it is, I wish I could 
 
UU aSVIYAL. 
 
 IS alwajs at hand 
 of the Wesleyaa 
 
 ent aerrants, 
 iIaby Youno." 
 
 cf Ood, aad lit 
 itful death to come 
 f 1 But the Judge 
 li olouda and dark- 
 judgment are the 
 
 1 time, on the sub- 
 piofeased to obtain 
 
 Although I have 
 n the great adver- 
 Jten to rejoice with 
 
 throini; 
 
 id dlSMM ! " 
 
 las found a ntuation 
 the opimon of that 
 1, directed the crier 
 that it had a good 
 llneee of the house 
 ) be sufficient room 
 e for the ^conmio- 
 }t Uie sentiment of 
 ftd built for himself 
 U is» I wish I could 
 
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 BCBNSS AND INCIDENTS OF THIS HULL REVIVAL. 
 
 865 
 
 flU it with friends." " These," says a judicious writer, 
 all that a wise man can desire to assemble; for • 
 
 u 
 
 are 
 
 croird is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pic- 
 tures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no 
 love." " I confess," says Cowley, «' I love litUonecs almost 
 in all things ; a little convenient estate, a little cheerful 
 home, a little company, and a very little feast." 
 
 • ••••• 
 
 What follows is from a letter to his sister, and carries the 
 history of his movements down towards the close of April, 
 1844. 
 
 The date of my letter shows my birth month, (April.) I 
 have just been thinkmg of the sentiment of a poet in refer- 
 ence to the changeableness of April ; and although it ii 
 quite inapplicable to the present weather, as it is the most 
 delightful that ever cheered the heart of man, and has been 
 since the month began, yet, from the varied feehngs of my 
 un8tea<iy nature, I have been 8ometime8*superstitious enough 
 to think that it may have received a tinge from my native 
 April. 'Him is only imaginary. But hear the poet : — 
 
 <• Chflckcnd your native month •pp««n, 
 With sunny gleam*, and cloudy tear* ; 
 'Tis thus the vorld our truit beguile*, 
 lU frowni a* transient aa it« smilet ; 
 Nor pain nor plea»ure lopg will ttey, 
 For life ii but on April day." 
 
 On the night of the 8th instant, I held, as usual, a private 
 «♦ watch-night" in my room, I anticipated much good to 
 my Jloul from a retrospect of tiie past, and renewing my 
 i-esolutions to be more faithful during the coming year. My 
 mind, however, became greatiy oppressed, and I had very 
 UtUe of the spirit of prayer. The cause of this I could not 
 tell, unless it arose from the exhaustion of the prevkwi 
 81* 
 
 
AHD UtCIBlHT* Of THl BULIi EKTIVAJU 
 
 gafabfttti; M my Mondays are sometimea cbancterised by 
 ihia &«l'ing. My birthday was uahorod in with d«ep hunul- 
 istton of soul, and nome gratitude to God for the morcios of 
 tbt paat year ; but neither were in that degree which my 
 pMt UD&ttlbfiilnoaa, and Uw goodneas of axy gracioua and 
 long-oiiiibring Lord, demanded. With earnest reaolvee to be 
 more (aithfol and more entirely devotod to him the coming 
 year of my life, I wae enabled to make an unreserved dedi- 
 qiOm^f body, soul, and siwit, to the service of that God, 
 iiktm hyox is better than life. I then opened <m the fifth 
 chapter of Daniel, and read it upon my knees, with very 
 solemn feelings. 
 
 The ratival is advancing with great power in this town. 
 W» am BOW holding special services in Great Thornton 
 8tr«et ohapel, which is the fifth chapel I have visited sine* 
 my arrival in HolL I have preached in the above chapel 
 •wry night, wiA the exception of Mondays and Satordaya, 
 dwiag *h» laat eight or nine weeks. On tho 8d instant we 
 Md a meeting fbr the new converts, similar to that which I 
 flesoribed to you in my letter from Cork. There were pres- 
 ent about four hundred persons, every one of whom waa 
 haf)py in the pardiming love of God. This may give yoa 
 aome idea of the irapidUty and extent of the work, aa all 
 thrae were converted to God during the previous eight or 
 xaae weeks; but (there were many others, who had found 
 peace during the same time, who could not be present at 
 tbift mfo ^'Pg - SoEoe were detained by the bumness of their 
 aupbyers, some with tiieir own business. There were, 
 i}k>,, several saidoiM saved, who had gone to sea ; four in one 
 1^, bandes nMrly one hundred firom die country oiromta. 
 ]^^isfirom some of these were read in the. meeting, which 
 pasadooed an excellent effect. 
 0» fiidayrtha I2tb instant, I delivered a tcmqpnraaot 
 
 MM! 
 
VtVtAU. 
 
 ncteriMd bj 
 bi deep humil- 
 he morcios of 
 ee which my 
 gimetoua tnd 
 resolvefl to be 
 m the coming 
 reserved dedi- 
 I of th»t God, 
 d (HI the fifth 
 see, with very 
 
 ■ in this town, 
 teat ThomtoD 
 e vinted ftinoe 
 above chapel 
 Hid Satordayi, 
 8d instant we 
 
 that whieh I 
 lere were pres- 
 
 of whom was 
 may give you 
 e work, as all 
 pvious eight or 
 irho had found 
 ) be present at 
 omness of tfaeir 
 There were, 
 ea ; four in one 
 lountry ciromti* 
 meeting, which 
 
 1 a tem^pflMOM 
 
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 lOBBIS AND WCIDEHTS Of THi HULL RKViVAL. 
 
 887 
 
 lecture, In behalf of the IIuH Total Abstinence Society, b 
 the Town Hall ; the mayor having kindly granted it for the 
 occasion. The place was densely crowded, and I have 
 seldom neen so much enthusiasm manifested in a good cause, 
 as during the address. The Ix)rd blessed me exceedingly, 
 and gave mo great liberty of speech. 
 
 At the close of tho lecture, > very respectable member 
 of the Society of Friends arose, and, in the midst of the 
 most profound silence, stated that he was a dealer in British 
 wines, in the town of Hull; that he had had scruplee 
 respecting the trade for some time ; that some had asserted 
 these wines were not intoxicating in their qualities, but he 
 knew to the contrary. " And now," he smd, «♦ althou^i I 
 shall sustain a loss in the abandonment of the traffic, yet I 
 shall do BO from iJhe present night. I have a quantity of 
 wine in my cellar, how much, or what the value I am not 
 able to state ; but I cwmot sell it, and be conristent ; " and 
 turning to the gentleman, in the chur, he swd, " Friend, 
 thee may send ttiy horse and cart for it to-morrow, and take 
 it away, and do what thee pleasM witih it." 
 
 The effect upon tho assembled multitudes was tremendous. 
 A few minutes after this, the majority of the meeting were 
 Hfting up their hands to heaven, as a pledge, that from that 
 hour they renounced the use of all intoxicating drinks. I 
 have no doubt that, could we have held a few more meetings 
 of a similar kind, the liquor trade and intemperance would 
 have received a blow from which they would not have 
 recovered for a long time to come. And yet, I have found 
 some good people lately, who, notwithstanding that the Imwt- 
 rors of the trade and of the habit referred to are staring 
 them in the face dwly, would have seriously deprecated a 
 series of such temperance meetings, let the results be as 
 they mi^t. Poor incoMstent human nature ! We must 
 
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 86B SOBNM and WCIDlIITi Of TBI BOU* MflVAlH 
 
 have ohwUy ; b(> , r«»lly, it requirw & ilwtch of it on 
 behalf of thoBo.who, Ijrfwhion'i H<tko, and for the pnrilegs 
 of sippbg a littla wino, aud treat ng their vMitorH to UiaL 
 whlc may pvf>vo their ruin, »• it bos done to hundredi of 
 thoueandii, would not only abut themaelires out from taking 
 any part in this great and glorious t^ mperanow refonnation, 
 but weaken tho hands of thost who are eng» d in its pro 
 motion. But this »» not all. Such persons not only orippi* 
 themselves from doing any thing to h<0 j, it forward, but, fo» 
 consistonoy's Bake, they are aK-wlutely foroeil into oppositioa 
 to wl. , in their socrot consoionces, thrty caimot but allow 
 to be tho sa -est and «poe<UoHt method tx. dry up this principal 
 ■ource of all tho poverty and crime, and of the physical, 
 mental, and moral degradation, which scourges our unhappy 
 world, in the nineteenth co itury. 
 
 Many undertake t* lecture me upon tho iiyury they ap- 
 pjdhend my health is suHtaining, firom not helping myself to 
 a Uttlo wine, in time of exhaustion. My reply is, I seldom 
 feel any thing of tho kmd since I renounced the use of 
 alcohoUc stimulant ; but whr-n I do feel any thing like feeble- 
 ness, a little rest, with some nourishing food, aud some simple 
 drink, such as milk, water, or a cup of tea or coffee, very 
 Boon elevate "l.red nature" into the proper tone, without 
 goading it with alcohol. It is with these intoxicating drinks, 
 as witli physic ; accustom nature to them, and she will grad- 
 ually cease to depend upon her own resources, and will rely 
 upon what is unnatural and artificial. « But you will y» be 
 forced to come down from those elevated sentiments," say 
 Bome, "and use a little wine for your stom,\ch's sake, and 
 your often infirmities." Be it so ; and were it ordered me 
 by a physician,! might be induced to take it as a medicine 
 for a time, if notiung else would do. Nor, in such a case, 
 would it be fiur for any one to say I had abandoned tho prin- 
 
 W.C 'f y,^ 
 
fTTtt. 
 
 d)| of it Oft 
 the pririlege 
 itorH to thai 
 hundreds of 
 from taking 
 reformation, 
 •d in its pro 
 , only orippi* 
 r»rd, but, for 
 ito oppositio* 
 ,ot but allow 
 this principal 
 the physical, 
 our uijiappy 
 
 ary thoy ap- 
 ing mysolf to 
 ' is, I soldoui 
 I the use of 
 ng like foeblo- 
 id some simple 
 r coffee, very 
 tone, without 
 eating drinks, 
 she will grad- 
 and will rely 
 ou will yt be 
 itiments," say 
 :h'B sake, and 
 it ordered me 
 OS a medicine 
 a such a case, 
 oned the prin- 
 
 iCBlTBl AMU IHCISUn Of fU Mv u BfiVITlL. 860 
 
 dids. Bvit I certainly would oeaM frtim the nsdi^M 
 
 soon M possible, or sot mysolf down as 
 valid." Let ny Uwxn coarse be as 
 
 a '*coiiflnMd to> 
 
 it may, I intend 
 
 to Uko the stand occupied by the derotid Timothy, who 
 would not taste a mngle drop of wine, except at the sao- 
 
 >eot, till Of' '^'1 by th« liighest authority inthefhuroh 
 
 St Paul- rit; a beverage, but as a medicine. Now, 
 
 psiiaps, if the ai)OHi «^' re upon the «arth, and acquiunted 
 Mth my oonsti Uon, .. with the nature of the wines and 
 otfitr intOBOiMag diinnis sold in these kingdotus, he would 
 b^ jflM ■• fwdlthre w injuKtion upon James Caaghey, that, 
 f(» his " St- . joh's sake " he most refrwn from their use en- 
 tirely. But, as I do not expect to oiyoy a oorrespondence 
 with St. Paul till I m^ot liim in heaven, I am not to be 
 blamed if I stand as ' rm by my teo-total princn les as did 
 heavenly -minded Timothy, till oonvinctd by an authority, if 
 not so high, yet such m my reason must respect. 
 
 If any man in Europe has g^ven teo-totalism a feir tri^, I 
 hr -e done so, daring those extraordinary lalwrs in which 
 I have been so long engaged. My health, thank God, wa» 
 cover better, nor ray spirits m a livelier state, than at present. 
 Nor shall I, without the most convincmg reasons, lay down a 
 great moral power which God has pvou me in the ri.uks of 
 my temperance bretiuren. Instead of croaking and whining 
 over the real or 8uppo9e<l errors or inconsistencies of some of 
 the tee-totallers, in subatitnting the principle for religion, and 
 using harsh language and measares, whore mUder ^vould be 
 more effective, I will plunge in among them, as thorough- 
 going a te»-totaller as any of them — convince, if possible, 
 my beloved friends, where they may bo wrong, and neu- 
 tralise their errors by the eternal tmths of Christianity. 
 Bui this they never would allow, were they luspioious of 
 my being in the habit of taking these intoxicating drinks. 
 
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870 gcwxu kvt- xncmwm of ni nuLt mvival. 
 
 Now, I do conaia.!!- thU a very valuahlo 'vautaKo ground ; 
 nor shall 1 abaiu!"/* it wiUiout tho •troagoat r«aiH)iui. 
 
 On Sabhath, tho 14th inHtaiit, I ri'tum«d U> tlw King»ton 
 chapol, and »\n>ui tho day th«ro, preaching twice. Tho 
 crowd of pooplo waa amaxing. Many could not got in, and 
 wont away. In tho aftomjon, wo hail a prayer mooting. 
 Tho lower part ot tho chapel waa full, and there wore mauy 
 
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 In a certain part of tho mooting, wliUo tho congregation 
 WM Btanding, and tho alterrail waa cucomiMuiacd by pcniUmla, 
 tho pooplo were iwl.ii-oMod upon tho ncooaaity of an imtoodiato 
 and uni vernal cry to God for a moro cop. ua outpouring of 
 tho Holy Spirit. Tho exhortation was ahort— only about 
 three minutua — but to tho jwint, and full of divine unction. 
 " And now," aaid tho exhortcr, " down upon your kneea, 
 every man, woman, and child of you." Iloro enauod ono 
 0? tho moat m<ye«Uo aoenee 1 ever witneaaod — a airaultane- 
 oua motion of moro than one thouaand people, struggling to 
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 in that poeition, to find a place to knool. Tliey aeomod, in 
 fact, like an army ruahing to battle. The Rev. Mr. Thomp- 
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 reading deak at tho moment, that it waa one of the finoatand 
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BCEyES AND INCIDENTS OF TOB HULL REVIVAL. 871 
 
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 The following letter and resolution show the estimate set 
 on Mr. Caughey's labors by the official members of the Wos- 
 leyan churches in Hull. 
 
 "Hull, March 26, 1844. 
 
 " To the Rev. James Caughey. 
 "Dear Sir, 
 
 " Wo have great'pleasuro in handing over to you a copy 
 of a resolution, passed unanimously, at the Quarterly Meet- 
 ing of the Hull West Circuit, held yesterday in the vestry 
 of Waltham Street chapel ; and m doing so, we beg to offer 
 our sincere and best wishes for your health and happinesft, m 
 well as for the blessing of the great Head of the church on 
 all your futu-i) o^'^eavors to promote his glory, in the salrft- 
 tion of immortal souls. 
 
 " We remain dear Sir, yours in the bonds of Christian 
 
 love and affection, 
 
 "Jno. S. Richardson, | Circuit 
 Thomas Henwood, | Stewards." 
 
 " Hull West Circuit Quarterly-Meeting, held in the vestry 
 of Waltham Street chapel, on Monday, the 2dth of 
 March, 1844. 
 
 " The Rev. Thomas Martin in the ohur. 
 " Jtetolved, That this meeting acknowledges, with devout 
 gratitude to Almighty God, the success which it has pleased 
 him to vouchsafe to the special reli j^ous services instituted of 
 late, and still continued in this Circuit ; and, in connection 
 therewith, feels called upon to offer its best thanks to the 
 Rev. Thomas Martin, the esteemed superintendent of this 
 Circuit, and to his colleagues, the Rev. William Hurt and 
 the Rev. Daniel West. This meeting further prcsenta its 
 most grateful acknowledgments to the Rev. James Caughey, 
 of the Methodist Episcopal Church of America, for his very 
 valoable services in this Circuit during the last three months ; 
 
872 SCKNSB AND IKCIDBNTP OF THB HOLt KHVIVAL. 
 
 which, in concection with the special meetings already re- 
 ferred to, ha«ng been greatly owned of God to the awaken- 
 ing and conversion of many sinnera. 
 " Signed on behalf of the meeting, 
 
 " Jno. S. Richardson, | Circuit ^^ 
 TuoMAS Hknwood, ) Ste'farda. 
 
 Towarda the last of April, 1844, Mr. Caughey brought his 
 labors in dull to R termination. We insert the followuig 
 account of the clcaing scenes. 
 
 My labors in H»U1 weri brought to a conclusion during Ae 
 last week in April, by preaching farewell sermons m three of 
 the chapels. The crowds were tremendous, and tae affection 
 of the people unbounded ; especially that of Oie new con^ 
 terts. It was with the greatest difficulty the brethren could 
 extricate me from the multitudes which surrounded the car- 
 riage on my departure firom Great Thornton Street chapel. 
 I can scarcely convey to you any idea of the scene. Had I 
 staid to shake hands with but one haU of those wh» 
 desired it, I should not have ,got off before mxdnifjt. The 
 excitement of mind was nearly too much for me. Were I to 
 let my pen have freedom to express all the love that bunis 
 in my bosom toward the people of HuU, and the reasons for 
 tins warmth of aftotlon, this letter would extend to an 
 unreasonable length. Noble, generous, royal, enthusuiste 
 Hull ! We sometimes talk of the ardor and enthuMasm of 
 the Irish people ; but in these respects, HuU and her chil- 
 dren might be set down, side by side, with any city or town 
 in the Emertild Isle. 
 
 As to the rtttent of the iwival, as mar as oould b« ascei- 
 tabed fromwcorda oareRiUyk.pt during its pr*g)re«,tw 
 flMnaMnd three huadrea perwns obtaifted jtttifioataon, of 
 whom, 8*tente«n himdred were firoifl the world ;^ aior« dm 
 
 bWo^ 
 
BVUt BBVIVAL. 
 
 meetings already w- 
 r Qod to tho awaken- 
 
 HDSON 
 VOOD 
 
 :•) 
 
 Circiut 
 Sk5'«fard»." 
 
 . Caughey brought hia 
 I insert the following 
 
 concluBion during the 
 ell sermons in three of 
 lous, and the affection 
 that of the new con* 
 Ity the brethren could 
 h surroonded the car* 
 ornton Street chapel, 
 of the scene. Had I 
 
 hall of those wh» 
 lefore midnight. The 
 chforme. Were I to 
 kU the love that bums 
 l,and the reasons for 
 
 would extend to aa 
 >u8, royal) enUiusiastic 
 or aad enthunasm of 
 a, Hull and her clul- 
 , with any city or town 
 
 oMT aa doiild be aacer- 
 oiing its i««gr«M, two 
 aifted jtati fi oatiop, ef 
 the world; aaoratbaa 
 
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 BCBNB8 AND IMCIDBNTS OF THB ilULL REVIVAL. 878 
 
 one thousMid of these united with the Wcsloyan Church in 
 Hull. The renuunder of the converts from tho world were 
 from several country Circuits in Lincolnshire and parts of 
 Yorkshire ; most of whom, it is hoped, have united with the 
 church in their respective neighborhoods, and many united 
 with oth«r churches in Hull. Six hundred persons belong- 
 ing to the Wesleyan and other churches, were also converted 
 during the revival. What the final results may be, or how 
 these new converts will stand, time or perhaps eternity alone 
 can unfdd ; but, certunlv, the work bears every feature of 
 Its having been wrougii Ji Qod. It is admitted, that some 
 may have been deceived as to ^heir conversion ; others may 
 hereafter bear too strict a resemblance to those by no means 
 singular cases, connected with that great revival so strikingly 
 illustiratod by cur Lord, in Matthew xiu. 1 ; yet, very much, 
 under God, will depend upon tho pastoral faithfulness of the 
 ministers, as well as the individual exertions of the leaden 
 of classes on the two Hull Circuits. 
 
 To the mmisters I could say little on leaving. I felt I 
 could rather take my place at their feet. My soul, as it 
 always is m a revival, and in proportion to my success, was 
 deeply humbled before Qod and man. Several opportuni- 
 ties, however, were afforded me, before I left the town, of 
 exhorting the leaders to take special care of the new converts. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Morley very kindly invited a large company 
 to meet me at tea in their house ; and the fcdlowing evening 
 my excellent host and hostess, Mr. and Mic. Thomas 
 Holmes, i^rded me the same delightful privilege at their 
 mansion. These happy interviews shall never b« forgotten. 
 Throng the kindness of the Rev. Robert Thompson, Super- 
 intendent of the East Circuit, I eigoyed « similar interview 
 with the leaden and local preaohen in the band-room at 
 Oeoife Yard chapel. But the " crowmcg meeting of all " 
 82 
 
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874 BOENKS AND INCIDSNia OF THI HULL REVIVAL. 
 
 yftui afforded by tho RoncrosUy of my lato boat and bofltCM, 
 Mr. and Mrs. Jamos Crow. The tea wau given in a large 
 upper room of one of bis buildings. Tbe company waa large 
 and highly resiioctable ; compoBod of local proacbors, clasB- 
 leaders, and friends— one of tho happiest seasons of the 
 kind I have ever enjoyed. I poured out my heart before 
 them, begging and entreating them, ¥ritb the deepest emotion, 
 to spare no pains, that those lately brought to God 
 might be preserved from going back uito the world. Four 
 evenings were spent in this way most agreeably with the 
 leaders. The manner in which they individually responded 
 to my requests and anxious feelings, is too deeply engraven 
 upon my heart ever to be erased. Here I must leave tbe 
 matter for the present. " If I be bereaved of my children, 
 I am bereaved." Satan often tells me there will be many 
 T»ho will backslide in Hull, and that, in consequence thereof, 
 my God wUl yet humble me among them. But I can only 
 turn my weeping eyes to God and say, — 
 
 " Thou icett their wanU, Or u knowe»t their namet, 
 Be mindful of thy yoo?'.» ^«re ; 
 Be tender ol thenew-boi mmhe, 
 And gently In thy bosom bear. 
 The lion roaring for hli prey, 
 With ravening wolvei on every »ld«, 
 Watch over them to t«ar and riay, 
 If found one moment flrom their guide. 
 Satan hi* thousand arU etiayi, 
 Hie agento all their power* employ 
 To bUwt the blooming work of grace, 
 The heavenly offspring to destroy. 
 Ba0e the crooked serpent's skill, 
 And turn his sharpest darto aside t 
 Hide ftom their eyes the devilish 111 ; 
 O, save them fVoro the demon Pride. 
 In safety lead thy Uttle flock 
 From hell, the world, anu sin seeare i 
 And set their feet upon the rock, 
 And maka in thee their goings sura 1 " 
 
 
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 ind hostMS, 
 in a large 
 ly was large 
 chors, clau- 
 laons of the 
 leart before 
 Ksst emotion, 
 it to God 
 rorld. Four 
 )ly with the 
 [y responded 
 )ly engraven 
 ist leave the 
 my children, 
 will be many 
 ence thereof, 
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 HOBNBS AND INCIDENTS OF TUB HULL REVIVAL. 876 
 
 Having loft Hull, Mr. Caughoy roviaitod hiaold friends in 
 Leeds. It wjw only a flying visit, but the account is interest- 
 ing, as it illustrates the permanency of the Leeds revival. 
 He says : 
 
 I spent the last Sabbath of April in Leeds, and preached 
 m St. Peter's chapel, morning and evening. During the 
 forenoon discourse, most of the congregation wore bathed in 
 tears. Tlio house was filled with the glory of God. I have 
 never revisited a place where greater affection was manifest' 
 ed towards me, nor more confidence in the sincerity of my 
 eftbrta to save souls. This was contrary rather to what I 
 expected. From the reports which had reached me of the 
 grievous " falling away " of the new converts, I apprehend- 
 od my influence in Leeds must have been greatly impaired. 
 This, however, was far from bemg the case. The friends 
 from all parts of the town were present, and so were very 
 many of my spiritual children ; and groat was our joy and 
 rejoicing In the Lord. 
 
 I was TTiuch affected at seeing Mrs. Shann in the congre- 
 gation, with pai*. of her family. You will remember the 
 name, as from my letters you learned that I stopped at her 
 house during part of usy stay in Leeds. The death of Mr. 
 Shann, wWch occurred ai lut four months ago, was sudden. 
 Having been called to London on business, he was taken with 
 a sickness which terminated in death. His family arrived 
 in London a few days before he died. His end was not only 
 peaceful but triumphant. I well remember the night, dur- 
 mg the revival in Brunswick chapel, when he came forward 
 to the altar, with many others, to seek salvation. The text 
 was, " How long halt ye beiween two opinions ? '* While 
 kneeling there with several others of his family, he obtuned 
 an evidence, clear and satisfactory, that God, for Christ's 
 
If 
 
 876 fiOBNKS AND iifoioinn or nil hull bktivaIm 
 
 ■Ake, had forgiven hw mm, and had adopted him mtr hii 
 family. The four of the Tx)rd had been before hia oyea for 
 many year* ; but til'i that memorable ni^t, he had not enc 
 joyod, I believe, a conscioua scnBe of the pardoning love of 
 God. A '/art of his family, with himwlf, united with the 
 Methodist church immediately ; and, with all the (droplicity 
 of one but newly found in Chriflt, he declared, from week to 
 week, what great things God had done for his soul. A few 
 months passed away, and he was called to unite with the 
 church triumphant. Mr. Shann stood high in the commer- 
 cial world, as a gentleman of lofty principle and unsullied 
 integrity. He showed mo groat kindness during my rest 
 dence in his hospitable house, for which I hop© ho will be 
 rewarded in the resurrection of the just. Amen! 
 
 On the same night in which he died, being in Hull, I had 
 a dream. I thought I was walking along a strange and 
 lonely road. After passing a spot where four roads struck 
 off in different directions, I tnmed and looked to my left, 
 and saw Mr. Shann riding down one of the roads. He 
 drove two fine horses of dappled gray, which were attached to 
 a large piece of timber elevated on whioels. He was seated 
 on the timber, driving rapidly ; and after wavbg several 
 actieus with hi« hand, he dashed onw«rd, and was soon out 
 of aight. As he was disappearing from my eyes, these 
 words reached my ear : " He is in great haste to pay a debt." 
 I awoke vrith the deep impression resting upon my mind, 
 " Mr. Shann is dead." In the morning, I told Mr. Reld, at 
 whose house I was then raying, that I believed one of my 
 Leeds friends had passed into eternity. To his surprise, a 
 few hours after, I presented him with a letter, which gave 
 the account of the sudden death of Mr. Shann. 
 
 While in Leecw I took occasion to inquire carefully into 
 the truth of those reports wluch had been put into circulation 
 
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 '■^ms,-. 
 
aKvivAri. 
 
 d htm btr Ki* 
 jre his oyw for 
 bo had not en- 
 doning love of 
 inited with the 
 the nispUcity 
 d, from week to 
 I Botd. A few 
 nnite with the 
 in the comaier- 
 9 and muialliod 
 luring my rem- 
 lope he will be 
 men! 
 
 ; in Hull, I had 
 a atrange and 
 ir roads struck 
 ced to my left, 
 tie roads. He 
 were attached to 
 He was seated 
 warbg sereral 
 d was soon out 
 my eyes, these 
 9 to pay a debt." 
 upon my nund, 
 )ld Mr. Field, at 
 eved one of my 
 D his surprise, a 
 bter, which gave 
 
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 BCBMIS AND INCIDINTO OF TOT VIVLL MVIVAL. 877 
 
 respecting the late revival ; and with a few slight cxcopUons, 
 I am happy to oay thoy appeared to have no foundation in 
 truth. I had several conversations with intoUigont individual- 
 on the subject. Their roplios to my intiuirics may bo summed 
 up by quoting tho substanco of the remarks of one indivi(l\ial : 
 «' In order, ray dear Sir, to understand correctly the blessed 
 effects of that revival, to tlie fullcsc extent, tho state of tho 
 Wosloyan society in Leeds, previous to that remarkable out- 
 jwuring of tho Spirit, should bo considered. During two 
 yeans which preceded that revival, iu consoquonoo of com- 
 norcial distress and tho consequent poverty of tho people, 
 together with removals, deaths, backslidings, and expulsions, 
 we wore going down at tho rate of one hundred per quarter. 
 You are aware tho revival had begun in some parts of tho 
 Circuit and extended into tho country before you camo 
 among us. Tlic work advanced witli greater power after 
 your arrival ; and, after tho quarterly visitation, wo found 
 tho retrograde movement had been put a stop to, and we had 
 a small increase, and many on trial. From that time, wo 
 have been gradually on tho advance. It is admitted that a 
 few of tho new converts did go back to the world, and some 
 whoso names were on the list we never found ; but, that 
 the revival has been a failure, and that tho society is just 
 where it was before, is a positive falsehood. We can present 
 to friends and foes the convincing proof of our contradiction, 
 by showing an increase on the year of five hundred mem- 
 bers." . * 
 
 Another said : " We are not after all to estimate the 
 value of that revival so much by tho more numerical in- 
 crease, as by the high tone of piety it has diffused through 
 our church." 
 
 I account for these reporta thus : Ist. The conversion of 
 fourteen or fifteen hundreds of people in the ooune of % few 
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8T8 lOUTU AND ItrOtDIHTi or TBI HULL MTrVAL. 
 
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 moathfi, oottld not bat h« poUm»<1 »bro«d. 2(1. It wm not 
 gen«rallj known, that hondredi of thoM w«re Ricmb«n of 
 tho WmIajmi and of other ohurchM in town and oouotry. 
 8d. It WM oxp«ct«d, bj thoM who did not trndentaiid tho 
 real character of tho atatiatics, that a rtrj largo ii)or«aM 
 would b« realised. 4th. Aa quarter ■ucvoeded quarter, snoh 
 peraoni looke^l in vain for thia groat augmentaUou of numb«ra. 
 6th. Unguarded and unqaalifled expreaaionfl were uttered in 
 certain quartern, that tho greater part of the convert* could 
 not bo found, or had gone back to tho world, because two 
 oat of a doten, or three out of thirty, had re{\iiiod to attend 
 class, whilo the owners of sevoral names could not bo found : 
 •* Therefore tho revival has resulted in a failure." Other 
 causes might bo given — but I forbear. 
 
 I spent a most dolightl\il Sabbath in Leeds. My old offl- 
 oen, local preachers, and loaders, from all tho circuits in 
 town, rallied around me. God was with us in power, and 
 many sinners were converted. A few of my children, who 
 had boon tempted by tho devil into tho road to hell, wore re- 
 clumod and brought back again, with nu. r tears, Into the 
 path of heaven. 
 
 Next day I returned to Hull by railway. When within 
 about forty miles of Hull, the engineer, when pausing at a 
 station, introduced himself to mo as one of my children in 
 the Lord. He requested me to ride a few miles with him on 
 th platform of the locomotive, in order to seo the machinery 
 m motion. As we wore flying dong, he related his awaken- 
 ing and conversion. When we came to a certain place, he 
 said : " There ! that is tho place whore God set my soul at 
 liberty. My agony of mind was very great. So much so, 
 that when we stopped at a certun station, I ran from the 
 engbe into a retired place, and cried to God. When we 
 started, I scarcely knew what I did, I was so wntofaad. 
 
UYIVAL. 
 
 111. It WM not 
 « tncmtMn of 
 1 and oountrj. 
 imdentaitd tho 
 largo tiioroAM 
 d ({aart«r, Ruoh 
 oit of numb«rg. 
 rere utUired in 
 convert* oould 
 1, tieoauM two 
 ruHod to attend 
 1 not bo found : 
 iluro." Other 
 
 My old offl- 
 tho circuits in 
 in power, and 
 children, who 
 ) hell, wore re- 
 toara, Into the 
 
 When within 
 1 pausing at a 
 my children in 
 lea with him on 
 the machinery 
 ed his awaken- 
 irtain place, he 
 set my soul at 
 
 So much so, 
 [ ran from the 
 od. When we 
 I w> wretched. 
 
 ■cum AMD WCIDWTi Of TBI IIITLL MVIVAL. 879 
 
 But my cry for mercy went u|i tu heaven. VRvcn runnings 
 Sir, at the rate of thirty miles an hour, Ood met me. The 
 rapidity of our motions was no hindoranco. lie (i|)oke peace 
 to my soul, and in a moment my hell win turned into heaven, 
 and I rejoiced with joy mmpottkable and full of glory." The 
 abore is bat tlie snlwtanco of his experience. All glory be 
 
 to Ood! 
 
 On the Brut of this month, in company with the Rev. WU- 
 liam Ulingworth and wife, tho Rov. John Vme and wife, and 
 a number of other Wends, I eryoyed an excursion to Weltou 
 
 Vale. 
 
 Tho occasion of onr vWt arow> from the kind invitatkm of 
 Mr. and Mrs. William I'ieUl, at whoso houao I was first en- 
 tertained on my arrival in Hull, and where I spent the last 
 week of my stay in that town. They contrived the excur- 
 sion in order to celebrate tho anniversary of thoir marriage, 
 and also as a token of respect for your correspondent. We 
 wore favored with ae lovely a day as our hcarenly Father 
 ooold have given u«. " It was," as a poet has expressed it, 
 " one of those heavenly days that cannot die." The scenery 
 wad beautified all th' way with hill and dale, fine gardens, 
 fniitful fields sprinkled with -trees and fringed with woods, in 
 which are nestled sweet cottngee and elegant mansions ; the 
 whole enlivened by extensive views cf the Humber, Ti«ble 
 firom various points of elevation. 
 
 Arriving at Uie Vale, we obtwned pemuswon from the pro- 
 prietor to enter. After enjoying a few walks, traced out in 
 many directions, and through.* variety of romantic scenes, 
 . the eloth was spread upon the grass, beneath a refreshing 
 shade, where we partook of an excellent dinner. The party 
 then retired to a summer-house, commanding an extonsir* 
 piQspeet. Beneath fiowed the Humber ; the opposito §hor« 
 dispUyed the hills and dales of Lincolnshire, with the « coft- 
 
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 880 aonm and iwciDiNTt or tui iitru rivival. 
 
 flunnco poini " of tho riwri Trent (if I wwUwt right) 
 And OuM with tho IIuiuh«r. 
 
 Tho hAppy couplo wore thon addroMMHl hj MTcr^ ipoftk- 
 eni, witli numerom congratuifttiotw and hoartv wiiihet for 
 nuujy h»ppjr rotuma of the mimnn, all of which, I have do 
 doubt, wore felt ; aiid to which Mr. Fnl'' replied with very 
 good grace. Our proceeding! were, however, duiturbed by 
 the arrival of a mcwiengor, itatiiix that " tho villa^;i had 
 como into tho vale," and that " thov expected a sermon from 
 Mr. Caughejr." Wc found nearly two hundred people coa- 
 fTogatod beneath •omo shady trees on tho brow of tho hill. 
 We walked into tho midat of thorn an<l sang : — 
 
 " My Ood, Uit •prliiij ot til my Joyt, 
 Tha lir* of my dallKhU, 
 Tba nlory n( my lirinhtMt day*, 
 And oomfort uf my nlghu I '' 
 
 Afler which, serertd of tho brethren prayed, and I gave 
 an exhortation. The dear pcoplo sectnod much affected. 
 When I requested thoeo who wore doterminod to meet us in 
 heaven, to signify tho same by raising the right hand heavon- 
 wanl, the sudden and universal show of hands gave 
 evidence that the feeling and purpose were general. One 
 penon, I have suice been bformed, found peace during the 
 ■ervioo. We had a pleasant ride back to Hull, and had the 
 privilege, at night, of hearing tho Ucv. Dr. Beaumont preach 
 an oxoeUeut sonuoa in Kingston chupol. 
 
 Wo cannot close this chapter better than by inscrti^ng the 
 following letter from a pious gentleman of Hull, concerning 
 the subsequent influence of Mr. C.'s labors in that town. It 
 carries us a little beyond the time of our narraUve, but is 
 nevertheless an appropriate conclusion to the foregomg revival 
 incidwits. 
 
.L RIVtVAl.. 
 
 [ r««olle«t righl) 
 
 bj Mverfkl apeak- 
 
 linartv wUht'a for 
 wliieli, I httvo 110 
 replied with very 
 vor, di«turbed bjr 
 " tho villft^<^ hod 
 od a sermon from 
 i<lrod pcopio ooa* 
 brow of tho hill. 
 
 AND WCIUIUTI or Tim WLh MVIVAL, 
 
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 ijed. and I fi^v* 
 1 much aflfoctod. 
 lod to meot ua in 
 ght hand hoavon< 
 of handfl gave 
 general. One 
 peace during the 
 ^uU, and had the 
 Beaumont preach 
 
 1 hy inserting the 
 Hull, conconung 
 in that town. It 
 narrative, but is 
 foregoing rerival 
 
 "I!iLL,JuiCi 26, l»i4. 
 «< Mr DKAH Hnt/ruKH, 
 
 " Wo ha.1 our Quartorly Meeting yc«tcnlajr. 1 wUh yott 
 could havfl l>e«n prownt ; it would have greatly encouraged 
 you. NV.. Imva now <iu tho Hull Kaat near eight hundred 
 more mooting in cla*« than we had before your visit. Mr. 
 T. has tho i>uin»)ent, BO\in hun.lrcd and ninet-y-four or 
 •ix ; but I shouM lay, wo have a few a'wvo eight hundred. 
 Our finances are cciually encouraging ; — we have an in- 
 crease of MO per (luarter. Wo passed a resolution, which 
 will bo handed to you by our Circuit stowartls. It will, I 
 trust, gratify you, and encourage you to go on in the name 
 of Him who sent you on this glorious mission. I believe tho 
 Spirit of Ootl will not mislead you, if you continue to bo 
 faithful. Ood will stand by you and liia own truth. You 
 remember tho second Sunday evening you preached in Walt- 
 ham Street chapel, when you said wmo strong tliings. A 
 very wicked persecutor was induced to go into Waltham 
 Street chapel, as ho was passing ; tho word reached his 
 heart; ho never rested until ho was saved; — and a 
 more sound and clear conversion wo had not in Hull. 
 HiH name is Thomas McC. I am sorry to say he per- 
 ished lasl week in tho Manchester steamer, with all on board ; 
 they left this for Hamburg last Friday week. He has left & 
 wife and two children. Is not this very startUng, that so 
 many should be swept away that have lately been converted, 
 and others, who rejected tho offers of raorcy, also oat down ? 
 May tho mighty power of Ood still attend your mmistry! 
 We had a very glorious day last Sabbath — Kujgston chap- 
 el full at the love-feast, and great power; many saved 
 in George Yard at night; — we had a great victory. 
 You must remember, I shall expect you to come by way 
 
 "■^l- 
 

 382 80KNRH AND IN0IDRNT8 OF TUB UVhh nHSVIVAL. 
 
 of IlttU to Lotuloi). I cannot oxouro you. Ilopir.^^ toon 
 to hear from you, 1 am, my door brother, yourt very »f- 
 fectionatoly, 
 
 "William FiBLD." 
 
 i " i num m i '^^giWy^WiRlBH 
 
, RRVIVAL. 
 
 . Ilopir.)^ soon 
 your* very»f- 
 
 JAM FiBLD." 
 
 CIIAPTEIl XXII. 
 
 DIHPLAYB OP DIVINE OU>BY IS BIIEFFIELD. 
 
 It km Mr. Caughcy'a intention to proceed directly frf/m 
 Ho'' to Iluddcrufield. But the Sheffield brethren, having 
 by some misunderrftanding been led to expect him in their 
 circuits, had made such public announcerocnU u cwld not 
 with propriety be di«app«/mted. Hence Mr. C, having but 
 ju»t begun hia lalwni in Huddcr«field, felt himaelf under » 
 Bort of moral compulsion to leave, and to make an attempt 
 on the kin,]dom of darkneM in Bheffield first. IIi« mccene 
 there showed the wisdom of his decision — it was reaDy 
 marvellous. With this brief introduction, we leave the 
 reader to pursue the narrative with the assurance that thia 
 chapter wUl be to him a " feast of (at things." 
 
 On Saturday, the 4th of May, 1844, 1 left Hull by tail- 
 way for Huddewfield, where I arrived in a few hours, *nd 
 was conducted to New-House, the mansion of Mr. Thomaa 
 Mallinson, where I was hospitably entertained during my 
 stay. Next day I preached twice in the Queen Street 
 chapel— a large and handsome edifice. Sinners were 
 converted in the afternoon and at night. I preached also 
 on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday eremngs. 
 liach service was crowsied with the conyerwrn of sinners 
 and sanctification of beHerers; indeed there was every 
 
884 DISPLAYS OF OIVIXB GLORY IN SHEFFIELD. 
 
 appearance that we were on the eve of a very great revival 
 of religion. The friends in Sheffield, however, had so con- 
 stmed a sentence in one of tay letters, as to imply a 
 positive promise to visit that town at a certain time ; had 
 handbills printed and placards posted on the strength of it, 
 and insisted upon the fulfUment, tlie following SabUth. It 
 was a grievous thing to the Uuddersfield friends ; and they 
 protested against it. But on my giving them a promise, 
 that on my retom from my intended Italian tour, I would 
 revisit Huddersfield, they consented to let me go. I left 
 ttiem with regret. The Wesleyans have a lovely people in 
 Huddersfield. A few influential men of the right stamp, 
 appear to have given a holy, elevated, and generous tone to 
 the entire church. Long may they condnue so ; " rooted 
 and fixed b God." 
 
 The W^leyan m'iusters now stationed in Huddersfield 
 are, thb Rev. John Greeves, the Rev. Jonathan J. Bates, 
 and the Rev. Edward Brice. I was received by these 
 ministers with great cordiality; had the privilege of dining 
 in their company several times during my stay ; and each 
 interview only rendered the acquaintance the more interesting 
 and agreeable. God bless them ! Amen. 
 
 On Saturday, the 11th instant, I arrived in Sheffield, and 
 was conducted by my kind friend Mr. John Unwin, to ther 
 house of Mr. William Beet, where I received a cheering 
 welcome, and where I have mnce remained. About sixty 
 persons have been converted here already. 
 
 My sudden departure firom Huddersfield was sorely agunst 
 my will. I thought God had sent me there. Perhaps the 
 futuiti may ezpbdn it. When I was in Hull, Mr. Joaeph 
 Webb and. Mr. Thomas Mallinsou came with a special and 
 presang invitation to viat Huddersfield. My mind was not 
 to go i the more I thought of it, the more averae I fell. I 
 
 wLL 
 
 \ , 
 
jL., 
 
 SOEFFIEU). 
 
 very great revival 
 
 wever, had so con- 
 
 rs, as to imply a 
 
 certain time ; had 
 
 the strength of it, 
 
 wing Sabbath. It 
 
 friends ; and they 
 
 I them a promise, 
 
 ilian toor, I would 
 
 let me go. I left 
 
 a lovely people in 
 
 f the right stamp, 
 
 1 generous tone to 
 
 dnue so; "rooted 
 
 d in Huddersfield 
 onathan J. Bates, 
 received by these 
 privilege of dining 
 ky stay ; and each 
 je more interesting 
 
 d in Sheffield, and 
 >hn Unwin, to ther 
 Eeived a cheering 
 led. About sixty 
 
 ■ 
 
 was sorely agunat 
 ire. Perhaps the 
 Hull, Mr. Joseph 
 rith a special and 
 My mind was not 
 i averse I fell. I 
 
 DISPLAYS OF DIVINB GIORT IH SHWPIBtD. 
 
 886 
 
 went up to my room, and fell down before God, and mquired, 
 " Shall I go, my Lord ? " The following was spoken to my 
 heart: "Go, nothing doubting." I said, "I shall go, 
 then;" and so the matter was arranged. I afterwards 
 found, that many of the good people at Huddersfield had 
 engaged to plead with God for the success of these gentle- 
 men's nussiou. The meetings we did hold were crowned 
 wiUi rich blesangs from on high ; but our purposes were 
 broken off. 
 
 Of his first labors m Sheffield "we find the following 
 account : 
 
 We arrived in Sheffield in time to enjoy aa excellent 
 prayer meeting in Carver Street chapel. 
 
 I rejoice to inform you, that the special services in the 
 Ebeneier Wesleyan chapel of tiiis town— Sheffield— have 
 been remarkably owned of God, in the conversion of sinners 
 and the sanotification of believers. 
 
 At first, my congregations were small, but they increased 
 more and more, and so did the number cf the saved. 
 
 Unlike most places I havo visited, where I have been 
 compelled to lay dose siege to anners, long and continued, 
 before they yielded, the sinners of Sheffield began almost 
 immediately to surrender; for, although the first prayer 
 meeting on Sabbath afternoon, May 12tii, resulted in the 
 oonvernoD of one only, twenty-nine were converted ut night 
 after sermon. Considering the neighborhood and circum- 
 stances of the society at Ebenwser, I felt at first a little 
 Sbiprised that the Superintendent, the Rev. J. P. Haswell, 
 his colleagues, the Rev. J. Stinscn, T. IKokin, and B. B 
 Waudy, with tiie leading men on the Circuit, should have 
 fixed upon this as th& most suitable place to c<»nmenee 
 special e*wti for a great revival — a dednon, in which, I 
 88 
 
 > , 
 
 ■V 
 
 "mam 
 
MMMM|K 
 
 886 DIBPLATS OF DIVIKB OLORY IN BUBFFIELD. 
 
 believe they were unaniraous. I would have chosen the 
 heart— Carver Street chapel— aa the moat likely place to 
 find that warmth of temperament, and energy of talent, so 
 neceseary "to make a beginning." The resulta, however, 
 proved the propriety of their choice. The oflicial brethren 
 at Ebeneser entered into the work with their whole souls. 
 The members, though generally poor in thia world, but rich 
 in faith, assisted us in mighty prayer. The noise was some- 
 times tremendous, but God was in it. No attempts were 
 made abruptly to put it down ; but by prudent management 
 on the part of Mr. Haswell, when present, and others who 
 had charge of the services in his absence, it was kept withm 
 bounds, and under a scriptural and judicious control, and 
 was rendered subservient to arouse the careless and prayer- 
 loss to perceive and feel that religion was a subject worthy 
 of tiie attention and energies of their fellow-townsmen. The 
 influential and talented leaders of Carver Street, instead of 
 standing aloof to see first how the battle would go, came 
 up nobly to the help of the Lord. Reports spread like fire 
 through all parts of the town ; sinners of every grtulo of 
 character crowded to the place. Some fled in terror, looking 
 unutterable things — illustrating vividly that passage in the 
 book of Samuel: "And the Philistines were afnud, for they 
 said, God is come into the camp. And they stud, Woe unto 
 as! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore." Every 
 meeting brought more and more together. The noise was 
 heard afar : " Acd when the Philistinos heard the noise of 
 tho shout, they said, What meanetb the noise of this great 
 shout ? for, when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came 
 into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that 
 the earth rang again." 1 Sam. iv. 
 
 Some people were " offended " at the tremendous " amens " 
 and shouta of victory which prevailed on every nde. But 
 
BTFIELD. 
 
 tare chosen the 
 t likely place to 
 rgy of talent, so 
 results, however, 
 oQicial brethren 
 heir whole souls. 
 i world, but rich 
 
 noise was somo- 
 attempts were 
 ,ent management 
 , and others who 
 t was kept within 
 ous control, and 
 ileas and prayer- 
 a subject worthy 
 -townsmen. The 
 Street, instead of 
 
 would go, cama 
 } spread like fire 
 
 every grftdo of 
 in terror, looking 
 it passage in the 
 e afriud, for they 
 y stud, Woe unto 
 etofore." Every 
 The noise was 
 iard the noise of 
 >ise of this great 
 if the Lord came 
 sat shout, so that 
 
 endous "amens" 
 srery nde. But 
 
 DISPLAYfl OV DIVIKB QLORT IK BHKPFIBU). 
 
 887 
 
 Boch were exhorted to patience, and to beware of temptaUon 
 —to i-emember also, that it was impossible, unless the lungi 
 of the zealous people were as substantial as leather, or at 
 as Cicero expressed it, their bodies were « chiseUed out of 
 the rock, or hewn out of the oak;" or their voices were 
 endowed with the unchangeabUity of the trumpet, that they 
 could stand, for any considerable length of time, efforta so 
 violent. The prediction proved too true. Toward the latter 
 part of the second week, they began to flag; and there 
 were evident marks of a humiUating and rapid tendency to 
 the opposite extreme. Some had quite exhauMed their 
 strength, others had broken their voices; the "amens 
 were " few and far between." This was the rewtion some 
 of us anticipated. Any one, not acquainted with the secret 
 power to which we owed our success, during the tempwit of 
 human feeling— the constnuning and overpowenng mflu- 
 enccs of the Holy Ghost -would have «ud, "The revival 
 is at an end-the sparks of their own kindbng are qmte 
 gone out-it is likely they will close the doors now md 
 recruit ere they can muster another such exhibition. But 
 the work of God, which is not dependent upon much noise 
 or little, but upon an influence from heaven, advanced with- 
 out a pause. The hearts of the people were right with God. 
 Wickedness was not in our camp, nor division of feehng or 
 opinion. Many seemed, in their looks, to say : « Our hearts 
 are with you, but we are weak ; our strength is gone; we 
 can do nothmg but exercise faith, and pray in silence; go on, 
 the lord of hosts is with you, the God of Jacob IS our refuge ! 
 
 In the couice of a week or so, they regained theur energy, 
 and wore a 'rdont and zealous as ever; but, learning 
 ^dom from It . things they had suffei-ed, they now pru- 
 dently "husbanded their strength," appit>pnating their 
 « aniens," " hallelujdis," &o., to those points of » onset or 
 
888 
 
 DISFLATS or DlVmi OLORT IN aHKVflHI.D. 
 
 rictory," whore they could be used to the neatest advantage 
 and offoct. Their lool being now according to knowledge, 
 •ad guided by it, burned with a bright, steady, and ever- 
 during flame — not a blaie one night and extinguished the 
 next, fitful and uncertain as the lightning in the evening 
 olood ; but it kindled and ascended like the morning sun, 
 advancing upward till it attuned its meridian glory : as the 
 Bun, in the days of Joshua, it tarried over our Oibeon, " in 
 the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down ; " I shall 
 not say, " for the space of a whole day," or even during 
 the remainder of the services in Ebcnczer chapel, but it also 
 extends, thtis far, in Carver Street, until the Lord has 
 avenged himself on his enemies and ours, gloriously. Many 
 were the slain and healed of the Lord at Ebenezer. The 
 meeting for the new ccmverts, for the wounded also, and 
 the slain, was a season never to be forgotten. The Ebenezer 
 chapel was 'a symbolical Ebeneser to the vast assemblage 
 of people on the night in question. By many tears and 
 tarious expressions of joy, they seemed to say, almost 
 universally, " This is our Ebeneser, for hitherto hath God 
 helped us." 
 
 Perhaps the following report, or table, of the progress of 
 the revival, which was handed to me, at tiie close of the 
 services in the above chapel, by the secretary, M^. John 
 Jepson, will aflford you as good a view of the steady progress 
 of this great work of God, as any other medium I could 
 adopt: — 
 
 <<DiAK Sib— The Mowing is a fiuthftd report of the 
 numbers saved in Ebenezer chapel, from thv 12th of May 
 to the 8d of Jane, twenty-one days inclusive. In Jesus, 
 joon, 
 
 **JoHir Jepbok." 
 
!3^fim.D. 
 
 satest advantage 
 g to knowlodgo, 
 oady, and ever- 
 ixtinguished the 
 in the evening 
 he morning sun, 
 ji glory : as the 
 }ur Oibeon, " in 
 doTvn ; " I shall 
 or oven during 
 aapel, but it also 
 i the Lord has 
 loriously. Many 
 £benezer. The 
 wded also, and 
 . The Ebenezer 
 vast assemblage 
 many tears and 
 to say, almost 
 Kerto hath God 
 
 ' the progress of 
 Hie close of the 
 jtary, Mjf. John 
 steady progress 
 nedium I could 
 
 al report of the 
 Hi 12th of May 
 ive. In Jesus, 
 
 HN Jepbok." 
 
 DlSrLAYS OF DIVISB OLOBT IN BHBFF«LD. 
 SaiFriiLD, EaiMMt* Cuai-.l, Mat II, to Jom 8. IB44. 
 
 889 
 
 gnnday, 
 Mondiiy, 
 Tuendttv 
 
 Moy 11. 
 " 1». 
 14. 
 
 Witdneiday, " U. 
 
 Thuraday, 
 
 Fridnv, 
 
 Sstnrilay, 
 
 16. 
 IT. 
 18. 
 
 Jaitlfltd 
 
 OOtlrfllM 
 
 World. 
 
 >1 
 
 SI 
 
 IT 
 9 
 8 
 8 
 
 S4 
 
 JiuUflri 
 
 tn 
 Bockty. 
 
 11 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 11 
 
 
 
 « 
 
 of Sanctl- 
 llettloD. 
 
 18 
 B 
 6 
 
 4 
 18 
 
 Society Bandi. 
 
 Sunday, M»y 10. 
 Monday, " l?. 
 
 TuMdoy, » 1». 
 Wednesday, " M 
 Th'iraday, " 18 
 
 Virlday, 
 
 Sunday, 
 Monday, 
 Tneaday, 
 
 14. 
 
 May 18. 
 
 " IT. 
 18. 
 
 1 nOWlUTa -•" 
 
 Wedne»day, " 1» 
 
 Thnnday, 
 
 Friday, 
 
 » 80. 
 " 81. 
 
 Sunday, 
 Monday, 
 
 Juni 1. 
 •• 8. 
 
 Qrand Totals, • 
 
 4t 
 11 
 
 16 
 T 
 S 
 8 
 
 "m 
 
 14 
 
 6 
 
 18 
 
 8 
 
 10 
 1 
 
 81 
 
 11 
 
 ~T8 
 813 
 
 M 
 
 18 
 T 
 
 6 
 1 
 
 
 88 
 
 16 
 8 
 
 10 
 6 
 
 _6T 
 
 11 
 
 4 
 
 18 
 103 
 
 «0 
 
 la 
 
 14 
 
 
 s 
 
 4 
 15 
 
 1* 
 
 11 
 IT 
 11 
 
 n 
 
 8 
 
 IT 
 
 81 
 
 83 
 18 
 
 48 
 161 
 
 Totala. 
 
 48 
 40 
 84 
 3« 
 11 
 43 
 
 106 
 
 TT 
 4« 
 88 
 
 18 
 
 10 
 38 
 
 106 
 
 CI 
 16 
 84 
 
 86 
 11 
 
 n 
 
 loT 
 
 lOT 
 18 
 
 188 
 T48 
 
 The scene of my labors at present is Carver Street chapel. 
 The ^ork of God is advancing ^th increased rapidity and 
 power The first Sabbath we spent in this place of worship, 
 one hundred and sixty-seven persons professed salvation. 
 Since then hundreds have been saved. The work is mdeed 
 Rlorious, beyond any tlung I have ever seen before in the 
 Lne space of time. All seriously disposed persons, so far as 
 I have leaned, are led to regard it as an extraordinary work 
 of God. I am happy to inform you I received a letter from 
 88* 
 
 111 
 
S90 OMPLATB or DIVINI OLORT IN gllUrULD. 
 
 Bishop Heddmg. It u most afibcUonate : all, in (act, and 
 more than I could ba/e expected. ' ' * So far from urging 
 my return, he exproucs a cordial approbation of my labors 
 and Auccosa in winnmg souls to Christ, and prays that God 
 may continue to bles« me wherever I may labor. He says 
 the Conference will gladly receive me on my return, witli 
 this proviso, that I bring good testimoniala back with me 
 of my good conduct during my sojourn in Europe ; closing 
 with the assurance, that thousands are ready with joy, to 
 welcome my return to the American shores, to recommenoe 
 my ministerial labors in that country. 
 
 *■ 0, to graM how grMt a debtor, 
 Daily I'm eonitralned to be I " 
 
 Here follows a communication sent to Mr. Canghey at 
 Sheffield, from one of the scenes of his previous eflforts m 
 Hull. We insert it to show the reader how lugh an estimate 
 the official members at Hull placed on bis precious labors 
 for souls. 
 
 «*4, PABLIAMBlfT StRBBT, HpLt, JONB 26, 1844. 
 
 " Rbv. and dear Sir, 
 
 "We hare much pleasure in transmitting to you the 
 following extract from the Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting 
 of the Hull East Circuit, held on the 24th instant. 
 
 " We remain, reverend and dear Sir, your fidthful and 
 
 obedie&t servants, 
 
 « W. Cowley, ) Circuit 
 
 Edward Rigoall, ] Stewards. 
 
 « On the motion of Mr. RiggaU, seconded by Mr. Field, 
 it was resolved unanimously, — 
 
 "That this meeting, from the numerical and finaiMsial 
 statements laid before it by the Stewards, feels called upon 
 to record its devont gratitude to Ahniglity God, fiur hii 
 
mm^^m 
 
 rULD. 
 
 11, in (act, and 
 far from urging 
 n of my labon 
 traja that Ood 
 ,bor. He aajs 
 \j return, witli 
 bock with me 
 urope ; cloning 
 y with joy, to 
 to recommenoe 
 
 [r. Canghey at 
 vioufl effisrts in 
 tgh an estimate 
 preciouB labors 
 
 rB 26, 1844. 
 
 Dg to you the 
 
 trterly Meeting 
 
 stant. 
 
 ir fluthful and 
 
 iCironit 
 Stewards. 
 
 , by Mr. Field, 
 
 1 and finaiMsial 
 jls called upon 
 7 God, fbr hii 
 
 DISPLAYS OF Divmi QLORT IN SBlffllLD. Ml 
 
 abundant blessing upon the special senrlces lately held ; and 
 also, its high sonse of the consistent and exemplary Christian 
 conduct of the Rev. James Caughoy, of the Metiiodial 
 Episcopal Church in America, during his residence in thia 
 Circuit ; as well as of his untiring ministerial labors, and the 
 officitint assistanco rendered by him to the mii^tert of th» 
 Circuit during those services." 
 
 I had the pleasure, a few days ago, of taking dinner lew 
 with Dr. Alder, now one of the general Wesleyan Missionaiy 
 Secretaries. He manifested a lively and cordial Intsrtal la 
 the revival; and, in prayer, around the (kn^ly allar, hi 
 proved how sincere and ardent was his interest, by jMyiag 
 most fervently and aflffctionately for your correspondent. 
 Mrs. Alder, an American lady by birth, you will remember, 
 and Miss Alder, are hero at prewnt, and rejoice in thia 
 wonderful triumph of the gospel of God. The doctor is out 
 upon a tour of missionary visitation to the churohes, and 
 intends to return by tho way of ShefBeld. 
 
 In a letter bearing date of July 80, 1844, ht that 
 continues his sketches of the work in Sheffield. 
 
 Since the date of my last, the rerival hai adtanocd with 
 amasing majesty and power. The scenes hare been moh m 
 cannot be easily described. I spent (Wnn June 4th, till th« 
 6th instant, in Carver Street chapel. The following extract 
 from a table, sent me by one of the secretaries, may j^va 
 you some idea of the grand and extenrive character of th« 
 work ; so far, at least, as numbers are concerned. But, to 
 have a just view, or a proper conception of the wonderfol 
 effects of truth upon the mass of mind therein recorded, and 
 «* the differences of manifestation," in the hour of aonw 
 and distress; the prayers, tears, and long and hitter eri« 
 for mercy, and the joyfal and ttimnphMit axolMMtiaM «f 
 
tmtm 
 
 ■MHH 
 
 892 DiiPLAYi or PivisiB uloet im iuirtiiu). 
 
 new-bom loula, or purified belierent, in the glad hour of 
 Miration, would require th»t you should have been " in th« 
 midst of ui." Never have I behold any thing equal to it. 
 O, it waa '« ■ublimely grand ! " — grand in ita cau««, grand 
 b the efleota, grand ux rcBulto, and grand bcyonci all human 
 knaginingii when taken in connection with the grandeur of a 
 coming eternity ! But hero is the extract : 
 
 ♦• The aervicea wore continued in Carver Street chapel 
 from June 4th to July Tuh; twcnty-oight days inclusive. 
 From the world, 660 ; appointed to meet in class, thus : 
 Weat Circuit, 896 ; East Circuit, 146 ; not appointed to 
 elassea, 50; the remainder w^re from distant and other 
 churches. Members justified, — West Circuit, 88; East 
 Circuit, 68 ; other Circuits and churches, 29. Membera 
 Banctified, — West Circuit, 181; East Circuit, 98; other 
 churches, 56. Total jiiUified, 825; sanctified, 885. Total, 
 eleven hundred and sixty." 
 
 I commenced my labors on «ae East Circuit, on the 
 following Sabbath, in Brunswick chapel. The ministers on 
 thin Circmt are, the Rev. Alexander Bell, Superintendent ; 
 the |leV. John Burton, the Rev. William B. Stephenson, 
 and the Rev. James Carr. On the morning of the 11th 
 bst., <me of the persons recorded in the above table, a 
 female, who was a backslider, called upon me, in company 
 with another. So groat had been her distress, she could 
 neither eat nor sleep. She had not, it seems, fallen from 
 God at once, by any hemous sin, but declined gradually, ^1 
 the lost the life of Qod totally from her soul ; and r.ow, 
 awakened to a senas of her sad condition, she was inconso- 
 lable. We joined in prayer, but the Lord suflfored her to 
 leave the house without any thing more than a cheering ray 
 of hope that he woold not pemut her to die an alien to God. 
 A few minutes after, when walkuig homeward al<n>g the 
 
.uSUaBmOk 
 
 irtlWLD. 
 
 19 glad hour of 
 r« b«en " in the 
 ling equal to it. 
 it* cauM, grand 
 Djonii all human 
 te grandeur of a 
 
 r Street chapel 
 dayn inoluaivo. 
 I in clou, thua : 
 not appointed to 
 iatant and other 
 rcuit, 88; Eaak 
 29. Member! 
 xtut, 08; other 
 led, 885. Total, 
 
 Circuit, on the 
 The miiuBtora on 
 
 Suporintondont ; 
 
 B. Stephonuon, 
 ling of the 11th 
 B tUbove table, a 
 
 me, in company 
 iifltress, she could 
 sema, fallen from 
 lod gradually, till 
 r tool ; and now, 
 she was inconso- 
 d suflfored her to 
 an a cheering ray 
 ) an alien to God. 
 leward along tiM 
 
 DISfLAYS or DIVIIfl OLOaT IH dtflimiu). 8tS 
 
 •troet, with a feeble and fRlt<«ring «t«»p, the Lonl met h«r, 
 Mid said tf) her heart, "Tliou art mine!" Borrow wm 
 oxohan5?e«l ft)r joy in a m«)mcnt. Tlie Sayiour conferred 
 •« beauty for mHmi ; '* and ihe punwed her way with a glad 
 heart and free, n'joicing with joy un»i)«ak»ble and full o^ 
 glory. I Miw her in the chapel a few nighU afterwarda. 
 How marked the change in the woman'* countenance! Th« 
 grief and deiiiMiir which, at the time I fifflt aaw her, rendered 
 her face the picture of agony and dcnoUtion, were all gone, 
 and now, calm, ecrene joy beamed out upon erery lineamon* 
 of it. Mny ihe orer stand fant in that liberty wherewith 
 Ginst hail made her free ! Amen ! 
 
 A respectable looking young man called upon me a fcw 
 days ago. " I walke<l down to Ebeneaar," said he, ♦♦ oa» 
 erening, and heard you preach, but I got no good— I waa 
 perfectly disgusted — I wanted smooth things, and wia di*" 
 appointed. I went again to hear you, and was deMghtod i 
 but still remained undecided upon the great qneslion of «y 
 salration. One night I had a dream. I waa in a oertMi 
 place. An enormous serpent moTed towards me. It» objwt 
 seemed to be, first to coil itself around mo and then to atiag 
 me to death. My struggles against its motiona were detpt- 
 rate. Fmally it auoceeded to entangle me in its foWi, audi 
 then it stung mo, after which I escaped. I thought ia my 
 dream, I would return and destroy the serpent; bat when I 
 entered the place, a powerful man stood there. He awaed 
 the serpent, held it up m his hand, and dashed its head dpoa 
 Ihe ground with such force that it died, and then trsanpled 
 it in triumph. I awoke in a great state of excitement. It 
 was then impressed upon my mind, 'The serpent it the 
 devil ; he has been endearoring 'm destroy yomr soul, brt 
 you shall yet conquer ; neverthelesa, not in yoor own strength, 
 but by another.' The following evening I went down to 
 
 1;? 
 11 
 
894 vufhAt* Of &IVIHB «w)aT j.m guwriii^t 
 
 lh«mM«r. Tonr l««t wm, ' Awake, th<.a that ilflopcit. and 
 amo fVx)m the <leiMl, an<l Clirint aliall Kivo thee ligM.' Dunug 
 U>« icniwn, you •aid, (M ■omelunoa »\ro\f ♦ .-iMni in 
 drvAma. You read a atrikiim i«iMiap;e in the Uook of Job, 
 and aaid, Tliero ia a man among you who hatl a remarkal)l« 
 dream ItMt night. That ilream wa« a warning frt)in («od — 
 "beware how you Uko it — reject it not ; tho dMijj;n of it k 
 to ke«p your aoul back from the jiit, and your life from 
 periahmg by tho awonl of tho liord. My foelinp^, during 
 thin appeal, wore in a uort of indeacril.aSlo ama»^. I kn.w 
 the wi»ole wan for ir^ — from (lod himiielf." Tho pemon in 
 tpeition obtained salvation ahortly after. Hallelujah ! Tho 
 nord of Ood ii quick and powerful, aearching tlio inmoat of 
 the aoul, and roveaU accrct thingn. 
 
 There haro been mivorol canea of restitution lately. Among 
 th« many who hare had money restored them, ia an infidel. 
 Upon pocketing the caah, he aaid with a aort of a '* compla- 
 cent smile," auch aa he had not accorded to religion for a 
 greet wliile, " Well, if Christianity can make a thief deliver 
 up my money, thero must, after all, be something good in it. 
 I will go and hear for myself." Another perwn, a fow days 
 rince, made n»titution to an innkeeper. The letter in which 
 tiie money was encloae ind^i with these expressive 
 words : " A Christian n''*, he\. ^acfs a thief." 
 
 Th<» cOTifessions of ifl.uo <:•( *a«.i awakened sinners, wlul« 
 pleading for mercy at the oommnnion-rail, are someUmes 
 most fleeting. Tho other night, an old sinner witli his 
 wife, were kneeling among the penitents. His agony wae 
 Tory great, ^ne of tho leaders overheard lum pray thus : 
 ** Lord, I never offered up one prayer for thirty yean. 
 About rix months ago my son nas converted ; since then I 
 have been trying to alter my courHe of life. But I have 
 been » wicked rinner ; I have committed all sorts of wicked- 
 
 1 
 
mtmmmm 
 
 At ■]fi«p«tt. and 
 
 ) lig'<t.' During 
 
 M * /ittora in 
 
 to book of Job, 
 
 m1 ft remarkal>lo 
 
 iii^ frwiii <uk1 — 
 
 n deiip;n of it ia 
 
 your lifo from 
 
 fooUnj^H, during 
 
 ainaz«'«. I know 
 
 Tho p«non in 
 
 Ulloli^ali! Tho 
 
 ig Uio inmoat of 
 
 I lately. Among 
 )ni, is an infidel, 
 t of a '* compl»- 
 to religion for a 
 CO a thief deliver 
 ithing good in it. 
 )n»n, a fow dayt 
 10 letter in which 
 
 IheM expreiaive 
 
 «♦» 
 
 • 
 
 led sinners, while 
 
 1, are somotimes 
 
 sinner witli his 
 
 His agony was 
 
 i Um pray thus : 
 
 for thirty yearn. 
 
 ;ed ; since Uion I 
 
 lifo. But I have 
 
 1 sorts of wicked- 
 
 DliPLATI or blVINI iWiM IN SliirriKLD. ■» 
 
 ntas. I/)nl, canst tlwm have mrrcy ujwn nuch a sinner 
 w me '( 'Hiou knowput what a rcueal I have been! Wba4 
 an oud HubUth-breaker ! Unl, have meruy on me I" 
 Dn being infomuwl thut his wife had obtwned mercy frca 
 Heaven, ho cuclaimod • •« O Lord! muni I go U} lioU 6# mt 
 ten!"* Tho agony into which ho iutmediately entered, 
 proved that he was «letenninc«i to accomjAny his old woaum 
 to a Inittor regi<»n. At length, with lleavou beaming in his 
 (koe, he cried out, '*<)! I feel something c«huo into my 
 heart. I feel that the I^ord has sent a groat light into my 
 poor dark soul. Tho l*ord has removed my k>ad ; he baa 
 pardonwl all ray sins for Christ's sake. What a mercy 
 that the liord should have mercy upon such an awi ftlUf 
 
 as mo 
 
 !»» 
 
 The iMtA lias ouftblod me, of late, to describe particular 
 eharactont, during tho course of my sermons, with wonderful, 
 and, in some cases, with what api>oared miraculous accuracy. 
 Many have been strangely wrought w{m\, while I have beea 
 relaUng come cf tho most secret parts of their character and 
 doings. Although some of the congrogaaon are frequently 
 subjected to various charges from the convicted parties, who 
 insist that "such and such a ono" has b«cn tolling the 
 preacher all about them, yet tho results are often astonish- 
 ing. The other night, while preaching, a certwn character 
 eame up before me with Uiis written upon him: A lioman 
 Catholic in the galltry ! Tho Lord helped me. Poor 
 fellow ; while scrambling for his hat, in order to make aa 
 escape from tlie searching truth of God, he heard wprda 
 whereby he might be saved. Some who know him wera 
 i^tonlshed; but he blamed them, and complained bitterly 
 tiiat they bad been in communication with me ; which, of 
 
 i 
 
896 PISJtATS Of DIVIHI QhOKt IN 8HEIF1BU>. 
 
 ■ooone, thoy poBitively denied. The results I have not ye» 
 
 leAzned. 
 
 On &e 8d of July I delivered a temperance lecture in the 
 Primitive Methodist chapel. There were many intelUgent 
 «ad .good people present, but a larger number of "the lowest 
 of tibfi low." The crowd was oppressive, owing in part to 
 lie smaUness <rf the chapel. Somo of the children of the 
 devil seemed to have no patience with each other. Each 
 mui, aye and woman too, seemed as if determined " to main- 
 tain a footing." labowB and tongues were called into ac«4on, 
 with tremendous energy — I speak now ' the crowds on 
 the gallery stwrs, and the masses by the doors — the rest 
 «r the audience were perfectly well-behaved. Some en- 
 deavored to reconcile the conflicting parties, but in vain ; 
 some poor women were pressed almost out of life ; and others, 
 inth their gruff voices, and powerful elbows, were endeavor 
 ing io defend thew ; while others were det«rmined to get in, 
 if they should climb over the "heads and shoulders" of tiie 
 vmB. Oppoation to the cause of temperance did not pre- 
 vail, I believe, in a single breast. But aU weft resolved upon 
 hearing the lecture,— and all could not be adm'itted,— and 
 k waa every man fw himself. I oould not but love the ex- 
 oited throng, although they gave me considerable uneasiness. 
 Finding the voice of authority as inefficient as the chains 
 dT Xerxes to bind the waves of the Hellespont, I tried chwns 
 rf another lund. The ancient painters, you may remember, 
 irei« ambitious to describe the eloquence of Hercules Celti- 
 ens, but, unfortunately, most of them found that the elo- 
 queace of attitude, gesture, and expression of countenance, 
 wwe much n»ore easily described upon canvass than eloquence 
 in lAOgui^e. One of them, however, " determimng not to 
 be outdone," represented it by an immense number of golden 
 ohuM coiiong out ^f the mouth of the orator, and reiMhing 
 
 MMM 
 
rflBLO. 
 
 I have not ye» 
 
 ie lecture in the 
 away intelligent 
 r of "the lowest 
 iring in part to 
 children of the 
 k other.' Each 
 aaioed " to nuun- 
 alledintoacUon, 
 ' ihe crowds on 
 loors — the rest 
 ed. Some en- 
 38, but in vain; 
 life ; and others, 
 , were endeavor- 
 mnined to get in, 
 houlders" of the 
 mce did not pre- 
 ifb resolved upon 
 admitted, — and 
 but love the ex- 
 trable uneamness. 
 at as the chains 
 >nt, I tried chuns 
 u may remember, 
 f Hercules Celti- 
 nd that the elo- 
 I of countenance, 
 183 than eloquence 
 )termimng not to 
 number of golden 
 tor, and robbing 
 
 
 DIBPLATS OF DIVIKS OLOBT IN BJUWViltD. 89T 
 
 to the ears of great multitudes. A capital idea ! Althon^ 
 it spoiled his picture, it ori^ted an aphorism,— Attenfon 
 enchained by eloquence ; which " holds good " to the pr*«ent 
 day. If eloquence happened to be absent on the evening in 
 question, abqumhkt and babnbstnbbs, her lepresentaiivei, 
 presided with considerable effect. Silence signaliied, atten- 
 tion chained ; but the mighty work was to keep it thus. The 
 devil, in the case of Job, either would not, or could not, iffliot 
 or bind his tongue. Some think the arch fiend left that mem- 
 ber at liberty, that he might employ it in bitter complainti 
 against prondence, or to curse God. 
 
 Tho moment I paused, the chains were snapped fipom at- 
 tention, and the " unruly member," in many a head, was set 
 in motion, uttering a series of ejaculations, interlocutions, 
 emulations, remonstrances, and inlerjcctiunfl I So, to kef^ 
 their tongues quiet, mine had to attempt sometiung like per- 
 petual motion; and it is dun to say, after the first ten or 
 fifteen minutes of the lecture, with the excepticm of a few 
 grumbles now and agmn, we enjoyed a calm that was credit- 
 able to the speaker, aa well as to tee^talism. I thought of 
 Lord Bacon, who represents the influence of science over 
 tiie minds of men, as bearing some resemblance to the power 
 of the harp of Orpheus over beasts and birds— they all 
 forgot their several appetites, some for prey, some for game, 
 others for quarrei, and stood sociably together, listening to 
 the airs and sweet accords of the wonderful harp- No 
 sooner, however, had the sounds ceased, or were drowned Iqr 
 some louder noise, than every beast returned to his own Mr 
 ture. Tins noble writer conmders the fable a fine illustration 
 of (he power of truth sr mind. N.^*-T*slly, our race is 
 full of savage and unreclaimed desnres, of profit, of Uist, of 
 revenge ; and, so long as men are brought together by pee- 
 oepts, laws, and religion, sweefly touched by eaoquenoe and 
 84 
 
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 P 
 
 m 
 
 W 
 
808 DISPLATS or DIYINK GLORT IN BRKtHBLD. 
 
 pentuflion of books, sermonB, and harangues, so long is th« 
 peaoo of sooietj nuuntained ; but if these instruments of 
 haman suasion become silent, or if sedition and tumult render 
 their voice inaudible, all things di!>aolve into anarchy and 
 oonfcnon. Certainly, leaving eloquence out of the question, 
 my harangue had tiiis influence upon the agitated mass ; and, 
 when they irere elbowing each other, and exohangmg glances 
 tfattr tongues coidd not speak, they frequently accorded a 
 tmce to hostilities, and umted in giving the lecturer their ap- 
 prvral, in the usual method of clapping and stampmg. 
 
 At the close of the meeting, about three hundred persons 
 Mine forward, and testified in the most convincing way that 
 oironmstances would adout, that they understood and appre- 
 ciated the arguments of the stranger, by uniting themselves 
 witiithe Sheflleld Total Abstinence Society ; that is, totally 
 renmmoing the use of every beverage employed by the de^ 
 and selfish and wicked men to make drunkards. *'I8 there 
 ft dealer in intonoating drinks," said one, " that would be 
 irilling to read the history of Us sides * Such a lustoiy 
 would jaerce lus soul, and terrify his imaj^tion with images 
 the most dark and horrible. The moral infection that has 
 been engendered by his sales alone, would darken the air 
 aronnd him." I would add, could those Christian gentle- 
 men, who indulge in wme, ale, and porter, to speak of noth- 
 mg stronger, read the history of their example, during the 
 last ten or fifteen years " of their practice," perhaps " an 
 imagery" might arise that would go fkr to pain iheir souls 
 also, and terrify their ima^nation. It is difficult, under cer- 
 tain drcnmstances, to avoid reflections of this bind. At the 
 table of hospitality rits the minister of Christ, — the pat- 
 zon, in word and deed, of the wine-bottie and ale-jug. 
 Aroond that man are seated the youthful branches of an in* 
 toresting fimuly, who accord to his indulgence a ready and 
 
 r 
 
Itelk- 
 
 , BO long is th« 
 instruments of 
 d tumult render 
 » anarchy and 
 of the question, 
 tted mass ; and, 
 bangmg glances 
 itljr accorded a 
 ictorer their ap- 
 stamping, 
 nndred persons 
 incing way that 
 tood and appre- 
 ting themselves 
 ; that is, totally 
 red by the de^ 
 ds. *'Is there 
 " that would be 
 Such a histoiy 
 taon with images 
 ection that has 
 darken the air 
 !hristian gentle- 
 } speak of noth- 
 ple, during the 
 '* perhaps "an 
 pain iheir souls 
 loult, under cer- 
 s kind. At the 
 rist, — the pat- 
 tie and ale-jug. 
 anohes of an io- 
 ;e a ready and 
 
 DISPIiATB OV DiVIKI OLOBT IN SaKVfUU). 
 
 890 
 
 
 willing imitation. The father and mother of that ftmily are 
 litUo aware, how, by such a clerical example, they are hai- 
 arding the well-being of their children for this world and the 
 next. No man that has seen much of the world, and the 
 miseries arising from these fascinating and dangerous drinks, 
 can look upon such a scene without a secret alarm. Alas ! I 
 have thought, when contemplating such a scene, could this 
 good man read the future history of all these young people, not 
 to speak of the older guests, how deeply would he be aiTeotad 
 by his example ! Were the fingers of a man's hand to come 
 out upon the walls of this dining-room, and write in legible 
 characters the future history of some one of these yoong 
 persons who may yet be rained, soul and body, by these 
 drinks, and by his example too, we nught behold him as Bet 
 shaasser of old, (Dan. v.,) his countenance changed, his 
 thoughts troublkg him, the joints of his loins loosed, and his 
 knees smiting one agunst another. Perhaps it was in reference 
 to the consequences of our example, that the apostle advises, 
 that it is good neither to drink wine, nor any thing where- 
 by thy brother stombleth, is offended, or made weak, (Bom. 
 nv.,) — a good New Testament tee-total pledge this sorely, 
 when the church of Ood thinks it proper to take it up, and 
 act upon it as a sacked rule of Christian conduct. I oonld 
 write much upon the direful evils arifdng from mimsterial ex- 
 amine in drinking and sonddng -~ but I forbear. How soch 
 men can oonustently expect Ood to bless their nunistty in the 
 awakening and convernon of many unners, I cannot well 
 conceive, unless they suppose that the Holy Ghost is desirous 
 of setting the seal of his approbation upon their habits, 
 and thus imparting a greater weight and influence to thur 
 permcious example. 
 
 On the ni^t of Thursday, 18th inst., we were fitvored 
 with a most extraordinary eSiudon of the Hdy Spirit, in 
 
 Ji 
 
400 DIBPLAia Of on'INB QLOBY IK SHBFTULD. 
 
 BmnBmek ohapol. The sormon was demgnod only m pre- 
 paratory to the discourse I had wt apart for the following 
 night, which was to be, The nature of that faith which 
 purifies the heart. On the nigjit in question, I had that fine 
 pusage for my text : " But the God of aU grace, who hath 
 caUed us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, aOer thai 
 yo have suffered a while, make yon perfect, stablish, strength, 
 en, setae you." 1 Peter v. 10. I was led to lay down the 
 foBowmg proposition : That many are called to pass through 
 a series of mental, physical, and providential sufferings, before 
 they are sanctified entirely, throuf^ut soul, body, «nd 
 
 spint. 
 
 At the close of the cBscourse, the Lord was pleased to 
 show ther* was neither merit in such a process of suffering, 
 nor any necessily for it, if his servants were only willing ho 
 should cut the work short in righteousness, and save them by 
 {tftfa. The cry of many hearts was, " Lay down Uie rod of 
 chastisemtent, Lord, and save us by feith." Beholding the 
 . people much affected, I concluded to leave them wiA God. 
 Hundreds feU down upon their knees at once. I requested 
 lliem to talk with God, for he had oome down among them 
 in « vwy deed." " Now, Lord," I said, " the people are at 
 tiiy feet; hear ihem! For C5hris«?s sake, hear tiiem I At- 
 tend to their confesmons ; hear-their cries, and save them ! 
 Savetiiem by fiuth ! If they only believe that Aey do ro- 
 o«ve, they shall, on that instant, receive aU— all that is ia 
 iiiee. Thy mouth, O Lord God, hath spoken the word." 
 Prayer became general over the entire chapel— galleries 
 
 and aU two thousand people were bowed as the heart of 
 
 one man. What could stand before this? Neither heU, sin, 
 nnbeUef, devils, nor sinners. The power of God came down. 
 The suppBoalioDB of believers for purity, and ttie piercing 
 eries of penitent annen fo* meroy fiUed my soul iwth uaue. 
 
rruLD. 
 
 DISPLAYS or DITINH GL0B7 IN BBUnBLD. 
 
 401 
 
 kod oiJy M pre- 
 or the following 
 At fiftith Trhich 
 k, I had that fine 
 grace, irho haUi 
 Jesus, after thai 
 tablish,BtreDgtb- 
 to lay down tho 
 to pass through 
 nifferingfs, before 
 Boul, body, wd 
 
 was pleased to 
 cees of suffering, 
 ) only willing he 
 md save tbem by 
 
 down the rod of 
 Beholdmg tho 
 
 them with God. 
 ce. I requested 
 iwn among them 
 the pe(^le are afc 
 tear l^eu I At- 
 
 and save themi 
 
 tha^< tiiey do ro* 
 ll.-.aUthati8ia 
 Mkoa the word.*' 
 ihapel — galleries 
 1 as the heart of 
 
 Notherhell,^ 
 
 God came down, 
 and the pienang 
 ^sodf^i 
 
 I have witnessed a few scenes of the kind in the ooorse of my 
 ministry, but never any thing so universal and so tremendous, 
 and, at the same time, accompanied with so liiU^of cny thing 
 that could be unputed to human extravaganco ; — it was the 
 prayer of fiuth in every heart — mighty, omnipotent, pre- 
 vailing prayer ! Twenty-four weeping but triumphant con- 
 verts, who had within tho last twenty or thirty minutes ob- 
 tained the forgiveness of sins, and fifty individuals who had 
 received purity of heart, pasMd successively out of th* 
 chapel into one of the vestries, to declare there what great 
 things God had wrought within them. How many more 
 received remission of sins, and purity, during that wonderfhl 
 visitation, perhaps we shall never know till the judgment day. 
 I should have informed you, that Brunswick chapel be- 
 longs to Sheffield East Circmt. My visit no that chapel was 
 in accordance with the earnest and affectionate request of the 
 Superintendent, ti^e Rev. Alexander Bell. I fimshed my 
 labors in Carver Street on the 5th instant. 
 
 'The views of tiie official 'men, at Sheffield, of Mr. C. and 
 his revival labors, may be seen in the Mowing : 
 
 " 258, Glossop Road, SHinnxLi), > 
 JoHi 27, 1844. S 
 
 " Rev. JaoiSs Gaoj^ey, 
 "Mt dbak Sot, 
 
 " I have tho honor of fcnrwarding to you a copy of a rwxh 
 lution, passed by our Quarterly Meetings not only unaiur 
 mously, but in connection with addresses firam several of our 
 preachen and leading ftisnda, to which every member 
 seemed to respond ; and which indicated intense interest in 
 your operations, and a high degree of respoot andtiwtioa 
 {(HT yoorself. 
 
 84* 
 
 I 
 
40§ DifTLATi or Divnri alokt dt ihiiviii.d. 
 
 *• It aiS>rd« me gr«»t plMSore to mtke » oommimic&tion so 
 
 imioh m •coordanoe with my own views and feeling* ; and I 
 
 trart we* shall B«egroatflr thing! than tiMM.' Iam,J«Terend 
 
 and de«r Sir, yows ftithfWly, 
 
 <' Samuil Hill Siimi. 
 
 "Copy of ft Resolution of the Quarterly Meeting of the 
 Sheffield West Circuit, held June the 24th, 1844. Passed 
 unanimously, on the motion of the senior Circuit steward, 
 leoonded by his colleague. 
 
 "Jtetohiedy That this mooting would gratefully acknowl- 
 edge tiie goodness of God in rendering tiie course of special 
 ■errioes, now m progress, so effectual in promoting a revival 
 of lua woik ; and, whilst it would acknowledge tho spirit of 
 love and leal, evinced by its own nunisters and members, it 
 would especially express its sense of the influence which the 
 continuance, during the last mx weeks, of the aflfeotionate, 
 enlightened, and powerful miiustrations of the Rev. James 
 Caughey, has excited inbrinpng about a relipous awakening, 
 which has ahready resulted in the oonvendon ot many nnnerf , 
 and the deepening of the work of grace in the hearts of 
 many believers. And the meeting further resolves, that its 
 warmest thanks are due to Mr. Canj^y for lua kind accept- 
 ance of aa invitation to vint tlus Circuit, and his subsequent 
 efficient labors in it. 
 " Signed on behalf of the meeting, 
 
 " J. P. Haswill, Chairman, 
 
 A lew days ago, I had tiie pleasure of taking dininr in 
 eon^My with James Montgomery, Esquire, the Sheffiekl 
 poelk The h(mor was d<me me by the kindness and hocpitalr 
 ity of Mr. SmiUi, tiie writer of tho abovo letter. We spent 
 
jommaincation to 
 I feelingpi ; and I 
 ' iMDjireTerend 
 
 EliUi SMm." 
 
 Meeting of the 
 h,1844. Pamed 
 ■ CSrooit steward, 
 
 ratefuDy ftckn<ml- 
 ooarse of special 
 ■omoting a revival 
 edge the spirit of 
 B aad members, it 
 fluence wluoh the 
 f the aSectacmate, 
 f the Bey. James 
 li^pons awakening, 
 nt^mwytmonerf, 
 in the hearts of 
 r resolves, that its 
 or his kind acoept- 
 mdhis subsequent 
 
 irauin, 
 
 ' 1 Stewards." 
 
 F taking dinmr in 
 ore, the Sheffiekl 
 dnesB and hocpitalr 
 I letter. We spent 
 
 DunATS Of Mvnri qloht cr iHBrmu>. 408 
 
 an hour or two most agreeably in conversation. I little 
 thought, when reading the two volumes of his poems, which 
 grace your Ubrary, that I should, in England — in Sheffield, 
 Bee and converse witib the poet himself. 
 
 This month, up till within the hst few days, has been 
 marked with a long and alarming drought. Sabbath morn- 
 ing week, I felt it on my heart, while in the pulpit in Carver 
 Street chapel, to ofi!»r up publicly, "the prayer of faith" 
 for ram. The efleet upon many present wm remarkable. 
 Some thought it must nun immediately. Others were lifting 
 up their eyes to the windows, expecting the usual tokens eveiy 
 moment. Many were concerned about their light shoes and 
 olothmg ; others were thinking seriously of sending off for 
 their umbrellas. Alas! they were disappointed. When 
 leaving the chapel, they smiled at their simplicity on observ- 
 ing tiie heavens to be as " clear and cloudless " as ever. 
 But, as Sammy Hicks said, it had to " come from the sea ; " 
 faiUt said, Wut and expect it. On the night of the same 
 day, that God, who causeth tiie vapors to ascend from the 
 ends of the earth, who uttering his voice and there is a 
 multitude of waters m the heavens, who maketh lightnings 
 with rmn, and bringeth forth the wind oui of his treasuries, 
 (Psalm oxxxv. 7 ; Jer. x. 18,) favored Ihe thursty eartii with 
 a refreshing riiowerof nun. Hallelujah! the Lord God 
 ommpotent reigneth ; a prayer-answering as well as a sin- 
 pardoning God. 
 
 Since the date of my last, I changed my residence to the 
 mansion rf Jonathan Beet, Esq.,* father ef my late host, Mr. 
 William Beet. He is, I believe, the oldest member of the 
 Wesieyan church m Sheffield ; an intelligent, agreeable, and 
 venerable servant of the living God. In both families I have 
 been trwited with great kindness and hosjntality. That they 
 * StnwgoiwtQUiMwardlii hMrei. 
 
 ■▼■ 
 
 tasss^ 
 
 T yJ y *W '? ^ g ^. y*j■'' FW ' W i . ■ W ' !l-^. l' .^■'^ ! JJ ^^P^'*^f^'''^ 
 
404 < oisFLATS or Divuri olokt u KunruLD 
 
 mkj hare their reward, not only in tke prwent life, bat m 
 the reaurrection of the juflt, 'j the prayer of their grateftd 
 
 guest. 
 
 I eiyoyed a pleawmt ride the other day, m company with 
 Mr. John Unwin, to Norton ; a pretty neighborhood, a few 
 miles from Sheffield ; and dined at Norton House, the ren- 
 denoo of one of wir Wesleyan friends, Thomas B. Holy, 
 Esq. It is an anoient, baromaHike mannon, parUy covered 
 with ity, Tenerablo in aspect, and " beautiful for situation." 
 We spent several hours most agreeably with Mr. Holy and 
 his excellent and jMoua lady. Before dinner, we walked 
 through the old church. Norton is the birthplace of the 
 celebrated sculptor, Francis Chantrey ; one of the greatert 
 artists whom England has produced. There is a monument to 
 his memory in the church, of pkin white marble, enriched 
 with a medallion likeness of the artist — an exquisite piece 
 of scolpture. His remains repose a few yarda ftom the 
 church, encompassed by an iron palisading. A short time 
 before his death he cwne down from Louden to choose his 
 place of sepulture. In do'mg so, he remarked to the aged 
 clergyman of the parish, " But I do not intend you to bury 
 me ; " but he did so, very shortly after. 
 
 My home at present is Shiriey House, near Sheffield, the 
 residence of Nathaniel Greaves, Esq. It is a lovely spot, 
 qmte retired. The grounds are not extensive, but "the 
 touch of taste is ererj where around;" "well-assorted 
 hues," and "graceful mixtures" with "level walks and foliaged 
 bowers," " the fiur results of thoug^il, the creature of a 
 polished mind." In Mr. and Mrs. Greaves I have found 
 two excellent friends, for whom I trust to praise God in 
 heaven. May our ficiendship be perpetuated for ever ! I am 
 thankful to my kind and gracious Lord for the mercies which 
 enclose me around. I may well blush, when I think of my 
 
 ^ 
 
 IPMS 
 
^ 
 
 utnruLD 
 
 reMnt life, bat in 
 of their gnteM 
 
 in company with 
 ghborhood, A few 
 
 UouM, the ren- 
 IhomM B. Holj, 
 >n, partly covered 
 M for aitoation." 
 ith Mr. Holy and 
 nner, we walked 
 
 birthplace of the 
 le of the greatest 
 ) ia a monnment to 
 
 marble, enriched 
 an exqniaite pieoa 
 V yarda from Uie 
 g. A abort tizne 
 tdcn to ohooae hia 
 irked to the aged 
 intend you to bury 
 
 near Sheffield, iho 
 1 ia a lovely spot, 
 [tensive, but "the 
 ;" "well-assorted 
 1 walks and foliaged 
 the creature of a 
 aves I have foond 
 , to praise God in 
 ed for ever ! I am 
 r the merdes which 
 rhen I think of my 
 
 SUnJkTS Of filVIHI QLOIT IX UaUtlMLD. 
 
 406 
 
 divine Master, " who led a suffering life, inured to poverty 
 and pain," while I havo all, and abound. " The servant 
 is above his Lord 1 " 
 
 " ntd I th« ohole« of lablomkry good, 
 WhM oonld I with, thai I poM«M not h«f« T 
 Ilsklth, Ukura, ntMui* t' linpror* It, (H«nd»hlp, p»aM, ^ 
 
 And ooniUnt oooupation, witbont cm I " 
 
 I am preaching, however, al the usual rate — ^x times a 
 week, prayer meetmg on Monday night, reservbg only 
 Saturday night for myself. The rerival shows no pause. 
 Multitudes of ainnora arc turning to God on every hand. A 
 Sabbath or two ago, moro than one hundred and ^ty per- 
 Bomt were saved in one day. Olory and pnise be unto Qod ! 
 
 A few days mnoe, I {daoted, in the pretence of a company 
 of friends, two small troos, a cedar and a yew, in the lawn 
 of Shirley House. They are named '* afVsr " me, and soem 
 to be doing well. This month, thus fiur, and the last, havo 
 been tlie happest in my life. The holy joy and rest in God 
 I havo felt in my soul, have been inezpresdbly sweet and 
 deUghtftd. 
 
OHAPTEK XXIII. 
 
 COKOtUDIMQ IHOIDUrra W hUtniVLD. ' ' 
 
 This m»j b« termed the 8un<Uy School Teaoher'i chap- 
 ter, becww) of thfl beaatUul letter of Mr. Chidoner to Mr. 
 Cwgher, dewriblng » groat work of God wiong the chUdren 
 of Rod Hill 8al)b»th School in Sheffield. That letter ought 
 to be read in every American Sabbath Mhool. It demon- 
 strates the poMibUity of «ound conversion and of oxt«a«Te 
 rvTitali among children. n -u » 
 
 ThiB chapter oarrioa the narrative of Mr. Caagheyi 
 labors down to the 8th of September, 1844, the date on 
 which he olawd hit wondroudy successful efforts in Shef- 
 flald. 
 
 On the evening of Augwt 1, 1844, we held a meeting 
 for the benefit of the new converts, in Brunswick chapel, 
 similar to those I have described in termer letters. About 
 three hundred and »eventy-five new conver<» were preaent ; 
 it was a most gracious season, a confirming and strengttoen- 
 ing time, to those who had but just commenced the heavenly 
 
 race. 
 
 Phortly alter the above meeting, I received the folUm'mg 
 note from the secretary. It will show you the wonderful 
 oharMter of the revival in Branawick chapel : -- 
 
 400 ~ . 
 
oowoLUDnio nfOTDnm im inmiLD. 
 
 407 
 
 I. 
 
 ■vriKLO. ' - 
 
 )1 Teftoher'i chap- 
 [r. Chaloner to Bfr. 
 among Uio children 
 That letter ought 
 ichool. It demon- 
 ID and of oxtenuTO 
 
 of Mr. Caaghej'i 
 1844, the date on 
 ifui efforta in Shef- 
 
 we held a meeting 
 Bronawick chapel, 
 mer letters. Ahoat 
 werts were preaent ; 
 ing and atrengthen- 
 nenoed the hearenly 
 
 leelved the foIUming 
 r you the wooderftil 
 hapel: — 
 
 " 8nirFiii4) Mooa, Kviiiin 8, 1844. 
 "VlRT MAR Bin, 
 
 •• I havo takou the lilMrtj of forwarding to yon a copy 
 from our book, (m on other aide,) of the numbrrt up to the 
 prcBcnt time. Truly we may aay, • What iiath Ood wrought ! ' 
 " That you may 1* atrengthflncd in Ijody and blowed in 
 aoul, and rendered instrumental of atill groator good, ia the 
 uncert and earneat prayer of 
 
 •* Yoora rejy roapeotfully, 
 
 ^'ABiunAM Srauiaw. 
 
 ** Special aerrioea, held in Bronawick chapel, Sheffield,— 
 raiMtta,— fi«m July 7th to Aoguat 2d, 1844. 
 
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 It ia proper to lemark that many of the abore, wAo iMr« 
 from A* world, resided b country Circuita, and within the 
 range of other thnrchea. On their return, they jobed their 
 reapectire charohea b their own looalitiea. Still the Woaley- 
 noa claim by fiur the largoat proportion. I ahall endeavor to 
 flud oat what the real bcrojae ia likely to he, aa lealiaed by 
 the Woaleyan ohoroh in Sheffield, and what proportion of 
 the abore nnmben were mcmbera b the two Cirooita b 
 town, and ahidl atate the uame, if poaaible, b my next 
 oomrannioation. 
 
 On the 4tk inatant, (Angnat,) we commenced a aeriea of 
 upedal aer? icca b Norfolk Street chapel, which continued 
 throng eighteen daya. I had little of that oomfiMrt and 
 aatiafaotion b thia chapel that I had at Ebeneier, Carrer 
 Street, and Brunswick cKipela. There was aometiibg there, 
 m my apimheoaiM, Uuit ^lieTed th« Holy Spirit; atiD the 
 
,L 
 
 oovouiDnro urotonm im nwmuut. 
 
 rotulU wore very great. From tho worW, more Uian fcmr 
 hundred wuU ; about two humlrod of whom, I uuiU'wUiim!, 
 joined tho circuit to which Norfolk Htwct oh»|Hsl bclotiffi, 
 aiid ftliovo ouo hundred unitdd with Uie other Circuit. I wm 
 •urpriaed to find, tltat of m many hundre<li navod, to few 
 belonged to the Norfolk Htroot coni^rcgation. Why, I can- 
 not toll. Tho Lord knoweth ; for all thing* are naked and 
 0|)cn to Him, with whom wo have to do. rorhft|>e they may 
 jleld thcm«clvoi to God iuddonly, even before I leave tho 
 town; for in this revival, nothing but what ia cjuite imi>o*iiblo 
 guema difficult. 
 
 " LIk* mlgbtjr wind* or torrtaU (Urae, 
 It doth ofipoMn alt o'Mt "a." 
 
 I forgot to add that nearly three hundred beliovert pro- 
 featod to obtain purity of heart during tho servicoB in Norfolk 
 Street. AU glory l)« to God ! lie dooth the workn. Ilia 
 arm \» mighty. What can withstand hi» power ? Sin, tho 
 devil, hell and iU powem, iinnera and their orrora in doc- 
 trinot and practice, mu«t fly or fall before the influcncoH of 
 tho Spirit, M chaff before the wind. IlaUolujah! ITio 
 Lord Ood omni|)otent roignoth. Amen and amen 1 
 
 I am iuro the following letter, written to roe by a wporin- 
 tendent of one of the Sabbith Bohoi>lii of thui town, will be 
 interoiting to you. You may depend upon the Btatcmonta 
 it contain*. If you tJiink proper, you may read it to tho 
 ohUdren of your Sabbath achool. It will show them how 
 Englirfi children arc affected by the truth« of the gospel. 
 Pcrhapa the teachers may ako profit by it. By this docu- 
 ment they may loam bow deeply iome of tbe teachers and 
 wiporintendenta of Sunday <K]hool8 m England are cwacemod 
 for the oonvenuon of tbe ohildren oommittod to their care. 
 The great deMgn of their labors is not mwclj to teach the 
 fopils to roMl, (this and other branches of ItMiung may b« 
 
niu>. 
 
 , more tli&n four 
 in, I unil<>nituii(t, 
 
 r VArtmli. I WM 
 li Mvc«l, tn (taw 
 n. Why, I cui- 
 p are lukkuil atnl 
 urha|« they nmy 
 jforo I leave the 
 I ({uite imiMNWtblo 
 
 !<i bolleren pro. 
 urvicoii in Norfolk 
 the workfi. liia 
 x)wor ? Sin, tho 
 ve orroni in doc- 
 
 the influenccn of 
 [laUolujah I The 
 id amen ! 
 
 me by a wporin- 
 thia town, will be 
 tn the atatcmontfl 
 \j read it to tho 
 i show them how 
 tht of the goB^ol. 
 i. By this dociw 
 
 the toaohers and 
 lod are ccmcerood 
 t«d to their care. 
 i«ie}y to teach the 
 'kiintDg maybe 
 
 ooMotcbuia ufoii>iiin ur iiuurfiiu). 
 
 409 
 
 MqoInKl in the weekday ichooU,) hut to bring them to an 
 Mrly and to an oxiN^rinu'utal aoi|uaintance with iiinl. Thi« 
 ■hould bo tho end, tlto di«tinot aim uf ail who labor in the 
 Sabbath (chool. 'llio object of auoh iiwtitutioni ia acarcely 
 half acconi|)li«hcd, if tho iiMtructiun «lo«i not romilt b th* 
 ooDversion of tho scholar before hiji final di«m) wioit from tho 
 •cbool. 
 
 "SuurriKLD, CuiiKcii Stmot, July 0, 1844. 
 
 "RiV. AND DIAR 8lR, 
 
 ** I have thought aovcral timofl joa might not deem it 
 impertinent in mc if I wcru to inform you what Uod ha« 
 been doing for uji at Hud Hill achool. 
 
 ** Sunday, July 7th, wa« tho moat glorious day oror 
 witneaaod in connection with tlio Borvicoa of that inntitution. 
 Many ipocial BcoHona have occurred in iUi hintory, (one in 
 particular, I remember, during which seventy children pix>- 
 foasod to obtain tho forgivencM of thoir aina,) but tho oldest 
 laborer in tlio inatitution dcclari!H, that thix gracious visitation 
 from on high aurpossua thorn all. A few fricnda mot acci- 
 dentally lost woek, and in tho courao of converaation, it was 
 auggeatod that, now the apeciol aervicea were removed from 
 the neighl>orhood of tho achool, aomo thing should bo done 
 to inauro the stability of tlie work of God, so far aa it had 
 extended among tho children. It was agreed, tboreforo, 
 that all the toachera ahould be apeoially invited to attend on 
 Sunday morning, tliat such plana might bo adopted as would 
 beat conduce to that objoot. When they met, it was agreed 
 that those children and teachers who had roooivod bleaaings 
 during the revival, ahould be called out of the aohool-roum 
 into the veatry, while a verso was bebg aung ; that, while 
 two of the fricnda mode minute inquiriea into the apiritual 
 state of each child, and whether she had met in the class to 
 which she had been appointed at the chapel, one of the 
 86 
 
 W 
 
^ 1 
 
 1 
 
 I 
 
 410 
 
 OONOLUDIVO INCIDBNTS IN SHBITIBin. 
 
 superintendents ahoixld deliver a short address in the school, 
 and commence a prayer meeting, bviting all who felt a 
 deaire to save their souls to come forward to he prayed for. 
 The vestry was shortly filled with children who had been 
 saved at the chapels, and it was a glorious sight ; and soon 
 after brother James Wilkinson had spoken a few solemn 
 words, the power of the Holy Ghost descended and melted 
 us all into tears. It was with some difficulty that we could 
 get to our work of inquiry ; but, when entered upon, it was 
 moot satisfactory. Out of more than eighty present, only 
 nine had not been to class ; and some of the nine had only 
 been saved on the Thursday evemng previously, and had not 
 had the opportunity. Before, however, we had got through 
 this part of our blessed labor, the room was again half filled 
 with girls, who, with streaming eyes and joyful countenances, 
 camo to tell us what God had done for their souls in the 
 prayer meeting that was being carried on in the school-room. 
 From this time (soon after eleven o'clock) the cluldren 
 con^ued to throng into the vestry until nearly twelve, 
 when eighty-two precious souls were rejoicmg in a sin- 
 pardoning God, and were appointed to suitable chisses. 
 During all this time my hands were so full I had not an 
 oppovtanity to mmgls with our friends in the school-room ; 
 imd though we felt the -presence of God with us in the 
 vestry, in a remarkable manner, yet I am told that the 
 scene in the school-room, and the glory felt, surpassed 
 description. At one period it seemed as if the whole con- 
 gregation of teachers and chUdren were bowed down with 
 the weight of the overshadowing glory. Hundreds were in 
 distress ; and it seemed a small matter for the whole school 
 to be saved. In the afternoon, the prayer meeting was 
 commenced again, and sixty-three more souls entered into 
 the ^orious liberty of the gospel. The whole number for 
 
riELP. 
 
 ss in the school, 
 all who felt a 
 ) bo prayed for. 
 who had been 
 Bight; and soon 
 \ a few solemn 
 dcd and melted 
 ty that wo could 
 red upon, it was 
 ity present, only 
 be nine had only 
 isly, and had not 
 had got through 
 again half filled 
 rul countenances, 
 heir souls in the 
 the school-room, 
 ik) the cluldren 
 1 nearly twelve, 
 oicing in a sin- 
 suitable classes, 
 ill I had not an 
 the school-room; 
 [ with us in the 
 im told that the 
 f felt, surpassed 
 if the whole con- 
 bowed down with 
 hundreds were in 
 r the whole school 
 yer meeting was 
 ouls entered into 
 kvhole number for 
 
 CONCLUBIKQ INOIDENTS IN BHBrFIlLD. 
 
 411 
 
 the day being one hundred and forty-five. AU glory be to 
 God ! We little expected such a result when God firsi put 
 it in our hearts to care for the stability of the work among 
 the children ; and our cry is now, ' Lord, what shall we do 
 next ? ' And I think there seems to be no answer but 
 * Walk by the same rule, mind the same thmg.' The Lord 
 help us ! 
 
 " I should say that these details refer only to the ^Is* 
 school, in which there are above five hundred scholars, 
 nearly half of whom are now professing to believe on Jesus 
 Christ to the salvation of their souls. There were also at 
 least two clear instances of entire sanctification. 
 
 "I have written much more than I thought would be 
 necessary. Please to pardon my prolixity, and believe me 
 to remain, ever yours, most afiectionatcly, 
 
 " G. Chalonbr." 
 
 After fimshing his labors in Norfolk Street chapel, Mr. 
 Caughey reviuted the other chapels, spending a day or two 
 in each. He also spent one Sabbath in Bridgehouse's chapel. 
 He closes Us account of the Sheffield revival in the following 
 words: 
 
 As the time of my departure from Sheffield approached, 
 public excitement, and anxiety to hear the gospel, became 
 deeper and more widely extended. The congregations were 
 overwhelming, and my labors excessive. In consequence 
 of which, I regret to find I have made but very few notes 
 of our proceedings. Borne onward from one wave of feeling 
 to another, I find myself in London; and the events of the 
 lost few weeks appear more " like a stormy and troubled 
 dream" than realities, leaving me but few materials by 
 which to enrich a letter to my fnend. This may suffice, that 
 hundreds more were saved, and multitudes of sinners besides 
 
Vil'i.'-mlm il^a*6i 
 
 f 
 
 il2 
 
 COKCLUDINQ INOTDBNTS IS BHBFFIBLD. 
 
 were awakened to a concern for their sools, which it is to be 
 hoped they may never loee. 
 
 I spent two evenings, before leaving Sheffield, wiUi the 
 nunistora and leaders. The 6rst evenbg mth the officials 
 of the West Circmt, in Carver Street band-room. The Rev. 
 J. P. Haswell, Superintendent, presided. There are about 
 fifty local preachers, and more than twice that number rf 
 class leaders on the ' ouit, the greater part of whom were 
 present. After tea, Mr. Haswell introduced the buriness 
 of the meeting, desiring the leaders to pve some account 
 of the state of their classes, and the number and character 
 of the mw cmverts wWch W been comnutted to their care. 
 Those who had obtained the largest accessions spoke first. 
 Their testimonies were most cheering and satisfactory. 0, it 
 was a gracious and meltmg season ! The brethren were all 
 greatly favored of the Lord. Their lips seemed touched 
 ■mth celestial fire. They spoke with uncommon liberty, 
 power, unction, and propriety. Some related cases of con- 
 versiMi of a very remarkable character. Others told some 
 thrilling incidents in the history and experience of those 
 lately brought in. My heart was greatly comforted. The 
 reaction, about wWch some had prophesied, I felt sure would 
 not come. I told the leaders all my heart, all I hoped, all 
 I had feared. I pleaded the necesaty of taking care of 
 those who had been rescued firom the devil and the worid; 
 nrgsd on their attention, that much depended upon their 
 fiathfuhiess as leaders, in care, prayer, zeal, watohfulness, 
 and perseverance, whether the multitudes saved should be 
 preserved from going back into the worid. The manner m 
 which these dear brethren responded, left an impresnon upon 
 my heart of gratitude, confidence, and joy, which I shaD 
 remember for ever. Mr. Haswell closed with prayer. And 
 such a prayer! We had "showers of blessmgs." It seemed 
 
 1 
 
 ■T^. 
 
which it is to be 
 
 leffield, with the 
 inth the official 
 •oom. The Bev. 
 rhere are about 
 that iimDber<^ 
 rt of whom were 
 led the bonness 
 e some account 
 ir and character 
 »d to their care, 
 ions spoke first, 
 tasfactory. 0,it 
 )rethren were all 
 seemed touched 
 common liberty, 
 ed cases of eon- 
 )ther8 told some 
 erience of those 
 comforted. The 
 I felt sure would 
 , all I hoped, all 
 f taking care of 
 
 and the world ; 
 
 aded upon their 
 
 b1, watchfulness, 
 
 saved should be 
 
 The manner in 
 
 impresrion upon 
 r, which I shaH 
 th prayer. And 
 ," It seemed 
 
 OONOLUOIMG INCIOBNTS IN SIIEFFISLD. 
 
 418 
 
 
 as if the heavens were opened, as if God and angels came 
 down among men. The powers of the world to come over- 
 shadowed, and sweetly possessed, and filled every soul. He 
 prayed for the uninterrupted progress of the work of God ; 
 for the stability of the new converta; but especially for me : 
 and in such strains of heavenly eloquence as must have 
 surprised himself, and with such a glowing fervency of soul 
 as utterly amazed and overpowered me. May my moat 
 gracious God answer that wonderful- prayer, (for if ever a 
 prayer opened heaven, and entered into the ears of the 
 Almighly, and moved him to do yet greater and moro won- 
 drous things, that prayer surely did,) and bless his precious 
 servant, and reward him for his kindness to me, a stranger 
 in a strange land ! Amen and amen ! 
 
 I had the privilege of a similar meeting, the following 
 night, with the brethren in the East Circuit, in Norfolk 
 Street band or school-room. This also was a gracious 
 season ; but hardly equal to the previous night. The leaders 
 indeed, spoke equally well, and pledged themselves quite as 
 heartily and sincerely to take all posmble care of the recent 
 subjects of mercy. But the Bev. Alexander Bell, and his 
 excellent colleagues, who had seen this great work, and who 
 took a rejoicing interest in its advancement, were not there ; 
 they had gone to their now Circuits. The Rev. Mr. Filter, 
 the new Superintendent, was exceedingly kind, and mani- 
 fested a strong desire to have the meeting every way agree- 
 able to myself. One or two of the new preachers were 
 present, who of course could not be expected to have such 
 deep sympathies with the work as those who had been se 
 ardenUy en^ged in it during the last four eventful months. 
 I find it difficult at present to give you those accurate sta- 
 tastios which you desire, as to the extent of the revival. 
 But the number saved must be very great ; of tlus I shall , 
 35* 
 
 1 
 
414 
 
 UOMOLUOZNO INOIDUHTB IN BB0IIILD. 
 
 b« better able to inform yon on mj retom from the contiW 
 nent. The brethren, the lecdon and secretarien, will then 
 have had time to compare notes ; by which they will aecer- 
 tam, with considerable accuracy, the aotoal aocesBioni to 
 tin Wedeyan church on the two '^ 'rcuiti ; and the exact 
 numbers who belonged to otiisr chorches in town and 
 country. 
 
 Thus delightfully terminated Mr. Caughey'g remarkable 
 career in Sheffield. To the curious reader, the followmg 
 statement from a pamphlet published in Sheffield some 
 eighteen months after he left, will be deeply bterostmg. It 
 shows how frmtful o{ pennaneTit good were his wonderful 
 effi>rts. 
 
 The author says: '- The aouexed Statistical Account of 
 the Special Services held in Sheffield, during 1844, by the 
 Ber. James Caughey, carefully comfnled from the register 
 books kept on those occasions, will be viewed with deep 
 interest, and may tend to throw light upon some of the 
 anomalies hitherto regarded as inseparable from revival 
 movements. Perhaps so complete a summary of a revival 
 has never before been made public." 
 
 On tlus extract, Mr. Caughey makes the following 
 comments : 
 
 In looking over the table to which the author refers, I 
 perceive that more than three thousuid sinners were con- 
 verted to God ; and upwards of fourteen hundred believers 
 ]nt)fessed to have obtuned purity of hetA, or entire sancti- 
 fication. Matt. v. 8 ; 1 Thess. v. 28 ; 1 Julrn iv. 17, 18. 
 About eleven hundred of tiie latter class belonged to the 
 two Circuits in the town ; the remundor were members of 
 other churches m and around ^officld. Of those justified, 
 
 ••?~PPWP<I"«I« 
 
 ""^J, 
 
anwLD, 
 
 rn from the contiw 
 sreteriM, will then 
 h they will aeoer*' 
 taal MoeaBioDi to 
 la; and the ez&ot 
 hes in town and 
 
 a^ej'i renuurkable 
 uler, the followmg 
 in Sheffield soire 
 Ij interesting. It 
 ere his wonderful 
 
 stical Account of 
 ring 1844, by the 
 from the register 
 viewed with deep 
 upon some of tho 
 ible from revival 
 miary of a revival 
 
 ea the following 
 
 le author refers, I 
 sinners were eon- 
 hundred believers 
 t, or entire sancti- 
 L Jolm iv. 17, 18. 
 3S beloi^ed to tiie 
 were members of 
 Of those justified, 
 
 oovoboouro xxotDnmi m gBJtrtixu). 
 
 416 
 
 upwards of five hundred were already members; personi 
 who either never had been regenerated, though meeting 
 regularly in class, or who bad been living in a backsliding 
 state. Hundreds of the abovementioned three thousand 
 persons, were from distant towns, ** people of the world," 
 Uving chiefly within the bounds of the Sheffield Disbrict, 
 and who, doubtiess, united with churches in their respective 
 neighborhoods. Speaking of those which belonged to Shef- 
 field, the author remarks : " With regard to these it may be 
 stated, that many either could not be found by the address 
 they gave, or iicver attended class ; some were foroidden to 
 join the society by their parenis; some left the neighbor- 
 hood ; some proved to be impostors ; while many, Burrounded 
 by the most wicked and abandoned of our race, and com- . 
 pelled to hold intercourse with them, amidst oircumstanoes 
 and influences of the most deb'ising and domoraliang char- 
 acter, were soon jeered or provoked out of their relijpon, 
 ad * endured but for a time.' " 
 
 In agun referring to the table, I find that one hundred 
 and forty-nine were found to belong to churches m town, and 
 at a distance. There were, besides, five or six score who 
 were not appointed to classes, — who did not, when they, 
 gave their names to the secretary, decide to meet in class, 
 or what church they would join. I cannot but admire the 
 business-like manner in which the secretaries of the revival,* 
 on both Circuits, perfoxined their duties ; nor the industry, 
 patience, and care tiiey have evidentiy taken iu preparing 
 materials for this remarkable, important, and well-autiienti- 
 oated table. For, I have no doubt, the author of the pam- 
 phlet received valuable ud from them in presenting the 
 English public with such an interesting series of statistics. 
 
 * Wwt Cironit, Mr. John Unwin and Mr. John Jepwm. EMt Oiiouit, 
 Mmm. Atadiun Shaman, Jdtm Jonos, Jan., and Henry A1q«.i1, Jna. 
 
 
Jii 
 
 410 
 
 MQlUmiSa INOIOBNtli IN UBXniBU). 
 
 Of Um*>: , oonrerted fron the world, "about one hundred 
 and ihirty-eight were generally under the ago of aixteen." 
 These were Appointed to meet in olasaes for catechumens ; 
 and in due time, if futhM to the grace of Qod, will be. 
 received into the church as members. The actual increase 
 which has been realised from this groat revival, by the 
 Wesleyan church in Sheffield, is best ascertadned from the 
 book of " Minutes of Conference." That for 1845 now 
 lies before me, showing an increase on the previous year, up 
 to the March quarter, in the Sheffield two Circuits, of 
 between eight and nine hundred members ! To God be all 
 Uie glory ! Amen and amon ! The Sheffield District shows 
 an increase on the past year of one thousand four hundred 
 and twenty-five members, and one thousand one hundred 
 and twenty-eight on trial. So that there is a good prospect 
 that the increase in the District, this present year, will be 
 large ; so, should any reaction occur in Sheffield itself, the 
 DUtrict will come up to the help of the good old town, and 
 rescue honor of the revival.* 
 
 Many who were converted during the above revival, are 
 scattered over Methodism in the Diatrict, and in other 
 churches, and indeed into various parts of the kingdom. 
 I meet with some of them in my joumeyingp, who know me, 
 although I am unable, frequentiy, to recognize them. How 
 many times do they hail me with joy, and with heaven 
 beaming upon their faces, and tell me what great thmgs God 
 
 • Well, time, th»t bring* abont many Important evenU, and tetU many 
 X work* and ways," preMnU ni with the " Minntee " for 1846. The inoreaee 
 thli year In Sheffield U but email — only fifty. But It ta a matter of comfort 
 to me that two yean will eoon hare expired, and yet, according to the beet 
 authentloated dooumenU In Methodiem, the " woftil reaction," so confidently 
 prophesied of by wme, has not yot occurred ! May it nerer 1 The District, 
 as I expected, announced ia increase of upwards of eight hundred members. 
 HaUeli\iahl the Lord Qod omnipotent reigneth ! J. 0. 
 
 DscnusB, 1849. 
 
BffUILD. 
 
 bout one hundred 
 e ago of sixteoD." 
 
 for catechumens; 
 )Q of God, will bo 
 l!he actual increase 
 &t revival, by the 
 icertmed from the 
 tiat for 1845 now 
 ) previous year, up 
 1 two Circuits, of 
 )! To God bo all 
 field District shows 
 jand four hundred 
 sand one hundred 
 
 is a good prospect 
 Bsent year, will be 
 ShefBeld itself, the 
 good old town, and 
 
 above revival, are 
 riet, and in other 
 I of the kingdom, 
 ngp, who know me, 
 )gnize them. How 
 
 and with heaven 
 it great thmgs God 
 
 evenU, and tMta many 
 ' for 1846. The inoraaM 
 It ii a matter of comfort 
 et, acoordlng to the beet 
 raaotioD," so confidently 
 it never 1 The DUtriot, 
 eight handitd memben. 
 J.O. 
 
 OONOLUDINa IKC1DENT8 II? BITEFPIELD. 
 
 417 
 
 wrought for their souls, under my humble ministry in Shef- 
 field ! My soul rejoices in the Lord, and triumphs in the 
 Rock of my salvation. I feol sweetly happy. The revival 
 in Sheffield surpassed any thing I had over before witnessed : 
 only think of such multitudes of immortal souls, saved in 
 the short space of four months ! I have sometimes feared I 
 shall never again see such another work. Blessed be God, 
 a revival has commenced in Birmingham, also ; it is going 
 on in great power, and there is a prospect of having 
 thousands saved. Hallelujah ! 
 
 >-C»""«'*'»S«*»WWW!!?"'^«"'W'H"**'l'* 
 
CHAPTER XXIV. 
 
 CL08B OF MR. CAUOUBY'B LABOUe IN BXOLAjri). 
 
 With tho preceding chapter we exhausted Mr. Caughey's 
 publiahod " Letters '* of their revival notices. Ho intends at 
 some future time to issue another volume, ccntwning notes 
 of his continental tour, and of his subsequent movements in 
 England. But as that is not yet out, we must be content to 
 ^ve the reader a hasty sketch of his further movements, up 
 to the time of his return to America, from a pamphlet pub- 
 lished in London, in 1847, and written by a Wesleyan Meth- 
 odist. We begin with this writer's narrative where the last 
 chapter concluded, vix. : at the close of the Sheffield revival. 
 
 Mr. Caughey concluded his labors in Sheffield on the 8th 
 of September, (1844,) and in a few days started on a tour 
 upon the Continent, an account of which will form a consid- 
 erable portion of the volumes he is understood to be pr9pa> 
 ing for the press. He visited many of the celebrated cities 
 and scenes of France and Italy, gathered information and 
 illustrations for his work of " soul saving " as he proceeded, 
 and, by the blessing of God, recruited his health. It is swd 
 that when at the top of St. Peter's, at Rome, he lingered 
 behind the company with wMch he ascended, and, in the pri- 
 vacy thus obtained, for a short season, poured out his soul in 
 fervent prayer for the destruction of popery and th* conve^ 
 418 
 
 mi 
 
IN nOlAKO. 
 
 ted Mr. Caughoy's 
 es. Ho inteadB »t 
 I, oontaining notes 
 uent movomouta iu 
 must be content to 
 lier movementi, up 
 n a pamphlet pub- 
 a Weslejan Meth- 
 dve where the last 
 16 ShefBeld reviral. 
 
 Sheffield on the 8th 
 m started on a tour 
 will form a consid- 
 r^tood to be pr^paiN 
 he celebrated cities 
 id informatioQ and 
 '* as he proceeded, 
 I health. It is said 
 Rome, he Ungered 
 led, and, in the pii- 
 )ured out his soul in 
 ery and tht) oonTe^ 
 
 OLOII or MR. OAUaniT*! LABOM TIT INOUHD. 410 
 
 tton of its benighted votaries and victims. He returned to 
 England on the 15th of November, and after spending a few 
 days in London, — where ho proaohod onoo in the Spitolfields 
 Wesleyan chapol, when about twenty souls wore saved,— 
 proceeded to Sheffield, eryoyed some opportuiutios of happy 
 bteroourse with his old friends there, and then went to Hud- 
 dersfield, to fulfil the engagement he made at tlie time the 
 friends of that town reUnquished their claim in favor of 
 Sheffield. 
 
 The Huddersfield special services commenced on Sunday, 
 December the 1st, and wore continued until the beginning of 
 April, 1845. After a tremendous conflict with the powers 
 of darkness, the work of salvation proceeded with signal suc- 
 cess, and mightily prevailed against all opposing influences. 
 In one of the services, a young man, deaf and dumb, caoM 
 under the divine influence. Ood first converted a oompaiuon 
 of his, who could converse with liim by signs, and who then 
 preao'aed Jesus to the " dummy " with his fingers. The in- 
 cident was deeply aiTeoting and interesting, and in the end 
 the youth was saved gloriously. 
 
 At the close of the Uaddersfiold "oampMgn,** Mr.Oaughey's 
 health was seriously affected ; and he was glad to seek pri- 
 vacy for a short season, with a select company of Christian 
 friends, at Thorp Arch, and also at the hosptable mansion of 
 B. Wilson, Esq., of Mirfield, near Dewsbury. During tiie 
 suocee^Ung two months, he made excursions to Wakefield, 
 Huddersfield, liverpool, Sheffield, and Hull, at each of which 
 places many souls were saved ; and on the 14th of Juno, 
 arrived in York, to commence special services ther« on the 
 morning of Sunday, the 15tii. 
 
 York having been favored with a very extenidve revival of 
 religion three or four years previously, Mr. Caughey, on en- 
 tering npoQ his labors in this a&oient oify, felt ft fear Zest he 
 
I ' 
 
 4aO OtO»l Of M». CAUOUiT'B UBO»a W WaLAKD- 
 
 night U nUppbg oat of hli right p»th, and leit hi. nncem^ 
 •bould bo iulorior t.) Uxmo ho ha<l cxpriencod m •omo <^ 
 nUoei. Elthor U»U approlieiwion, or aomo other nndefln^ 
 cl[aa«, operated for a timo with a dcprcMing iiifluenoe on hi. 
 •pirit. By the middle of July, the number saved wai. about 
 «x hundred ; but, up to that timo, ho could jwldom <>ocupy 
 more than half an hour with hi. «3rmon. " Some *J""k; »»« 
 MY. m a Uttor to a Wend, " I can preach, and other, thmk 
 the contrary ; and I leave them to «5ttle it among them, and 
 io the work goo. on." It is certain, however, that he Moa 
 ro.0 above hi. fear.. He had rea«)n to feel that he mn» m 
 hi. right place. Here w.. a people prepaml at once to 
 enter into hi. plan.. Ho mot with an almo.t unexampled 
 unanimity of c(H)peration on the part of all the preacher, on 
 the circuit, together with the officer, and principal memberi 
 cC the iociety. One .entimcnt .oemed to pervade all clai«e« 
 a. to the grealncM of the work which God wa. workmg 
 
 among tlicm. „ , - ^^. 
 
 After .pending a few week, in the .mailer place, of wo^ 
 .hip in the city, and when he had fully commenced hi. Ubor. 
 in that .paciou. and elegant .tnicture, the Centenary Chapel, 
 the effect, of hi. mini.try began to be strikingly mamfMt. It 
 niay alw '^ doubted whether he evor row to loftier height, 
 of eloquenee, or uttered more impressive appeal., than dur- 
 'LZ. of the .ervice. in thi. chapel, The following re- 
 ,„Lk. occur in the manuscript journal of one who ob.omd 
 him narrowly: "On July 21.t, 1846, heard the R.v. 
 Jame. Caughey preach in the Centenary Ckapel at York. 
 The text wa.,"^ 'It plea«,d the father «iatm bmhodd 
 aU ftdnoM dwell.' Of dl the numerou. .lander, that have 
 been propagated concerning thi. ^^f^''^?. "'"' ""^^ 
 one of thrmoet «.n«,ie« i. that which ky. to hm char^tk^ 
 Christ, in hi. preaching, i. not exalted, and wmetune. not 
 
 k.wt^. 
 
ILAITD. 
 
 \M nwewMM 
 \ toiBA other 
 )r nndefinfld 
 uenoe on hk 
 A wan abouk 
 Idom occupy 
 DO think," h« 
 1 otltera think 
 Dg them, and 
 
 that he aoon 
 hat he was in 
 i at once to 
 ; unexampled 
 I preach«n on 
 ipal members 
 ide all claiweii 
 
 waa working 
 
 places of wof- 
 nced his labors 
 tonary Chapel, 
 f manifest. It 
 loftier heights 
 eals, than dur- 
 ie following re- 
 > who observed 
 >ard the Rev. 
 bapol at York. 
 ,t in him should 
 iders that have 
 kry man, surely 
 ) luB charge that 
 I sometimes not 
 
 otMi or MK. OAminiT's labom in bbtolawd. 481 
 
 •Ten named. I have heard most of the celebrated ministers 
 of the present day, but I cannot, at this moment, call to 
 mind any inittanco in which I have hflonl the glories of the 
 Redeemer so magniflotl as in this morning's discourse. There 
 were passages where the preacher inferred the divittity of 
 the Saviour's person from the peculiar manner in which some 
 of his miraolen were wrought, which gave mc the best idea I 
 have ever obtained of the manner and effect of Whitefleld's 
 preaching, so far as they are recorded. The whole congm- 
 iSatiou seemed, in reality, to be at onoe * moved, as the trees 
 of the wood are m3ved with the wind.' " 
 
 In about three months, two thousand persons professed to 
 have received go ,i under Mr. Canghoy's ministry. These 
 moluded, of course, many from the surrounding district, and 
 not a fJBw from other bodies of Chruitians.* 
 
 While in York, the second volume of his " Letters " waa 
 published, and had an extensive sale ; abont 8,000 oopiea 
 being ordered before it was issued. 
 
 From York Mr. Ganghey reUred to Scarborough, to obtdn 
 a little rest ; but the good people there prevailed upon him 
 to preach several times, with the hearty sanction of the Rev. 
 John Walsh, tite Superintendent, and nearly two hundred 
 were saved. After a week's stay, he left Scarborough on 
 the 8th of October, Mid visited in succession HuddenriSeld, 
 Sheffield, Chesterfield, (a fortni|^t, seven hundred and thirty 
 saved,) Doncaster, (a week, five hundred and twenty-six 
 saved,) York, (to take leave,) Huddersfield, Howley, SlMop 
 
 • jMrtM*dfr<mtlMwarkl,B41| liiMMjItlT.tTtt toUlJD«tifled,lll«. Stw 
 tUUd, rtr. Total a041. or Umm juUflvd ftom th« world, t4S w«r« baek- 
 ■lidan, nunx of tbtm of tight, t«n, twelva, uiu '>nm« •ran twenty yean 
 ■tandlnK. TImm war* <(tiaatlon«<l aa to tha eanaa of their fkll. Of the malaa 
 tluaa fbaitha lafcrrtd thalr downfall to intosleatinK drink ; the feraalea, in a 
 BU^erity of iMtancai, referrad thaira to " marrying an ungodly partuar," or 
 ** Mgaglng aa aarrant in an irraUgioua flunDy." 
 
 86 
 
r 
 
 422 cwii Of um. cMiuiiif ii udom n ikoumo. 
 
 arrived at Iho maruiion of Joh« Wri^'ht, I-l*,.. Bp^k Brook 
 uX Bim«n«ham, on the Cth of D.o.mber at tha ear...t 
 
 ^loit^tiou of tha IVov. Meander BeU. ^'.''•'"^ttf t^e 
 PUtrict, and th« llev. tloorgo 'Ium«r, aupormtoudcut of the 
 Bimiinttham Wcmt Circuit. . «- 
 
 ZUth.' .pocial -rvic... in Birmingham (oc^^^^f 
 interrupted by ill health, Mi»i..nary mooUngs, aiid a "hor* 
 V.-t7HuddLflald and Sheffield) resulted i" ^--^J^^ 
 of between two and three thouwnd «nneri. It waa a mighty 
 worVlnS ta-ked the energie. of Mr. Caughcy to the utmost 
 B k come out of the battle invigorated both m body and 
 „iid. The following hn-ty note, written at the close of ^e 
 " campaign," wUl be int^rosUng for twp r^^^^^J ^'""^ 
 rapid Ughtning-liko glance into the mtemw heart of the 
 Xr, «d i. a fair -pccimen of the off-hand «>rt of com- 
 ;^;:d:nTe he carries ^u with hia bosom friend, dunng the 
 progress of a revival. 
 
 "BiRMiHOHAii, Mat 7, 1840. 
 
 «Mt dbar 'BnoTHra — — — » . 
 
 « I preached my farewell last night. Tea-me^trng for 
 leaders' to-night, L<i to-morrow night About four t^o^ 
 Id two hmidred saved, in both blessings- To God 
 :fante praise -d «W! ^y l-lth ^. be^^r than 
 when I came. This is of God also My •^- J^PP^ J^^ 
 deeply humble before God. Nottingham ouSabbath^elOtJ, 
 i The well. When shall I 630 you? I preached ou of 
 Lt Itt of doors last Sabbath to a multitude of fibers 
 Tm collections for a chapel, but not quite fifty saved^I 
 doUtUe inscattering shothere and ^^^..^ Jl^l^-l-J:^^ 
 «P. 8. IwritethisatDr.Melwn'i. FarewoU. J.O." 
 
 • Ptrdon Md Porlt/- 
 
 
ktod ;) wul 
 park Brook 
 the «»nie«t 
 m*n of tlto 
 ulcut of tho 
 
 oocMiofuJIy 
 uid a Bliort 
 he talvation 
 vuxamightjr 
 I tho utmost, 
 in body and 
 cloM of tha 
 — it (^ves ft 
 loart of tho 
 ort of corre- 
 I duriug Ui6 
 
 7, 1846. 
 
 h-mooUng for 
 nt four thou- 
 • To God 
 I bettor than 
 is happy, and 
 bath the 10th, 
 cached out of 
 ade of colliers 
 Sfky saved. I 
 ever, in Jesus, 
 I Gauohit. 
 jwell. J.C." 
 
 OLOtI Of l«. OAUOllT'8 UiOM IM SBQLAMU' 423 
 
 The reriral in NotUngham was moro glorious Aan afl. 
 Mr. Caughey opened his commls-ion there on the 10th of 
 May. 1846. an.1 In the short -i«ce of one month «P*»^ «* 
 fourteen hundred wore converted to Ood. BuiMUy, the aisl 
 of May, and two days following, Mr. Oaugbey spent ak 
 Castle Donnington, and one hundred and eighty persoiu weni 
 converted to (lo<l. He then returned to Notlmgham, and 
 completed his engagement on the 12th of June. 
 
 Lincoln then enjoyed the benefit of his labors for a fbrt- 
 night, during which three hundred and sixty-eight were 
 brought over from the ranks of Batan, and two hun<lrcd and 
 eitthty-three professed to cxiwricnco sancUfying grace. From 
 thence he went to Boston, where he wrote, - The devd has 
 u.et mo on the low grounds of Lincolnshire as Napoleon me 
 Wellington the plains of Belgium. Never h-vo I had 
 such a flailing from the public pai)en,." The enemy, how- 
 ever, suffered a signal overthrow, and about four hundred 
 
 were saved. «„, # t i m. 
 
 Passing through RhcfBold, on the 28d of July, Mr. 
 Caughcy proceeded to Borrowash, near Derby, and to Not- 
 tingham, to preach occasional sermons ; and rotummg to tho 
 north arrived in Sundcriand in time to commence special 
 ■ervices on Sunday, August 2d, at tho invitation of the Rev. 
 W- Ilorton, the Superintendent. 
 
 There was a great work in SundcrUnd. At first it moved 
 dowly ; but gathering momentum nt. it proceeded, it resulted 
 b the salvation of nine hundred and thuty-eight persons in 
 somewhat less than five weeks. Of these, sev.n hundred and 
 eleven were cases of justification, that is, three hundred and 
 sixty who had previously been membt^rs of society, and three 
 hundred and fifly-one sinners atd backsliders. At South 
 Shields also, which Mr. Oaugbey visited one Sabbath during 
 his stay in Sunderiand, about seventy wore saved, many of 
 them backsUdeis. When, on the 4th of September, he irM 
 
r 
 
 424 OLOSB OF MR. CAVaHBY'fl LABORS IN ENQLAND. 
 
 preparing to leave Sunderiand, the members of society pre- 
 sented a petition to their Superintendent urgently requesting 
 him to invito Mr. Caughey to visit the circuit agun. 
 
 From Sunderland, Mr. Caughey went to Qateshead, bemg 
 invited to that circuit by the Rev. S. Dixon, the Superintend- 
 ent. Before the close of the first week, one hundred and 
 twenty-six were saved. On the 12th of September, he re- 
 tired to Scarborough, partly for seclusion, and partly to 
 recruit his health, which was ftuling. 
 
 After reposing a while in Scarborough, Mr. Caughey visited 
 Asbum, Eutoxeter, Birstall, Todmorden Vale, and Bourne, 
 with his usual success. These labors, with flying visits to 
 various other places, employed the winter and spring of 1846 
 and 1847. In July, 1847, believing it was the will of Prov- 
 idence he should return to America, he made preparations 
 for an Atlantic voyage. 
 
 Before we introduce the reader to the scones of that voy- 
 age we call his attention to the following undeniable evidences 
 of the genumeness of the impression which induced him to go 
 to Europe. The voice of God whispered thus to his heart : 
 
 " The will of Ood is that thou shooldst visit Europe. He 
 shall be with thee there, and ^ve thee many seals to 
 thy ministry. He has provided thee with funds. Make thy 
 arrangements accordingly ; and next Conference, ask liberty 
 from the proper authorities, and it shall be granted thee. 
 TiEdt Canada first; when this is done, sail for England, 
 (jod shall be with thee there — thou shalt have no want in 
 all thy joumeyiiigs, and thou shalt be brought back in safety 
 to America." 
 
 Such was the " caU." Behold the veri^loation of its purtie- 
 olars up to the time of his departure from England, in ihe f<d- 
 lowing statements, taken ficomthe before-mei^ioned pamphlet. 
 
 L 
 
raLAND. 
 
 f society pre- 
 tly requesting 
 gun. 
 
 teshcad, bebg 
 I Superintend- 
 hundred and 
 ember, he re- 
 nd partly to 
 
 lughoy visited 
 , and Bourne, 
 lying visits to 
 spring of 1846 
 I will of Prov- 
 I preparations 
 
 s of that voy- 
 ihh evidences 
 ced him to go 
 to his heart : 
 
 Europe. He 
 lany seals to 
 B. Make thy 
 
 se, ask liberty 
 granted thee, 
 for EngUmd. 
 e no want in 
 back in safety 
 
 1 of its puriie- 
 and,intiiefd[- 
 aed pamphlet. 
 
 I 
 
 CLOSE OF BiB. OAUQHBY'S LABORS IN BNQLAND. 426 
 
 The terms of Mr. Caaghey's " call," as previously quoted, 
 are directive and predictive. 
 
 1st. Directive. — "These matters -which trouble thee 
 must be let entirely alone. The mil of God is that thou 
 shouldst visit Europe. He has provided thee with funds. 
 Make thy arrangements accordingly ; and, next Conference, 
 ask liberty from the proper authorities. Visit Canada first ; 
 when this is done, smI for England." Those directions 
 scarcely caU for remark, except on the subject of funds. 
 Mr. Caughey informs us that he had " funds sufficien}. for a 
 two years' tour ; " and that he intended " to spend at least 
 two years in Europe." It is now nearly six years sinca ha 
 landed in Liverpool, having spent the previous ten months in 
 Canada. 
 
 2d. Predictive. — " He shall ^ve thee many seals to thy 
 nunistry . liberty from the proper authorities shall be grant- 
 ed thee. God shall be with thee in England— thou shalt 
 have no want in all thy joumeyings, and thou shalt be brought 
 back in safety to America." It has been seen that Mr. 
 Canghoy had no difficulty in obtaining leave of absence from 
 his Conference. The remaining points must now be noticed. 
 
 ^^Hethallgive thee utany teah to thy »n»nu«»y."-- Mr. 
 Caughey's ministry in Canada was eminenUy successful ', 
 but as I have no authorized report, besides Ws own statement 
 of the results, I will lay no stress upon them. What they 
 have been in England we know, and have the highest con- 
 nezional aathori^ to assist us in proving. According to 
 the Minutes of Conference, the increase to the principal so- 
 cieties which have been &vbred witi: Mr. Caughey's labors 
 was, in laverpool, 404; in Leeds, 629 ; v\ Hull, 936; in 
 Sheffield, 864 ; in Huddersfield, 749 ; in York, 210 ; and in 
 Chesterfield, 230. The Birmingham Society had an increase 
 of 668 at the Miohaehaas Qaar(er4ay, 1846, as compared 
 86* 
 
 
426 OLOSl Of MB. OAUQHB¥'S LABOBS IS BNGIiAND. 
 
 
 
 ^th ihe Minutes of 1845 ; and in every other town he has 
 visited there luui been a corresponding increase. But this 
 statement only shows the local effect of Mr. Caughey's labors. 
 Numbers of persons have travelled ten, twenty, thirty, and 
 even fifty miles, to obtain the benefits of ihe revivals which 
 his ministry originated, and returned home rejoismg in the 
 salvation of the gospeL In fact, thd return to Conference 
 does not represent one half the actual good effected in the 
 conversion of mnners, as the following statemect, drawn up 
 from authenldo sources, will show : -~ 
 
 • DabUn 700 
 
 « Limarick ISO 
 
 *Cork aoo 
 
 • Bandon 70 
 
 • Liverpool 1800 
 
 • Ueds •. 1600 
 
 • Hull saoo 
 
 Sheffield SSSt 
 
 HuddenfleM m» 
 
 York MM 
 
 • Birminghtm ........ . S800 
 
 Nottinghmm 1413 
 
 Lincoln SOS 
 
 • Boston aoo 
 
 Sonderiand 711 
 
 • Gatethead M 
 
 • Soarbonrngh 1S4 
 
 Cheateifield SM 
 
 Doncaster MS 
 
 • Macoleifleld MO 
 
 • Wakefield >00 
 
 • VariooB visits, London, Leeds, Hull, 
 Slieffield, Haddenileld, Mancbester, 
 Belper, and places in Dartiyshirs, 
 Nottinghamshirs, Yorkshire, Laaoar 
 shire, &o.,at a moderate eompnta- 
 tkm • • • •!»«> 
 
 100 
 
 SO 
 
 60 
 
 10 
 
 400 
 
 1000 
 800 
 
 1448 
 768 
 787 
 
 1400 
 668 
 888 
 140 
 887 
 40 
 
 as 
 
 187 
 170 
 140 
 180 
 
 800 
 
 160 
 
 860 
 
 SO 
 
 1700 
 
 S600 
 
 8800 
 
 4800 
 
 1084 
 
 , 1041 
 
 . 4100 
 
 . 1866 
 
 > 661 
 
 . 400 
 
 . 888 
 
 . 116 
 
 . MO 
 
 . 788 
 
 . 6M 
 
 800 
 1^ 
 
 31,616 9,B1 M,S47 
 
 * The isnmben stated for fheae plaeea are a]!ipnniiiiatioDS— raOMp ute 
 Ibaa OTW the tratb. £ ban not meeeeded in olitaiaisK paitiealHr moombIi. 
 
.^ 
 
 S BNGLAHD. 
 
 thertown he has 
 
 crease. 
 
 But this 
 
 Caaghej 
 
 'a labors. 
 
 (renty, thirty, and 
 
 the reyiv&ls which 
 
 e rejoi^mgmthe 
 
 im to Coaference 
 
 d efifected in the 
 
 «iuect, drawn up 
 
 atMai. 
 
 Tbtak 
 
 100 .. . 
 
 . . . eoo 
 
 M . . . 
 
 . . . 160 
 
 60 . . . 
 
 . . . S60 
 
 SO . . . 
 
 . . . 80 
 
 400 .. . 
 
 ... 1700 
 
 000 .. . 
 
 . . . t«00 
 
 000 .. . 
 
 . . . 8800 
 
 448 .. . 
 
 ... 4800 
 
 T66 . . . 
 
 ... 3684 
 
 737 .. . 
 
 . . . M41 
 
 400 .. . 
 
 ... 4800 
 
 662 .. . 
 
 ... 1868 
 
 t«8 . . . 
 
 ... 661 
 
 140 .. • 
 
 . . . 400 
 
 337 .. . 
 
 ... 888 
 
 40 . . . 
 
 ... 186 
 
 M . . . 
 
 . . . 800 
 
 187 .. . 
 
 ... 786 
 
 170 .. . 
 
 ... 636 
 
 140 .. . 
 
 . . . 400 
 
 ISO . . . 
 
 . . . U» 
 
 800 
 
 jaa M,S47 
 
 ImatioDS — nOMp ute 
 ng peurtiealHr uo««alk 
 
 OLOSB OV MR. OAUOHBT'S LABORS IN WXQhkSD, 43T 
 
 Thus there is every reason to believe that in EngUtad ftlon* 
 Mr. Caughey's ministry has been the means of taming more 
 than twenty thousand persons fiom darkness to light, from 
 sin unto holiness. I have nothing here to do with the allege- 
 ment that many of these may have become baoksliden t the 
 Churoh has had to mourn over snoh ever sinoe the days of 
 the Apostles. I stand upon the great fact, that nnusoel 
 numbers of sinners have been converted to Qod in 0<nM»- 
 quence of Mr. Caughey's special call to visit England ; thet 
 many, very many of these remain steadfast and blameless 
 to the present day ; and that this is in strict accordance 
 with, and a literal fulfilment of, the terms, predictive and 
 otherwise, of that call, which was committed to writing be- 
 fore Mr. Caughey lefb the Umted States, and published in 
 this country almost at the commencement of the period of 
 his greatest success. 
 
 *' l^u $haU have no want in all thy joumeyingt"-— " The 
 possession of a few hundreds of dollars," sud Mr. Caa^ey, 
 in August, 1840, referring to a period anterior to his call to 
 visit Europe, '* had often made me very uneasy. I doubted 
 the propriety of laying up treasure on earth. The cause of 
 missions stood in need of what I possessed, but stall I was 
 restnuned. Now I clearly saw that God had provided me 
 with these funds m order to make me willing to obey the call, 
 and to save me from embarrassment in my travels." Like a 
 man of sense and prudence, he appears to have calculated 
 how long his own funds would support him, and detenxuned 
 accordingly the period of his tour. He intended to spend 
 << at least two years " in Europe ; yet Providence has so 
 ordered it that, though he has been nearly ux years in these 
 IdngdouiS, and since his arrival lost nearly all the money he 
 brought with him by the bankruptcy of the party with whom 
 it was depomted, he has had *< no want ; " his revival ope^ 
 
T 
 
 429 0L08B or MB. OAUaSKY'S LABORS IN BNOLAMO. 
 
 aiaoiui have never been impede^ for lack of {bnds ; and thus 
 the prediction has heen fulfilled to the letter. 
 
 **Thou »haU be brought back in tafeti/ to Ameriea.'* — 
 This, it will be seen by the next chapter, was fulfilled also. 
 Who ever had tkfalte unpresuon so ngnificantly sustained by 
 the providence of God as was this call of Mr. C. 7 Not one. 
 What then is the irreostible conclusion ? Why, clearly, that 
 Mr. Oanghey's commission was of Qod. 
 
 I 
 
r 
 
 IV KNOLAND. 
 
 )f ftmds; and thtu 
 ter. 
 
 y to Ameriea."—- 
 , was fulfiUed aJflO. 
 cAQtly Bustainedby 
 Idr. G.7 Not one. 
 Why, dearly, that 
 
 [ 
 
 CHAPTER XXV. 
 
 THB VOTAQB BOMB. 
 
 Tub following letter to some of Mr. Caaghey's Huddem- 
 field frienda, written on hia arriral in New York, j^vea « 
 Tory unique account of his homeward voyage. It will bd 
 read with deep interest. 
 
 2b Mettn. JoaejA Webb and Thomas MalUn$<mt qf 
 Muddenfield. 
 
 Nbw Yomc, Nov. 8, 184T. 
 Mt dbar BrethrbN; 
 
 On the 20th day of July, 1847, after taking a moat 
 tender farewell of a large number of precious friends, who 
 had accompaiued me on board the steamer Hiberaia, that 
 noble vessel weighed anchor, and " stood down " tiie Meney. 
 TTith a deeply affected heart I watched the motioui of the 
 small steamer which bore my friends to tiie shore — fiiMids 
 dear to my soul — who, to the last hour of my footsteps on 
 British soil, to the last moment of our parting, laviahed upon 
 me the tokens of their botmdless affection. 
 
 " Then an moments in life tbtt are n«Ter forgot, 
 Which brighten, end brighten, m time tteaU ifnifx— 
 ! these hsiUowed remembrances cannot de<jay ; 
 Bnt they come on the sonl with a magical thrill ; 
 And In days that are darkest they kindly win stay, 
 And the heart in its last throb will beat with them stflL" 
 
 429 
 
480 
 
 TBI VOTAQB UOMB. 
 
 I 
 
 But, alM ♦. that wM a Bad, lad day ; and had it not been 
 for the hope of meeting these beloved ones again, upon 
 earth, I should have been heart-broken. My strainmg 
 eyes Mowed the litUa steamer, till it was lost to reoogmUon 
 among other boats; and when I no longer knew the one 
 around wWoh my affections should entwine, wandenng vision 
 found repofle upon lirerpool, where I knew that not a few 
 of my spiritual ohUdren resided, aii in whose streets many 
 of my friends had arrived, with whom I had parted an hour 
 or two before. livorpool at length diaappeared, ai i lastty, 
 the happy ebores of England itself-" that UtUe world, 
 that precious stone, set like an unlading emerald m the 
 sUver sea," as one of her own poets has expressed it ; and 
 I was left alone to my own reflections. My mind wa» 
 greatiy confused and agitated ; seemed aa if awaking from 
 Ttroubled dr«am. « I have finished the worit, Lord, thou 
 hast pven me to do. If thou, Lord, shouldst say, ' Nay,' 
 ihe wsponsibility must rest somewhere else than upon thy 
 poor servant. Longer I could not have stayed in England, 
 ^ut rendering myself like thee, my Ma8ter,-'a stone 
 of stumbling, and rock of ofience;'— not to the wicked 
 world, but to some good men, whose prejudices, and attach- 
 ment to ohui«h order, would not allow them to apprec»te 
 my woiks and motives. By remaining longer on those 
 Hbores, now lost, periutpe forever, to my eyes, more evU thim 
 good, an tiungp considered, would most likely have resulted. 
 I^aroweU, England I * sunshine gilds no coast where God 
 is served more purely than in thee I' Farewell, Irebnd! 
 where I have seen many hundreds of sinners converted; 
 — aillioted, distracted Ireland; *the pUwe where first we 
 breathed, who can forget?' Farewell, Zion! FareweU, 
 fiiends of my heart! — * hearts in union mutually disclosed. 
 
 ♦ H«art» ttuit Une worid in Tmin hM trted. 
 And Kntov but mow oloMly tied }• — 
 
-.*m 
 
 d had it not been 
 mes agun, upon 
 I. My straining 
 lost to recognition 
 er knew the one 
 , wwdeiing vimon 
 9W thftt not ft few 
 fhoee streota many 
 Eld parted an hour 
 >eared, ai i lastly, 
 
 that litUe world, 
 2 emerald in the 
 ezpresaed it ; and 
 I. My mind wa» 
 8 if awaking from 
 fork, Lord, thou 
 )uldflt say, 'Nay,* 
 ilae than upon thy 
 stayed in England, 
 Master, — 'a stone 
 aot to the wicked 
 u^ces, and attach- 
 them to appreciate 
 g longer on those 
 yes, more evil than 
 kely have resulted. 
 > coast where God 
 
 Farewell, Ireland! 
 sinners converted; 
 ace where first we 
 , Zion! Farewell, 
 mutually disclosed.' 
 
 t*- 
 
 THB VOYAOB BOMB. 
 
 4tl 
 
 To you, a tearful agonizing farewell ! And farewell, poor 
 perislung sinners, whom I would fain have brought into the 
 path to heaven, by thousands, and hundreds of thousands. 
 Farewell, ye men of God ! ye ministers of his, ye local 
 preachers and leaders, officeru of Emmanuel's hosts, who 
 helped me often to push the batUe to the gates, and to shout 
 the victory close by the trembling gates of hell. Farewell I 
 fai«well ! my children in the Lord ; the seal of my apoctle- 
 ship are ye in the Lord ; whom I found in the htmd of the 
 enemy, led captive by him at his will, and whom I left 
 in thy care, blessed Jesus ! chief Shepherd, and Bishop 
 of souls. Keep them, Saviour, from the evils which are 
 in the world ! may none of them backslide from thee, or 
 dishonor thy cause. Amen!" More I cannot describe 
 upon paper. The lights on the Lile of Man appeared about 
 twilight, and shortly after the quarter moon went down 
 behind a bank of cloud. The evening was pleasant, with a 
 placid sea, which suited the state of my weak body and 
 mind. 
 
 "Soft hoar! whioh rodcM the wish, knd melti the heart 
 Of thMe who mU th« teai, on the flnt day 
 When they fVom their sweet friend* m torn •part" 
 
 I walked the deck till a late hour, lost in thought; — 
 "thmtglUB of the heart, how soft ye flow! mournful and 
 sweet, as music's dying fall;" — fraught with many a 
 treasured hope, and tender memory, darting to rejglong 
 afar; now with lately-parted friends, and the next moment 
 with expectant friends in North America. Both hemi- 
 spheres were visited, qmcker than the scintillaticHis of the 
 Aurora BoreaUt. My whole being had, as it were, resolved 
 itself into memory, — " aa ocean of memories." S<Hae one 
 has termed the memory, the image cumber of ihe eoul. 
 Mine was that, truly ; and mai^y images were there, and 
 
 
 j-^ 
 
4SS 
 
 TBI TOTAQI HOMB. 
 
 Briagl«d i^etorM, "like broken scenery mirrored on the 
 ■orflMM of ft troubled strewn." Some were dclightftilly 
 pleMing, beoaoie MMooiated with the oxpoctation of toon 
 minglmg my tears of joy with those of long-tri«id friends in 
 America; while others were oppressively sad, on account 
 of finends I might possibly meet no more upon earth ; and 
 these OTOMed each other and intermingled, "aa rich sno- 
 beauM and dark bursts f* ndn meet in the sky." But 
 moo^of this. 
 
 " Th« dangm I h«d 'io»p«d, tb« broktn uuM, 
 TIm dliMppoliitAd tat, d«liT«rmiiM fonad 
 VnkMkMl for, life {xretarred, ii«d p«M« rMtond, 
 Fniltt of omnipoUnt etenud love," 
 
 oalled for loudest soogi of pruse. " Bless the Lord, my 
 
 SOMll" 
 
 The following morning we were running along Ae northern 
 towt of Ireland, " its weather-beaten and bleached rocks 
 fkvm ths green waves emerging." At Uie close of day land 
 had ahoMst ^usappeared. 
 
 "Awtjr! »va7w« itMr, 
 Upoa the oooMi'a braast, 
 And dim Um dlttrat bcighu •pp«ar 
 
 Lilie oloudt along the we«t : 
 WUk onr «hlp, — lonely m the bird, 
 Wboee home U on the wing," -^ 
 
 Imrried onward, fearlessly, into the bosom of night. Mom- 
 kig oame, and noUiing but sky and water appeared around ; 
 <rar riiip, "pdsed in the centre of a sphere;" wrestUng 
 hatd wifli a rolling treacherous sea, " a working sea remun- 
 ing from a storm," and nearly all the passengers sick, among 
 whom I also was " a oompUdr ant." And old voyagers there 
 were who grumbled heavily at the loss of both breakfast and 
 iiimbT, ft tiling tiiey did not appear to have been accustomed 
 te ; nliih raoh usage ihey neither could nor wotdd, and so 
 
T 
 
 ' mirrored on th« 
 
 were delightfully 
 
 [poetation of aoon 
 
 ng-tritid friendi in 
 
 r sad, on account 
 
 upon earth ; and 
 
 ed, "na rich mor 
 
 the sky." But 
 
 uuu*, 
 
 1 
 
 rMlMVd, 
 
 IS the Lord, my 
 
 along the northern 
 did bleached rocks 
 e close of day land 
 
 Mwr 
 
 bird, 
 
 -> 
 
 1 of night. Mom- 
 appeared around; 
 sphere}" wreetUng 
 rorlung sea remun- 
 lengers sick, among 
 old voyagers there 
 both breakfast axA 
 re been accustomed 
 nor would, and so 
 
 TU TOTAQI HOm. 
 
 488 
 
 reTODged their afironta by dashing most Tooiferoosly, Md 
 without a word of apology, the whole of "stomach oootants" 
 directly in the Taoo of the sea, ** fearless of old ocean's fko« 
 or thuudering frown." During throe or four days thers 
 were some sturdy contests of this kind, between the haughty 
 sea and stubborn passengers, and ma^y an interohange at 
 mutual affronts. A few reUred trom Uie scene of eonSiot, 
 concealing their defeat between docks ; othoni, with myself, 
 scorned to retreat till it could be dono ** with good graoef** 
 under cover of mght. The day passed tediously awaj{ 
 night came, and so did morning, bleak and dreary enoogb { 
 but an array of pale Ikoes on deck, proclaimed if we wti* 
 weak, we were still unconquored. 
 
 The sea at length became less nide and mors dvil. Tht 
 aspect of old ooean wu still sufficiently ragged and dreaiy, 
 bu* there was a semuble improvement in its tfMlk and toM. 
 « The billows roll with pUasurable sweU," si^ sons votiiy 
 of tiie muses. I wonder if hs was •▼« ssMiok. Tba 
 unMfjf swell continued, but the pulsations of oosan'i hrsad 
 beat less heavi!y, and so did those of our " inner man." 
 Appetite gradually returned ; there was a better mnstMr aft 
 the saloon table ; but a few Btragglen, among whom Wi9 
 pur friend, were content with a plaoa on deck, ** nadsr 
 open sky," plate on knee, susjMcioos of (rtodbiy, fmrimg 
 a mtrpritt. Confidenoe, however, gndoiUy iratnmad ; and 
 oa the evening of the fifth day, there wore sobm Vffm»' 
 ances of sociability, for a most unatmtd thing is iUi m^ 
 riokness. The sentiment of one could now be zeoiprooatod t 
 
 « TiM lart Itn* or light te BOW oroMiiig Mm tM, 
 jknd the flnt itw U UfhtlBg Iti iMip in <ie ■kfh'* 
 
 On Sabbath, 26th July, the oapt^n r«qn«ited km to 
 Gonduot divine semoe. Baiog iomewh«t wt of onbr, { 
 87 
 
THl VOYAQI HOMI. 
 
 wqaettod Mm, in retarn, to mtA prayew, and I wonld 
 proa«h ; which he did in a moet dovout manner, and with 
 good effect. After eervice I wai addrewwd hj a gentleman, 
 Hbrni ** Bir, Bome did not like your sonwon ; but I did. It 
 mm ihort, but iweet." Shortly after, a Briliah officer, on hi» 
 way to join hi« roi^ment in Quebec, stopped up, and itaid, 
 «♦ Sir, I hare heard that to-day which I have been demring 
 in Tab to hear daring the last thirty years — a ihort $ermoHt 
 Bir." The nuyor appeared highly plcancd, not with the 
 doctrine, nor style of the sermon, but with its In-evitif; which 
 to thoHO versed like himself m the woes of long sormoni, he 
 ooDiideTed an absolute luxury, i-erhaps I had preached 
 hagtt than the nuyor woa aware ; but no matter, he wa« 
 really happy to find one man, after a search of thurty years, 
 who had bettor sense than to weary his hearen. He then 
 •ntored bto a kngthy detail of his sufferings from '* the 
 intolerable infliction of long sermons." Poor man! 1^ 
 suffering had weighed »o hoavily upon his nervoui ieruihdi' 
 liM, that the bare remembrance of them was sufficient to 
 lOOM an his enerpM into repugnance. He became really 
 eloquent, " and every feeling uttered, fully felt ; " bnt, 
 unfortunately, his excitement carried hsm, perhaps, much 
 further than he had intended— "that preaching might as 
 well be dispensed with altogether." To this I demurred, 
 wWch set him on the defensive. Findbg it i-ather difficult to 
 muntain his pomtion, he withdrew his artillery, and retreated, 
 supposing, pn)bably, that I was as guilty as an/ of my cloth 
 in •* long sermon outrage ; " and he was not &r mistaken. 
 
 As day succeeded day, our prospects b.ightened. Few 
 there were who were not cheered by the anHcipation of 
 meeting friends on the approaching shores, and all seemed 
 to be more reconciled to "life at sea." Our fine steamer 
 flew along the.waton, raling the elements and free ymnMf 
 
«, ftnd I would 
 OMiner, and with 
 bjr a gentleman, 
 ; but I did. It 
 jah officer, on bU 
 «d up, and Haid, 
 ivo be«n desiring 
 -a ihort itrmon^ 
 ed, not with the 
 la brevity; which 
 long Rormoni, h« 
 I had preached 
 to matter, he was 
 li of thirty jears, 
 Barer*. He then 
 iringii from " the 
 Poor man! lug 
 nervout tenaHttli' 
 was BuflSoient to 
 Ele became really 
 \dly felt;" bnt, 
 1, perhaps, much 
 ■eacliing might as 
 this I demurred, 
 ; rather difficult to 
 iry, and retreated, 
 B an/ of my cloth 
 )t far mistaken, 
 b.i^tened. Few 
 le ari^icipation of 
 IS, and all seemed 
 Oor fine steamer 
 I and firee vareff 
 
 THl YOTAOl HOMfl. ^» 
 
 " Impelled as though she felt a soul within hor heart of oak ;'* 
 renunding one of those quwnt lines of Raleigh : 
 
 " Y» ml(;ht YMf tMn th« flrolhy billow* trj 
 tlmUf th« »Mp, •» Ihroaith th«m ih* w«nl, 
 Th»t M«in«J lh« w»Te« w«f« Into iTory, 
 Or Irory Into w»T«i w*r« Mot" 
 
 On Bainnlay, the eleventh day from Lirerpool, we hailed 
 the shores of North America, frowning through the folds of 
 a deniio fog; ai.d, on the same day, we entered the harbor . 
 of Halifax, Nova Scotia, thankful to our heavenly Father 
 for his abounding mercies. A brother njcognised me ai 
 soon as I Btopi^d ashore, who remembered with joy my vuiit 
 in 1841. We enjoyed a pleasant walk through the city, 
 returned to dinner on borrd, and after posting a few lettert 
 for friends in England, our steamer was again in motion. 
 The fog became thicker than ever, so as to render, oiur 
 egress from the harbor hazardous ; but we rogamed the seft 
 in safety, and steered for Boston, U. B. 
 
 Next day, (Sabbath,) the captain desired me to officiate i 
 but I mformcd him there was a Baptist minUter on board, 
 and that Christian courtesy required he should he requested 
 to preach ; and, that I doubted not most of the passengert 
 would be highly pleased to hear him. The captain kindly 
 consented, and we had a pro«table season. A few were 
 displeawjd with the preacher. 'Hie introduction of the hor- 
 rors of hell, und the rich man calling for a drop of water to 
 cool his tongue, could not bo pardoned in so polite an as^rai- 
 bly. I defended the good brother with all kmdness and 
 plainness. Tao major again made his appearacc ^, and I 
 could not well keep my eye off him, remembering his mortal 
 distaste for long sermons; and felt for both him and the 
 preacher, the latter not being aware of his prejudices. A 
 few minutes, howerer, decided the matter. The m^or begyi 
 
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 iH 
 
 THl VOYAtil HOMM. 
 
 ' 
 
 to'giropt aboot fur hia hat ; u^id I wm gl»d to turn mj ejrt 
 b iBOth«r dirMtion, m h« bokllj nuurohtd doorward, uA 
 made hia exit ; thinkmg, doubtlon, ihaA whm in the ohorch 
 At Quebec, at th« heatl uf h'm rogituAQt, ho could not with to 
 ** good grace " roproTo the pruluity of the preacher. I had 
 f >ine libertj b the conoludbg prayer. 
 
 On the eame night blue lighta were projected from deek 
 b Kopee of ** ■ignalixiiig " the outward bound mail iit«ainer ; 
 bat the compliment not Iniing returned bj the veaeel wboeo 
 Wkloh-lighta hail attracted our attention, we concluded we 
 had nditaken the ehip. The night waa dark and dittarj ; 
 bat all were cheered by the hope of a aafo arrival at the 
 port of deetination on tho morrow ; a hope wlilch a kmd 
 Piwidenee did not dieappomt. 
 
 Mombg came, and with it a rwj bad fog. Suppoamg 
 land to be near, a eharp look-out waa BMbtabed on bll iidea. 
 Gkma were fired at intenrals for a harbor pilot, but in vain. 
 We continued to near the ahore, which waa aa yet but an 
 ohfeot of fidth ; it might be withb gunahot, or at a conaid- 
 cnble dialanoe. The " random gnn," the heavy plange of 
 the lead, and report of aouodinge, had a aolomn eflbot. 
 Suddenly we had a glimpee of nigged rocka, like apeotrca 
 ■tartbg oat of the fog, and diaappearing agab. We atood 
 b admh^tion of the confidenoe, pradenoo, and judgment of 
 eaptun, officers, and men. Our coaat pilot, embarraaMd 
 more and more by the encompaaaing fog, ascended the mab- 
 mart, b hopea of orerlookbg it. lie aucceeded, and from 
 Ua giddy poaition gave hia oommanda to the helmaman, who 
 obeyed hia bjonctiona, in faith, daahing the veaael headbng 
 bto an "obaonrity that nught be felt," regardleaa of rooka 
 irUoh frowned aadden terror, and which aa auddenly diai^ 
 paarad. The fog diaperaed ; all waa well ; we found oar- 
 •dm b tha ^ narrowa" loading to Boaton harbor ; and aaw 
 
 Lk 
 
i»«>. 
 
 TBI VOTAaa ROMl. 
 
 48T 
 
 kd k> turn my ajr« 
 tAil doorward, uA 
 rh«n in the ohurok 
 
 could not with ao 
 e preaobcr. I had 
 
 roj«ot«d from deck 
 )und mail iit«am«r ; 
 >y tbo vcM«l wboao 
 , we concluded we 
 dark and divary; 
 lafo arrival at the 
 <op« wliich a kind 
 
 d fog. Supposing 
 itoined on all mdoa. 
 ' pilot, but in vain. 
 raa as yet but an 
 hot, or at a consid- 
 le heary plungo of 
 
 1 a Holomn effect. 
 x)cka, like upcctrca 
 
 again. We stood 
 I, and judgment of 
 pUot, cmbamuMMd 
 ascended the main- 
 looeeded, and from 
 he helmunao, who 
 the Teasel headlong 
 regardlofls of rooks 
 as suddenly disap- 
 b11 ; we found our- 
 n harbor ; and saw 
 
 Boston itself, reposing like a brilliant gem, enchased within 
 a soft and pretty arrangement of scenery ; the whole lighted 
 up with that frenhnoas and beauty so {Mouliar to an American 
 summer rooming. 
 
 It was noon before we got our baggage ashore. The day 
 became extremely hot, which, to uii who had been eiposed 
 to the sea hrceies and to weather singularly chilly and raw, 
 was very oppressive. Tho hotel to which we were conducted, 
 being pleasantly nituatcd, we ooncludod to remain a day or 
 two to recruit. " I had hanlly got ri<l of the rooking aenaa^ 
 tion of tho ship," remarked one similatly circumstanced to 
 ounelvofl, " and this being but my second night ashore, I 
 slept as i landsman does when he once more guns firm 
 earth, i >n tho former day, when walking, my very toea 
 grasped .ho ground, as if each was a fnUr. 1 clung to it 
 with my feet, and planted them on land like the sea-horM 
 climbing an iceberg." My nights, for some time after land- 
 ing, were of a restless character ; on waking up, I hardly 
 ever realised myself on shore. But my soul wa« continually 
 happy and thankful. Gratitude to my good and graoiooa 
 God ever animated my heart. lie had vouchsafed to his 
 unworthy servant, in answer to tho fervent prayers of many 
 thousands, a safe and pleasant voyage, and speedy, occupy- 
 ing only about twelve days and a half from Liverpool. We 
 learned, indeed, from the public papers, that a few degreei 
 from our position on the Atlantic, a vessel had encountered 
 a tremendous gale, on the night of the 80th July, which 
 carried away her mainmast, together with fore and minen 
 topmast and sails, but it had no commission agmnst ua. 
 Shortly after wo landed, another terrific gale swept th« 
 American coast, which resulted in many disasters, with loaa 
 of life. But he who holds the winds in his fist and the 
 iraters in the hoUow of hia hand, held th» elementa in 
 87« 
 
r 
 
 ...^ 
 
 488 
 
 THl YOTAOB BOMB. 
 
 x«ltAmt, till we were out of ihe reach of ttieir fiuy. " Doth 
 Job few God for nought 1 hast thou not made a hedge about 
 hiiB, and about all that he hath on every eide?" was 
 Satan's comphunt concerning Job. God can plant hia hedge 
 aa k defbnce around his aervants at sea, as firmly as on land, 
 and can say thereby to the wjids and waves, "Thus far 
 Shalt tfiott gp, and no farther." Ocean may flmg his moun- 
 tain waves against it, and the prince tjf the power «jf the air 
 may sometimes, for aught we know, gather the winds of 
 heaven in one collected blast, charged with the strength and 
 wrath of hell, involving sea and sky, but in vwn! the hedge 
 is there,— tiie bhst of hell is paralyted, — there is no 
 hreakwater so effectual as the hedge of God's right hand 
 
 plantang. 
 
 I left Boston for New York, where I was joyfully received 
 
 by Mr. and Mrs. John Caoj^ey (cousins) and family. From 
 
 tiience I proceeded up the Hudson River to Newburgh, and 
 
 took my aster and family by surprise. We had a joyful 
 
 meeting. From Newbur^ I set out for Troy and Lansing- 
 
 boi^, the highest navigable point of the Hudson, and 
 
 ptaaofaed at botii places; thence to Whitehall, whera I 
 
 fonaeily received orders for Europe. I landed there about 
 
 fiv« o'elock in the mpnung, and, without making mysetf 
 
 kM>wn 1» any one, I hastened up the rocky steeps to Provi- 
 
 isMe Path. It is imposmble to describe my feeling? when 
 
 ny feet paced Hai Path once more. My heart was filled 
 
 with IoT» and joy, my eyes with tears, and n^ mouth with 
 
 pniiee. The rooks rang witu shouts of joy. This was my 
 
 ^^trimnpiMd" No human eye saw me, no human ear heard 
 
 ny barfrtinx joy •'—my acclamations 1 Ang^els, I cannot 
 
 Imk IMnk, won speotators^ and shared in the " ibiumph" 
 
 wfaidi FaAer»fion,and Holy Ghost, had granted to the 
 
 ireakMi ttid mesDeit of the servants of Heaven. 1 j^ 
 
 ils 
 
^ 
 
 heirfiuy. "Doth 
 G^e a hedge about 
 very wde?" was 
 an plant hia hedge 
 1 fiimly as on lacd, 
 Wiives, "Thus far 
 ay ffing his moun- 
 « jjoiwr qf the air 
 her the winds of 
 h the strength and 
 in run! the hedge 
 ed, — there is no 
 God's tight hand 
 
 18 joyfully received 
 and faooily. From 
 to Newburgh, and 
 We had a joyful 
 Troy and Lanung- 
 the Hudson, uid 
 Whitehall, whera I 
 landed there about 
 )nt making myself 
 iky steeps to Provi- 
 9 my feelings when 
 ly heart was filled 
 aoA. w^ mouth with 
 joy. This was my 
 human ear heard 
 Angels, I eannot 
 in the "tbiumph" 
 lad granted to the 
 f H<»ren. 01 it 
 
 THl VOTAQB BOMB. 
 
 480 
 
 wu a time never to be forgotten. I had not expected such 
 a groat blessing ; my soul was taken by surprise, and was 
 caught up into the chariot of love. No Roman hero ever 
 returned to Rome with such a glow of happiness in his 
 bosom ; none surely ever eiyoyed his triamphal entry into 
 the Roman capital, as I did niue, anudst the rocks of Prov- 
 idence Path. When words wen xhausted, and I stood in 
 adoring wonder, not knowing what more to say, that fine 
 hymn rolled in upon memory, and fired my soul afresh. It 
 WM qmte unpromeditated ; that is, it was not thought oi 
 in view of the oocarion : rather I would believe, it was 
 prompted by the Spirit of God, and my willmg soul seised 
 it, and made it the vehicle to convey its bfiiest «aaotions 
 of gratitode and joy to the feet (£ Christ my Lord : 
 
 u TUi, this is the God I adore, 
 
 Sfy (Uthfttl, nnohingetble Frland i 
 WhoM lOT* b mi grMt M Ui poww, 
 
 Aad neither knows measure nor and. 
 'Tia Jeana, tho Firat and the Laat, 
 
 Whose mercy ahall gnide me aaft hone ; 
 rU praiae him for aU that U paat, 
 
 And tmst him for all that 'a to oome." 
 
 And I sang aa if heaven and earth should hear. The 
 Lord had performed his every promise, and fulfilled all his 
 kiimations of good tlungs to come, which he Iwd made me 
 to understand, when he gave me my Ewopean eomtmtian! 
 and he had brou^t me back again in peace and safety, 
 according to his word ; and, had I held my peace, the rocks 
 armmd Providence Path nright well have cried out. 
 
 I then walked down into a lonely §xsiy, another place 
 ■acrod to memory ; where, some weeks after my floU to 
 EoHjpe, wad when the fi>llowing words were resting upm my 
 heart witli a sweet infiuenoe, "I must preach the gospel 
 under other ttH«i8j" when walkmg, engaged in deep cooh 
 
 jw i .im i Mn t »Mn* m i ' «»..wi wnA i i m immmm 
 
r 
 
 440 
 
 rSM VOTAQl BOHI. 
 
 mnmon mih Qod, I observed) <m lookmg up, how r»pidly 
 the olondfl were careermg along the aky. I fell upon my 
 knees and aang : 
 
 " Who potato the clond» thetr eoane, 
 Whom wtnd* tod seM ob«y, 
 H« ihall diraet mj waudoring fMt, 
 He ihkU point out my w«y." 
 
 And now that I had returned, and the Lord had made aU 
 his goodness to pass before me, how could I pass that glen 
 and not turn in thither, kneel upon the same green turf, and 
 ung the same verse I had sung there eight years before ? 
 Then, indeed, it was the language of confiding faith and 
 unwavering trust ; now, of confidence and certwnty of knowl- 
 edge ; but both dispositions wore equally pleanvg to God, 
 although the latter was now the easier and happier feeling 
 of Uie two. Hei'e again, I was blessed, in substituting " ho 
 ha$ du-eettd my wandering feet, he hat pointed out the 
 way." Had some musical critics indeed been present, they 
 would have been alarmed for the fate of the tune; but it 
 was for ihe ears of God alone ; and was accepted on account 
 of the sweet melody made in the heart to the Lord. Eph. 
 V. 19. On the same day I went on board the steamer 
 Whitehall, and sailed for BmHngton, Vt., a pretty town on 
 ttie eastern banks of Lake Champltdn, where 1 received a 
 hearty welcome to my American home, by my dear friends, 
 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Haynes. All gtory and pruse b« 
 unto God I Amen. Since my arrival in America, I have 
 teavellcd nearly two tiiousand miles, preached in several 
 places, and have seen a few sinners converted to God. 
 
 Last week I visited Poughkeepsie, the residence of Bishop 
 Bedding. He was not at home, but was expected daily. 
 I concluded to awwt the arrival of the noon steamer, deter- 
 nuning to remain, should the Bishop arrive by her ; if not, 
 
THB VOTAai Bom. 
 
 441 
 
 cog up, how rapidly 
 y. I fell upon my 
 
 I Lord had loade all 
 d I pass that glen 
 ume green turf, and 
 eight years before ? 
 confiding faith and 
 I certwnty of koowl- 
 Ily pleam^ig to God, 
 and happier feeling 
 in substitutang " he 
 MU pointed oat the 
 i been present, they 
 of the tune; but it 
 accepted on account 
 to the Lord. Eph. 
 board the steamer 
 t., a pretty town on 
 where 1 received a 
 by my dear friends, 
 ;lory and pruse be 
 in America, I hare 
 ^reached in several 
 erted to God. 
 residence of Bishop 
 ras expected daily, 
 loon steamer, deter- 
 rive by h«r ; if not, 
 
 to jntweed by the same boat down the river. Providentially 
 the Bishop was on board. He received me most cordially, 
 and I returned with lum to his nuuuuon. 
 
 After some conversation irith the Bis)iop, I desired to be 
 alone with GKxl ; excused myself for an hour, and walked 
 out. 7 had not gone far before God met me, and fiUed my 
 heart with love. My soul rejoiced with exceeding joy ; all 
 witltin me shouted his pruse. Ah ! I thought, tins will do. 
 God is mine, and I am his ; he is on my idde ; no evil can 
 happen. M is well ! I felt nothmg in my heart but pure 
 love to God and man. Hallelujali ! That night I preached 
 in the churvh contiguous to the Bishop's readence, and a 
 number of persons came forward to be prayed for ; but, as 
 I had to leavo before the cloM of the service, I did nos 
 learn the results. 
 
 Yesterday we oommenced " special sernoes " in one of 
 our ohnrohes in v'lus city. The congregation was rather 
 small, when compared with tiiose I had seen in England ; 
 but there was comi feeling ; and we are praying, hopbg 
 and believing, for a general outpouring of the Holy Sjurit 
 upon the peculation of \1us great dty. The results may form 
 the material for another OMnmumoation. My healtii, thank 
 God, is very good. 
 
 Ajb to my future moTements in this country, I can say 
 notiiing oertMn. I porpoM to walk closely with God ; to 
 ymlkii intently tiie providential oload, and follow it.. My 
 soul has been weak since my arrival, and I have not had my 
 usual liberty in preaching, nor snocess ;— have been much 
 bujll»t:xl by tbe enemy, and weakened by ve^iioos causes, 
 not neoessary now to mentum. But I would enooorage 
 myself in the Lord, that these oiroumstaaoes are a pielnda 
 to a suooesnon of victories. I have felt a loss m my soul ia 
 retotmng into the hands of the Lord my Eoropeaa oommia- 
 
THB VOTAQB HOMB. 
 
 Bion. While I held that, all the energies of soul and body 
 were consecrated to it, and engaged in carrying oat its pur- 
 port. My American has not been 30 clearly defined, nor so 
 satisfactorily renewed. I feel somowhat Uke an ofiScer of the 
 army on furlough, and Icnjpng onco more to lead the hosts of 
 God to battle, and to victory. 
 
 " To ust, to snflbr, may U nobly great, — 
 Bat Mator*'! nigbtiost effort I* to wait." 
 
 Since his return, tlus beloved brother has spent his summers 
 mostly in literary labors at his favorite residence in Burling- 
 ton, Vermont. In the winter months he has labored chiefly 
 at New York, 'Albany, Providence, and Lowell. We find 
 the following notice in the London Wesleyan Times, of his 
 labors m Providence: 
 
 Our Chesnut street charge in Providence, Rhode Island, 
 is enjoying a most blessed work of God, under the labors of 
 the Rev. James Caughey, a brother well known on your side 
 of the water. Perhaps a short account of this work mil be 
 acceptable to your readers. Mr. Caughey commenced his 
 labon here the first Sabbath in December last, under 
 somewhat unfavorable circumstances. The society was quite 
 low in spirituality ; but few possessed the revival spirit, and but 
 few, comparatively, were ready to act for tLe salvation of souls. 
 There was, however, a desire on the part of some to witness 
 a revival, while a few were earnestly praying for it. Mr. 
 Caughey was most cordially received among them, and a 
 good number at once rallied around him. His preaching 
 soon took effect. Multitudes began o feel that all was not 
 i^t. It was a time of great heartrsearching. Many who 
 had been members of the church for years becsune alarmed 
 fbr thsir safety. They came to the altar and sonj^t a dear 
 witness of their jnsdfieation, and were soon rejoicing in the 
 
Tin VOTAQB HOMl. 
 
 448 
 
 of soul and body 
 rrying oat its pur- 
 rly defined, nor so 
 ke an officer of tbe 
 to lead the hoets of 
 
 AIT.' 
 
 I spent his Bummers 
 sidence in Burling- 
 has labored chiefly 
 Lowell. We find 
 Qjan Times, of his 
 
 nee, Rhode Island, 
 uder the labors of 
 :nown on yonr side 
 f this work will be 
 ley commenced his 
 amber last, under 
 \e society was quite 
 ivival spirit, and but 
 ;e salvation of souls, 
 of some to witness 
 raying for it. Mr. 
 nong them, and a 
 I. His preaching 
 el that all was not 
 ching. Many who 
 rs became alarmed 
 and sought a clear 
 ion rejoioing in the 
 
 knowledge of the fbrj^veness of sins. About the second 
 week of the meeting, the work commenced among tinners. 
 From that time to the present, the work has been gomg on 
 gloriously among them. Thero has been scarcely a night 
 but what awakenings and conversions have been witnessed. 
 In some instances the large altar, at which about Uiirty-five 
 can kneel, has been literally crowded with those see.Ung 
 mercy. Probably about two hundred have obttuned a Ci'ear 
 sense of justification since the meetings commenced, and more 
 than one half of them from the world. Persons of almost lUl 
 ages and classes have been subjects of the revival, thouglii, 
 as is usually the case, the larger proportion saved are among 
 the middle aged and youth. Some of the. most hard-hearted 
 and wicked have found mercy. Some who were iofidels, Uni« 
 ▼ersalists, sceptics. Sabbath-breakers, and profaae, are found 
 among the happy, rejoicing converts. Several heads of fam- 
 ilies have been saved. Husbands and wives, parents and 
 children, have been enabled to rejoice, for the first time, in 
 Qod'spaidomng k>ve. Several members of the Bible classes 
 connected with our Sabbath School have been made unspeak- 
 ably happy. Members of the Baptist and Congregational 
 churches have been blessed at our altar. A large number of 
 backsliders have been reclaimed. The work of entire sanctifi* 
 cation has progressed with that of convermon. At our love- 
 feast on the 7th inst., at which about one hundred spoke of 
 a present salvation, a large number bore testimony thai the 
 " blood of Jesus Christ, his Son," had cleansed them " firom 
 all sin." It was a most glorious season ! We have received 
 nearly fifty on probation during the meetings ; several have 
 united witii other churches, and probably as many more will 
 join soon. But the work is still gomg on in power. Last 
 evening our altar was nearly full of persons, most of whom 
 were seeking meroy. Mr. Caughey has usually preached 
 
nr 
 
 444 
 
 THl 70TAQI BOMI. 
 
 vfwj «y«ning in tho wwk, except Monday »nd Baturdny 
 •▼eninga; wd for aibout «x ireeka he hat prenched foor 
 times daring the week in the aftemooni. The after- 
 noon meetingi have heen irignany Mewed to beliereM. Hie 
 prMMhing has been " with power." We have wondered that 
 any one oouid withatand ita conyincing and searching power. 
 His great business is to win souls to Christ, and he is greatly 
 honored and Ueawd in his work. How maiuf seals he will 
 have to his ministry ! Though ttie work 's still going on, he 
 thinks he mat leave us soon, to seek for souls in ottier places. 
 I need not tell you he has many warm friends here, who seem 
 quite unwilling to let him go. They seem afiraid they shaU 
 Mseehisfikoeno more." His labors are in great demand. 
 « Come and help us I" is reaching him Crom almost every 
 point. 
 
 Gk>iioaB resulte have followed his labors in ^ other places 
 named above. God is with him. The people love him. 
 What his futore history will be, God, the Omniscient, can 
 •lone discover. 
 
 ■ll|WaHWif^*9!9Pi|Mf**Pn 
 
Uy and Btktardfty 
 luM preAched foor 
 OQi. TIm after- 
 bo beUerera. Hii 
 iukve wondered that 
 1 aeATohing power, 
 i, and he is greatly 
 nany seals he will 
 B still going on, he 
 )al8 in o&er places. 
 mdahwe, who seem 
 m afmd they shall 
 I in great demand. 
 Crom almost eveiy 
 
 ■ m the other placet 
 I people lore him. 
 ha OmniseieDt, can 
 
 APPENDIX, 
 
 Tmi following loiters, the first from Mr. Cang^ey, and 
 the second from tho Rev. James Everett, will be read with 
 mterest by the fiiends of revivals. Mr. E.'s letter is very 
 ably written, and furnished an effectual slueld agiunst the 
 poisoned darts of those enemies to revival movements who 
 attacked Mr. C. in England. It is btroduoed by Mr. 
 Canghey m the following words: 
 
 The following letter was written by tho Rev. jNnea 
 Everett to an inquiring friend. It was inclosed to me a 
 few days ^ince, with permission to make what use of it I 
 pleased. Having obttuned leave of Mr. Everett to publish 
 it amcug my printed ifjetters, I now do so irith no email 
 degree of pleasure. It contsuns, certainly, an ingenious 
 apology for the matter and manner of my preaching, which, 
 it seems, have excited a great deal of interest, i! not speoor 
 lation, in certain quarters. 
 
 Since my anival in Engjland, I have endeavored to preach 
 the gospel <^ God my Savour in dncerity and In fruth, and 
 according to the ability God has g^ven. My mMmer of 
 illnstrating the truths of the gospel, I cannot consider alto- 
 gether angular or pecuUar to myself, as there are numy 
 oiiustera who avail themselves of nmlar advantages for ^ 
 88 446 
 
446 
 
 APPMBn. 
 
 elucidation of truth. It is not however improbable that I 
 may sometiuios dravr mor« largely upon nature and active 
 life for BimUe* than many of ray brethren. I often think 
 there i* a necewity for this, circumstanced a« I am with a 
 crowd of wnnera around mo, composed of various grades of 
 character, who must be brought first to understand, and then 
 to feel the truth ; and tliia, not for a few meetings only, but 
 throughout a series of services in the same town, and 
 extending through a succession of several montlis. 
 
 Bold as have been my appeals to sinners, and mysterious 
 and ha«ardous as have been some of my delineations of 
 character, and firequently as the bow has been drawn at a 
 ▼entoie, I know my heart ii right with God: and even 
 those who have heard, with amaae, those appeals to certain 
 characters, have been aftcrvrarda compeUed to acknowledge 
 that He has confirmed the word by (rigns folloning. 
 
 Jambs CAtJGHiT. 
 
 Spark Brook House, Birminf^^iun, Feb. 16, 1846. 
 The following is Mr. Everett's letter: 
 
 YOEK, NOVBMBKR 18, 1846. 
 
 Mi i>iAR Fbibnd H • • ' , 
 
 The objections noticed by yon, to the Rev. Jamee 
 Oaaghey, are only such as have taken the round of the 
 looial circle, and absolutely become stale by repetition. I 
 have heard tiiem so often in my wanderings, that they ha^e 
 now become like the duat m the causeway along which I 
 walk, and are pawed over wiUi the buoyant step of a youth 
 of eighteen. It aiforda me pleasure to find that you are 
 breaking away fiwn your prejudices, and Hiftt the exceUent 
 penoDStowhom you refer have also got their minds diaar 
 ioMdxmtheiotgeot. Ifort of the objeotiona haw ongmata* 
 
APPIMDU. 
 
 improbable that I 
 nature and active 
 n. I often think 
 9d as I am with a 
 
 various grades of 
 durstand, and then 
 meetinga only, but 
 ) same town, and 
 
 months. 
 
 n, and mjaterioca 
 ny delineations of 
 s been drawn at a 
 \i God: and even 
 
 appeals to certun 
 led to acknowledge 
 following. 
 AMss Caughit. 
 L6, 1846. 
 
 suBBR 18, 1845. 
 
 i the Rev. James 
 I the round of the 
 leby repetition. I 
 ngp, that they hare 
 leway along which I 
 rant atep of a youth 
 I fiind that you are 
 1 Hiat the ezoelleui 
 ot their minds diiv 
 ti<mi have origoiatod 
 
 either m ignorance or nalioe — proceeding, in the flnrt 
 instance, fVom the professors of religion, and, in the second, 
 firom the profane ; designed, of ooune, in the one case, and 
 undesigned in Uie other: and the two uniting in their 
 progress through society, have formed, at length, a kind of 
 common stock, out of wliioh, persons so disposed, are helpbg 
 themselves — employing at Uie same time such latitude of 
 meaning, and such vividness of coloring, as occasionally to 
 give a new face and form to detached portions ; not unfre* 
 quently uttering them with such an air of the oracular, ai 
 to impress you with the notion that the oracle has spoken 
 fbr the first time, and that the objection is the result of 
 personal observation aud special investigation. It is amusing, 
 in one view, to find tliO "wise lays" met wiUi iii Ireland, 
 strugglmg to obtain currency in England, and after passing 
 from lip to ear, winding their way through almost every 
 grade of society, firrtra John o* Croat's house in SooUand to 
 Land's End in ComwaU, passing off very often in the shape 
 of *' new discoveriee." In listening to the tales of oral 
 reporters, I am often nroinded of Mr. Wesley's remark to 
 the celebrated Beau Nash, who, on demanding the authority 
 of the allegations of the latter, and being informed that he 
 spake from " common report," very ngnificantiy and pun- 
 gentiy rotorted, "I daro not judge of you by common 
 report." This was admirable, and must have been felt like 
 the keen edge of a raior. Common report, in fact, is rarely 
 to be trusted with either sentiment, expression, or character. 
 Many an honest man, on tiie testimony of such a witness, 
 would grace the gallows. The immaculate Saviour of man 
 would not eeoape censun fIrom the very creatures he f<ams 
 to save ; nor would the reporters tiismselTei, if tried at the 
 same bar, escape serious blame in other matters, at the 
 moment they are Hying the *' flattering vnoticHu" to their 
 souls, of personal innocence. 
 
r 
 
 448 APPMNDU. 
 
 •• 0, W«d MMM |iOW«r tiM fl(U« |kl M, 
 
 To M« owMk •• othar* mm ai, 
 
 n wimI Am aMoln » bimdar Am Mf ** 
 
 Tb« obJocUon to Mr. Cftoehcy't «Mii of filial aflbotioat 
 foppon^d M WM tuii^oMd, b/ the fitct of his lotving 
 Amerio* trtth the profeued design of viiiting his mother iu 
 Irtbad, and of being nwaths ui that isUuid without ersr 
 oAce going netr h«r, is on s par with uuwt of the others ; for 
 the truth is, thftt hiit mother rcsi() 1 in Amerioa, and died 
 Ui«re before he quitted the shorai to cross tlto \tUntio. As 
 to the members negIeotii\g their o'jkc>a during his mini^ nk* 
 tions, matter of fkot is against the v )i«rge. On the testim. nj 
 of the leaders, not only do the new membiTS ir«et rct/nlariy, 
 but tho old onea are improved in theii attontiou to the duty. 
 But if even this wore not Uie casi), I cannot oonoeive why 
 the blame should rest so heavily upon Mr. Oaughey, since 
 his exhortations are so pointed and frequent on the subjeok 
 
 — urging t) ' whole soeteiy to be puuotual in attendance on 
 this ezcetif a^ prudcAtitl ordwance. In all ^Her matters 
 of moment, he is, as far as I am able to judge, a g> nuine 
 Weakyan, supporting his positions with an appvent enthuit 
 ailio appeal to the writau^i of Mr. Wesley. But, to tlM 
 points in question. 
 
 YoQ ask — not because you are disposed to l>elievo it, bui 
 because yon have hewrd it — *' Is nol Mr. Caughcv ipen to 
 the charge of vanity, in so often quoting hiranelf- appeal- 
 bg to lus experience aud obn. rvations ? " 'ITio -burge may 
 unquestionably be preferred, but the proof may not be quit« 
 so eauly esiablished. Are the persons, it maj bs dsmanded, 
 who prefer it, entiUed to respect, or remarkable for humility 
 themselves ? or rather, are Uiey not seeking for ait apology 
 fw their own vacancy and experience in the things <a God 
 
 — hattttaallj thrinldng from t> e soriptr ^al practice d deehr- 
 
mt^^^mmmM 
 
 flf filial tfleotkw, 
 ^ of his loaving 
 ing hi* mother iu 
 Uuid withmit over 
 
 of tho others ; for 
 America, and died 
 
 the VUaDtio. As 
 iring his ouiu^ rv 
 
 On the testim aj 
 Iff meet reguiarlj* 
 sntiou to the duty, 
 toot oooceive why 
 [r. OMighey, since 
 ent on the sobjeot 
 1 in attendance on 
 
 all tH«r matters 
 
 indge, • gvflaine 
 I apparent enthuu- 
 dey. Botflo tht 
 
 d to l>elievo it, bal 
 
 . CaugheT -^pen to 
 
 hknielf — af^pealr 
 
 Hm (Awgemay 
 
 f may not be qait4 
 
 BMj he demanded, 
 
 rin^le for hnmility 
 
 'mg fwait apology 
 
 ithe things dSr Ood 
 
 practice (^ deekr- 
 
 APriMOIZ. 
 
 bg the work of the Hpirit to others 7 In the EpUtlet of the 
 Apostles, and espocially those of St. Paul, we lio not only 
 find alliutoos, but lengthened a<;couflts of personal oxperi- 
 •oce, faith, and practice. These, of coarBe, <m the same 
 principle, are subject to tho saiii charge. Nor is the 
 veoeral)l<i Wesley less so, in giving his experieiu <> in print 
 t > the world, in his {mblished Joumols, during his life. Such 
 an obJMtioD, if fairly followed out, will lead to the subversion, 
 nol cmly of love-feasts, but class and band-meetings. The 
 ro^ Piafanist was not ashamed of giving a general mvi- 
 tatkm to such as were disposed Ut accept it, to come and 
 listen to him, while declaring what Qod had done for his 
 soul . nor are the preachers backward in employing his 
 examine as an argument, in urging the members of mxitety 
 to spak, w1 n timidity, modesty, or other conflicting fool- 
 in;*^ pro* uo« a i«mporary panae on the subject of personal 
 ex| Hence bi a large assembly. What ! are we to urge 
 others to speak, nnd to remain silent ourselves t Are we to 
 have ordinances < ttabliahed among un for the express purpose 
 of coming at each other's experic) o, and of aiding that 
 experience when we have arrived at Se desired knowledge, 
 and to remain mute as Christian tciu hers Are wo to hear 
 the experience m'' others, and arc they not to be privileged 
 with oaiB ? Is tho shepherd to know whore and how the 
 flookare fiieding, and are th<r to renuun ignorant of tho 
 fact *"' ^re and how h*^ himself m living ? His own experi- 
 ence, I! good, cau do tho no harm; if bad, or meagre, 
 there is a reason for its concetUment. If experience is only 
 to be shown in practice, there is ^t once an end of the 
 fellowship of Sit its. I should be glad to know too, what, in 
 such case, becomes of t? e pilfnt and the prcns. The 
 Wesleyans assome it ■• a tact, tiiat their nunisters are not 
 of Hmx oUk# oi pablio tef> hers who deal in nnfelt troths. 
 88* 
 
 1 
 
460 
 
 ArrivDu. 
 
 TbM b«bg th« CMC, why •hould % m»n, who baa a rlghk to 
 the adTMtago of th*t opiniou -n U»« pw^ of lh« people, \f 
 •abJMt to the charge of vwuty oo leltiug it out to them 
 that euoh and Mch sUtemente wre the roeult of hk or- 
 experience and obiwration ? la a man to make u«e of hii 
 int^^noct, hifl eyei, and hia eara, and to give Uie reault of hi« 
 obaerraUona to the world on aU thai oomea under hia notice, 
 Mve hia own experience aa a Chriatian miniator ? U all to 
 be kept eacredly boxed up in hia ioul till he diee — till his 
 biographer, «hould he have one, ia plewed to let out th« 
 ieore t to the public T Are politiciana, philoeophera, af,7ioul- 
 turiati, chemiata, in abort, all claaaea of exporimentaliata, 
 to poblJah the result of Ujeir experience and opcrationa 
 to the wide worid, and U a Chriatian mbuator not to b« 
 alk)wed to toll hia atill rooro important tale to, aay a tho»- 
 Mnd profeaeing Christianii, onolowsd within the waUa of God'a 
 houae, where hia theme ia not only auitod to the iJaoe, bu» 
 whore ho meota witli the hearty reapcmae of the one half of 
 hia auditory, and whore the other half ought to ba aahamed 
 of themaclvea, either because of their atunted giowth in th« 
 divine life or want of relieh for divino things ? I need not 
 tell you, that a miniBtor baa to think, hear, road, bo«, and 
 feel for othcra than lumaolf ; and is not unfro<iuentty obliged, 
 like the Apoatlo Paul, to become " a fool," even in mattow 
 of experience, and at the haaard of being charged with the 
 pride of boasting, for the aake of others, that the grace 
 of God may be magnified in him. Aa it regarda myaelf, 1 
 confesa that my confidence ii generally strengthened, when, 
 in reading a work, or listening to a nanraUTe, I find the 
 author or the speaker able to add, "I heard— I saw— 
 I felt it." In such c aae, I find myself at the spring-head ; 
 wd if there is judgment combined with rinoeri^ and good 
 general character for tnithfubttess, I oonmder myaalf aa 
 
irho hM » ritiht to 
 >l of lh« peopl«, t>« 
 iug it oui to tb«ill 
 » rotult of bii oTr- 
 to make um of hii 
 re Ui« FMult of hi* 
 •• wuUr hi* notice, 
 unuiter? Li all to 
 U hodiM — tiU hk 
 Md to let out the 
 bilotophen, a^toul- 
 of «xporimeat«listi, 
 Dce aud operationa 
 
 miiuster uot to be 
 tale to, Mky a tboo- 
 in the walls of God's 
 id to the place, but 
 » of the one half of 
 aghi to b« ashamed 
 unted giowth in the 
 liings! I need uot 
 hear, read, bo«, aiwi 
 uifn!<]uently obliged, 
 )1," even in matteni 
 ig charged with the 
 ten, that the grace 
 it regards mjsel£, 1 
 strengthened, when, 
 narratiTO, I find the 
 I heard — I saw — 
 
 at the spring-head ; 
 th nnceriijr Mtd good 
 
 oonnder myself M 
 
 Arrwxtm. 
 
 4A1 
 
 indebted to the individual for tluis stooping to eonfl.m mj 
 fUth in this particular way. I say stoof^ng, for aU the 
 pride of human nature will rise up in rebellion against it. 
 Fvery Chriiitian roinUt«r is bound to go before his flock, no4 
 only in doctrine and practice, but in ex|«ri«nc<) ; and those 
 an the most apt to conceal their religion, who have the leass 
 to make known. It would be well if, on this subject, mifli*- 
 ters wero a little more commtuiicative. It would preserr* 
 theni from many impropiietieB, as tlio people would then 
 have a check upon tliem in social life, by being able, as io 
 the esse of *'The Pulpit and the Reading Desk," to con£raol 
 the preacher with the man. Do not mintako me. I am not 
 contending for a constant exiubition of personal experienc«| 
 and of such incidents aud providences as have come under 
 our own notice, or with which we may have been eith«r 
 immediately or remotely coi.aected ; but there is a diffisr- 
 enco between a Uttle, aud none at all ; between a complete^ 
 sealed fountain, and a few drops ; and a man has no amrt 
 occasion to be ashamed of his Christian experience, than ht 
 has to be ssbamed of its divine author —Jeeus Christ. It 
 is doubtful whether, in such case, we are not shrinking firom 
 the cross, and whether such backwardness is uot traoeabld 
 to the pride and carnality of the human heart. 
 
 The other question—" Does not Mr. Caughey pretend to 
 something like inunediato inspiraUon, in reference to char- 
 acter? " &c. — receives an answer in his mode of address, 
 and generally lios in the simple, but eflfootive use of a single 
 ,^rd-_the pronoun; employing the singular instead of tho 
 plural, like the old prophet, '•Thou—thou— thou art tha 
 man t " Take a case — and one will illustrate many more — 
 in a eongre^on of mixed characters, mnners of every 
 deaoriptioo, eomprismg from twelve hundred to two thousand 
 perwms; the preacher asserts, "Then ig a muk in tbt 
 
l4l'M< 
 
 mr 
 
 462 
 
 APPEHDIX. 
 
 gallery vho has grieved the Spibit o? God — he knows it 
 ^ho feels it; to him, I am speaking," Ac, &o. Would 
 he bo wide of the mark? Is there one who has not? It 
 does not require the vision of a seer, to authorize a man to 
 make this statement, or to foretell how it wiU be taken by 
 some and interpreted by others. A person takes it home 
 to lumself, and the preacher is publiahsd ^ a discemer of 
 spirits I Or, we may advert to persona in debt, and unwilr 
 ling to pay; avwling themselves of various discreditable 
 shifte and excuses to put off the day of reckomng. How 
 many are there of these in a large assembly, owbg from 
 one to ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty pounds, and even 
 more, with almost every figure between ? Let the minister 
 state, "There is a man m this congregation indebted to 
 another, (say a certain sum;) he might have paid him but 
 has not: till that specific sum is paid, the man has no right 
 to expect mercy at the hand of God," &o. Would a 
 personal appeal be out of place here ? Could a minister fire 
 a shot of this kind among so many crm%^ without hitting 
 and wounding some? Any man acquainted with human 
 nature, in all its dishonesty and selfishness, and with the 
 state of society, in its wants, its commerce, its borrowing 
 and lending, its trusting, swindling, over-reachmg, its day- 
 books and legers, may select a hundred cases, in which 
 hundreds are implicated, and feel in silence such personal 
 and pointed appeals ; but there is only one, perhaps, who 
 yields to the blow, and has simplicity enough to pubhsh the 
 effect of the appeal to the world, and honesty enough to pay 
 his debts, at the" bidding of the Spirit of God in the 
 ministry of the word. On this principle, every faithful 
 minister is a seer ; and it is not uncommon for persons to: 
 charge others with having informed <the preacher of somC) 
 faots relative to their personal history. The thou^ia of 
 
Al'nti 
 
 AFPBNBIZ. 
 
 468 
 
 - he knows it 
 , &o. Would 
 haa not? It 
 rize a man to 
 1 be taken by 
 Akes it borne 
 a discerner of 
 jfc, and unwU- 
 I discreditable 
 koning. How 
 y, owbg from 
 ids, and even 
 t the minister 
 n indebted to 
 e pud him but 
 1 has no right 
 ;c. Would a 
 
 a minister fire 
 irithout hitting 
 d with humAn 
 , and with the 
 
 its borrowing 
 «hing, its day- 
 ases, in which 
 
 such peisoiutl 
 i, perhaps, who 
 
 to publish the 
 r enough to pay 
 )]> God in tiie 
 
 eveiy faithful 
 
 for persons to 
 >eacher of some 
 he thou^iB of 
 
 their hearts are made matiest to themaelTes by the xnimstty, 
 m the first instance, and tinen by themselves to others, ia 
 
 the next. 
 
 As to the question, "Is it correct that the convertd m 
 these revivals disappear wi& the imtruraent of them?" 
 
 1. I should hke an answer to some other questions, befora 
 that is attended to ; and the querist will aUow me to ask, m 
 return. Is it a fact, that all who profess to receive good 
 relinquish their hold of reUgion, and go back into the world? . 
 
 2. Is it to be admitted that, if they are not found m one 
 society, they are not, therefore, to be found in another; if 
 not in one circuit not, therefore in another ; if not among 
 the Wealeyans, not iu other reUgious communities? Who 
 among the objectors will take the credit of possessing the 
 knowledge necessary, both for extent and a^enracy, to 
 answer a question of this nature ? But, 8. Are not score* 
 of persons to be found, in different places, who in these 
 rbvivak were brought under serious impresaoos, w4 wlro, 
 to the present moment, have maintained as c!?edit«»le a 
 Christian profession as those who can boast of R less Mbvr 
 lent, though perhaps a much slower proceaV 4. It' ten 
 are saved to Ck«d and society out of every huadwd, is wt • 
 revival to be hailed with joy ? 'Ihere aw mitistew— I *> 
 not say Weslej^ns— who pass away firom among men wHIh 
 out the knowledge of 9, single refon.iatioo ; omtting ev^ty 
 thing in the shape of conversion having ever been effected 
 by their mimstry— a mimstry, perhaps, of tliirty « forty 
 years' continuance! 5. Should it, however, even be tiie ftoi 
 —which is not admitted— that the converts in these wvivato 
 do not stand,— what then? Are we, in coosequeaoe of 
 tins, to assume it as a fiirther fact, that the wm* iwb no* 
 genuine t Would not »uch asromptiou operate ugainsfe any 
 WoA being real m the backslider, in any other pveti etM> 
 from a David to a Peter, with every grade betwee^M* 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 454 
 
 alao lead to the doctrine of "Once in grace, always in 
 grace?" For this, no thorongh Wesleyan will contend. 
 "A desire to flee from the wrath to come," a as genome a 
 work of God, in its degree, and for the time heing, (and, as 
 such, is recogniTCd, by being made the condition of admis- 
 sion to church membership,) as true repentance, and will 
 lead to the latter, to Christ, and to heaven, if not checked. 
 Revivals, generally speakmg, are bepnnings ; and withou's 
 them, there can be no glorious finish. We must take the 
 bo^ning on our way to the end. The best of seed may be 
 gown, and yet fiul, when no fault is to be found with either 
 ti)e grun, or the hnsbtmdman that has scattered it; the soil, 
 the season, and a hvmdred other things have to be taken 
 into the account. I go further, and maintMn that no man 
 is accountable, unless it be through neglect, or the propaga- 
 tion of error, lor the stability and standing of his converts ; 
 no more than the husbandmMt, just referred to, after having 
 sewn good seed in his field, and seen it spring up, is respon- 
 fflble fi)r " the full com in the ear," •— is bound, in short, to 
 protect it from nuldew, the birds of the wr, &c., and to 
 insore a iuccession of friutful seasons; no more than a 
 parent is wsponsibte for the good behavior of his child, 
 daring his tibsence, or can be expected to secure steadfast- 
 neas in every case throu^ a prolonged life. And this 
 Iwinp me to another point. If the minister, who is the 
 hcoMred instirument of a revival of the work of God, mani- 
 fests nothing but ardent «ed, preaches the truth as it is in 
 Jesm, and bams with pure love to God and man — while in 
 tixe nudst of it is obliged to remove to another place, where 
 Qm same sprit \b evinced, the same plans are adopted, the 
 same tmwearied diligence is observed, and the same signs 
 Mow,~>if this, I say, were to be the case, it is but 
 reuMmble to believe, and charitable to hope, that had he 
 oeixlisiied, being the same in spirit and praotaoe, that the 
 
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 grace, always in 
 jran 'will contend. 
 ," is as genuine a 
 ne being, (and, as 
 ondition of admis- 
 pentance, and will 
 n, if not checked, 
 ings; and withoa'c 
 Vfe most take the 
 Mt of seed may be 
 } found with eiUier 
 bttered it; the soil, 
 
 have to be taken 
 ntfun that no man 
 ct, or the propagSr 
 ig of his converts ; 
 ed to, after having 
 )ring up, is respon- 
 bound, in short, to 
 le ur, &c., and to 
 ; no more than a 
 avior of his child, 
 bo secure steadfast- 
 )d Ufe. And this 
 linister, who is the 
 ifork of God, mani- 
 he truth as it is in 
 md man — while in 
 Qother place, where 
 IS are adopted, the 
 nd tiie same signs 
 ha ease, it is bnt 
 > hope, that had he 
 d practice, tiiat the 
 
 work also would have continued — now oonverto l^dng added, 
 and those of an earlier date not only preserved but strength- 
 ened. You will perceive by this remark, if not where I am, 
 at least where I wish to be. When a child sickens, or 
 becomes wayward, the fault, perhaps, is as much in the 
 name and the tutor, as in the parent. Apply this, not only 
 to Mr. Gauf^ey — for why should ho stand alone as a mark 
 to be shot at? — but to zealous itinerant mimsters generallj. 
 When a man has been honored of God in the conversion of 
 others, he is compelled, agreeably to the economy of M«tho 
 odism, to leave his converts in the hands of others : bat 
 unless there is the same anxious care in nursiog, as in bring- 
 ing them at first to God ; to keep, as to lay hold, no wondec 
 ihat there should be a fallmg away. Now, without calling 
 in question either the pety or the good sense of the breth- 
 ren, it is well known that, in the present day, as in apostolio 
 tames, " there are diversities of gifts; " yes, and of view* 
 and feelings too, or why so many clashing ofonioos on tht 
 subject of these revivals ? This being admitted, sappoM & 
 preacher to enter into the labors of one of our revivalists, 
 who, constitutionally, is disinclined tc» every thing lika a^tar 
 tion, noise, fermentation, and what not, and who, from a 
 certain coarse of training, some peculiar views, associations,: 
 or prepossessions, has been led to express his disaffection, is 
 it at all likely that the new converts wUl profit under th«> 
 nunistry of such a man, or even respect him, tathe extent 
 in which they would have improved under another of the 
 same spirit and views with the man under whose mimstry 
 they were roused to a sense of their danger ? I have no 
 wish here to encourage fastidiousness : but we know eiu)ngilt 
 <^ homsn nature to assure us of its li&es and dislikea, and. 
 somewhat too much of the Wesleyan body not to fee' ~»ained; 
 aft tiie difference which even older members mak<t ,reen 
 piDftohOFn on the same cirout, »pp(»nted bj the f .lii'ierenoe, 
 
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4MB APPitNDIZ. 
 
 •one fer P«il and another for Apolloa. If the old are often 
 fickle to a fault, can we flxpect the young to walk without 
 halting? Special meetings, special nursing, special training, 
 toll be found aa necessary after, as dunng a revival. A 
 tevival vaalk be carried on, k well as begun. We have not 
 done inGx it whon the tumult subsides, when the effervescence 
 goes (Mf when the groans '^f pemtents die on the ear. Let 
 tiioie then, in the first place, cease to nul agtuust revivals, 
 who make no extara effort to preserve the field thut has been 
 won. The excellent men on the York circuit, Messrs. Wal- 
 ioo, Cheeiham, Cumock, and Radcliffe, are anxiously labor- 
 ing, by extra efiforts, to preserve to the church, in the revival 
 hei«, the aoula that have been brought out of the world. 
 Secondly, let no Wesleyan be forward to speak again><t, what 
 some persons are pleased to designate, " noisy meetiags," till 
 he ia satisfied that Mr. Wesley was in the wrong in first sanc- 
 tioning them — the meetmgs themselves having been the 
 itarting point of experimental religion in Methotlsm. But I 
 forbear here, as you are acquainted with my vi-jws of such 
 meeting, in the mnall tract on the " Orbbb of God," ap- 
 pended to the "Village Blacksmith." Thirdly, kast of all 
 •—and an appeal is here made to ministers belonging to ever/ 
 xefiipous community — ought that man to impugn the labors 
 of others in revivals, who Wffely, if ever, in his ordinary work, 
 Mtiher sees or hears tall of any fruit of his own mirjstry ? 
 Non-OBeiulnesB will do very well to pair with the supposed 
 Wasted firmt of others. 
 
 ExcMe haste. I have no time to enter upon other pmnte 
 noticed by you, though persuaded that they are all capable 
 of satisfactory solutions. The writer to whom yon refer is 
 ztmarkalde for perspioirity, re^iearch, force, *iad occaatxaal 
 gntoc ^ but he ii5 not suffi<si0ntly evangelical in his sentiments^ 
 Ever yours most truly, 
 
 Samx6 Hvsaxxf . 
 
the old are often 
 to walk without 
 ;, special tnuning, 
 Dg a revival. A 
 in. We have not 
 I the effervescence 
 on the ear. Let 
 i agtuDSt revivals, 
 eld that has heen 
 suit, Messrs. Wal- 
 re anxiously libor- 
 irch, in the revival 
 out of the world. 
 peak against, what 
 3isy meetiiiga," till 
 UTong in first sane- 
 having heen ihe 
 Aethodism. But I 
 my vi^ws of such 
 DBE OF God," ap- 
 hirdly, least of all 
 helonging to every 
 I impugn the labors 
 I his ordinary work, 
 his own mir'stry? 
 with the supposed 
 
 r upon othe? pdbata 
 hey are all capable 
 whom you refer is 
 •ce, ^d occasion^ 
 kl in his sentiments. 
 
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