^ «► ,* ^^4^ d z z ^ ^ ^ I 646 FOUE TEAB8 ITK THB OLD WOBLD. Rerlval permeating the Town. Coancilraan's Report. name is exalted." Such a work, it is sai.l, has never be- fore been witnessed in this town by the oldest inhabitants. The divin*e influence is acknowledged and felt through- out the town, affecting the puLIio morals, and bringing hundreds to the house of prayer who have been hitherto neglecters of salvation. A town-council man, who is himself a member of the Established Church, rose in one of our recent mid-day meetings, and said, "I desire to return thanks to Almighty God for great improvement in the state of the people during the past week. The police cases have been un- usually few; and, in the last report published, not a single case was brought before the magistrates. I walked last night to the meeting with the detective-officer; and he told mo that the improvement in the town was so great, that it was not like the same place." On the evening of the day that the magistrate returned his thanksgiving, one of the oldest and most reputable townsmen of Car- diff rose in the meeting, and, expressing a humble desire to glorify God, and not the creature, said, "I may not be the oldest man in the house : but ofone thing I am quite certain,— that is, that I am the oldest inhabitant of Cardiff 4n the house; and I wish to say, to the glory of God, that Cardiff has never witnessed such a visitation of the Spirit as this." Glory be to God in the highest 1 Young and old, rich and poor, are the subjects of the work; but afar larger proportion are men and their wives. Our meetings were held the first twenty-one days at the large and beautiful chapel in Charies Street, capable of accommodating about fifteen hundred peraons, which has been crowded to excess. On Sabbath evenings, a simultaneous meeting has been held in the adjoining ves- try, for the accommodation of hundreds who could not TOVR YEARS IX TnE OLD WORLD. ? " """"• Jllnlifer'g Family l-ave been forward for prayLlmf f^ , ' """ "' "" in? power thero .lisDlavwl M "*""' "' ^"'■- been seat in • " A m„.l . "'"'"S'vmgs which l,avo -.' » people town. Not only had hln^ , u ^""'"^ ^" '" th« family governess had received nJh Tu .'' ''''^' ""'^ Spirit as never befo.-e H « ^^^*'''" ^^ ^''^^ verted; and two of hiL.. ''""'" ''"'^ '^^^^ ««"' that thk. danrtoi t ir xr a':^ t: : '^'^^^^''' mng up and down stairs, singing, !!' ^ ^''^ '^' "^ Andt/tf'" "^ f' '■'•"" »'"' •"'■'^ "nd the clay And set them on the rock of n«es." ^* 550 FOUB YKABS IN THB OLD WORLD. Glory aieribet! to Ood, MMter of a VetMl oonviotod. Another note of thanks reads thus: "One of the oldest leading members in the Wesleyon Methodist society at Cardiff desires to present his thanks to Almighty God for the gracious outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the town and neighborhood daring the past live Aveeks; the resulte of which have been the awakening and conversion of hundreds of immortal souls, the quickening of the Church of God in the full salvation of many believers, and the greatest i-evival of religion that has taken place in the town ibr the last fifty years; and, while acknowledging the instrumentalities, . . . gives all the glory to God." I might add many more thanks^vings of a similar charac- ter. We have heard of a number who have b«en convicted at the revival services, and have returned to their homes too much distressed to sleep, and have found Jesus before the break of day. At the mid-day meeting, the captain of a vessel now in this port came forward to the desk, so deeply affected, that ho was for some time scai iblft to speak ; said he had made a vow to God, anu , ^ed the privilege to speak. Though he had been a professor of religion for fifteen years, he had not k^.own the power of saving grace. He had attended the last evening's meeting, and was so deeply and painfully convinced of this, that, he felt it his duty *o confess it, and seek an in- terest in the prayers and sympathies of God's people. Refusing to obey these convictions of the Holy Spirit, he had returned to his vessel greatly distressed, but resolved he would seek the Lord with all his heart, and never rest till he knew he had salvation. He lamented his resistance in not acknowledging his convictions ; promised the Lord, if he would have mercy, that he would hasten to confess to the glory of God ; and, after VTCstling till about one interest in Jo.r tS f m ''°""' *'"'''"''' »*''g i-.i before laavinTtL r:Jr/:''w/™ ''"''P"^ -"''10.. and found n^t 1,^ had b™„ enlloJ ■ 7"' '° '"""• of the meeting, .„ east e buX" tnu"'!,'''" ''7™" in,;'!:ia:i"trL":rr;r^^«"''^'"''*«'- tllonsnnds of printed ir If- , .° '°""' """^ "f 'I'" tributed in the t^rt^', "■'"°'' ■""■" l"™ '«»- don't Icnow who "-"klrV" """"' ^'"" •»" I mo, as I was do^n by ht ler'trf' """ "^ '°"' to-night, and come to thfa altar ft\J,T """' "^^ i« was. I am „ NorweriL 'nsfd ^""uJ"" '""' someUmes, and feel my i-^- ll , ■ ^^ '° ""^ «'>''?''' time since I came to tCh ^ '''"""""' ''^''» » 'o-s' ' seemed so stiff ,™h!^i? "'T' "' "<""> i "">" "ly boOT ;Obthatmy^a:l^;\ffrjJ^™-^,.;^.«K '-bSrtobrii tir --^-^^ - '"-X' Afterth?mee.i„rw.,"irw ."''"" '-d »gaiu. i--uhere.aiu;:'rcix.t;;;^Lri„;' 552 FOUB YEABS IN THE OLD WORLD. Sailor* converted. Baptist Minister. Gift of Power. out. It was while there that the Lord told me I must come hero to-night." — '• And now, since you have been here, you believe the Lord has blotted out all your trans- gressions, and you feel that your name has been written in the book of life ? " — « I know it ! " ho exclaimed. Kneeling near this Norwegian, at the altar of prayer, were three young men. I found, on inquiring of each, that they wore sailors belonging to one ship's company : they were all enabled to rejoice in sins forgiven before leaving the altar of prayer. Many have come in from miles around seeking the Lord, and have returned to their homes happy in Jesus. The services were held in the two commodious Wes- leyan chapels alternately. The influence was scarcely more confined to Wesleyans than to other denominations. Ministers and people of other denominations attended all the services, and took part in the exercises. Among those who attended the most largely, aside from our own peo- ple, were the Baptists. Most delightfully did the excellent minister whose scene of labor was in the neighborhood of the Charles-street Wesleyan Chapel participate in our views in regard to the command of the Head of the Church, — "Tarry ye at Jerusalem until endued with power from on high." I do not doubt but he obtained the gift of power himself, and a number of his members also became deeply interested in the theme. He was urgent that we should hold a series of services at his chapel ; but, as we were unable to do so, he commenced special services with the aid of some of his newly Spirit- baptized members, and in a few days about a hundred found mercy. A Bethesda. »OUB TBAB8 UT Thr nr ,. ^ ™* OI-D WORLD. Secretary', Deport. 658 The Baker. Hundreds, who were known tr. k ' salvation, were drawn, by thllL -T' "^g^^^t^rs of the town, to come to the nte jf '"'^"^"^^^ l'^'"'«<^'»g •- « Bethesda to thdr sou ' 1/""^^ "'"' ^^^^"^^ ^« names were handed in to ho '?""^'"''^ "'^^ ^^v nought and found pardon J ^ ^ecretaraes, of those wh'> «on8, who nightly t We'd th ' """'" ^'^"""^ 1^- -cretaa-ios' lit. ZZfso^^r/V^ "'' "^^^^^^ ^« the of persons who weTe made th ?' T' ^*"^'»g -^«^« the --Way meetin;;rn4 ted :: :h: T'' ^'"^^^ -'* brought to Jesus. A baker .vh.l J '""''' ^''^^ ^'^^''^ the Wesleyan chanel ^n ] ^^ sometimes attended convictions from riri''^'"/^'^'^ ^^••^ ""^er deep that he would nlerentitle't' f' ""'^^^ ^^'-^^ there. Hoping to dissipl b "^"^ •'' ^'"- "« ^^« ^-« out for a aL^ m rrthr ''^rr '°"^' ^'-^ *«°k her seized as though d^'hrd ZZ^^ - -ysteHously . for assistance, and he was tak 1 k '' ''^'^^ ^'"'"^^ flying state. As soon as he ItZ^T "^^•''••^"tly in a it was the hand of God n Id *' 'P^'^' '^^ ^^^^^^red One of the ministe^t ilnT::^^^' ^ "^^^^ • rr- '^^•^P-rman had aC br t- pf' ^'^ tion of the man ; and, soon as L .^ abl t ,r 'Vf'' he most gladly came to the house of God ITJ'' '^"^' to a service. We sooke th-.^ ^ • "^ ^^*^>' ^^n^e I'laoe for a prepared pe^pre^nd u^raTJ' " ""'•""'' iwparation for the world to Tme Th ' . ^ "? I'"""""'"" was a sinner. The Holv Sniri, ™ '»''J' f* 'to *o •i-eake, « Prepay :„":tX',^"."''X*nr'" """^ 47 ^ ^^"- She felt an uwin« 554 FOUR YEAns IS THE OLD WORLD. LMt Call. Sudden Death. Worlh of dio Sonl. to go forwai'd nt onco to the altar of prayor; but she re- sisted, aiKl it proved to be the last call. She went homo, and was shortly taken dangero.isly ill. The minister who informed ns of the occurrence was sent for; but he sni ste.^ local preachers, td '"f"'"? ^"•* '^''^' helping in the good woTw i''' ''^''^' ■"■« ■'»" for further andlarger7nanif.r°/'' ""'^'"= '''"^^ P'-'-^^"'" Pi^sence amongst u""'*"*'""^ ^^ ®o^^'« Power and CHAPTER XXXVIII. Mkrthtr Ttdvil, April 16, 1889. |AVING spent about ten weeks in Wales, and witnt'sscd the salvation of over one thousand souls, iind the quickening of hundreds of believers into new spiritual life, we are now about taking our departure for Abergavenny, a town situated a little beyond the lino separating Wales from England. Dr. Johnson, when asked to write an account of his visit to Wales, excused himself by saying that it was so much like England, that he had nothing particular to state. Had wo finished our visit to Wales on leaving Cardiff; our opinion might not have been much at variance with Dr. Johnson ; but it is only to look out at my window for a few moments, and see some of the ancient costumes still in vogue among the old settlere, or to walk the streets of Merthyr, or go into niore than half the chapels and hear a dialect so strangely diverse from the Anglo-Saxon, for one to feel as though he were in some far-off" land. What would some of our American fashionables think to see a grave-looking dame, a little over middle age, and of the middle class of society, walking Broadway, wearing a circular blue cloth cloak, with a neat little mantle, such as so gracefully enveloped the dignified form of our excellent Dr. B , surmounted by a beaver hat with a broad brim, and the crown tapering up about one foot and a half high? Just such a figure I observed only a short time since as ft60 I I h cl th ar thi an gUi r Sal any I camo in from a little Wilk v ♦ . y^y ancient dames comin. in fr "f '' ^ ^'''' «^'«" "'ountainous country with "fat ri"" "'" '^'"'•"""'linff "'«^nbytI.edimensioLo th tim 7? ""^' '*'^"' '^' «<'gar-Iouf crown. I mu«f n I • ''"'' ^'^'^ ''^'igl't of tbp same class. *"' ^'''"» «" English lady of th(^ Welsh population are, with thoiru,?? ' "'°"8'' "" »''l "As far as I am ahlo ♦« r "'"■ngth of the Wel,h a„dT„!,'t'7'»''°"''''" «la«vo 'o«: Allowing the present tnT.-""^""^''' " »» f»'- "*«•<;' nine hundred tCalT f ^ "^ "'"'™ '» •-« hundred thousand who sneat f,,, i," •■"'° "I'"'" four »nJ about one hundred touidlho^'"',-'' EugH*. »"gu»ge only, and havo^ f'^"'' "■» English Welsh." ""' "•> acquaintance with the Y^^'arrTn tsfcxzz °" "■°'" --' ""O"- chapels the serviees n™ „„ J . greatest number of •he Welsh iang,;^ Tso ir. '"^*''- '>'»Mho;;h a- ftr »fte„er%.Lh,d irwern"'""" "-^ '™™ the Welsh Bible i, more „ ^e 1"'"" '" English, and a« fw, if any, li,e,ary i^ L" ! """" ""« English, there guage is taught. ^ '"«"ut.ons where the Welsh Ian- Sabba^X^aSirrfltyrd-^" ^"""«- •«»« «»-.heri„.tutio;.;7h7:i-.;rrx^ 558 FOUB YEARS IN THK OLD WOBLD. Bxtoropore Prraohing. Trercocs College. perpetuation of the Welsh language. We are informed that legal documents must be written in English, and it is very seldom that bills or receipts are made in the Welsh language; but in religious sen'ices there seems to be a sort of pious aptitude for the native dialect, which repels the English as now-fanglod and less devotional. The extempore method of preaching is peculiarly suited to the genius of the Welsh, and is generally adopted. Even ministers of the Established Church, in many cases, seem to have been constrained to yield to the wants of the people, and deliver extempore discourses by way of retaining their congregations. They arc very fond of hearing sermons, and will sometimes sit and hear two or three discourses, of an hour long, at one service. The Calvinistic Methodists form far the most numerous body in Wales. They still have in full operation their School of the Prophets, at Trevecca, which was founded in the days of Lady Huntingdon, and of which the devoted Fletcher was one of the first instructors. When we read, in our childhood days, the interesting details of the forma- tion of the Trevecca College, and the trials of the excellent Fletcher in connection with the Calvinistio question which resulted in the disunion of the parties, how little did we conceive whereunto this would grow ! From a tabular view of the state of the religious com- munities in Wales, I observe that the Calvinistio Meth- odists number seventy-five thousand, while th« Wesleyan Methodists number fourteen thousand four hundred. Tho Wesleyans are not recognized by the name " Methodist,'' the Calvinists having monopolized the name. The Asso- ciation of Calvinistio Methodist Ministers has just been held in this place. It was but slightly similar to one of our annual conferences. »<"•«. |..y their mi„i„,„ prriJ^bel,.,?:'"'";'" """'• neatness which bcS, th? '°« '° *« »""'i°"« "ove .„ co„ge„i.rt„?„V', 'e-TI °° r f ''•"'""''-"B • place of woXo !^!! their ceiled ho«, attend floors are at vaSe^irth;^"'"' ""'' "" "°™»P' their own homeratdTli o'eanlmess and comfort of • of the ftop^t M It w:r:.t i' "r "■" ■■^'•™""8' teenth century of Chri,ti.„li;"° •""" "■ "" ■""'• in .elation to matte^tfliftiirtLT"'*;""'-' '"''"'' seats with backs and nS u ' *°^ P"^«' ^"'^ *" '*•« -0- A\"ir;fori:»n-t»:r:t 560 FOUB TBABS IN THE OLD WORLD. PiMiing Strange. Tenantry. The NobUity. formed that there are many such free Methodist churches in the city, and all over America, where the poorest per- son in creation has as good a right to enter and choose his own seat as the most wealthy peer in the land, would seem passing strange. Said an American the other day, "I wonder what some of the people in these regions would think if they knew that some of our congregations at home pay about tlie same salary to their chapel-keeper as some congregations here do to their minister I" But this is small talk, and, wo are thankful to say, is not appli- cable to all parts of England or Wales. The tenantry of Wales are generally poor, as nearly all the produce of their labor is absorbed in rent, taxes, and the expenses of cultivation. In some parts of Wales, the field laborer gets but (jne shilling, English currency, per day, out of which he supplies food for himself and family. Many flimilies in Wales (and the same may be said of England) seldom, if ever, have animal food; and these are not all of what are regarded as the poorest. I have known of more than one minister's family who were unable to have meat more than once a week. This may oftener be said of the families of poor Church-of-England curates than of ministers of other sects. We have reason to be thankful that the extremes of poverty and wealth are little known in America, as in this country. Many an abode is made of turf, cemented with mud, and thatched with straw ; but these are mainly the homes of what is called the pauper population, consisting of wora-out laborers, widows, orphans, and persons unable to work. The nobility and the great landed proprietors form the highest class. Their ancient halls are entered by a taste- ful porter's lodge, and are surrounded by beautiful and FOUR YKABS m THE OLD WOBID. 561 C hfiatlan ZoU. h'ghlycultivated grounds inrl w«^^i ^ r^ and language as weH VAf '°*^'- ^he education chanic, in Vale/re „„, ,, •"I""' ''"' ^'''- ™e me. those of Englanl '" "^ ''"'" '«"" "" h« ministry. It I,°tid ,1 ° ?•"' •' ''?"'"'''"• ^^^™»<"J some»rbat charaVterist '""?"■""« "Mraons, though hedelive,;drm!he™, ? «"" P""' ^Pooimens of what eo overpowelTthat S • ^T "^^'^ "'"""'"'' ^^'^ =»d astonishing eZen™ ''"T'' '""'"' >>» -»'"•««<' metaphcand'iSs Her; "V" '■'«'"--°-g''. his memory is n,„"h honored "" """' ^'°«^' '»" typed so r.!yslts': :„ "LtaTTrt "rr brZeiiXtion: 7'ff ^T'^"'' '"^-^' "■»- in saving theTS^.I ''""''''"« '=''*'™ ^o"' when faf away WW hf . T' "''"'■'"''"S '° "■» «°»'. friendshiprS 1° .llT""'"'"" '"'""' "^'""i^g working;;;:'i,:t7i.nl;s:d! """ °'<'°''' »-^- beeXaiTyr rra^r>a-^;« '- and it was exoectPd ,u,,,!'^ '"^'*<^ *<> Gloucester; leaving Ca^rblfw 'wenu^tw: °" r ""'"'• """ ^ ^®°* 'o two smaller towns, Mer- 562 FOUB TBABS DT THE OLD WOEU). Great Dlgoouwgementg and great Triumphs. thyr and Abergavenny, instead, because we judged ^e were more needed in those places. tn Merthyr the society was very low, numbering be- tween forty and fifty. The ground seemed so hard, that we were strongly tempted to think we had mistaken our way; but, as we had trusted in the Lord for wisdom, we dared not doubt. I said to Dr. P , «If the mountains of ice flow down at the presence of the Lord here, never can I yield to discouragement in regard to any place." The mountains did melt, but not until the leading mem- bers were willing to come out and definitely acknowledge their need of specific and present holiness. After these had humbled themselves before God, kneeling at the altar of prayer, earnestly and with one accord sought the prom- ised gift of power, then sinners were converted, and many were saved. The secretary sent up the names of those that were special recipients of grace during our fourteen-days' ser- vice. How rejoiced we were, in looking over this precious memorial, to see the names of the superintendent minister and his excellent colleague, with those of four or five local preachers of Merthyr and the surrounding regions, besides class-leaders, male and female, making a list of thirty who stand written as « sanctified wholly " I The names of one hundred and ninety-four are recoi-ded as newly pardoned, making in all two hundred and twenty- four. These Spirit-baptized ministers are now working mighuly for God, and receiving seals to their ministry as never before. Within the last few days, we have received letters from ministers on the circuit. One says the Lord has just given him four seals to his ministry at one service. Another, who was the longest holding out against any thing definite oa the subject, but who at the last came out FODE YEAB8 DT TAB OLD WOKLD. 568 • Amazing Power. More done In Five Years than in fifty; openly, and with many othera knt^h nt *\ i! W on hthT • 1 '^r ^'^'"^ ""'" '^^^'^ ^'th power uom on high, few indeed would have been th^ c«^ j v.c.ed and converted trough .heirr„tT;Xtr less accomplUhed more iu five vears. in ,L ,^7"°."°^ •ha., tl,ey could have done in fift ' yearwi^lt ^ iT ^ ot he Lo. d ,8 first prepared in the hearts of believers. iS permanent effect is produced. The work to wh^i. This work .f gathering out the stones, and casting up # 564 POTTB TEAB8 m THB OLD WOELP. Di8«atl8fled Webb Lady. the highway, and lifting up the standar.l whose inscrip.' tion must be "Holiness to the Lord," is sometimes toil some to flesh and spirit; but its gains, I am confident, have been more glorious than any thing we bave as yet described on paper. ^ c!h AFTER XXXIX. Abergavenny, MoNMotrxnsniBE, May 8, 1862. E have now passed over the boundaries of Wales, ' and are again on the borders of Old England Monmouthshire forms a, part of the ancient W 1 1, .■n'^ff ^'^^°*' ^°^ thousands who speak Welsh still reside here. ^ Welshmen, though they seemingly have nothing to gain, m point of prosperity, by retaining their ground or indfvid- uahty as a nation, look with jealousy on English encroach fied air, "The English manage to get from us about one county every hundred years, till, I suppose, they fancy they will m time get all." •' ^ / Yet this lady, though bom in the heart of Wales and of Welsh parents, was educated wholly in England and Finance and knows but very little of the Welsh language. Still the love of national individuality, so natural to hiimamty everywhere, Im-ks in her bosom, and moved her everywhere behold In tLl '^ '-ndsoapes as „e t-ve„„y ,i,^ ^ i^ w™''""?°°'- The town o(aC Aad„„<,f,,„„, b,";'^ ';7'"S ."-dor ,ho protective Vsi at to feet^aLllr;'""*':'""-^- ^'ft <1- ri e •"•eryhere and there. eem"?r""\ *''"''= "' l«>t» scene of beauty „bieh J^ onrbT • ""^"'"""^ " «-'»■» a Monmouthshire « saU 1 trl til 7'':'"''''' °" """""T- vanou, beauties than almL Inv ^ """''""^ "■"» At the foot of the mou tZs le ™*'- "'"" "f ^^'S'^i valleys, where ,re richly^^tlTLf ^n"'"'^ "»'^°'"«°S howel, beautifully fHn..ed ,,h'l,^"'' '■"'■' "fCri*- Ses, and fama. Our rideTJ^ ';""'""• "^"'"^'^ ™t. P.'etty town of CricLwe? H™ "'"■ *" '"""j^'^d ^.;ns Of the ancient east,;, SS:;r- -- o^r™ris^ri:rz:ftoT'»-^'™ Pei-sons eome from all parts „fV„ , j ° '">' "•••'vellera. «-l.ieh was one of the lasr^ftf ® "^ '° ™" ""'» «««. Oliver C,.n,well, an'd p'^L st'ofTele ^ ""^^ °' " ---.a. heauty of p., ^^^ ^^^^n. 066 FOUB YKABS IK THE OLD WOELD. iioclent Bains. Admonitory Tbouglits. Charles I. place in England presents a more interesting combination of picturesque scenery and historical associations. The ruin is one-third of a mile in circumference. Tho remains of the ruin still standing suggest an idea of mas- wve magnificence which it would be difficult to describe. Tlie outer shell of the castle still stands, reaching to an almost dizzy height. We walked along its walls, of several feet thickness, and so covered with the mould of by-gone centuries, that wild flowers, and shrubbery of all sorts, and even trees, have taken root far above the ground ; and, all along the walla, masses of the beautiful ivy are clinging. The shell encloses two courts, the one denominated the paved, and the bther the fountain court. I would love to give you more of an idea than I at present seem able to do of this and some other ruins we have visited since we have been in the Old World, and the admonitoiy thoughts which have crowded my mind. But our instructive musings amid such scenes seem only calculated to make us more intent on doing our part towards preparing the souls of those around us for immortality and eternal life. Surely this world and tho fashion of it passeth away! Where are the feet that trod these spacious halls? Long since have they landed in eternity. Think of the scenes that must have transpired in a place like this, where kings and queens resorted ! This castle was founded in 1469, and continued to be a place of remarkable note till besieged by the Cromwell party in 1646. Here the unfortunate monarch, Charles I., overcome by his enemies, and deserted by his friends, took refuge in the hospitable halls of the Marquis of Worcester, a nobleman who had devoted his time and fortune to the royal cause, and remained faithful to the last. An old record is still preserved in the castle, giving some idea °"'""p»""->— 01 the magniaccnoc of thom ,„»- ' number, and affords ev£ /Tr"! ' ,"'"""™"»'-' >ord,ofthfa„aa.le,i.a„deTuJe f;e;'n! '»;'-" «- 'At eleven iu the mornm„ ,iJ , ' ' ''=''* """s ■- »-.d .he .able. laid. J^^'Xe .r-'''" ^'^ ""^ '"""t, '■'U. one in another aplrtm ', ""r"*"™"""' ""•« '» the ™d two in the honseW. ^f *" "'■"P'-i"' «o! The earl entered trel „?" n ^ *"• ""> '"""'' ''"n'on "O"- A, soon a, Lw f»!:i""f°^' ''^ "'s gentle- "ejard of tte house, eZed Th^, ^" ''■"'"' '''""''^one, land, attended with his stoff tl!, /r'"""'"' ^'■- Hoi. 'ho first table sat the nobSn f^ "'"'"■^ *"• At « were present. At the ^02 ^,?;'' '""' "''""' ""'"'i'J' honorable gentlea-e„, a tlndTd^f'" ?' ""' ''°'«'"» »^ Then follow, a W C^th ^ "'"""'■" *«• of the household, wit! ^l^L fLTnT "' "f ™"' °«-- canons grades, making inTahrr? ""'' *"•''»"« of f tie footmen were^brewi™ bl *""'''"^' S""" Steward of R.,^,,^ WilhaT Jon'f Eso""',, ""'-'»™"- of f-o, the earl supported eigh:t„nSd fl" '»«'" *»'.tsreTsrSSfr»''"""-^'«-' • Of three classes, not numbeiW ^ ^^^'^^^'^^^^^ ^^o^sisted at most: petty differenetT^lrw''" '^^ "^^"^-« ^ad not had a love-feast in I ^^ "^^^^ ^o^^^ they -t spirit enough b re ^oefertr ""'' " '''''^^ ^^^^^ one could be sustain :. " ntfel^Tr^' ^ ^^^^ ^'^-t ^ our duty to go there. o"r fi'I J^T' '^^^ ^' ^'^' standard, "Holinlfes to the Lord" ^7'^ *" '"^'^^ '^^ ^ork in power; and duri„' ' • ^^^ ^^^^ began to hundred and myle^^Zri'"'''^^^^^^^ Jeans, and the cLlL'Tjl ""' f ''' ^'^'^ *<> we left. '"^ "^^^ '"^ a flame of holy love when CHAPTER XL. Blaina, South Walks, May 12, 1862. E are now in a little manufacturing town about 5 thirteen miles from Abergavenny. It lies be- tvveen two high mountains. We have had daily showers ; and, from the humidity of tho atmosphere an(J physical disabilities, we are reminded that we have this treasure in earthen vessels, and this world is not our home : but we have laid our whole being, physical and mental, on the divine altar, trusting that our prefer- ences will ever be wholly and only subject to the will of the Great Master of the vineyard. If we may but do oui part towards preparing men for glory, honor, immortality, and eternal life, we will still journey on, joyfully singing our pilgrim song, "All is well." Through failing health, we are constrained to make our visit here very short. We are domiciled with a precious family, — just such a family, I imagine, aw the once incar- nate Jesus would love to have rested with on the evening of the day he sat weary at Jacob's well. Our beloved Brother Shinton has a dear pious household ; and though, Kke the honored Paul, he can say, "These hands have ministered to my own necessities," he is a power in the Church of God above many. He, witk dear Brother J. Swaine, who comes daily from a few miles distant, with others, have been laborers together with us in rearing tho standard here ; and glorious has been the flocking of the people to it. We have an eligible battle-ground. Though the t( by th to div Sub holy t his coi a com hills a: i^eemeci past foi raised earth t( of savin Cometh Our ] having in othei thought bring sal together were bur divine or is obeyed We urgec condition; every pro 'From that the people joyous rec of fire. One dea privilege c Never can FOCH YEABS IX THE ni r. IHE OLD WORLD. A wonderftil Day! " i^T; _ _ ^ Divine Order, 669 Joyous Recital*. the town is small, the On.i^!77 " ' Vthe erection of a ne^t ' ! T° ''' ^^^" ''^^^^^^ to divine service. ' ^o^^n^odious chapel dedicated Sabbath was a wonderful dav Thn T i holy temple, and remarkable w^^e 2 v '"'' ^° ^'^ J»« convicting, convening, nd sanctt ™^"^^«^^<^°n« of a company of the new convex i^'"? *'^^''"' Q"^^^ h'"« and mountains ^11 ^^^'^^ ""'''' '^^ ^'^Sh -emed to be filled wU^ ftuhTn7'^^- '^"^ ^^ ^'^ '» past four nights, over a h„ndrld it^"'''''' ^"""^ *^^ '•ai«ed up to testify that th« «««• -1 has just passed n y ^ll'^"^^''- ^ ««ne. , , ^as attracted to thfil "'• ^^^ «"^""tion "melody of voices attuned to . """ J^''^^^^^'^^" ^y the procession; but men andwoLt T ''"^" '« <^A ^•ourse, are blending in Iwr '• """"» « ^^-^ge con- -d the bier is carl "al'tT""? "^^''"^ ™-" shoulder., but placed on poW] ""'''""' ^^ '^^^"'^ ^nging, though very pathetic ;, "' ^^ ^'^''- The volume of solemn s^d ' i • T'^'^"'' '"^"^ forms a quite in the distance";1bst:2^^^^"° ^^ '^ ^--^ claiming that Death has been "Z "° ^^^'"""ity, pro. Three funerals havp n! ^^""^ » "^vv victim -Pi^is Death doitgLd' f""- T ^^^ «- and ready for use ; and wheTe is th^l "'"'''' '' ^^^•' «harp, reapmgs? Death is nev JidTe „ -^^^ •'^''"P* ^^"^ his souls idle; and if Christen 1 ^^'' '' *^« '"^^^Y of to the great MasteX ir^h T" ''' "'*' '" ^^^^^^^^^ he fields already white whrwilj?''* '"^ ^"^^^"^ to If not speedily gathered for the f ""Z ^^^'^^ ^«^^«st? the vigilance of Christ's stv n Sr ''^r^^ *"-"gh How significant the words Tthp."."^" ^' '^' ^«'°«r. of ever^ name who have enter.. '"""^^' ^'^'^^^^ to all -pieshipi^«iaft up;rart It *'f ^"^^^ <^f ^i- ^ J yur eyes, look on the fields." Wh v • 672 FOUR VJIAB8 -X THE OLD WOULD. 8«t«nla Hute. Preiiciitrf. eatlicr i. Intereitiog l.atiy. Lord ?— « For they aro whito already to harvest." Wheu tho farmer does not hasten co reap the precioua grain when ripe, and ready to harvest, it is lost; and when tho servants of God do not hasten, by steady, persistent zeal, to gather souLs for heaven, Satan, by ever earnest, in-season and out-of-season labor, hastens to the work of gatheridl souls for destruction. The hosts of Zion aro now at work in Aberdare in gathering souls to JesuH. The Spirit of the Lord is arrest- ing the minds of tho community; and the names of about forty have been added to the ranks of the saved the last two evenings. , Said one of onr devoted helpers, in writing to a distant, fnend, "There is no rest here just now, for Dr. and Mrs. P are here; and they are always at work themselves, and keeping every one else at work." Should one ask what aro the characteristics of the revival work in which Ave have for years past been engaged, we might speak of It .IS Dr. Chalmers characterized the successes of the Methodists in their missionaiy operations; that is, "They arc all at it, and always at it:" or illustrate by referring to the acknowledged principle in the American and Irish Revivals : There is an immediate and full salvation for eveiy man, woman, and child under heaven, w > > viU comply with the conditions; and every one that .ue% comply, and comes to Christ, ought at once to be-ome a preacher of righteousness to others, inasmuch as God says to every newly adopted child of the kingdom, "Go work to^Jay in ray vineyard." I will exemplify by the occur- Knees of the few past hours. "it irteresting lady, who is a church-member, came for- v,ia u a s .vker of the great salvation. yVhile we were aUov, g a..rthe si '^.,le way of faith in the all-cleansing iU£ OLD WOBLD, blon 1 1 ~^ — ■ — '~ Co oyerted Trio to work only i„ „,„ „,„„i"" "" •^»'«„ ofi,„«i,i,^ ° ^■I'.i.c-i will. „ f,i„„'j ,;j/;" :'ff »j ia.iy wj,,. X- " «''7>"tne,8 of acccnta„ce 1 ^""""^ »'°M her tea,! «m, *= '■o'*"o"> to come _''ien you are tryirnr to .ri ^01. yes I " «he /oZa """ J-"" ""Aaud .o Je™, ? .. i^-:t:rrsr ;:- - » -eed., .„., S-'en, and bids fair ,„ fc, I' ""V k " '""''Py i» sins for. tl e salvation of one o„|ht ' 1 ° ?"'• ^"""^ " « that «aIvat,o„ of another. ° ™' "• ''^ ■" g"a™nty for the "gaged, at a town two nr fi . "^ ^"^ch wo Where thoy reside. Such suZ«M h!, ""'^^ *'»' «•"» as they go about in the . ,„"*'"'" ™'per8 do theyapnear S-.S:e£f5=':.1t^rtS ---way,i„StldTrn:^..^^.e„n.^^^ 574 FOUR YBAH8 IIT THE OLD WOBLD. Coveted Helpers. Aberdare. Statistics of Work. old. Having so recently entered upon our labors in this to>\Ti, an^i"g to be a great lord than apT^'JT' "^' ^^""^ ''^"^r ^and, which had successfvelv ^^^' J' ""'' ^'^"« *bat the Welsh, Scottish, and oth /y^I''" *\' ^"^^>^ ^-"^^in of ^ent,, united to England un/efwr' ^^ '" ^^' ^'^^-^^t- ^ been rising in prosperity ""^"'^ government it has |«'^P of its own, X ml:t'''f'T'''''^'^-^-n. Parish Church, ser;ice is ner^^'-/" ^'^^ ^^^ Braden of every month, in the lS;r''° *'^ "'^^ ^-^^^ '^ery ancient church tw7o, thref ^ ^' ^"^^^^^^ ^bil many things about it hi^hlv «. '^^' '''^^- ^here are -There is no clew in hS To'Z'f' ^'P^^'^tWo times ;vas first reared; but marks of , • " ^^'" ^^'^ «<^^fi«e rt was partially rebuUt about. '17'"''"" ''' ''''^'^'^ course, is juvenility in thVs ni/w ?.'^'' '"^^ *^'«' ^^ crowded with the graves of n^f ^''^'•. '^^^ ^'^""^ i« '-nt, though neithlas ifra fmt?-- ^- monu- ^a 01 as imposmg as many others, era ^ 576 rOTTE TEARS IN THE OLD WORLD. Singular Epitaph. Manks Language. Douglas. attracted my attention. It was placed close to the prin- cipal entrance, and reads thus: « Here underlyeth the body of Mr. Patrick Thompson, minister of God's word forty 3'ears, at present Vicar of Kirk Braden, aged 67 years anno 1678 ; deceased an. 1689." By this it would appear that the clergyman of this church had the stone engraved and erected eleven years before he died, leaving the time of his death to be recorded by some other hand. The Manks language is still spoken in the rural villages; but, though in frequent use with many, there are probably but few who do not understand English. The island is situated midway in the expansive Irish Sea, about an equal distance from England, Ireland, and Scotland. Its length from north to south is between thirty and forty miles, and its breadth from ten to fifteen. The coasts are abrupt and rugged. In many places, towering rocks, rising to a great height, attract the observation ; and then come the beautiful openings, disclosing green fields and beautiful bays, giving a delightful variety to the scene. During the summer months, the island is much frequented by visitors and tourists; and, for their accommodation, a good steamer makes an excursion around the island twice a week. The largest town is Douglas. Here the bay is really beautiful. I look out at the window by which I write this sketch, and see an expanse of sea stretching as far as my eye can reach. It is a calm morning, and the sun is gilding the placid sea. The bay describes a crescent, extending about three mUes. The harbor is fenced on each side by rising rocks and hills. In the centre of the bay ia a large rock, called St. Mary's Rock, which is frequently covered at high tide ; and on this, in former years, vessels have been wrecked, and lives lost. On this rock a tower FOUR YEARS IN T„v «r ^ THE OLD WORLD. Special Grants. 677 Bishop Wilson. .„ , _______ "'snop Wilson. uds been built wh' v, ' - "'e, by some special grant of L "=™"" ""^M". *ee f,.„„ „„t There,! o/r:™™,"' '° '"» *nrt Wers of almost everyTsci«l' T^"'" "' «'"" V ae number of those w^o !» b! '? " °" »»'<'i "■ &ith it h„s "en do rXf™"- ^"""^'"S n>'gbtily on the people „f ,h"! ° ' " ""»' ""'king of sect, .ho„gb ae Wei* """""""ity, irrespeetiv: largely. * "W^esleyans are sharing u,„ „„,( villages, is 'one We^n'lS '""" ""' "™''" ■nan of the district ™ li.f , ^'"' '""^*nt "tair- attendance at ail the LeetTnS 1% * T"'"^' """ " "' «<• his position will allowand fcf"''" ""^ °°"""' ''""'^' of all the Wesleyan minlie^'of tllTlLr """ "" ""'" onr arrangements were mad^ ?, ™"«°<^°™g J«ne 27, havejnst been waito nnl bt » "' ^'-"no..; b„t „e bringing a memorial sledX^rT""' '>'' """i'tors, sons, entreating that Jf^nLftf T ''"■"''^'' P^'- ^-ch was filled to ^r^Cll'^'Z t'\ ''"'^^ Q^'^^^' notice had been given oTth . "»^ only a few hours' r ^^^d ^n St. James's HalT ah >Tr"^°^' ^ "^^^^ing densely crowded, Zly fav ' ^*"^*' ^^^^^^ -at admission. At mid-day on F"? "" ""'^'^ *« obtain lield in the same room nn i ^"^'^ ' ^ P^^yer-meeting was of an religious pZa'si^s "^f ^"^'^^^^ ^^ P-- t'nued on Satm^ay and in, ^'""^'^' ^^^'^^^^^ ^ere con- admission at the ellj^^ Z^Zl T^ ^^ ^^*- o'clock, the room was deLlv^n ], ^n Sunday, at three compelled to return hirtm S ^'k ' '"'^'^^^^^^ ^^^ -vice for want of.accr^mX^t "'tI: ^^f ^^^^"^ tie vacant spaces were crowrW. °:, "^ ^''^^' ^"^ all during the M^hole servLTm^ ""''^ ?'''^^^' ^^^ ^^ood on Monday and yestl d 'y, th 1"^" " ""^ "^^^^^^ termmate; but a numnr^ 7 ^ ^^^'^ intended to '-n presentecluSTunt r^'r"^^*^*^- ^--^ '•econsideration of thHubTJ ^ '°^ ^'"- ^^^^^^r ^'^e tion that there was muchyfttl T"?«^ ^ ^•°--' consented to remain three da * Inn ^T^^''^ *^^^ ''^'^ Pnginal intention; namely unnTV^"'' ^* ""'^ '^'^^' say that their labo,^ a^!l' T"^ .^"^^^^ ^^^"'"S- To been the means of enhlfe^ "^^ i\^--« «"ni have .tenhghtemng and benefiting hundreds 584 POUR TBABS IN THE OLD WORLD. Nominal Clirlstlnns aroused. Camp, meeting. Of persona in Douglas woul.l but convey a faint idea of these services, and of the poorer which has accompanied them. That sinners have been awakened, backsliders leclaimed, mourners comforted, believers justified, and doubting and struggling souls sanctified, and brought up into a higher state of grace and holiness, are self-cvideni facts, manifest to all; and that hundreds of nominal Christians have been stirred up to the examination of the' i condition m reference to eternal things we feel fully iusti, fied m stating, not only from our own observations, but from other sources, -personal conversations with scores ot our fellow-townsmen and women, of almost every grade m society and every shade in religious opinion We understand that Dr. and Mrs. Palmer were associated with the American revival at an early period, anu have been laboring m England during the last two or three years: and go heixce to Ireland, vid Liverpool, on Saturday morning. We sincerely wish them God speed, and hope their labors may be crowned with abundant success." Enniskillen, Ireland, July ir, i862. It is two weeks to-day since we arrived in good old Ireland to attend a camp-meeting got up after the Ameri- can fashion, which is no small rarity in these regions. The meeting is held in a beautiful leafy grove belonging to a >fealthy gentleman who is agent for the estate of Lord Belmore. That a lovely, sequestered grove, so favorably situated, should have been obtained by the Wesleyans for the purpose of holding a camp-meeting, argues favorably for the cause of earnest Christianity in these regions. 585 Costly Trees. I-ord Belmore's Castle, '•eland is a fair Innrl Tf ^ ^ it«- A juvenile visitor, f.or^Tslokl "' "^''^ '''' ^" ^"^land. of the Irish Channel, evda 1,1^ *?" '" *^^ «^''-'- «i^Ie WueJ,eavens,"Oh 'k:? . '^^ ^^« S«zed on the clear W that SL-; i.?EMand '''"""'"^ '^"^ «^^' - clo not »>««»tifal. Son.e of (he En'lis? l?^'^ '''" «-ceedingIy «oss,o„3^,r^^ TheDaLo/ML7^'^''y«^»J^'-gepos. and extensive grinds, dehl^Iv?^ ""'' ' «"« ^««tle of ivated, near Portadow„ w^ ''"''^*^^ ""^^ ^P^^n^idly ^yho went over the grounds\viI ""?.' ''^^ ^^ '^'' i^^^on choice forest-trees h^d bee„ TrL L ^'' "^^^ '"^ ^"^^ ^^ J"^ «ome of which had cost a least !? ^"^ ^^^^n lands, yet the castle, with all the L ettl^^^ P^"-^^ each, dent servants, is seldom occuI^^k'"!:''""^^''^^^ and resi- The duke is seldom he^e moreTho ^ f ^"'^^^^^ «^°cr. the year, and sometimes d™es noth T ^'^'^ '^' '' presence the year round '''°"' *^^ P^«<^« ^^'^th his lodges, about a mile disLtfL T*'"'^ ^Y Porters^ directions. The large malffi .'"''' °*^^^ ^" ^^PP^^ite tl- centre of the grfuLriho" T^^ ^-P-s about remind one of Fairyla "d In T '"°^^^"*'«g surroundings 686 FOUR VEABS IN THB OLD WOULD. The Poor of Ireland. The Arlatocrooy. Lough Erne. . back the overhanging trees, grounds intersected with winding walks, beantitul flowers, and long ranges of green- houses, where grow in rich profusion a variety of tropical huits, diversify the scene, and remind one how nearly in appearance earth may be allied to heaven. Yet we have «hort half-hour find ourselves amid much calculated to remind us of the blight that sin has cast over God's lair creation. th^'J^K*^ ^"'^ '' '"'""'^ '"•'^"'y ^y tb« nobJlity, mid, through them, transmitted to agents and sub-agents, and then divided m^o small tracts, whose high rental leaves barely suflicient to afford a very scanty subsistence; and thus we SCO hundreds of the fewer orderl of both sexes, particularly women, young and old, scattered over the country, with shoeless feet, and garments so patched, that It is diflicult to discern the original material. Who could wish such a state of things to obtain in America, though we may not boast a monopolizing aristocracy and an anti- quated nobility, for the support of whose splendid domai'ns tiie face of the poor are ever being ground down ? "But to the camp-meeting," you wiUsay. Well the grounds through which we pass in reaching the grove are entered by a porter's lodge, as is usual in approachino- the mansions of the aristocracy of Ireland and En4nd iieautiful trees of various sorts, and richly cultivated grounds, with eeats at convenient distances invitincr the M^eary to rest, are here and there interspersed. To add to the enchanting scene, the sparkUng Lough Erne lies just beneath the bank below. This is regarded by some tour- «ts as one of the most beautiful lakes in the three kincr. dcms._ Taking in all its foiry windings, it is about sixty Joiles m length; and within its range are over three bun- !"«give you a nketoh !? one « '"'"''''^ Pioturesquc. Let - which .0 have p^e^lVXf T'"' ^'""-^^ — f^vc cnjoye.1 much. By Cav of ' '/ '"^.'"••^' >-«" ^ould that many of the na,tiJ«T^ ^-^planation, I must say ake, some waiting to beTenl ' ''" ^"'^' «'^^^« «f the I'-inded on the opposite «1 ''''"'' *"^^ t^ose ah-eadv f nds. You w^r ;tdo:::f| ^'^^ ^^"<^ ^^^^^ the scene, tliat I have hZT F'''' ^'^" "" g^™Pse of used to sing:-^ ''' ^'''^ ^««"nde'i of the words we ''ori«?T^''P'>'-t» waiting On the bank, beyond the strfamf. And the sweet responses of thi. u ^s to make one feel^t tl I "r."''' ^"^^^'^ «"<='> from the celestial was very slltt ^« '"'^"^ '^' *«'-r««triaI 'n nchest hamony came bou^d^ '' ''^^^'^ ^^'^^^^S .on whose tiny rivulets the fulfc^^^^^ ^'^ ^^^^^ ^4 'ng her brightest beams The ,,f """"'' ""'' "^^ «««*- from the company awa injt t'"f ^'^'^ ^^ -ng, were,— '"^ us on the opposite shore, To meet h.m in the promised land." 588 POUR YEARS IN THB OLD WORLD. Beautiflil Singing. Satan outmatclied. Ciroua. bear us over the intervening water took up the strain, and, in answering melody, sung, — " I'll away, I'll away, to the promised land ! I'll away, I'll away, to the promised land I My Father calls me : I will go To meet him in the promised land." ^ It was just such a scene as you would have recorded m memory as among the pleasant scenes of your bright existence. But I promised you only a brief sketch; and I must wind it up by saying, that as we were reaching the water's brim to join our fiiends already landed, feeling tha,t heaven was ^o near that it seemed as a present reali- zation, we changed our notes, and sang, — " The men of grace have found Giory begun below: Celestial fruit on earthly ground From faith and hope do grow. There'll be no more sorrow there; There'll be no more sorrow there: In heaven above, where all is love,— There'll be no more sorrow there." This Irish camp-meeting has been a glorious success. Certain it is tliat Satan's kingdom has been much W6«k- ened in the minds of the EnniskiUen community. Within the past three days, a travelling circus, with its flaming paraphernalia and announcings, was ushered into this place. Two tents were pitched in a field near by, as though It were in manifest opposition to the work so de- lightfully progi-essing on our encampment. We remarked to a friend, "The Adversary is now going to make an effort to reviv€ his work, and the servants of sin are pitching their tents." But it was all a mistake. Never perhaps, in regai'd to matters of this sort, was there a ^OVB YEARS IN THE nr^ "^ OLD WORLD. *« performances ■„. ""^'y "ny one came to wit J'eavy rains; but tZ.-'' ^'''*'""* ^^ t^e ireauenf ^ * "«ea to Wonder in v Y'^S taken up by theZlwV^.' '' ^ '''^ <>f P^i.^, A^otus, in whar^anner this 1 ^"'' '"'^ ««* ^own at t^er n.^btnotLv\:rs:t"^';^^^^ ^-^^P^ •"al as some have imagined ff '^^"^^««% supernat- scarceiy could Philip havT hi ^^^^^^r it was done ^^Ctions that he If J^ '" """"'^ settled in his no ' -ught away to aITus t !'"• "^^ ^-clance^rn" f "nuch's chariot, than we h^?'" J"'°^"- '"^self to the ;« bei^g can-ied Lbou^ ^ th Hoi ""/ '^^^"^ ^'-«t - have been impelled froi ^ ^1": .f/'^ ^^^^^ «-- •lae Irish feast of f i P''^^^- ^^^^^hly blessed of the T^r^' '^'"^* ^^^^'^^^ >-as re conversion of sbne., 'd fn 1" ?^ ^^-^^-n and believers. ITnlike our Ame L '"'^'" ^anctification of vices continued about two "l e^ ^^P'-f -=-> the set after the meeting had h J ^^® ^^ not arrive till Po-of..i„,,«Jr,^^-»^»«^^^^^ » «ee.. ^^: 60 «^n graciously manifest before 590 FOITE TBAE8 IN THE OLD WORLD. Fellow-laborers. Special Secretary. Lord's Day. our arrival; but as some who had been blessed had left the ground, the people going and coming, and a special record not having been kept, the recordings of the book of life alone can fully disclose the results of the. meeting. The Rev. Mr. Graves, an excellent brother of the Troy Conference, who came to these regions in quest of health, has, under God, been the prime mover in the camp-meet- in*- enterprise in this country. His name will long be loved and honored.' Rev. William Hall, a dear young minister from Toronto, full of faith and power, who is on a visit to this country, has ajso been much blessed m his labors at this mating. A number of other ministers, from various parts of Ireland, have been at this feast of tabernacles, whose ministrations have been in the demon- stration of the Spirit. During the last week of the meeting, the work was so glorio«s,°that we urged the appointment of a special sec- retary, that the souls bora into the kingdom might be gar- nered for the Church, and also that the name of the Lord mi'-ht be exalted by his doings being made known among th^ people. From Tuesday of last week till Monday of the present week, the scenes of saving grace were remark- able indeed. Prayer-meetings succeeded every public service. These were mostly held in a large tent, at which it was usual to see from twenty to fifty bowed at the peni- tent-forms as seekers. Yesterday was memoralized above all other days. It was the Lord's Day. During the preceding days, the hosts of Zion had been putting on their strength. Many might say, as the beloved disciple on the Isle of Patmos, « I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day." Many of the beloved disciples of the Saviour, having get themselves apart for God, had received the gift of FOUR YKAES IN THE OLD AVORLD. 591 Living Temples. Wonderful Day. Shower power. God does not leave the heart a vacuum. He deanses the temple and beautifies it with holiness, and n l!: : T"''^ '^"^^^^ ^"^ ™-' proclaim his entiance into his redeemed, purified temple, sayino-, "Ye ai-e he temple of the living God." How amaziL l Ye' he heart of every true Christian is the living tmple of dwln !'^'': "^°^««' «"^^ ^orks : as God hath said, " I will dweinn them, and walk in them." Truly holiness is It was this power that told largely on the sucoess of the semees yesterday, when, we have reason to believe, over one hundx-ed deeply convicted sinners were bi;ught to Jesus. The secretary informed me this morning tf at he recorded the names of one hundred and thiifylix all of whom professed to have found either the blessing deen .nTr ^"""'^ ^''''"^'^- ^^'^*^ convictions werf deep, and the conversions powerful. The secretarv, in giving me this account, said he believed many more' had been subjects of the work besides those whose names had been received; the work being too diffiisive to come within his reach. ' T>,?R ^""^lii" T'""' '''' *^' '^^""^ commenced at ten, a.m. The Rev. Mr. Hewitt of Ireland, and Rev. Mr. Hall and Graves and ourselves, addressed the people, who num- bered about five thousand. Truth was intensified in a remarkable manner, and anws fi-om the quiver of the Almighty penetrated the hearts of the unsaved. A little after one o'clock, a shower came up, driving the people into the large prayer-meeting tents. In the large t^t to which we retired after leaving the stand, we had one steady gust of divine power. This meeting continued, without any intermission, about four hoursj during which time 592 FOFR TEAKS IN THE OLD WORLD. Heavy Cross. Purity received. Answer to Prayer. about ninety, who had been wounded by the Spirit's sword, were made whole. Oh ! it was indeed a scene of wondrous triumph, as one after another rose in rapid succession to declare what great things the Lord had done for their souls. I was much interested with the case of a dear man with whom I had labored some time the evening previous, as a seeker of holiness. Having been well known as a pro- fessor of religion, he said the cross of coming out and kneeling at the penitent-form as a seeker of the great salva- tion was very heavy ; and he found himself for some time so tempted, as to fiAd it difficult, after he came, to bring his mind to any point on the subject. But, before leaving, he obtained a glorious victory; and ere we parted, at the close of the meeting, he was rejoicing in the witness that the blood of Jesus cleanseth. Yesterday, as we were on the eve of conamencing the blessed four-hours' meeting just referred to, I saw this young man standing amid the crowd in the large tent as we entered; and, seeing his eyes red with weeping, I paused, and said to him, « I hope, my dear brother, you have not cast aAvay your confidence." He said, " Oh, no ! but I am feeling so deeply for my unconverted brother, and other relatives who have come upon the ground to-day." I encouraged him to believe, that as God's order had been obeyed, and judgment begun with him, he might expect to see the answer to his prayers speedily in behalf of his unconverted relatives. In a few minutes after this conversation, the unconverted brother was bow- ing at the •penitent-form near the same spot where his brother had received the blessing of purity the evening previous. He had been suddenly and most powerfully arrested by the Spirit, and with strong cries and te rs was F017R TEARS IN TIIE OLD WORLD. 593 ^_____ Lord's Supper. ploading for mercy. The Droop«<, ^f i • arms, amid telrsa.^ 1 ° ,*'''*' '" ™'^'' »*"•'» bi-otherssoo» became fnterr- ^'"'•"^'"S *^°"- Botl. little over an hour h^ « ii , ""'"S ™™y- of that cloriom n„,!; ^ ' ""= Mmmencement .ockea v.hii;t:er:th':;'tCe/r '?'"" "" pnusi„g the Wd with un„.te abl^SesTTt"' .|.t wh.h angeb must have gazed !,^ ^^^ of hfe." TlteldS brJw ,"'' y'""' '" "« ''»"Jlo told mo how temp a ;; i, ' ' "'Z™'"* ''"'■"«' """ the penitents aTaleekro? S;' '" ''"'"''' ™»"S 86on a» the firet burst ofnj ' '"""'' "> "» "» Lord. Suppe^r ■L'Z:£:^Z:P2iJZytL'^ heTrf"""^ thought that' so mauy of CJC ?*; «h r„ '"""'•/■!''»""'''"« tho table of „„r Lorf „„ earth, m expeo«.„o of ao soon parting to meet no more 694 FOUR YEAB8 IN THB OLD WORLD. Parting Service. Meeting in Town Hall. Vestry. till we should assemble at the marriage-supper of the Lamb. The whole service closed by encompassing the ^und in procession, pausing before the preachers' stand to take the parting hand, and meanwhile singing, — " Th«Jte'lI be no more parting there ; There'll be no more parting there: In heaven above, where all is love, — There'll be no more parting there." By the solicitations of the ministers and people of Ennisldllen, we have remained since Monday, holding meetings in the Town Hall ; the mayor of the town having favored the project of having a continuation of camp- meetings, or, in other words, revival-services, in the hall. The meetings have been held, during the week, three times a day; and strong men, women, and youths are yielding to the claims of the world's Redeemer. Never has Enniskillen Town Hall witnessed the stately stoppings of the King of glory after this fashion before. . Alter- nately has it been the scene of grave councils, and gay balls and soirees; but never before has it been the scene of soul-saving efforts. In a large room adjoining the main hall, whose walls are adorned with portraits of King Wil- liam and Queen Mary, with their sceptres, from forty to fifty may be seen nightly in lowly prostration before the conquering Captain of our salvation; some pleading for pardon, others for the full baptism of the Holy Spirit. This room is used as a vestry, to which we invite the penitents after the addresses in the main hall are finished, and to which they resort during the continuance of prayer- meeting in the hall ; the convenience of an altar for peni- tents, as in a Wesleyan church, not being at hand. It is delightful to see those, who early the present week were FOUB YBABS IN THE- OLD WOBLD. 595 Curloaa Occurrence. Secretary'^ Report. was taken for a public concert on Monday evenint The pei-son who was to give the conceit had doubtLs! ^iven instructions that the large placards which had anTom e" the revival-services in the hall should all be covered S hrst sight It seemed as if the servants of sin had vS formed quite an achievement in this; but, lo! right un^dt their bills were the words, in large letter^ "Ffr^l TOUB SOUL SAVED?" This was the la«t line on ThT'bil announcing the religious services of the week lust closed A lew of the change proposed, that the solemn queSion should be asked, "Friend, is your soul saved?" ^ ° On Monday we go to Portadown, bv wav of h«,-n» answerable to an invitation long since ^ven ^ ^ ^''"« Since the uate of the preceding, we have received a letter fix>m the brother who was appointed to record Ihe name, me^"^ ^t.;--P--l recipients of grace at the Z^ CHAPTER XLIII. Porta -jiowN, Ireland, Aug. 2, 1862. ^ROTESTANTISM is well represented in Porta- down. The great roviva! u ii/oh occurred in 1859 and 1860 has made its indelible mark in favor of pure and undefiled religion in this place. Per- haps in no denomiftation of Christians in Ireland is the p^ei-manent effect of that wondrous visitation more mani- fest than with the Wesleyan community here. Their numbers were increased to a degree that made the erec- tion of a new and far more commodiou'=' chapel necessary. This beautiful edifice, with adjoining buildings for day and Sabbath schools, and two excellent parsonages, all bespeak prosperity and large-heartedness on the part of our beloved Irish friends in these regions. We have been told that here, as in other parts of Ireland, many persons were suddenly stricken down, and in divers manners most singularly arrested, by the all-pervading, convincing Spirit, during the great revival. When we were in this country three years ago, we were also eye and ear witnesses to many more remarkable things than we imagine have ever been written on this subject. During our present visit, we have taken pains to inquire into the permanency of the cases of conversion which occurred under these, as some imagine, irresistible influences, but do not find that the effect of the Spirit's mighty operations have 'been more abiding than with those who have been converted under ordinary circum- 696 ^OUB YBABS IN THE OLD XVORLD. _^!!!2!!!if!f^" Sovorelgnty, work to b„ cmtoomlv^f or/~ '''''T''"°'''=''"™'l- ■BatterofnotoiieVv Zt ' T ""^i". 'till it was n most heral.Ct'~rr " T™"'"" """ •=-" tle'canse by tuhg at™ "^""^"'^' """ **™°™' to be learned in a Z^T'u ^"' " ''»'*<'° ™"'™>i -nity, aside f^ t fH-J. "^V'ib: f;---".— o«ensivoly, that the work was ,11 a 1 v ^ '■"^™"' ™ sovereignty of God's di^^r^ • ■"™'*^"''«'on of (he in graee is to be alwavs i? °® ""'"'^' •™'' '<> '«= «°« the only SavioutXnlSrr^.'" ''''''''' *° J^«"« «« tion, "Let God do hU olf J^T^lf, *^^« -^^-- those who were re^arrCT r, "^'"^^^ ''' ^'^^^^ divine sove^eiitvmfvl k '"?^ 'P'"''''^ ^"^J^^*« «f selves ; whe^^as 25 ^ .''" ^'^ '^° "^"^^ ^o them- needful JnZ^ZrT '^''' ""' "^^^^^''^ ^^ «« Great mnslsTere ?nt TT"'"^'^ '' ^° ^ ^^"^^^old. masses Tvere, indeed, brought out of spiritual Egypt 598 POUB YBAES m THB OLD WORLD. Rerlval Work. Archblahop of Armagh. with a high hand and an outstretched arm; and had there been more like-minded with Caleb and Joshua to say, " We are well able to go up and possess the good land," how many more might have been fighting the Lord's battles in Canaan to-day! During our past two-weeks' labor in this place, we l-ave had mid-day and evening meetings. At every service, the presence of the High and Holy One has been a felt reality. Many have sought and obtained the blessing of perfect love ; others have been healed of their backslid- ings; and many convicted sinners have found their way to Jesus, — how r^any, wa have no means of knowing. The altar, capable of holding from thirty to forty, has nightly been surrounded with seekers, and many have been blessed ; but, as there has not been a record kept as usual, we have no means of ascertaining the number blessed. We leave on the morrow for Enniskillen. The recent camp-meeting seems likely to result in the speedy erection of a commodious chapel. On Friday of this week, a puolic breakfast-meeting ha? been announced for the Town Hall; when many, we trust, will feel constrained by the mercies of God to give bountifully of their means. We have engaged to be present on the occasion. On Satm-day, we go to fulfil a week's service at Londonderry. A few days ago, we went to Armagh, a town about ten or twelve miles distani, to attend the funeral services of the Archbishop of Armagh. He was also Lord Pii- mate of all Ireland, having occupied the high position about fifty years. The primate was in his eighty-ninth year. He was a nobleman of a high order ; and his funeral was attended by a great array of lords and bishops from every part of L-eland and England. His burial was far gowns. FOUR YBAB8 IN TUK OLD WORLD. Impoglng Scene. 590 Funeru. Chant*, dreds of the clergy wc,x3 tlu fol;. i "'^' ''''"• """' These pm«^entea .n imnn ' ''^ '" *''"''' ^^'^"^^ g«^vn8. •n the palaC r.on..-whon; J! ^ ^f ■^' ^'-^^^/ed in their of carls an»vi»ofor ,„,. restoration and comS A, I t T "f M-o«,an,l mclical council snitcl"; ct P ^ I ?f ^ Through gron mo cv •■ ' """^ "'"™ "" ^"St'">i. ao„iftor^;,-;-,:-7?'™r «-ing bet,vocn .ho .rC* it ' f ' "' «'* bavcn of rest that I hn,l i ,.i ■""' "■ "'>'"■ «b« and vrt 1 1!!^ "'" "M'tctation of returnine- ana yet I had no intimation of what tlio I „.j '""""i. > to do with me s„ 1. , ^°™ '"" iibout naer div that'r f "' "f "?''' '"""' "^ "isease, day the «w""'" ""' "«"" -™ «>■'" bear ,;o t" »nd:*:tr:':d"i:Sndt '.'':?? "-'''t'"? "-^ -™ 602 roUK YEARS m THE OLD WORLD. Sympathy with Jesus. Woodford and its Environs. in love for souls. How often has my heart breathed out from its deei^eat recesses, " My spirit to Calvary bear, To suffer and triumph with thee "I I want my heart to rest so closely on the heart of my all- glorious, precious Redeemer and Saviour, that its every pulsation may beat in unison with his, and all its sympa- thies flow out upon the world through him. I believe I have been restored in answer to the mterces- sions of God's people. « The prayer of faith shall save the sick," said a Christian brother in praying for me yester- day. "Lord, in answer to ten thousand prayers which have been presented, restore our sister, so that she may again and speedily be permitted to enter upon her happy toil in bringing souls to thee." Woodford, neab London, Oct. 16, 1862. We are now trying what a change of air may do for our dilapidated constitution; and are again, for the third time, in the region of London. Our home is at the beau- tiful residence of J. Kaye, Esq., Prospect Hall, Woodford. The eminence commands a view of over twenty miles. Several miles distant I see the River Thames, winding its meandering way toward the great metropolis. Finelfor- ests, such as I do not remember to have seen since we left America, and lovely lakes, diversify the scene. In various directions around me may be seen the mansions of the wealthy. Not for distant is the splendid domain of Car- dmal Wiseman, who, in the opinion of some, may, ere long, be called to leave these parts to fill the place of the fast failing pope at Rome. town j„st beyond „r^d ;!'"?''!'' ""= """^ "f » Httle Stone. We «vere remin^edTf !h"f ™"' " "' ^^^-^ ^■■ose early Imt„r«f 1 clo,!, ™'''' ^"- ^'"''«'■«■•• place; and asked to Ite taSn r ^ Tf*'' "'* «>e that, if possible, we mi^Th, , i'.^K'' '■'"' '»''". i" order "otable'heroin: ItZ^lTT "' '"'^ '""^ »'«'■- ohurehyard, hopins to fl„d ? """" '" ""^ "M P'-"™* Bosanie. kr/ W„ did 2"""""!.* "' "'^ »""'="« limited; b,„ ^i s„I:;;XiX:er.;^^^"' fine memorial of the Rn«o„ . iniormecl that tJiere is a graveyard we did lot ^sif' '^''^""^ '" ' ^''' '' '^- . ^^^"^ ^^'^e inquiiy, we ascertained that fK. ^ m won, formerly occupied hv M T ^^ ^^^'^^ "^^n- residence of LTnSatiof,r"^"'*' ^^« «<^^ ^^e son, situated little e^^^^^^^^^^^ ?'"^^^,^ ^^ '''' ^'^^ of O'Bry. ton Stone. We a fterJ^.d -T-i' ^^ *^^ *«^" ^^ Ley. by the Bosan,;f S ^o ,f '''''' '' '' ^^^ Bath ; and still bear Th J' ' ^* P''''°*' ^««i^« "ear youthful Miss Bosan^^^^^^^^ "^ ^^'^^^ the then by, from F:.lZZfm?t'''T'''^^^^^^ excellent memoir by HemyMoi^' "'"^ '' '^^''^ '^««^ ^^^• of^;rS;s:::^^i:::^,^^^^^^ cently rejuvenated; for thoShat I .T^^^" ^'^" ^^'- old, as the present Wantlfol^^^^^^^^^ '""^''^^^ ^-- . 6eat and modern appearance T- ' ^'"'''^"t' ^ ^^''^ of an extensive park shaded L ' '■ *"'*'^^ ^" '^' ^^^'^ ancient appeararce t^tk 'I'Tt' '''*"*-*"^^' ^^^ose of past generations Tto It ^''' ^'''' *^« P^de tbe beautiful,. on:,, trp-;L^^^ g.^rdens and summer-housed, J, tr^ Jt^ ctS 604 FOUK TEABS IN THE OLD WOELD. Affable Lady. Mrs. Fletcher's Room. Visit to J. Wesley. U8 back to the scenes of a century since, when the then youthful Miss Bosanquet was told, by one who would have dissuaded her from the course of self-sacrificing piety which led to her expulsion from her father's house, « You will soon find the difference between your father's house and such a place as you will live in. There you will not have one inch beyond the common street ; whereas you have been used to fine large gardens, in which you have so much delighted." An affable young lady, the daughter of Mr. O'Bryson, seemed to take pleasure in leading us from room to room through the commcJdious, richly-furnished mansion, till she came to one, at the end of tlie wide corridor, on the second floor. « This," said she, as she threw the door wide open, « was Mrs. Fletcher's room." I must confess I was sur- prised, as the present residents have no connection with the Methodists, and the Bosanquet Family of a hundred years since had driven ttie amiable and devoted Miss Bosanquet away from that dwelling for her Methodistic principles. "W hy should her name, and the identical room she occupied, be thus carried down from generation to generation ? It can only be accounted for from the fact, that, though thus cruelly dismissed from the parental root; her name was revered. Surely "the righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance." We had been told that there was a John Wesley now living in London, in appearance a fac-simile of his grand- father Charies Wesley, the eminent poet. We had been to the International Exhibition, and witnessed some won- drous sights : but wo said, on hearing this, to us a sight of John Wesley would exceed the pleasure of seeing the world's fair; and so indeed we felt it on being introduced to him. Though younger in years than his grandfather was at the grand of bus his he portra interej vented son of of his i doubth siastica name I large ei inent f man ! " Wei to one c said, "■^ live for. have ha( the ever Christ. you. It may be r at your crown ? " parted. The sai the Rev. " session of several hu which it 1 visit him 6 FOUE YEABS IX THB OLD WOBLD. Agreeable Interview. 606 portrait of Charles WesTey td ot. ' T '^' ""^^^^ interest us. We reZlif.I\Tf u ' ''^'' ^'^'^^ ^°»W vented our acreotLT ^h! ^* '*^''' engagements pre-- of his grandfatW aL?mlv :^^^^^^ *'^ "^"^^^ doubtless, -..ehman^^^ siasticalh '. < -omf h/o ? , ^°"®"^'"<^''eenthu. large engraving of John Weslev wTI T^ *^ ^ ^ve for. Joto and Charles W^evivl^ F^ T '^ lave bad an abundant ™,™„ • ^ *"■ """*• 'W'' the everlasting WnXrrT?"'''' "n'o them into Christ. No ioTSZl ^°''* ""'^ Saviour Jesus yon. It shallToSTra™ ITri'^r "" '''" "" may be mastered ™t! y'" We exnerM"^ ™'"''°'= at yo„r coronation. SMI weLZl^' '^"""'' crown f " His ev». en j • f ^ " ™"' a starry parted. ^"^ *"'"* """■ '"'"^ »■"! thns we several hill "Z^^^y Journals, in manuscript, numbering wWcMt wot^J LT 'I* °*"' """' of lilc' descriS vi«itWmaTo.foM'"'H?:r '".f"" ™ '^ ''^ -""' M. ° *"" "' ""« Papere referred to, * 606 FOtJB TBAB8 IN THE OLD WORLD. Clergryman la Prison. Wife's Sympathy. with Others of remarkable interest, had fallen into his hands as the executor of the great and good Henry More, the biographer of Mr. Wesley and Mrs. Fletcher, and other works which have been made a blessing to the world. Speaking of relics reminds me of another treat wo had a few days ago at Prospect Hall. Mr. G. J. Steven- son, rich in Wesleyan lore, who is sole executor for the late lamented Mrs. Smith, daughter of Dr. Adam Clarke, came to show us some relics, with which we were gi'eatly interested. One was a letter in the handwriting of Sam- uel Wesley, the father of John and Charles Wesley. It was written while in Lincoln Castle, where the reverend gentleman was confined for debts contracted in the re- building of the rectory, which was twice destroyed by fire. Think of a good, accredited minister, of remarkable literary ability, dragged from his family, and the flock over which the Holy Ghost had made him overseer, for debts which had been contracted by unavoidable misfortunes ! The letter is so well worthy of the father of the immortal Wesleys, that I cannot forbear transcribing it. It is ad- dressed, "For the most Rd. Father in God the Ld. Arch- Bishop of York, at Bishop's-Thorp, near York, York- shire." Lincoln Castle, 7r (Sept.) 17, 170S. My Lord^ — Ym so full of God's mercy's that my Eyes nor Heart can hold 'em. When I came hither my stock was but little above Ten Shillings, and my wife's at home scarce so much : she soon sent me her rings, because she had nothing else to relieve me with ; but I returned 'em, and God soon provided for me. I owe nothinj^ Lcre. The most of those who have been my benefactors keep themselves concealed; but they are all known to him who FO0B YEAB8 IN THE OLD ;V0BLD. 607 A great Man and a good Act. first put it into their hearts to show i Salary consfdered. ancl I beg you. GracrtrasTisrje';: ^reto^loT? letter from Mr. Hoare, that he has payd ninety five pounds, which he has received for me.' He add ffhl moretoi me.] He mentions not his name, tho' surely it must e my Patron-if not, I almost susp;ct Utm n- , ^ ' "* '^^^"''^ '°^^^r 't <'anie, I know the Ongmal Giver. This day the De.n of Lin oln male me a handsome present, by a friend, cf five guineaTand I have pay'd £42 of a bond due at Gainsbro^ Mr. Smythe sufficient m his hands to clear the rest of it I find f walk a deal lighter, and hope I shall sleep better now tha these sums are paid, which will make almost ha f my debts. I'm sufficiently satisfied of Mr. N.'s kindnes and have wrote my thanks to him. Your Grace is not exLct^y xnfomed of Bawtry. He who had it has taken the e questration of Saxelby, in this diocese, and w.Tl hortly remoye thither I'll not soUcit for the placTn g e thither unless they should desire me; but if the peopl. ng It, I would accept of it, but first must get out from hence. J'm exceedingly obliged to Sir H. M., as I iZ wise am to your Grace. I'm a bad beggar, and worse at retunnng formal thanks; but I can pmy h^aitil^rrmy benefactors, and hope I shall do it while I liye; and so ong beg to be esteemed your Grace's most oblig'd and '.hankful, hmnble servant, Qah. We^let An original letter in the handwriting of Mrs. Susannah 608 FOUn TEARS IN THE OLD WOBLD. Mra. kSusannah W^gley. Letter to " Jacky " and " CllarJey." Wesley was handed us. This is a long and deeply inter- esting epistle, dated July 12, 1731, and is addressed by the mother of the Wesleys to her dear sons "Jacky" and "Charley." It is a family letter, and gives an account of a rich uncle's visit to the family ; of her hus- band's dangerous fall from a carriage ; of her deep anxiety for William Whitlamb, a poor young man at college ; and tells "Jacky" to give him a guinea, adding, as one reason for her deep solicitude, " for I know what a sore tempta- tion it is to be in want of food convenient." She tells her son " Charley " that he had perhaps better bum a let- ter she had sont hinl giving her views of some gentlemen of Christ's Church, as she was perha^ i toe sevc-e in her censures ; but they had done something which »' .e felt to be "strangely provoking." Several other original letters, in the handwriting of Hetty, Emily, Mary, and other siste-s of the Wesleys, were shown us. Here was also a letter from the philan- thropist Wilbeiforce to Mrs. Charle- Wesley after the death of her husband. It would seeu^ that Wilberforce and Charles Wesley were friends, and that, after the death of his friend, Wilberforce did not forget the widow. Mre. Wesley was much younger than her hi.sband, and survred him over thirty years. Wilberforce, for nearly thirty years before his death, sent Mrs. Wesley a draft for sixty pounds per annum. The short letter befoi-e us, in the handwriting of Wilberforce, begs Mrs. Wesley's par- don for having delayed the draft a little longer than usual ; and asks that the acknowledgment of it may be sent to 90 Picadilly, London. Dr. Adam Clarke's pocket-book was shown us. This the doctor carried in his side coat-pocket several years FOUB YBAE8 IN THE OLD WOfiLD. 609 white locUwere .riLre^ to 1" r" » t^r '*" ''" tio them in little parcel/ H.fi? i,'*"'"''' •■'°* hair." They we,! ttr? f n"^ '""''' "^''™ Clarke'a boot, ana i:zt::xio^s:tV'' "■' '!°*^'- tanities of hi, affectionat"^^" „Ts ol n^T TT parcels wns m fv,^ i , "^*^""s- 'Jne of these little With his .rranr ThTh -TT "' '"' "■"' '»'' "^'' snow FT.;! 1 • '""'■ '"*» white as the driven sar„,d";^ with'whijf."' *^ '^""- ™«- -* *° -iah Lri'l^/IlT 'T? "^ — n'on Jere- tions on he 30th Tf.h'" """ "'"' "■" ^'^<""- comment on E^M Deo ;„T« T?' ' '"'«"" ^^ oi 1 891 . f™"" -"C"- 1. and flnished t this day a J enclose ^''^ ^ ^"'^ *^^«' ^^^^^ ^^^ich I herein " ^i? !^'« Po^'Pen I write these books. Made of a gray goose quill: A pen 'twas then, with shabby looks; And a pen I leave It stiU. "Ever yours at cnraand, As witness my hand, In light and in dark While my name's Adam Clarke. -Selah I" • The letter was inscribed — "To Mrs. Mary Clarke, Heydon Hall, Eastcot, RuMf, • 610 FOUK YEARS IN THE OLD WOBLD. Cla88>meetiDg.<. Dr. and Mrs. Clarke. Class-tickets, Middlesex, England, Terraqueous Globe, the Universe, Infinite Space," &c. To look upon the nice brass patent pen-maker among these relics, so long used by the commentator, we may in- fer ft was rather fi-om choice than from necessity that the good Dr. Clarke wrote so long with his old pen, as the act of making a new one would not have occupied more than half a minute. We were told that Dr. Clarke always loved class-meetings, and to the end of his days was a steady attendant on the weekly class-meeting whenever circumstances would permit. Among the relics brought to us were the class-tickets of Dr. an . Mrs. Clarke. These tickets of membership dated back till prior to the marriage of both Dr. and Mrs. Clarke. But the doctor and his beloved Mary, and other members of his honored family, are now with the worshippers around the throne. During the past summer, his daughter, Mrs. Smith, who, it will be remembered, wrote an excellent biography of her lather, exchanged mortality for immortality. CHAPTER XLV. ) AVII^G occasion a few minutes since to reler to a chronicle of important events in an his- toncal book on Leeds, I was interested to see ZLTt !,r^' *^"'^ "1^4^' '^^ Rev. John Weslev visited Leeds." This is, in fact, the only event of 174? recorded deemed worthy of notice, under the capln iSTafrfs^r - -^^^ -^er each yeitr tiot'lTh '"^torical book is not in the least denomina- ceTt^' \^"'J"f ''^'^ the pains to see what sort of ^et ception the people of Leeds gave this apostle of the past generation; and I read, under date of Sept. 12 « I came ;':t;t:\?rt^^^^^^^^^^^ Se '"^ ^^' '''-'^ rrrifk*" -'^--^ s?rrrratr return, and hkewiso in higher spirits, being ready to cant comment on om- Lord's words : « Ye build the tLbs elranTfV'^*™'**'"' ^P*"-' of «teri?h.! b^rrthrtXi'r '•^"''™ '^'^ ''^■" '- *^ naid a devoted man who was contemporary with Bram- eu 612 FOUB YBAB8 IN THB OLD WOBLD. Amazing Transformation. BramweU'a Biographer. well, "He lived in the i)resence.chamber of the Hi.-rtner; and hor transl^'C frl' '1"L' "^ ^^^ «"">*«^ «'ngularly like her husband^ It T .'" '^^^ ^^« ere It was yet day that tZ ^ ^ "^'^^^ ^^0°^'- and -loose th/silj'et;* rrivTlr ^^"""'--^^ ^o band, she had lon<. bJissfuIlC Z- - ''' "^'^^^ ''erhus- free from earth, sh% SL "'''''" *'" ''"''' "'^^"' -ng veil, to ae; the KW ,„ £!T''' "'*'^"^ ^ ^^ ' «s the devoted Bramwefl L^h *^' ^he had also, f s! r:;t ^r.:: i^/.'r ^-^ ^^^^^ i.th of Mare, Bleeping world, the messen^f """"' ^^^^^ra^vn from a band, she was seMtkhlnT"' ^' ^'^^ ^^^ ^us- time to alarm a serval ,vhoT^ ^''^' '"^ ^'^ '^"^ >«' found her grappli„;;l",',^;;^7-"-g '' '"' ''^^«^«*--' her dying lips were% '' '''''"'^- ^he words on i>weet Jesus, sweet Jesus I" In a few moments from th^ *• joyous spirit winged i2 wav fi""" 7"" ""^^^«<^' ^er the sainted spirit 'of her IS,!^-'"?' '"' ^^^ ^^^^^^^ with the woi-shippers in tCT T ^^^'^*^^^ ^^^^^ song dust lies beside S of h. TT^ '^*^- ^nd now hef chapel.ya«i; and a tne o sim"? ".'' " ^-tgate-HiU spot. ® °°® of similar dimensions marks the 616 FOUE TBAB8 IN THE OLD WOKLD. Visit to Bramwell'g Daughter. A fresli Victim, Leaving the graveyard, we went into the chapel, which has recently been rejuvenated. It is very neat and com- modious. The pulpit in which Bramwell preached the last Sabbath he was on earth stands in the band-room, now used for week-evening services. As I knelt in the consecrated spot, my soul was filled with intense longings, that I might, alike with him, prove the mighty inwork- ings of the Spirit to transform to the uttermost in heart and life. Says one of his biographers, "His was an amaz- ing transformation to the divine image." Leaving the chapel, we went to see the one and only daughter of Mr. Bramwell, so often addressed in his me- moir as his dear Ann, It was at her comfortable home that Mr. Sigston says, "A great number of friends after- wards took tea with him at the house of his daughter, Mi's. Hargreaves." She still resides next door to the chf^el; but we found her, with others of the family-circle, at the house of her son-in-law, J. Olley, Esq. Death had just been gathering a fresh victim from that group of rel- atives. The day previous, a grand-daughter of Mr. Bram- well had been consigned to the tomb ; and the sorrowing group, gathered from a distance, had not yet dispersed. Mrs. Hargi-eaves is a deeply pious and intellectual lady, who, I presume, must have passed her threescore and ten years ; though, from her appearance, one would scarcely think it possible that she had numbered so many winters. What will you think when I tell you that I have seen and conversed for some t'a .3 with the person who was cured of blindness, when a child, through Mr. Bramwell's prayers? When I read of this cure in my youthful days with so much amazement, how little did I imagine that I should one day look upon the individual thus fevored of God ! The circumstance, as given by Mr. Sigston, read* POUR YEARS IjST THE OLD WORLD. 617 Healed of Blindness In answer to Prayer. thus: "William Greensmith, son of Thomas Greensmith, Of Watnale, near N-ottingham, when about nine years of age, was severely afflicted with scrofulous humor in his eyes, so that he was unable to bear the light even with bandages. Mr. Bramwell was then m th* Nottingham Circuit, and went his regular turn to preach at Mr. Greensmith^s house. On one of these occasions, he re- mamed all night; and previously to his departure the next morning, when his horee was brought to the door, he asked where the boy with sore eyes was. Mrs. Green- smith replied that he was in a dark room, behind the door. He was called out, and stood near Mr. Bramwell who put his hand on the boy's head, and looked up' wards, as in the act of prayer. He then went out, leav- mg the child, who, as if conscious of some change, pulled off hi* bandages, looked through the window, and asked if Mr. Bramwell was gone. On perceiving that his eyed were healed, all the family were astonished." This gentleman is now residing at Harrowgate. He is about seventy years of age, and has long been one of the noble supporters of the form of Christianity denominated Methodism. Last week, a company of us accepted the mvitation of J. Holroyd, Esq., and took a ride of sixteen miles to Harrowgate, where Mr. Greensxnith met us with his conveyance, and gave us an hour of pleasant converse. I asked him if he remembered Mr. Bramwell distinctly, and the fact of laying his hand on his eyes. « Oh, yes ! " said he, "as perfectly as though it were the business of yesterday." He said the pain in his eyes had long been so excessive, that he could not bear the light. In ansi^er to the prayer of the sainted Bramwell, the pain was im- mediately removed, and he tore the -bandages from his eyes, and felt that he was healed. 6a» 618 FOUE YEARS IN THE OLD WORLD. John Bramwell, Esq, Visit to Cross Hall. Hermitage. In 1848, a new memoir of Bramwell was issued "by members of his family." It is written in a superior style, and contains valuable letters to members -of his family, and other interesting matter hitherto unpublished. His son, John B^lmwell, Esq., is a reputable barrister in the county of Durham. From a communication we have received from him, we have reason to know that he is a devoted follower of the Saviour. On Saturday, we accepted the invitation of our host, and visited Cross Hall, and saw the house and grounds so long occupied by Mrs. Fletcher. Cross Hall is now the prop- erty of a reputable gentleman belonging to the Wesleyan society, to whom we were not strangers in name. He and his excellent lady expressed themselves pleasei with the privilege of showing us eveiy thing on the premises which they thought would interest us. The hall is com- modious beyond our anticipations, and the surrounding grounds beautifully laid out. Perhaps the present occii^ pant, who, I presume, is a retired man of wealth, has had time and means to beautify the place much more than the devoted Mrs. Fletcher, with her large family of orphans. At a distance from the house, and quite at the extreme end of the finely cultivated grounds, stands an ancient majestic elm, whose far-reaching limbs overshadow a spot sacred to the meditations and devotions of the female philanthropist. Thia tree overhangs a wall, against which a little place of retirement was built. To this she doubt- less alludes in her diary, Dec. 20, where she says, "This was, on the whole, a good day. Taking some time in the hermitage, mjr soul was refreshed. My situation is per- plexing; but I feel myself calmly fixed on the will of God." FOUR YEARS IN THE OLD WORLD. 619 Twen tyflve Years' Courtship. i'attern FHmUy. fZ\- J T^ """ "hermitage" has been taken down marks, and the beautiful umbrageous elm of a centurv since protects the sacred spot ^ ' Most manifestly does the owner feel that his commo dious house and premises are all the more va uabkTi having so long been honored as the residence of ^e tdow w"^''-' ^PP'-^^^i-^bip; and, though not a widow, she was in no common degree well reported of for good works. It was here she brought up chilC and edged strangers and washed the sainrs'fee' and r li'eve he afflicted, and diligently followed every good work • and It was hei-e that the devoted maiden became th^wt of the seraphic Fletcher, after an attachment of twenty nve yeai.. The present occupant pointed out 712^ evergreen oak, standing a few steps fi'm the hie, S o be over two hundred years old. Its extensive htde must surely have been inviting during the happy day when he lo^ng, newly betrothed ones Ssed to wS those grounds, in August, 1781. ® Mr. Wesley, visiting Miss Bosanquet's establishment at Cross Hall, says, "Her femily is a pattern and a genera Wessmg to the country : » and, on her marriage wilh Mr tht m"' p ^^^^^'^'-'"I should not have been willbo: that Miss Bosanquet should have been joined to any othe'J person than Mr. Fletcher; but I trust she may be as use- fal with him as she was before." The present owner howed us the old deeds of the property, one of wWch conveyed a portion of the Cross-Hall property to another bearing the name of Mary Bosanquet, and also the deed beanng date 1781, with the names of John Wilham' 620 FOUB YEAB8 IN THE OLD WORLD. Memorable Season. Mr. Fletcher's Visits to Cross Hall. Fletcher and Mary Fletcher in their own handwriting appended. Before leaving, we knelt and prayed with the piovis and courteous occupi^uts of Cross Hall. Most precious and memorable was that season of waiting in the presence of the High and Holy One. Through the blood of the ever- lasting covenant, we were permitted to enter within the veil, and felt that we had come to Mount Zion, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn, to the spirits of the Just made perfect, and to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant. How could we but think of the choice spirits now passed through th^ veil of outward things who used to mingle here near a century ago? and now we seemed permitted to unite with them in worship and song. " Heaven came down our souls ta greet, And glory crowned the mercy-seat." The road to Batley Church, where the marriage cere- mony was performed, opens directly opposite Cross-Ha 1 grounds. We gazed wishfully at the road by which tLe weddiag-party travelled to Batley ; but evening was fas t closing in upon us, and, though short, we had to den/ ourselves the journey. On Mr. Fletcher's first visit to Cross Hall, he remained one month. In a few weeks he made a second visit, and did not again return till he took his bride with him. In view of the number of excellent and commodious church edifices, one might judge Methodism stands weii in Leeds. The Brunswick Chapel is a beautiful si one building. The spacious interior has a gallery extenJmg all round the building, and two thousand five hundred FOUK YEAB8 IN THE OLD WOELD. 621 First Methodi st Church built In America. persons can be accommodated with sittin-s. The Dulnit . isof p „,, a mahogany; and the splendi organ, Sfcl . stands m the gallery immediately behind, has^a ale of the same wood richly carved, with gilt pir^e in front Id Sides, and cost about nine thousand dolLs is ^in^nt^-T ^^7'^.':' P^'^"' ""'''' '^'^ commodious. It IS bml of bnck, and will seat two thousand six hundred ^J-Jf'J\^'^^r>^'^^-^^overy large, and will hold, when rn"?afb.t7'n"''^^^^^ Wesley Chaper 'a sut stantial brick building, and Avill hold two thousand. The Wesleyan Methodists have three smaller chapels. The New-Connection Methodists have four chapels The chapel in Woodhouse Lane is a large chaste and beauti^^il edific. The pulpit, and the stepf Ltg^ t TothtrpV^^^^ "^^^'' ^'^^ ^'^ ^^-^ ''^'^i The CTnited Free-Church Methodists have six chapels, the largest of which will hold nearly two thousand the Primitive Methodists have six chapels; makingT a I an aiTayofMethodisticiniluence,which,if;..c.n.;J^;ou^^^^ indeed to be most formidable against the hosts ;f sTn Leeds seems to have been one of the strongest holds of Methodism since the days of Wesley, His visit to Leeds under date Aug. 1, 1769, contains an item calculated to began, and a more loving one we never had. I mentioned the case of our brethren in New York, who had built the hrst Methodist preaching-house in America, and were in gi-eat want of money, but much more of preachers. Rich- ard Boardman and Joseph Fillmore willingly offered enTthrir *'^ 'T''^'^' ^'^^"^ - det^rminerto send them fifty pounds as a token of our brotherly love " A gracious work is at present going on in Leeds. ovJr 622 FOUR YEAE8 IN rn:^ OLD WORLD. Outpouring of the Spirit. Commercial Traveller. which angels, and the spirits of the just made perfect, have rejoiced. During the past, few days, since we have been here, three meetings have be( n held d d' > ' namely, at i^ev^en in the morning, at noonday, and at t,oven in the evening. The Lord has poured uut his Spirit in awakcn- ing and saving influences. The names of one hundr-jd nad seventy Iiave been recorded among the blesfcod. Hallelujah J Vit). Lord God omnipotent reigneth ! The work ii. slili a- idly ijiC-easing in interest. The chapel was dens<'!7 crowded both afternoon and evening yesterday, find th.^ ,r^]jirit of the Lord seemed to be amojig the people n", a burning flame. Truth was intensified to an extraordinary degree, and we have reason to belie ^n that many more t han came forward to the communion-rai 1 received the blessing sought. The people are not only coming from other chapels in the town, but from miles around, and are catching the revival flame, we trust, to carry to their chapels and towns. One gentleman (a commercial traveller) came to us after the afternoon service was over, and said he was converted the second evening of our labors at Penrith, over a year and a half ago. Though, with many other of the fruits of that wondrous revival, he had been enabled to hold on his way, yet he had felt that something more was wanting. He had not yet gone up to possess the good land, — " The land of rest from inbred sin, The land of perfect hollneBs.' ' It was getting late in the afternoon, and we could not re- main with him then ; but we asked if he woiUd not meet us at the altar in the evening, which he promised to do. He was one of the first to hasten to the altar of praye in the evening, but it was to say that the Lord had alread ; fulfilled the desire of 'l heart. FOUB TEARS m THE OLD WORLD. 623 How the Witnesses were silenced. ^ew Witnesses. lufe ^cis 11., on connncr to the vprs*. « ivi , can on .he n.™o of L Lord Zl ' bo'I^^^ ' *^' xtir t^'"'" '"'''' '''™-' *r :;i t z -^^0U^ZoLTJZ''J^.Jl^: " <'f>feM.I letter, 00. in-^«aL7«rL\c:."\^ts^^^^ business here -inrl woo ;.,* j- nnishefl his _^....se.„,or:i::r„t;\r.';::r:.efr^t remain over Sabbath. ' ^"^^^^ *<^ A lady, who had come six milpq f<^ ti,^ « Ai,i T . . niiies to the services smM « *o.a_., no ™o..„ a.L U , t -/if:;,"- "Yes, and confess it too," we observed in return • "and In a few moments, she was enabled to testify with iovfl.l 624 FOUR YEAB8 IN THE OLD WOKLD. Official Keport. Cases of special Interest. A minister writing for the " Wesleyan Times " says, — "To the deep and sincere regret of many, these devoted servants of Christ were obliged, from other engagements, to close their labors in Leeds last Lord's Day. As in every other place, so in Leeds, the services they have conducted, though only extending over three weeks, have resulted in spiritual quickening and blessings to hundreds ; and, could they have continued their labors a few weeks longer, the work would, no doubt, have become general throughout the town. The names of nearly two hundred, whose ages varied from fifteen to seventy-eight, were recorded as having obtained pardon or purity, or restoration from a backsliding state to the joys of God's salvation. Amongst the cases recorded were several of special interest, — seven young women from the Female Refuge; one man seventy-eight years of age, having been a back- slider for sixty years. Several had come ten, fifteen, twenty, and more miles, expressly to the services, and returned home rejoicing in the conscious possession of pardon or purity. One gentleman from Scotland, another out of Cumberland, and a third from London, received the full baptism of the Holy Ghost. In short, eternity alone will disclose all the good done by means of the services. And whilst ascribing all the glory to the triune Jehovah, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, we cannot but highly esteem the honored instruments, not only for their works' sake, but for the holy savor they have left behind them. Their faith, manner of life, and conversation, will never be forgotten by their respected host and his family, and those who, like the writer, had the privilege of fre- quent intercoui-se with them. "Dr. and Mi-s. Palmer are thorough Wesleyan Meth- odists both as regards doctrine and practice. The de- praved and lost condition of man by nature ; the love of Spirit in ,wake„l„„ and To ' "'" ""'* °*'*o Holy ™cuanc,ifyi„g;eXtjcr:n"ir°"s\"/™"™ ■"g their adoption, purity anil hTrlr " '"'"'"■ set forth in their teachin'u.i,k "'=™P>-"rc constantly power which ca„T„ y b? d^.V'T'™'^' "'''""'«^' "■■"l of God, and are fi,ll of f!-H ,'^ ""'"' '"«' '"^ '"-glit e.-.rth to heaven m y be fcl 1 T'r''" ""^ I"''''"' f-" -raphie rie.eLr.he hot b!-^' "",r'"'"' ^^^J"- *« S'nith, m^ .pints rfwhom *eTT ' T" ""^ "^""""^ ^vhose faith they seek .„ Mo *\k!l ""'■""^' """ thies, they eoant no hh^ ■ "'"'"' ""'"""l «'or. can only L II f r 0^^ Stftt '"" f "°"' '^ '"^^ '-nnst. -Like them, they possess A yeamingpity for mankind, ^, . -'* IJurning charity.' ■^eTiS^sitf^trTr™ ■'•"^ ^ '»"-^. to lead believers ,0 ollLT I ^*'"' '° '"■"'" "■• P"*"'/ God ; and ilZ:J2.:i{ Sf T*' "»*-« -* have received lejns o/ ,t ^? ' '"'"I'''"" ^"'='18 which thev will nerJLT ""-""P"'"™' «"bjcet« .ianity, which, the „ re I ^^0"' *"" " " *'^™- the more we are led to J A? """"^ "'^ '"'™"' and Nor do we envy le 1^^ f ° ^^^ "^ <^°<' » "><"»• etomity, Who zi^ Sh irr^ : *T '", "™ -^ '° iavifauoiiftcn^:':!:^, rith'^ "" *.^f -T--^ there for a fortnic^h^ \^;^ "*?«''. an^'. after holding services tortnigh. ,vi.h gi-acious success, -the chapel POUR YRA1C3 IN THJfi OLD WOULD. Crowded out. rady-LauQ Chapel. Farewell Meetiug. being incapable of accommodating hundreds who souglit on the Sabhatli to hoar them, and a dtipntntio' of mjnig. ters and laymen from the Methodist ( uurcn being urgent for their strvices at the large chapel in Lady Lane, — the friends closed Ebenezer Chapel, ^xnd the work was con- tinued at Lady Lane over two Sabbtjths. At the close of the pray^i meeting after last Sabbath evening's service, the Rev. J. Adcock, Messrs, Edwards, Medd, Whitton, Baker, ;jid otiier friends connected with the Wesleyuns, expresses! their gratitude for the gracious work the Lord had wrought, and tendered their wannest thanks to Dr. and Mrs. Palmer for their valuable services, which in Leeds, as in every other place, have been given gratui- tously. Farewells were then exchanged between the beloved strangers and many of the friends who had assist.-^d and got ^;ood in the services, amid prayers and tears, and hopes of meeting again in that happy world ' Where a farewell enters never, Where no clouds the atmosphere blot, And no change our friendshi,)3 sever.' "On Monday they left for Runcorn where, wo are rejoiced to hear, a goc ■> work h;^s begu which is likely to result in a graciou^, evivai." ^ We shall ever most gi*atef' 'ly remember some deliiht- M henrt-relationsliips fonr>«d at Leeds,— r particularly our honored host, J. Holroyd, Esq., and his beloved family, also C. Mackson, Esq., and others, whose i . .es exemplify the beauty of holiness, and whose pr ^ish the churches. The one great attraction of heaven aia esus is there; and, as we ] iss on our pilgrun-jouru' , grea> 'ydoes it add to the endearments of our heavenly home that we shall meet there so many loved ones with whom we have formed heart-alliances during our ever-recurring §ojournings. CHAPTER XLVI. we made o„w4,™|fr"'°°"°'«''f»'- the evening, were p„„i„g Si '/ *'': jc'' rrv'"'"' the c„i of i,r °rr''°''"'°'''"'» ""'^'' ^^^W'^'J. *« and n «8 o, f„,°™,„ ^ ''''^'''™"8''*<="^i selves an the d, Te, of^hrs?- "" °"*°''™« °» ''°■- meml«« of Christ's wr;"™"''' ""'' """"«>' -. »' things. We ha™t™i!° •' ' '^°* ^W <'° S^'-t and mighty greaf delight "t w wl" ""''''^ "'''"'•' "f g-ee and with one^a corf soX he'Sn '1- °""^''^= '<"'• »" Though ourmess^tlbe. W lierr t "t '"'*• to sinners that night vet tC T *" ."'' '^J™'' ■'«'=« than .oendad to touchfl '£ ^of thl , ■ '™'"' '-•°"''^- they left the altar of pZr weX T^ '"""' "'"'■ ^'•'^ Before we separated w. "^f '° '"',»''y ""nverted. themselves tolZTr'sZ^ott^'''^': ™""' f"^^" ing some individual on .I ? """""^ "i"? ^y tak- own soul, and ^httaS XdaT *- tTf '" t ''"•'■ .otheserviees on the ensuinn'^^;!;';^::^^;^:- • 627 ° 028 FOUR TBABS IN THE OLD WORLD. Minister pledged. Ncglectflil Hearer invited. hand. Several raised the right hand, and among thorn was the excellent minister. The next day, his circuit duties required that he should wrtlk a journey of eight miles, and ^)e absent from the town all day. He rose ere it was yet d:iy; and, mindful of his pledge, lio asked that he might be directed to some individual with whom he might be successful in giving the gospel invitation. His mind was directed to one of his hearers who had long been a neglecter of salvation. He took the unsaved man on his heart to the mercy-seat ; but, as he had to leave town about daylight, it was too early to call at his resi- dence. • When the minister rfeturaed, in the evening, he went to see the one who had been the subject of his prayerful solicitude throughout the day, and, on meeting him, said about thus : — "I have got myself into a difficulty: will you help me out?" " What is it ? If I can help you, I will." ' "I think you can. It is this. Last night I pledged myself to bving one to the chapel to-night, and all day I have been thinking and praying about you." The gentleman seemed a little confused, and said his mind had been impressed on the subject all day. He willingly accepted the invitation ; and the minister fonnd him at the chapel that evening, deeply interested about his soul. After some earnest persuasion on the part of the minister, the gentleman came forward as a penitent- seeker, and, ere the close of the meeting, was a joyful wit- ness of pardoning mercy. That night, eleven were born into the kingdom of grace, the most of whom were men, and heads of families. The greater part of these, we have reason to believe, were, as the one whose case wo FOm TBAKS m THE OLD WORLD. .l!^!!lif^!^!^LZI^^^ toll l,cr she h , 'o't Ti J «^'',:°*' ''°""' '" '">■ "'f« «» action JThelnl ir, "*''"u'-'" "° «'■"«<" »"«'''« out of ,ho now the Lord hall'trL'To^m ',W '^ "^^ MS that his wife wag fZZ u ' ""* "'" «"»" comm.nion.ra™ waTt?-,"^ ""' '"'°"™'' "' ""= evening. The next dr., ^''^i^ "°'"'°'"='^ «"= '"'"O """^ P"' no othor crin,,, than that of .!^l * ''^°'='' "'"' &■• their souls and psaL-sLI ' 1? !° """ P^-'P'" "^o-t ''.at there wonldbXfoTf''""; '•" ''"■'= ^-J^ured Wtious to bear his „™e an/ I 'T' '"""'='• "« ™- founder under GoV» Yet so, -t*"*"" ""■ "' 'i^.- Wnl II I, ■••^'' SO It IS. I^ere. Our efforts to do LZ t ' "' '' '' "«"^J . place us in contact with Lfot^ZX ^'T' ^^^ ^^*^" ism, and we have reason Tn 1,^*^°'*^'' ^^^^•^tJ^od. ^ith not a few lod men ' r"^ "'"' '^^^ ^« ^J^««ed -any separate Im Is "' "l"^-""^ *™«* --h' --o either one sinHy niir ht M. ^''^^T''° '^ "^^«i<^" ^^hich oircu.nstancest^.Srig : tS tT d^"^^^"" ^^"^ *^« be regretted, He who a !n ta' c^ltf^J'"''' ^^^'^ ^'^ "ot as though they were knows I ^^'"^'^ '^''' '^^ ^vhich,,f taken smlhl^v ''°^ *° ^«1^« things, mother, work for gol!d' "'''^""''^' ^^^^" *«!-" to- W^I^^^ -r^r ^" ^^^^""^"^ superintendent -ys, ^^The gr:;t^H d?fThe~erh '''' ''''"''' accomplish which he does not ^U T'^""''' *" ' means to make of LZl^l 1 "'' ^°^ ^^«* ^^ British isles we nfust tf t, : f ZT'''^^' ^" ^^^ plain they each have thpi.V \ "^ *^^ P"^"''^"*' i* is God, and'^3acrextend '^^^^^^^^^ '''' ^^^^ S'-^O'mg think how Cod would I [ ^f''^^'''^ kingdom. Vf haps it mi^htl I ' ^"'^ ^" '^^^^ all one. Per- ps might have been so, perhaps not. I do bcheve 632 rOUB TEAES IN THE OLD WORI^D. The World's Want. Joy in Heaven. Distinguishing Banner. as the case stands, they are mutual checks and incentives to good works, and that, in all probability, there are more spiritual results from their aggregate labors than could have been otherwise, had all the Methodists of the United Kingdom been under one banner. Political objects might have been accomplished which may not be attempted in our divided condition ; but, whether the same doctrinal purity and spiritual life had been retained, I am not sure. The world at present wants witnesses for the truth as it is in Jesus, and preachers anointed with the Holy Ghost; and very likely a larger proportion of what is wanted is secured by things as they are tlian could have been realized in another way. Oh for general and abun- dant showers of heavenly influence ! Oh for the baptism of the Holy Ghost to be bestowed on all the churches throughout Christendom ! " We are now witnessing scenes in this ancient town, in connection with the various branches of Methodism, over which angels and the spirits of the just made perfect must rejoice. Within the past twenty-six days, over three hundred have been born into the kingdom of grace, at the Whittimore-street Methodist Chapel. Here'' we are daily beholding what we have long been wisliing to see,— people hailing undur five or six church-banners, all labor- ing as one in bringing the unsaved to Jesus. What we have regarded as most worthy of grateful recognition is the delightful unity maintained between brethcn of the four distinct Methodist bodies, who, at most places, have had as little to do with each other as the Jews \vith the Samaritans. Here, under the one distinguishing banner, " Holiness to the Lord," the Wesleyan, New-Connection, Primitive, and Free-Church Methodists have, mid-day and evening, Pent( assemb though each is ness the prevailii great w< pluckinr filled wii tecostal i never be Spirit. ' but now As is 11 Church. from on I manifest fl earnest see doeth woi His eyes < many hear< thee." Then car Judgment I leaders, and the altar of filled with t of the bapti one of iheso J^ord has.g assembleil. Perfect Invo i. *i, ^' though the spoilf tt saltr?"°°^ ^^^^^ -^ each is expecting to share it L^T "'" ^''^e, and ness the harmony w^thtiL V "''^'' ^''^^''^"^ ^'^ ^^*' l-vaili„g sentiLnti, r', ;^^^^^^^^^ to the g;eatvvorki.stheupbuiIdinlofou t^^^^^ ^- -- plucking brands from the bnvnf ^^ '' ' ^'"^^^^"^ ^y «"ea with comfort ." 4' rs^,,7^ r :^"^^'^'"°^' tecostal shower. It is sii J 7"^*' ^^ ^^^« I"^"- never before been vi si' ed t^h T7' '^^* ^'^^ ^'-^'^^^ has Spirit. The ground nfbl^";" '•^'^^^"""g ^^ ^^e but nowwe^^joicinj^jsi'r^^^^^ '^'^ '"' ''"'^"' ^ "The desert blossoms as the rose; And Jesus conquers all his foes, And makes his people one." manifest their need „f it hv 1 ''"P"*'"' =" and bnng He renlied "O? , , "'"' ™y your confidence?" gift; anahehadXoUsteft "I"';:," ",?""'«" the Spirit, ,,„d ho wo'„ , n ; herr < Cote-T lU." °' are now reirlv '' wi t , ' ™^ ' ^°^' ^^^ *^ings the declaration, " ^11! 'Jf'lt 'cS 1^'°!°" cleansetl: from all sin" I, w. f, '' *"' *""■ youth was enab d en or C tCn =" 'fT -'^^ "^"^ and apprehend, by faith Jr « ""'' ''""» "y- ™^tho„t.rmoL^r,::.;;;;rs^tt'°'"^^ ■Holiness is a mft of nnir n- r, -' u n received hv o.Vi.n ,; ^ ' "' '''^^" understandingly .ement. The people who do hnow their God shall 686 FOUR TEARS IN THB OLD WORLD. Gift of Power demonstrated. Zealous young Lady. D be strong, and do exploits." A day or two after this dear youth ?'eceive'^°*^«^WG;^e: ; — — - — ^_ Local Preacher. '' ^^-'^ ^^'^y may also be converted." The best of ani S T, "" '''' ^'^""^ ^'--o- gions ruan.] about. ' ^'^'^^ ''°^ *he I'e- , ■^''''1'^'''''™ coming from Birmino.hamanrlWnK i ton and adjacent towns to rret fl.nl ? ^^^^^rhamp. according to their ftith ,>° ^1 ""P^''"' ^^^^'^J ^"^^ <3ay oventng, the i Its f T.""*' *''^"- ^" ^'^t- able. Not lessthi fi^ ^^^^t^fy^g grace were remark- P-yor and i.rsituX^ 'f .^^^^^^^^^^ ^" ''' ^''^ '' the descent of the Holy S'it Mo """ 'f'"^' ^«"^^^'* Sabbath afternoon the w 1 ^ ^'^ T'" ^^^«'^^- ^^ more glorious W; tnLT. .k'"'""^ ^''^'''''' ^^ ^^t «ity of puttin" on the Ij nl '"^^' ^'"^^ *^^ "^-- ing up it onc^ to'th h t;^ T' ^"^ "^^^ ^" ^^-- We urged this as the Trntdi L -fj' fT'^j" '^^»'^^^^^ God upon all enlisted in ! ''^''''"*^ ^^mand of the creature, i,ranu^"l^^^ service and not optional with gives the c rna™ 4al! f"""''"''"^'^^ armor of God.'' Tie sl T /'''''''''''' ^^^ ^l^^^^ tiiough there was no „S " *''' '''''^ ^^S^^^^ 5 «ncl, 688 FOUR YEARS IN THE OLD WORLD. Act of Faith. Receiving tlie Baptism of Fire. asked if he had received the promised grace. His reply was emphatic : — " My offering is on the altar." " Are you sure ? " " Yes : I know it." "Was not Abraham's offering as truly the Lord's from the moment he bound it upon the altar as when he saw the fire descend and consume it?" « Yes." " Of course, faith was not needful when he saw the fire descend. That was sight. It is not sight that glorifies God, but faith. 'Abraham believed God, and his faith was counted unto him for righteousness.' If Abraham had taken the offering from off the altar because the fire did not at once descend and consume it, the act would have been as sacrilegious as though he had ascended to the throne of God in heaven, and taken something from off that throne : for it was tlie altar that sanctified the ^ift ; that is, made it virtually God's property." I then told him just how I received the baptism of fire many years ago, so that I felt the consuming energies of the Holy Ghost throughout body and soul to such a de- gree, that I had never since lost the power of that bap- tism. I had laid tlie offering upon the altar, and bound it there as a whole burnt-sacrifice. A few hours suc- ceeded, during which I felt no more sensible realization of the acceptance of the sacrifice than the father of the faith- ful could have had when thick darkness fell around him. I was at the time in a low state of health, and a very self-sacrificing duty was before me. Apart from any sen- sible apprehension, but acting on the principle, " Body and soul are the Lord's," I proceeded to the duty. While thus f'ligaged, ere I was aware, I felt the consuming energies ^OITK YEAB8 m THE OLD WORLD. 639 " B 'Jiierances. all-constraining inflneres of h-""'"^' ^«"*'-«l^i"g. and ever since kno^n ZZl'l^T" ^7'' ^^ '"'•'' ^ have on Heaven's altar ^c a pT ' ""^"^^ bui^t-sacrifice Fletcher must ^av "'e^^^^^^^^^ of ,vhat ^vere all spirit!" Our con- ?• ''^'^' " ^^"^"^^^ ^^at I expression of resohe onT' '° '""'^''^ ''''^ ' ^-^n^^^ved ti-ttheofferinTstu\dlv^^^^^ °^ ^^ ^-^^ P-aehe, «Itarj and that hoTc^ald I? ^''T'"^'^ ^'"^^ ^^^ ^^^vine ance of it, but JoulTovert, ^"^^^^'^^"-e in the accept- ciple, « I am the Wd V' '"''' ''''"'^^ ^» ^^^ P'in- ti^e h::Ss:?s:^^ f^t^^--^^^ -^^% on many others were deeplv Vonv^?; ? "T""''^ ^^^'^^^n, and kneel at the altar of praye^.^^^^^^^^^^ ^^'"^ '''' ^''^''^ approached him, I s-uv 1 > P''"'^'^"- ^« ^ expression of hi covm J^ c^ '^"""-^b^^ - the intennin^Wincr n^ T or! , , ®™'^''' ^"^ tears were cleanseth1omals„'!;!l':S?o"'V '^^^^ «^ •^-- tis full soul He^ftr . ^' ^'"^'^ ' ^"^«t forth from given him ten Zlt^ZT, f'' ?^* ^' ^°^ ^^ ^^^ -gle word, till he had S:^^ ^i- to utter a clamation, "Glory, glorv I" Z n^" '""^ ''^ ^^^ ^^■ IheardfromanotifSp; .^^^^^^^^^ ^^-e it. who was at the mid-dav mT? ^ '"""^ *^^"' brother gave in a^T. ^ "^ yesterday, that this Christ to'sa^^th^risTtr^ '' ^ ^^^^ «^- fore last; and doubtless thTt' ? ''''"'*^'^' "'^^^ ^e- spread in that reg on thtur^h ""^"^ '^ '^^*'"^^ ^^ P^-eacher, and othe^rwho hf '^'"'^^ "^ ^^^^ ^^^^I oaught the flame ^'^' '^^'^^ ^^ this town and A young man who had long been a professor knelt over 640 FOUR YEAJJS IN THE OLD WOULD. How to get the Joy of Christ, Working Converts. and again at the altar, seeking the baptism of the Spirit. On questioning hiiu, he replied, " All is on the altar : but I do not feel aa I desire ; I seem to need something more." — "Yes, you need something more," I replied. " You need to go to work for Jesus, and use the graco already received. Take some individual on your heart, and plead for the salvation of that one as for your own soul. Go to that person, and inform him or her of what you are doing, and you will soon know tlio blessedness of Christ's words to his disciples, ' That this, my joy, may be in you, and that your joy may bo full.'" The next even- ing I saw him, and he Cjxelairaed, "Oh, I am so ha^jpyl" He had taken the advice given, and, through his agency, a soul had been h-.'i'n into the kingdom of gvace. Oh this more than angp' \\ ik of soul-saving! there is no joy on earth that cek ■^.^••■wxe with it. It was the joy of Jesus to save the world : ;ri!d those who would partake of his joy must be workers together with him in bringing sinners to the foot of the cross. We often tell the people that every soul saved ought to be a guaranty for the salvation of another. This is being exemplified continually. The converts are at work in a way that would surprise and delight you. Several men who have been converted have brought their wives, and wives their husbands. I observed a convert of less than a week old coming out of the vestry last evening with a newly saved man, whose name had just been recorded. A glow of unearthly joy was lighting up his face as I said, " The Lord has been giving you a soul." — " Yes : this is the second one the Lord has given me to-night," was his exultant reply. The Lord had converted the wife of this man. Only the night or two after his own conversion, FOUn YEAKS m THE OLD WORLD. 641 A new Muster. Brlngiiiier Friendi to Jegug. .hew ..„eu given i„ „„„,„ ,„ ^^ ^.^ ^,^, ^_^^^^_^^_ To a y„„th of about siwecn year, old wi,., was jicisoiially lahorinir it tl.o ,7 ,'""• "^"l' I "Pon the senice of a new 31 Lef^ ^ 1 ''" ™'™'' ''«y sny to vo,r.S " ""' •■""•' '^I-«t«'' «ill every Ucoshou,,, sy 'go :.k":r°^•™--'W.■™- o.vpect your nnst,.r t„ ■ ' ' """'*' i'"" wouM ttou have ie driTy "t,T""it ^.f"'"' "i'"' '"" something to do bv v.-v„fi, ■ "'"''J''' S'™ yoi Hopro,nled,i„Th X 'r^;Sr'"-''-"*«'>J«-" since hronght five or six tt fc ,s He :-"'^\.''' "^ moments in ^oin.'ibn,,, '^''™'- ™ seizes his spaie grace,, he gets them to dec de for7;i T\ '''^'"' *'"'^"«*^ ward to the alt-,,- nf ^'^' ^^^^^ings them for- Jesus spea^,^XS::;ranr r ^i^^'^ *"^ one who I,ath |aken g°eat sn^ W t ^'" '''^'''''' ^« cases. If the vonn^ ^ ^'^^* ^'^^ "^'-^"y similar surelythose hJll oTT "'^^ ""' ^^ ^^^ --k> hold of fluth may and - f. '" "'"'''^'''' "^ *^^ ^^«"«e- friends to JoZ'rLtnZT'' ^" '^''^^'"^^ ^'"-• ministry and neonlp ^'^ '*^^ '^'"^ ^^^ng the bocause'tl :'drd 1™'^," ^'^^ ^^'^^•^' -^' rapidly nsiug ''^'^' '^'' ^"^"« ^^ ^^^^ ^re wh!l:tl"tii;;r/j:f ^'^ "^^*^ bestow om- labor nistry and laity come up as helpers together IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) k A ^/ ^ oS\ /. 7. V 1.0 I.I It! Lil IIIU 11.6 — 6" V PhotDgmDhic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 873-4503 1 \ ,v •N? \ :\ ^v f^v ^ Ji^ ^ ,ove, whore all h love." M..ny of these hn" :iT:ii;sr,i:;:"re iwri eo-nmunion-ail, seeking .he bles'ing ; ^ 1. ''C ^d core, have obtained the witness tiSt th Mood of j ' ° s oleanseth. I need not tell you, that, whe,. t^^^LX " -^""JP* nnd sects niul parties full, And Cbrist alone is all in nil " sulmhra"!"'". "r """^ '"■^'^'J' '" """-'-liato re 646 FOUR YEAB8 IN THK OLD WOBU). Three Hundred Haved In Three Wecki. Baptist Minister. ei>ecially repugnant to the great majority ; and though still loyal to all the best interests of Wesleyan Methodism, as we trust they ever may be, they seem only more re- solved than over that they will favor special revival efforts and 8peti:il agencies. About three hundred have been added to the Lord during tlio last thi-ee Aveoks. "Every battle of the war- i-ior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this is with burning, and fuel of lire." Male and female disciples from various sections and different sects are coming from far and near, and, as they receive the burning Pentecostal fl^me, bear it away to their own lo- calities; and the blessed news is reaching us from various quarters that Pentecostal blessings bring Pentecostal results. To God bo all the glory ! Dr. Palmer walked home from the mid-day meeting to- day with an excellent Baptist minister, who, with his people, have attended the services. He said the revival flame had caught among his own people; and on Sabbath evening, sixteen deeply convicted pci-sons, on invitation, retired with him to the vestry, and eight have since been hopefully converted. He added, «0h, I wish you could stay at Walsall a month longer I " But this is impossible, as we already stand engaged to commence services at Wolverhampton on Sabbath, Feb. 7. CHAPTER XLVnr. „ . -, , WotvunimoTO., Feb. ij, ,„,. .nitted. Formanv vo^»T, i *"■ "'" '"""S' Po.- judgmen. JI" L'l r„lrr ''°' "™°<' P™'""" "«>' of the ,hvo, „„d7o :Z .fe:7*r --> -on8» 'igbteous Buley and otho« '"* '"°" "^ "■» have it," we have iiov-Tv. , ^ ^''' '° '™»W wo -o»ld ^ive u the vl '""''^^ ""' «•« God of battles Pwident, ,h„„„|, ^'TJ- Tl-o Pohey of our excellent i» no. ^ocaH^fAlt'drX^Tr''' '"""'?'"''• onthusiastic meeting at ExetrHall T^ " ."' "'" aimultaneous mectint, !,..« ,1,! ' '"""'"' °*«'- reached yo„ A w! ^ . """ """'"S- '"'» "'"'"''y ^^^^ I Ameiican crisis, commending in strong 647 ® 648 FOUB TEAES IN THE OLD WOBLD. President Lincoln, Antltlavcry I>emonitrationt. tornis the course pursued by President Lincoln, particu- larly his firmness in caiTying out the Kniiincipation Act. TJie name of Lincoln, so much abused through South- ern pei-fidy, and mistaken conservative rioliticians of the United States, is now being embalmed in the minds of thousands in England as one of the greatest benefactora of the age. The proposition and attempt to establish i\ nation ou the basis of slavery is now looked upon by tens of thousands as infamous beyond parallel. It is boldly asserted, that, within the period of the Presidency of Mr. Lincoln, he has done more for the blessed work of eman- cipation than during; the whole preceding poiiod of the existence of the United States. Arrangements are being made in every part of England for anti.>lavery demon'! Btrations on a large scale. The name of our good Presi- dent bids fair to bo immortalized in the public mind unless some new current sets in. I may seem too sensitive; but I have wished n thousand times since I have been in this country that the taste of some of our own well-meaning people were, in some respects, remodelled. If President Lincoln, or any other Pi-osident of the United States, has been elected by the voice of the American people to the highest office of the Government, is it not unseemly that a nick-name, such as must have originated in the bar-room or lower unedu- eated grade of society, should so far obtain as to be of frequent newspaper notoriety ? Thus it is that our honored President is often called " Old Abe," or « the rail-splitter,'» in English society. Of course we cannot blame our English friends: they only, as willing learners, adopt the teachings of our stump politicians. Were I to attempt to give a truthful idea of the effect that such a cognomen has on the English FOrU TEARS IX THE OLD WOBLD. 649 Contcmp tuou, EpltheU. The Queen. home mn"- "bo n,,,„„ge. ""e Svt *;?"" ""•■"""'• ^ friend, .'rise t„a. ^::1:T^^'^t:^^>^'^' '-«•..- society B„ Ix.von,) 1,/, ■'" ""nH'ieneo to enter "If I do „„ M '°'""°"- *'"> '■"■■"tly i-eplie,! any thing of ine ' » If ,-, ^ ^ " *'"'j' "'" '■^'"^ honor is ». Murcli 0,1808. •-L England U in a stale of «,citem™,t „, • Wali To«l ^ZT^":' '"" J'*- of „ , a.o »«iro,nn"Lutr;r" T™ 7^ .""T" was ivcleonifd to tlif sliorM of p i , "'''' ''''">-•' of Saturday, March 7 Se,, I! f"'' °" '!■•■■ """'""e "1 Ifnr; ' T"- ""2" -ra? of' Z";^,f^ - throng,. wWC. th?sTrcat^r;t:;'- "^ '"'■""VoU, streets 1 ncd on cithoi- a.Vi« i i Passed. Five miles of and these ove.oltd ^ Z^ZT'' ""''T' ''^''^'^ ^o^vs, roots of houses, and nvn ^"' '''''' '''''^ ^^•"- with gazers, musrhave m d cZ f ""'' ^''^^' ''"^^^ that the land of her adoDttn . ^'""^ P""^^«« ^'^^ posed to^vnrd he, lUs ^ , ' """'' "^<^etionately di.s- that thousand of peor held " '" ''•" ^'^'^ "*'"^*^' royal pair as theyZli sLT ^-"l"^ ' "°'^' '' *^« at from a hundrecf C fift v ,^'°^''^^^^"^'^^« ^ere rented ft-ont Windows ^f ^^ hol^w^ ttdT^' • ^^^ .occasion at a thousand dollars, an^l f ' *''" '^°S'« on a platform at a guinea Jueh,' " «*'^»^^"'g-pIaco but it shows at what a L- 1.. ""' '''"^ incredible; ri«e. The PHncess Ale.t^i ^7"^''' '"*'"^''^^^"» ««y ^;^etoside,.nn::.^r^:^-,^-;^^^^^^^ ate and ,ueen,y bearing, during the soZ^:;::^.;^ 052 VOVB YEAH8 IN TUK OLD WOKI.O. Kngllih Lox«ltr. Pln*mou7. ltoy«l Uarriaflc. passed from one station to tho olht-r from which sho was to leave for the cwtlo ut Windsor. Nothing cm bo more sure than th.it the English nation are heartily loyal; and no expenditures are too costly by way of inanile.stintj their ani'Clionato respect for their be- loved Queen an 1 the nieinbors of her honored household. It is said that the nuuiicip.d authorities in London alone have expeude.l a million and a half pounds in the luag- iiificeut display connected with tho marriage of tho Prince of Wales. Added to the enormous «um appro- priated for the support of tho Prince of Wales, his bride IS to have fifty thousapd dollars pin-money yearly ; and, in case she becomes tho widow of his Royal Highness, she is to receive thirty thousand pounds in lieu of dowry.' Large appropriations are made to each of the Queen's children on their niarri.ige : so we see loyalty demands its manifestations. Teiis of thousands of pounds will bo expended all over England, on this festive occasion, by way of doing what is regarded as due homage to the son of England's sovereign, and tho heir apparent to tho throne. I could fill my sheet with tho enumeration of costly presents to tho youthful pair. Birmingham sends a silver table worth two thousand five hundred pounds. Since the date of the preceding, tho marriage has been consummated. Tho whole has passed off with an hlat I have neither time nor inclination to describe: not that I do not appreciate tho affectionate demonstration of a grateful people in honor of tho powers that be ; yet one cannot but feel that life is too short, and its aims too high, to indulge long on scenes so transitory, and tasteless°to the earnest Christian. fOVB VKAB8 IS TUB OLD WOBI.D. 653 •1... «„o, ^tt^xr^r;''*''," ""™"''''- »'■ l"»d to bur,, i„t„ „ „,„,, „; l;^' ' f'""^''!?" "' E„g. "on -.„ „b„„ ,„ ,„ „„„.,: ■V',-"™'?^ "•■".or ilroswcl i„ ,u.,.,, |„„,„.„:„„ , ', "^' •M.ijosty was s»i.. ».ii , '*„ t '"""""'■' "'• "^'"P^ Spirit. I, i, rcvdir^ «i.l . "'" '""""'•"' "f "»•• 'I"ly the «iii.cti„„;i fef 2;!? '" rV""' ""'^ «•"-■ '-- '« E'l»ur,l i. being rZ'-H """f" ''" '""Albert apparent ,o .h„ i.wM,!;'!'"'"'-''-"^ ''""'"'■ "' ''"''■ -bjccts that .be iZ'Z;L7JZlZ'''" 'i'''" '"■'"= to asoeu.1 tlio throne. "''" '"' '» '=•'"'••'' "n>^::;tbf ■;„,? "^«f E"«'»<>. 'Vi.nes,i„g.be t,.i. -"gh,n,„ at the unett^^::™z:f ""; '"""" '" ^''■ »rvice, there for tw weeks T ? 7 ' ",' °'""'"™'' ""> prayers ofhis peoole ZZ • , '' '" ""'»'<'■• '» 'h" ..pon thocol' S'.\7,f™'7 7°""' "'" "' '^P"'' with the glory of God '' "''''™""' '" ^ «""! "-they.a.j'j--;c.r,:r- 654 POUR YKAKS IN THE OLD WOBLD. Conversion of a Jfcung Lady. Manifestations of Power. young lady had a friend away at school in Boulogne (France), who had told her, if ever she became pious, she would quit her company : but, the day following her con- version, she wrote to her friend at school, telling her the 'vonderful story of what Jesus had done for her ; and then the mother of the young friend at school, and another Aiend whom the Lord had j?reatly blessed, kneeled to- gether to ask that the Spirit of the Lord would accom- pany the reading of the letter to this young lady's conver- sion. .The next letter from France told of the speedy answer to prayer, and that she had joined class, and was happy in the senvice of Christ. The family with whom we are guests have had two sons and two daugh- ters converted during these services. The youngest daughter was the first name put down for a new class ; and yesterday she said, " The class now numbers eighteen members." j We have two meetings each day. Yesterday, between forty and fifty were blessed. The Lord of the temple manifested his glory ; and I think not one of the dense assembly but felt that the place was awful, yet glorious, by reason of the manifest presence of the High and Holy One. Our mid-day meetings are ever seasons of extraor- dinary interest. Here many written and verbal requests are given in for relatives, friends, and neighbors. To many of these, immediate and extraordinary answers have been given. One asked the prayers, of the meeting for an aged sick person. Just while the petition was be- ing presented, the convincing Spirit was sent to the heart of the aged neglecter of salvation, and she became so dis- tressed about her soul, that she desired some one might be sent for to pray with her. That afternoon, during a visit from the person who had sent the petition to the Answer to Prayer Z , T, l!i: Neighbors saved. 655 Lord i'eynlmm. meeting, the aged sinner found mercy A ., bhng with emotion, requested pryel'fo. ^^'''' '''^■ who was at that time attendin/a if ' ^ ^^Y^'ard son promised to be at the chaneHn ' ^"^^■^•'!^'^' ^ut who had terwards told of the reoue! ?k ?V?°'"«- ^' ^^« ail behalf; and, in repV S tt ^'^^° ^^^^ - his require something mo e than ^ ^"'^ '' ^^^"'^^ -t evening, ho^wrerhe^w^artr ^ ^"'^ ' ^^« awakened penitent and W k ^ ""''''' "" <^eeply viort incarnation, blTL?, '■ ^"' *^ ''"^'^ "^ ">« »»- efforta bring deflni e ™ dj , ^fu '° "''™'- Oo"""^ t'me in the annals of 'Sn.-landwS ., '™ """^ " been called so mnch into „Te h!° 'f ""'""" >"' »f every g,,* in society fi-ora ^3 7 'Z "?«^"* sweeper T. Carter to t J „ k^ the humble chimney. leard .he excelllVto d Tetham"' ''?'"'""'• ^^ morning in a Methodist chair w. " - T ®'"""«'' profited beyond our nn-w !• "^^/'^^ delighted and little ehildf yet poUrtTn r' """ "' ^P'" "^ » ''Tbatwe^ightWth' V ^r™'- ™» text was, "8 of God." He tXd as o ^^- ' ""^ '""^y Siven ,o ■ After laboring l^vZZTT' '"«'" "^ """■ »oved on Sabbath, M^^h tT*^ *« T''"'^ »"='« 'e- Al-d here also the Wr^ ', '? ^""'•'"■eet Chapel. Spirit in the aw.Lntid'^ ®"°"''^ P""^" °« h- -<• tbe entire saSl^ "^";Xr '"Thtd- T'' Of »«ng grace ar. truly .onderi-^Ct J^t't 656 FOUR TEAES IN THE OLD WOBLD. The Frodigal'd Beturn. Rejoicing Father. thirty were enabled to testify of the forgiving love of Jesus. Some received the blessing of pardon while we were addressing the people, and came into the vestry during the prayer-meeting service to testify what God liad done for them. On the first Sabbath evening, a person came down from the gallery, and went into the vestry among those who were seeking pardon. Shortly after, he came out, while we were singing, looking very happy, and cried, " Glory be to Jesus ! " As soon as we were through the verse, I asked him to tell what the Lord had done for him. He stated in substance, " that he was the child of praying parents, but, through bad company and the intoxicating cup, he had almost broken their hearts, and was bringing down their gray hairs with sorrow to the grave ; and that his mother on parting with him said, 'Laddy, thee hiis already broken my heart, and, if you continue a little longer, you will finish me.' " He also said that he had been a prize-fighter; had been published in "Bell's Life in London," through his own bad conduct ; had both of his wrists and ankles broken; had been in prison; and, although but twenty-seven years of age, was an old man. He said he had fought many battles for Satan ; but now, by God's help, he intended to fight harder ones for Jesus. His father, a fine, venerable-looking man (a Wesleyan), spoke with flowing tears immediately after him, and said, " All that the lad has said is true : the intoxicating cup has been his besetment, though he had never seen his poor father ever take a single drop, and that for thirty years not one drop had he tasted of any thing that would intoxicate ; and that the lad's mother had done the same, even to a drop of beer. He also said that the lad's course had been such as to paralyze his head, so that for months FOUB YKAHS IX ^TilE OLD WORLD. 657 he had a falling of tlic hVl nf^^ left Runcorn to visit Bh™inl '^'' '"^^ *''''^* ^^« ^^^ M and, having fou^ Tim ^ " ", "'" *^ ^^^^ "1^ ^^e clothed him, and brou^r hf ^^ P''"^""^' ^^ ^^^^^ There were iot Ly d^e 'T„ If '^" '^ ^^^'^P^^'' -g the natation of thertfu .i^Sr"" '"^- seldom have a eorvice bT^n ""' "'^ '^'"'- ^e the soon-day honr WritL „ 1. f ™ deanseth at «o prayer. Oae reada-orTh^ 7 )" *°'"'^ ^"^«'-^ made, asking p ' ^ ,1 7 '^"^ '''^'' ■'' '■'^Vm Mas and that now they dosLrth"?' "'"^."'' ""' »"'"-' ^ them in p«,ising the Wd that r^""S"'r '" J"'" *'* -joice in Christ a, th* Sriifn? 'T^t '"f ^^ '» prayed for yesterdiv ^^, , °"^- Another who ^vns andto-dayrfCtttLf^^^^^ ''"""' '"™^ '''' ^^^ ". dren may be Ted A ' ""^^f '' '"^^'^"^ ''^"d ^h"' saved an old period lat ot/ ' '\"' ^"' ^'^ ^^^^'^^ '^^^^ Who had scavcTev ten^S^^^^^^ ^''^^^ another Bixty-eight ^^Tj!^" ^ '^T^ ^^^«^^' ^"^ "Thesick female whfZ ^^ ^^^ther reads thus: that you wouTd ioTn LT ^ -'^'^ ^'' ^^^^^''^^^y '•^^"ests behai? as shr'haffo ^^.^ L'uHfdt"'^ ? ^^' '° ''' other returned thanks for th?V . V"" ^'""^^y" A"' Sabbath. ''^ *^' forty-three blessed on the The glance I have given vou of fn /lo ' gives you a glimnsP nf 7k ""^ ' "^^'^ "^^^^ting to day and week to wLl T'^ ^^^'^ ^'^ '"^^ ^^^ ^ay a deeper reXion of th '"°^' Never have I had "Thanks be unto God i K^'r^'"^"'^^ '^ '^' ^^''ds, unto God, which always causeth us to tri- 658 FOUB YBAE8 IN THE OLD WORLD. Detained in Answer to Prayer. Extraordinary Work. umph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savor of hia knowledge by us in every place; for we are unto God a sweet savor of Christ in them that are saved, and in them that perish." We 1j ^ fully purposed not to extend our labors in Birmingham beyond four weeks. Though most impor- tunately urged to prolong our visit, we had decided, in riew of other solicitations, equally urgent, from various quarters, that we must not remain here longer. But prayer moves the hand that moves the world. The friends of Jesus have been much in prayer, both puWicly and privately, that the |.ord might put his hand upon us, and constrain us to stay. Our farewell service had already been announced ; but we seemed compelled to yield to the wishes of the peo- ple, and remain a few days longer. We are praying that we may witness far greater wonders of grace. We believe that God, even our God, can shake the whole town of Bir- mingham. The people are coming out in crowds, so that the chapel is crowded every evening. The meetings are deeply solemn, yet glorious on account of the felt presence of the High and Holy One. April 4. — Yesterday we had our closing services. Meet- ings were held from three till half-past four o'clock, and from six till ten o'clock. Many received pardon, and oth- ers were enabled to testify that the blood of Jesus cleans- eth from all sin. Seldom have we witnessed such an extraordinary work in any place as has been going on during the past five weeks at the Unett and Bath Street chapels in this town. During our two-weeks' labor at tJnett-street Chapel, three hundred and eighty gave in FOUE YEARS IN THB OLD WOBLD. 659 Divine WltnesBer. Flve-weekB' Work. Bath Street. their names to the secretary as subjects of the work Of these, three hundred and fn.^,r ^u . ' (and who can doubfwbe'GonvXrT^'^''' entire sanctMcation. "For by one offi.1 11 u ' trhost also IS a witness to us.''—Heb x U 1^ w you ever particula.y noticed this w^nt;!/ p'lsl^^^^^ Our next scene of labor was at Bath-street Chapef Dur- ing our three-weeks' special services there, the names of five hundred and thirty were added to the newly bTessed fmty-seven of whom had obtained the blessing of puri 7 and four hundred and eighty-three the blessing^of pard^Z- uiiu T,en. w bat a blessed five-weeks' work for Jesus ! W« l::^zs ;:r^'"t H'"*"r? '^-^"» *° efit; the majority of those blessed being eithefa eadJ in some way connected with that bodyf or engalTto become so. It seems, although the doors of the oT Con necuon are closed against 'special revivali'vfce;^;" 660 FOUB YEAES IN THE OLD WORLD. "GloriougTime." Amazement nnd Gratitude. Vista Scene. affections of the people nre drawn out after these servants of Christ; and, during- these services, many of the leading members have come forward, and labored most eaniestly and affectionately with us. In fact, it seemed as if our chapel was turned into a ' conference ' chapel, so great a portion consisted of their congregations. One remarka- ble feature of these services was the laying-aside of the partition walls of sectarianism, and the unanimity and kindliness with which Wesleyan Methodists, New-Con- nection, and Free-Church Methodists worked together for the salvation of souls It has been a glorious time; and we are hoping an^ believing that the work begun will be carried on, and that, to use the words of the good doctor, « redeemed Birmingham will soon become saved Birmingham.' " -_. . L1VEP.P00L, April 14, 1863. We have just returned to the house of our esteemed fiiend, G. Pennell, Esq., after a campaign of twelve weeks m the midland counties of >^ngland. It is with amaze- ment and gratitude that I look back pon the record of the weeks which have so swiftly passed amid the multi- plicity of engagements, that they seem but as yesterday. And thus I presume it will be till the sum of life is told. But though the day of life is as a vapor, which appeareth for a Uttle, and then vanisheth, a bright gleam is ever darting into the vista of the future. Though we spend our days amid the multitude, the eye of faith looks through the vista; and we behold multitudes congi-egated around the throne, with whom we have talked on earth of the power of Christ to save to the uttermost. There they stand around the "Ancient of days," casting their glittering crowns at the feet of the world's Redeemer. POUB YEAB8 ,N THE OLD WOULD. _^«jofu^^i^^iri^^;^'^rK;;i;r 661 Snd Slistoke. had been ..edoemod frorearth W , °,'',"' "'"*" "''» teach others the new son^l ill ^ ^"^ "" "Sm^^- t» of our Lord Jes„. Chri"! thL T I ^''^'' ''°"8'' "'^ «""" with thousand, when thev h we « r '°? '" """""'^ voices to the 80„7tn„ J ''"" ^'f 'f ™»<' to tuue their washed us from our Jr.T . "^° ''"* '""'' "». ""'l . -.in,sa„d;r;::„:-2 ranTLr;:i::'"/*;-:>" 1 Wieve that 1 amZrn ^^1 I"'" '='™"'* t« it is only to the dele that weT" ".',' """" ''""y t's^^itort,"""-^ t«a„ees o'^tl^'tdtCrsu^e': S' '^7 •"; rre\r::dt2Lrrr-- the Lord of glory f ^ murderere of na^tf^r l""!' ^" »''™"5-^l'o have prophesied in the "d™ but who f '' ""'" '^'°" ""*' "'' S""" °f them" selves, but who, for want of purity of motive will h. ,i,. etemtty. Sure I am that no worts will he recognized 662 FOUB TEABS Hi THB OLD WORLD. Walking carcftilljr. Conflicts and Conquests. in the light of heaven, as of God, only bo far as they arise from a pure desire to glorify God, and not self. To the glory of grace, I can say that I am endeavoring to walk carefully before the Lord, feeling that I every moment need the merits of Christ's death, and am enabled mo- mentarily to present all my redeemed powers a living sacrifice. By the new and living way I enter within the veil ; and here I abide, casting anchor yet deeper with ever)- passing day. Within the few past weeks, the words have been applied to my heart in an unusual manner, "Hearken, O daughter! and consider and incline thine ear ; forget also thine own people and thine own father's house. So shall the King greatly desire thy beauty ; for he is thy Lord, and worship thou him." The Lord is indeed leading us, in some respects, in a way we had not known. I am persuaded that greater triumphs are now marking our path than ever before. Yet, in the attain- ment of these new conquests, we have had new conflicts ; but victory through our Lord Jesus Christ is our tri- umphal song. Unexpectedly to ourselves, but undoubtedly in answer to the prayer of faith on the part of others, we were constrained to return to Walsall for another attack on the enemy's citadel. In praise of Infinite Grace, we are per- mitted to record that the flame of revival, which burst forth during our visit a few weeks previous, has taken within its range the Methodist societies all over the cir- cuit. But not only have the various branches of Methodism been visited, but all other evangelical denominations in the £0^vn of Walsall are partaking in the visitation. I am at this moment reminded of a circumstance, which, I am confident, may have had a bearing on this state of things. When we first commenced our labors in Walsall, twelve Rl weeli our f Buti going Rorat nal m specie about half.h( purpoi region visitati now c( of sou pledge that th of this 1 by of tj rose to would r supplica An 03 on the s stood pl< desire to daily and isters of to seek o pouring c asketh re of the di) learned, i: to extraoi ■ ■ — — _: ^vtist Minister. But it was well we itlUZ^X^ 7.^0^ P' T"'' going, or we might not have fi^^^^-f ""^^ ^"^"^'^ Remembering tlKTnromil.T, '* ^"^ ^^"*)^ *<> go. nal manner o^ fi t anZ ^^' ^'" "' '" '"'^ ^ ^'^' «]>ecial request for he ^/Iv " ''"'"' ' "^'^^^ ^^ « about thus: "An indivirat T '^P'^'-'^'^'^^S, reading half-hour earlier than u 1, ^''' '"'"^"^'^ ^^ "«« ont purpose of pl^tg S GoTtT?^^' ''' ^'^^ ^^«-*« regions round about mlvbPfn Y ^^''' ^own'^M the visitation of the HoirSniri/ Tl ^^'^^ '" extraordinary now commenced 3 SuItSn^V'^V'^ ''''^^' ''^'-'- of souls, desires tXow hV^ " "^ ^""^^^^^^ pledge themselves^ eXav Jr"^ '"u ''^' "^^^^"^ ^^ that they may unite in loV ?' *^"' ^^''^y* '« «rder ofthis region mTyknrwlTf.';:? -^'^ '" *^« ^"^-^itants by of the Son'f God '' Ah' " ^*^"^ ^^*^ P«««-g- rose to their feet by way 0^1?-'"''^ '' *^^^° ^^^^^ would rise daily at iJast one h^.^ ^''"''^'^^ ^^'^^ '"^^V supplication on^eh^ofTl^ot^ritar^^ '^^ ^^^^^^^ «tood pledkl as sper;ia r VuT^^^^^^ ?'^^^ ^^^ desire to add yet another defin^; '"'^ '* ^^« ^'^ daily and united suppTca ion ''T' '' " ^"^^^^^ ^^^ isters of aU the valus se^' ^^ ""' •' " ^^^* ^^^ "^in- to see. on their ZTe^I^ ^frt^irt^?^ "'''''' Pourmg of the Holy Spirit" hLT ^ ""P^"' ^"^ ^"*- asketh receiveth-r Wonderf^lT r;'^''*'^''^ "'^^ ^^^^ of the divine visitatio^on th^V'^ ^' ^'' ''"'" *'^^ ^^^^^ learned, not a s nd^dennl ' '"^"^ ^^ ^^^ ^« ^« have ' to extraordinarrSi^Z^^^ '"? ^^^ '^-^ -used y activities m soul-saving. The Baptist 664 FOUR YBAKS IN THE OLD WOULD. JDhuroli-of.Kngland Revlvnl Announocmcnt, KomlUi Placard. minister refciTed to has had, since that time, a remarkable awakening among his people; and many have turned to the Lord. lie commenced special services about the time we left, which arc still going on with power. The diflferent branches of Methodists, in their own various localities in and around the town, also commenced special services, which have been owned by the Head of the Church in the salvation of many souls. The Independents and Church- of-England neople, who joined more or less with us while we remdned in Walsall during our first visit, have since commenced special services among themselves. That the Church of England 8h9uld post placards announcing "spe- cial services," is regarded as a wonder; but this has been done in more cases than one in the town of Walsall. But still more remarkable is the fact that the Romanists have actually issued placards announcing "special services." The motives, I fear, are questionable. Some of their peo- pie have been brought out of darkness into the marvel- lous light of the gospel at the Methodist chapel; and it is probable that the object of these special services is to pre- vent their people from going to other places of worship. The bill announcing the services, now before me, is a curi- osity. It begins thus : « To the greater glory of God. Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Alphonsus." It then goes on to state that several missionary monks, called "Redemp- tionist Fathers," will visit the place, and hold three meet- ings daily during the week, and five on Sabbath. The special services are to be continued during a period of four weeks. The biU calls upon all the faithful to attend, and promises special "indulgences" to all who are faithful in attending the ministrations of these missionaries. It says, " The tune of a mission is a time of extraordinary grace. A joission is a message from Almighty God to his people, FOUB YKABS IN THE OLD WORLD. 665 Fruit of RevlvnU garnered. Trials and Trlumphi. to put them in mind that but «onn »>,;,,„» • and that .one thin,' i. the ^aZ ^Z::Zr'^ bn Vn . I ™"'' P''"''"''*' *^ "^"^^^^ ^ good eonfes- oi salvation. I have copied a part of this bill thinkin,. cai^^l I ^ ""''', '''''■' ""'' ^^^^«'' "'•« g"--"y more assistant secretaries are appointed to take the names and esidence of the newly blessed, and to specify enate ^^r^tz^ ;■""'■"' ^ """^'-^ '' ^^-« -port Imnted Wh "\ *^ ^'™^^ ^^ ^ thousand six Of tt'! " '''"'"^'^ '^^ ^^^^"g ^^"g'^t and found wlh S^^^^^^^ P^'"^^"^ ^^^^^"-y g-'J^ of societ"-; highandlow,nch and poor, -thirteen hundred and twenty seven have presented themselves at the commun on-S o vestry, as penitents seeking mercy, and havirLht dihgently and felt that they obtained, have h!d their names written among the newly saved Th! • two hnnrlrnri o 1 "«^wiy savca. 1 hc remaimni; two bundled and seventy-three are persons who durin° hat penod have sought, and been enrolled, to testify S they received the witness of purity. ^ If I should tell you that the victories we gain are won h^^b it Ts?' ''^ ""f' '^ -'^"-^- tL: TeZo on o;r tile in 1 'T '"?''''' '^^ P"^"'"^^' ^^^ ^^-^^^^ on our time in labors for our precious Saviour have been tuals. In fact, onr tnals are triumphs. New conflicts 066 FOl/B YEAB8 lH THB .ULD WORLD. Mui(ip/i>«d Mcrclci, Manobestor. Berirol. have been the signals for now victories. An.l thus, tfirough grace alone, I trust it will bo till life's short probation is cndecl, and wo lay down our arms and take the crown. The mercies of God toward us are innumerable, and over multiplying. Often do wo exclaim,^ " I blush in all things to abound: The servant is above his Lord." CHAPTER L. Manchester, April 24, 1868. JE have commenced a series of labors, to which J) we long since stood pledged, in this city, at the Stock-street Chapel, and have reason to be K>. -^ encouraged with the present state of the work. Twtaty-one found peace in believing last evening; the same number the evening previous; nineteen the evemn ,. TU names of these have not been re(5orded a?; svl - jcj.v, of this g?.oious visitation. Ui t £r«iiln(. l»tcvc„i„. tlntl,,. , ■ f'^fk-gtrect Cha,,c.l ,oM „„ stanl i„ Her annriJ """ "'"'"''""'• T''" '*"?'•! wa, built for tl e ,1 r"° '"'" "' M-'ohctcr, a„,l Hos rosMl/ri*;X"",'°''*"" »'■ ""voral wealthy tami- but ha, hllTlueTl-,,, T^- " """"^ """'■'S *«"' -k. To G„rr:,r.t ;tr ^"™^ * p— who had received thn f„n k .• ? ' ^""" '^ distance, had previous yaVo If "^?^^"^ "^ *^^« Spirit where we and Lther. in-law -nMrr '" ? *'^''^* ^" '^^^^ '^ -^^er pleading w th he Lo!^ ^ '*''' '"'' ^^'^^"^ ''' ^'^^^ ^een obtained forgiveness In f,r f '^*''' '"^^ ^"^^^^^'^^ for him. he stateTth;. I ^^ ""''"* '^^ ^''''^ ^'^^ Jone ..•eat. tC rc:ilfs ;^;r ' ^is c. t a^^ been.so brought his wife wl,„ „, °'V P- , ^"'' •^'"^ evening he pardonin"; ''^'" ™ "^ ■»''«'' " J»yf-.l partaker of bJ wet^i t::urt:""°r n''°*-='-' ^>'^^^-- Street. 0„r Tlv^l'" •'"'. """;''■''<'' '"^d "' W wonders. ^ "■ " '" "^ "'o "^O"* doeth The special services have been removed to the mor-e 668 FOUE YEAES m THE OLD WOELD. Lever Street. Many Inquirers. Cathollo Lady. commodious Lever-street Chapel, in the central part of the city, where hundreds are in nightly attendance, and many are inquiring, « What must I do to be saved?" Since the commencement of our labors here, now over two weeks, about three hundred have received either justi- fying or sanctifying grace; and many persons of different denominations have been quickened in the divine life, and are laboring to bring souls to God. Among the interest- ing conversions that have occurred, few have given me more satisfaction than that of an intelligent Roman-Cath- olic lady. She was kneeling amid a company of earnest seekers, but did not appear to be as deeply affected as others. Though kneeling, she was not weeping, neither had she bowed her head. I said, " What would you have Jesus do for you ? " "I should like to have my sins pardoned." " Well, Jesus is nearer to you than I am; and he says, 'Look unto me, and be ye saved.' He has died to pur- chase your pardon; and is he not wilUng to give vou pardon now?" => & .? "Must I not first confess my sins? " "Yes, you must confess your sins: you arc not required to confess them to me, or to any human being, but to Jesus. If you confess them to Josus, he is Ihithful and just to forgive you your sins." " Can I have pardon without penance ? " she ex- claimed. I thought it not best to divert her mind from the fact that she W.1S a sinner and needed pardon, and therefore gave no intimation that I knew her to be a Papist, but only repUed, with apparent surprise, "Why, the Bible says nothing about penance.- it says a good deal about repentanccP She listened with most marked interest as I infir exalted to }£nPyZJZTr- """'"^ »*•• '"= « ""to I„ael, and .hollXLofT ' V"'" '■'O""'"™ help of the Holy SniritTnT, ' ^'" J""" """d the Ask Ufa now." ^ *" ""= «"* "^ ^'e Holy Spirit. 4" *: "Hat r^owt"* "°" '"-"'^S'. into n.y . reotly to the lo d ~'t^, ^°" f^''' -" oome d' between God and Tn dt'tT' '' .."' ■"" ^"'^^^'^r gi" Mary, but 00™™; 't^lu^r^'^f i" ""^ "^^ "f "■« Vi. for Jesa,' sake, give JlT2 f .{'"S """^ '■■'^' 'I'»'-'3> lighten my m ,k1, and sho? ^' ""''^ ^^^'t to en- bow mine also; and I know ,L, .1 t P™J«>-.I will answer." I„ l«s than ,„ '° ^°''<' """' bear and ber head in IZT Z T"-°' '^' *° '""1 bowed ber mind. ShTb™: fa '"^"'"'".^ ^ivcn to enlighten -erey; and He wh" s ri tif ^ ""^ """"^""j' ">»gbt i-S love, a„d,ere the „,"?!?/ ■■°™!'''"'^''""'°''- name was enrolled among thost Ih ZT? '""'"'■ ''<"• ness through Christ. """^ *""'* K-^ve- A man who obtained merov h^A 1. to a widow woman about ntj yL'^.r"'^ " ^^h' threatened to prosecute • but hH ■ *'""'"' >««• nothing to prove his i„,lli , , ' """""S that she had euly ba°ve tie cos ofl 00'°'"' ""'^"" '"'' ^'"^ «-bi would not acknowledg he S'°tT"«' '""">'•- ^^ 670 POUR YEARS IN THE OLD WORLD. Discouraged Seeker. Benefit of trying once more. in the congi-egation, who has been seeking religion a long time." — " Bring the young man forward, and I will con- verse with him here," I rejoined. " He will not come. Though he has not been foi'ward during these services, he has, on other occasions, acknowledged his need of Jesus ; and he Bays he will come no more." — "Take an invitation from me, and ask him in my name to come only once more." The young man came. My first question was, " Are you a sinner ? " — " Yes." — " Is Jesus Christ the Saviour of sinners?" — "Yes; but I am a great sinner." — "Is not Jesus a great Saviour?" — "Yes." — "Then he is just such a Saviour as you want, ifi he not ? " He heartily responded, " Yes." — " Now I want to know when you are going to take Jesus as your Saviour. He says, ' Now.' If you are ever saved, there must be some time when it will be written in heaven that you take Christ as your Saviour : shall it be now ? If I will show you exactly what it is to believe, Avill you do it now ? " — "I will." — " Well, it is this : You believe, that, in dying for you, Jesus paid your debt?" — "Yes," — "Suppose you were greatly in debt in this town, and had not the first farthing, and had no pos- sible prospect of ever having the first farthing, to pay. A friend at a distance, who is abundantly able, commiserates your case, pays the debt, and then writes you word, ' I have paid the debt : ' you would read the letter, and then tell your friends that you were free from the debt." — " Yes." " Well, then, is not the Bible God's letter of love ? and do you not by this see that you are free ? " He apprehended the fact, and, exulting in his freedom said, " Lord, I do tliank thee, thou hast paid my debt : I will praise thee. Though thou wast angiy with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou corafortcst me ; " proving the blessedness of believing God, and of trying once more. • It is difficult to refnin fi.«.« i • , i»oide„to of conversion , "hi °"'"VW»S interesting ory, bat ciren.nstreVdemTndT''-"™^''™"'™ pan.e withont tellin™, „?1^ ^"""yj ^^^ I «aon„t Whose locks were silve':r„v XlthTw "' " """P'^' ™.ter» Both husband and ^fe hid ZiT f ""™^ .1 crowd of penitent .„„l ° I^eehng w th The night oi'roT.rfprjr'' "^ eapaei„„3'..,tar. a friendly hand to both h,fr f ,"^' """' "' ' ««™<1«1 ae evening eervte Ae hnst /"'^ ^'"'' "''■" «"= "'"'e of "Do yonknrw how th^°*™"'/'J*'''SlJ' "claimed,- "1 do not™ ™ ""'°"S'" "''»"'?" ' Now is tho'^^im'^, We tavet'' I'' ^ '"" '° "^ "'«=. coming out on the Wd' ^d V 1 '""''"S "'"'•" we made up our mindr,h , " '"' "' * "•' So evening." '^ ""^^ *"' *" »onld come forward thi., «futestthta:"ttefhartT*"°''°^"'«°« '" '"^ oon-' men, Cl^ri t wi nowlfe • ' r"*'*'' ^"'' ^^fore and the holy rge,rWhar?,.V™ '""'™ •"' ^""er cisioo was the 8.wiefr,J'''',^,'T'" *"'" '° » '^'^- the aisle, on my CfTott ofjh h ° ,' ''''" ''■'^^'°8 ''own amid a group of cL"°,t."''''P'''' "■"' 'J"?.! Paused M-as whoHy unalrtT"^, .".? f'"^^' '""' '"hon" I mtion miit cast a 1 ' ^^ °« " *''™'''y ■•cco"- way,Ie.tend:d 4t™ '""'""^ ''°™^» "-''^ P^^- o.tiadr:trx^;;^rL:r"'^frf-""« ejaculated, "I wiU vet oft! T, ^' ""<• I inwardly 'iate myself into LCe^r;o"r«-> '""" '° '"'"^'^ " -«-tb..haredi„'ra';xnf"c°t;t' 672 FOUR YEAK8 IN THB OLD WOBLri. Grosvenor Street. Glorious Work. Eventfiil Evening. 80 largely; it was these that so gladly heard him." Bui little did I imagine, that, by this little act, I was winning two priceless gems for my Redeemer's crown. Oh! my heart is glad in the Lord, and is ever saying, " Every day will I praise thee." We are pureuing a similar course at Manchester as at Birmingham. We have scattered our labors in three chapels, at remote distances, by the earnest request of ministers and people. We are now engaged in laboi-s at Grosvenor-street Tabeijnacle, where for some days Jesus has been manifesting his glory in the sanctification of his people and the conversion of many precious souls. Here, as elsewhere, day and evening meetings have been held without intermission, all of which have been crowned with the presence of the High and Holy One. One evening service I sh.iU never forget, so gloriously Yaanifest was the power of the Sanctifier. The fourteenth chapter of St. John had been read ; and the Spirit that indit- ed the Scriptures moved us to urge the congregation to a present act of consecration and faith, preparatory to a pecu- liar work, giving special emphasis to the remarkable words of the Saviour, " He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also ; and greater works than these shall he do, because I go to my Father." We asked, " Who will, in view of all coming time, consecrate the service of heart and life unconditionally to God, solely in view of promot- ing the divine glory, by working the works of God ? " All that would deliberately in tbe strength of Omnipotence thus pledge themselves before God, angels, and men, we desired should rise, {yid remain standing till heaven's re- cording angel should write each name in the book of God's themseh-es should unite in singing,--- ^ ^^""^ "Take my poor heart, and let it bo Forever closed to all but Thee; Which, ™r&srf'? =*"" "=- »-". , the Rcdeemor But of '^''^'""'"' »f 'he presence of consecration kofjLeedfXr*'?™""-'- »"^ "* «' -.sthatthobloofofttSsTtrxC"^^ act of faith. He th^t A-,/- ^^ , ^^'^"- -^^ns comes by an Not he that c« wtt ;::L ^^m"''""""^ «*»A Still that 2ZT '"'"''''• ''"' •'0 that toed in solemn 1 in^Sr^oThr''' T'^'"' ''°°* angel of the covennnt « "i ■ '^^ "^ our faith, the fon'ntain, ui:;Xr „'Xn7;^"!„r"" '° *^ ""^ made whole. We nlainlv «!1 fi .' "'° ''™''.>' ^hit he taken, and rIaXZLZ "f °"^ "«"* *P -»u»t solve. i4vid„Tco„fe*^^^^^^^^ ^^ «'- -ogingto Jesn, Jwtrtrftn. !!!" °' '"* ^^"* "'^ is? " Saviour frora sin, I thee receive, *roni all indwelling sin • Thy blood I steadfastly believe Uotb make me throughly clean. '^WilT;,"T'°^'*''"^'"°'"«"*^ave, with fuU salvation bless: Redemption through thy blood I have And spotlesb love and peace." ' The words were sunj?. Wp ^^,,1,. . , that sacred hour entered bvthe n "? /^'* ^""^ ^* the holiest. A voice fro^^,';;;^^^^^^^^^^ -^^ -to and sweet as an angel's Infli. ! 1 ^ ''''^P^^' g«°tle W a°gels lute, but sufficiently loud to be 674 FOUR YEARS IN THE OLD WORLD. Subiiimc Scene. Hundreds saved. Flaming Teslimeoies. heard through the house, in slowly measured tones re- peated the lines, — " 'Tis done, the great transaction's done; I ain my Lord's, and he is mine : He drew mo, and I followed on, Charmed to confess the voice divine." I will not attempt to describe the effect. The scene was sublime, and will ever be treasured among my heart's most hallowed memories. We have labored five weeks in Manchester, dividing our time between the, three churches; during which period one hundred received the witness that the blood of Jesus cleanseth from all sin, and over five hundred, we trust, were bom into the kingdom of grace. Of this num- ber, the secretary of the Lever-street meeting reports, eighty-four were between thirty-one and forty years of age, and twenty between fifty and ninety. Of those who were sanctified wholly, several belonged to the Independ- ent congregations. Seldom have I heard such flaming testimonies of the power of Christ to save to the utter- most as from some of those heaven-baptized brethren. A new Independent chapel is just completing, in which these brethren seem to be the most active members ; and I have a strong anticipation that holiness will be written ui)on its walls, and a race of Spirit-baptized disciples be raised up there to work mightily for God, on whose ban- ner may ever be inscribed, " Holiness to the Lord." How beautifully significant is the passage, " Thou hast given a banner to all them that fear thee, that it may be displayed becattse of the truth"! Banners, as you know, have an mscription. If each division of God's sacramental hosts might be led forth under the waving banner, " Holiness to FOUB YEARS W THE OLD WOELD. 676 Waving Banner. Our Host. Forsst House. the Lord, how mighty would be the conquests of ZionI he sti^h r r"'"' " ^'^''^"'^^ '''' ^^"-'^ *- P"t on aglncy ''' ''' '' ' '""'' '" ^'"'' *^^°"Sh her Our home was with the amiable family of Rev A as the mdef;itigable Paul is abundant in pulpit labors, and CHAPTER LI. Nottingham, Forest-Grove House, June 21, 1863. T is a lovely morning : all ISTature is smiUng. I have ' "•t?.?"^^- /^^'^^•^^^^^^'^^f blessed communion with the High and Holy One, I walked out overthe beautiful grounds surrounding Forest-Grove House Here are fruits rapidly coming to maturity, and a Jai^ty of the klfai hand of my heavenly Father. As I have been regahng my threefold being, mind, soul, and bodv, while walking over the sloping lawn, and have cast my eyes over he regions beyond, where green-clad hills and vd eys he before me, how my heart has luxuriated in the thought that my Father, my own blessed heavenly Father made them all! This God is o.. God. He wa^ and"' still, the God of my dear father and mother, no^ passed mto the heavens. Holy and reverend is he. May he guide us and ours by his counsel through life, and after. 676 POUR YEARS IN THE OLD WORLD. One Hundred weekly. Remarkable Rerival. ward receive us to glory ! I find it a soul-transforming and also a soul-relieving exercise to rise early, and every morning present my whole being to God afresh through Christ. God, who is rich in mercy, is causing us to triumph in Christ yet more and more, and making manifest the savor of his knowledge by us in every place yet more glorious- ly. Scarcely ever have we labored in any place where we have not witnessed an aggregate of one himdred saved weekly at least. Since we have been at Notting- ham, hundreds have presented themselves as earnest seek- ers at the altar, and have also crowded the vestry ; the communion-rail being wholly insufficient for the accom- modation of the multitudes seeking Jesus. Of those who have sought and found since we commenced special ser- vices here three weeks since, one hundred and thirty stand written as having received the witness that the blood of Jesus cleanseth from all sin, and five hundred and ten have been raised up to testify that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sin; making in all six hundred and forty who stand written as having sought and found. Yet even this, we know, is far from being all who have been enabled to testify to the power of saving grace during this extraordinary outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Many of different denominations get blessed, whose names, though newly written in the Lamb's book of life, are never taken by the secretary of the meeting. Fruit still remains of those eminent revivalists, William Bramwell and John Smith, both of whom labored in this town. Among those whom we meet daily is an aged dis- ciple now over fourscore. I was informed that he was converted under Bramwell's ministry. I spoke to him on the subject ; when he told me that he was converted under FOUR YEAK8 IN THE OLD WOBLD. 677 _!'"""'« Fniul^^Ul^;^ ~S:r^. Modes of Labor. the ministry of Miss Barrett, at the time Mr R.n „ tour, and he was strong in faith tliat thn ./ • • It IS our aim. in addressing the people previous to the TVe have nothing to do more than Mary, when bv th. command of tho Head of the Church, she pro lahned , nsen Josus to her brethren; or than PeternnllK who talked to the people about a crucMed, exld t" viour, when they flocked together to see the ^an whl had b en res ored from a life-long lameness. We occupy the desk, platform, or pulpit, as best suited to the peoiJe i^ order that all may hear and see; believing thatTte'rh™ 678 FOUB TBAE8 IN THB OLD WORLD. A glorious SucccHB. Harnessed for the Battle. acting according to the dictates of reason, we act most manifestly in God's order. That God, even our God, makes our commission known, I need not say. Surely we have witnessed the mighty things of our Almighty Lord, not only in this country, but in our own land years before WG left. Our calls are ever on the increase. If we should remain by way of being answerable to the many official calls still waiting our acceptance, it would be long, long, ere we should again see our beloved country and dear ones at home. The work at Nottingham, whether viewed as a whole or in particulars, is a glorious success. Having given you a glance of it as a whole, it may redound to the prasi. of God, by raising the note higher, to transcribe some par- ticulars furnished by a participator in the scene. Rev. G. Hughes, writing to his friends in America, says, "The meetings held in Manchester by Dr. and Mrs. I* were full of interest, and well calculated to profit all who are sincerely desirous of being profited. Hundreds of souls, in a few weeks, professed to find pardon ; and many entered into the liberty of full salvation. I enjoyed the services so much, that, learning that they were under engagement to go to Nottingham to labor there a few weeks, I determined to go, and endeavor to catch some of the hallowed influence, and, at the same time, witness the work of God, as it might progress through the labors of these chosen instruments. It was manifest at the con:- mencement of the services that the Church had been praying earnestly for an outpouring of the Spirit, and the brethren were harnessed for the battle. To open a gos- pel commission under such circumstances is deUghtfiil ■roua TuiKs D, ran old wobid. 679 •Lord, we believe to us and ours liie apostolic promise given,' &c. ^T^pastor Rev. T. Newton, offere.1 a fervent prayer Dr ^ read the second chanter nf Ant. • * " l"^y^^- ^^ appropriate comments. Mrs P ^ ' '^\'''P'''''^ ^th -ee. Tho people heard th^a Ch a .:„«:,;%:?!"- ercises were mn-'riri k„ t . """^""^^'y- ine ex- It was a PonC; u^i " „Xr T ""^ "^"'^ ''"=■' al«od the deseent, of the Ho y GW "^ '""'"' "" participating. Shouts of p»L,tS „Tfr" ""' ™'''^ of the house. The evcuini wl f^ , """"^ P'"'' manoer,theehapelbeL7th™irlrth " " ™"" »g oo„„e„eed! .he bftJit C!^",,^^ " S^t"' already perched on Ziou's ban„»™ „''""'' """"y presented themselves as seeke™ „f' ^j " ""■""*=■■ The altar was surrounded by HanLT^^ ""'^'"'"'^• -d foremost aoong the» «s onttfot sTd'tr' f .:s^;ari;ts^";rr"S - 680 FOUE YEABS IN THE OLD WORLD. Employer and bli Work people. Pralso Heotlng. . as held each woek-day. At these meetings, indences of over one hundred, who, dnrhg th Tat had presented themselves at the penitent-forms as seckTi' and been enabled clearly to testify to the wto ess of it.T S 7ZT'Tf ''^'- T''- persons liv^d „ LT^ f work Npvpr !o r f^'"*'^^^ ^« special recipients of the work. Never can be known, till the judgment is set and 688 FOUR YEARS IN THE OLD WORLD. Ennlskillen. Gideon Ouseley. Total Abstinence. the books opened, the far-reaching effects of this and other camp-meetings which have been held in this coun- try. The town of Enniskillen has witnessed more sanguinary strife than almost any towTi in Ireland; and here also, in bygone years, have the bloodless battles of the cross been fought with blessed success. It was in these re^ons that the far-famed Gideon Ouseley exercised his ministry. Said an aged man yesterday, « I knew Gideon Ouseley well ; and well do I remember that when a wicked lord of the land was near unto death, and no one was willing to go and be faithful t9 him in his last days, Gideon Ouse- ley went, and, among other words of warning, repeated in the ear of his lordship, — ' How shall I leave my tomb? With triumph, or regret? A fearful or a joyfu^doom, A curse or blessing, meet ' ? " "Without flattery, Methodism has not a few noble sons here in old Ireland. We have met with many of the ex- cellent ministers. They are men of hardy, influential piety; and many of them are total abstainers. A total-abstinence society was formed on the occasion of our visit here just one year ago, which has been very prosperous, and now, with its auxiliaries, numbers fifteen hundred members. The mayor of the town, who is a Methodist, is president of this temperance society ; and the superintendent min- ister, with several of the more prominent officers and sus- tainers, are of the Methodist community. The first anni- versary of this society is about to be held with eclat in the town of Enniskillen. To those acquainted with the un- popularity of temperance principles in some religious com- munities in the Old World, this will be regarded as an FOUB YEARS IN THE OLD WOBLD. heroic Step onward in the march of improvement on the part of com-ageous Methodist friends here w^w J hT"' '?/'"' " ^"°'* '^''^P'l "po-wiy this S ^ c ' "''*"' ''='''' "» '!»<'■•» closed. Even at ™May on Saturday, it was thronged to the very ou^d! «pet:r" ^"^ '--'^^ ''^^■— -/p^t We have yielded to the wishes of oui- friends here to «mam a few days to hold services in the Wesley- 1^« Tftw t^! ^ I^oolnsbre, wher« we expect to relln £8* CHAPTER Lin. lolWH, Sept. 14, 1868. jvOUTH is a town in Lincolnshire numbering about ten thousand inhabitants, where we .--.r? again per- mitted to witness the mighty things of our Al- mighty Lord. Many of the children of Zion have sought definitely and With much earnestness the gift of power. Their subsequent experiences are proving that purity is power. We have, as usual, two meetings daily. At our noon-day meeting to-day, several were blessed with the witness of holiness, others with pardon. Last evening, between twenty and thirty received justifying grace ; and thus has the work of salvation been going on with increas- ing power during several days and evenings past. We commenced our work for Jesus here a little over three weeks ago. The effort for the first few days was more than ordinarily laborious. The Holy Spirit prepared us for things to come, as we were on our way to the place, by impressing deeply on our minds, "Go through, go through the gates ; prepare the way of the people ; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people." To the glory of Infinite Grace be it ascribed that our labor in the Lord has not been in vain. When speaking to a large concourse on Sabbath morn- ing, two weeks since, relative to the duty of presenting the bodi/ a living sacrifice, we observed that there were but two steps to the blessing of entire sanctification. We coo FOUR YBAB8 IN THE OLD WORLD. m -f:i^l^ i!!l^:!!!!!l!l_j^ars-;^Zl^^i^ st"ati!>n"'i^,''"°*''r *^' «*^P«'-the first entire con- secra ion the second, faith. Some of the lonted all, the moment I gave all » • CWnnV '^r'^.''^"' ^'''^^■^" ^" ^™«"c- ^hat this (?ve If r ' ?, ^"^'-'^"^ ^'^'"^Sled so long and hard over, befoi-e he could get his ofiering wholly on the altar hey would be amazed. It was the habit of using wiL^ beer, and brandy; not to excess (otherwise than ft "an moderately. Though many err through wine and strong nnk and tens of thousands are passing over the bound^ es ot time every year, to people the regions of the lost through spirituous liquors, in this country, yet it is on y eommon lor the masses of professing ChdLtLs to spelk ot spiutuous hquors as among the good creatures of God, to be received with thankfulness; the only error being that of taking to e;ccess. I do not speak chimerically, butLlly words of t,ruth and soberness, when I tell you that itl n some religious aii-cles regarded as a praiseworthy example 692 FOUB YEAES IN THB OLD WOBLD. " Good Creature." Multitudes blessed. Special Prayer. to take moderately, and show thereby that the "good creature " can bo taken without going to exceaa; that is, actual drunkenness. The chapel at which we are now laboring is one of the most imposing and commodious chapels in the town. And here, iiTespective of sect, hundreds nightly assemble. God is with us of a truth. We tell the people we do not come to proselyte ; and I think they believe it. The past few evenings, between twenty and thirty seekers have surrounded the altar at each service, the most of whom have obtained the blessing sought. Our own hearts are filled with adoring ptaise, particularly in view of the many, who, through the blood of the everlasting cove- nant, have been enabled newly to testify that the blood of Jesus cleanseth. Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto tlfe Lamb! . Sept. 16. — We had made arrangements to close our services here last evening; and, Dr. P having an- nounced accordingly, an unusually large concourse assem- bled in anticipation of the farewell services: but we were hindered. A special prayer-meeting was held to plead that the Lord would not let us go. The official board also held a special meeting; and a memorial, signed by the ministers and many of the leading brethren, was presented, and we seem constrained to believe that it is the divine order that we should defer our departure at least a day or two longer. We have a pleasant home at the house of the Ex- Mayor, J. B. Sharpley, Esq. His extensive grounds fur- nish a nice walk daily; and we also ride out often, other- wise we should not be able to endure such incessant labors. Dr. P seems to bear up lately much better than myself. My head has grown weary, very weary, and FOUK YEAB8 W THE OLD WORLD. Mr. Caughcy. our way from Louth, we paused three hours in Sheffiekl of precious memory, because so near the b^^thnlJl V * our honored and loved father WhL Ti, ^"^''^^'^^^ ^f at Manchester. When we were at Manche, er i fe„ weeks ago, aeveral pr<,m„ent men,be,-s of an iXendtT chnrch received the baptfam of fire. The w™k hLl"' be» spreading among the™, and now t.rey are „™: iriends. We may spend two or three days with th»m 7„ ™w of the peculiarity of the circumstances jta weTa" uterly refused entering npon any new engagemlnt. ta new of my state of health and our anticipafe! "C CHAPTER LIV. Manchester, Harpurfey, Oct. 2, 1868. lAVING already secured our passage in the steamer « City of New York," destined to sail from'the shores of England Oct. 7, I have con- cluded to date my last letter from the Old World for dear ones at home. lAs we are about to launch away from these distant shores, our hearts are filled with ador- ing gratitude in reviewing the way by which the Lord • hnth led us since we left our native land. We did not come here as strangers, having been in correspondence with friends, both among the ministry and laity, some time previous to coming, particularly with the Rev. Robert Young during the period he was President of the Wes- leyan Conference. And, now that the winds and waves are about to bear us away to our native shore, we cannot but recall our first welcome to this land, so hearty and affectionate. You may remember that the friends with whom we had been mainly in correspondence in regard to coming were residing in and about London; and our tickets, as purchased in New York, entitled us to a pas- sage to the metropolis. It was therefore more than we could have anticipated from human calculations to be hailed, as we were nearing the land at Liverpool, with a most hearty welcome to the shores of Old England. This greeting was from Rev. Mr. Thorneloe, a dear Wesleyan minister residing at a town about eight miles from Liver- pool. Though personally unknown to us, we coald not 694 c \ t i] ei d ai et in nc th ha mi be W( shi ide wh hai ant mu POUR YEARS IN TUB OLD WORLD. 695 Qrateftil Romlnlacenoes. Affectionate BeDedletlon*. whmf watchmgthc approach of the vessel. As we drew •cnt to welcome us to the shores of England I » Oo^ ea" Srsh'^""' T"^'"'- "^^^ "»"' hM Lrce? tJW D, and M«. Palmer from America?" On bein» awercd .„ the affirmative, most heartil, did thh serv »! ot tliiist grasp our hand, as he eMiaimed '•WeVr.m; Z,TT '° '^ '"""'' °' O'" England" He i!^^ du ' to the hospitalities of his house; but our being bou^d a i:*«'„m°'"°" "'''''''' '"^ f-*""^ Of acV^g Ms' en.™i'™ -nt:::! ■i^y: '■ ""' tr ^-w^'^-^ rlnm ^^ ^ T , ^"'^ everlasting k nf^- dom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Himseff and dear w.fe have since left the shores ^e fofthe etei^al cuy. He loved the subject of heart purity7and in perusing the "Guide to Holiness." had seen an an had tfVT^^ '" *^' '''''^'' "City of Baltimore," and had watched tho arrival of the vessel in order that he might we come us; and now faith, looking into the vist^ beholds him among those who may be among the firl to tC " " "V""' ^" '''' ^^^-« <^f imm'-ortality. shin Li 7 -'^^ t *^'' ^''' ^^^^y ^^^««"^« to the fellow. ship and loving hearts in this land will give a truthful v^h erf :^.^' ''f ^"! ^"=^* --Prions, we have eve^' have nothing to utter but most affectionate benedictions and prayers that "grace, mercy, and peace " may ev r be multiplied to the land of our sojou^, the land Jou 896 FOUR TEABS IK THB OLD WOELD. Promige signally fulfilled. Trials and Triumphs. love. We are not unmindful of the strife of opinion now waging between the two countries; and, in relation to this, the deeply pious in both countries seem only to be drawn in closer fellowship with the right. While wicked politicians and semi-Ohristians would, like Herod and Pilate, meet in friendliness when the object is to crucify truth, single-minded Christians alike in both lands not only deprecate the idea of war between the two countries, but every thing leading to it. And then the promise that first met our eye the day we set foot on the British shores, « Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things that thou knowest not," — this was repeated over and oyer again with such power as the Holy Spirit alone can give. How signally this promise of the Faithful and True has been fulfilled, the day of eternity, alone can reveal. Surely God has made knoMfn the savor of his knowledge at every place we have visited. We have indeed witnessed the mighty things of our Almighty Lord wherever we have been called to labor. When longings for loved ones at home would have prompted us to an earlier return, and we would have made arrangements to leave before our work was finished, the richness of God's goodness, as manifested in yet greater efiusions of his Spirit, has prevented. On two occasions, when, from causes we cannot now state, we had fixed our time to leave, Infinite Love stayed us by severe and critical illness, rendering it utteriy impossible for us to be answerable to our appointment ; yet in all the results proving that our seeming disappointments had in a most marked manner been the appointments of In- finite Wisdom and Love. Though we have had some few trials, our triumphs have so greatly exceeded them, that FOUE TEAHS IN THB OLD WORLD. 697 Open Doors. Laat Labors. Affect ionate Sar^^iiiiii;^ we can only sing of goodness and mercy. If our conflicts have been made the means of the extension of Zion's conquests, we therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. We still stand pressingly invited to enter many open doors, but feel that our mission to the Old World is ende