was such an one, we all say, as we never saw before. I am generally thought to be largely under the mark, when I say there were one hundred whites converted at it. More than two hundred have already joined the church, the fruits of this meeting." In the same letter, he adds,-"Warren circuit, is in a flame throughout. Augusta, (Geo.) is looking up; six or eight were converted there within the last week." The presiding Elder of the Broad-River District, (S. C.) under date of the 7th inst. says, "I have held two great and good Camp-meetings in this district. The first was held in Reedy river circuit (S. C.) at which, the Lord gloriously poured out his Spirit, to the convincing and converting of many. souls. Old christians were revived; and no tongue moved in opposition. "The second began on the 26th of August, in the Sandyriver circuit, (S. C.) numbers were convinced and converted. After this Camp-meeting, our Quarterly meeting was held in Columbia, (S. C.) The Lord was with us in truth and power: the people were all attention, and many of them in tears, seemed engaged with God in prayer. At the lovefeast, ten whites came forward and joined the church, and at the holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, sixteen more. Some blacks have also joined. We have pleasing prospects in this town. The Lord has done great things for us, and we are looking and praying for still greater things." A revival of religion, wheresoever it may exist, is always matter of exultation and joy; but to those who are acquainted with the town of Columbia, the present revival there, must be regarded with more than a common interest. Columbia is the seat of learning, as well as of the government of South-Carolina; and our solicitude for the prosperity. of religion in that place is greatly heightened, upon account of the very many youth of both sexes, who, from every part of the state, repair thither to be educated. Many of these frequent our church, and we may hope, will partake of the benefit. In relation to them, the probable results of a gracious change, carry us far beyond the immediate subject. We delightfully imagine the awakened sensibility and the rising contrition of a distant parent, weeping over the interesting letter of a newly converted child. The heart thrills with emotion, to contemplate the easy diffusion of the spark thus kindled through the whole circle of immediate friends. We anticipate too, the fruits that are to follow, when, in after life, a fixed character of virtue, of amiableness and of worth, shall have made the man or the woman a blessing and a praise. Your very sincere brother, WM. CAPERS. CHRISTMAS. Poetry. Behold, ye nations, your deliverer come! The long desir'd restorer of your peace: Oft as thy people tread thy court, And prove thy all-sufficient grace. Thy servants who thy truth declare, Let sinners who their hearts have steel'd, Within these consecrated walls, May Zion's converts multiply, And generations yet unborn Unite thy name to glorify. O, may our hearts, from earth set free For the Methodist Magazine. There join the choir, lost in th' effulgent blaze, Ye seraphs wait, and waft me to the sky; Sick of these tasteless joys of sense below, Hail first-born sons of light, now hov'ring While Jesus' name is heard amid the sound; Mainė, Revival of Religion in Albany, Revival of Religion in Troy, 155 158 Extract of a letter from Bishop M'Kendree, 276 277, 301 308 $10 353 .355 116 117 Revival of Religion in Ohio District, 119 A letter from Dr. Clarke to the Wesleyan Mission Committee, containing a particular account of the two Budhist priests, Dherma Rama, and Munhi Rat Hana, An Account of the two Budhist Priests, Extract from the Journal of Mr. Carver, Extract of a letter from Bishop M'Kendree, 397 Extract of a letter from Bishop Roberts, 399 Description of a Camp-meeting held on 187, 225 Fairfield circuit, Lancaster district, 198 A Letter from the Rev. Wm. Capers, ib, Extract of a letter from Rev. E. Hedding, Extracts of letters from New-Orleans, Revival of Religion in West-Farms, OBITUARY. 474 476 |