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Passing on from this institution, to Middlebury college, in Vermont, the Assembly behold, there also, the footsteps of the reviving spirit. A number of the youth of Middlebury have become serious christians-trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord-that he may be glorified.

Praying societies constitute another ||kens of the Divine presence. Within the particular worthy of observation in de-space of a very few weeks, many of its tailing the religious character of the past youth have been renewed in the spirit of year. Not that their origin is of a date their minds, and have returned unto the thus modern. They have long subsist-Lord their rest. Many more have been ed in certain parts of our church.--excited to serious reflection. And, of But of late years they have been multi-one hundred and forty students, but one plied; and since the narrative rendered it is stated, remains unimpressed: while by the last Assembly their number has at the same time, a number of the younbeen very considerably augmented, and ger inhabitants of the town in which the their influence in quickening the zeal of college is situated, share the precious efthe pious and converting those that are fusion. without, singularly attested. For all "the spiritual blessings which are in heavenly" things and places" in Christ Jesus" God will be enquired of. Wher ever two or three are gathered together in the name of Christ, they have his promise that he will be with them ;and never is the Holy Spirit refused to those who with contrite hearts and hum- Retracing their steps, the Assembly ble faith implore his fellowship. Chris-find their attention called to operations tian love is excited and cherished, and of greater extent, in Yale college, Cona reciprocity of encouraging and fortify-||necticut. In the progress of God's graing motives created, by what the Assem-cious visit to this seat of learning, "the bly may be permitted to call a common whole college," to use the emphatical conciousness of common wants, desires description of the delegate reporting on and weaknesses. Heart springs to heart. the subject," was shaken as the trees of A full tide of mingled affection sets in a wood are shaken by a mighty wind." towards Him from whom cometh down As many as fifty," he states, " have givevery good and every perfect gift.-en evidence of having passed from death "The Kingdom of Heaven suffereth vi- unto life. A considerable number of olence; and the violent take it by these belong to Virginia, and the states force." farther south."

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The Assembly have reserved for the "The ways of the Lord are right"conclusion of their narrative some partic-they are wise-they are holy-they are ulars of information at once highly im-gracious-they are admirable--and portant and uncommonly gratifying. - "sought out of all them that have pleasThey relate to the revivals with which ure therein." Intelligence of the interit has pleased God to favor several of esting scenes which were taking place the most distinguished Seminaries of at Princeton, is said to have been one Learning in the United States of Amer-important means of quickening the ica indistinct intimations of which, it is church to prayer and religious convernot doubted, many of their people have sation previous to any favorable appearreceived. ances in Yale college.

Divine impressions have been made The Assembly, therefore, returning upon the minds of a number of the youth towards the centre of their ecclesiasticof Hampden Sydney College, within the al concerns, recognize with gratitude bounds of the Presbytery of Hanover. In God's gracious work in the college of several of the subjects of these impress- New Jersey. From the report of the ions, it is believed, a saving change has President of this seminary, to the board of been affected; while their influence is Trustees, which report has been read visible in stamping a religious solemnity to the Assembly, it is learnt that a ma on the face of the Institution generally. jority of the students now in the college Dartmouth College, in New-Hamp-| may be viewed as hopefully pious ;" and shire, has been favored with lively to- that "a large proportion of the residue

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appear to possess much tenderness of seminary in the Republic; that the schools of the prophets may never cease to be fed from the halls of science and the liberal arts!

conscience, and show a very desirable regard to religious duties and obligations. Among the causes which have been made effective of this blessed revolution In the view of all the facts and details in the spiritual state of Nassau Hall, which have been related, the Assemthree have been presented which the bly offer their congratulations to the Assembly deem it useful to mention ;- friends of Zion and to those who have and simply to mention, for the sake, es- prayed for the peace of Jerusalem“ God pecially, of such of their people as may is in the midst of her; she shall not be be concerned in the care of our precious moved: God shall help her, and that youth-1st. The study of the Holy right early." "God is known in her Scriptures; accompanied with com- palaces for a refuge." "According to ments on the portion read, and a prac- thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto tical application of the leading truths the ends of the earth: thy right hand contained in it. 2d. Moral discipline, is full of righteousness. Let mount Zivigorously and vigilantly maintained.-on rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be 3d. The few pious youth who were glad, because of thy judgments.-members of college before the revival, Walk about Zion, and go round about as a leaven leavening the whole mass.— her tell the towers thereof. Mark ye The subjects of this revival are of a di- well her bulwarks, consider her palaces: versity of religious denominations, great that ye may tell it to the generation folcare having been used to avoid both an lowing. For this God is our God forevexcluding and a proselyting spirit. It er and ever; he will be our guide even has occasioned no remission of the or- unto death." dinary pursuits of literature and science, but on the contrary has had a friendly bearing upon them. No inflence from the quarter of authority has been introduced to force any of the youth into a participation of the extraordinary exer cises which took place. But the Assembly forbear to enlarge.

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Published by order of the General Assembly.-Attest,

JACOB J. JANEWAY, Stated Clerk.

A Narrative of the Revival of Religion in the Reformed Dutch Church at Poughkeepsie, under the pastoral care of the Rev. Corneljus C Cuyler.

Addressed to the Classis of Poughkeepsie. REVEREnd Brethren,

I communicate with pleasure, according to your request, an account of the glorious work which the Lord has wrought in the, Church and congregation committed to my care. It has indeed been a work which has been strongly marked as his own. No one else could have done it his power and grace are abundantly manifest in it, and he shall have the glory of it ascribed to him.-In making the detail I shall be as precise and particular as circumstances will permit.

It is scarcely possible to light upon subjects of more deep and lively interest to the soul that sincerely loves the Redeemer and his cause, than the scenes which have now passed in review before the churches. The strength and wealth || of the kingdom of Christ on earth are found in its youth of promise. Here then are at least a hundred and thirty young christians, to be sent abroad into the world from the bosom of sanctified science, to go forth to the help of the Lord against the mighty. Here are the hopes of Zion bred in the nurseries of learning and of piety. "Here is a verification During the year 1813, this church and of the oracle, "the children of thy ser congregation were in a cold and distractvants shall continue, and their seed shall ed state-the hands of our praying peobe established before thee." And here ple hung down, and their hearts were are the fountains whose streams, conflu-heavy and sad-labor was a burden to cnt, a d yet pellucid, smooth, and noise-me, and I had it in serious contemplaless, make glad the city of our God.- tion to give up my charge, and see wheMay the propitious influence of these ther the Lord had not work for me in revivals extend with rapidity to every some other part of the vineyard.

The year 1814, opened with a more favorable prospect. The word and ordinances of God were better attended than usual, and we had from time to time some faint hope, some distant ex

doubt that the Lord has answered prayer in this work. He has been earnestly sought by his people, and has evidently blessed them.

It has been a peculiarly deep and sol

pectation, that a good work had com-emn work. Our meetings have general

ly been, literally houses of mourning→ Never, under any circumstances, have I seen such deep sorrow and humility, I have seen a whole assembly, consisting of at least a hundred, sitting in tears before the exercises commenced, and du

menced. One reason of our hope was, that our Wednesday evening prayer meeting (which has been kept up nearly all the time of my ministry,) became so crowded that we were obliged to remove from private houses to the church. In the month of April last another pray-ring the exercises, moved to sobbing, so er meeting was opened in the church on that I have felt afraid to proceed-This Sabbath evenings, which has uniformly was equally the case under the promisbeen well attended. [It was laid aside es of the gospel as under the terrors of of course for the winter season, when I the law-Indeed, mercy and grace appreach in the evening; but has again peared to have the most affect to move : been resumed.] Both these meetings I think that the consideration of God's I have uniformly attended, when not mercy and goodness to sinners, in spar absent from the place. From this time ing them, in restraining them, in providour praying people were considerablying such a Saviour, in shewing them their engaged. They were drawn out to need of him, and making them willing pray specially to the Lord for a revival and desirous of being saved by him, has of his work. Through the last summer caused more sorrow than all things else. fears and hopes predominated alter-I have seen or heard very little of the nately. terrors of the law. Their hearts have The last Sabbath in July, and 1st and been too deeply humbled to be greatly 2d Sabbaths in August I was absent.- terrified. They have generally very But the prayer meetings were contin-soon been brought to feel what it is to ued, although they were not so well have "a broken heart and a contrite attended as usual. On the evening of spirit"--They have remarkably humone of those days, I am informed that || bling views of themselves-I consider those who usually officiated in prayer great humility of soul as distinguishing were much depressed and discouraged || the work.

-so much so, as to say to one another, The work has not been confined "What will become of us?" One of to any class of moral character. I be them intimated a hope, that the Lordlieve that as moral a man as I have ev'would speedily visit us with a blessing. er known, has been a subject of its savFrom this time we date the commence-ing influence; and there are certainly ment of the revival, although there was no public appearance of it till some time in November. From this time there was great ardency in prayer, and strong desires for a blessing from the Lord-Since November there have been prayer meetings every evening in the week, except when there was preaching;|| I have uniformly attended them, and lectured from some passage of scripture. Except Wednesday evenings, they have been held in private houses in different parts of the congregation. The private houses have been crowded. At the Church there were generally from one to three hundred present; I have no

some of the vilest of the vile, who have been brought to hate sin, and love and practice holiness. There are among the number, several of the votaries of pleasure who last year were gay and dissipated; whose hearts vibrated to the notes of the viol, and rejoiced in the foilies of the ball room. Very few of those who have been affected by the work have passed the middle age.The work has chiefy been among the young, and a considerable part of them have been my catechumens. There is among the converts, a man of seventyfour-He is a Canadian by birth, he can neither read nor write, speaks the Eng-

lish language very imperfectly, and was have generally found them teachable and educated a Roman Catholic. I have willing to submit to the decision of the seen a child of seven years of age, who scriptures. This has been the more has been considerably exercised, and a-happy, as attempts have been made to nother of nine who I hope has become prejudice the minds of some by cavilling savingly acquainted with the Redeemer. against the doctrines of grace as inconAged sinners have been comparatively sistent with moral agency and the use of but little affected. The most of the means, or by misrepresenting them as work has been among the middling class leading to licentiousness. It has been in life, but there are instances in both ex-a standing rule with us to have no col. tremes-There are in one extreme, ten lision with those who differ from us, and or twelve poor, illiterate Africans, who to declare the truth without a reference are rejoicing in the hope of the gospel. to the sentiments of others.-This Kas Ethiopia is thus stretching out her hands had a very favorable effect, for, altho' it unto God. has not stopped the mouths of gainsayers, With respect to doctrines, I would re-it has led serious seekers to think more mark, that the whole truth as it is in favorably of the doctrines of grace. The Jesus, has been intended to be declared || doctrines which I have mentioned are without any reference to the consequen-those which have been embraced by ces which might result from it-The to- the converts-It is difficult to tell what tal depravity of man: the just judgment doctrines have been found most comof God against him as a fallen and rebel-fortable, as there has been a consideralious creature; his entire inability to a ble variety of exercises of mind-I betone for sin, or, raise himself to the en-lieve, however, that the all-sufficiency of joyment of the favor of God; the neces- the Saviour, the unspeakable love of God sity of a radical change by the super- in the gift of him, and the freeness of natural operation of the Holy Spirit;- the grace of God in the salvation of sinGod's unspeakable love in the gift of ners, have had the greatest effect to comthe Saviour; the character, natures, offi- fort-But as various doctrines have in ces, and work of the blessed Redeemer; the first instance been applied to the conGod's unchangeable and electing love;viction of the sinner, so have different his faithfulness in carrying on and com- truths at different times been blessed to pleting the work which he commences the comfort of the soul. in the heart, fulfilling his own purposes; Under the first deep impressions, the peculiar consolations of the gospel, those who have been exercised by them and particularly its nice and accurate have been very earnest and importunate adaptedness to the several situations in in prayer-They have also been very which poor sinners find themselves; the constant in their attendance upon the experience of God's children under vari- means of grace, and free in conversous circumstances; the misery and dan- ing upon the state of their souls-their ger which attend a continuance in sin; state of mind has often been indicated the awful state of the wicked in eterni-by great sadness and depression of county; and the blessedness of the redeemed, tenance; some were bowed down and are all subjects which have been called distressed for weeks in succession; othup, elucidated and enforced-the evi-ers were brought to the enjoyment of dences of a gracious state, have also fre- peace and comfort in a few days-1 qently been elucidated, and care has have also remarked that those whose been taken to do away those false im- minds have been seriously exercised, pressions which arise from a depend were fond of being together-Similarity ence upon impulses, frames and feel of situation created fellowship of feeling ings: they have been taught to prove--I have frequently spent from one to themselves by the law and the testimony. two hours in conversation with them afThe peculiar doctrines of grace have generally been well relished, and when difficulties occurred, they have easily been removed by free conversation: I

ter meeting, and often had a difficulty in sending them away from the place of meeting-I believe I could have kept them together all night on some occa

stons. They have been very earnest in The cause of God is greatly strengthen prayer for their pastor, beseeching the ed in this quarter, and many fervent Lord to spare and support him, and lay prayers are offered up for its prosperity liberally to his hands of the words of e- to the ends of the world. ternal life. The conduct of those who In January we received forty-four inhave made a profession, er been brought || to the communion of the church-duto entertain a hope, has generally been ring the present month we have receivhumble and exemplary—I believe they ed forty-four more. It is hoped that aare all much engaged in prayer, and seek-bout one hundred and ten have been ing to grow in grace and christian knowl- || brought to the knowledge of the truth edge. In many instances their growth is in our congregation alone, and probavery manifest-The scriptures are much bly nearly as many more in the other read and when they meet with difficu! congregations in this place-A number ties they are very ready to ask explana- still appear to be anxiously seeking the tions-They appear to be sensible that || Lord; and we still hear of new cases of they are and can be saved by grace a-awakening, tho' not so frequently as lone through faith, and that not of them heretofore. Within a week or two I selves, it is the gift of God-The right-think the attention has increased. At eousness of Christ is very precious to first it was confined the village but them. There are a number who give has since extended to two districts in hopes of being very useful in the church;|| the country, from one of which we have three and perhaps four, contemplate the gospel ministry; two of thein have been pursuing classical studies. for some time. I have generally great reason to be satisfied with their walk and conversation It cannot be that such a work should not have a considerable effect on society generally-It very early attracted public attention. For more than two months the world stood looking on with silent astonishment, and scarcely a word was attered against it-But since that time they have talked very freely. Some have called us enthusiastic-others mad. Some have attributed the effect to the efforts of the ministers--others call the whole a delusion.

received six members, and the other two. The work is the Lord's and it is marvellous in our eyes. How long it will continue, or what the final result may be, HE alone knows: With him I would leave it, and to him be all the glory. In the course of this revival I have had abundant reason to feel myself a mere earthen vessel which He condescends to use, but which he can easily dispense with.

From this narrative, you will readily perceive, dear brethren, that the Lord has visited this place, and especially this congregation with loving kindness and tender inercy. He has been to us as dew and rain from heaven, watering our

Of this, however, we are certain; reli-||parched fields, and making them bring gion generally is more respected than forth abundantly.-His dealings with this ever it was; its ordinances are better at church and people for six years past tended, and the morals of society are have been marvellous-then it consisted much improved. We have much less of about forty ineinbers, and the hunprofane swearing, tavern-haunting, gam-dred and one have since been received bling, drunkeness and sabbath breaking into its communion, chiefly from the -Religion has become a general con-wide world. He has laid us under infiversation, and sinners are less bold and open in their wickedness; so much genral seriousness has never before been witnessed among us; and the circum-in days that are past, and even more astance of having so many brought to the knowledge of the truth in early life gives a hope that the cause of God will long live and flourish here. It will be as salt to preserve the mass of community from corruption in time to come.-

nite obligations of love, and gratitude, and praise. O that his blessing may be upon us in time to come, as it has been

bundantly. With him is the residue of the Spirit-O that He may be poured out upon you my beloved brethren, and your people, until you shall say, "It is enough, Lord it is enough." . With azdent prayers, that an abundant blessing,

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