now were brought with attention and anxiety to enquire, 'What shall we do to be saved?' For several months it was a ve mind of almost every one, was struck with an unusual solemnis ty. The attention of many was called up to the momentous concerns of eternity. We have réason to fear, however, but few were the chosen subjects of regenerating grace. The number of thirty have been added to the church, in this revival. Others retain their serious impres sions, and still give evidence, that they are friendly to Christ and his cause; yet neglect pub licly to profess his name, thro' self-diffidence, and a jealousy over the deceitfulness of their own hearts, lest they should proclaim that to the world, which they had never done heartily to the Lord. I cannot, however, but hope, that ere long, the dark the desire of a number of Chris- town, and the salvation of others, tian friends, she related before them all the great trials through which she had passed; and the mistaken opinion which she, and perhaps others might have en-ry serious time among us. The tertained, concerning her Christian character; and also the way and manner in which God had been manifested to her soul. She expressed her strong attachment to, and delight in the Saviour of lost men, as being superior to every worldly object and human character. She most urgently invited all who were strangers to Christ and the excellency of the gospel salvation, to come, taste and see that the Lord is good. Those, who might have had a hope that they were Christians, she exhorted, to give all diligence, and see that their hearts were right with God. All which was done in such an interesting, pathetic and feeling manner, that there was scarcely a tearless eye in the whole assembly. This being accompanied by the pow-ness will be dispelled, and their er of divine grace, proved an doubts removed, which at presoccasion of giving the work ent seem to obstruct their way a more general and thorough in coming forward publicly, to spread thro' the different parts profess Christ before this adulof the town, both among profes- terous generation. sors and non-professors. This was truly a very searching time. Many awoke from their sleepy profession, and shaking themselves as from the dust, expressed a new zeal and engagedness for the prosperity of Zion. Others were shaken, even from their foundation, being constrained to give up their former hopes, as refuges of deception and lies, and were led to begin their work anew, laying the foundation of their hope alone upon Christ their rock. And others who had expressed the greatest indifference, both in respect to their This work of the Holy Spirit seemed to affect, principally, the minds of parents and heads of families, although the minds of youth were arrested for a time, to consider what these things meant. There were but one or two instances of hopeful conversion among the youth: This I conceive to be different from revivals in general. Among those whose minds were the most seriously impressed, it was a common observation, The present call, from God to them by his Holy Spirit, was, most probably, the last they should ever receive, and should f Christ, lest, by their irregulaṛ conduct, they should wound the cause of their dear Lord; and coming unworthily to the Lord's table, they should eat and drink judgment to themselves. The work, so far as we are able to discern, was genuine. Not a single instance of aposta Those doctrines of divine grace, which met with such violent opposition among the peo they resist and grieve away the heavenly messenger, they should never expect again to have their attention called to spiritual concerns; but be left to hardness of heart and blindness of mind, till they were ripe for endless ruin. Thus, in their.own view, they could say as it respected them-cy has appeared among those selves, Behold, now is the accept- who have given us charitable ed time: Behold, now is the day ground to hope they were the of salvation! Nothing was more subjects of regenerating grace. terrifying to them, than returning back to their former state of thoughtless security. The trials of many, while under convic-ple, previously to the awakening, tions, were peculiarly great and pressing. I recollect the observation of one while under the pressure of her own guilt, and the threatening of the divine law; she said, I could cheerfully be burnt at the stake, if thereby, I might be liberated from my present distress for my soul.' The reply was, The sacrifice of the body cannot atone for the sin of the soul. Nothing but the precious blood of the immaculate Jesus can cleanse the soul from sin, and liberate us from the condemning sentence of that law, which is holy, just and good. were now witnessed and confirmed by the experience and declaration of those who were hopefully enlightened and sanctified by the spirit of truth. When the Lord opened their hearts, they no longer disputed their total vileness, and the necessity of the powerful and energetic influences of the Holy Spirit to create them anew; and that it was of the Lord to have mercy on whom he would have mercy. The doctrine of election, in particular, which some could not endure but with abhorrence, and which they were wont to esteem very discouraging to sinners, now became their only encouragement and hope; and was sweeter to them than honey and the honey comb. Some persons, at first, seemed to discover great beauty in the divine character, and to be greatly transported with joy and delight; but, in process of time, This however, is not the case were ready to give up their with all. The beauty of those hope, from a view of the great doctrines, to some, appears to wickedness of their own hearts. be hid, as was said by an inspired Many were ready to say,' Can apostle. If our gospel be hid, it it be, that a heart, so vile as is hid to them that are lost, in mine, was ever renewed by the whom the god of this world hath Holy Ghost? From this consid- blinded the minds of them, who beeration, there was a great back- | lieve not, lest the light of the glowardness, in the minds of many, | rious gospel of Christ, who is the in coming forward to join them- image of God, should shine unt● selves to the visible church of them. But if it may be agreeable to | tions of the earth. Among these the purpose of God, it is our ear- the destruction of Sodom, Gonest prayer and constant labor morrah, and the cities about that they might be savingly ac- them, occupies a distinguished quainted with God and them- and awful rank. The region selves, and the truth as it is in of those cities appears to have Jesus Christ. exceeded in pleasantness of situation, and fertility of soil. It was as the garden of the Lord, comest to Zoar. Gen. xiii. 10. the amenity of the situation and luxuriance of the soil produced in the inhabitants, that pride, fulness of bread and abundance of idleness, that voluptuousness, dissipation,and those abominable vices which procured their destruction. The history tells us, figurative From my own experience and observation I am fully persuaded, that my labor the year pre-as the land of Egypt as thou ceding the revival, in illustrating and enforcing the important and fundamental doctrines of the gospel, which, in their own nature, tend to exalt God, and abase the feelings of corrupt 'men, was as great a mean in the hands of God, of producing that spiritual harvest, which we received the year following, as richly manur-ly speaking, that the enormity ing and faithfully cultivating the natural soil, is a direct mean of producing a plentiful harvest in the field. It was like breaking up the fallow ground, and did so convince the understandings of carnal and selfish minds, that when the gentle dews of divine grace descended, they were prepared for the reception of the good seed of the word; and it sprang up and bare fruit thirtyed to make them monuments of fold, to the praise of God's efficacious grace. ELIJAH LYMAN. Brookfield, (Vt.) An Explanation of Scriptural Types. NO. VII. of their wickedness was incredible in heaven. The Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great-I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, and if not, I will know. Chap. xviii. 20, 21.The men of Sodom were wicked, and sinners before the Lord exceedingly: and God determin his righteous vengeance. But righteous Lot resided among the corrupt inhabitants, and God would not destroy the righteous with the wicked. He therefore directed him to escape to Zoar. No sooner had this holy man retired from the polluted city, than the Lord rained fire and brimstone upon it from heaven and destroyed it with a terrible, a perpetual destruction-That The destruction of Sodom Typi- this dispensation was designed E cal. Gen. xix. XTREMELY various have been the judgments with which an holy God hath punished a wicked world, and the sinful na ly typical, is evident from the frequent application of it to spiritual subjects in the inspired writings. For if God spared not the angels that sinned-and turning the cities of Sodom and 6 This very singular instance was the occasion of seriously impressing the minds of those who were within the circle of his particular acquaintance. ing rationally convinced, that he | lowing life and conversation bewas in the last part of his life, spake, that he was created anew he began to think it necessary in Christ Jesus; and that his to have some religion, when he great aim was to live to the glo died, or he must be wretched. ry of God. To use his own For about three years previous words, being asked how old he to his conversion, he embraced was about eighteen or twenty the scheme of universal salva- months after his conversion, he tion. He had been taught, that replied, Through divine goodChrist had died to effect the sal-ness, I have had an existence in vation of all men, that his work God's world seventy-seven years; was done, his happiness secure, but I have not lived two." and he had nothing to fear; that if he would believe the doctrine, he might take the comfort of it, and die in peace. Such preaching as this, being perfectly agreeable to a heart long accustomed to the love and practice of sin, he most cordially embraced and rested thereon, as the only foundation of his hope, in which helic lectures, in different quarters expected to live and die. But at of the town, through the course this time, one stronger than the of the week. strong man armed, came upon him, and overcame him, and took from him all his armour, wherein he trusted and divided his spoils. When he brought eternal things into view, his hope fled like chaff before the wind. He found himself in a lost and wretched condition, without God, and without hope in the world, and eternity just before him. But it pleased God, of his abundant mercy, to appear for him, in this critical moment, and pluck him as a brand from the burning, and give his soul to rejoice at the manifestation of God's glorious character, as a righteous and just God, who would eternally vindicate his own law and character, against wicked men and devils. This proved, to a demonstration, to observing minds, among his acquaintance, that a man, when he was old, both in years and sin, could be born again. His There was an unusual collection on the Sabbath, and attention to the word preached, with an increased application for pub About this time, it pleased the great dispenser of divine grace to call two others, out of the kingdom of darkness, into his marvellous light. One was a woman, who, in the view of some of her most intimate acquaintance was thought a Christian, and at certain times she was ready to conclude the same of herself, which opinion was grounded upon her external morality. But now she was brought to realize that her former hope would be as the spider's web, and the giving up of the ghost. She found by diligent self-examination, as she ex pressed herself, That she had lived forty years in the world, and had never given her heart to the Lord.' At a public conference held at the meeting-house, where was a large assembly collected, after this woman had obtained a wonderful relief in her rind, at now were brought with attention the desire of a number of Chris-town, and the salvation of others, tian friends, she related before them all the great trials through which she had passed; and the mistaken opinion which she, and perhaps others might have en-ry serious time among us. The tertained, concerning her Chris- mind of almost every one, was tian character; and also the way struck with an unusual solemni and manner in which God had ty. The attention of many was been manifested to her soul. She called up to the momentous conexpressed her strong attachment cerns of eternity. We have réato, and delight in the Saviour of son to fear, however, but few lost men, as being superior to were the chosen subjects of reevery worldly object and human generating grace. The numcharacter. She most urgently ber of thirty have been added to invited all who were strangers to the church, in this revival. OthChrist and the excellency of the ers retain their serious impresgospel salvation, to come, taste sions, and still give evidence, and see that the Lord is good. that they are friendly to Christ Those, who might have had a and his cause; yet neglect pubhope that they were Christians, licly to profess his name, thro' she exhorted, to give all diligence, self-diffidence, and a jealousy and see that their hearts were over the deceitfulness of their right with God. All which was own hearts, lest they should prodone in such an interesting, pa- claim that to the world, which thetic and feeling manner, that they had never done heartily to there was scarcely a tearless eye the Lord. I cannot, however, in the whole assembly. This but hope, that ere long, the darkbeing accompanied by the pow-ness will be dispelled, and their er of divine grace, proved an | doubts removed, which at presoccasion of giving the work ent seem to obstruct their way a more general and thorough in coming forward publicly, to spread thro' the different parts profess Christ before this adulof the town, both among profes-terous generation. sors and non-professors. This was truly a very searching time. Many awoke from their sleepy profession, and shaking themselves as from the dust, expressed a new zeal and engagedness for the prosperity of Zion. Others were shaken, even from their foundation, being constrained to give up their former hopes, as refuges of deception and lies, and were led to begin their work anew, laying the foundation of their hope alone upon Christ their rock. And others who had expressed the greatest indifference, both in respect to their This work of the Holy Spirit seemed to affect, principally, the minds of parents and heads of families, although the minds of youth were arrested for a time, to consider what these things meant. There were but one or two instances of hopeful conversion among the youth: This I conceive to be different from revivals in general. Among those whose minds were the most seriously impressed, it was a common observation, The present call, from God to them by his Holy Spirit, was, most probably, the last they |