May we not trace a spiritual fulfilment of the promises," The desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose;" "And the wilderness shall become a fruitful field, when the Spirit of the Lord is poured from on high," in many similar records to that which has lately reached us of the marvellous change wrought in a village in the United States, recently so full of the presence of the Evil One as to be called by the name of his own kingdom?*

Some of its inhabitants met, in mockery of religion and of God, to act the drama of a prayer-meeting. Struck with sudden awe at their own mad wickedness, they felt constrained to send some distance to entreat the presence of a man of God, that he might pray with them, and teach them to pray in solemn

earnest.

A hundred of those villagers now meet to read the Word of God with prayer.

And when we hear that this is but one of many such glorious changes wrought, in villages, towns, and cities, we can but "stand still, and see the salvation of God."

This day of grace has dawned on Scotland and

* "Hell-corner!" The history of this village is narrated in a book which has thrilled thousands of hearts in this country-" The Power of Prayer," by Dr Irenæus Prime, New York.

Wales, is spreading over Ireland, and has reached a glorious noon in the cold northern climes of Sweden,

From Glasgow a lady writes:

The nightly meetings in the church which I attend are literal pictures of the gospel feast: for here are the blind, the maimed, the halt, the lame, and the poor, all mingled with the healthy and the rich; although there are comparatively few of the latter class.

"By eight o'clock the church was quite packed-the passages filled. came in and gave out the

psalm

Mr

'Though God be high, yet He respects
All those that lowly be.'

The vast multitude rose, and then such singing! It was quite overpowering. Surely those voices had indeed learnt, even on earth, something of the 'New Song,' or they could not have sung as they did. I never heard such singing before; it came from hearts evidently filled with joy and peace in believing. Then they all knelt down-poor, miserably-clad men, and women all rags and tatters, prayed. You could see the deep earnestness of those breathings. Many responded, many silently wept, some seemed smiling for joy. But I have forgotten to relate a most touching scene before the service commenced. On the pulpit

stairs, low down, sat a group of young girls, with such bright, happy faces. They seemed like one large family. At last another girl came in amongst them. One glance at her countenance told how sad her heart was. She was evidently in great distress of soul. The others crowded round her, as she sat with her head bowed down, and with tender earnestness poured words of comfort into her ear.

"During the whole service, I thought I never had so felt the presence of JESUS himself. It was solemn, yet good to be there. Many requests for prayer were read. One was, 'A widow beseeches prayer for her pleasureloving son, who has added to his other sins that of going to the Lord's table without a wedding garment.' Another, and I thought the most interesting, 'A young woman, who has for some time been seeking Jesus, earnestly entreats for the prayers of this meeting, that she may find Jesus to-night, as she is resolved not to go to rest till she has found Him. Oh, do pray for me!'

'A woman beside me, during one of the prayers, when Mr was speaking of the fearful nature of sin, rose to go out, but could not. They helped her along, when she began to cry out most bitterly; and all along the passage her piercing cry for mercy was heard. Another, who interested me much, was a poor barefooted boy on crutches. He (I was told) had for some time attended the meetings. There he had found Jesus; and, going to his miserable home, he never gave his mother and sisters rest till they also came. And now

the whole family are in much anxiety about their souls. As the love of Jesus was spoken about, this poor boy wept, burying his face in his ragged pockethandkerchief. And then how he, like almost all the rest, sang that Saviour's praises. I never before learnt the true depth of love and tenderness there is in that expression, 'This man receiveth sinners.'

"Mr read out a long list of places to be prayed for, and said that he had heard of fifteen of those places having been visited by God's Holy Spirit since prayer had been made for them there. He also said that the prayer-meeting held amongst the porters on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway has increased to between eighty and ninety men; and some of those men have begun a Sabbath school amongst the boys who do the carriers' work, numbering fifty.

"The first meeting lasted until ten o'clock, and then the church was re-filled by a new and deeply-interesting congregation. Hundreds of young men and boys in their working clothes. The singing throughout the service was something quite thrilling. A sentence in one of the prayers which I remembered was this, 'Oh, may Thy fingers be busy this night unloosing heavy burdens of sin!' But the whole requires to be seen to be understood aright. I believe there is far more doing in Glasgow than is known; at all events, amongst the poor, wretched outcasts from society, and also amongst respectable young girls in warehouses and young shopmen or workers."

A few weeks later, we learn, from the same source, that

"The same church continues to be a spot around which scenes of eternal interest centre. It has been the battle-ground where Satan has fought hard to retain his subjects, but where Jesus has conquered both them and him. Last night the requests for prayer were singularly touching-one for a poor child twelve years of age, who had come bareheaded from a great distance, to tell Mr what a heavy, weary burden of sin she felt. Poor child! she lives with an aged grandmother, for her mother is dead, and her father a soldier far away.

"Next was prayed for- A meeting, just begun by some poor girls in the house of an old blind woman, who had often complained no one cared for her soul.'

"Another meeting prayed for was one begun tonight, at the Caledonian Station here, by a young railway guard. This young man had been awakened not long ago, but had sunk back into great sin. One night he found his way into the Church. There he was arrested by the Spirit of God, and after some weeks he found peace in believing. He had written to beg for prayer on his first attempt to serve the Lord. He also told of another guard who has found Jesus; and mentioned, that at the annual soiree and ball given to the guards, there was a great want of spirit, all those who attended the prayermeetings having absented themselves; and he believes