The Connecticut Observer, And New York Congregationalist

From the New York Evangelist.

WALES.

Mr. Editor:—After my arrival in safety
from Wales, I hasten to inform you of the
serious revivals in that country. In the
Northern counties of the Principality,
thousands have been hopefully converted
during the past winter. Almost every Con-
gregational church has been participating
in this blessing. I had the pleasure of
visiting and preaching in most of these
churches. The congregations were very
large and solemn. In our protracted meet-
ings the arm of the Lord was bare, and the
battle turned on the side of Zion. In
Holywell 178 were added to the church, in
Morefield 110, in Denbigh 150, in Ruthen
140, in Lanwost 200, in Rhos 120, &c.—
The ministers take a firm hold of the work,
the churches possess a spirit of prayer and
persevering effort in an eminent degree, and
the work of their hands is abundantly bless-
ed. Female prayer-meetings are well sus-
tained, and this gives an impulse to every
department of Christian labor. Sabbath
schools are sharing in the blessing, and a
majority of the converts are from the nur-
series of piety. The cause of Total Ab-
stinence preceded the outpouring of the
Spirit of God. Scarcely an instance can
be found of a church, opposed or indiffer-
ent to the claims of Total Abstinence,
blessed with a revival. The work is not
accompanied with as much excitement and
noise as in former years, but characterized
with deep feeling and solemnity. The last
protracted meeting which I had the pleas-
ure of attending in Wales, was held at
Mostyn, Flintshire, in the vicinity of large
collieries. Between forty and fifty were
awakened, and led to inquire what they
must do to be saved. Being detained a
day, I visited one of the principal coal-
pits: we descended an incline plane half
a mile, and then wandered among the coal-
veins till we reached the place where the
men were employed. Most of them were
pious, and several had been awakened dur-
ing our meeting. It was their dinner hour:
some hundred or hundred and twenty were
together, and there deep in the bowels of
the earth, with a glimmering taper for a
light, we held a prayer-meeting and con-
versed with the anxious, a season that never
will be forgotten.
At Liverpool, where from fifty thousand
to sixty thousand Welsh reside, I had the
pleasure of aiding at a protracted meeting
held in the Tabernacle: Great-cross-hall
street. It was a time of considerable in-
terest: over one hundred attended the in-
quiry meetings, and many were hopefully
converted. In view of what I saw in
Wales, my soul is brought to exclaim, " It
is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in
our eyes."
I embarked for Liverpool in the ship
Lancashire, captain Alexander, March 6th,
having in company one hundred and twen-
ty Welsh emigrants, most of them pious
and Teetotalers, bound for the valleys of
the west. During our voyage religious ex-
ercises were held on board; I preached in
Welsh and English every Sabbath when
the weather would permit. Captain Alex-
ander endeared himself to all that were
under his care; his kindness and attention
we desire gratefully to acknowledge.

B. W. CHILDLAW.
New-York, April, 10th, 1840.