the true Sabbath; the believer enters into this rest. No rest is there for the wicked. On earth there is no rest but in him. If you ask

'Oh! where shall rest be found,

Rest for the weary soul?'

It is found alone in Me,' says the Saviour; 'if weary and faint, come, and you shall find restBurdened and oppressed, there is rest for you. If sick, I will cure you; blind, I will give you sight; lame, you shall leap as the hart; captives in prison, I will break your chains; dead in trespasses and in sins, I will give you a new life-life in my name.'

"Are you poor?" he added; "here are durable riches and righteousness; disappointed in life, here is a sure rock, a safe haven; have you no peace, he is the Prince of Peace; no joy, he will give the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.

"The world will say to you-it is all a delusion, stay with us. The formalist will say-you need not make so much ado on the subject of religion; join our church, and you will have good society;

take a pew, and you will be among the respectable; listen to our preacher, he is the most talented in the city; we have numbers, wealth, and influence.' 'Unite with the class,' says another; 'become a seeker; thousands have found religion by so doing.' But Jesus says to all, 'Come to me, and you shall find rest to your souls.''

The effect of these bold and pointed appeals was most sensible and powerful. No one could be an indifferent hearer. Each one felt that he was appealed to, and had a personal interest in what was spoken.

It was evident that nothing was said to gain applause, or to court popularity. The one great object was to reform, to sanctify, to save; and whatever could insure these objects was spoken with all the warmth and zeal that the Gospel inspires.

As soon as the preacher closed, the chief singer raised an appropriate hymn, in which the congregation united

"Come ye sinners, poor and needy,

Weak and wounded, sick and sore;"

and descending from the stand, the preacher stood, waiting to receive any who were willing to confess their faith in "Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God." At once the stranger, of whom we have spoken in this Chapter, came forward, and gave his hand to the preacher, followed by several others, among whom was Frank Elliott. Great was the joy.in witnessing the triumphs of the Gospel. At the conclusion of the hymn, another exhortation was given by the young minister present, and others followed, and each of the new converts arose, and in the presence of the congregation confessed their belief in Christ according to the Divine formula, and were received for baptism, amidst the warm and hearty congratulations of the congregation.

In the afternoon, after the baptism of these per sons in the the beautiful stream of water near the Chapel, the assembly dispersed, to meet again on the morrow, which, being the first day of the week, a larger assembly collected together, and the exercises, though somewhat varied, partook of the general character of those which preceded it. The

new converts were received into the congregation; and at the close of the services, the Supper of the Lord was administered; and all who shared in the commemorative repast, partook of its sweet communion and its sublime memories.

Such was the character of these truly primitive meetings, which have resulted in so large an accession to the number of the saved in the West and South, and which continues to add so many converts to the ranks of the Disciples. It reminds us of the Apostolic age, when Christianity was yet in its youth, and its bloom and fragrance were like a garden that the Lord had blessed. It was a renewal of the scenes and triumphs of the times of the first proclaimers of the Gospel of Christ. It was a demonstration of the power of that word which won its first trophies over Judaism and Pagan idolatry, and which, redolent with life, was equally potent in breaking down the strongholds of Infidelity, and the popular superstitions of a sectarian age. It was a bold and manly effort for the restoration of original Christianity in spirit and form, and the results were glorious.

CHAPTER VI.

It was in one of the central counties of the State of Kentucky, that Philip, whom we now introduce to the reader, resided; he had long been employed as a teacher of a school, and had united himself with a small and feeble party which had recently arisen among the dominant sects; and by the force of circumstances, he had been compelled to take some public part in their religious meetings, and was now considered by them as an able and successful defender of their peculiar principles. Various were the names by which these advocates for reform were called; but they chose to receive, as they indeed adopted, the simple designations found in the New Testament, by which to be distinguished. In this they were much opposed, and had to submit to many opprobrious epithets, which they did not