“There has been,” writes the superintendent, “an extensive revival in this circuit.  On Friday, the Rev. Mr. V——­ preached at this place.  A prayer-meeting was held after the sermon, when several began to cry aloud for mercy—­one professed to have obtained pardon.  We have held prayer-meetings nearly every night, and a very gracious influence has rested upon us.  We had, on one occasion, no less than twelve penitents crying to God for the pardon of their sins, amongst whom are some of the most thoughtless in the neighborhood.  So many of our teachers and scholars were under conviction, that we did not think it proper to have school in the morning, but held a prayer-meeting, at which the presence of God was eminently felt, and several cried aloud.  Nearly every female teacher or scholar, in our Sunday-school, is convinced or converted, and some of the males also.  Glory to God!”

On another occasion he writes,—­“Our revival still continues, though we have not had any crying aloud for mercy lately, but every time we meet in class we have some new members.  The numbers, small and great, who had begun to meet in class, amounted to nearly one-third of our general congregation—­their ages vary from eight years old to above sixty.  Mrs. R.’s, our sweet singer, was a delightful conversion.  She had long been seeking the Lord sorrowing.  One morning she went into a neighbor’s house, to inform them that a young woman had found peace:  while in the house she was herself constrained to cry for mercy.  One of the leaders was called in to pray with her, and, after a severe struggle, she found peace.  The next Sunday I asked her (for she was singing delightfully) whether it was not sweeter to sing as she did, than before?  She laid her hand on her breast, and with uplifted eyes, said, ’Yes, it is indeed, for I have often been condemned while singing words in which my heart did not join, but now I can sing with all my heart.’”

One of the teachers, writing to a friend, says, “You will rejoice to hear that the work of God is steadily progressing in this part of his vineyard.  Many are found crying, in bitterness of soul, ’What must I do to be saved;’ while others are enabled to adopt the language of inspiration, and exclaim, ’O Lord, I will praise thee; for though thou wert angry with me, thine auger is turned away, and thou comfortest me.’  You will have heard that many members of Mr. T.’s family have been truly converted.  Sunday-school teaching is now a delightful employment; most of our children are feeling the power of religion; and many of them, perhaps one-third, meet in class.  Four out of seven, whom I teach, are, I trust, adopted into the family of God, and two others evince a desire to ’flee from the wrath to come.’  I think I may venture to say there is not a family in the vicinity of our chapel, but has some one or more praying persons belonging to it.”

It is exceedingly gratifying to know that the great majority of those who were converted belong to the school, continue steadfast, and are now pious and useful members of the Methodist Church.