Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1858 — Prayer Meetings in the U. S. Courts. [ARTICLE]

Prayer Meetings in the U. S. Courts.

{Correspondence of the N. Y. Tribune.

New Haven, Mav 3, 1858. ; Sir: NejwHaven has been signally blessed. Hundreds have felt the trror of their ways, and have united with the Church. Two hundred students have already joined, and it is estimated that there are not more than twenty-five out of five hundred who are not deeply interested. But the most marked and striking exhibition of God’s power is to be seen in the glorious work accomplished among the; members of the bar. There is not a single lawyer who has not united with the Church; not only this, but they are the most actively engaged in spreading the Word of Life. Prayer meetings have been held in the Court rooms every morning and evening for a month past, and the able Judge ol the District Court (C. A. Ingersol!) has always had prayer offered up before entering upon the duties of the day, and has frequent” ly led in prayer. But on Sunday last a most remarkable meeting was held in one of the largest churches, crowded to its utmost capacity, in which three sermons were preached by three eminent lawyers. In the morning Judge Blackman preached from the text, “I was thirsty, and ye gave ine drink; I was hungry, and ye fed me/’, In the afternoon Mr. Yatcman delivered a touching and beautiful discourse. In the evenin'*Judge E. K. Foster, one of the most elo? quent men in the State, addressed the congregation from a passage in the Lord’s prayer, “Forgive our debts as we forgive our debtors.” It was a glorious day. «ji. l, s.