A CORRESPONDENT writes: "The tidal wave of salvation, which we reported a few weeks since as having set in upon the Methodist churches, is rolling on with ever-increasing power and blessing. The denominational papers are giving from week to week full accounts of this remarkable work of grace. The recent Day of Prayer for Sunday - schools was the commencement of a powerful revival among the young in all parts of the country; while the more recent Temperance Sunday was generally observed, and made the means of great good, not only in the advancement of the temperance movement, but also in the salvation of many souls. Ingatherings of souls for Christ are reported from Southwark, Castleford, Darlington, Greetland, Grantham, Great Yarmouth, Holdsworthy, Luton, Llandilo, Widnes, Newton Abbot, Ampthill, Clitheroe, Dudley, Selby, Runcorn, Hartlepool, Richmond, Abingdon, Bolton, Chippenham, Skipton, Holbeach, Portland, Houghton-le-Spring, Reeth, Santry (Hunts), Thame, Tarporley, Mansfield, Whitchurch. In all these places and in others evangelistic services have been held; in many cases the towns have been missioned by singing bands, and hundreds who seldom, if ever, hear the Gospel have been brought under the power of the Word.
The Methodist Recorder of Dec. 23 has the following with respect to Guernsey: Under the heading 'A Revival: One Thousand Souls added to the Lord,' the French Methodist monthly, Le Magasin Méthodiste des Iles de la Manche for January gives a deeply interesting account of an extensive revival of religion which is now taking place in the country chapels of the Wesleyan French circuit and in the town by the efforts of the Salvation Army. It is chiefly to the Methodist portion of the work that the article in Le Magasin refers. It appears to have commenced early in October at the Capelles, first among the teachers and the elder scholars of the Sabbath school, and then it spread immediately, east and west, to the neighbouring chapels of the Vale and the Castel. It is now extending to those portions of the island called the Upper Parishes. Nearly five hundred persons have been received on trial or admitted into preparatory classes during the quarter. Persons varying in age from ten to seventy, and of almost every station in country life, have been awakened and converted, and in many cases whole families have covenanted together to be the Lord's. Men and women at their work, either in the quarry, the field, the shop, or at home, have been suddenly awakened, and many a dwelling has been the spiritual birthplace of souls. This work of God has been carried on by special meetings under the direction of the circuit ministers, with local help only. Local preachers and class leaders have, in many cases, conducted the meeting themselves, with an occasional visit from their overworked ministers. 'The people have had a mind to work' and God has greatly honoured their faith and rewarded their labour."
"The Christian," 5th January 1882.