My dear Sir,-As you have been kind enough to enter in THE CHRISTIAN my former letters, I send you this one at the close of the work of the Scottish Evangelistic Association's Agent. It is evident that e have gathered but the first fruits and that the tide of blessing is not at the flood in this city, still these first fruits are very precious. The converts' meeting which was held on Friday evening last was indeed a goodly sight, at least four hundred were there of those who had either
got the blessing and found Christ at this time, or being believers before had been brought into liberty. They were chiefly young people from twelve and fourteen to eighteen and twenty-two years of age and were but a portion of those over the town who have come under the power of divine truth at this time. It is estimated that the numbers cannot fall short of six hundred, including those at Footdee and Torry. On all sides, you hear mention of blessing.
In one household alone, I know of all the servants, five in number, who have professed to have received Christ and undergone a saving change; and in the same family several of the Children. And so in a greater or less degree in all quarters of the town.
Henry Varley comes here for Sabbath to give an address in the Music Hall, and hold meetings during the next week;
we pray that he may reap many souls.
As we asked the Lord's people to pray for Aberdeen, we now would ask them to give thanks and praise for the answer
to these prayers that has been granted.-Yours most truly in the hope of the gospel,
JOHN ROSS.
'The Christian" April 23rd, 1874.
The Rev. Mr Innes of Torry, a small fishing village across the Dee from Aberdeen, reported that a band of praying people in his congregation had, ever since the last gracious work among them, continued pleading for a fresh revival. When the blessing was given in the south, the information regarding it contained in the Christian was communicated to the people, and this stirred them to more fervent waiting on God. He also early introduced among the young the use of Mr Sankey's hymns, and expounded the gospel to them from the words of the hymns. The fruits of the movement are seen in eighty, who profess to have come to the Saviour; and of these, thirty will sit down next Lord's day for the first time at the communion table, half of these being heads of families.
"Times of Blessing," April 25th, 1874.