by some that Faneuil Hall would be the best place; others preferred a room on State Street. An effort was made, without success, to secure the room where the brokers held their meeting. It was decided, however, to commence in the Old South Chapel, as, on the whole, the best place; and the meeting has been continued, without interruption, to the present time. The wave of salvation which visited the city at the time the meeting was established had subsided; yet God had again appeared in mercy, and was now converting large numbers in different parts of the city, principally among the poor. He then gave an account of the conversion of two or three men, one of whom was brought to the knowledge of the truth at this meeting, and the other was awakened at the same place. He thought the Holy Spirit had been present in a very peculiar manner at this business men's prayer-meeting during the entire year. Other remarks were made by Mr. Arthur Merrill, of Cambridge; Mr. Amos Tappan, of Newburyport; Dea. Henry Hoyt, Mr. M. H. Sargent, Mr. F. A. Choate, of Beverly; Dea. Holland, Mr. S. G. Deblois, Mr. David Snow, Dea. J. R. Bradford, of Jamaica Plain; Rev. Phineas Stowe, Mr. H. Hamlin, Mr. Blanchard, and Dea. Proctor. Nearly every one who spoke gave an account of one or more conversions in connection with the meeting. One of the speakers said that about a year ago, a man was induced to attend for the first time, without his dinner. At the close, being obliged to go to his store, he bought some crackers. Some one said to him, "I guess you haven't had your dinner."-"Yes, I have," said he; "I have had the best dinner I ever had in my life. I have been to the prayer-meeting." This was said to two persons, both of whom afterwards went to the meeting, and all three were hopefully converted. Instances were related of persons from the country who had attended the meeting, and had gone home to establish prayer-meetings, some of which had been continued up to the present time. An account was given of some who, by attending the meeting, had been induced to establish a prayermeeting in a private house, where ten, at one time, arose for prayers, and where a number had been converted. Some one spoke of the conversion of a lawyer in connection with the meeting. He very gradually came into the light. On a certain Sabbath day he was tempted to open his law books for the purpose of preparing a case for the court. His eye rested on the Bible, and upon opening it, the first passage that met his eye was the one relating to the man who gathered sticks upon the Sabbath day, and was stoned. He closed the law books, and has not opened them on the Sabbath since. He is now trusting in his Saviour. Another stated that he believed the number who had received their first serious impressions at the noon prayer-meeting, could be counted by scores. The following hymn, composed by Mr. Hodges Reed of Taunton, was sung in Auld Lang Syne, the whole congregation standing :— "Into this place, a year ago, To seek the heavenly boon, Men pressed and spent the passing hour, "They came in crowds,-those business men, Their Mammon-worship left awhile,- "They sought the better pearl, and found, "Still, Mammon claims the larger half, O Lord! incline the careless ones And may they find it good to meet One young man rose near the close, and said he wished to state that the meeting had been the means of leading him to the Saviour. Another, in middle life, said he thought he ought to testify that the meeting had had a great influence over him in his efforts to find the cross. One man rose for prayers, after which Deacon Charles D. Gould addressed the throne of grace, asking God to appear for that man, and cause him to rejoice in Christ. A hymn composed by Mr. H. Hamlin, commencing, "Stand up for Jesus! though the world was then sung. Thus closed a meeting which will never be forgotten. Although it was held two hours, the time seemed short. It was an heavenly place, and it seemed to those who were there that the Saviour was present as one of the number. As verses of hymns were struck up, such as "My heavenly home is bright and fair," "All hail the power of Jesus' name," &c., it seemed as though all hearts were in unison with the glorified spirits on high. obtain it soon, or die without it. He went to his chamber, took his Bible and read, and then knelt down to pray. In trying to pray, he found that his heart was very hard, and the more he prayed the worse he felt. He finally found that he must come to Christ just as he was. He felt like poor Jack: "I am a poor sinner and nothing at all, And Jesus Christ is all in all." A CONVERT OF TWELVE YEARS.-It was stated that a girl was converted in the Sabbath school, at the age of twelve. She lived two years after she was brought into the kingdom; but before she died, she brought twelve or fourteen of her associates to Christ. She worked while the day lasted. This was the secret of her success. GREAT ADDITION TO A SABBATH SCHOOL.-A brother who had lately visited Connecticut stated that in one society sixty-four members of the Sabbath school had been received into the Church, and in another seventy-two. WHAT A WIFE CAN DO.-A certain woman in New Hampshire, at the close of a prayer-meeting, requested the minister to accompany her to her house. Her husband was an avowed Universalist. The wife was conscious that she had not been faithful to her husband. She requested her husband and the minister to go into another room, knelt down at the feet of her husband, and made a most humiliating confession of her unfaithfulness. The husband turned pale, and trembled like an aspen-leaf. The strong cries and tears of the wife mercy. Within four weeks he led him to cry for was rejoicing in hope. THE POWER OF THE BIBLE.-A little girl had been attacked with sudden pain in the head, which ended in blindness. She was taken to an eminent oculist, who pronounced her incurable. She wished to know what the doctor had said about her state, and her mother told her. "What! mother," exclaimed the child," and am I never more to see the sun, nor the beautiful fields, nor you, my dear mother, nor my father? Oh how shall I bear it?" She wrung her hands, and wept bitterly. Nothing seemed to yield her the slightest comfort, till her mother, taking a pocket Bible from the table, placed it in her hands. "What is this, mother?" inquired the disconsolate little girl. "It is the Bible, my child." Immediately a score of its most consolatory passages presented themselves to her mind, such as, "My grace is sufficient for thee," "Cast thy burden upon the Lord." She paused, turned her poor, benighted eyeballs toward the ceiling, while an angelic expression played on her countenance, and then, as if filled with the Holy Spirit, breathed forth in an impassioned but scarcely audible whisper, "Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven," and went on her way rejoicing. Such was the wonder-working power of that blessed book. A COVENANT-KEEPING GOD.-A mother of thirteen children, all unconverted, lay upon her dying bed calm and serene. She was asked how she could die so composedly, when her children were all out of Christ. She replied that she had consecrated them |