sudden burning of the house, and the shock it produced, gave me an impressive sense of the great burning-day, at the end of the world, and the inexpressible consternation of poor thoughtless sinners, who only mind earthly things, and think as little of that dreadful hour as the old world thought of the flood, or as we thought of this fire till it came. Looking over the daily account which I kept at this time, I find, that during March and April, 1 attended meetings most of the evenings, went sometimes as far as six miles, and spake in them as much as a short sermon, generally from some passage of Scripture. I went, sometimes, beyond my strength, my bodily health was reduced, and once I was threatened with sickness. I had no special refreshingssometimes was ready to give up my hope-yet, it was a new and pleasant scene of which I before had no idea. My mind, for the most part was clear and comfortable, and I trust the Lord was graciously with us, and blessed my poor exhortations to hist children and to some thoughtless sinners."

The reader will be gratified, in this place, with an extract from a letter, addressed to the compiler by an aged servant of Christ, who was an eyewitness of Mr. Hallock's activity and usefulness in this revival.

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"The first of my acquaintance with him was in the summer of 1779, in the place now called Goshen. The season was remarkable for the display of the power and mercy of God, in bringing lost men from the bondage of sin into the liberty of the Gos

pel. Mr. Hallock, I think, was the first who manifested a Christian hope. From this time, it seemed that his whole soul was engaged to promote the glory of God, the advancement of the Redeemer's kingdom, and the salvation of souls. I attended conferences with him, constantly, through the awakening, or till near the close of it. It was his general, and perhaps I may say his constant practice to give an exhortation. In these exhortations, he did not want for ideas, nor for words to express them. They were fervent and affectionate. The spring following, I returned to the place of my nativity. There, I continued till 1788, when I came with my family to this town. In the autumn of 1790, he made his first visit in this place. On renewing our acquaintance, I found him to be the same humble, pious, devoted Christian, that he was eleven years before. When we came together-after the usual salutation, he addressed me in these words: I hope our interview will be spiritual.' And, indeed; it seemed that this was his aim in all his visits. For, he was eminently a spiritually minded man. I do not recollect, that he ever visited at my house without praying before we parted. This I can say; I loved, esteemed and revered the man; and the recollection of the delightful seasons I have passed with him still affords a solemn pleasure.

"I am, &c."

It is not a little gratifying to find so good a begins ning to that course of unwearied effort in the cause of Christ, which, by the grace of God, Mr. Hallock

was enabled steadily to pursue for almost half a century. Though not without seasons of darkness, yet, on the whole, the time of his spiritual espousals seems to have been, emphatically, "the day of the gladness of his heart." In conversation with a friend, some few years since, he expressed the following sentiments in nearly the following manner. "The most pleasant revival, I think, which I ever witnessed, was that in which I obtained my hope. I then knew little of Satan's wiles, and the deceitfulness of the heart. I was free from the care and anxiety of a settled pastor. The scene was new, and I gave myself up to the enjoyment of it. But since I received the charge of souls, it has been different. I have found revivals to be such critical and important seasons, that my solicitude and sense of responsibility have greatly checked my joy. Now, on seeing a person altogether careless, in a time of God's special mercy, I tremble for fear he will be left without a share in the blessing. If I find one under slight serious impressions, I am in distress because he has not a deeper sense of his sin and ruin. If I discover a case of pungent conviction, my joy is limited by a fear that this person will yet grieve the Holy Spirit, and be given over to a reprobate mind. When I meet one in the first transports of hope, I trust I feel a peculiar satisfaction, yet I cannot but remember the stony-ground-hearers, and pray God in my poor way, to save from fatal delusion. When I find a professor of Christ fast asleep, my heart sinks within me and on seeing in professors or young converts a forwardness to promote the work,

I am sometimes afraid they will do serious injury, through a want of knowledge or of prudence. And O, how anxiously do I watch any changes in the work! how exceedingly trying to see evidence of its decline! How do I tremble, for fear our sins as a church, and especially my own defects, should provoke God to withdraw his gracious influence. Thus, brother, turn what way I will, a revival, with all its animating things, is to me a scene of amazing solemnity. And then you know, how a mistaken zeal sometimes leads our brethren of other denominations to take advantage of such a time, and come in among our dear flocks to entice away the inexperienced lambs."

But these feelings of pastoral solicitude must not be taken for a distrustful spirit. No man, in a season of religious revival, seemed to have more entire reliance on the arm of Jehovah. Yet, he was tremblingly alive in the use of divinely appointed means. It should also be stated, that Mr. Hallock ever held in high estimation the judicious efforts of laymen, and that he had great confidence in the leading members of his own church. Few clergymen have given equal encouragement to meetings of youth, in which the more prominent young converts might take an active part. This we might, indeed, expect, from a knowledge of his own early practice in such meetings. Within a year of his death, he spoke with strong emotion of the grateful assistance which he had received in revivals from members of his church; and expressed his conviction that it was

even more valuable than the labors of an evangelist would probably have been. He added; "I believe, that when God has a special work of grace to perform in any place, he usually provides some prominent instrument ;-that this is sometimes an obscure individual in the church, who receives for this purpose a fresh anointing, and then is peculiarly active and useful in arousing his more tardy brethren to duty."