28 SEPTEMBER 1839, Page 5

SCOTLAND.

Most extraordinary scenes have been enacted at Kilsyth since Sunday morning last. It appears to have been understood among the Revival- ists throughout the whole of Scotland, that there was to be on Sunday a great manifestation of the power of the Lord" at Kilsyth ; and, in consequence, there were assembled in the village on that day people from the most distant quarters—from the furthest North to the English borders. Beds had been bespoken for weeks previous : we have heard of one party of twenty females from Greenock having engaged beds at least a fortnight before. But the accommodation to be afforded in such a place as Kilsyth was quite inadequate for the multitudes that poured in; and thus hundreds had to bivouac in the open air, or travel to the neighbouring village of Kirkintilloch. Every. kind of conveyance from Glasgow was soon taken up, and fares were Inordinately raised. The greater number of the clergymen present belonged to the Established Church ; but there were also Dissenters of various denominations— Baptists, Methodists, /Sm. The services began, in the parish-church, at ten o'clock in the morning ; and in an open field soon after, where they were persevered in till six o'clock on Monday morning. They were resumed on Monday at ten, and were continued through the whole day and ensuing night. A third time the vast congregation assembled yesterday forenoon, and we understood the proceedings are not yet at a close. Much excitement has prevailed, and scenes of a most deplorable nature exhibited. On one hand was to be seen the bai tismal rite ad- ministered to great numbers, by immersion in the mill-dam, and on another, women throwing themselves on the ground, and crying out for mercy. Nor was the language of the preachers calculated to calm the storm. Oae reverend gentleman told a portion of his audience, that "he saw the Devil looking out of their eyes ;" on which several women fell down insensible, and were taken off to the sossion•house. At another time, the preacher, in speaking of Jacob's ladder as a type of the Saviour, called on his hearers to come to it, and to make use of it ; but, finding the impression he produced not so strong as he wished, he cried out that there was rottenness at the foot, and they must come quickly ;

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and, suiting the action to the word, he sprang up n the pulpit as if to catch hold of the ladder by a high spar ere it was snatched away from him. There was an old French minister among the preachers. Alto- gether, the scene has been one of a most melancholy and humiliating nature. We think less of the effects produced on hysteric females, than of the conduct of the clergy. We can scarcely believe these gentlemen are mad ; but if they are not mad, what is to be thought of them? On this, as on previous occasions, the chief actors in the scene were the clergy and the women. The male minority of the hearers appeared to be chiefly onlookers.—Gl«sssow Chronicle.

The Dundee Chronicle mentions the sudden death of a young lady, daughter of the late Mr. Millar, Rector of the Dundee Grammar School, while conversing with the Reverend Mr. Burns on the state of her soul. She fell, as if in a fainting-fit, but on medical aid being called in, she was found dead. At a " Revival" meeting in St. Peter's Church, on the same day, Mr. Burns mentioned the occurrence amidst the groans and sobs of the fanatics who composed his congregation.