Strange Scenes Among Fishermen Curious scenes were recently witnessed among the villagers on the northeast coast of Scotland where a wave of religious emotion is spreading among the fisher-folk.
It owes its origin directly to the recent religious revival which swept over Lowestoft, Yarmouth and! East Anglia At that time many of the Scottish fishermen and girls had visited East Anglia for the fishing, and they have carried back with them to the north the religious enthusiasm which the a Anglian meetings had awakened.
At one Scottish village the converts, both men and women, associated with the Baptists, are immersed usually in their ordinary clothes, in a wooden trough, which is eight fect long and three fect wide.
As a class the fisher folk are of a highly emotional temperament, and the movement, spreading among them like wildfire, had boer come marked by scenes of intense excitement. Men and women are alike preaching and giving personal testimony in the meetings, which, with alternate singing, praying, and exhorting, are continued long into the night.
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The movement is being taken up by the various denominational Churches and other religious bodies, to which the fisher folk chiefly belong.
The enthusiasm recalls the campaigns of Moody and Sankey, and the hymns in favour in the present movement are mostly those which were most popular in the days of those evangelists.
At one place on the East Coast where the herring fishing season has been a failure the superstitious villagers believe it is a "visitation" for unrighteous living. They are parading the highways singing hymns.
A kindred movement has sprung up within the past few weeks in Glasgow. There, as in the North, the lead has been taken by lay evangelists, several successive Sundays "'special services" in cinemas and halls have drawn great and'ences, many people being unable to obtain admission.
These meetings continue for hours on end, and the work is being carried on in smaller halls throughout the week.
The church congregations in various districts of the city are entering heartily into the movement, and it is stated that the Jocal Presbyteries are contemplating the organizing of a\ systematic campaign throughout the city.
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