" "Was it deep and wide?" "Yes; it was full of water." "And was
it more noisy than at Marbeeshoo?" "No; it was very quiet and
still." The parable was now applied very faithfully. He said that he
had hoped the Holy Spirit had been teaching them the evil of their
hearts; but their noise and confusion that evening showed him that
there was no depth to their experience. The effect was wonderful;
they hung their heads and quietly dispersed, and from many a closet
that night might have been heard the petition, "Lord, make me to
know my heart, and let me not be like that noisy river." What
threatened to be an uncontrollable excitement became at once a quiet
but deep sense of guilt. Their desires were not less intense, but
more spiritual; their consciences were very tender, and their
feelings contrite, but subdued and gentle.
In this revival, the converts had a great deal of feeling, but no
knowledge of the mode in which such feelings find expression in
Christian lands; and in the freshness and strength of their emotions
they yielded to every impulse with an unconscious simplicity that
was exceedingly interesting.
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