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WORLD CAL_L • •, • • - SHAKERISM, . ;-- ./ "'· __,AMONG TUE SUBJE€TS QF THE. LATE REYIVA-,L . . J.N OHl-0. ANL> KENTlJ.C1$,Y, _ · :~ RESEN'.TEJ) TO THE TRUE ZION-TRAVELLER, ~ -S A ~EMOR,I~.I. OF T _H E WlLDERNESS JOJYRNEY• M' Nemaf. - .. :B Y Richard ~ ' - ~ .' \ i+.**·***l****!<**~lf*********-****.i:tif******¾l--*Jl<• , , When ye fee · a cloud rife out of the welt, flraight:,vay ye fay, tli~re ~• _comet Fi ,, /bower ; and fo it is _: And when r z F 1: £ L the fo_u th wind . ! ' blow, JC fay, there will be·he~t ; and it i:oit),th to pafs"."'l'.i--~an ye • ,,. n<>t di_{cein Jhe lignqlf the· ~i rnes, -c CHRlST . - CINCINNA i::J': ,ROM THE PRESS OF JOHN W. BROWNE, OTfICE_ OF LUlZRTY HALL, -1-so7. • �~ T he wor d faw , S~A KER I SM, I nev er unt r( it d" in ~en tu~ ky, a few, ''. ;ippea red i n a pam phl et.,:' publilhe called the fchifmati ~ is t ye:irs ago . in deferic e of wha 6-) I fuppofe it is de ~ d octr ine (fee Sto ne's R,eply, p,_6 ·; in t he fame mag,.~ es lhak r ived frem fh aker.., ,one wb,o from fc hifmatic2 i,. ~~ (!,Qi . rier d1~ t, _fc hi!inacifm ~prio gs ~h.ur~h, who dw1~~s o,; fep.i\~te ~ fr9m ~h.e �e"l r t J /~ ) .1:11~-?;;:~ ti ·to THE READEtt. , • ,· 'Y"· -. Ot,( have ·bee n pr.?hablYY:"aitfog _'for 'to·m e~ • .- thrn g to be pubh ihe~ th1_s quar ter, ~nil may b~ a li~le_ furpriTed to ~nd fro~ th~Kentucky Revival :our ~heme ·; as it 1s gene rally know n that we prof eis to have adva nc~d fo~ward into a muc h,gr eate r wor.\<:~ . .Adm ittin g thi.s to be the cafe 1(whic ;:h wed o not deny ), Jt wou ld neve rrhe lefs be iinpr ope: r co · forg et, ,_ or fet 1igh t by any oper ation or work oLtb -e true fpiri t, -how ever fm'111 it• migh t feem• Bue far 'from . efiee ming • . the Ken tuck y Rev ival,- a day of f mall thin gs, we be._:lieve it was noth ing lefs than- an infr:odut5Jion •to th~t .;vork ofjin al rede mption , w'hich,Go d had-.. pro mifo d, in the latte r days, And to pref erve the' mem ory of it amo ng thof e who have wifely im prov ed it as fuch , the · follow.ing parti cula r? have been colle cted l;>y one, whofe fp1ric was· i11 it frorn the for tlie prtf s, who is a living witne{s of the mofi begi nnio"g, and impo rtan t pani cula rs which ou:u rrcd in ever y fi age of it, until the pre. fent day . , • • ~ ~For the ·bet! e~ unde rllan ding of the followin g hiilo ry i~ will be prop er t(? mak e a few prel imin;iry obfe rvation i.. 1 - I~ ~ : • Ic will be gran ted, that Go1 ha._a p3rt ~ icula r C'rder and man ner of ~ork ing, in :,vhic h one th in"g goes befo re anot her, _Thu s : the law rwd the prophets were until , John, after that the king dom. of heav en h preached, It then follows that all men prefi into it, The firfl: thin g is ,. ·the law, wnich conv ince s of fin. _?.· Th_e Prophets ~ h.o,._ ~ • mini fter the prom ifo and· hope of falva tion, 3· J'he , king dom ef heav m is prea che? ; , the way and me11Jod of . falvation fDade man i fe fi in word and docl rine : _and ·Iaft of all we nwft pn:fs inta it. This ii the orde r of · G od, and ther e is no oth_;r• • Not hing fho~ cf prdli~\ int~ ., - �IV ion miy c!'i e t1ie fool, • Convicl th e kin gd om c.m hv od dr fet t the breafi ; and th e' eo mf _away _; . hope and 1,ot't en . He nc e toe kin gd om bethfoq ot: _ s ew -vi e!y thi ng s am nn g. · m dt lrv efe ng of ten ·_ revivi {hon of th e is the. nf cd fit y of fo , ate ve r can die :aw 3y . pr ofr ffors. But wh fe wp o are in tb e k':n1;1:fom ha ve ki11gdom or Go d, tho er ef or e it i~ p:ain- th a(·che conft icu~ Th ev ed af tin g ·life. . nv itr ion of fin , val (w hLch are co eftation of tl1 e i rev a of rrs p~ t en d a manif er a nce fr ori1 it, an int b r ho pe· of de liv tiv e to en te rin i • ara ep pr be ly. on can ter te) lac /la y efe ml ·th he av place in re viya ls ha ve tak en a's it: · le, 0p pe jt • . How many the fe feafon would t'ai da ys ,. which for a , lea \'. c the m r.j ga te ; an d ·af ce r alf ''s ep av cl wh y. fa i ·w er e, to -he te. er lifefefs fta . An rm fo ir the o inc ck ahd pte fa int o . faH ha t tak e die !aft fiep; 13ec. ule ch.ey diJ no r<l ,md docli:ine was op en ed , · wo ~ila : {b te wh ic h in r· pr ea ch ~s th e ted, th at wh oe ve U. ·It will be @ran nc e 'fr om a·i1 era tiv de ' , mu ft pr each kin gd o m of he av en he av en . ,N ow is, th cr e can tie no fin : Fo r wh er e Gn s be en preacl'iecr, and ho ne fi fouls h-a wh en the_kingd\Hll ng ed • with in,;. of foi rh upon it- lo e ey eir th qu ire d fo r the ha v-e fix ed en fly it, and folicitou in ' be to e f.ir de fe en ter ed -;' th en ten who ha e .ilready r to co me in fo otf tep s , of tho fc ive ce r the gr an d de fo e tim the en be . ha s d pr each up fro pr oc raf iin ati on , :in ex pe rie nc e of wi ,ll his doc1rine of ul ea l 10 t~ e dolef pp -a ;,, : lift of m fo r ter er ro r by rhe doe..:: d co nf inn the fatal Th us t-he pa fl ge ne rat ion s, an a _co rru pt ch ur ch . of ' es e cr· de · d an d, an d all t-hat tri ne s ils ha ve be en blafl.? n1oft pr omifing reviv. 's pu re · en joy me nts ('common un {n ne ar fonfl) ·of he ay ex tin gu iib ed by of th e ki ng do m) ng hi e.c pr the r de _s. men of co rru pt mi nd ing , -fpoke iva l; fro m the be gin Bu t tb e Ke-ntu,ky rev ho \Vere the ge nu ine fubj r cl:s of of c -w -t it wo_uld no t be tte r thirigs. Th fulleft confidence tha the ed df . It was no t it, ev er ex pr ne <lo ha d ge ne ral ly ls iva rev as te na ter mi no r th at faich in of law convic1iorr ; a comn1on po rti on pu ts he av en at a dif l:a nc e; nor th e pr om i(e , which gdom, that dr cw ·ou t the t ·a out the ki~ , merely prrn;bing, ab �-v : . multitudes, to encamp (or days and nights i~ the wit-: dl'rnefs &c, It ~as a.,ne ar pro( pea of .the trYe king .; •om of God , i0to.which many ~he dete rmin ed to prcrfs> • at the expence of all that they held -dear The late revival was not feQt, to RE- upon eart-h• -F-ORMI tli~ chur ches , It did not come with a piece of new clotb to patch the old gar!llent, to mend up the old hope, with {ome new experience ; ·b_u t to prep are the way for that' kio_gdom of God , in whic h, all thing s are new : ahl! whe ther it be in many or fe~,, ~he purp ofes whe reun t~, -it was fent, fhall undoubtedly be anfw ercd . .• • . III. That this extra ordi nary work fpru ng rtori .-foma fupe rnatu ral caufe has been univerfally gran ted ;__ but whe ther the caufe was good or evil, has been a matt er of much debate, even among thJ>fe who profefs to take . .the fcrip ture for their only guide, Chri (Hans fo calle d. of all othe rs have been the m_ofr divided in _ment conceroiog,it; and while forne with their judgout hefit.:ition . .have pr~mounced it a · glorious work of God ; othe rs · who profeffed to~ children of the fame fathe r, follow. ers of the fan:ie faviour,{and inflrucled by the fame w9rd of ,God ; have with equal c~mfidence pronounced it witchcrtift, t:nthufiefm,fanaticifm, and the ielef,on, Hence, the various predfcl:ion& very e,urgy or ·concerning it ·: .Some affirming that it would fhort ly term inate , and Jeave the unhappy._ fµbjells of it, in a worf e condition than ever ; 9the rs that it fhould cover the e~rth, as th, wate rs cover thefea, and gath er the -n~ti ons into ono unite d _body. . ' ' IV. •A~ the cont inua ote~o f the revival was .ly pred icl:ed and afferted, by its fubjecl:s, it fo llrong.; per-to confider how far, and , upon wha will be pro- r t footing , thof e prcd iaion s and alfertions are tena 6le. al way5 co.ntioue in the fame 11Jeafure andThat it lhould with out any increafe was ·nev er intended, appearance, there fore if that fame pow er continues to work , thou gh it lhould be in a grea ter .deg ree, and more extra ordin ary and the, it Jkoul4 pe aaiong a different peop man ner, le,· this wil · Ai • ' . �. ' !l Vl ,. o , provided' idi ith tl~t prove the al,cn-pridic1:ions-falie . • •• • -. end : f.im -~ ;. fame pow er working to the of the revival ' wa&> Wh ile the extr aord inar y pow er of li~h t,pr efen red s beam Qle fiflj irre hte rra oeo us; while uld not avoid foe·o c_ onsperf ch whi , view the obje tts to es of body ,- by a rcif exe 1mo ed ing ; and tliey were rulh ld no't withfiand -; the force of operation wbic;p they cou iori w:is precarious, fa!h this in contihuarice .of the wor k, s Work upon m·an ·like kno win g that God will ·o!>t al way io~t-he· continuance of erord a machine. T-herefore in bave . founcUt nec ef- _ the wor k,.a num ber of'i ts fubjecls poyv~r as an i?-dweUing (ary to receive ~h}s e~mao~dinary tur.il agenr, to _dwe ll erna fnp this wtth trea fure , to uotte worRer~ tog eth er ome in him, and he in them , and bec ioleni:e; believe and or'v c for.c out 'wit h him and with And o.n this pivot· t'he practife wha teve r he t~aches, - !J'.he power' or ligh t al, vido indi h reviv;il turns with e:ic continue iidt , his'fpi; of God , continues with thofe;who abide in him , and do ,v.fio e f."it abidei; only · with 1thof fe hi_m ; of coutfe fuch c ontinuall_y. the things th_at plea Be1ial -fnould h:ive da, and as are w1ll1ng, that Chr1fl ely pre vail ; mul l fall about ~ light and dark nefs ·atternat two mailers !. e ferv ' gtf and wit her ; for no man can . of-t he reviYa1 bs V, -Since the rpirit and pow er principles, and the di.. bee n eft'dblH}led upon the above with men, fefs atte nvioe--a-gem:-lrasfotmd· a habitation earan1:es, Thi s ne~ tion has been pa\d to former app ·Ch rifi, and w.i]king ing ceiv e r. ~nd llra nge docl:rine of concern : . and while fo him , has engrofi'ed the general Jha nge bodily: ·exer. , fh·ip the lingular m·an ner of wor it, have furnifhed mat cifes, -&c~ of thofe who fiand in nd, thei r uifting_u ilh- arou ter of fpetulation to the- world ferious enq qity wit h ing faith has been a mat ter of brg :in t_o open the ir e' ~an y ; efpecially thofe who ·hav . kiog'dom of . Chr ifi1 eyes on the ,hidden 2,lories of the ard_. 'But before I be_ and are beginning to move Zion-w ven :ind the ad, of hea in ned "-temple of God c-an be ope pro per -lo ..recc,gn ift ltii tel\ awe nt be feen, it will be I �.. •• vu tbe various opera'tions by which the materials of the • Tab,rnacJe were prep;ired : Accordin11;-as it is written- . " Bthold I fa»d my mF.ffenger, and h, /hall pr,pare the wa7 lefart me .- and the Lord whom ye /eek, foal/ fuddenly com# fo his temple. R. M. �. ,.... .t ... The I(entucky _ Revivat/~fs ~· .·-. ~f the fl~te fHAP. i. . ;.' ~ '\. . ;/ reli'gi~n in thi, wiflern c~untry' btjiri •late revr'.ua/ made its appe_arance• . _ . /dt , I N the fi:rff Cettlenl'ent of th1s· country, no fmal4 _ • pare of the inhabitants were Chrifl:ian·s by pro(effi'on, Different· den·oinjnations _early b'eg.an to lhtne our, and employ their zeal, in organiiirig churches) fettling rainiflets, and propagating their refpefrive doc. trines and form, of worfhip•throughout the land._ Th,e greatell number of profeffors might b.e ranked am·ong , the Prefayteriani, Baprijfs and Methodifis. And althlJ' thefe different fetl:s profdfedly fet out, to efi<\_blilh, and promote the peaeeab~e religion of Jefos, ye.t in the at .t tem_pt, their .ufual debates and ,.:ontroverfies were broli 1~ht to life, which, for a numbeJ .of ye:irs occafion..ed, a ~ot fpiritual war. Notwithllandiog, 1hefe churche&' acknowtedged e~ch other _as fillers, defcended from the fame flock, yet fuch . was the zeal of each for their dif.r ting~ilhing tenets, and fotms·-of worfhip, that they ftoocf entirely feparate, as· to any communion or fellowfhip•· :mJ treatec! each other with the highefl mar'ks of hof..t tilit~ ; wounding, captivating, and l>ickering one am, other, ~ntil their attention was called off, by the ap...pearance of a cCimllion enemy, viz., Oeif,p,'or the reH..-gion of nature, - .~ II. For miny ages the chri<Harr' religion, fo c:-alled;· had been incorporated whh ci.vil ge'vernment; and the·y ; had mutually fupponc~ ,ach other, coofe<f1ently wla~ �10 tlii1t revol~tion in politics began, which aim~d .~t thi 'overthrow of mon.irchy, and the efiablilhmeot of;i re~ p~blic:m government, 1hdt religion was particularly in;;. ,. 'volved. ~ ' .,_.-.. . . , -, ' '·· ' .· . Kingi, had claimed the Bible,a~ '' t-he only r'ule to'direfr them," in their unnatural wars, ;dire oppreOtons, bloody perfecutibos, ,and f1nparral1eled 'crp~t}_et C:s,war~ mankind -; y'ea, 'everi claf§ of"tyr(l1H's , both civil 'ao.d ecclefiafi:cal, had foade theit co'mmon ap .. . 'pe:il to the Bible, foftheir a'uthorir'y ·co ford ' it ·o ver their fellow 'creatures, . ·c'o nfequently when the eye of reafon began rq ope'n upon the rrghts of tfldn, ~he ,yrants Canon mull: appear io . very peroicioll's e<;>1ors, no book in the 'uni'verfe fo mifchievo·us and hateful, And _u nder dtis v;iew t'he , Bible 'was at,acked by rhesJ16iitjca\ reformers ;of 'the la:fi ce1Jtury ; and the dicl:ate's of a lawlc'fi nature 'cried up, in oppofition to its facr~d requirements .' empe'rors an_dpopes, - J .... • ·-. .,, ' 111. I do ·not -'fuppofe, w1ih ·\ ..,_ ,- - - - 111:in'y, ":ha't beifli: hav~ bad no c:a.ufe for rejecting the fcr.iptores; the 'contrary 'is ·certa inly trne, • Not t)lat_the caofe is in the fcripr_u res, .but rn 'thofe 'w ho profefs to ·take them fot their rule cif life, ftis not t lie fcript'ures that lie open to ~he vje,v ·o f the deift, b'rit thofe churches, and pe.op1e who pr0fef~ to be ··govetned and in'ffoe1i'ced by them, ;And wha't-< · have thofe chu'rcbt ~ exhibited•, 'which for ages pa{l have 'claim•e'd.the Bible for their foundation? Little elfe but 'divifion, - animofity and ·cqnfo(ion. , Wha.t have . been ithe lives and manners_ of profeffors fo generol ~ DP they not ftand below 'the modern ~eill, even in point of bible virme, Now if Chrifiians fo ca·lled, are cbarge:;ihle witb. fo great v,ickednEfs, in the eye of common renfe and reafon, and 3t the fam.e 'time tellify that the bible ia their "only rule,'~ what Judgment can the deift form ·o f 'that book -. _ The, tree is known by its f.ruir ; Qnd if profe'ffing Cbrihians acknowledge t'hemfelves to be w,icked, if they judge and wove one _a nother to be · •\vicxetl, ·and daitn th~ bible as ' their root and ·foundation ; it is reafonable for the deift to judge that to be awkbd~oo ~ • • J �11 l\11, Wh_!n Deifm fi r ~ began to overrpre~d Kent~c ky~ fnd the truth of the bible to be call t$1 1n qu eftion i the cry was, agaiofi its p ernicious fruits, :ind the infi..; ~.ite mifch,\e f that had-bee n done in th e world, by_tbofe' who f~pporced its doclrin es, ~n d wh_ile the g iddy and though tle fs m11ltitude too~ it •for gr.anted Aha,t divi ne revelati on was all a cheat, and nature' s flowery path_ the only way. to bappinefs., and were cro1.1ding iri1 9 it \)y hundre ds ; many of a· ~ore fer;-iou s cafl: ..ye.re un.,_ willing \o r.enounc~ the ii,: hop~ _of fal yacion 1hro.ug~ Chrifi, yet dare not vindica ~e the 1,iy,es of tho(e profer.: ling Chrifiia ns, on whofe acc;o11 nt the bible was coo..demoed_, l'his mad~ it necdfar y to _e~allline the fc rip~ tures feparate and jqdge of them arcordi ng ·-to thefr in. ternal evjdenf e, and the more they were exa111in e9 the greater the contraf i appeare d, betwee n their facred do~rine.~ ~nd the lives o f_ the . profdfo rs. Hence th~ or.ly ground upon which, the tru th o,f the fcrip ture!i (O□ld" be maintai ned wa$ to take th em a-ccordi ng to 1heir ~wn proper fenfe , ao·d-pi:-ove th at they ·no wh ere 'coun, ~enanccd thofe ev ils that "b,ound ed in ~he ch~rc hes ; bu; the con trary.' • • .. • • •' , •• : . r V, The nel,)1 teflaq1ent appeare d to b_e the p,rope1; fruit :rnd product of the church of Clu-ifl:; and manifeft:. • ed by its purity,· th at it was a pure chur'ch out of whicQ .. it fpru ng, And t .iki9g th-e . ch urch as the tree, and th~ fcr ipt ure ':is rhe 'fru it , both fe t ed to be g<>od~ Bu~ the fruit, whkh had b een fo r !ll2ny ge.ner atio ns, pro- , duced by thofe churcnes wh,~h:b ore he fai:ti e name,, was very ti;ffrr ent- T he ,vritin g1, of l e fe cµti r ches, inflead ~f uniting rhe people i-n r ighteo ro~ fs au d peate, haci kiod lcJ ll!) emll efs c .ntrc>verfie s and an_gry <l1fpu tes ; and I rom· t he ma,iifr(l diffq en c in the ( ruirs, it appeara 1 ~d that mode r i1 rrcfrffors co µ\d not be ihe fame kind of pe pie wit h thofe that bad formerl y- , b<.'. en called C hr ifiian, Acccor ding to he fc. r iptute~, .Cb: ifti ans were uni ted, all of one heart an d one fo ul ; they laid . afide all anger, wrath cl nmour, en vy, and eviLfpeaking; . were kindly ;;ffeclio ncd one tow:i rds anoth er, and love~ ~nc ano ther wilh a pure neart fer vently . . ~Ut dail, . �1.2 now aJfumed ~he fame ~ P,' bfuva tion prov ed ,tha t t;hofe who railing and back.bi-!"' e, flrif ;111d • x,ame, were full of envy ther ; _an,d in e.very jing ,_ hatef~I a,nd hating one an of ~God , 1\',ho wer e men • Jenf e different_from thofe holy _ -' ·_ • erly falled ·by .the t;1ame of C,hr ift. !orm not ~nly ,in .com , V,I. Thi s 'diftincl:ion wa~ obf er;_e.d ifle.r s.· Wh ile the min a,on pr9felfors, but eveo in_ the ,minifrets of _Chrifl~ aJ ,siew tefl:ament repr .efe nted the am.pl eJ to the,: floc k, mee k, "bu,mble, IIonefi • tnen -re.x e wlio w.e.re calJ.ed tho( ; ,in cha~ity, /ait.h- and puri ty day ,. . appeared · tQ ent pref the in iij Gbr of ,the miniflers ing who flio.~ld Qriv , men be prou d, efp.iring, contentious a,s an i_nfe~· ple peo mon conr king rloo ove be "the gre: ndt, s of the care the in fed er ;rior rank of bein gs-d eeply imm in .civil it prof of s pollQr .s, ~rie fal r ·wo rld- eag er .ifr~ er.ea .. y; fello i,r ;.i:he 1?11 gov ernm ent; and fome even holdi 'mo ney , for them g ellin or:f ry,, e ilav tur'es jn • p,e.rpe f·ua kind of men, a, thof e· The fe ap,pear~d not to be the fa me cart hatt hr yhad the :ipp lt did -whomChrifi ord.i~9ed , no.r the;n, or c,ciuld be as fafe . faqi,e- lfol y Gbo fi d wellir.g Jo min _iilen wbo wro te th~ th,e Jy believed, or foHowe~, as e,s adm itt_ed . the con~ felv them of e fom A.nd fcripture~. t,h c ~0wer a_nd pu. -from nk :vi¢1:ion that they we re far fu we'r t ·pre a,c htng and H, n Ch of es il rity ot the apof polfcfflon! " _in nQt •about a falvatiou which th ey had i:: _: ~ . -: - . , .. .• • . ' • ' • arofe _from fe;irch ~ Anot-h er lmpor.ta~t trnin of J<il easfall hg a,way -fpokei) a wa~ re ture5, The fog the fcrip ;in am ichri(t to rife, of by Chrift and his apcfile s, and , to hav_e take,fi•~Ja.ce ry hifio g-i:o n which appe are_d , ac.cordi, i:l by nJ any pro.1!1Jfes, a great i:vhiJe ago , And ' it app ear,e i~ ·was our, , th.e re chri anti ~hat afrer the_ reig n of this and ,Chrifl: wm,Jd h, e;irl n upo s , t:me s u wo_uld- be glor io. , and ga.the_r tbi: dom ,;ipp ear again 1 an\l fe t up his king s' Wl;'. r~ raifed, uirie enq y man e .. Jlationc; into jt. Her whe n It bega n fl; chri con cern ing ,he reig n of tb:s ami w~uld appear ifi Chr n whe and incJ.when-· it " 1 ould end , an to ap~ beg 1 man .nd fot 9p his 1true ki ngd om, And conclu, ,and otf; far pr,e hen ~, tb~r this peri od .w:is no~ vain <l1fp u1es, and r tlu1, otf ~ leav to dei,rit was tune t ' ~ • �.~~ite in ,prayer, for -Chrifl: to come, an_d pour ou t his· fpirit, gather his people intoone, make an .ens! of fin, and ' jill the earch witn ~is glqry.. .• . VII. f oi: fe,veral ye:i,rs there were praying focietief· :kept .lllP in dilferent parcs,.compofed of ·per funs ·who were Jliflingui(hed in fotne thinRs1 rom alhhe denomin ations ; though blended with them.ip-their 01.1tw ard .com munfo n.. , T~efe profeff ed to be in fearch of the truth ancl poweL· pf religion, and rea.d:y to ~mbrace it whenev er it woulc.l' appear, but did not believe .it was among any~of the!· .denomin ations, in puritv.. . They believed there were .errors in aU their fyftems of do¢:trine , which kept them . ~ead_:..od lifelefs, without.the fpirit of God. The foci al" .ex~rci,f~s which f prung from th~s fai.t h, w.e_r.e re~~ iog t_h e fcripture s wir,ho;ut .any •·commen t, pray ing for the _ p ivine fpicit to open them-co o.felling and bmentio g the <k_plorable {_late of maoldnd in genera-I, and th at of cold hfelefs, and .c orrupt profeffors of chrifliani ty: i11. p articula r; and plead ing for the aCCO!llpli!bment of thofe •\.. b k lfed promifes -which rffpected the co,mingo t {::hrifi ancI the 1;lory of ·che h tter days.. E x amining themfd ve s _by the e Yidences and roa rl<..s of. gr~ce laid down in tbefc.riptQ res-lame ntir..g a la ck of thofe evidence s .... confeffing their (1:iortcom ing.s jn duty , and refolvi ng to cor,. ,re_c.t paO: er-rors; and be more watchfu l over·a deceit ful and defperateJy wicked hes1rr- oj:>e ning their trial~ to ,o ne anot her, ;,in d encou raging e ~ch other tQ per fevere µ nril they fo.u ncL Chrifi 'in very deed. • • ~- When.any one prays fo r a thing, it i~ a for e and cer,tain evid _ ice t hat he ha s not got· th at th in'g in pofft./')1011, _ ~n d he : the m1i ted praye rs of hµndred s of th e W,. Jrm~ .e fl profew<>rs ; ent reatjng Ch rill to come and vifit the c hu rches ; lou d] y procliim ed , t'h at h_e- was not alrea'dy i herc. While he w'as coo tte.mplatc ~ at a di(b nce throug11 ih e promifo, th e · fo ll owing lines \\!_e ll fuited • che day, :ind proved his <1bfence fro11} the fo ul : • ~• W hen I turn my eye~ whhi/1 ; all is dark , and va in , .an'cl wild' t "Full of1mbciief and Jin ; t a:i l deem my'fcif ii chi ld?" B - �n,s of~n ~ '-The following e1ttr_aas of letters _from perfbpart)cula~,-. fm all note in (he ~h~1rc_h·es..; will the~ m,o~e _ ly. the fic\te ,of rel1g1on at -that 'rerio d :. . "" - M~~ch 12:i, I 79_8•.,,. this .y;inter " MY DlA R JR U: ND -l lfA VE litife .eo; but t hear µiy •tr pall, preached with difficulty, be~ yet lo t ough I as not amI " ~gag ed. J know that it *• \ ·it, ~ ( , (' ·cann ot be affo cled with my · fac,icafe~" • * ;. * 'i;. * ' • •• * -it "- ,« '✓ -:- •• · "w .. R.". • ' - I '. s'i ll- YE S'T ER' bA Y •I . received .. ' a"'nfwer ih·, !' your k ind l~tte r, ;o·d 1 O~Ws un·de~tak~ tofrulr di.fc ou~· is. ' ~ *. ~ * * .* The d_ead fiate of religion a,ppe ars .l won,Jt . here ~' agm g here , as. weJI .ns el{ew 'rhi_s Sardi.i, as-io • ~' der of mer ex, -that God •is fo kind to this lhe woulil out with e; V ;i fford her the me'an·s of grac e·n ~ loo~ . i~'to _ ·~l) y~ t ~li" ~infid total int:o Cl certa inly Tlln h I have ·muc how der ~' my wret ched he.ar,r, anci q>n11 ; ·l ~ave life lefs ·carc and d~ad a by' ~ ~• di (hon ored ~09 , *- * ~- ·*;, it " it ~ in the du(l:. 1 I ' reafo n to cove r my _head ~pot /all over . _ " I ( fom e are fpott ed with .rfin i.-~·am. • ft, *• lf t {I " DEA R " Le:,;Jngto_n, Sepi, 5 , ~Z.9.~• is_ not lik,e1y I ·c~~ ~. . you., •. l fom~.,; refre or rtain ente to t!iing ' { f;,y: any, \ wi th .Y?U t ~ ti-ave to ng ~· times thin~ _I wp,uld be willi nt of th;it abita h , an_in e unlik very Jee! ~ bu( ·F ht av~n ; , and t.ge tr~th ~ ~;~t~ " pl~ce , 1 _woul·d be glad t9 1?.e· • .,, , • ' • • • nr,e. ,fb cc fu:_ rba" eviL D a like ' ' Bui i com mon lvfee l fo much ru.ore dif~ th; de rebo fo n ~fte tD~ ; make it " a Chr ilia,, , rh~t • fopl!_ I , 11, Ju , _ ·the , , ple· fn re of Q ud, the ·Holy , and con hue ,, birth the ar::ls tow ing -~ ' ~ rn::ne u hio ~ I _am ·com 0 h ow long ! how lon g l 5 ' 1e 1dom thiuk ,1 am p o rn , • ever y thing- bu&· ·•• Ana what am I ? 1 wou lJ firip df • "DE Ai _BRO ~H tR'- ---:: :-rr ' �w. gate, Ve thri,ll and .~is holy f'pirit, to ente r the narro *O.: * * * * * * . * * * • * * * *cQng rega. " I can tell you lmt little ' abou t my poor urag emen r. " 'tions, I fee but little profpell- of enco • * • • • • ' *~, I d~re not fay none·. King in Zion ." · Jefus fee tl' ~, 1 fomedmes hope ,·, J. . . D" _foregoing VIII . Now let any one Judge from tgc: fary to take necef was work a of_ kind what , ences 'evid r~co very ; place , amon g .r,tzch a people, iri oide r to their full of un. ; wild a people coofelfedly, vain, and dark, and and 'mare over-; all pot ess-s carel 'iielief and sin-d ead and / , lians -thrif than s ·lilte de'Vil :,• . theh -fa.l The gene rality , howe v~r·, uoaffecl:ed with lity~ , infide fi ag,-.iin . out g cafe, were fl:ill going on, cryin empt , cont with s cavil his ing treat l, Dei! the hmp ooni ng party : while a and !~bo ring each o_ne t(? augm ent his g1Jards af the the like inir., watch were a diltreffed few the app::oach ~ of ·nigh t, and 'ready to meet the fidl dawn ing day. natu re,- and A fenfe .of ~he total depr avity of hum an i_i; the 6rft God, from foul the of tioA ,! fepar e the entir ance o[ entr the for way e h t, thing neceifary to prep are dft-d conf my hone as fuch , efore Ther Tpiritu~I life. ned groa fely inten and ; their Jo!} and deplo r.able Hat e s a erou dang fo in · not were ; it from e for deliv eranc f_ profe djng -foun high cond ition , as -thof e whu 'mad e a left llill that tion, fa_lva of p1an fome in lion, ah'd glori ed iction of br·., them in bond ag~ to corru ption . But-a conv have made y n ma' ·tho' ; one y an' l ing )ol"t, neve r favec ; and .vain,. ion elect their of em:e ,evid t grea a ion convict the ~vil out hes ~earc h whic Jy refie d upon that ligh t, furany g g.oin out with ; t hear the of fs and wick edne not could God., e befor fl: ther. . But fuch as were· ho,ne nce. ubf}a .f the nd _? tru_th the at be moft flop here : they nel, throu gh. Ther efore , it was necelf.iry that the chan s to the a~cef has God o~ r wbid1 the quickening powe �"foul, lhou{d fje opened:' na{llely, ;he ev~rJa!Hng ·cove.{ ~ naot of redemption.-. And as thi~.k the only · channd' . thro ugh which fouls can rceceive ·any fpecial favor from· 'God ; it wili-be proper hete,· to make a few obferva'-- . ' t1011i concern'ing -i1:. • . • ' . • " "'" IX"' Whe,n one mak~s; promife . to an,,cther f an d? that promi'fe is a·ccepre·d ; this confi.itutes a·covenantJ.or ;igreement. Thus ibe proiniie of.eternal Me.,, was'. m·aqi' to Chrifl:, before the round:uio11 ·of the w_Qrld ; ·a.nd acccpt(d by him in be.half of-al.) his feed '." In:this promife, or covenant of J.ife, -the father am:!. fon were perJe'ltly • united : anci as both are everlaffing and m1changeable i _:· ,it muft be an everlafl:ing . and u·nchangeabie covenant,-' wh ich cannot oe 6roken. The cov~nan; itfelf, is'abfo- . - llHe' unconditional anp in'-:iotaafe. - But in order .to it'$ b t i1~g • fulfilled, . ailil finally fettleq; tbc-rh·..: is ·a- work". given th e Son to do; which, in the n~~ Qf t!Jiogs·,_ is : . i~cdTary to be done 1: anc! tha.t.l!i. t.o o vfrcpm~ ,de,atli ;:~ -and ,him that has the pow,e-t of it.' A,ncf dntil -~hi_s iS' -- , - .ichially done ; t~e heir is in .,_bondage. It is t rue•; e-ter .. nal life is' fecured, in the covenant,. to-)111 the~ feed ;.' though they be n~ot in acrua1 -polfeffion of it. But while · , death reigns, the bleffings of the covena•,t can onlfb e _ adminifiered by way of promife ; and -the party to-~ whom the prom'ife fuall be , fu'!fiHed; defrgnated in ' the fa the r's revealed will. This everla!H0g co.veoa11t has: ever , be,:'n a m'yfkry to man in his fallen flare ;- ·nor cou~d any thing cert ain .,I' be ,eve r kno v_{_n refRe&ingit but by a li ving revelation frem Goel-an expri:fs manifeRation of th~· d ivine w-il! , attefl:ed by livi ng witnelfes, A'hd_ wl1ere this oraerly -admini!lration has been waoriog;: the more that h.rs been faid about it, the greater coofuiion- and- controver1y- has" )>een ftlrred up. • • , I-t js trµe, the fcriptures contain a-copy of tne divinewill, con~e~ning the re~eipption of fouls : . all t'he ·p~o,. mifes of God are.there recorqed. But of what uf'e IS it' , 1t,an: ~opy gf wW,. wit~out ~~tneife5' i �-J7 Thefe great and precious prom ifes co;l~~h no~ thing real ; the i~heritance icfelf was not in them ; and altho thoufands have undertaken to adminifier upon the authority of the fcripture, as though it was the very original itfelf, fealed and confirmed by un~lterable , feals; arid have pretended to be the true witnetfes of God ; yet their folly js made manifefi to all men ; for they have not agreed ·in their witnefi;; but hav·e filled the world with endlefs oebates, conce~mng the fenfe and meaning of what they call the will. Now •if the witnetfes were all divided, and could not eve.n agree in their teflimooy,wbo were the proper heirs; how could any thing ever be decided in fuch a court. But however great the contention has been about . the copy; and however much thefe prefomers ha_ve al,. tered, - amended, expounded and paraphrafed upon it, yet the original has remained unfullicd. God is of one mind ; and his prom ifes in Chrifi, are Yea and Amen. • When God revealed his coven,mt to Abram, i5 ~vas • only by pro~ife. " In t1hee and in thy feed, fha!/ all the , nations of the earth be b/ejfed. OBSERVE; the bleffiog promifed, was not to Abram and 'his feed; but to all the nations of the rar-tb Ir w:1s, not, " Thou and thy feed • 1hall be bleffed" with irrefifiible grace, but '' Io thee and in thy feed [ which is Chrifi] .ill the nations of the earth {hall be blelfeu;" _All were un~le r the'curfe, and flood in equal need of the bleffiog. Sin and death had their dominions equally-over all, But a better domi.;, nion was prom ifed ; a kingdom of righteoutnefs ;a domini.on of life; in which .ill the nations of the _ean~ • lhould be blelfed; . Altho' death reigned from Adam to Mofes, and ,from Mofes to Chrilt ; yet the prornife of God to Abram,was fore to all the foed ; death could not defiroy it ; the law could not fupplant it, or '!lake it void_; the -threatnings and curfes from . mount Sinai, were not againi1: thepromife,nor #the feed, to whom the promife was made. The promife was efiablifhed and co:ifirmed by unalterable feals, -illufirated by types and figures, and attcficd by _a long fucceffion of _living propliets; u11dl • Bz �. Chrill the pr.oper h~ir ;,;~de · hi~ appe;ra·nc::e ;-froiffiecf .the wor k that was givep him to do-received the . ·fubfiance that was proiYJ ifed by the Father ; and took pof,., Jdlioo.o{ the inherit..ance. Until this took place, fouls were in bon~age uqder the rudiment& _of- the ' wotld ; • . they couid f:ind no refurr.ecl:ion into et'ernal 'life, untit the :fp~ o(~.;d, in · t_he fl.fln~fs of· time·, , was m~fle of a ' woman; m~ade fldlu placed ·under the fame rudiments · ~f 'f hich they were held in bondage ; •and frorri thei:fce a!ce11ded, ·fiep by fi~p, until_he entered the promifed pof. f eili9n. ,. Then, and not tilt then, the W:~Y was open for the fubfl:arlce to be'miAitlere-d : tben tfte firfi born coutd . g ,ive gifts unio his brethren, fobllantial;real g-ift_s• .What he received of the Father, he gave to thofe who we.re ✓ j oint heirs with him to the promiftl'd -poirdfion ; and· _feat them into the world, as •he h,ad been fent ; . to m.1riift.er_to oth.:Crs, ~she miniftered to them • . Moreo.ver. he did not fend tticm·co fome par~icular pe'rfo:ns ;., buf to ever-y creature that wa.~ under heaven ; and , commif- ·. fion ~d them to proclai_m fiberty to _rhe captives; a11d tht · opening of .(he prifon lo them thai are-bo_u nd; one as much· 1 :is _ant?ther. No nation,'or individual was excludi:d ; -fhould and all upon a11d ail, but the promife, was to finally be fulfilled to alLthem thr t believe and ·o bey. i • y :}(.' While the everlafiing_ cov~nant was · thus minif, • tered in truth ; by the apofiles and true wiuiefl"es of ' Chrifi ; it was cqnffrmeJ by the 11Jofi convincing figos, : won_d~rs , miracles, and gifts ·of the Holy Ghofi. They _ ~eakd the fick, ra ifed the dead, calt oui: malignant fpj,. i-its, fpake wjrh unknown •congues, held c:onverfe -.vith· angels and departed fpir:its, faw ,vii)dns, frll into tra nce·s , had gifts of prophe(ying,_&c, ~c. 'Bhefe, and fuch like, were fo als to their minifiry; But above~aJl, the· faluta .. ry change produ~ed in the Ii yes and ' manners •of thofe who believed, conirmed th~ aochine to be of God ; and ferved~as a tefi to thofe who fhould come after, where- ' by to diitiogaifh the true coYenant of God, from all the counterfeit doctrines of men. · When the true adminiIl:i_;_ation of the covcnant'ceafed ; t~e figns · and f~als of ~,,;;onfa:mation ·,eafed._.. with it. God _would not affix hi.$ ... _ - ~- ~-.!, �f9 real to . the canon!, -decrees and CO\ten:ints of' wjcke d men ; who rofe up to fupplaot the true work of redemption, And theref ore, for many ages, wha't has been called the Chrifl:ian doctrine, has been void of autho rity ; excep t what arifes from fuperfiitmn, vain philofophy ,-the power of huma9 eloquence, · or the civil fword, But when .GQd, in infinite kindnefs, began to revive the everlafiiog truth, in thefe latter .lays, the living feals of th'e coven ant were annexed, Such feals , and ewldeoces of a fupern:itural :ind divine power ; as _ have excited as gre:it afionilhment in the minds of man, ~jnd, :is tbofe of a~tiquity• .- CHAP II. OJ the fi;JI nppearances of the eytraordinary work, in . differmt partJ of Kentucky, in f8oo ·£.118 01, HE fi;ll extrao rdinar y :ippearances of the power ef God, in the late revival, begatt :ihout the cl ofe of' the Ian centur y ; in Logan and Chrill:ian coun ties; on the , watrrs of Gafpe r and Red rivers, And in the fp ring of 1 80 r, the fame extrao rdinary work broke out in. Ma .;.fon county , upper part of Kenm cky : of which , I was an eye witnefs ; and can therefore, with greate r confidence, tefiify what I have heard , feen arid-fe lt. _ _ , It firll: began in indiv iduals, who had been under deep convictions of:fio, and great troubl e about their fouls; and had failed and prayed , and diligently fearch ~ ed the fcriptures ; ;md had under gone difircdfes o( mind inexpreilibly fore, until they had obtained a comfortable hope of lalvation, A nd from feein-g and fet:Jing the Jove of Chrifi , and his williognefs to fave all that T, wquld ~orfake their fins, aod ~urn to God through 2 im { �~6 tf'nd ,feeling how Freely . bis · love ·and •gMdnefs flowed .:-. to them ; it kindled their love" to other fouls, that were loft in their fins ; and an ardent defir~ that they might come and partake of _that fpiritual light, life, and ccinh, fori, whicn appear'ed infinite in-its• natur e; and free to aII • • And under fuch an overp oweri ng weigh t of the ey ; divine goodnefs, as tongu e could not ' expre fs; .t_h ling, t,remb ;md te~rs with -~ere conftrained to cry out, and tefiify a full and free falvation in Ch rift, for aJI of . that would c·o me; and to_warn tpcir fdlow -creai ures them ting entrea and ; frn in uing contin of -" the dange r ·urn • ' in' the moft_tender and :iffecl:ionate manne r ;, ro c 2pe h. · certain and fore in Lord, the from it ; and feek , that he would be fou1uJ. • be to began e ·peopl rne s, tation Under fuch exhor ~ffecled in ,;i very firange !Danner. . At-firft they were ~aken with'.an foward throbb ing of heart ; then with weepi ng and tremb ling : from that to •crying out,fin appare nt.ago ny of foul; Ja\lin g_ down 'and f wooning away ; till every appearance of animal life was fufpend.;. ed ; and the perfon appeared to be in a trance. · From this fiate they wpuld recover under ditferent fenfat ions; which will be more _particularly noticed hereaf ter;' • The following exrracl: of · a letter, dated C:mer idge, ; Jan. 30, 1801, gives l! fl:riking account of the work ;.ky, Ken:uc of parts lower the in as . it firft appeared and Cumb erlan d.--" The work -is fl:ill encreafing • •• in Cumberland : It hai overfpread the whqle connr, - " try. It is in Nafll\;ille, Barre_p1 Mudd y, Gafpe . _ &c. •J' Redbanks, Knoxville, '' J, M, C. has been there two months '; he fays " it exceeds any he' ever faw or heard of. Child ren _,, and all, feem to be eng~e d : but children' are the it "mof t active in the work, · When they fpeak, pany accom to fpirit, his fe-nds rd o L, e hat-th t_ s ·" appear ~, it with power , to ,!.he' hearts of _(inners. They .all " feem to be wrough~ in an extraordim1ry way ;-lie t " as thoug h they were dead, for fame time ; withou Some time. r Jhorte r,fome longe fome ; • "pol.f e or breath • " rife with joy and triumph ; others crying for . mer. ' ~, ,y. Ai foou as they get comfort, t~ey cry to'Jin , �-It . is' wort hy or"~otice, t~'a {;' :iiorft' .by wnich Gocf . inten ded m bring down- ,tht -pr1d~ _and , loftinefs . of' m'fn; thou Id· ·begin ··ii:i fmall childre!:1• By,-,th-is it wa~ • mhif efi who was the fort~ efi .--lo!!- from God ; and'. what courfe . muft be takei1, in orde r to r.eturn~ • • ·At a facram~n t, neal' F remin gniu rgh 1 the !aft Sa6't . b'ath in April ; trre powe r of ' God was very villbl~' among the people, throl igh the wh~fo of· th!e occa_,, .- tion ; unc!e·r wliicli -ther e was , mucl i -.yeeping, trem ~ bling and convulfion of foul : . But -..yhat' -~as th_e · mofl folemn and {lrikiog, \:1as ihe cafe of two· little· girls ;: who·in the time of meet hig, crie:d ~out ifl grea t di~rH sJ They both. conti nued for fom'e time pray in_g and cry.J ing for merc y, till one of then\' recei ved . a comfor:.1 _ t.ible hope ;- and- then· turni ng to th'e othe r, crie~ out ' ' 0 ! you_Httl~ finnt r,_torrie to t 1!rHl !--ta lfo hold' of his promife ! -rruf f.in him f-h~ is .agle to fave to the· µtter mof t! 0 ! I have foun d ·pea~e to !!1f fo'uH · 0 !' the pn:ci ous faviour ! come Juft -~•s you are f Ire wilt:. take' ;iway the tfony heart. and give you fie-art- 0£ ff'efh ii~ You can'c make youd elf any' . bett er-J uff give uf>' • your heart _ to Cgri fi, now f You= are not a' g'rea t'er llnoe r than me ! You need not W-ait .anot het' mo-' me\'} t !" • '.fhus fhe ~onti nued exno r-ting,. uhtil-, her ltttlt:; comprnion receive_d a ray from _ hea ve,n, that produce~ ~ a fudM o · and fenfible chan ge :: The! l rifing - with h·e r in' h~r arms , fhe criec tou1 in a moll affecting ' manne·r....:." O' l1ere is anoth er fia r' of light !" Thef e ch·ildren were· perha ps Qine or ten yeap ·old. '-The Sablf ath follow.ing abou t twen ty perfo ns were.,firu ck-in thi; cong regat ion· of Cabbin Cree k , Mafo n coi.inty• Amo ng the firffw ho cl'ied ou.t, in difirefs, was a girl , abou t twelv e years old.i Thei r convillions of their; lofi fi at~, 1 froin a fodd ed ~ open ing: of,th at p'u-re holinefs,. to wh ich fin fiands direc tly oppofed) · w'ere quick as · the light nbg' s fi afh ; 31.1& tjlme with foch weig ht; that had t{1ey not, in fame way '1r other,. o_p ened tcm:ir c-ak: tbe'y m>4.!t h.tve fonk ia t~· .... 1 �I ; ~2.: w/ s dir~ n:ec~ffity \'i;tich ~t • of~erpair.. _it them Ji(' horror's 'them felvzs to 1Ju~lic view , , to expofe firfl obliged g ;of the kind_, was ,as obj eds 'Of pity ; fqr eve ry thi11 en of prc>feffors, as v ;e' ity~ . too keo upon oy the_ general t(() 'f,31 difo rde red• brain~ wil,d enth µJia f~, ott he the fmi ,unde~(lcioc! _the dif, . T~ re w~re ,bowe.ver a few wlio _r relie,f ~ ~nd pro~ ~ the, to py ~i: ~r, ~n~,.w.er:~.r~.i~y t~ and the ope01ng ·of th• <l~1m ·liberty to tpe captt~e~. ; . • . ,1 , .; ;<l~ bou1 re . tmfon tp them tha t. :-,ve i• trec e fom le whi , ned And here a new fcene was ope wep t pr cried our ; / ; ' e agu the hfe~, like one in a fit o( · God~ an,d· expofefioefs to, " l~m enti ng_th~ir .djfiiince . frqm in pi:ayin~ _~it.b them oyed rnpl bis wrath ; orl:iers were,_e the fop of Go d-te ) , on eve beli , to them . 'encouraging their wicked rebel..__ p u ' ive .:..;.g <ventur~ upop his p,romif, God _to ;taJ:e: it aw,1n l!ous be.fr~, '5:ufi as • it w:is ; for ogi pg . hymns, an_d· f-fi h -spd give rq.em a ~eiirt.of .flef of' his (po wel '; lay difp the for• / 'GQd giving thanks to £9·e,r; .;-A-t this) . 0LQ _ s wit pout any rlgar~ to rorm;'r nile~ frot.n tne 11~embly-, " hdr wir and fom e we.re offe nd.ed as· a \var~ of t_he "'·icked one -: _ _ , idetermint:d ·to oppofe-it, onTy •'tended tQ ·Op1m 1:he., way. ns,~ . Bu t ~l l - t}iei r obje clio wor k to fliine am · ~ for tl:ie ' true qat ure ,ancl fpirit of the-fet out with wal"mer. to ; i'r• of cl:s ·:in d -erk our_age ihefobie ngly a mee ting was appoin. Z t:)l to promote it, Accordi •which a crow d of aw a~ t9 .r....,; '.t ed • fov: . ev'en-ings ilfte e who!-e oigh t ; in fing'" \e necl fouls f.loc'k ed, a·rid fpen 't'.'tli :iog o,rie another , &c. hori e'x d fo g ,hymns, p~aying, :m' ffruck do w1i, anq lay for _, i;.t this meeifog, cine man was ve ment.ioned;- Thi s · abo n :about an· hour,,i-0 the fi r'uatio 't hat the wor k was fu:.. p ut the nh tte'r ber, qnd difplit_e, i; raifed againfi Go, · ich h , w' 'pet naruraP: an!'.) the ofocry ef ,t hat it was from 'confirmed -a number .in the beli ' , 1.lbove. , . u;ii'y fpread. Tne . Fro m fmail hegio'n1.ngs, - it grad . abroad ; and at• flew ~ew s ·?f thefe frraoge ope rati om e c.onvio"Ced ; not wer who ; fee tr'<lcl:cd ~a'ny fo chine and but feel ing ; and carr ied 'only from ·~ ein g and heari_ngi tfie l,iving work of God. was it ,h.ome the tefii(Tlony, _that gh~ out fl)ll f>rea~er niul"fh-is fl:rred U!) othe rs and ~rou rc1f.es fi1ll eocreafin; ; exe mud_es, And t~·efc driinge �< , ~ti having- no "Cft'll';, ;,:;a ~refp~cl: to ~ny- tl~ted hours of w~r'al6t. .'.i"' - , ao4· :, the 'gro~aa; fOD tin~e ·th_ e t?ee~ini day .a~d nigh'!~ To tliefe en(amp-; • _ .. nts, the peop!e tflpckcd 1 in hun.ifreds arid ~lioufar:ids f , • ~>n foot, on · horfe -back, · and_ ii'! =waggons a'nd, o'ther.:c·arriages. • • _ ·• · , • • , · ;., . ; · ' At :firft' appeari nce; thqf~ ti\~~dngs e~liib,ited' n~th!n~_:, to the ·fp ech_tor, b~15 a f-cene -of-c~~fu~ on ;, rha t. CO?!~. 11! . fcarce be p1c1t, 1~to h~mart langu\1-g~• J -her;~fre· g~tie~ • _ rally op,i,nea "'..1th, a feTmo? f n~ar ,.the:: dofe -9/ ~ l~lf~, ~ there ~oqld be an unufual our--<cy ; fonle burfl mg forth . • into lc>tid' 'ej i ci.1latio0s of pra.)ier, qr •tbar:¥fgivir~g fol:' .. !he froth. _. O thers bre.i¥ii1g out in cunphifric:il frritenct:~ of exhortatbn : Ot her~· flyi ng to _theif prelcls f_riend~f "' ~ith tears ef ccimpaffiori ;· b.cfeC'cfii"iig ;; them- tc(tum; to _• the Lor~.- ·s?o;1e fittick-•wiih, tE:~ror ;. ·and"'9 afteo~lil~ ~ ,throu~b t'he CFoua t~ tnak_e their efcw..e ; or -pull uig away ·theicrelat1on·s.-0thers, · trembHhg, • i,veeping ._ " fry -iog 'ou t, for the : Lo~<il J etils tQ' have; ·mif rfy . u1iod them .: fainting and fwoopfog away, fill' e_ye~x . epp-ear .. ance ff li_fe was go1ie; ahd the extrervities, of t~e ·bod~ ,iri1m.~d(~~ ~oldnefs o.f a·M:io.corp[!!:---Oth~rs furr ~~li.d~ mg them with m:elodio;;is fa ngs, or fervent prayers fo r !htir h-~ppf refurtec\ioYf, _in'-the lo ve o f Chrifr.-"--Otbe1$ ' col!ecHng into-'--circles, a~und· tMs vadegated'i-fcet1e ; Jontet'iding with _ar gumeofa1 'ifor,""and_t agairffr: Ancf µ nd_er fu (h ·appearance~, fhe work would. c~,t}dn-ue for ; {t was found expedien t to encaiµp • ~ "· • : • ◄ • ._;.- OU-; \. • k - ., \'"""' <;, ._ • feveral days and .nights together. • • •·• , ••. : . Q-ialr 11~~ . me9 tion ., p11-rtimlarly' fo.91~ of ~he fit\l: . ' meetiPgs. of · this ki;nd· ; ' with "a few- co ncomitai1r cirl (" cbmfiaQ:CCS ;· from. whic.µ the Work took, a • general ' fpread," i.o the~ye:if r8o f; '' . ~-• · . ,.. • The fidl' was held·at Cabln 'Creek,. ,J t began o·n th• . .,,..,.. ' ' .~' ~., • 'i, ... ' );. _•.) ' . ·: • ~2d of l\:.!a°Y, -~nd con-un ueo four clays aot!•,.thre~ nip;Jru. The -fcene \yµs aw"fµl beyond ckfcripi ion ; th~ f:iltlng, Hying out, praying,: e:i-hordng, !inging, '• fl1qufiii,jC-&-c. exh ibited fuch ne~ ,\ a.nfl"ll ~iki ii g e\•iden~es of,aJ µfit-i'n~-;. plral power; that Jew, if any Could efcape' wit1rouf being :.ffec1:ed, S'?ch¥ tritd io run ·fror!l fr; . ~we,ri;_,fre_ quen'rly llrtick on rh·e w-ay ;~or,iiqprlled,by fome a!~rm t.., ibg figrial to rernrn; and fo p_o<A,er fol ·w~-:.,.£.: ~""'· ' e . l ~ ~ ' \ ,.,., .~- _;, J ' .,,,,;:,.. �24 ·,~n ~I {i~es, th:i,t no place was found for the obllinate •)inner to {helter himfelf, but under the protell:ion '°of ►-r~judice? ana big_~ ted _profe~ors_- . No circum,fhnce at ·1h1s meeung, appear-ed lllo_re firtk1og, than the gaa.t _n umbers that~fell op, th~ chi.r d night·: and to pre{'°en_r :t heir being t,rod_den ~und,cr f~ot by the multimde, they ~ere colle_~ ed toget!Jer, aod laid o_u~ in _o rder: on twq (quares of the i.ne·ecing hou,fe; which,-li,k e fq many_de:,id :Corpfes, covered a conµderable part of the floor,~ 'There were perfon.s at this -~ ceting,. .from_,. Caneridg~e, Concord, ~a&,lc:~Ccee,k, and other oe1ghbor111_g c_()ngre~ gat100s i ~ho par,tooJ> c_>~ .thcfp_irit of t.~e wor,k , whi,cl~ . ?'~s a parttc_ula_r means of J_E,S fpre~_ding, , The ne?tt general ,c arnp-meetmg , ~a~ hel,d at ~qnt ,cord, in the county of Bourbon, ab_o ut the lafi.: of May, !(>r begining of Jon e. The number of people wa~ {up. ii?fed to be abour -4,000, who attended on this occafio:1. There were prefe nc; feven P.refbyterian minill:erq four pf whom wr.re appofed t~ the' 'work, an~ fpoke again{}: it until the fourth day abogt noon ; tbe evidejice tben lJecame fo powerful, t,hat they all p'rof~ffed to)?e· con. winced, that it was rhe w.or.k of God; and one of them a(kl)owle,lgin_g, ~hat a ddreffed· the a1embly witli n otwitbftandin g they h ad long been pra'ying • to the Lord, to pour out ._ his fpiri~, yet when i.c:came, they ~1d nt>t know it ; btJt wic!,ed)y pppofed the apfwer _of , :1beir owp prayers; On t' his occ ;iµon, no fe~ or col or, clafs or defcription, were e~emptea from the pe·rvad mg ~nfluence ~:of t~~ fpir it ; even from the age o(e.ight iuomhs, to fixty y_ears; there wer,e ~viqent fubjecrs of• ~h is marvelous operation. . The meeting ' co ri tinued five .days, and fcpr nights ~ f:' afte r th e people generally fcat tered fr9rn_ the ground, numbers cqiwened in d ifferent places, and ~o-ntinued t!1e exf rcife much Jonger: • And ~ven where tµey were not collecl:ed together, tJ-i efe wonderfpl operations rnn .. tinued among e"very ~l afs of peopl e 1 and in every fou .. :ition ; in their houfes •and fields, and in the:r dail y em~ ployments; falling down ar,d crying out , under con-\'ic .. tion ; or fi nging and fhouting with rn ·fpeakable j oy ; were fo common, that the whol e ccrn n1 ry rou11 d about, fee med to be leavened witb t'.-ic fpir it of the W13ri<• m'lis, �25 The next camp meeting was at Eagle c'reek, Aclam-s • county,. Ohio. It began June 5, ·and ·continued four days and three-nig hts. The numbet •of people t~ere was not,fo great, as the country ' was<ne-W ; but the work was equally powerful , according . to the ,number. • At this ·meeting, the prir.c·ipal leading characters in that, "' place, fully embra~ed the fpirit of the·work ; • which laid a permanen t fouQdation, for its continuance and fpread, -in that .quarter~ _ • -; ;;. 'Fhe next .g eneral meeting was at Pleafant Point, Kentucky ; which equalled if not.furpaffed, auy' that had been before. Here, the Chrifl:iah minHl:er, fo ca!Ie-d ; _the comrnog profeffor ; the profeffed 'deifl, and debau£hee, were forced to t,ike one comm~n lot among · th~ ,· wounded , and confefs with eq ua1 candor, thar' hitherto ' they had_ be·e1i"r?:al ~rji~g~r! to the religion of Jefos. From this meetmg, the work waa - fpread extenfivel:,, through Bou,rbol) ; Fayette, and _other neigh!.>oring coun ties ; agd was cariied by a riurrib'er 'of its fubjech, • to th fouth fide of Kentucky ; · wher e it found a perma , nt reJide11ce ln the _hear ts oFm'arjy. •, • • . ' The general mee'ting atT ndian creek, Harrifon county, . began t he 24th ofJuiy/ ,ind continued about five days & nighu. ' To thii' meet:ing, theJubjec ls of .the work were generally co1lecled from all quarters; and abundant ly firengthe ncd each other, in the promifruous exercifes of prayer, exhortati on, fioging, lhouting, & leaping for joy. But_ there was very little app'earanc·e of that power, which firikes convilhon to the -heart of the finner, until- ~e third day, about two o'clock in the afternoon : A qoyfr_om appearance about twelve years old, retired _· from the £land in time of preaching , ur:der a very exA: traordinarY._ impreffion ; , and having mounted a log at fom,e difiance, and raifing his voice in a very _affecling ll)anner ; he attrall:ed the main body ,o f the people, iu a few minmes, • With tears fire::iming from his eyes, he cried_:iloud to the wick~d, warniµg them of th eirdanger, denouncing their certain doom, if they perfilfed in their fins ; expreffing his love to their fouis, and _ defire that they would turn to tl}e Lord and be fave d. "' ~- �lie 5·111s held up by 'two men ; and fpoke (or about an h-0ur, ,~ _ith th_aLcpnvincing e}oquence, that could be in~ . fpii;ed 12nly from ,!b.ove. _,When his fir-eng &h feemed q11it'e_:e~hffi ulled; ,and langmge fa.iled to,dt;fcribe the feel -' jogs. of his fouJ ; : be raifed his . band, :md ~qropping his ~and_kerch_ief, wet }vith ( weat from his lit ti,!! face, cried oqt_- " Thus, ,Q finner ! lhall you drop into hell, unlefs y9u fo~fa.1-e }'.<,mr Gn.s ajid tu,rn ·to thi Lonf,'' A,t that ni'omeot fame felf, like thdfe, who -are lhot in battle; ~nd t~e i,vQr,k ,fpread, i~ a ' mano~r whi<;h hu.man l;m- _ . •. . gu;ige Cf11JOot d.efcril,'le. • ·, Th.e i;11:x't .gen~r.aF 'meetillg w,.is at Caneridg~, Bour.; bgn ,c_9unty r .fey.~n miles -from P~ris. •• .It be.g~n the 6_rh of A~g:IJ!l; a.pd ·c ontinued day an ~..nigh t, a~o ut a•week • . The ,ri ~111J?e,r of p~Qple c;ollected on the g i:qp nd at once, w:;:is fOp,po(ed .~o ,_l}e abQ~ t t)venty t,ho_ufand : but it wa.s thc;iug,ht, ,,a IIt.J,lCh ,greater num~er }"Ae thn~ ·.in tl,i~ . The .·eri,campll\el1t' ];,o nfifted ·of (:Q.urfe o'f t-l;l.e we:etiog, . o ne hu ndred and thirty-five wli'eeL-car-riage's;''ai1d te'nrs.:.: pr<;iportioncd t.o the people. .This immcnfe group, in__. _I eluded alm ofl: e,very character that could [?e • na'liled ·t but amidn them all, the fobj ecl:s of this ne,w·and fl:range · operatio_n, _were difti,nguJi9i;<,I by _thei,r ,flam_i:ng ,:\e,al· fo r ·_ Jhe d efirucl:ion"of fin, and the deliverance of fouls from ~ its powt:r, Th~ various oper'atio1;1s ao_d 'exetci fes oii . • that OLcafiun, were indefcribable • Th.e falli ng d:ercife W_?s the m oft noted~ , Ja!Il_es Crawford,,_one of the _o]de{f' minirr~rs_in theJ.l.ite, ,anp one-of the fo"7~m ofl i9 t he work, inferll}ed' .me; ,that h<:_ k_e pt'·as accurate t " account ~s .he co,ul d , of 'th.: Jl~l,!!lber {hat fell, _o~ the occafio n, ; • ~nd co;nputed it to pe ~bout t~ree thoufaog , ', T he ya~ · ourpbers -who l,"eceiv~d l.ig)1 t 1 ·_on th is occafion; ~nd ~ent. forth in every d irecbon to ·fp.re ~,d it ; rend.e r it .impoffi,~le to purftfe a_ny furth er Jhe particu!ar track 9f i!s prqgrefs, _ I /l1 ~ll only .add ' that h W?S ~uc a fey,, we eks ,. ifter~this meetjog, th_at the fam e work ~roke, out ip N ort h .C aroljna, by the in!lrum~ nt aljty of fome wh n we nt from C an~ridge t o, bear the te{l),e1ony. • 1··11i ,,ll now rake: notice of the oppofition , which' wa$. rai frd ~g~inH the work, in this· fi rft fb gt: of lt; and nrng. 1110.v fomc of the caufes froµ1 \vh ich it fp_ �Th -people'-;imorrg -whoin ' the:. re;iy~ 6·~gan;- were · \;enerally Calvinifi s; and altho 'they-hj~·]Je'en·'long ;prat.:.· • i?-if ih ·wprds, for t~e o·u.,t•po,uriog-ofthe· fpi:it ' ; · and be~ Jieved that God had '' :foreorda ined whatloev er' comes /_ :-o pafs_;" '!;\'ite1t: ~t ·camt t~· 'p':lf"s' that "th~i~ prayer was~ anfwere:d , and·' the· fpirit ·begai'l to· flow like many, waters; · frdrn _a '·c}o_ud.,; of. wim.effe1i ; and fou ls were .convitl:ea~of {i:n; an,d': cr.ie-d ' fifr m'efc y.. ard fou nd hope ~nd-co~f ort jri the nr'ws, of'a~ fav,ioi-: ; • th~y rofe up and quarreled · wirh,;the_' wurk, .becaufe it did not com'e : to pafs that the fubj etl:(of it · were, willfog to a,dop:t the ir foul . {hi'pify'ing,c.reed i , Th ofe·w.f10· h ad labored :rnd' ti-:i• vajled, t~. ·g~in' i:om~ ;folid hope' of: f alvarion- ; mrd ht d . : ven~urect their, fqul's llRtio; the·co·ven '~11t of: proJil1fe ;· a!'u.i had 'fd c, ; he -1ivi'ngl'f,eal o1 1etei:nal love' ; cou l'd not'; daq: not pre:t_cb; ,that' falVatlio'n w.]S- refl:ritl: ecJ -w· a 'crrta.i:1 ,d<;; fioi~e num ber ; nor 'in'.fi'il'u\ite ~ t~~t :iny beln f \v l ich Gg:d 1 li,aJ mi d~, was, bf the "'Crent6r , la itl µnde r _rh:c,:d-i' r e -ueccfl uty gf-bi ilJgda~ n'.e_Mf.o•rever, The foW: o[· a- fo viqr· cp,1,.. {hafoe·d 't \e m to t~ffi'.fj'i1:h:at ·one,,h~~d· d·i:ecJ fo1f <1) 1. T t1~ t.r.utb ,:f'o eH'eiHia!' t_o the ~r'lt 'r?Yr of· h~lH! :in ih.e.1np;1,p1 .br'eat-r ; , w:a~ jike;'..a ' cl e~d• fly · in / ,!.h'i{- oin \rnc,Bt ~f: l'L~ :.. apoth~cii.( S,,. to r}Je 9 l v,i oilb . hcnc'e ·-;i:IL ·i ~:s· •1·rn11Jli'i1r:;weepi rig' & groan1 ng u r:ckr lior ;r ej oicing~it~<the t,t;pt:!'"M d e!ive~a1~ ce, and ,,\ t) rn.i_ nVi frorp,, tlr~/orfPO~J?1:t ¢l tG•:\Of,<it; ~ fent forth a d ifogreea bl e favc r. / e t thefe ·xqrc,i:!e~ would no ,doubt , have p.dfed for a g ooG wo k cf God , "had they appeared as feal s 10 tbeir.. d octr ine of d ect ioo, imp~rfetl:1on, and fi nal perfevera nce, Bu t every thi ng appe ared new, and to cl a'frn no -rela tion to the old bed of fand upon_whic.h .they h ad - been Bu ild ing : • and ra . thet th an qnit the old foundatio ns th ey chofe to rrj ecr,. oppofe and perfecute _the truth; . accom pani ed with all th at evide nce, which. many of t~m were obl iged . to ackno wledge was divine, • . _ • • Some who were: inwardly oppofed, at firtl ex ~rcifed ro·rbearan ce.,_and profeffed a meafo re of union with the work ; in hel'pes· that 1t ' would d, e awal like formef r e ~ . vivals, ·and the people _r.eturn into their old or.der • . Bu-t .a~ they perceived that ic increafed ; they laid afide the ma_lk, and came om with a bold : efiimony againft it as yet, l �♦ ~ 1, • • -c!,iurshes, th~re were ,days· f~t apart for fafl:ing & prayeu_} P deprecate the divine difµlea:. fore ; through which__, ,t h~y •~uppofed it ·was fem upon • ._1 • ·, .. _i . th,e land. 1 particularly work, the agaiofi tefiimonies public Thefe 1.. by miniflers, were a means o( {tirririg up ·anQ .enco_ura~ io g ,hofe who were openly wicked, to come fort_,h. to 1pock, oppofe., and perfecute :,, bui even ·tuch, were often llllilbl~ to withfiaod the.·'power "! , and fometim es in the very act of perfe<:.utin_g aQd.';ifHicl:ing, wete firuck, down, like me!)_in battle : fOQ fo alarming .was the Gghr, • that ochers, on foot or on horfeback, would tFy to make· thei r efcape , an{flee away, like thofe whcr are ·c1ofely p urfued by an enemy in time of war ; and be overtaken by the invifible power; under which they would b~ Hruck down, and conflrained to cry out in :mguifh; and . confefs their y,ick.e<lnefs, in perfecutiog the work -of God ;. and wain others not foi>i::1pofe it., Thus, many ~who were openly profane, were talcen in th_e ·very aff of perfecur ing the woi;k ; and like S;iul of Tarfus,. mad~ the happy fo bj ecl:s, & zealous promoters of. it ; while bigotted profdfors, who had biffed them on, remained Me the heath in the defar.t, t~I Jetth not when.good ,ometh, �• CHAP, III. Of th, .diflinguijhing dr;Elrines and manner of 'I.Vorjhip, among the firfl fubjeas of the rroiv.,/. • HE firfi point of doctrine, whkh difl:inguilhed the fubje&s of the revival, was that which refpecle_cl ~ ~ divine revelation, The ·efl:ablifhed opinion in the churches, had been, - that the Scriptures, explained according to found reafon, and philofophy, was light fufficient: and Gmply ' to believe, what we were thus taught, was the highefi evidence we could have of the truth of feiriiual thi!lgs. But thefe adopted a ·very different faith ; and taught, as an im (>ortant truth, that the will of G od, was made manifeft to each individual, who honefily fought .. after it, by an in.ward light, which l110ne into the heart,-.. Hence they received the name of New-Lights. Tbofe who were the fobjelt_s of this inward light, did nbt call fo new light ; but a re newed manife'fla tion of that, which at fundry times a11d in divers mann ~rs, had been opened to thofe, who were willing and defirous to • know the truth for tbernfelves. . This) nward light, th ey deno_minated the Lord ; becaufe by it they were•infirucled, idluenced and governed, • Hence they fpake of.feeking the Lord , finding the Lord, lo ving-the Lord, following the Lord, offending the Lord, &c. by all which expreffions was meant, tha t inward light, and revelation of the truth ; by which they could fee things in , the ir true colo rs, and fin.d. a meafure of peace and --confolation, and a comfortable :... p ope of eternal life, T 11, This ·new light fir:(l: broke out in t.he Prefi>yre; rian ·church, amoog ..c hofe who held . rhe doctrines·. of Calvin ; and t!ierefore it is conGdered :is more _i mme_. diatt:ly contral1ed witn th at fyl!em, Thofe who fir{l: embraced it, had . alfo .been r ep uted Calviniih, apd ~~ C2 �~.O, ~ longed to the pre!byt erian church ; arnong whom were fevual petefons of di{Hnction in the mioillry : of courfe; the exiftenc e Qf fentime nts fo very different, in the fame 'church , r end ered a d iviGon uoavoid able, This divL fion was gradual , and had. its. foundat ion in the abov; princip le, of a direct mariifefl:ation of fpiritu'al fight, fro m G oa to the foul ; whi ch was fuperio t to al t the coinm~ nts that natural men had ever made upon the fcriptur es, Th·is divifion in fe ntiment , with its concomitan t dfects, drew t9gethe r a vafi mulcitude, out of diff:C:rent church e£; who formed a ~enera hom muoion ; an d for a time, acceded to the doctrine s, mann er of · wor fl1ip, &c. firfi opened and pracl ifed among· the -New. Lights; a brief !ketch of which is as follows, .viz : That all creeds, confeffi6ns, forms of wodhip,, :ind rules of g overn-ment,inve nted by men, 011ght vto -be J.1.id afide; efpecii!_lly ihe difiinguifl1ing doctrines of Calv in.-That a ll ,vbo recei ved_ the t rue light of the fpi.rit _in the inner man, and fa it hfully followed it ; ) would natqr~lly fe e eye to eye, and underfl:and the things of the fpi r it ;ilike ; wichou l any written te ne t, or learned expo&·ror& 'l' hat all who received this tr ue ' light, woulJ plaiply foe, the purity of God...:..the depravi ty of, man:.-t he rieceffiry. of a new· birth, ,and of a finicfs l,fe and converCatioo to ev itilence it-Tha t God was no re fpetter of per. fons-w illeth the falvation of all fouls- has opened a door of falvation, through Chrifi, for all-wil l haveinvited t o enter- ; and fucb . as refofe to come -in, mu(t -• bia:ne ~~emfelves for their own perditio u, ~n - IIJ. As -to worrhip , they ·allowed eaeh one to' w0r. ihip God., :igrceab ly to their own feeHngs ; whatev er impr'effioo er 'Coflfc ioufnefs . of duty they were under :: b eliev ing ihe true w-ifuom , which " lives through all life," to be a fa fe r ' guide , than human. forms, whiclJ cau on ly dF·ct the outer man : and hence, fo wide a cloor', waso pen ed, and foch a variety of extrc1fe~ we re _ex.h i. · bite d at their pul;>lic: ,meeting s. All difli oction of n am es ~·as Jaid a{ide ; 1nfd it was no matter wh .it an y one had been cal)~d before, if now hs flood ju,ih~ fre fent light, .aud iel. his heart i;low witll l.o_!e to the fouls of p1en ;. �Si he was welcome«> fing, pray, or call finners to repen~ ance, Neither was chere any difii nction as to age, reX). color, or any thif:!g ~f a te mporary nature : old and ·young, male and female, black and wh_ite, had equal privilege to minifter- the ligh t which they received, in w hatever way the fpirit direcl:ed, And it _vlas · moreove r gene rally confrdered, tbat fuch as profeffed to fland in tbe ligh t , and , were not a~ively engaged, foin.e _way or ot her, in time o'f public meeting ; were only dead weights upon the ca111fe. I V, No one, who has not bee,n an eye-witnefs, caa, poffi bl y p ai nt io their imagination, the fl:rikrng folemni iy of thofe occafions ; on which the thoufands of Kentuckians, were convened in one vafi affembly, un ... der the aufpicious influence of the above faith .: How ttriking to fee hundreds; who never faw each other in the face before, moving uniformly into aaion, without any preconcerted plan ; and e,ach, without intruding_ upon anot_h er, taking that part affigneil him by a cenfcious feeling; and in this rrianner, di viding into'bands, over a large extent of ground, interfperfed with tent9'._ aad waggons : • fome uniting their voices in -the moil melodious fo ngs ; others in-folemn and affetling accent& of prayu : fome lamenting, \\•ith fireaming eyes,_ their loft Gtuation, or that of a wicked world ; others, Jyfog .ipparently in the cold embraces of d~ath ~ fome inftrui:ting the ignoran t and directing the doubtful, and urg.Y. ing them, in the day of God's vifitation, to make fore ~ work for eterni ty : others, from fume eminen ce, found. ing the g en e1·al truinp of- a free fal~at) oo, :incl war.ning finn ers to fly from _the wrath to ·come ;-the forroufrd., ing foreft, at the fame th1_1e, - vocal with the cries of the difire!fed ; fomet /mes to the difiance of half a mile, or a· mile in circumference• How perfons, fo different in their rducation, man•. _ners, and natural difpofit iom ; wi rhout any vifible comDl'.lnder, could enter upon fu ch a fcene, and con tinue in it fo r days ;md nig hts, in per fecl h armony ;. _has b ~en one of the crrea teH wonders that ever the . we.rid behtl d a ~x;d w;s no do1,1bt included in ,he vifioni of ¥ �- tlut.man, who, falling into a !_,ranee with his ey-es op~n,· thy _ crie d out-.'•" How goodly are thy ten!J, 0 Jacob l and tabernacles,. 0 lfrael ! as the v allies are they fpread forth, as gardens by the rivers fide ; as the trees_ of lign_-aloes, _ whic.h the Lord hath planted, the of gifts ry ordina ·extra ~nd _ V, The fupern atural fpi-rit, whieh were vifible among this people, are not lefs worth y.of notice, than their diftinguifhing faith and inanne_r of worlh ip ~ fuch as left no remain ing d_o ubt. .. of the reftituti-on of that facred panoply ; which ; to under n trodde been ·had faith, lic gethe r with the apo!lo foot for many hundr ed -years , by the power of antiat ·. chrHl:. To evince this, as the faith C?f that people , leaft ; I infert a few extrac ts from their writin gs. D avid Purvia nce, in a letter, dated Caner idge, March taken 1, 1.802, writes thus -" Some things have l:itcly 11 place among us, which I think more extrao rdinar y lic Uthan aoy, l have fecn or_hc_ard, fince the apofio mira, truly was n, Marti l. Rache ••· age• Th~ cafe of "culo us, I fuppofe y_ou have he:ird of it,'' -- This ex. t: traord ina,·y c~fe is illufiraJed . by the following-- extrac far by ed exceed o1y, -Saturd Lafl: ,-'' h~nd er anoth from " · any thiPg I .fver faw before . Rache l- Marti n was "firuc k, the Thurf day' night after you lefnh is : She " · never eat nor fpc.ke, for nioe dayll and nights , I was . "ther ~whe n ihe rofe and fpoke : her· countenance w:is · me told e th_ ed~J ' "as it we.re, rdined [i. e;tran sfigur fays !he • : ,time that a)I wt,rld the from 'free '! -{he wa!! - "' the . will incre-afe. "" * * it< it< * * *" P. H, • . work . .lEneas M'Callill:er, fpeakiog of th'e work in North Carolina, obfer ves-'' T.he like wonde rs have not been· " feeo, excep t the KENT UCK y REV IV AL, lafl: fumm er, of " Iirice -the_ apC>{!Je's days. l fuppofe the exercifes _ " our coi1gregatioo, this hfl: • winter , furpaffed .any it think, mes fometi I f. o .hear·d " .thfog ·r C'?eJ feen or •~. .would have bren well, if they_h~d been kept in, and f' never told. * * * * * * *" • not the eth receiv man l natura the , certain lt'·is foolilh, are they for ; thj1 gs of the fpirit of _God e s not difcipl his l:ed inftruc Chrifi: ' hence : nefs ro him [ �33., to call peai:Js before fwine-: ,for the fame cauje, fo lit;ie has been publi1hed abroad, concerning the deep ~things o_f God,, II)ade mai:rifeff ,among . the p~ople called_NcW'I& lights : and for die fime reafoo, , thefe things c;.an bt, ' - • . but fli'g htly tout~ed' ✓.1t ·prefent... ; VI,~That the _ifuWe r '•was fopernatural, by w·hich fuch . multitudes were-ftt"U~l§' down, 11equi£ed : no arguments to prove t- and had they nevelj rifen, again , there might '. have ·be.en fame re,afotJ for charging. it·. to' the de'<il : ~ut who .has powe.r ·w·kill and make alive again? Could any on_e -~ith the r;itionaliW of a man, fuppofe rha,t any ~. thing- fhort of the pov1,er.of _God, could fufpend the func- . tions of animal life, for -.an hour, a d,ay, or a . week; _:ind • again refl:ore them with 1a~..9i1:ional 1 qrightnef~,....,.!.s i'la,, , -~ure wont to-alfu,l!le.f~ch .appart":nt chac;ges, a~ for · ce-ns,, and fifries, moved at .the fame time, by ·4h_e fame ;infi-incl';. to forget the ufe.of every limb ; and profl:rate faH , m{ . matt~r where ;,and yawnt and gafp, and expire in a :cold . ~eat.-:_. This · belongs not to nat!-_lre, and as li~ le does · , Jt belong to nature, to exempt, her fons_ from W?unds and brmfes, broken li mbs/:ind aching' heads, ' in.cafe of fuch repeated, :md dangerous falls as ·were commonamong t~e Nerw - lights. And fo;ifi of.JU, co~·Jd 11a!ure's pow.er - e~tend to _their refo rrection, ~after an'¾. bout, .a,. . w.eek,pr nine days· trante. · Wh!.} W~N S'. 3' m.i_raµli;:( to ·aroufe. their faith, and fix it Oil ~the facred truths re.cor"."'. ded in t!'ie fcrip rures; let · -h ir(1 recognize- the camp".! mee.ting, let him 'fin d ·chc:: ,·qian~ ◊r worhan, whofe im, mortal part•, for , hours ar1J1fi'y s, ~fave rfed the region11 of eternity, while the ·br~;a(hl.ets body ,- lay as,. _a -fpeCo-atacle '"Of t_e i:ror, to futreµ:n dfog' fr iend s~ ' The learned, .expotitor of fcripture, and ·ch~·:tin'e w:tfofu· he oppiQbr-i .. . oufiy terms an infidel, · are equally baijkd, . with_.the fal - ,.. ling exercife ; the ohe upon his hypoth.efoi, t~aMhere, ricver~w dS fue,h .a thing ?S~ miracle in the· days ·of the apol.:ll!!S; ,and the other ;that there never wu .to, be :my fuch thing after. All their :experiments, and reffarches were. in va_in, to _r:ei:luce th.is.opet\a,·ioo, to' fome nat~ral ca1:1fc• _ Tbe1r feeling the_p~lfe, ch;m•ging the firuation o( tl1e perfon, applying fmelling bottles\- bathing with cam~ phire; ~r co1d water i ,letting of blood &c. could never f �S4": • , ; m~lce lial.(_the· ditdove~y in thnafe that:.,thofi tmad~ v.ib'o _came ,,with their barrcls•o·t::whi1key, to,fetaff out to. thif multkµde_:- By. fuch . i( w.as abu od;inily proved ; that th~ readidr*afrb keep' dear -o_f,. this~exrraoi-dinart ex ,., ercife, was-to drown tlie' fo ul in·-·debauchery and ' vice~ Many ciri:'om(tance~, •beating and confou~ding to .the wifdom of ·man; / atte_n ded· th'e _exercifes .l!Jentioned-; • which f.or·fake. of brevitY: have to be ·omitted. And yet lfo"wever extraoidipary 't-hffe· things· ~ .e re; they were· irot co-;1_fidered by th~ -peopl~', wnhe' moO evidential, of. :i work of the tru£ fpi rit : fcfme,~fifog lnuch gre'a~er- w·as ; _commonly-ei;pe&ed' ' to flfcceM ;ih:eir refurretl:ion, of • g r.eater is;i ponli111:e; t~ an. ''lif!Y: tliin_g that went b_e(or~~ T.he wor& of exh ortatroh 1s •'r.airked -a mong the apofiolic • ~iffs; .ind"·a's>,fuch it was· c0'nfider1;11'1Sy>1he•New,Jightr.! This ' gift, w~s gene-i:~My•exttect e<l 'on, the ·octafio'n 'CJf,ri.'Jing from~the- beforf ' meraiorre~ tra1ke; ani:11 foeh- fX"' ' p-ecl:aJ ions:ts.were very ' 'C On)tnO{l''Y. 'a11fivi' ~d- T he ex, ·torta tio11s·_oeli ve red 01Hhole1 o'cc{ifion s -py all ra nks and:'_ colors, baf efpe-eially:, :by J mirH ·'cfrUd ren ; were-,fo, evideb .i: ti al ofa ,dfri r e power<, fo fearchHig. t ~ ' the : ·c-o'n fcien'ce; fo wouo.d}ng.;to- ,the fi u.tJe.r.; -th.at rhe mr,thibili nate =un., belie'<'ers have- falreri ''down; like frrofe:,<liflold, aoci',:_ com•. fetfeit rhat•God, was 10 t'hem cihi"-trU t,h, .. ~. •It. required-_a (p-irit more incre du lous, th·an-that which: bas cowmo_rrly· lfeen '_ c:aHed ir:mdeli ry, to deny a fL1per .. -Jil ~Ur~I :igency in the·,cafe of f1,1ch p·athetic, and power;., fol a<l.!.rdfe-s, from •little children--riot ·only unlean. ned, t.ut · alfo of the'·mo(} bafhful and unp opular c:itl: of mi.ad, Such little·on~s, of ~ight .or ten years old, ,raifed _ t-J.pOn he' llioulders; .or held,· np·'ici· the arms o_ f fome one,' i'f1 the midfl oh•afr·'-i'n\1ltitudes, would fpeak in ;i,rp~m- • flf't'fo .111.irvellous, an'd •.ifionifhing ·; that perfom of the moft r ugged- : paffions\ would di!folve into · tears ;- and· oprofeffo rs of th-e forelliofl rank, coofefs -tl:fat hidierto· t~·ey had bee~ . totaf {lrangers to that he:iven ly lenfe and feel ing, -wliic.h: dillinguifhed a child of , God. So deep ·were the effect~ of .truth, delivered in·) he , fiinple Ian", guage of a child, of w-hich the following, :may ferve as a _ lliorc·fpe.cim~n l'' . ' • '. . ' . ~: Q ;the fweetnefs :of, ·redeming love .I O-if -finnera. �$5 , , knew·th e fweeto.efs Qf _redeeming lovt-~; they lt•ou}d 4• all con:ie to the overflow ing fountain_!" The general gift of exhort;Hion_, was._to fearch out the frate of the ,fi nner, con vict ~im of fin, ·and .vvarn him to fly from it, . and they ofae,1 came .Co pointed, even to naming.out the-. pe1·fon, and pul,li(;:ly ,rra\gni ng him for fpecific crime$, that often evil 1fpirits~ •whofe work is to .COY.er iniquity, -a nd conce al it, were··_fi irred up to great fury, ; an.d • th.ofe po(feffe~ with them, would come fo_r.rh in a· .g reat rage ,; threatni ng and blafj1heming again.It -th~ :imhol" of the r .'! vi val ; and bold ~~ Goliah, cha-lleng e his armies to a re,ncoun ter, £ oul d. nature, wi thout bloodihed cand fiaughti:;r, overcom'e beings fo fie rce ? Or mufi it_ not - be fomeching fupernat ural ~ To fee aJ~old KefltQcki,1n (undaun ted by the horrors of war) turn pale aoa tf'C!ll~le ae ihe reproof _of a wea;k w_o man, ~ little bqy, or .a m~-1n African ; to fee him fink dow-n -in deep remor(elt~oll and tofs, a~1il gnafh his teeth, till black in th e _fa cr: • 1ntreat the-pra.ve rs of thofe be came to devour; · a~d .. through their fervent ioterceffion~;and kind infiruction~. obtain J!diver~ nce ; _:ind return in tqe polfeffion of the • meek ;and gentle fpirit which he fet oqt to oppofe : who would fay .thit -,change was not fup,::rnacural and miraculous ? Sue _.exorc:fm s, - or cafting out' of evil _ fpirirs, are jufily'h n~ed among the won~en w.hich at "! tenpecf the New light: Nor could the man, once-deli~ _ yered from the L egion, go home with g-reater joy, tQ tell his friends wlm great things Je(us _had done for him ; than many · returned fro!Jl thefe encampin g grounps , to announc e tQ their former companiop-s, thei~ happy change. , . . , • _ , • 'VII. To what has been · faid, it may he opje&ed , That many, who were converte d in this extraord inary: U)annfr, gave no -la!ling evidence of a re al change ; but returned again to their former courfei. : and as they tefiifi ed, th at they were . all atl-uated by one fpirit ; i( (ome were mi(bken , why no~ rhe whole? ~ J anfwer, the work_of God is one thing ; and t he opinion formed by the fubjeg of it, another, ~f it fhouhl be iranted that many_, or even all, w~re n11il:akeu, il li �36 . t o the immediate ~ffelt of ~he ~ork ;" tbis would not alter the work from what it was. If a foolifh perfon lhould take grain, when it was only in the bloffom;,_and fay ·it was ripe ; anµ go jO reaping, binding ?nd flacking it ; this wo.irld hct prove that .the plowing and fow "" ing had no:t been well d~ne, by a good farmer • • Spiri.; tual life is of a growing natQ:re ; as well- as vegetable , and animal life : And if many, z~alous ·to increafe· thi: number of tJlefr difciples, did deceive the generalit y . with a vain perfuafion , that·a fhort fcene of'cemrill:ion, light and comforc, ,comprehende_d all that was•contained in- the new birth, and cut -'.t hem offfrom any :further growth ; this did not prove that their impreffions 'had • • ~or' a proper begining ,. or were pot of the _genuine ·: , kind. • Obj; 2• If this great appearan_ce of union and general communi on, was of God, why did it no~ increafe l Anf. ' Why did not-that union and communion _in~reafe; which cxified among the pl!arifees, faducees, _effe l!es, -Herodians and .Syrophre~ifians, who follo "'? ed Chrift into the wildernef s, and en.camped there· day and night ? , The reaforiJs plain ; the foundation of ~ Jailing union could not be laid,until the rubbifu•was cleared out of the way ; "= and as thii was the firfi work then, fo ic was iu• the laterevival ; thofe. who foJlowe~ the true light were united in breaking down, and burning that which was..old and rotten : and this had to be _done before t~ey coul_d u- nite in building up that whi_ch is found, and permnner it, So that a union io the dirfl: ~afe, altho ·it is produll:ive of greater dhriG011., yet, is both a fhadovy and , a fure pledge of that union _which followsi'n confeq.uence. - v oi/ 3n But>what d9 y~u m_* e of thofe .wqo te!lifill d tbat they ha~ got all the rubbilh defiroyed ,-were car. ried above all Gn, and teqiptatio n, and pain ; , and never lhould fufler :ig'ain'""':"'were high~r than Elijahfierfecl:ly ,blefs'd, and fill'd with the fnllnefs of God ; • and with all this;· fp u·nitcd i ■- heart that they never could part, &c. and yet afr~r all, turn to bate one ano.; ther worfe ttJan ever, andJive as-loofe aml wicked as others ? fo ti'fat they could.after,w ards fay , �31' · 4ld wl;tere .a1I1 J ·oow :! When was rf., or ih owTh-a t I fell ft:_om my lteaven of gra~e-! • J. am fl d p'~ .o f my all-I am brought into thr'a ll-l atp Qiinilh'd'frpmJefu5's -face. . ' po ,;ot (uch chan·g es p'r ove· that thei.r extraordin ary Jight ,vas all a de;lh(i.on r . Anf. If fo, 1:he fame argu,.,. ))lent wci!l prove that -every i;l ifpenfation of li'7ht, both ,uii.de_r ~~ e} a·~ a_Dd .gofpel was a deluCion/ fo~after 1~e_br1ghte~1:-m amfefiatron s then~ was always a falhng away • .Di1 ,rot the whole camp of ICr-ael· fiH awa.r after- . the • giving,of the law \lpon moqnt Sinai ,r But did 1his prove .,that the ·light' 'tbey .faw there_, ~nd all ~he fig_os an<l l.v on- • - ,Llers th;1t precede.d and 3:ccompanied k was del-ufion~?. Da:vid, :S~lomon, arrd 'aHf he ~ tngs, ..i.od-p.eo,ple o~ If- , ael,fel_l away : and ·ho.w ofte n was 1h 1s chofeo genera- · ,r tion brought .~nder judgmeri.ts,.and b;milhed in.to captiviJy; not _to prove l h"anh.eir ex,traonJin ary light had been ,;ill delu(lon, but the contrary. J.ohn the Baptill de .. , ,creafed an-d his fo;l lo,wers .came to nothi ng, and all that _h ad followed Jt:fus for thre~ yearsforfo ok him, and fell .11w.ay, in t9e hogr of trfa!. - ~ 1f this wai. not fofij cient _accur-dioi to the f bove 9~j e~i?n 'to •prove their .light a .delufion, Y\l\l may ad.Q .the m11verfal apoftacy tbat prev.ailed tl:l rough ~ the lop.g rei gn"'of anrichr ifl:, - i.n which • t here was n'ane tl;atdil good, qnd-fin ned_ not, no Mt, one. · · ~ ow if rhe fa u,i'e viµble confequenc e_~ have . atteJ;ided this kind o.f! \gh t , ~r ~ and la!l, .the d1fferent manift:fb-., . tio.ns of it, ml}fi !,e_dbblifhed, or -- condemned together. But to obvia te the 'quell:ion more panicula'r,Jv, it' will be proper to ol)ferve;. ·~h at divine light :is fi r.ft ~eceiv.ed _py J aith. We muft ~• ft bejieve the re por·t concerning thiqgs invi{ible, before .we can fee the object faceJ o face 1 - ,. .and acl:u~lly po1fefs it. Anc:1 the . fi rm be!fef of a th ingw ill produce great ejfn:rs, both on the mind and body. frh om having rJ Ot fien, ye love , in 'U,Jhom believing; tho' now ye fae _him nqt, y et .rejoice with j;y unfpeakable and full qf glo ry, Thi~ unfpe ak~ble j ,iy, w~s. merely , the fru1t of ~'fa ith , in thofr, who. bad ye·r to rece[ve the end of their fait h, ev en tht>fa lv itian of thefcul, Now if- thofe calred N ew.lights did telhfy that r¾ry ,Jere d-e:.iti to th_e wor ld, ' . • D �0~ and rifen wit It Ch rill above all fin, ~emptati9n, paitf ant;l fuffer ing-w ere full pf glory, and perfectly ~!~(fed with th e fullnefs of God-:-uuited ·in heart, J'o·d, t;H,yond the po~bilicy p'. a frparat!on ; t_~ey ~nly mea_~i tbat -~his, was their fituat1Qn by f a11.h ; 1 e. tney had foll , fa 1th tha~· in I ,{uch a ftate was attainabl_e, and ~ere'fwallowed lip were they ti t~oug_ ll,~ it, 9f n the d~lightfµl conte111pl11;io . apually ir it: 13~1t t~at it V>'.a~ nof their real· fituation,.: w.is evident from ~peir tep·eated complaints of remain iog ~ar~nefs, and tb~ir prayers for retUr!]ing ligb'r. Vi( is f.iid, th.ii upop thii prlnciple-;' all theif exercifes were only the worl<:iogs gf i!llagirlation : I anfwe r, t~at i.Jnti\ a thing is ~rough'.t :prefeo t to. the 'fenfes, the. ~rtgotell: '.1 ' ~uowfodge· we ~an havf of it, is a bright an·d clear ima thing. the of gination, by m.eans of.a (ha~ow, or image llµt we mull c!i!li.nguifh bet wren a vain iinaginai.ion, and ~ that wbid~ is prope dy fou nded, If we. fot!D :in im;igi ri', gi,natio a im_ that ce, exifien no pation of a thing that h!1s i~ ,js vain ; bP,t i~ ·1s n~t fo, w h_en the · i,~ag~· of a :~~iri_g nce. exifie actual has drlJWf! ur.on fhe mind, whKh 'what ~l;~wledge ha_d the Jews of _I nf kingdom ot·Cb'ti(t of while under tbe cerem oni_al Law, 'beyond the effect ' things good of Jhadow a ha:ving law 'The? lively 1ma11.e~ ve,;~ co~l6'm ; 'ihings to coo1e,and not the 'i!eryJubj}ance of t~e witblh ofa Jacrifices ivhich they ef[e,:ed y eqr' OJ: year, COi1tinui. aliy, make the comers th,reunio perfeEl; 'for wou_ld #uy TIO~ /hen have ceafad ··10 b:--cjj'ered ?;; Obfer ve, their iuiagina::.; tioos were ·11oc · vain, 1he,y yvk,re Jhadof,l)S of'good thing's, real fubfia nces, alt ho' they were yet to c01n e; aiid ·aBfo'..' lutely 111 c.effar y .to C0!1J e, -in order to · their perfeclion; Now th e ca(es :are pe rfe&ly fi milar i. for if t~e IJ!w-lightj h;id found r e ! perfection by c_he aforementio'ned exi ,ercifes '; wo.uMr. ot th efe exe rcifes have-ceafeijof cou(fe t Bue the fa.me perfons would fall again ; ··al!_ci' again, and rife wirh the fame tr2 m6gu red counte nance , ·and t,ef. t ify rh:.tt th ey fdt ChrHi in them, an d \V ere fµII of glorf ;is before , ar:d again cry out for Chrifi to come, anct p ardon , and fav e th em from th eir fi is ; fo tha t at every d; meetin g the fame fa rrifice s were cootin u~lly offere wer!! os :iffe-ctio ir tl-. at th nce eviJ~ , ai pl wn\c h was a· -.. {iall@• 4' an in!l , rn tial -faith, a ctn.fidenl expeclution ~t �.Sfi _ An'.d if_ • ?tings hop_edfor, ·anti th~ ev1def!Cf of things not}ee?i e t_hem .dece(v and faith; ir the upon build any {hould :mcej ftibil the wat· it think felves with the"th adow , ancf ti'pa~is"t ife on·fer coinn1 for ; · elve·~ themf · blahie they muft • _ • : . ble of making tffe difii ncti oo : Obj- 4· J3uY if 1t was the true light .of, d1,e .fprrit frthey oni, werc \n, mull not tnat ligfi L-have ·fe t ure a . them 011 ~ ght li ' tne t ifid_'iw i wh wer; .1-anf apy fodi mifbk e? fy th ,vhat_ ~t 'tb moµnt 'f.abor, flr~w t ~ \,,~ t~rf!_e tlifciple:S .. g1ori t yJ: not as w~ Jefos at h t ' and , 'faw was _only a _vi!ion llu t the ~D en ltli(bk pledo "difci f~1e ·al1 wrre Why ? tied in aHer ki11g.dom of Chrilt , oat~ befo.i·e .a_nd a fre t their wi:li come to itt_ ei1Vi.< " they J di~ _ Wby ] fied was ·crugi were why Aud r? app'ea oofo rv atiOf1, a11d . imm edi,ately , 1 ie ~. tb~y fo mi!hkse o a!st o tf:ii n.~ that J,o~ d: woulc) never who ofe tli to fcnt r ·&c. The light of, Gqd wa~ ;neve ove r were u der no mifhj{e s, b11t to fuch .:;s were all fe:! it._ • imm_¢rfed iQ •eri::o r.s 1ip d 'mifb_k~s , and willing tq ·r,f. fidl work The lt>d.~ correc ., t h::i r mH'l:a kes ,. ·arid have . ' -. ""I ' .: . . • , t!,r rJJ have and , (fLke~ in (l ~j errors ver d;fco to· is God !1N~_q s be_; dqrH;~ t .. ,~ J?LH -OUJ of tpe W; ')':; a1, ,d -.th i} niri{l _..., f~t -~ aft_ ,b.,i b_;• ::t rE!!:'C pf a~~ t \<,r~ 3Q}''ih _b k t~J~l ~7t};1 -: J ;i , . \;:,as . • t ~.; l_c;-~:-~ < t' e :.': ~lll?PF ~r~ - ~li;,:~-::':f-1~,:rce ~Jre,:w ; ---; o!:,~ of dH; ~b.~_ : _· !:ne . . e_, :,te,Q_c!ei:l t~ ~ e~r-~o.-<r 11~ -;i~a r.~~~ :;; al½~ bc pral -.~'l-P: 1t f o = J~'1jf?J the ore fy_fl!!.~'H ;..:.?cUher~f ·cor-.ru p'(( ~~d ~~-pt;p:ue~fta] y to lnnd.t~. ~n<l ,!)(O ~ e and tt l ~. , etr;;~ e1 he· o T brick. fa "\~ole of-the rials 't~i,ate ~r ace, l~ l\G .-gie~1. out ~.s the di~inguiln~_d ·dl,i!: 0:s o~ lr~efii th e rdu rec. to e\?~fi fall) ablf! depbr the_ ca:rr1ed _throu gh d'.bqd y a11 Jou'! glory iri ~p l r~I~:;< ~. 1 g,e,iat~r f a . a11,~ __t i6tH as·cJeat" re '. JnJ ted, ?,~~oly:_ ·acli';110,.v1,e Jg-eJ ao ,I ac.:Jt1ihed, as they • l~d~ bld y fectl per _ made and t .G,)d Of en " childr in' their fupp;>fe<l ; yet after all,. they fou nd t hry were death . co Hfe this in s niferie \ e th ·:ill to e·d expof " fif!_s, ly qiJen~ Co~fe er.'" forev itfelf, an,<l to th~ paim of hell roufh th_ e mi!tak gra11d one b~ mufl: ng_ the w,hole Jm1ld1 which by light, that out, an_d ,t herefor~ In obedience 10 ihe_ ol d •h~Y-_d1fcovered tne r9ttenne_fs, an~ _ dange r of it peice roll or it., ke _forfo to ined term de th~y g, uil~rn b red, prepa was way· the unt·tl _h v piece. ont of the ;way, an~ lea difcip The laid. be to ation found r for a bette A ure 0 �40 f~llow,rs o( -Jefus halhis • promifo,"t&at / they , fl10ul& receive the Holy Gh,ofi; who ·~would_ alii9_1: with the rn 1 forever; chat he aqf the f~rjler.-wouTd. tome , an-d make their abode with them', But untH the promife ·w·t s'lulfilled, their- olil Phahfaical ,erfors ~t!mained ; a!lcl ~ the}" were liable to pervert and abufe afl the_new light they received, by mixing if with .their vain foperflifions, and ~radition, of men, <The greater p are v;l~rie'd that Cuch · ·a faviour was raife<! up io Ifrael :' but if rhey". &ad not been miftaken they would r;tther haye gloried in fuch .r i reaker being aifed llp to lfrnel, The . dicipfes' of Je .. ·' fos were rnut:h more_rni{b ken, at fidl: than his avowe·d • m e mies; fo r the latter ev ide::,rly faw; that he woulcf · hi. the occari on of t ~king a way their place :rnd nation . ti ,, lt fs he could be d efea ted, by f,Jper ior power ; wher • iis the fo rmer imagined, th at his whole de,figri was to· J,uil .l Lhcm up:- and~hence in tqe ·midlt of all their glo .. rying, and the exe.rcife of fuch .fpiritual power as they h ad, they were lo often- warned not to reft in . what t.l_! ey had received. No wo ocler then, if rnaoy of thel)ppofors· of tbe iate revivaJ,•in its fi r fi tlages were- ca,. pa~le of f~rmiog_a inor_e correct judgmenr, !on:e.roing the vi!ible effects of it, that] thofe who were .fo -it,; ,and of improving u.pon the admonitions given to the. difcL, p e, of- old, in aJimi_Far cafe, to convince the N e w lights-t hat all th~ir mighty gifrs, d id ooi carry them our of ths re.ich-of danger._ Noc every, one thar faith Lent Lord-For many Jhall fay_ unto me. in t_hat da.y Lor-d, LorcI, have we not urophefied in thy name, and· i-o thy 'name caft out devils? and in thy name done many won, ·derful woi ks ~ and then will I profrfs unto them, l nevei- knew you; depart from me,. ye that wor~ • iniquity. 0 �: CHAP. IV• • Concerding the p!paration of 'thofe lfalled New-lights , • , A ·~ !he Presbyter[an Church. 0 . iom • \ divilion muft always pr;ced~~ a·fepar-ation, That di·vifioq i.,n fentimenr: wb·ich begari about the commenc ement ,or the prefent cenwry, in the prdbyteri an churclf', .._ ~ontio11ally encreafed , until it effecleda n importan t Iepa- . radon, WQich took place .in the month ·of Septemb er, 1803, ... A particular · account · of which - is pub!i-ilied in ~ =1,_pa_mphlet, endtled~.dn apology for r..enouncing - the jurif. dtclttn ofth,r Synod 11,t Kentucky, prin.ied in Lexingto n ( K;.) 804 . It is_ an old proverb, that " two cannot walk ' tog.ether unlefs. they be ag reed." For , nearly _three , years the fobjects and promoters of the revival, contin~ - ped theif 9utward 'church memberfh ip with thole,wh ofe 1. -~onfiant Jab0r it was , to , oppofe and • fupprc:fs it : this was a_painful fimation to both parties : for the New•lig ht to be ch ained dow r in filence, forbidden to pray, ~ txbort, or m ake any noife or uproar, in t1me of meeting, . how.ever clearly he faw ~ he danger of the wicked , or · ,, felt _his.Jou\ ov_erflowing . with the love llnd go_oduefsof - ~od. And no lefs painful 'did it feel .10 the' expounde r; :fod thofe w'ho contented 'themfelv es · with his learned ~,;ind ing~nious labors, to be inter.rupt ed ·by _a fu<lden .flaout, and put to Gle.n ce, by_ the din which commonly (oil owed ; and worfl: of all, to , _h_e ar t.hat fyftem, by ~hich he haa air hili weahh in this world, and the h ope , _p (a favorite i r: tereft io ' ~ better, . fet , at. n:rn g l:n by the _ J!eii~ral proclaml tion ,whefoever will, /eJ him co.me andtake of the water of' lif e f ?eelr: . ·Bu t t h'~s it - continued ,;-,until the ~D£ quivocal, and open tefiirnony of fev eral minifters, c.ame forth in vindication of the new doc;l'rihe, and the operation s, and el{,ercifes which attended ir; and in p ointed oppofiti on to the p rtfbyteria n fyflem, Thi. ' furn ilhed c!}e deffrable occafion, of banilhing from th e ftanding. communi ty,<thofe fl a~ing zealo~s, whom , min i. fierial -authority had fail~d to reduce into fubje'1:ion . , , I} -~ �42' 11,ifot tH2nhol'e who ~ere deA:ined tO, eMcommunfoa.:. l!ion ,onaccoonrofthe.ir faith andzeal,mightnotbe wholly., ' left without the ufual,claim', oh:ongeni:il-defoent, from , Leo the great ;: the di!Thnting n1inifier-s, volU!)tarily with .: drew fro111 und~r the jurifdittion of thr:·prefbyterifo church ; and acceroing to their own fofiory, "c.onfii. luted thrmfe!ves into a· prcfbytery, as you ·will -fee frorn,, the m1nutes of their firft-meeting" (1See Apology,;-·p~ 37}, '~ We the above named Robert Madhall, John Dunt "lavy,Rkhard M'Nem?r., Barton W, Stone, and johri"'· Thompfon, having _e ntered the above prorelJ, ;md; , '' withdrawn from under the jurifdictitm · tif.the '·Synod < .''_of Kentucky, and of the prdbyteries to whit-h we . •·(· belonged, do noW- formally unite in a-body, as. a pref.t .'-' oytery, known . by the name ofr the prdbytery of. "' Sp,_rinl-',field,'~ ~q,e de~gn ~~ thefe -men, as they thernfelves tdb(y~m all their wrmngs, w.as not to lay.· .• the foundation of-any church or dift[n& party -; - but a~. .. they expr~fs it (Apology, -p, i~) they. confi_<lered, thi$~ • '~ prdbytery pr.ovidentially formed . to cover rbe truth , • from the impending fiorm, and check, the lawlefs career,: ,ef oppofition," Neverrhe)efs 'they proceeded to or_g an·•. "he, what they called i;-h_urches, altho they confidered. their exifl-ence as - oriiy pro teinp!Jr.e , a kind, oCafylum for thofe who were caft-but; that theiy might come-fort/:;,· and be there., like David's father and mm her, wirh the king of Moab, until they: would know what, God w.ould. tlo, . f,or_ _them. IH. O.n this oCcafion, as far ai, the way. wai, opened for a ffparation the f.ubjecls of t.he revi'fal; who, , were fincer-e in their profeffion, gene-rally came forth, , _and unircd ,witb the feceding body, which • wq,e ditlin.-., . guifhcd by th,e name ofScttJ-SM.&..TJcs. As this feparation was prcd ucl:ive of a very impot-.._ :int change, and placed I he fobj_e&s of the revival in a-, el~ffereot iirnari;m fr~m what- th ey, had -been, as far as i~ t'Xte.nded : it will bt?c pr-opcr Ef? trace the outlines-oft tJwfe 1i'e w for,med churct,es- in their, fepa rare capacity,, o.aml 1he fir fl thing to be 1:onfidered, is rl:eir mannt>i:- _oF, eon!tituting, Every. boure mull be buildtd upon fomc-:"' foundation ;; all human creeds imd ,confdlicns ·had . been,. jifarir.ulkd 1, or. r,ollcd ou~ et-the way_ i the power ~ - • �4$ t amhority Ot moclem clergy, as fucceffi\fe to th~ apoffl'es was renounce~, an~ the prefbytery of Springfidd con- _ feffed and denied not, that they were as far off the truefou udation as the rdt;' lo this predicament they concluded, that they would !rand.the fafefi, • and be molt retired, and moft oui:---.o ff1ght, from contending parties;. upon the • foundation of all their foundations, viz. thefcr~pr.ures. The following minutes ex-tracted from th(I· records ef Turtle.creek, will clevelope this point .n1ore: part icularly; accordjng to wb icb. plan the. chur.ches. i-. general wh ich are called Schi/matic, were orgaoifed :: , April 2otl,,, 18,04.~' The f.e!fion taking into confider-:. ' a!ion the propriety of a more clofe _attention to the go •. ' vernment and dicipline of the Ghu·rch,. tbink it expe-• dieot to (late to the people at large, who have ccro$i.,. 'dered themfel ycs un'decour care, the followingobfer• Yation.s, on that fu.bj ell:.-. l .. We think it the privilege: - ' of the church, mutually to profcfs their regar.d to the ~ holy fcriptur-es, 1·as.the only rule of fairh,and practice ~, ' the ,~11ly fiandard of doctrine and difcipline, JI, We, « think the elderlhip ought not:to form a_ feparate bod:sJ'difiin& from the church itfelf~ or go out of doors, fe. 'credy to tr._an fa fr foch· bufioef!, as concerns the body ot' ", the pepple at largeL -J.HL V{ e think it t-eods- to k-eep, ' the body of the pevpJe io· che dark, and' obfir~cb:a real~ ~ fpirit of communion; to examine ancbdmit members-. ~rtry caufeS, of. fcanda-1-ceoC-ure-rebuke-reprove, or., fufpeod in fecret, or to tranfafr privately,. by the re,. Feprefentatives of the people, fu c.h, or. any' ether bu-.,_ • fioefs ofa public oatur,e'L IV. We think it expedient;,, ,. in order to the due exercife of. gmreri11nent and. difci,_ "pline, tha.t all who believe ,fhou]d be togetheril}.on-= ~ pl:rce *' , ~ ' ~ .. *' * we lhtrefore r.ecommend,. • that the churc.h cohfiitute iQ the placie for.· public, wor ... ' lhip,' &c. ' Moreover· _that the for.egoiog. fena- , ' tioos be publicJy read~ io the coogreg-.a tion,. and rhtt ' voice of the chuf'ch-taken·, on · the cxpedienc.y; 't>f im" med-iately r~clucing them, to pr;ifric~- Signed~. Willfam, ., Bede!, Mal,bam W orle¥,-,. M:uthias Spiniog•, Aaron, "Tums, Samuel Sering., Francis Bede! , Richard M'Nc,• . fJL\ilt• -AC'-ordiog,1~ at_'tne do~e of pablic woi;lbip1_ tba , �~44 :ibov·e obrerv:itfons were read, and after a brier di~ t cnffion of the fubjecl, the follow ing propofitions were C Hated {O the :nembers of the .church iff particular, viz. we ·adopt the holy forfptures as the only rule of 'fai:h aml pr,-cl::ce; the only ihndard of -doctrine, and ' d1lcipline? Do we agree to conftimte a church,. and ·in 'that capacity to trarifocc buGnefs? The. quefiions be .. • irig 'put, were aofivered in the affirm~tive, with · up,.. ' lifted hands, without · a di!fentiog voice. The num .. ' ber were ,about feventy. four, who votes as above, reu 'm.ained in the hou(e after 1he cong regation was difmif. ''fed, and took their feats as members of- the church. -~It w-as moved that the ufe of (lead) tbkens be laid afide, ' and the member$ all take their feats at once. h was ' alfo moved aod agreed, _that the end earing, and fcrip .. ·• ture appell ation of brother and filler, be revived a.. .' moog the mem.bers,' *_·-. * * -D * ~ * * •t •·no ., • It is to be · obferved, that in tbofe congregati ons where the members of the new Prdby1ery refided, the prefbyteria n mode of govern·ment had been. pracl:iCed for fome time after the feparation, Neither did the Prefbytery immedi'~tely refigh their reputed authority, :iltho' ·io every thing they intro9uced fome alteration : They confi dered it their prerogativ e to licenfe publ1c: t eachers ; or rather to forward thofe who they believed were c.hofen and called of God. The /'ollowing, writteo :.t Sp,riogfie ld, March, 1804; will ferve as a fptcimen : - ' ' Forafmuch as our brother; Malchatn "Worley , has made known to us the exercifes 9f his " mind for fome time pall, expreffive of a djvii1c call '' t_o labor in word and doctrine ; a•d we being fatisfied, " ' fro,m 'a long and imimate ac'luaintance with , him, of '' his , 1alents, both qatur:il and acquired, being fuch, ·" as thr,o ' the •grace · of God, in.i}" render him ufeful ; '' and conlideri'ng that the w-y of. God is above our " ways, it therefore feeme d guod to tis, with one ac .. " cord to encQ.Otage our brother to the Wf>rk, where·" unto we trufi th~ · Holy Ghofi is calling him : and '' we do ht;.reby re'cornmend him to the claurcbts feat., ~~ tcrelll abroad, t1f&e forwarded iu his calliQg, actor~ .. �4S .. ,; ding: to the·manifdlatio n of lhe fpirit ~iven to htcii " to profit wit/1a'l,--Sig0ed' i-n be~alf,of~the Prefbyte5.y; , "B, ..W, STONE, cl'k,'' ~ ' _-- As .it was but a fh ort time before the Prt!bytery wer~ tJOnvicl:e_d that ~heir urrion w.~'S formed upon .. antkhrif.;, / tiarLpi:,ini:iples~ and under that con'.llictio_n • c!ifrolved ; ii "'.'ill be mrneceffary to: f~y a12y thin•~· furt?_er. ~oocf.frr)n.~ th.e go ve rnm en t and 0d 1fctplme exer~1fe.d \)y,_th~m:• Thea· prindpar obje,;_t _was· to fet the r-ople · a·t l:iberty, from -the_contratte_d folds. inro ~~1 hich ~t~ey had been iatnered_ •~Y idol /hephe ras in th'e'_ cloudy aru!dtirk day; ~ And ~sfoorr • :ts they ,con!tituted into a, fr par at~ b&lf as above., -with' the fc'ripmres' unewnunded, as their orrly i:nd_u :, no.: thing remait,ed for t~e pre,(bycery • tp .d·o, in reh1ti:oi:i ti' , them, hut to,J,c and ,tarch, as Jonah fat for h'is bo'otlf-; - , . . to fee what w,uld bet;nn,e rif'the city, • le now remain. to give fam e account of' the churcho:t • , _ ' .. "andreople called Schif,natics. . . ':• • IV. Frorn-their own expreffionsi it is difficult to. fay what tneir real character was> in their own-e!li.mation • ... They Jpeak ·of th'efufelves as a chur-ch about to fon';,r !Ut ute a churc!f ; but how the firft, was .co_nf!itu.led ap. pears,:h otto. Ii.we been confi~ r,ed, , •Again ; ihey.fpea M ·q f the 1ieople "'at:J argi., ~the ch·rrrches -at fa·rg.e-, &c. Ir •. the!j ~~Q_refl}d.ns ha.ve aay _defini~ gnifica·cion, _they· - mcrtl m1fan;, the·,;hurch""es at lib(rty., die people. al Jjfftty; &c • . 'Fo be fet at laq~e I an'd atJ1berty / means one- an& t!k fame thing . . It fo ilows then, that they •co :i Gdered• the people, :who b~d been fee at large·bf the precedint work , as now c;_onll:ituting churchef at larg;e or at liberty ~ -who !Mold be bo~md by no form of docl:r iile or . 4iJci.· pline, put ftand -loofe ~pan the vari.ega'ted fielJs of an...fidelu r-ianifm , p,arriarchifm; ucl'aihn, baptifm, Chrif., tianit.1, and qentile-'partyif m, or whatever el~ wa s, meted pm between the lids o'Ltbe bible, eitlfrr by hif., prophecy., Yet notw1thff-and ... • tory, p~ecept; promife, ing this extenfive liberty, it is truly marvellous . and all:oni!hing to £Onfid~r the regular ma11nei:.. in whicli t;hey proceedtd from ,thing to ~hi11g io fhe· irivefiig_a "! ,tion of truth, And wh~t is Hill mor.e lkiking , is th e ? 0 J or • , ,qniol_l !'nd ~arµrnny, which c;xilled aJneng them·in thofs: �- - ~46- .·~, - - )o.venigations~ -~nltbe fnhprd inat-ion which they)'!l ariis fe(ted, iq relafron_ to , t hofe who -were CQtJfidered , i hit mo{l deeply: iniriated into the myfier_iei of th_efpirirl. . Taking-~,natJ s_c;;ll5d the Tv.ti-:-lighidoftrine, as the'rtk' '<Hro:ents of divine trmh, they pr,ocee-0cd to c.onfide r the '. -~iatu re of jnfi:ficatioo, . reconcili; ,ti9n to~ qca, §cc, &h ~ _ ·conce rning.,whiJ:h I Jhall n~ie a fe\\'. palticbhrs, . . T,fi~ya f;.j n:lid , as a danger'i:HiS error; the -dothJne of , 3ullifica!ion by t~e imputed righteou foe'fs.?f C:hji_ff f a'?d ' tangh\!hat_ ~o 0111, cotil.J. be _juflifieq o,r :acc~pred ~-~ God, btit,tney tha t for fool< .their fins, and b!'came pe,r.:.fonally r,ighieous ;-ihat no orie ccdld . ge- prooour1celi ~ ,jufi, upon the pi:inciples of thiiti, who ,was --~ t -fb in . reality :, :ind there fore, whery tie true God accrpteth :ir.y:,_as righ tt~obs in his Gghr, it mufi.be fu ch as ire i11 real it y h,;. Re~cin~ili;it-io n-, or 'izthncmei;t ,. is,ro be kt oni f~ Cbdl i, at one,with -God; we -muft be at one~ with , • ChriO:, . G o'd ·is un'changeabi.y hnLy, juJl a·na food ,; and· tbei:efo're cann~ot be rf! COl' cileo~ or at 011£, Wilh ari un~ ,._ ~oLy, UT'JOft, arid wlr ke..d Jin ne1< Man in Qls n,/ur~l -_pateJ s u~ju ~: _unh oly( and /~~k: o { ~here!i re ___GoJ, ·· and man -lO nts natnr.:!l n~1 · ; • ar<? a '1-..uo's, -not at Mite __ ~h,I:ift}h~e mnliato1:, tain,t> into t!:ie ,.~of-Jd__ t~ :ito;i:re ue-~ to-OoJ ; - not _t,o_ r eco·mcile or, 2tone G o5! JP. us; For 11·/. hod is 'recgiitilei::! or ato,.,ned-to titan .in his_ natur,1t,'fta;.r-,l ,_it-~fi be by be£6mir: g unholy, unj_ull, anth viclfro ~-'this cannot be ; therefq.r.e-cffie work o( .refo.nb1i. aJioii- 6t>' -:iionem~rit is to mak~e mari" like" Qod; foily_; ju{f.-. 2tid - good : and fol" thi~ purpofe Chrifi came-inr9 \he world. There is wrath.":109 enmity to be taken out of the , w:.y: \ his ·r ath and.enm ity Q.e ver wall in God, 'f~ Cod is ~ toir.ie ; thererefore it' muh: he in .- tnai\~ • antl To remove i't out of m".ai, tne ·blood bJ_,Cbrifl: wa s-Q1ed :· and t6 ma:n lh:it b.lood (l1uil b.e applied ;'j ~!}Ot tq the thron e of Cod's• Ju frice~ w_hkh_ }s tinc~angeably holy, juij _:rnil goed. "" 171erdol:e Chrift dying for fin, wa& t-o condemn and de- 'hroy .i t; ,not in .the r_oom and ftead of it, that it tnight ' 1ive, (S'ee Stone ':li ieners, P.· 15 and 2'o·) ,, ' • doctrine, the vic~ri1fos r ,Ac'icor-0ing i:o 1Jj'e .fch ifmaric _ "' fuffer ings of :J efus Chrift, in the room -.and ftead of (in .. - bers;; thaf they. miiht live, vl'~s only~ conniogly devifr"· 0 , ..,, ._,7 -~ • ,_.., y , ~ •• . •• _.\· - , .l ... ~ ..:;:o;> . ., ¼ - - : - ~ - - · " ' • • ,.. �~ ~ - ; ' I ' t ·4;·1.: • • ,' ;,' - -- ~ - - ~ ~ • - -- f,abl~~ :defl:itute~of f'Ou~d a~~oii ,'either in com~pn fen ~ jO~ , - .-eafon, or the fcnrt~1!'~s 9f t~uth-that pre,~y fuff~r;1ngs,1 were inadmi~i~!·e by-'anr ju(!: law l e irher of G od pr ma11~ as it would, be ·wholly . u nreafonable·, ao~d unlawful, to ha~g a civil hone(f ri1~.riin roon~ andfie~d of fmurde re~,\ that the latter might be delivered 'ouf of the Hands or. )ulllce~'·and' fet at liberty. ,. :And accordihit 'to . the un..: c:h l ngablt:- !aw of 9od, tbt Jou! tbar finneth. it fhall die~. from whence it. v;-as plainl.y ll!'!diiced, lhat ih"re :coul d ~e no r e'c~nciliatfoil ioX: af<JJJ'ement ro ·yod, unti'l -~h~ evil fpirit; •which is prone to evf!, and · that con'tinually; was overcotiltf, and 'r ooted <iUt of God'~ creature; and~ foon ' as ti!at"fpirit wb1ch •is oppofed to tne'law, 'wa_s e:x ± , finer, fin ~hii:h is a tranfgreffioci: of the -la,;v, c~fol of ~Qutfe: an~ the fqul which ·,afo{frdm ~od; b.~came··re--;_ conclled and· ~t one wjth bim::.'..:and he.n·'ce~forfo•wcd the f\:lffeilng! of :C!frif~, o~idg _~onimenfu:~ _r i1ccefflty of -r.ate 'to ' the ai:onemeo(, and glory' · that fhoul'd follow i lhoukJ: 'i.alk J 1i''l1is_'{l-eps; 'He fet ' us·;m ex anJ.ple that h~ foffere·d ih the f!ei'h, rl1at we. might '-arm ourfolves _ With t:he fame mind. ''~Thus Ston ~ s letter's-: ou· 11:tonei .#ient p~ 3·3:" lt is e vident that Chriil:iah_s accord ing to their meafure, h'ave fe'llp w!Qip in the fulferi)'1gs ,o'f Chi-Hf; ~nd ar·e filling up· that' wlikh is" be>hiQd of hinaffl~oos, Jii 't heir bo4y -~• • \Jpofi ' i:~is 'principle it :was ~vid eo·t that 'itll who ~ere ih Chrifljuffeml_with l;im , tb_?rthey mi,ht be glorified. to_g~the_r_ ,' w_Jtnrfa e~ tlit fu{l e_rin'g1 o1 ChriJJ,_;- _ P,et, v. J• re1,oiced m hrsJuffermgs (cf:i. JV . 013-) . T hat -:~hen the 'glory1ho'uld be reyealed; they m ight be gla<:f _ --' with exceeding j oy. The fofferi ngs of PhriH abounde~ -'in :Paul, , which were eff-e cfoJI to , rh·e Corrnrh ians oof to ex-empt them froPJ , fuffer i'n g-s, but in t'heir ''enduring, f?efame fu.fftr ir'lf,s' which be ~lfo ✓uj!!'red, i., 5• 6·) · tlut the g rea'tefi d t p t h ot the fc r;1fmanc doc; trioe Jay in t h'e , l'ciproc.;il u11ip n, which they fo ppofe~ _ mufi exi fi between Jefo s C hrlil "and hii fo llowers, which , r ende red both tbe fu ffer ings ao"'d 'glorLfi,c~t·1011, 'ideotin l 1 in each, and left no ·r ooin for the difc.iple 10 fuffor tn th e r oolD' -ai, d . fiead pf his L or d, :iny .more th an for '1:,he t cr d to fuffer in th e room and fieJ d of th e' d ifciple ; znd iherefor ~ if the fufferfogs ofl Chrifl: abo unded in thf ~~he we- J f -"f~e n:, Cor-. �.' jifoipJes of Jefus, the difciple did notCuffer in th_e ,roo• t4c liim, ecHn fuffer Chrift ery but-v i, Chrif of Clead and ,:it fame as in h_i; will~ - . Heri:c,e tb:ey taugh t, that ·alLth l tttJe were him, to' µnited and t, ;Chri{ of born :were fire, ,ChriO: ; aa ~uch as· fire produced by )ire, is very an,d r, Fathe the frori1 eded proce it -.Chri as and .o f fire '; ff{ born were ,chat al;I fo :was true God of the .m1e ,God; n i, erfeci: ere··.p . "'' , ven hea of feed aJ1-d e, •. the div'i.~e· natur eviyery i.i I,t ' 9,' 1 :One:' . Th~s Stone, in_hi1 repty'p• er~-:-· :,, dent tliat the lee.d of Abraham are all believ , -feed;; c.illed not ;" Thef e believer& ;)re one, th-e.refore there reek, ,G nor Je,w 11.hej e ·n_ ere.is ," b~t feed." ·;For t.h_ nor / ' is o'e ither :bonc,r' QOX free, th t:re is ,neith~ r mal.e. • ,;.S· ii. GaJ.·i , J_efos l .Chri1 io .one .' 'fem ale; for ye :ire :ill ~ad ~r,s, mer))b . m:rr;y th -ha .and Of!.e., is .b~dy 'the 3j f ' For bt;'_Q~ .rti any, aEe !' ~~I t.he _me.mb f. rs o!. th2t :mre body! x1~. 1,2 . Hi;:nc e Cor, l; i, Chttf 1s 11l{o ,fo , -body .'-' ~me bel iev ers 1neans e !' by Cbr:if}, in this v,e rfe, tbe apo!U i1i• ' 1q, G?J. rfhnd unde I fo And rifl:. iir'Ch ." who ire 'ers," qehe\ a.II to e. i ii - -," And to thy ' feed, which js ,Chrif 14• page· nt, e nll}. qover hprch C _ on s vati,~n "See alfo_ Ob'fer _a:J]pon 'the •fireng th otthts arJ:ide - of f-i;iid,, the Jchifm ~ fo • abun~ aot ii;i .tbeir profd lion of hav}.n g : lics . ~ere be1ng foll of God, both the fat~er · and 1hem tn : , ,cJwfl pnn:rnd the fop. Not that th ey held as an eflabli/hed" en cipl e, that ·a real, hypofiatical uuiqn .exifl:ed betwf ion,-, un · fed -fuppo or l hetica hypot a :r ~n ,:md ,God ; bu·c to pi{lf . ~tpen ding on- their fai th ;:-as all t ~ingJ are.pojjible ne-ar a - fkat beliei!eth, The pojJibility ' of :fiancling in fo it to . .of aticm ;inticip , lively a ed afforu od, G ' t n "'relatio ; ,b4t' ing believ of ife ~he _mind, while in the foll exerc ~· • "' ... :~_ r pr,1ye g lowih fo~ the . fo!' !'till left rpom - " Co~e, Father, So~ an/t➔oly· Gholl;, , r '« And feal mei hine' abode : I am in thee bt! lofr i « · r:et all b_e )~f!: _in qo_d :" • ·'· ~f Let all We.re a fwine capable of .b'eli,eviog, ~fia t ·it waii pof.; and f,ible for him -to ·be loft an.J fw:allowed. u,p -in man; one e becom ar<;l body, hum,m the th i>l•i ~r,ued inc:orp • be · might ~ate; ted exal an fuch with it ; rhc anticipat ion of. But al. ~anim b.rfc: that of miiid the ,o be very pl e~fi.1g - ' - '.'!,_ ~ �. .f10uld :ho imagine 49 . l'h·a-t m':m :-'~ ould form _, the qriion 'by fw _allowing him alive; juft:-as he was, he muff ffnd h1mfelf greatly' ,milhken "in _the •iifue • .N_ow, confide,rin'g _tlri; .gr~at 9i(parir.y _ between finful man and ~od, it' Jlf;_ed pot be thought !tl'.!loge: if,-t~ofe $QO eKprefs the _ ab~ove _prayer wlth great . -ferv'or, fhpul~ be ¥as g!'~at!y .tliFappointeo when ,-the ·ptocef~ is entered u p.on, by , wh}ch ,the ~l( io:iportant,imion i,S: c;,ft.e.4ed. • The Schif~m;itics, -however, ~onfide{ei:1 t_his uhicn to' have - taken pJace; 6rtr·of all fri' t:be, perfon or'. Jefus CfirHh_- Hence ~many imp.e rrant quell:icin_s were agitated concern'ing~this ".e'l;traordfna,ry perJ?-n·~ ~h,e eq_~ • of . hjs~million intQ ,t!1e -WOfl<l-: the nature of ~he work w'hich. wa~ given him, to d~,,.-An._d_how tbat ~ .o rk is to· .iff~.a us ~fr. Upo~. whkh different by'potbeGi )Vere . f?r,in,ed~ accotd~ng to ·t_he proficiency ~f each, .in JQ,e, N i:w:; light, and the fchi-smatic fp_irit.. V. It- was-a'gr~e'.d on all hands, that God ~ w~s • . j}ne;hangable1 and neede,a not _the fufferings and _death. of his'fon, tQ r~nder. him propitious to the foul , of any, .. That jJ wai ~h~oui~ Jo~e, _that. h_~ fen~ his fon in.to t~~ ; wor-ld,-,-TJiat fin ·1s the. only thmg m · the untverfe, ·tbat, he hates. -tbaf hi would have all men faved frQm it ~; ,ap_d _thano affe~l: tliis, Chrifl: ma.de his appearan~e in the world,"' But tba;t fo1wcence ar.d. love c_o uld _not fµffer and di~,, ir, ·t11e room ·and fiea;I oP g,uih: and • _.eQmity. Nor could. che in::ipu.tation .of innocence . and • p.i;irl,;y, to_,the guif ty ;fr1d vile, render them happy ,~in · J .-he _prefe.nce of .heavenly beings, of':i .contrary nature... From _t~efd e~e1J.1ffes-ic was cqndudeil, a·oa taught by, " . f ome, tha,t_ma,n, by depa~ting _fi:0111 God, ·10& the true 1 _ knq,wleqge of his .chara.ller, ~u1d fell into a•grQfa·mifiake, .in ·concluding that he was thi:ir enemy-That ·,Chrifb • .c ame to reveal· the ·WJ;r.-sb.aracl:er of God in order to convince ffnners of~ vifibl e)"J-.~,J.i~nd prove , to them that God w,as their ·hes and ~'i' ilt ncL had fufficiently ef. tab_lithed t~is ppin t/b};'l;i'od1ruing, to be liilled· by_ : them. rathe! than oppofe, o_, hu,rt them, Up_on this hypo", th efis the faviour· was.,fuppofed to die in .the room and O:~ad of the wicked, jn a fenfe, • fornewhat different - from the -former. Jnasmuch. as. the J>ar·ties ,m_ufl meet,_ ' ;rnd the fin ner looked upon Qod as his enemy, and was . , • F/ . �50 d, th:e·Iov~ of. Cbr i~ ilete rminecJ ~itber tQ k,iil <:>i: ·be .1'ill~ ,e to be killed ra~· chof he h,at_ ,__t_ gre.i~ fo to.th ewk l<ed was_ titu.t e t~tg 1• conf o t_ o(ed was f~p _ther than kill. And this wick ed fi.Jlliers kilk d, pel, tke g_/<1dt;id.ings, yiz, Tha t al~ho he. freel5' forg aye. yet ihei r belt frien d lhnfugb a llli~_akc; nt, and are' r~:.. rtpe ;:y c ro, is (h ve bc:IJe ~hem, Wh en ~ox . l>e(qre , they, who d_,· . ~onciled to Q.cd ~s. ,t.hei r (i:'iep met bqd o~ elgofr Tim iy• th oug,h,t to b:e thc;u; enen / ~s a ma~~ ed lif)-1 aps efiab • (al vatio n, was how ever ~Y. no ~ .e - ·bel-ievec_l. ll ~i ity e~al ge_n 1,'he ter p_f <;omn)_o n (3i th., fuch a thag , d1fo rder ' man ~ind to ~ _iln9 er a deep er: -hin;; fied glori they God. .)ndp .t~ey min ak,e. For ajter that r. in God .in the~ r;ot as CorJ.•.. ·'1,_nd-di4, nof lo7<e to, .reta ac;:able eo·m ity, impl fuch is e /J.nowlege_, _B eGde s, if th.er on ~ or othe r mtJ:ft betw eeQ rh Q,m er a,nd G.09 , that 1,l}e Q,oner, he in d: tY, i~. foun 0 •· die ; and !( fhe enrri ;_ the~efonr _un,lefs tlie.• ' m1:1(l cei:t~inly b~ in t ~e. ~ro~·g ·as weH ash 1s!1fe, _ ou~ de it y facrit:ice Jm law an~J u_lbce,. e(i,n i ~1~~ ine~ ita.bJy. o~ l9 ve to th~ f1nner!, d_dt h an~ .}u~ . Mor ~qv er 1f ' the • r8ng thew In 1s that fe1ze u.pon him ,late ver tl:ie- cau( e be; f;:vl Goc _{l: again l}lity eri at is er finn !late , he muf t · be ·j1 c· if G od.is re conciled to lriw ii;i that re upon thts :pri_ncip'I~,, , enm iiy aiai_nf\ hrmf elf. The r~fo ~as reco ncile d to God that lude conc t· ,....J h onld the ll nne ~ed his ~am ity rloo O\,'.~ ii"'i"m, had 11oth i.ng :igai.n fi _hi'in , wor (e than . Cbe wu( r erro latf tlie l?ic. ai1d difo bed ience laid, dow n, firfi ons ofiti tt.1e fi,rfl:· So th a\ from toe prop t, · al) ~ ' ifian cc:in( e mor n draw w,ts n ano ther con cl uGo the that' •. iz • cl, ra~e emb whi_ch was mor e 1,1_nive rfall y tQ m;i ke an end of S ll W Q worl the into com ing of C hrjfi deli_vcre<:i f~o~ it, (in and 1,1 11ef s. we are who lly . • e•.peac in God of face can ne ver fee the fe. -tho qf fir(l the Vh Purf uan t 19 --c l.Fr\f<re'':l'b"~'1on, Sp~ ing~ eid ~,ad, ,:ry ~f .-iew fa 1ellites, w~ 15"t. ,. t:e~ !l~,';i llrch es, ~ega o to 01111e . , . " .. a as ded r ecom men and from 1be e ffub: i 18c, ou r ih he mon tb of J une d who~e cent re ta€: genc,e of the gre a ·iuu ,i nary , a roun to -obvia te, ever y dif .. ,d poi ,pro Sd1ifm.1ti-c body re\'O lved lbof o in tr icare fu bjec rs, ficnl ty, th at hail been a tta che d ro to the we akefi ca papl.iin , ter :ind lay open the w hole rn;it the new divin it y ious .obv and , plain ever how cit y, Bur at the time i~ rs o.!he <l 1n\ih t have a_ppeartd tci him , pr l w~ i �st 1 ·~;as d:iv~·lged ; certain it is, that none bot fd1i1matics, lfederalifls, or fuch as uneC!JuivOcally: , maintaio th e facred 'r ights otconfcience ' could ever have admitted-, the. opc;-n : • i og of Tentimen-ts lo 'f tqgular, with , impunity: Btit under the :rufpicious wings of th~ An1erica11 Eagle, wb ic_h fuades the honefi enquirer aitet truth-, Jrom the burnjng rag e of Popes and ae(p_qts~ the re.ada may calmly rufe thofe fingnl~r propq.fitions, which were fo gene·rally afrribed to a diforder in the brain~ in which the . • following icjeas we_re included, '' Man was at fi rfr creau;d in the ·n ature and ifJliage \() f God'-; bu.t being tempted , and gi.v ing way to the fer ◄ .pent, the nature of theJerpent was _begotten in him, which i's an earthly, .fenfoal, and dev)!ifh . nature, direa.:. - ly oppofecl to the nature of Czod, ~ Thfs di abolical na~ t-ure-, however 'Contr:iry to the di'IJine, ii:i which :nan w'as ·ere_ated, i;ould not overcome, . or exti~guilh it ; hence t-herc remai ned in the fame pet fon two oppoG te n atu i-e s, :i,t enn~ity a_nd~~a r, t-lie on~ ~gainft the other; the -one 'o,c> nommated the feed ot~the wom.m ; th~ 0£._h er thefee.d of pe- the.J :rptnt.'' . • • ' . -· Adam begat a fon in his own ;likene fs,a d,,,b!e mi,:,, tied malt; and in this firnation the whole h uman race \ve re pi·opagated ·; and thus they .r~maioed; till Chrift made his app~ arance~ ~and began the work of redef!)p, • ~ , . ·" '•tion~ 3.· Jefus Ch'rifi the l'edeemer, a!fumed in ~he body of h is fldh, the- fame diabol ical nature, wh ich was in all -Other m en-was made in all points lik e unto his bre'th ~tn whom ·he came to redeem-had two d-ifl:incl and ·opjnfi ie naJ ~r es refiding . in his one body, -of wh ich the one wa s._true God ,. the other,: very Devil. 'This d iabo ~ical nature wh ic h worktrd in the :nnn (t nd .no t fome othe_r being outwardly vifibl e) tried and temptect hirn; to . feek temporal - riches and honors, to conv~rt • the !tone., i.nto bread, and call himfelf down from the pin.: ry:i.cle of the temple, in: order that he himfelf might be acknowledged, ~nd adored, as the_coming Meiliah, Thi s wi , ke.d n-atare being · denied of all its dem.ands; crolfed in all its cravings, g ave him. up for a feafon to the min .. ifiry of angels, but afcerw;1rds rallie~ Its vanq\lHhed' '2· M t , �sz ry irgarnff tlie , powe rs, :mcf fl:ruggled for -life and victo held to the aml of God . but, .. was ag:iin everc mne, I f o-n he was · w·o rn painf ul and ignom iniou s crofs ; on whic;h fire, until ring linge a by aSc rned, confu and ed waflour, to cry aies, agon lfwe onvuf lafi he was- force d in his · rtal fpirir .immo ;ind ible, inv1f 'the op yield , and , Joud _ fi.nifhed, and "J'hu s the work of final ~rede mpti on wai; that law leis of out ded afceo ;met , arofo fnan the J econd Then the fell. ft,ji the h whic and wicked natur e; 'into firfi born the .and ; fing -brui ed finifn a got head ferpe nt's i-each.bis of om gly afiin cif the wom an's feed put everl es and figur , types the all n actio tranf . ' this to Acco rding les in the new'; alleg ories in the old tefia ment , and parab Abel~ Hhmael'. nd a Cain Thus d. rfioo • are tcr be uode gtutt on and tuous fump • ~nd Ifaa:c , Efau and Ja~o_b, the ns, &c. virgi -wife and h foo)if -the ar, L~1.a rus the beg.g ct nadiftio two are to be confict·ered as types of thefe be·one the ; bate repro r othe ,the tures ,: The one ele& ted; accep ing foved, 'tlie o t her bated ; the one & his offer , •. ' ' ' the orhe r reJt.cled. . an wh :cli wom the of fee'd or e, natur e divin the in, .Aga in the per• was chofr n, redee med, ex·aJted and ·glorified th'e Jpir•t J)r'e, fcript in e<l t ' mina deno is Jefus t fon of. Chrif the old fite, oppo Its fsc. -the inner man -the new man whic h fhfh -the ition perd of fon e ..:.1h of'fin tnan"'-the man d wicke -that mind l lujlet h · agairf} thr /piri t-the carna 1 :~i't s d~file . an·d Godof. e templ wh.~ch Jitteth i,f the hf~ up his eyes whu;h m the work of redem ption . mu{t g ddlru lfion . afl:h everl with • hed punif in torm ent, be med and dcM confu from t.he prefe oce of the Lord , be .- ' • • ~ tionperdi fitral t!:royed, and go into in all men , fame toe and one, is h whic d wic~e This - " o , of Jefus perfo the io oyed defir ~ bein g overc ame and preac hed be to l gofpc the for ation foqnd a laid Chri ft, to ' look, aU for and , en heav r to every creat ure un~e , g~rin appe fin,al hii at , ption redem for and hope pub,; be d flioul l gofpe this "Tha t it wa_s neceffary that d wicke that of end full a' re ·befo d, worl the lifhed ~o all r--• fuffe but d, boun WllS lboul d come. By thi.i gofpel he_ , This• thou. ; ed to live anoth er,da y, or thoof and years come (or that ,f~nd years is nQW~expired, a.n d the period I �man of tin to be finally conf~ined, from off' the 'face of" the earth, And for this end,_the f pirit of God is po·ured . ou, upon the people , tidl to reveal, and tlien to conforne .this wicked." Such were the general pr<_JpoGtioos ad. -~anced bf M~lcharn Worley,' in the fumm er of 1804, and wl!ich was accede1 to, by a number~o( c_hofo f~hifmatics, who were conGdet'ed, fore-mofl in the Ne~ light. . VU .. An epitome of,the fore_goin g do&ririe may ,be feen in Scone'~ fetters p. 23, 24- in wh'ich -a re the fol ~ _lowing expreffio_ns. " Frow whom or from what diil Chrilt redeem, &c_, [ anfwer: 1ft from the Devil.-_ 2. He cam ~ alfo to r edeem us from {i_n, wh ich is cfre fame •as to redeem us from the , D evil, • M·aokind are re.• -J>refented as fold under fin, fisr ving frn, fe-rv:.ncs to fin, under the dominion and reign of Q H; Uc, Hence it is - _plain that ~hrifi redeems us from frn or from all ini. ' q9ity ·"' . ,·· ' .. _,,_I now enquire what was the price given for our tedemption -?, The blood or death- of Ch rift i·s ever}' 1 ,~er_e in fcripture, <,leclared fo be the price gi ve~. ACTS xx, 'l8, REY• v, 9> &c .. , Ir may now be arKed, jf Chrifi:, or God i·n C,hrifl, redeems .from rhe devil and: .fin ? ~Apd· if he gave; .his blood as t.he _r:rn!om or prke, wh_o got the price 1 -The apollle ,H> ihe He6rews- ar fwer s.--: --Forasmuc h as· the "(hildren' were partakers if f '_lh 11nd bla~, he affc him(elf likewife took part' oj the/am~, {hat through deat_b he might ',i,j! roy. him th~t had Jhe powei-·ot : death; that -is-the Devil, Ht re then we fee that the de- • _ vii had-,th~:.po wer of deatb; a!ld h.e got the pr ice, w'hich W.IS the- aeath of ·C hri~. Then - was fu :fi iled t hat old prophecy': _] iuill put !'ninity betpJeen thee a'izd the woman, and between thy feed and her feed: Ii /ha!! qruife thy ~ead,and tbo.ujhalt bruifa his he1>l. GEN:ri i, 1;.n This particuLir point, "the, clevil ge'tting ·the 1rric1:,'' w a'3 comba-ted ,". . by Dr~ .~amp6e!l, in his flriclures : :\Vhereu-p on b~.- Stone agreed- "toe.it tl1efe dreadful ~ words" beGaufe fo extremely _.otFenGve to tre Dutlor, and the occafio n of a wiJ.dnefs of im 3g inat_ion in the <;a-1.,. vinifl: pre;;~hersa od p~ople. (S~e Reply, P· 55·) But neither Dr~ Campbell nor br~ Store fully undedh.Jc-d the cx:prtifion1 when they agreed_th.re it fuo-4ld _be e~.enr . ~ £~ . :.__ . �-.,/ (.. ..... - • The· dfet1'ce of the exprl!IJion.,. feeme d to lie : fo givitfJt ~ the ·dev·il fqmet hlng that was,pr ?cious : he nce the Doc· was ill of.Chr blood s p-reciou e th t tha " cin, tor's obj.ecli1 . given by· 9 'od to th~ devil in payme nt !'' · That' ' G od ~. glu to foo, only bisup. r ive dd to as f&, was fo mercile ~he m:rlice of a bJood·thirfiy demon !'' •That " the lam {> - of God wad mmnlated on the al ra r' of hell," &c, •_. But had be ad verted to the apofile;s idea, quoted-by Scone., • viz, that thi5 preciou s blood was 1ntend ed ..to deflroy the one 1-9 whom it was gi_ven, it mull ~ave ap. p ~ar~d more co nfrftenff(?r the devil to get ir,~ tha n the _jufiice. of G vd, The Docto r wo'Uld not -be fo unrifafon.; able as to give a dofe of rartar emetic · to one in •perfr-cl h e~lt h, to cre:i te bile on his ftomach, an,d thereby at-one J1im to t-he bil ious, He knows the- pteci ous tartar eme~ t ic · ( whi~h· i~ the . ver;y dfence. of bile) mufi be depofired . in th e b:Jiolls boweh of his pat ient, in order lo collect inro u_nio n ·M th irfelf ~very thing,I he're · of its own ·na- '~ tu re and c;irry it off in the-,lra ught. . d , life iJr bloo_ that aff\lmed ~hr-ifJ t ing-tha 'adrnitt . No w· iiatu re 1 ip which a1(mankind lay, fepa,rat ed froin God ; tf)a r Jife was his, and he had a right to do with it what h e pl e;ifed : ~nd al tho' it was e ndo wed with no greate1 • _excellence in him, than in• a'nc5tber cooGd ena in itfelf,. yet it might ·be denominated preciou s, ,from •' th_e· ufe whic_b he nrnde_of it : ~n d admitti ng tf1at he-ga ve ir up ·' a s a public f!ler ifice, made -a l11ew of ci t openly , an d pm: _ - a ;iy fin by the facri:fi ce of it, the Doctor mu-fl ~r.rnt • t hat Stone's inftren ce ·that" the devil got the p'r'ice;' ' aAi:l ;· ed irpagin t firj t a · he as , horror w;is not fo full of co11 feq uen tly it mufl: .prove a very firo n,g e·me tic to him • •• tha t eats it , VI t.. Th e ;bove fc hifm at k dolhin e; as far as it was ti-pe ned ::H]if explaim,d·, 1hr-eaie ned th_e to tal fnbwerfion-of t h_<' C., lvio1ltic fyfte.m , at one blow: . For upon the p rin.ci ple tha t li n m'-'.ft _be achially defiq:i'y1:d, tlw Ch rift d id a&.n ~lly :iffume , civ erc..ome and dt:{lroy it ; ~nd-tha't t he fau1e battl e m uft be. fo ught, and t.be fame victory -gain ed , by :~ll ·w ho are . Lorn . of G ad,. ; it follows of ccurfe, ~~a t pro ry finrii n:g; fo fferi_nj!, obeyin g, dying, ri~g, reig ni ng , &,.~are tile _prop_er dfcets ~fa d,fordered �6 f>rain. And moreover if it was the enmity w.hich Chrflt n :.iled to the crofs and took out of the way, and tbe . D evil which he dellroyed by deat h, th e hypoftatiiCll un ion of two difii ocl: natures in the Soo of G od fo re ver·, mufl be a capital ,mifhk-e, and all the worfl1 ip t ha t- has b«:en offc:red to him upon foch a faith , mutt ha ve con' duced to the dignity and ho nor,of that fpi r it, ~~ich Jhe ni.ek lowly; an d fi:lf-denyin~ fa vior foiled -upon ·the mount. Io fin e, the ScbiflllatJcs, taking it for granted , that fin, was the ~hole occaGon of two's-That Chrift came to d ellroy it-that his veracity was pledged tl> iinrlh the _work-aod that the time of the promife was uear at hand-expected, in whatever w,ay the work fuould be effected, the day would foon declare it. Several objections w~·r e raifed in the fchifmatic-fr:u ' ternity againct brother Worl'eY,'s manner of underlfandi ng the fcriptures ; the mofl: particular of which wai., 1ft, T hat it led to univerfalifm, and made Chrift the f~vier of all men eventually,- as well as officially : taking it for. granted, that e_i ther in the plap of redem ption; Ol" the execution of it, . God h~d dilli nguifhed the -fouls oE m~n by number and_~erfon . A od ,id, That if fucb, ~ doll:rine was efiablifhed , it, won,ld open a wider doo to vice, in afm uch as it would cut 9ff at once from the car.;; nal miad, the powerful influence of hope and fe~r: confeguenrl y the wicked fpirit in man· would bocome mort! violent ; and fi n with more . gre:edioefs, k nowing t hat" his rime was; fhort. J3ut as all ag reed, tbat they were only yet beginning to lea·rn the myfleries of the fcripture ; and each oue had a righ t to ex"rcife bis own faith ; and walk by the fame 'rule , and , ~ind the fa me Jhing, whereun to he h·ad attained ; the invefligation of th efe myllerio·us a11d intricate points, was put off to a fu ture perioJ ; and the churches went on harmonio fly in the firft principles of the 'new light, wlfich they co " _ ceived to be fo well e-fbhliilied, • l>y the extraordina ry power and g ift t of'the fpirit. ,1 •!hall now proceecf to give fome account of their p,articular form of govern, • • me nt, manner of wor:!11ip, &c. . IX, It has be_cn !?_efore obferved, that .they conflicu ted by a vote, which conficlerecl the fcripture, ai t,he'onJ y �56 written oracle, thro' which the mind of God Wa$ reTea~ rd _to them, And in order to this general fuffrage, (in • ,thich th.e body of the people ,,1t large, h ad equal privi•· it"ge ) eve1 y claim , to fuperiority , (by a fucceffion of church ·offices) h;id been laid afide, • confequently the • 'power ~f -government w;is confid ered in the body of - the _p~ople thus confii1uted, Thjs new republic, under 1he fiandard of liberty and equality, and invefied with fo great· ,a degree of light, life and power, affumed a threatning afpea toward 1he,littleforroundi11g kingdoms ~hich 'had fo long bee,n .weakening each ocher by civil broils, -It is difficult to paint the zeal for liberty, and -juft ind ignation . again fl the· old ari_ftocratic f pirit, which glowed through every in-e·mber of this new confeder:icy. A r.i d under tire influence of this warm democratic zeal, thefe chu'rches- loon exttibited an appearance, di6Hnfr from any thing that had ever been feen, The follow. ing minutes of the chu-rch at Turtle-creek will ferve to illufira.te fame of the particular$ of , their procce '!" ~ . ~ ,., • • •• dingsr. "' ApriI 2r, 18"0~, J.ohn Jl1ilter, Amos Valentine, and Jofeph Stout, p9blicly relate<! the circum_ftances of iheh• r:onverfion, with we_ieh the church was ~ell fatisfied,and gave them· the right hand of fe Uow th1p, as worthy rµe mbers of the fufferiog body of Ch rift,. Samuel Kim-i l:,el infm·med the church with teaFs, that he h ad woun"' tled his own eeotcience, am;! the caufe of, G od , 'by affoci,. :nrng with the wickect· in a tavern, and toilin g a d_ollarfor whifkey : profdfed his abhorrence 0£ fuch conduct, and hi, determination .in future to be more gm1r:ded. ~ The church w~s- fatidied. "'._ith his- repentance, aQil a... = greed' that the offence be foi:given." J· F. informed the tburch, th at be had been ovetta~ k en' in a quarrel, in which he fufrered aliger to rife in his breafi, whereby the .holy fpirit w~s grieved, Yet as he did not manifr{t that the leaven was purged ·o.ut, in fuch_a ma nner, as to' feeJ: r_he fellow~ip of that fpirit whlcl1 turns the other th-ee k to the fmiter, loves :m enl! !UY, & returns bleffiog· for curfiog ; the-church agreed that he "be kept on fu fpenfe till. further. fatiifaaion b4' ·, • •• llb.t~ined~~ �, ._s·r ;,. ' Obferve, it was upon the fuppoGtion that C6rill yva°9 , in this body-of people; tqat tranfgreif ors tame forward and confelfed their fins;_and fo.ch confeffions were not .c onfidere.d as b'.eing made t'o men, but to· God ;, and the forgjzene fs (O pr.oceed from . that fpirit, ~ which w'as 3g one wlfb the F;rther, and the .Soo,r'ln -this- n1ode of gov .. file_d ·off in a feparate ernment, the republican body capacitY,. ;- and the. forrimnding_ multi.r ude wer·e confi... de~ed as "belong.ing to a· different family ;. and - any one miAg over, confeffin g 111ighr have the pri vil ege of co,_ repentance~ and uni ... their profef!ing their wickeonefi, ting with ~heir fp irit as .far as they chofe, And the way was as free and open., for any. to chang,e • fi,des in a d;tferent mariner, Thefe churches· frill retained the uf~-.pf the fdcr,am~nts, ~ut/rom ·the change which hacf taken place in t!Je ll)inifl1:y-,. ·,be ·end and ufe · o'f tht' fa,, c_ra111enr, w;r~ ver5ul ilferently confidere d. When th.e impu1e:d righteoulneCs o'f Chrifi-, the . fatisfo[ii-01r mad'i • to juftice,. in' behalf of tke finner~ .ind the imputed :m. ' th,?rity c;>f the ftantling .dergy: to 111initler in the n::me of Chr.ift, wer~ fet afide ; .t!Je former ufe of the -facra .. ments mull: pf courfe' gp wi'th Jhenft ; for there re&., m,1ined no one re·gul arly ordai1-i"ed to admioifk r them •. le may be enqui,:,ed -...,11.echer th f-e chttrche. •did not_ ·confider, themfelve s . authorife d to ordain •minfflers. I anfwer they di4 not; ,]JS appears e vident fro~ :rh; tenor pf ,their faith on that. fubj dl: , ;:ts fiated in t.lie Objervationt: • on ·church Government as well· as from the . manner irt which t)iey ~/teg in rel;ition to tha t importan t matter~ , ;The fartheft tpa.t they went, was to exprefs their fatis :faclion ·wi1h ;:' and encourag e thofe who .they belje ved·had. power and ;iuthonty given them from heayen ;. appears from the - following minute, dated, " Sept •. 2 9,. 1804. The church.~took into e.oofideratio □,· the· c'afe of Brother Worley; _relative to his laboring in the word-H e was, examin·ed as to· his .foundnefi in the· faith ; with whkh examina'rion the church was fa-ti".rfted :: :and he was encourag ed t~ exe.rcife his ta_lems, in public :exhortati on, a.s provideo~e might _call .:ind d.:recr~ The fch-ifmatics h·ad too frelh .a remembr.ince of the fof .. {ec-ings they had underwent,)n. o\i~aini1114 liberty- foo._ was ,.. as , ., �58 \lie 'repu'ted -~icegeren ts of .Ch rift, •iilHn'g _i-n l'iis ·ro6m incl fiead ·; to allow them tohy hands fuddenly op any 'one; and .e'fpecially :is they ·rondived i,t neceflary , that 'the· holy Ghofi lhould -be given, 'in the importan t ani'cle • of ordaining a trile mini-fler of the Gofpel, e;publif the from etnent ·enconrag lo confequerice of 'fan body ; ibere w~•re- certain -individuals who t~_JOk the 1ead in public exerc1frs '; which li;ads l'ne_to ftate fome of _ ,. ·the_pecul iarities of thdr worfhip, X .' From · their •ge-neral faith, that God 'and ' Chrift: bad" their :ioode in "the fool ·of man; and fron1 thofe fowa·rct 'feeliogs elf love arid power, which tbey ·occaficin•.:. ·a lly felt, ·through the medium ·of a liv"cly faith, they .. ,vere ·led 'to believe th.ft wh atever exercife was con•17ra 0 ·o us to t·h at in ward feenog, an d had a tendency ro en• lcrea"fe "it, was acceptabl e 'to 'God, ·a_s true wor-fliip': Hence by giving· the ·right band of'fello\tO iip to_ thofe '\vho were Mmrtteo into the 'comm;i.inity,, and finding 'that it tended ' to encre.fe the -i·nw.ird workings r:if the' !fpirit ; •'.t 'was gr:adi:n!ly intrad·uced as a common, a·cl of , vor'01ip, in 'concert w-i'th finging hymn. and fgiritu i l 'fang~• Th w Hole, fociety, old and yoti ng , male a ri d 'female , ·wo"(1ld 'commonl y-.unice in th is mode of worfhip -~ and ta"king e ach otbe'r by the ·h and-, weuld iha ke 11ot 'only lh ei"r ha nd s, but their -wh ole bodies, li-ke on e ·chur .. il ing ·; With foch vioten c'e·t ha t th e phtce would -feem to <q uiv,..-r ·und er them; . This they calle·d rejoi'cing, and 'it1 t~1is wc,rlh ip th.ey confi rit red it th'e pri vile.ge of every 'one 'to 'u11'ite, •who b-elieved rhe new 'dall:rine of ~rone-·men t ·; acco·rd'ing -w a'n obfe rvnion ·of br. Stone, when •he fi'rfi heard .that doctrine '!h1te<l, viz,"- that if _thefe :rhings were i !bblifhe d as t·ruth, -·he would rej oice for. ·ever." Admittin g that God tvas fove--cou 1d riot be it h2nged-- was _the fame to one foul as :mother- -wo_uld have all to be faved,&'c. nothing remained but for the foul 'to love God, a·n d r ejoicr -in- ·c onfident hope of -f.ilvarion· ; :rnd /nanrfefl its fai rh and confiden-ce by eve-ry fuch bodily 'r'xc'rcife.; -:is had a Jovin-g or joyful appearanc e, , The !New-lighrs had confidue d it prefompt ion to -perfor_111 >2 ny of thefe bodi1y e-Xer6fes, voluntari ly, into which ~hey we-re forct'd by -a fapernatu ral power ; but this �5~ t,fJi:hf2f ~itl) ~ppearecl~ hitdi{h :to ;{be' fchi(~aticg~. T~j fuppi/-fed tf!_at whlae.ver (Tod 'n1oved: r.he ci~ature·. to: - -by his irrefi(tihle powet, mull be acceptable to. him:: And therefore i~ ,o/a_s_their -P~ivil.ege t_o do.• v_9Juptar.il:r what -w_a(:fr-f eptab)e tp G·od-,cr..ather ,tlial'l ·bc :ogu1:1e !ii1 a. • while dr,agged to_it;, and the ref!: of rhejr~ time offer up, . .-fuch yoluirta_ry 'W:,O~fliiip as'· w'as ,',' fi0ll:-o(! u.n_~e:~ie~ an~ •, -7(in'' an_d a fie?cli 1n t~,e npJ't-rils o( Jehovah, , ~ '!)-ie ,,!Ve~v-lrgh(r.,: firuc:k,_ <;lo"!n, apd_hel.d under . t,he, ·power of-.deadi_ fqr ~ tim~,-.th~n raifed up a,~ io ;i nev.,r , world of light ·an4 viii.on, a:od carried a'-'lay; with , foe~ '• J,"apwr.e~_of j;oy, -~ou_ld no_t p9tlibly. conce_:,iJ- th_eir co,ri vec.: fion.~ Su~fla ~ol!verfion~ a_qd: w·ay 1 of --;ma_b ifdti-ng ,it, · hQwever. a~ceP.tabl~ •i.t might~ tp G t_,d, ,. as btin'g 1hir ~lfc\:l of his ~riefi~ible p.o·we_r, ye t the · ·S'c.hifm_atics con~ • ~eived ir to be mote acceptabJe co, God (and not -with.r: ' ~'-!t g9od i-,eaton) [o~ 011~- wbg_<~a~ convinced of, fro, an~liad cu.rued -fi;om: _it ,~o i;-1f.e up- .1n the dfem4ly of. tho(owho wene like-m inded;· 1eflify., his views and , feelings, • :UJd .declitl'e his ilftei;itr,ons bold ly and _vqluJHadly_,. An~. ~~ga1n if h;e was· o'ver.l;iken with a fault, -if it . lhoul.d ba . f<>.·f~1:fa-[l _a thing as toiling a. dollar for -whj_Jky;,-,or, foffe1~_ i ipg _a-,liuJe.anger tQ a1:_ife in bi~ b~eafl:, . that he v0Junta5 ' ~ rily co_nfef~ it in tbe 9pen light, aod, pa:o(efs h_i$-, abhor.:: ', _renc~ qf,.ih • .'fhtr.e mu(bppear a v·er}( markc:d dif_fer,;_ . ~ocebe'iwe'en this worlhip, and .that in which .the_finne~: , w.as ~vert ak:~ with th~ P?Wer o( God, ~i:i,d- cgnflra.in e~ . \ ~o do ·f _h'~t he di~, no_t love ~ and _mig~t aJterw~rd§. e~.i - tcufe h1m1t:M~ that he cou ld -not help :1t, :and ·lbll" cla11:n. };)is ~.nipn ""1H h \he wo~ ld, by a~volqhtary p·rofeffion"tbat: ~ ~e -was yet a 11nn(t, prone tb evil, no better t-h~n :tQy" ed1e r ;, :ind.all that diflinguiflle~ hi m from other~, w:i~ the lighting Jo,w i1-ta.f. ;i fo vereign power.upon him which he coqld_ not avord. ~ Tl\e ·Schifmatics conceived thei wer.e \Vod hippin!f God to accept~n~e, whil~-·relatitJg _ ,J:ieir 1,'0t;plerGon, e;preiling their ahhon;eoce of lirr, an~ • (ingin g-fpir itu,il fa ngs to tha t etfe(l;- ' ' I {hall b~ hc,Jy· {lere"-lhaking bands a.ml ilrndderi.b g with ini:lignation • agai o(l their loul~e-oemies...;.c~ying - ou.t for 6.nal ~eli~ yerance froi;n the ll_l,-" M?~e me. fav ior,, w~at tbot~_ • livct tny fe W, . withi,n_{llY l.i~a,rt.'!-Le aping iUlQ ·jlft 0 ' . "" �,~ ~- !SO . ~~,, ~hen die ' ~ipp 'ing voluntarily;, in ' the· joyfli_l hopt .rn, m e~'; .c~dd t!oly _ the {t _C~ri , _sfee .,)Yorld· Q:i~~} al~ay ~cb1t·the:, ed gwlh d1fim at h t. z o ~o tbat the prmqpal d11, is .t heir ; . ~ i, -iight JYerp the of ~hat -(1:ow ip ]tiati c worlh w~~at fait11, .i:a~irrg~the-<pti!V:1lege_f;f cajiibitin~ by a ,bol,4 ~ T.hi, t~ey lfe, i.mpu -\ bµ.~d .aby to e~ pther.s were "mov acjvance .. an.cl wth o .gr, ~onfid.e.r~cl a grea nmp r9ve men t, his pri,n,. ,;_r upo°' ~o:d _ ; al ,r~,viv e_ h t_ of ~ent Ji\ the fp irit rntro ducc d ~•p!e ; .t he vol'untary e~er_c1fe of danc1ng; was fom'e oth-~ ;ip.d 9 O:pfo Q 'fh. •. ,br b;y -,s the wor,lhip of .Go<;!, gran d ftb ifm, e b ,t. g· ot~ p,ro..m in ,rd forwa were who ,ers -v,oJunf irily · ~1',_ltho thi·s fioguta, , wq_r}hip wai; 1mFJ:i[ep. inJroduce4 ·not was·. t d ,yet ality; form of . :e ~»-rth a .d~gn ilJ!prQv,jpg ~nR 11p wing jn a form al way ; _but by follo q t!)em for!=e llibly irrefi firll ac h wl)ic iom _1,hofe .operat T urtle :11t egt cram gfa Joto .t h.J.t ,exercife~ ~ t the fprjo ed ju~ raip .f0!1~ be,e') · had pfon m Thp, •frce k -jn I~ ~'~• lm' .ind for ari ?t the. d ofe of th~ ll\~;d_ng,,t,0 °go to .dan.ciQg;; round the iiour .o r mo,i:e to·dance in' a reg(ilar.s-ruanner ,.J ?f VOif=e~ ,tbne low. ai_n jng :pea-c r r, while the f l ,.?, !lan~ e Holy · phof t~Gl ory· !"~ -J3ut it was n<>~ • 1 ~! This is ch_ ing fall, Of begin ning of. ~th,e wint er, that enf1i -fill'.\ ipe ei: to praif t the fchifmati~s begi/.'Q t.o en.coura.g e one anoth belkv'." ju{): ik; exer,c at th in .ul)ite .and ,, danc -.God it1 the re Jhe bef.o e refi,ic -to lege th~t it was their~ privi 0 merr yi mqke 1 n1.tha oft~e s dqnq the in fa.rth -~ord, and go d. at aime ic~ at hif~ fc the _ ; ,Jj:owev_e:r, notwithU: andin g' and rm u(lifo 6.f ve· dfi expr be d (}loul } t h?t- worfhip whicl and ; i~ ing attain . ·,:ontio1,Jal ioy : :Yet they ~er e far from ·wer e 'of a con .. at leafb the ·one h.of of thefr exercifes · of ~pin t , -- ~rary hatg re; fo~e -pf a vo;lunt'.a n\~n~ ,..oth~r~ . •_ ~ . . • :vol~ntary naip re, ' ge, ~ h t. were Amo ng th:ir .v,ol_u ntary acl:S.J )_f o/Oribip, ig buJm s':'•re nner. µ we~e r pe·r ~l - coilfeJho;i- that tbey vs,' who fello~ • their im re,cla to' ing labor -aQd repr~ ving; -:Some pr~y• ..,_'were )!!Ore noro,i.ouAy wicke'd _t_hao 1he refi-: il, ~ c. and re ,natu fjt. ~OffQ Jhejr otl:ify fa 1lfg co God tff .• of p ray .. ~ind 3 Thi rs, ~ - o~hers pr:iyio1.r :igain fl their pray~ if-e. excerc acic chifm mon com ( jng-m at; h W ;J~ ~ very < a l ,onft n u. feder )! the fO ~ry contr it e<l nfider co They by any fop ... ii,on, fQr Ott~ \o.- ah,1c}( aootp er 'ope·nly • h,:g 0 r �61 pofed authority ,;-:iad-the ;efore they h:id recomfe to tn~ fpirit ; and by the brighteft, boldeft, and loudefi,gi ft of prayer, the c11ufe was commonly -decided. In this way ·they · geoerally fettled their controver fies of every kind. One would begi!l t9 preach or e:ll,hort t and if hi"S doctrin,e was judged.un found or lJ nintereO:ing, he would ~e ·prefently matched- wit-h a prayer ; and whicheve r colJeaed the greate.{l warOilth, and m~nifefied - the moft lively fenfation of fo~J, gained the 'vi&ory., and interef... ted the general -Jhout on thaffide • •• ·' - But t~ere were more-over in tl1e fchifmatic war/hip a fpecies 'of exercifes of an involunr.iry kioJ, wh_ich feem' ~d to have been fu_bflituted, by the great fpirit, in the ' room of the falling,' _&c, which . had been -among-_ the l]e<Vi lights. The .princip:il of thtfe,. we,re Jhe rolling t~e'rcijt,\ the jerks and the par_ki• ' I• The rolling exer..~ife whidi confi~ed in _beiog call down in a violent man,; ner, double<;! with the bead and feet together, and ;,rol-_led over and _over lilte a wheel, or !lretched io a prof.." ;trate.nan ne.r, turned fwiftly over and over like a log. This was confidered very 'debafing and _~ortifyih g; ,, efpecially itthe- perfon w as taken in this ,manner thro', _tbe mud, and fullied therewith from head to foot. ~. Sti.11 more dem-eanin g _and mortifyin g were the je,·k.r, Nothing in natQre could betel" reprefent this "firange aod unacoQntable ,operation , than for one to goad another, alternatel y on every Gde, with a piece of - r_e d 9 0.t irQn• The e)(ercife commonly began in the head which would ily backward and forward, and from fide to fide, with a qukk j olt; which the perfon would na~ t,urally labor to fopprefs,, but in · vain ; and· i he more ;my one laQored to fiay birnfelf, and be fober, the more _he {bggered , and the more rapid ly his twi_tcbes enc;rea.:. fed. He muft necelfaril y. go as he , was frim ulated, vy hitber with a violen_t da!h oq the ground; and bou nce f;om place to pl ace t,~e a foot-ball ; or hop round, witli • he ad, limbs & rrunk, ,rwitchin g_ and j olt ing 011 every di- · ,recti o11, as if I hey 1nu(l ine vitably fly -a funder, And ho'!'L., -foch couid efcape without i11jury~. was no fmall WOil- -, , aer to fpeclators, By this flra i1ge operation the human -· fi:ame w,as commonly fo tri!nsformed 1and di~figured., _ ,"' F �- 6) 6 • -. ,._ .._ ;4,/. ' ' t ~ .. arural app.earanc;e. Some.~, :rs ro Jofe every trace of_ics,n frh e_d, rjg ht -- and l_e ft, tQ ~ 'tim es th e hea ? would he _~~i y, th.ft· not ;i foat11re foul _d _ half rou 0d, with (och vdo~1t appear ;is much ·behind/ as. ~ -d ifcovered, but the lace ffive jer~ f it,\'!"OUld feem before ; and ll'l the quick progre in~o fome oth er fpe.cie!l ;is if the perfon w,a.s c.ranfmlned -of little \l~coum an ong e of creature. .;Head dreffes wer dkerchiefs bou nd-tiv,ht han n Eve , _ kers j,er · JJe t,he fe.m tecl off almofl: with ,ht;- ijr~ : ro1!nd the hea~,, w?qld b~ fl,ir- the .utmofi _confufion, th1~ , twu c~,,;i_nd \he ha_1t ,puJ mro nce, fo redrell \Vhich the was a very grea~ i_nc6nve-uie • directly ,coo ~rary to theil" ' ii,eoera Ury_ weFe fho_r n, t~o we re feiz-e~ ~ith the Jer ~s,,_ ;is • conf~liion of fai th. _SQch y. from u11d er th eir O"}'ll we re wr-d¼.:: d at one<;, not onl one elfe, fo tha t it wa(l • ry ev~ g-overnrn_eo_t, bQt th at of ng the m,' or to9ching therrt - dangerous to atte mp t confini ~ expefe d .~ • to whatever _dat_J g~r they wff 0 in ;iny ma nnn ,_ wet e fuch ~s re;b(illed a-. yet-few were hur t, except ·It wi)ful and del iberate en. 1 gaio{l the operati oo~ thro ugh ,with.,. t~e il)jUnctJ ons whicq, mit y, and refu fed ~o tcompty • ·, '. • it- came to enforce. icat ion -feeme-0-fl\ rtif ,:no of de _• 3· Th e la{! poffible gra ch fr eque otly accompanied be couched in the /Jar h, whi moft 'mean & con ternp~ibl~ -tbe j e{k-s ; JlO r were-tb-ey t!1~ mon victims of ihj, difgra,:, chara.&e rs, wh o wer e t he com (\n(ide red thenifelves i'n, C ho ~ ci og ope r;:tion; but per fcns hig htf i imi:wovement~ the of fed .o/fd k,=p - • L·t he foremo fi ran ·of all the..effo rts of · e_ fpit in ·of hurnliri nat ure ; and y'.et :vould b:e fo~ ce~ to pe~-nat ure, both ?Jen ' a1;d women ppropr1at e~ t!) a hum,1q 1e,2 fooate that' arnmal , W? ofe 11a17 i vµlga r ·.Higm a-f ort ;eq , cre atu re is counted , the mof ce, ~ould in,d ude .rny__ on~ : fay ./o r _no a~i m~ enti'bnt _for p,rn y, ta:· tak e the po.; c~rn llc pub :i of polJ te b ree d1pg, In it:r:HJt on-all fou 'rs , ·gi:_o-.yt, fi tion of a ca nine be.i !l:, m9v:e·-:perfonating a mariner, as. fo i11 rk fna p the teet h; ,and bJ •va riance. ear s -of the fpetl aror t-0 fot th~ eyes ,i nd of the(e ecr.s fubj the by, ed t'd~ I t w~s commonly :1cknow_l fl ife ,;, cha ~ s '., em, upon, i.t f!Xe.rcife~; that they wer e la•id ulus to inch ~ ' the m ,o Him mt>nt for_difobedk-nrn, or a ich th ~y -fel t opp ofed. Ii me <l ury or 1:xercife, to 'wh ole th_at. the quit:kefi me . l i en,;e it was: vfl'y f ene i,a r / at �63 . tho1f to fioct releafen1eot fr.om the jerks and_p arks , wai ·w . ~ngage iq the voluntary o_a nce; and foc h as r:efufecl , -: being inwardly, m-o'ved th eret o as their dut y and pl'i vi1 tege, bad to beanliefe affi ll'ting operatiom, fr o·m inonth ·to mon th, .;toe! from year to year , tinti l they wholly lofl: their' orig hi al deGgo, an d \\(en: cohve1·tect- into badge! " -:of honor, "in the fa m~e man ner as .tl'je fi rfi out w;.i-d mark ;o f human g uilt, Altho thifoJfi-af1 ge convtilGon s fe i'ved . to oirera W!! the !ieaven-darin"g fp1ri"ts t)f the wi~ked and· ft imulace the · hal ~fng fc~ifowic 1 to tbe :perfor·mance of m:io y du fi.e s, ~difa.greeable the ":carnal mi nd .·; yet i.n· all tf1isJ their defi g.n was cwt fu lly :co'm-pre hend ed ,'f0111.e,. thini douh tful, ~nd, a\v ful, . was thou gh_~ r~ be ~~ured ·out rhereby ,.,whrch Wou ld fo dde nlyi all with .pmh up;n A fhe head-oftht.wicked; ;nd n ot hiog was,m,ore t::.l~filaL ed · to exd te fu ch 'fe arfui apprehe riGons, th an the expreffions . th at were foin e·ime-&mixed wi th the how w o-:b wow, fucn • ~.as every ktzee foal/ ,ow, a't}d every ~to:1gue, con/ifs &c, .it leaft .thefe_:.1-f'n d- of exercifei fer_vt d .t'; !hew; 1bat 1h<i fo u,nq3tio~ s srnt : yet la id, for • onrem·ittiog j ofi, ;;·n::.( .·- tha r f-m:q~as ~fa'ch-"ed rhemJj!l've s · t-o thi!k.peeple;-mu!t ,wft~:wirh tbl'it) -if. a lwrly defl:i ned to iuf&r wi;,h Chriir. ~ befo"fe they couJa rejgn with him, · 'i?ucho,,,ever/ ~r ;ac ~ the {afflrin gs°c>f tbe fch ifmatias"7-frnm a fenfe -p f_ the-ii' "·o ,y!l r \!main igg depravi1y-the ·burden an d -weight of . ,d ;(h efs they- bore for a loft_worl.i...;..the natred, con•; .. •tempt; aud perfe-cmin·g r age of all aroun-d.. thern,,.-to .. ge ther with the fpafm'odic ;,Hi things of bo<ly with whi ch • ~hey were· fo ge n~_nlly exe rcifed._ ; ·y.e t th~y ·were not a -'1ittle alleviated~ by' the 'm_zny extra-ordin ary fig n.~ and _ • gift s of the fp irit, th!'ough which they we re.ei:co urnged ., • to fook for brighter days~ ~Among thefe • in oun: er able, , -figns and gift s, may ,be r apked, The fpirit of propb,1:cy -Be i.l;Jg caught up or carried ·away in th is fpirit , an d r ,; maining for. hours infenfible of any thing in nature:Preaming of dre'ams-Sedn'g vilions-He aring un. fpeakable words-The fragra nt fmell, and del ight fu l fi ogi11g in the b~eafl, . This ,f p!rit qf ~rophecy _i~yar~ i- · cu larly- worthy_':Qf not15e ; which h<!_d ' Its found anon 1n a peculiar kind of faith, and tgrew up under th e fpe cial in{iuenc·e of vifions, dreams, ~c. The firft thing w,as ta :a to �•. 64 an appropr1atin~ li~lieve wha t God had prom fed; with ifod , tho' _urr,. prom g thin the ~ fa1t h-ca !l: anch or epon it~ in defiance of uit p'urf the to foul fe.en ; and hold the faith , fo.' This lief. of al!:-t ~e toili ng ,billows of unbe t be of' muJ tj: lude conc y ,··1he he,1m al contr;;.ry .to the carn king wor God or rifi/ ~od , It muf l be the fpirit of C.h the is at Wh dar, to :md will to JD -the crea ture , both pur~ the i-st wha ~And prom ife, but the purp of e o( God ? ic) but to have the pofo of my foul (fays the Schi fmJt g_ ?-h- e C!1nnot lie i mife p:r_:o od G as H thi~ g promife<J. :· The refo re what' fter a · ot Jias be purp o[ed ?-!.h e cann efs, ai certafu ai God h is fpirit leads Ille to, I -fh al\ poff n _tnis prin ciple , alt Upo is ftro ngcr than_ the Bev il; ife, and imm edia te· prom th~ ve bi:li~ to wer e -enc oura ged prom ifer ;-_and in the -.. ly fet out, in co- oper·acion with , to pred ict chefaith r thei of ;h g ftren . prop ortio n to ·the of God , whicl1 ofe pl,lrp ~ertain .iccomplilhment. of, that " • • . . , them _ in they felt .with ·.. foun bold very ~ ed · • Not with ftand-in_g this faith furnifh it: yet ; : pafr co e com uld t'fho wha dati on for pred ictin g the w l_i.9.!e_ ot~,1h at,·evi.1 -, 'll•as far fr.Qm co111prehend1iog ~ .. £ ~ !ccke.d,__;:,fo r_1h_c ::!-;J ,Jene~, •upo n· -whii;,h r!~e fulfilJed. -It waH ery purp ote anci prom ile of God · to be or carr ied awa y by up, ht ,-:ommon for them ta he caug n in brig ht' and lhe,v be and ; faith of t the fame fpiri 'of' wha nhe y ty reali ble .hea' venly •~ifions , the indifpuca thof c edla ~ In f~ belie le fimp a in befo re cont emp lated and leav e ic y, bod the ,;ies fome woo Id feem to de fort ~. Other& imat inao e quit or ft almo for bou n in a· frate clay tene .. r thei ufe •in thei r t r anij1orts , would feem to repr_efenc and out, fign to , neot _ ~e.n t, as ·a kind of.i nfirm . in-o pen faw_ t fpiri e to -the fpelbt ors, wh at the achv . Of ns, orga n mea its of any_ _ vilio o, inde pend ent of ica,: mun com be g~can tnef e extr aord_inary vi!ions, no_tbfo L~f ther whe and ; t hin t ted_here , be}'ond an impe rfec is a mat ter of doub t, eve r be-c orre ctly fiate d on pa per, gs that wer e dark ly th.jn d The ir gene i·al j mpo rt refp ecte co be unde r!loo d ; hard and res, ipm fcr bin,red at in the pl ace in the latte r take to foclt thin gs as wer e· efpeciall}' they had adop ted ng andi ichjl notw e days , 'And henc effwn of faith ., th: fcripture4 under the not ion .of a conf �yet it was no.t immediately to the fcriptures they applied fur Uglu, but to that tran(poniog fpirit, which opene_d clearly ,co the,mind, thofe myfl:erioQs things, r_ecorded in fcriptute i wh_ich the ' wife{} men ;,ipon earth,- without the fpirit, could not. underfl:an_d. See the·Ietter ' to Sy .. nod, publi/hed io Stoi1e.'s reply ; p, 63, o_( which the fol., Jow~ng is an ek_tracl:, '' We ~few Chrifi as the ouly cen. tre ofunion, •and love the only bond. Ler us. hbor .a fter ~his fpiric -; and whe '2 we obtajn it, then we lh:ill all be - µnited 0 in one _body. ·<"•'. * * * * ~- '/(< - * ~ • Some are -, groanJng _for ., tbe w9linds of the prefbyterian c:iufe ; fefme for · the Methodi!l ;' fome for the - Bapt',fi; &c. each' b§lieving that it is fhe caufe qt;-G-h,i-irt for which ·. they, are groaning• , And foJ;11;e ;afe as heartily groaning for the ·~ounds.of th~ Ch ifii.in caule, without refpeel: to names .or pffiies: If we Jhould u nite our groans :md 1tf.ies to chi Father of our mercies for the ' general releafe, and the coming of th_e -Lor.d's -!<ingdom with power, Go4 would hear and anfwer us. 0 ·Jee us onite fo t'he common cauf~ * lt * # ,. •• • * Thin will Zion ~niake herfelf from tbe dufl, lhioe forth as the fun in hi& , brightnefs, . and oe terrible a~ an army with banners •. ,· Th en lhall Jhe .be--a cup of trembling -to all · the people • round about er, and Jhake terribly the · nations• Then flt all tnat man of fin be i:lefl-royed, and tigh,teoufnefs , fh al-! , ilo;v down as a migh ty ftre _am. Thefe th ings, q_ear brechyeo, are •not ,v'?.~□ ilJ}aginations, . for God is nQw about to take .t'he eartfi, Thy kingdom come;. , .Ev~n fo _come, Lord Jefus. .. _. • Brethren,, yours in the Lord, . ) • . _ - R. MARSHAL, , . · . J· DUNLAVY, At - B. w. ST() 'N E, J- ,T HOMPSON.;'. Danville, October 18, . 1804• ·,' To ,ihe Moderator of the } Synod q/Kentricky,'' · 1o· thefe fobf1me fig ur.l s w4i couched the ~ hole pur.port of _t h~ fch;ilmatic_ 'vifion, . vii. t-he coming of . the Lord's J,Jngdom wfth p.,!iwer. A one body of people, - l ~~--~ .• ✓ - • �it "' u6 hon·cl o( f<,}v-e ; the,·hotlft; 1mi te~ in ChFJll, by- the pure king l~f king s;' in- w.h-ich,· the hab itatj on, or , dom e of ns, ~M etho difls -, :-Baptifh, the gro anin gs ,cif' Prd byt eria ds of thei r pett y p~rt y, our, :~w • and -Ch rHi ian s, for , tbe· :-A Z ion -_or pur e g of,pet --trnfe~ 11wuld not be . hea rd,the du1t, i, e, from .ev ery chu rch, ·fhak ing herf olf from to the fe-r pen q am, llhi ngs belo t 1ha Jbin g uo·cle-ao, all Fifi Jefu s) i0 h is brig h t-ning fon h like th t: fun (i.e . Ch ble -an d fha~ ing._te_r..;, trem to ple peo nefs : • Sett ing rbe man _of fin -an d , the v; tibl y the naciof\s. Coo fu rtJin t"~d 1 upo n !he , ieou righ ioi falt _ a fire am of:e ver 9p~ ing _ . . _ eal' tl~ J.u! t e wer they that and , 1res Tht-fo W~--...Q.old fig1 : 1 than e• mor dng r eethi u ifom a_bot~t t~orbe _fu h~Fa n ~ ~ q _ _ _ , ce. n :i yaw 11nag111.at100 to ev1le _topi c .+l"t l~ Cchif,. . - Slee ping aod wa-ki ng,t he who God , and the otd fe~ k·of wor mat ics wa£ rhe ei;c reafin g. ejcJ1 one con tem-,., and ; ea~ aµp t~ ut. abo _,yk i:1g -~om~ j.ufr vifion , i11 wh.ich: orm drea pla1 ing it .thr o ugh for1e fpt>eial reve l a-ti on of ir cuh art-i ·li·e d rha the the y.fe lt con fideJJt, an na , wh'iclt ofin ind the t-ht -L ord' s Cln ifi. T \J1s ·w·as r-e, ,aJ;)l;)nfini ·o ut ,ofth e_in tbey wer e-daiJ-y, gath eril ig , and rop er_ to_· jipp belQt may if i;)arice that fell - 01t the u mp; e r-aR,· thtf , In foroe,- qi o e pc fi &a-lit tle of it in th;< pot cut of r dea icd carr _ be , to tu ruu s fceo es:, rhey pro fn'fea inte rv'ie w _ r s;ub n·ti_ , p_ a· with d on_ fav the bod y_, a1 d to be d_frien ds-; ;rnd _to fee .inch '#it h_ t11e fpir its··o f thei r dep .arte in the invi fible wo rld .ts net lear n thef r d ifit> renn llotr at · nrn\ti tud es ~h-o h ~d, Som etim e~ they mix ed w\th ~re tnry 1 ~nd we re _vTJlirir1g ~rn p;rf: - em br-~c-ed ri::l igiuP iri rhc an d the wa )' tob e cpt>nfo; th e f.ew Je.r ufal em to ,,pp ear time s r,~ey pro fdfe d er oth t c a mtri-tl1e ho.ly city~ ft ht. «nd hea ven ly glor y• to· fee thtt holy ciiy~ in the br-'1g ,_) ic hof i; _and . that ang a nd• to hea r .tne fon gs 9f the 11)\j }C occalion ed ' the ir .the in m the -j6tn -a tte mpt i; ,&_ LQ afi: ;::: cl ,h;it er.te,:-in g, -me lodi ous foun d ·in the - bre of ·Cuch cc k ftid -wit ndfe;, .~in to the ove rfha dow i-ng clo ud tl bod y, \~i'rh a pecu l-iar perf u-med ._ thei r wl-i ole ·rouL~e t hing of ;11_ orta1.fle11ily ry ~ve red fr agra n ee,-:vh!ch -re ndr our y ~ Thi s pt culi ar tra~il asur t,,d i fogr ..._i;ab le and un fav d . in any-. th i, ' ' Ui'QJL foun ·g rance-,:,. wlm}i could-u ot be 0 �sr-- earth, but the .fuf>j.,a:s oftht Ce ilr.:ing~ p~eratio},!, fee~. . c d, of all other _thi ngs, to bring lhe. heave nly £la te r •~ _ n,eJi'elt_to thef~nfos of thefo peopJe, _ Unde,r the ir,flu...epce of _this fi ,1gul<1r . perf1Jme ( -? hi-ch. fe emerl to anfwe( to -the fc rrpt 1re notion of ch e, fm.ell of. c;; hriWs ga~mer.ts1 from ch~ i voq,~ pal aces, an_d al.! the po wde?s of. the mer... ,,,. CQaot) the.y. ~ ould fwoon away fiime\]'lles chr ee_pr four,: ~ times in a day, reco ver , dfe, _a nd dance ~o~ n<l ,wi~h fucJ , · uncarnate ·and · devated fpr1ogs, as ., mJg/lt , rendc,r 11; 1~ .• doubtful to the fpeclator, whither they _prpper-ly bel~~ ed co the grofs inh 1bitants of this globe, orito Corne oth,.. , , , er family: of beings, ,' anotherhad, they. tr.anfports~ 11ogµlar tnefe Be11des . • fpec:es of vifiofl, more unive.sfal, in whichrthe fun,moon, fhrs, m.ountaios, ri~e11s, pJ.aj!·l i, . vegtaoles, :mimaJs-, aod,.. • a. thouJa nd p-articular thing,s, anocircumCh noes in - na,c; ~ ture, were-'u[ed as emblems ,of things io the fpir1rual, world, or kingdom •of. Chriil. One has .a'nigl_1t y ifion of ;. two funs,noth_e.r ohh re~: mo, ns , a nother.; w.ide ~w,ake f~~s a gre.at pl atform- of~ bright,U,.rs,in tµe- nM u,-,day he mifp~ie~e- Fr;om thefe they· defsend-to -aP.p;rrjrir.i n,s of l!rattgi:: tniogs upon eart h- (~ee. the. Rafdigh-8.egi/ len ·. oi l.a(l. S~·ptemher/ coaceraing the mµ !titude of Ct kl1 ial b~ings, feen on the Chimney moITTltaio , h,o,:ui11g, round, a great-- cottk.) 0.n~- difcovers a cer..t.iin fpot of gcop od ill.ucni oate d. all oyer with -the bright! d s of bur.oiug fifle; !!t:11 t-hoo{~nds of l;rnm an creatur es f\ ocking , into it (rpm,_ a11 quanei;s, a!ld infrantly purifie.d from all the. effects of · a g.rofs :md flell1ly .nature. Apother fees the ail" ' c~oLJ ded with b_i rds of prey, com1J1iffioned ,to devqQr the: fle/h ,of every .dead beafr. - An9ih er. fees a.road m-Mked _ • OJJt in the. colour of•bri ght_l ight, _a th<?u faod, [11iles l.oo.g, -ao_d ftwds w1th 'his ,,ifi ve,farnl t-ies intenfe ly. fi ~ed ppo n it-., ; ~ until -li.e chii:o vers ceP-tairJ Rerfons 'comin g'(or th. wiili g ood ·ne,;y~- from afar!. Som e in their vifi ns. weFe em,. - ployed in ·croilin g river:ic, cluiibrng mountains; 'fi ndi g tn: a{LJres, fig htin g fc;rpen ts; or m,)rc delightfully employed-in ea ting the. fruits of the tree of life ,' barhing i11 clear 'Water, . c;i.iting- off .old &i¼fIDC!lt~ _and ,pµtcing "-011 • new. /i �..._;,. . -L - 6-s • . . ln a w~rd, -:i11 ~ aturtf feem:cl, to lie.i~pregnated -~ith' 1a-·new ahd fp irim:al quality; wh ich· renofre d every Q.b, jecl: and every ,tranfdclion prefe.nted to ,the,mincl, whe't her flee ping or waking , fofceptible of fome 'fignificatioa . •. • which refpt'cled the then prefent ~work. • Thefe ihort :!ketches may. fetve ·_ to recognr ze ·the aftonilhiog rapture s fo which J he fchifmat ics were car- · ried. ;;ilong~ •in full expectation of the kingdom of Cbrifi; but foch was the ·unremi tted flow of that fpirit, which fhat ~ trall{m uted every thin.g into a differen t appeara nce, enter. -could fpicits died _ were it fuppofable that difembo ~ - living ~en &,,.w6m en,it might be' though t that every vi- , fionar.y, r/ecorded either in focred or profane . biflory, had rendevo uzed in the fchif1uatics, and borrow ed thei'r acl:ive pow~rs to revife th eir- e.ndlefs train of . types and .figures • . • At lea!l:, it 'was, no doubt witli !he .greatef l: propr.iety, that thefe fiogular people apprppi::iateo .to -"their 'day ; ' the full ' and ptrfecl: ' accomplilhment of_the following prophec y of Joel: • l .wi/J 9pour out my fpir-it. !JPOn alljlefh, and your Jons a'Jd your daughte rs jha/1 propht• Jj, ; and }our ~~ung men jhall f ee 'llifion-.t; t1ful your old men-. /hall dr-tlfm dreams -and,1 will fheiu w onders in h·eavm 11bvve, andjign s in the earth beneath ,bfood ant/fire and 'Dapours offln oke. And to put it bey ond ~II difput'e- t-hat the work among the fchifmaiics, was [that~alluded to by the prophe t ·; they· general ly fuppofed the_ e~i raordin ary fhower of blood fell out in the fummer of 1804, about ' 7 miles fr?m ~rurtle creek rneeting ~houf{; traces _of · which are preferv ed Unto this day • • Not th"a t they co,11fi Jered the fpirit6f pr~phec y, their dreams and .vifions . • and other-Ligns as having' any thin g in thelJ!, to be de- • pended up_?n for f~ vation, But as the mercha nt hangs out fignals about his. door, to direll: the people where-tg - come , for mercha ndize ; •fo we·re. the prophd ier, th9 dreame r, the vifionill, the fweet fi oger, and fragran t dancer, huog ,out to the view of the woild, 'to {hew where God was about _to open his everlafi ing kingdom · ..of righ teoufnefs, peace,, and joy-, in the Holy Ghofl. This "ingdo11J was what the fchifmatics were p~culia rly . bent for,-.arrd fhort of this, they determi ned ~ever to llop, About the latter e11d of ihe· year 1804, thero T �69 were rtgular fo~ieties of thefe' people~ in the_ tlatl'I o/-· Ohio ·; at Turtle. creek, Eagle cretk, Springfie ld, Oranged~ le, Salem, Beaver treek, €!ear creek, &c. And in Kentucky ; at Cabbin creek·, Flemit1g!burgh, Concord., Caneridg e, Indian creek, Be,t hel, Paint lick-; _ Shawny run, &c. bet1d€S an i1,1nurrierahle multitude ; difperfed ·among the .~ ople, in ._Te.nneffee, N -'.: Carolina-., Virginia; and . the wdl:~rn parts of Penofylvani.r, who were exercifed O)ore or lefs _w ith the fame fpirit, Pray~ ing, fhouting , jej·ki ng, tfarkin_g, or tolling ; -dre:miin_J;·; prophefy iog, and looking as through aglafs, 'at Jhe irifi . , ntte gl-orieJ. ·of· mount Zion, juft about to break open upon the world,· At leafl: th ofe who were forem'ofi in !he fchifm, e-xpected beyond a doubt, tliat :mother fum-& _ mer would not roll by,' with any degree of the lighr; gifts ~nd power of God , lho rt of thac which bring~tl full and complete· falvation from all fin, And in this ex~ pechtion (befides, t he _common exe"rcifes of fiukin1t liaa~Js, and plt clging ~hemfclves _to each- other by ever}i thing facred , that they would perfevere in the fin killing ~ =woi:k,.,,t!n to the foll feaf\: of the_.lamb) they·.- pr-acl: ifed a m~de qrpt'a-yer1 whiclt__was as !ingular, as !_he tituatlort . _;; ~t-rrwhicii they Hood-r ~nd ::'ine faitl;_ by which _they w_e re ~:.,..~' _ ~ :it1uated, /,ccordin g tci their proper n·i"me ofdiflincl:io!,l • ana one; fo_r one each divided, and they fro_odfi!parate, this cap:.1C1ty, they .offered up each th.eic fepatat~ cries • in .J to God, in 6ne united harmony of found ; by which th~ doubtful footil:cps of thofe who were 'ill fcarch of the .meeting, migh t~be direci:ed , fometimes to the dHhncc • of miles, Whateve r thi51Jort"entous coric_ert might have addrdfed to God~ in 'the. inner man ; a fenflble fpecla:for with the flighteft att~ntioo µiight have gatl1ered the genera\ import of their univocal prayer, from fuch language as the following. "LORD Goo,_AL MlGHTY ! Thou hafl: Rfomifr<l unto us eremal life, and th is life is in thy fon, Thou art ·no refpecrec. of perfons, ,. Glory to thy _·name, we belie ve it is thy \I/ill that ·all . lhould oe faved, and come to the knowledg e of the truth. " We ventore upon thy promife; and ·rol_l our fouls upon: thy trl!t h and f.ittifulne fs, as the rock of eternat.ig es• Thou-"_- ► pafi invited us to come te the waten,_ without mon~f �7Q Iieh, ~)rid wjthout prjce. ·We t;ke thee at thy 'W~rd• . /ven's King; t1'ou ~nowelhhat -we are thfrfiy . We have Jong wahdereirin t_he dry/.lndy de fai·t of Gn ; brlt ,glo~ r y to-God, we believe there is an everlaHing fountain ppeneJ, -and our fouls h:ive already began to ta.! te !he bld fed wate"r s, Bue Lord, we ':ire not f<)tisfied; We , :wa11r thi fol.nefs ; and '«1 e believe' thou hafl: given us ;th§ _f~re taHe, not ,r-o difappoi_nt us ; ~,bQ.~ ·to en1::~u~3gc ~s lQ:ptefs on to ~he ·overflowrn g fou n t,1111 : _and lhort of, warh to bathe .in the that we me<l_n ,not to fioR• '.<5~:in :o'f R ed~eming love, and walh away the lafi, and 1eaft rerriain_S: of -\a fallen ,natu re • .. J e-fu~, l\.'.lafler, -.we :want to be 11),{e tbe~ ;:_holy, as thou art holy- \'7:i!h-· - ' out fpo't i nd '1ilanielefs, Com~,- l'.ord, and •.fi,nifh thy work! ,,CuJ fr fhort i n righte,ortfoe'fs, · We doubt-· not; it is thv will, even· OUi 'fa nctification. , Thy perfell: ' will h -a}l \~e wa:i't to· know, 0 fend _by whom thou wilt fenc!._~ Work by .me:ms of ~hine. own chu(tng ; only ,fupplan't, ro.o rout, confume. and dellro'y the maJJ ,of fin, ,he fon of 'per di rton;_an<l (e t_,our fouls at ·pe:'rfc_cl liqerty . from -!1is] r:on bon dage\ Je(u~, -L ord; in~~ be tfl~ cter,:.011 - _oqroevery; focalJy_. _. ~ 5 ~ - t h e. fi( _, _, _ .,::;-- ~r tem,@e,s·_ , .,._ _,.:v, ::::,: -· ~ J ¥ . t ~ · .-_ . _ ~JJ . tir ac!ive. powers ; and le t every .membe r be mo.!' • e. * «· * * it -_-:- • • 'ied ;ind acl:ua'ted by tlr, impuife divin . ,.. w~ 0 ..( : . C~uld' ·1ang~age be in•e nted ~ore"·e x prem1ie ~of ~he; • -lle;ir '1pproach ·of ·tfre day- _o f ·r e~!, _ po111ive, and-"- full l'edem ption r It: therefor~ nihaiosj o give fon1 e account . of tbofo impornmt nafrties, 'to'whic!i the for~goin g figns .. n~ \\"Or~de r s pointe£!, _an~ for .,the~ntrance upo~ _whic_h ; . • - . ,. ~1e,.y fened as ii pt'eparauon, r- · , t .. • 4 ... • ..... ' ·4 • - it •s110ut, Clfrifilan~ ~ od:, ,the Lori is come l ' Prepare, prep~re} o trrnk~ hif!! room ! On earth h~ i;eigns, we feel bim near, __ . 'fhe .!igns •of glory no w appear.'' ::-- _, ~ ,. I !hall d ote 't his' p-; r t,of the hi!lory ~ith a·hymn ~o!ll::. p efed on rhis preparatory ~/01·k, _tho not originally 1_0• • . ·t,e.lid~-0 for publication :,4'" ) ~ - - �-<.'- Jahn 'f!,d.~1 '1-'rh~ leafl in tke, ki,;gdo_m.1 of heaverz ~s greater_ 1~~n.~ _,., . ,, PART FI RST. - '( THE.tw,e_nty-lirft oJ·the th~1,d month, in eighteen hundre4 one, The word of C?d nme _un to me, _that ,~otd which c>1'!1e to J !(hn~ ; --H My gofpel 18 .p,~p..anng for thll ben, ghted la nd, •( Go and •oroclaim 'fue ti.ding,, my kingd'otn, h a hand. •. , , :. , ,. :"' • • ~ r✓ • .. - their groa_.~ioga ~- ti__ a_v, ~· 'llhofe fou!& th-;.t wan( Sl\LV'KTIOJ,1, ... -r-• .. _.. · ~':·--t-· 1 'heard; w , ~• But ere t~ey ~an.receive ir, rhe vny miift be prepar'd. • " I'n \he dim ray; of !tar - light, a work m uft lirft be done, , ~• Jdore ~heir tender'eyes c;an end ~re the riling fun ~ • '.!' P,epen~ and and be b~ptifed, muft be your 'fo!cm n cal.I; -~ • The tidings of fa lvat;o n mu-11: be proclaim'd tll aJI.~ ' -~' He that believes _m y meffen!er commiJioo'; ~om ab~v~ •. "That fou l Jhall _bc baptized w ith.my 1efrelh1nglove, f; W hen per;e~~~i;ns ;ire; from th~ ad mates of fl~; •• Your pliant fo ul in uftSield, llke' ueell before the wind. " You:.m ay be gn,atly lh aken, but never yield to fear, , ·, '' Be/ore the ft~ne-is ended, my k i,;igdom ~•II appear.•~ i -';t~i? bleffed w'ord. lik~ fir~, · ~a'! thro; my_'mortal cl_ay 1-'nc'torn:,er earth an'd heaven feem'd all to pafs awart And while the ki ngdi 'n open'd in vifion>. mofl: fubl im,, My Tpirit was tran'fported beyond the bounds of time. · ·• ' , ~ ' . . ' ;~e!llt2 Awaking _front thl• .ra;,ture, falvation w':i ~• j drea_m a told ·004'. T b_e· multnude fuppoiing."J But fo me at length belic,ed the living truth o{ G-od, Ang fl aming with the lpi rit, they fpre_ad it all abro. d. - my Soon as the fountain- op,n'd' for . fouls to be baptiz'-<l; The land was in commotion , the people all futpxis'd : I n houfands th e) refoited u·nto this living pool, And as they felt its.virtti.e, _each att~d like ·a fool, . • '·· . With jQyful tears a-f!dwlng, mi~' d. with a folcmn la ugh, They cry," the day's approaching whe ri'G od will . burn the cliaf' J'~ • ~ ln the bldt anti'ci pa:tion,. to tlirelh ing _!h ey begin, ' T o mal{.e ~ fep1aratiorf li'etween the foi/1' and"fin, • - . 'I ~• • • _-. , .r"" ....~ • . With pray' r and e.~orta.rion ,, they make the fore/ls roar., .A nd fuch loud'lj rains of iliouting were never heard before. The ftup id Ant;chr iftian, , were ' ftru ck both blind a,1rl d·um b, ~ithf~chloud fupplicati ono-:L oao Lt ! TIIY INGDo M.coMi ! -~ The wicked perfe, utors., who dar'd the truth g•infay, B.er,eath the hand of ju/lice, their lii-eath iefs bod ies lay; Triumphing round their corpfe i, the Joyiql concerts fi ngJ • H ofanna to our J efus, V/~ !inow he •will be king! - �72 loud prophetic ilrainrt - The joyful news received, with ten thouland loud amens! '_With mighty Jigns and wonders, "tJ,e work did ftjll .infrcafe, 'f'o~e'!t heblefl'c d kin~dom wa1!1I~ H"tll0\' S~ru ~ND . ffACl! T~e kl,1gc!o01 WaJ pt11claime<i in • PART Sf,CO Np. Pi,z preacpers form'il a bqdy, in eight~cn hµndred three; ·• • l'rom Antichrift's falfe fyftems to fet the people free : l:Jis dolhi11e ;,.l)d his worlhip in pieces they did tear-:J!µt ~•er the f~ee W~,s, ~nd~d th~feJnen ~e~ame a fn ~re, As witne«e·s for Jefo,, tljey labqr'.d _night ~nd d~r, ·; 'ro convince the blinded pharifees that Chrift was ·on Ms war Jlut fouls bound for the kingdom did ftrangely turn afide, to be their ,guide. And for a little feafonI took' thefo •• , • • • • • ' ', '.i • ~ • Tbe word of Cod -qme un to them in eighteen hundr~d four-,:· - !' Your work is !)OW complet ed; your'c called to do no snore!~ ' i' My kingdom foon mull: enter, I cannot long delay ; • ~nd in your prefe~t order, yo1fre ft ~nding i11 my way,'.' Thefe preachers to* the warpi ng, and all ~ith one accofdt • .f.greed· fuch inftitutio ns muft fall bcfor~ tile Lord _; And wifely they confented to take their righteous doom, • To die and be dilfolved, ·to make the faviour room. • • • ........ f _ , • •, •• '· •• ~ecr~f♦ Jn their !'.-!!1 ~Il'.-L ~N!> r•~TfM E .t<T they _p ~blilh'da • For tChnft,a ns m Ob10, ~en tuek' and Tenne'llee, 'fo me•~ the next Oll~ber; and fwell the folemn praycrf~ Thy kingdom come, ~ord Jefos 1 thr !<ingdo~ eptcr !tere !'.~ . . The meeting was obferved,_·the folemn prayFr !N•s I_Pade j We waited•for an anfwcr; which W?S npt lqng dcl ay'd ; ' 'The precious HI! n of Canaan, long growjng in 4>e eaft~ -~ .,,· . V,u plarited in qhio, ere the n~x~ Allril fe•1• The long expelled kingdom at length began to fprµig, Which to many bas' appeared a ffr:mge inyfterio~• thing ; »ut we'll trace.it thro' that Cummer-, the hotteft fcenc of all{ -, '.lnd tfl' t!> find it's fru,t in th~ ne~t en[uin~ f 1 1. ~, �.... • ,r:r,:, H;E /efo. lujleth ag;injl ,the fp,irit, ·and }he fpi,rit . • i ~e a~ gaitif} the/Jefo .; ·andi hefe ilr;e contrpry *N Ol)e IIJ otl;,er-.: fo_ tpat e~ery. pe~fo'n,._acc_ordfng_co_that ,p~i~~ \. ~ pple, by wh!ch he rs gov~rned , whether_flefh Qr:' Jp1r1t, ·.will conc~ive, j µdge of, and denoµiina te ·things awuncl ibim." - And hen.ce what is Jood an.d, medicine ~o one man, '!lay be poifon ~5> an~th~r ) A wh,at one _calls truth_, ,;inoth,e r calls err"or; what Js _t~e wor,k of Goa .to .one, ·:appears the work .of the devil to anotl,ier ; and even ~he, heaven _9f one, p:iay be another\ hel_l.' Thus the ,_fame tni ng is often difti nguifhed by_na~es dire_i~tly op•. pofi ,i:: acc6r"1 iog to .the ,fenfo of different perfons. . He ,that was called the.fon of Qod by ,Come, was .denQmrna"' ;ted by' others, prince ot the dev~Is. •And t~us what ope calls jha_ke,,rijt!J , anot!ier · calls J,he JefHwony of 'Jefus Chrifl; and j Jhaket ht the lan gua ge of forne, is by oth..Y, 1 er. ca l(ed a _tnfl! beliepet, a chiJd-o.f(lod, .<tfal/Qw_e,r· of the }a_"}b• 1rtd' what is t1ilf a greater :contradiction, ,that , ,which i,s called a work 9f redemptio n by fome, otbe,rs dif~ ~tingu \fh. afi ·a wor_~ of th~ d eepeO: delu(ion_• . . , • Froqi ·th is di_verfiqr 4-i the feofe and language of {Ilan: _ 1ki~d, Jt w,il\ l;>e ne_c~fl'ary to treat_ of,) his ni;w- rel igion"· ,in a t w_o(old q_rd er. "!· Accor:prng to rhe real fenfe; ..· :4'nd µ-nd e~(h _ndiog· of thofe, w~o have embra,ced jt • .'\nd • ' /J.d·•. As .it _is a -dre_lfe4 co tQe efte.rnal -fe11fe·s • of n)~n-• Jr. ind io gene_n l. • • • . • In e'acg par t of.t he hi!J:ory, 'imp;irtiali.ty requ~r~s tha! J ufe .t be frames of difrint;iion, and n;io.des of expreffion$· ,p eculiar to each, 3,l:cordin gly !hall proceed in the ' ! I call it n·ew ·religion becaufe that terin is readilfappropriated b"y all; t ;snd .efpecia lly as thofe w.ho are in ·_poffe,ffion of it,conlider it~ _t10N'? THI,! _ N ~ W: ~11)1 t.1-r~ll _G ·~av, 90-mc inti> 1t, • • ,.. • G N £ w c R "--A• which make• all things new tr.at · �r~, entra_nce an~ firfi place, to give ·a brie hcco unt oF theamong the (u_b.;-. jl, progrefs Clf t,he tejlimony_ of Jefu_s Cf!!i Ohio., •• jelts of fhe late revival in ,Kentucky and c!s. (ubje t~e by Great expectations h,ad been. fo,;med., in. e pl-ac take to. t, gre.a very g _-of the revival, of fom:ethio an,; cially efpe t,1Jd the fummer of 1801:, : In which Gp_d.1,\'.o ering therp from; f w(lr the.ir ~en. 1houfa,nd prayers, i,ii, ~~liv of all. Pur-. fi holie ~he into way the ing fin, a_nd open d. con'tinGed thein, · Juan t to 1tVbich, the fa_me Cpirit th.at h_a dent!y loo~. for. ~nfi ;in9 ,. _rray o t,,, ,qf ?.n, i_nf1,>ired t?em l} e~pedat101)s, wa.rl ~h <!eliverance froll,} 1t,:if)Q £11ri:-e~ upfu , 01) the, fir_~ fpi~i~ e m (a. that &y I tpf its (\eai; ;ipproa~h , difpatchc;d, yeai: (ame d:\Y of the fi.rfi month, in, the; felf S. Youpg!, atJJin Bent , cham Mea ihre~ men viz ; Job:n ~Lebanon ;' N~w -~nd Hfachar Bates, 'from the c;hl)Jc!1. ~t ;_ wiih tlJ.e' k -Yo~ ~.ew of fiate ,town of C:a1,1aan, in the of Q,od,tA ;!fes ~itni g livin d,as n t,a_ h,rif fusC oJJe ie(Umo,ny a!1d,. onlr . , W;>)' tht,t. le, open an~ copfiJII! to_ the p~9p ~h. th~y W.Ql , 11pn (,alva , plet co,w that fiu, way _O\Jt of and, Jir~ iog ~a{\ ever t tha_ them(elvjs had foµ,nd .. ; an.d, of,inp wei:e :e ,pla1, that in ;h ~hup -the {l. _glor y, of whic fir{!:. ihe; t abo9 , uc~y fdfioo, ':fhey .arrive~ m ~ent L)~lc, where tliey' of Mar fh, tarriecl-! few days it :Pa1~t j_oLJ_rn~yed ~Q, ~hey clr . were ½indly entertaiued; from th,en cl:s of th,~ fuhje e grth ~~pn d.ys few a Caneridge,ar.d.fpent e~(ally univ were they revival in th a~ pl a_ce,a u_1ong ~ho w pa(", they ce then From {t, rffpe d treat~d wlth 1,mfeigne ng, Spri io t vi{i_ frrll: (ed over-into Qhi o, and paid their any o u,rs,i c lab_ r icula pai:i. an,y g ~el<l,but ~ith out e~et'iiCT,11 joui:ney~ 1,1ritil. . ofth ofe pla.ces i thty profe<:qted ~heirnon, on the 22_<'{ Leba near k, _th_ey ~rrived--at Tur1le cree J\jal_cham W orof the fame montl~, • The y came fidl to morning t_hey,. iext i~e-r ai;id J; lcys a.ncl tarrieg ove r~ni.gh firfi means, by pime to cl11Y houfe ;' which wa~ tire foch a nan~e. by le peo11 wh i.fh J ~new that a chnrcg or , the r" ~ fpen~ 'We h. .e~rt R~P ed,U or aefi:riptioo, exifi on .. th~ : tion, er(a ionv in m@inder of the day principally the ev1, all i, fr.on: and ion, relig in ts poi1J ' moft ipter efliog honefi of men be· to . dence I coul d collr. ~1, I judg ed rn~m inding rltan undr deep a and , piery - principles, fingul ar !rea; to ied rrrtir ~pe thin.2,s of G"d i - a1u1,'-~s fuch I d~re • �75 \llem ro 'Jong as thei-r deportment was correfpondent.-. I ·c ould not fo well under~ ftand : ~ number ~f thi'ngs appeared n~w. ; but confidtfring the copious field of truth, too exteniive for my 'corilprehenfion _; I was 'rather difpofed ro hear and learn ·m.ore ofi3od, thao to. thut out every t'hing that was not 'included in my li:t tc fphete of knowledge• The ,next ., ·day was the Sabbath ; and as tbey tle't1red to know~ wh~ther the 'rules of our fneeting wocld _admit them to · {peak in pDblic,- provided they had a feelrng fo to do--'; I _ 1lofwered- l1rnew bf nothing to h'ioder, I wasfenOble the fpirit of 't he revival, as well :is that of our wholefome ·government, impof ed no ·r efi fft1ons on any man, ·frolll 1tefiifyi ng ~_is faith;· ·001: bound the confcience . of any.: from hearing whoever rhey chafe, . And upon this ' :principle, the door was· folly opened for them tu inake .· ·any labours, at Turtle creek., either in public or 'pr iv_a te • to wliich th ey t:Cirl'Ceivea they were cort1miffioned, • Ac- Some of their converfation ~ording,ly, lll'J char- and Benjamin , :meuded che 1i1etci ng, ·;1nd opened tte _tefrirno i1y of Jefus to the congrega t,011. W~ich might a1l befomo1ed up -it:11his one faying,Naqic:O Jy. If any man will come after· me,, lei hiin dcny himfelf and , For whofot'ver willJave ihis lrfe /hall l~fe ii ; a!Jd 'tV!fojotver wip ./ofe his life f or ~nJ , fake /hall find it. From tl:Jeir own feel ings, as well _as in behalf of the 'church, ·th ey exprelfed g reat union with the work 9J {iod that h ad been for years paft amon gc he people, '1:onvicl:ing th t> m of their fins , and pointing out by words, 0Ggns and particular fenfa_tfons, the way and method pf _f.ilvation; bot th ey further tt (bfied that-the time"' was now come for them to-enter into actu al poffeffi_o n of tha t falvation, of which they had received the prom ife---:Tha c the w.ay to attain it, ~as- by fe.lf de,ni,I, t-ak ng up ~ ·u ,crofs againfl the world', lhe· fl r {h wd all evil itr_nur knowledge, and following Chrifl ; walking as he walked, and being in all things conformed to him, as our pattern and head, P:irticularlr according to St, P.:iul, beo corning dead with Cbri(l to the rudiments of the world -d ying unto fin_ once- R ifin g with him tg a new, fpi-.. rit ual, and holy Me, and afcending llep by ftep in~ foi!ctu. (ake up his err.ifs, and foilow 1ne, • ';,, - -- . -..:~ �y ttJ: al tra,1 ef,. ~nd fepar~'t i~g farther _and · f~rth.e f fro& th~ courfe of a· cohup t and fallew namre , until we· arrive _a t' the perfec t· fiature and meafor e of the fo ns ·of G<id;r 'Tfuit the firfr fiep in this fav11i g \York; was .to confefs ~ alh our fins, and when Wffconfeffed them ; forfake thel}t • f9reve r. And wherei'n we· had injGred, arid defra_udedr :my one, to m,d?e reftirnfi{)n; end it1 fo doing' we -/houtd' ' _;ind mei;cy ;:, anct.' being faithful,· ilio~ld receive tba( m eaiure of the holy fpitit, which would be an 6verco m,. fog power , not only fofficient to kee_p ~1s ou't of -alJ.,, .auJ purify both. ;i,}; fin and defilem ent, but .to dean!~ and Thefe'· e-1. of. re u nac, very ·tpe from body fo?I and things they deliver ed, not as matter s .. of mere fpecula--' t i'tln ;- but as,chings t!:J~t had for· many : years, o~en redu.; . ced" to praaic;e ,. a-nd eftablilhe1 . b}'. the fiving experi ence:_ of hundre ds m rhe church ofG:lm fi, to be the way, ando nly V,V~Y of Goch fhe dne d oot of ho'pe for. :i lofi fdul'; ar.cl rqe fore entran ce Joto ihe- rig.hre--0us,' peacef ul, a~d:· hoty kh:igdoni of Goo's dear fon. They did not pre~ lves had' teHd to. dii:ecl: others··a ·way _wtiic.h they_;, tiiemfe ce rmt: plain thefe with 1h<1t tl frfiifij but " ed, travell 11ot ce of fubfian the ;rnd ; ed Qf t-he gofpel, ihey had compli v.;ithIay, cbl:ild ant! • ; d receive had they e, promif th•e" out bo afii n'g or dilfe"mbiing' ; that they· had' receive:d th~at' overcom ing power , which kept them fauldef s before th·e ~ throne of God, even in the pr_efence of his g_lory. And: mor~o ver that it was 'a• matter-, tha_t _gre;itly eonce.r oed _ That as Chrifi·Had now made his ;'fecoo.d '..and !;;ff US, appeaf ance , for a ~naJ >fllt tlemen t with · e·very foul · of ' uian ;. and as Goo bad wroug lit fo great a _work among; us, in- w~king up, e~ilighte hiog, ahd prepar ing. us· to :· make a, final ' choice ; and by a fpecial gift of his fpirit, had fem us his·eye rlafting teP.imony of truth : .we ought ro✓ e· ' be very-cautious How we treated it; ' For fuch >as✓wer ? revi,/2} the hr;of ous'lig l illumin ated ,in the g reat & m:irvel tife.,. (eek to up · fiirred and ri; li of nature evil' the to fee way om of it; and had the lafi and only way of God , opened to them : if they !houhl rejecl it, ,t_heir c_afo.. mu'tl;, be depfor.ible, That. altbo•· the !iv.ht and power of the fp irir ,.111rght have been; agai:Cr, and: aga-in, reftore d to filch :3::dcll into fin, while ibey had oot the· proper means of 0 �keeping outof it; yet whe11 thofe means were.offered, - !hould they be rej ecl-ed ; there remained no more pro. , teflion for foc;_h a foul ; but they muU lofe the falutary effell-.§. of their former_light and fall, under the power of the wicked'one. -And upon this princJ_ple, that, the i.- fubjecls of the revi_yal mu{t either embrace the prefent call of l God ; ._1nd in obedience thereto; take up their crofs, and foT!o'w Chri!t : o(gradually l~fe the extraor .. _ dinary effuGon1. of the fpirir they had l,een uoder, and - leaver, back into a more corrupt, an_d deplorable fiat~ -than ever. ,' - ' If- a hifl:orian cannot be - dili nterefied and unbi.ff:;-d,it is neceffary th.it he be honefl ;-and therefore I acknowledg-e,_, that nothing ever prefented)ffelf to-~ me, that fo powerfully interefi,id •~iy feelings ai the at?ove - teftimony, And altho' I was not wholJy unbiaffed, I can. fay with i'n fi nite propri,:ty, - 1 was far frpm being ' bialfed in its fa vor, A- thoufond obj c-el_s prefented _ themfe_lves tO biafs me againfl: it, But its inrrinfic weight, the importance of th_e work that wa$ pafl:_-the / alvati9n of thoufands that hung upon th·e point of its termin.ation-an d chat otmy. own fo ul W'i th :_ the refit )pl_a11ced the _..,.,eighty demands of the three ·· infatiable ~ ols of time•, :and held me, a~c leaff,upon a11 e-quilil!rium for feveral ·w.eeks : fo thac without prepo!fe/Iion or pred eterminat'ion, I -could <oandidly invefl:igate the fubj eft; ready to go with the weight of evidence, v-.'hereever it fh ould preponderate .. During this int erval, •rny 'fe archcs and refearches into the fcriptu res-th~i: hi(tory, precepts, promifes_ and - prophefies·-~he fiinn:if ihe---times---:ny own:' pall experience in -religio,n for fifteen years-th e nature of the paO: ex traordinary wor~ ; and the p refent fiate of the fu bje[ls~of it, with all the re!l of Chrifiianity's profelfors-with the many queftions and anfwers, tlnc p aff d in converfuio11-w ere th ey all wri tten, would fw d ! into a ·Jarg_e volu flle. And ' iu this kind of exercife l was not .alone .. The g-e. neral ag1tation may be in fome- meafure ,conceiv;d of, from the following letter, pated Caoeridge, April 2, 0 I 8 0 5• _ -- . �78 I , .. .,. / .. HM:, dear !Jrqthdr Richard; ' . ,: . on f~ l'f-I mnc fo' 'perf any fee co "1-n e,ver long ed , I Jhou ld be in, . was not confined · iwth is·da y taber nacle The floods -of :' , hour an than ~pur, emb races in lefi me in' pani c- · ut ~arth -and hell are let loofe" againfi us;,b ment , and, , if.en ·impr .with d tene ofar, I am fetic iuflf threa Jefu ~-- , ,pf. nony {tr,ipes 1.:-e xpea c(O' -receive' for, the tefiir e rvad es.'' p. truth he n-T :K>entucky is turn ing- upfi<le dow face. · fam~ the ing·!har is , apd berl -Cum man fo , fpite of' ~"" Jefu ch pre·a wilL ; them - tlite youn K prea cher i, fome of _The ersfath the :b¥· him on :.pu~ ring with outt he, cove gvaf uing u'pon::r fcrib es, the dil.puters of th.is worl d · are n efcap ed tbe ·· ,,cJea has fion Hou hew us-B reth er Matt pe:op le are" his an<lpollu tions of this w_orld --an d ~ he -'-~ few , God of fear tlie' . in s linef goin g on to perfe ffho -the cry'· up-is elp h , & _., more will foon follo w--C ome over is gone:: e (,rnc Purv b~r ot .:.Br npde to,us from • ever y p:an.. th e rrqu efi of, by _ , there e! gofp the ch pr-ea to lrna, t_o Caro .,,. a few, wee-ks , I fiart to fulfil a - long fome there , e•· r_ by andberl . daily firin g of' appo intm ents to Cum unio11s amo ng,; quef i I go- I, have• appo inted two comm big Barr ens.: ._ and tle offo s head the ,on mmy: chi:-i!tians s , agai.n..!..1 His-" ok-et Cl\er ihe Brot her Doo ley· is amon g I,ndi ins -. re ~ poor me .:__fo fsful fncce was Jaff rout there n---H e· is, retur to ited • c~ived ;he gofp cl-H e was folic ~getti ng,, are w '!eJe -foll tiles .Gen th:e truly , an aP'ofile of . • ·, ' _ , .religion arnongfi.u~, j}itJfiJ lf lf/h( : io Nefc :?• dicam _ quid f rhus The churche-s Ce f tain .n · 1 fa1y, ! I know n1't : -my heart griev~~ withi' and fi?irbf.in r,:: ror te, l in}rl , linou1 - tncnfronr t1fl1r whom you in the-d ujl among,_ , many; and now religion · begins lo iame !ll, the ordirranps · ¢ ·· away call wi/J us, Some as I Juppoje J as yt/. Mojl : B apt~rm,, the Lords Jupptr fsc. hut not .-mtJn men- amon g th".Je of hink you,/ hat .liear· Brother, infor m· me.w gi:.-ve _m~ he God k ha-n ion-T nt'rtg dfj}a ·a jrom tis t1t;dy ou, ears.faith ·and apce fubfl che hiry; ord.' t Lett ers fhev.: by: ~ea,.:. , Btit rly: fhor you with meet ro want ic. We all othe r PJn, ianc e fon of my abfc ence ·to-C umb erlan d-Br cann ot 1 orher-· H<rnfion id Mad ifon we. B1 to N, Caro lina, arh ,fabb thir;d , than er foo11 OH'e t r n, Turt le crt>l'c k; nor fo me. t ·1·_::1s·ltallc ·w,u origin~. lJ iw,i~ !' , • :, · �79 - .r Jurte, and that in Kentuc~y. . Brothers' Marfh alr ancl Houfion parted from us yeO:erday. We adminifierd the Lorps: fupper' at''Caneridge the day befor.e-Ma'!)y' communican ts-much exercife,;.;_J am pu!hed for ti'me' to write-to y·ou;....We have five fiudenJs of the B,ibl'e,. all but one know the languages.;...foH 'o,f faj th,ancf o{ tt e holy Ghoft-jufl ready to preac}J, They all fle1 from the Preibyterians ,to_their'g1 ief, pain· an,J hurt,- Brothet' Stockwell exeeeds expectation,aml is oelovtd· and ufeful.Our apology is yet livirrg and V(orking, :rncJ! tearing;~. down, Babylou •in Virgin'ia, It ~was reprinted there to the great injury of Prefbyteriani1m, lt is alfo reprirtt• ed -in Q~orgia; we are jufl publilhrog a fhort tract Oil atone'ment- 1 wiH fend you ·one loon. , This ·.truth has 11nhinge,cl the brazen gateli akeady-l •am hurried---pr;iy • for me-fare~eJ l. ' .t J~y f :Jl...IENI> BATE?· -_ B', STONE .. ~ ' ..;: ~ w. ( Great pi:ofpetl-s were prefent,ed; 'according to the above letter, on .the' part of the revival, the ttmh pervad ing, and turning the whole country upfide downThe -Macedonian cry founding from -. every part-The ·apology :and rraci on atonement tearing downBabylon,. or unhing.fn~ her brazen.gates.!..fome full of th~ poly Ghofl:; Ju(t ready to _preach.-and one among the'm' all . who had clean efcaped the pollutions of the world, an& was gpiog ,on to perfect ~olinefs. But all this appeared nnfpea_kably thort ,of_ the glad tidin gs broµght by the bre·thren from New.Lebano n, .prov-ided that whatthey ,. teflified concerning t_he di urch w;is: true-. f t WdS well enough for thofe who w'e rt in B'abylo1i to cry for help, and for fuch as were appointed t9 the wo1k, to teat ber d'own and· unhinge •t~e brazen gates; b_ut fomething_ beyond th_is mufl:. be take'n into tile account, . We have news _o f a' Z 1on,and-· what if het fo.indat ions are 'already . faid, May it be that God h~s fen; down the new J trufak:m ,. for the refuge of fouls, before ·be began to tear dowrrthe old bulldirigs ? - • ' • The. Lebanon Brechren,pard thdr fii:n. yifit to Broth.. . e·r M. Id. perhaps 'he lias belie~verl:and t;iken up his • a-ofa. How e.lfe ,_an h.c have ekaa>ed tbe p<>llutiorii of •• I ., - > • ' ' • �80 They h; ve alfo been ,vitb Brother Stone, and opened the _te~imon}'. there in part: perhap~ he ·has taken hold of it, aud means to make a 'final pulh for , the king·dom. through fii-ipes and imprifonm ent. ,O r have thefeJlude nts of the Bible learned to :ippropriate fcripture phrafes (o falfe and inferior o_!)jech...:....Brotqer _1'. and others may have received the name, Holy Ghofl JJU t of the Bible ,; but the 1J1ing muff certainly dwell · -in the church. And admitting they are blazing full of Jhe fpirit, burning and 01ining lights,this goes no further :!ban Jqhn the Baptift, it_is far lhort of ·the -kingdom of -Gqd. .. ThofeJ:ir_ethren from the eafi tell u:;; that their ~people have got the kingdom-:--that they have ·att_amed ir, ·t,y taking up the crofs, and doing the works ofThrift. t- ~nd overcoming Tin py a faithful and deli gent combatd '.hat they ~re '- .: • of God, and. do not commit fin ; but \Walk ~Vfn ...as Chrifl:, walked ; and are i:ight.eous even as 0he •·is righteous, 'And q1 q,r e9ver that he that commit• .·-~_t h ffn,, .yh_atevcr his profeffion_or gifts may Qe,be is· yet ! of the d?yil / ''.fhefe things iojdl: terror ~nd doubt into _. , ~iany. John w:as full C>f ~he ~Ol}' Ghoft, and for his tefii. , ipony c:EtncemingJefos,he wa! .icl:uaily cafi into prifon full \ of terror ·and doubt, w hether·this was he , that fl1ould _, ~ome 'or-}l'he.the r he lb ~u°ld loo.k for fonie o'ther. ' 1 JnJin e, ,I could fe e . nothing in the pafi work as a {oundation - to·buiJ~ upon. , And · .what thef~ Jtrange ' l'~rethren tefii_fi~d, appe.i.red plain foriptural tr_uth ; and ay entirely, fafe fqt th_ofe wbq_"!'ere able to :prefet)ted .a vv,._ ~( eceiv~ it,; ;rnd wheth:er . lhey wi,re the- people or· no, ( y;qo had a.c...~ualJy. atJ_ained this fijlvatio.n, it w,as very e..:i'" • dent ttiey , w~re: f.ar before us i11 light and-,under~ anding " conce{~io:g ·the' ,? ,ay _; and .it was. n.o doubt ·the will .Gf i,God, t hat tp9fe' 'o/,lio de fired, to be faved,lhoul d •walk iJ1 ~tr. ~' ;t:~hiis in.. th!: inidft ._ of reafonings, doubtful difp,ut~.- , ·. t ions; .and ~lofe CX'aminai ions, the tcfti,nony wa.s invefiigated at Turtle ~reek pqblicly and from houfe to_houfe; until it obtained the full cred it ot a number who had been ~ , Jeadi!Ja characters in the revival. ' ; .Malcqam Worley was the firft, w~o embraced it,open• ' e<l h(s . mind and~took-up his crofs • . With th:s I confefs I .·wa$ .at firft fi.agge.rr.d, fr9m a ~e~p rooted prejudice th,u ,the world? f , ; • > • • / l - • •, - �'. fr §l i had.imbi~ed again fame of his peculiar senslmenfi ( ... but fi'n;1lly, concluded that. if _Malcham h_a-d been -mord wild ii) his former _exercifes than the refi, lie certainfy needed (al vation· the more, . beftdes. ,it appeared that ~is conflicts, with the nian' of Gn,tbe fon of perditfo'n ( as. he eitpre/Jed it) nit.ill: lho'rtly have terminated his exlflcnce i:ipoo eanh ; had not his dp~ffed delivere·r •1;ome out · of Zion fo t~rn aw-1y u'ngoillinefs fro'aj Jacob. Bdt t ·was not a little forprifed, 1h'at . thefe: firange of,~tbrcti Qfouli:! ronie directly tn~re, and he receive_,them witli , foch cordiality~ when I was well affu_red tl'fot . no' pre:: viou·s a_cquaintance; had exified between them. This, wit'h many otnet fin;; ul ar circum£l:~nces th~t occrirred; i~ ft:~ain_ed me from atterl1pting tq Judge the ,!llY fterious get ' a deeperl - \°\•ork of,,Gotl's (pirfr, l?.!it ra r-ne r ltibor - fnd more prac1ical atq1faintan ce 'with . it. _Soon after l\-1aldiarii fee 'dut in the narrow way, lie was fo1lowed by ~ number ; fo tHat ~ ithi_n three ot. fo rir weeks front the fir{l opening of the " te!lintony, it ha.d pervad ed teQ .or twelve.· fanllli es• . And from ,that . period continaec.i gracitial!-y~to eocreafe, fo that at Tb rile creek I he ·rnfoL; • ber of fa milies whidi now fiaod in .the faith of €ht1/!'t fecdnd appe arance, 'rrtay be [lated between thirry and ' .t~ ·forcy; •. , • . . " , I lhalf now ' cdnfidet toe ent~ante arid pro~refs of th' tefritnony more parricufarlv, as it re_fpecrs the individual who receives it. The firfi pdiot of faith iri relation td the_tefiimo ny, is to believe, that .he wno bea7sit is a true meffer ge,r ~hd w_itnefs of Chrifl ; in ,whom t_hi!i fbirir of tcrurh continuallv aoide's; and that whatever in~ firuffi_o n, rep_roof, oi- c·ounc il is_min illei·ed' by foch i~ t6m~~ from Chrifi:, 1-Yho fpeak t th in nin'it Thetefore all who are tall }.i li t in tflis m;;inner ~re ltricl:ly .and properly i1rn·ght of God ; and.. in ol,rying what 'they are Jaughi: I~_'. .• , • ihev yield obediitn'c:e to Ch r'ifh t . Upon thisgrou".l~! t~e _b,ef_iever h<ls td make aJinatJettle"'.' jrierit with an old fyfiematit idea; that the fpfr.j t ot G od fpeaketb,i1i vari ably in the f~riptures, lJ1joo ar1 impari tial examina·tion ne fi nd, ,hat all the:c.ontradicl:ory fpir~ it~ among the profeffors of ' chrlfi.ianity fp eak, in the fcriptures c and even t~e devil tri'rnfelf can speak iil tM �82 are as )iabie to b! f,'r.iptures : fo rhat ~he fc;rip'tures It then r.emain~ f pok~n by .an ~vH fpirit, .as the goc'cl. !to follow that f-pirit w~ich goes co11trafy to fin,~11d mani. fefts "irs p'urity by itsiru i_t , according •\O 't he fcriptureS\ and the inward teit .of 'Confcience~ . , Th-is is the fpirit of Chri!t, and h fets tJiem iminediatdy '.to work, to do rhe 'righteous .will of . God·. . And firfi of all _to C'Onfefs .;befor,e God whit tney hav'e done contr_a·ry to bis will ~ 'and tbe light ofthdr own confcience·, In th;s work ,th~ honefr pel iever might ,rs well _'try to c.over or 'c<;>'nc_eal, 't he mofl ,chafing mete in his eye, as try to hidt;or con~ '.ceal ~n·y thing which, he has commttted, _concrary t~ th~ i[Jure"d.c-~r:ine. ·of the _fcri.p.tures, and tn~ holy. 'example _of Jefus Ch•nfl; of .wh rcn be fiands-conv1cled by the wit:. 'n efs of the fpi rir, in h is ·own 'confdence, And here he 1 has to comba.t the fpidts cif -~ _icked men; w'ho pretend to fpeak in the frriptur'!!s, and fa.y, that it is idol a_try to 'confefa _fin . ia the .-prefer.'ce of man.;;..and bat G od is 'to t f!.- foun d any 'wbere>,in the field's, on 'tlie bills or un i\ 'der 'the green trees, and 'there we c'ug ht to m1ke ou( . _ ;tonJdf:ion in fecrc:r. , But by fo!lowii:ig the fpi :it of truth', he overcomes this w'ilci ·p:igari error, iind difcov~ 'e rs, tlia,t ac'cor'dililg to the {criptures,God never accepted ia-con'feili on of fin-, which was 'no t ei1hr r · ·ma·a e to thofe 'whom-he ha·d fet _in. order i'n the church, OT at tea fl with tt he face toward 'tha·t temple which was typical of hi·s lafi ha'bitat'ion, viz, lfi<J.n, B'ut th'e g're atc:ft evidence, :the- true bel'ie\.•er receive's, of this bein:g the o'rder a"nd \h fl irution 'of b'eaven·:, ts the div·ine light ~ hich he re.:. 'cei c'es,in ponfequ enct"·, L ight by which fin appears more 'than eve·r hateful ; and by which he--ii infpire~- w_ith a y; rowing zea l to roll o'ut of his, hea'rr and pr~ffce· th-e 1:,fi r_en:iaim. of'it ';· and laftly by which he.difcovers with ·encrea:fing brightnefs, the fucc'ee_ding 'foorfl:eps of true ;go'fpel obedien(e- To "t h·e fetife of thofe wh·o in· ·the fait h of Ch,ift, ha\'e cleared their confcien·ce ... from t he cle'ep rooted · 11ains 'of fib, atio ~ceived his 'fpir t r a"s th.ei'~ r ulio:g pr,i'ncip'le ot life, fin jg fo exceed ing unfol,.'fo hateful and per'nicio't:1s , t'.h_at I am bold to fay \ hey ·cabn ot commit it. But 'he that is begot-ten with \h'f! divi11e naiure oLthe fon of God, keepeth_himfdf in �•• , ~88 • • . • • .J_ • ' • • ' ~ ~· ~pe eJemeri_t an.d w~r~s of~that ~!llre ; (o tha~ he ·f\~ no. more commit fin,t-han .a filh c.;.!Nfy through the air~ 'or an. eagl{ dj,e ~o:tlie bottom of·rhe fea.. But that a_bi? . ding feryo1: and power of fpirir,. which QVercomes every , . ~otion of evil, belo_ngs _not to the eritrance of the teffi·..: . 1nony ,· l:mt a degree,; of pi_-Qgrcfs in it; . Arid this-degree." . ~ll mull: ~ain ~who come into ,it; odall ofF as 'wither~ ~d branches ;" for the.re remains · no,. inore room for ~ither' inJp_uting th'eid1ns to Chrin•·; or . ro 'a 'deceitful ~eartt or~~1 rhing elfe,by w~ish i~ey-can·~e_ex:u~ed ; but the fonf tbac finneth muft bear its own 1mqu1tv ,and bu'rn~under it, without any mitigation or co'verin\1';. • • ; -~ With'an inw~rcl 'fe'.nfe'ot the 'power-,- profrtl:ion, :ind. prefem:e,bf Gcid' ; ''the believer tr'avels out, of tbe 'uf~ al ) h'idow's -:in'd u,gris, cercmonie, anq for,ms'of ·woriliip, to. ' ~liich l!e_ migllt _ha·, ~ ' b_een fl:r~n-g.ly 1:li'goted while ii_1 • bond~ge under the law'. There 1s no more occafion fqr calling; upon Gq,d· ;ifar oft>, wh'en .be hafl-ken polTeffion . ~f kji; body, and' lives and wal~s ·ifr bi{Il, ·QOI" of calling to his 111emory, a departed faviour,9y 'figns and fhadows. • pf lfis dyjng love ; ·w,1cn t~_e" cinly faviour tl:i~t eves re~ ., ~eeb:1,ed a loft foui, is formed and Ii wing in him ,&exe,u.:: ting eveiy branch oJ'fii,s office~\\7-ath applied .to t-~ body appear~·,a· beggarl'y .eleo_:,enl', compared 'i,vit.h th~ ~ap~ifm of th~ fpirit~ •• And as·· one bapcifm is fufficieri~~ tb pu.-ify the confcitnce;1!e ' takes-tha{ and' travels· away from the fupedluous iliadow. Bodily exercifes, dr'iama; iifions ' ~nd_ C'cffafies ;,whicfi_had 'put a .:no?leniar:y effec1 • on the ~lind ·and cibquratc heai't,. _and furn i!lied at beft; ~ut a fl~etiog .i?Y ; &radu.illy give place· to ihe fun of rig)jtebufoefs/ iliat lhines, continually the fame, witbo1J·1:_ • ~ cloud or edipfe. 'Hence io the progreffive ·work of th·~ te{Umony, a·. bleff>ed reality, .in endurl!)g, antetype, is wrought ifl • uie b,diever, wh•ich fully arifw'en, to aft ,that·h·c cou!d 'poffibly have concei've'J of, while longing~ •praying; acid _hopipg for t h~ ~ingdom to /Ollle, ~ As oe."" :lievf~rs"bei::ome 'more and more leavened into the na-rur,. <,>f Chrifj:, th~y difco ver •with_inc,eafing ~cc_y (acy, che l\\~_ tent corruptions of a fle!hl; o,acure ; 'and the frcret 'wife , ~f Safari, in injectin g' bis "pojfon into the heart.' ,. A11ii ~s they difco ver, fo by tre ~ro[s, they ·everco~e~ :i!]~ �ffli fl t.SON \;L.V .. • bOUlS\/ILI-~, t<V . / . 8 4,, _ , ), ,;?10 ap enirtia(ing vi8:ory-· o-~er th?t whi.ch,"is ~e~_tja tq t he foul, by. dying to it--the fpirit of the teflimony run ; l hrorig h all the b_eliev,e r's depo/ tnient, in public, "rn pri;t ate and in fecret,' fo Jhat iu n,o circ~infh.nce he is rel eafed from the work 'of -felf deniai, cir ' it libe;ry ' to de~ ple his ,confcie rice" wjth a~y alt of \njufiice, . or' :1.m-clean:.n efs~ conti1 ry to the fpiri t cif the divine Jaw, or the~na~ ~u~e ~f th,e Toi> of Go4 ·wn~ t rff fulfi lJed , it: · "To th,e,u'n~ d ean lufi of the fl efb; in wli1c'h the finful felµJh nat,ur~ ~f ajan !s formed; the foll_owers .o f -~hriµ: fi aricl:, iii ii pe:. t u!iaf 1JJanner oppofed ~ ard-.co~~t _it .their d_iftiil~uif!ling to pr.eferve their bodies in fa nct ificatton and pr1 v1lege 1 'h onou r. Jo 'the di-ath of ,t/Jat ij1 which all meri by na.:. iure ~re helcf;)~er_firid . d~iiverance f.tQ_meyery °,l'aqc~ of evil; fuch as pr1de 1 cove,teoµfoefs, an g~r , h at.r ed ~c~ to that by •cru ,;ifying ' the flelh ; its 'affection~" and' lufi§ ;wither of ~ourfe ;' 'a'nd the y grow into a peaceab)e, gen~ tle, kind ancl J ov1ng fpiri t ; in:_~ hich t!Jey can ljve to:i ethe r frop one year's end' to' anoth.er; · wirhou t feel ing ~ llard thought , m11ch lefs CJtpi;effiug· a hard word; on~ .~gain~ another. '.i\.nd in fucb :i fpirit , and' dc-- portineni as _cerneo t~ thern toget_he r' in ci_ne fe llow feding, an<} prom(?tes the peace, purity ap~ happinefs of the who! , t/:le progrefs e,Sf the ·tetfimony mai nly confi!ls.- .. ., ' ' f 'Moreo ver all who recei~e th~ t'dti mony io the fpir\~ of it.,' are taugh t thereby, to be d•l1p.:em anp •faithfu l, Jn things temporal as welj as fp1r itu~I ; . and to ferve God with l;>odyand fµbfl:ance, as ':1/t·ll as their · fplrits. Hence t he tefiimony hf!S ' a proportionate progrefs, iii the frugality, ~nd. honefi indufiry of believers, .~hereby •~hey lay up in fiore, .a· good fo1,rndati6'n, not · for ~heir own pleafure, arid agg_randize~ent ; but fgr the h~nor , of Ood, and tb~-'reiief and fuccour of hi m thaf n.~ed~ • , ' •: • - •~th • • · ' • 01 _t ha ~ ~ieoce theJofl an~ Jefii~ony, !he ' ' By fai~h !P fpirit , whkh aecomp:2nies it, ~, it tom any other fiim.ulus; believers . began "' :en confe(fictg thtir 4 0s, forfak ing , th.em, and taking up their cr.ofs, _and by the fa me faith ,:rnd fpidt, they came together on t!ie twe;!tY th ird of tile fifth, moMh received one common gift,' united in one .~d~ Q~~ul' w9r~1ip, an1 wit~o~t m~mnuring, or ~~yili'?g, L . I �"g 5_ ilave -c-0nr10u~d iif"it;enc~eafing in hwe..,aad union, pe~ce, ~oy and· harrnpny and -every _good word anq w.ork; uni· ''to thep refe nt;d"y; and by this,l amemb<;>ldene-d to teftify t~ a'-t I lie king do~ .fo. _mµch pray ed .fo:r, is ~onie ~~7. ,co rdio_g r9 tbe p.romife of G od., and the orde,r which div ine wifdom laid out ; and the (aiot_i ba.ve '.b,egan to .polf~r~ tha t emlur ing fµl,ll-ance, which prophets ·and ;kings de.(ired· _to Jee, apd µied w)1hoµt the jig ht.• • T he fan1 e fairh, produced by -tl:re preparatory work ;<>f G o-d, be_g an al_fo .to breaj, out at $ag.le creek, f~meJ ime io the _fi x th !llOpth .,; · wh;ch gave occaGon to the ,te.(l;imony heing opmed the re.=-a few at 6rfi embraced Jt wi th fµll pµrpofe of foul, as the orily way of God.I n the mootµ foU9 wi ng prq.thes .Dunl_rny . ffepped into -the igno1~1inious p ~th,-,and began i to preach the faith. w hieµ for a _ time _he had laboµred to d,eflroy ~ ancl • frorri then_ce fQnnr'( hb.e f ame ,wor!-, -worlhip, ;md fpirl! ,. itu.:l tr_aye,I., went forwarq there as at Tur-tie creek, :1nd ' exi(ts at p~..efent in ;io or -30 f;imHie_s itnhe bounds of.the· ,meeting, .· _'fbroµgh ' the fai th _and -fpe'cial li ~ht of ,Mat-' thew fi oii{{on ,- Sam uel, H e11ry, and joh n ijonta, Elifh.t -Thorp·as, ~c. The t12(fori ony entered, and wa u e_ceived ,on t_he foµ,1h fide of,¥:en iuck'y, .abqpt the middle ,gf -dre ,eighth montli ; ;in-0 continued ,to ·rpt'e;id ,uocil it .em,. ~ ,};>raced ~s qiany a.s were w·iH.ing .t~ embrace it; in Mer,each o&; cer, ,Shelby_, .Paint-ljc-J., aild •-f,.ong-lic:k• · ~ hich plac_es, -there are •;i nµmpel" .of familie§, Y.'h9 ;ha~_e, depie_d p_n~odl_ine~s, and "."9rl¢.ly lu.~s_; taken ,up _their crofs,live togetl)~.r 10 Jhe .un1ty o.f.the;fp1nt and-bond, of pea_ce, ;rnd. wbi-le ~ith open eyes they al'.e --trave,Jl:ing: - .froOJ dea·1h into life, they thine as ilights in the world,. A ✓ J ew familie i°aJ ,eeaver ,creek fet out in .obedience t0 the te itimoo,y ;in the. fprin_g of _1:8o6, w-~o were n:11mbered_ with the f;ii1hf9I. The telliinony Ls one and the fame, wherever _it ,is miniRe.re.d,. ls :received into one ancf .the.fa mehon~fi_an(-1 good heart .; ~ whe.rever it fpring~ u p ; a~d bea.rs fruit to perfection, . th at ,f,n,iir is one and the fa me. Alld that 1a.wlefs and d_ifobedient n;i:ture of .~-9e fjr,0 JPan, ~hi~ b never 1 did bring forth fr.wit ~at•· fo , J:l J �86 (:;od, they eari jointly add refs, without pity . or compaf• • . fion in the follov.ring languag~ ; A:hile ydu· m~ay cavil and fr~t, and think that the crofs is too liard, -'But now ·yo,u' muf_l: take what you get, for death. is your certai1 re war~, :f•·Adarn the fecond., I tr~ft, my beautified fpirit lhall find · 'A l>odJ that'ffr~c from. alf hift, and pu.re as the heaven burn m1 ij•• CHAr~ II. AVING. given ,a lhortaccount, of the entrance, . and progrefs of . thfs new religion, . according to the fenfe of thofe who have embraced it; I !hall pr<:,ceedti:i. exhibit it, in a more external point of vjew, in which I !hall confider fome of. the ~ors with which it was ~ randed, and -rhe unreafonable treatment which it recei·. ·ve.q ·on thar account from fome. Not that I wilh to ' infpire--t-b.e_reader with the le aft degree of 1:ef~ nt111ent, y-:a1;ainft thof~who may have taken up µie ·macter in aJaHe li 6 ht; and through mifguided zeal, ;icted an unreafon., able ":u;i d u nfawful part in ~ oppofing i-t- . Cor.figrn~ l am, that if Shakerifm was properly. underfiood, t1!fre 1s no man in · his " fenfes could per(ecute it. Nor d_o I fuppofe that the rtligiop of Chrif!, under any name•,~ ·would evn have been ·perfecuted · by the men , of tbis ".'. world, but tbro~1gh the inftigation of a wfong-heade~ •~clergy- The governlnent of Cbri!r has nothing to do ·wirh the governmerit. of this world·, and can therefore ,,tfer the citizens of thh wo1 Id ·no -provocat.ion. B_ut thro' the falfe iolin·uations of thofe who have wifl1ed to · incm:porare rhe ,chun:h with the world, aud 11t at 'the helm of dvil and ecc-lcfiafl:ical ~ffairs in conjunction; thpfe who have ,mai ked :ind kept up the diftim.:tion, llav.e been re?r.ffenced as the ~nemies of J?~nkit:d,,and · ·H. • a �"Bo/ treated as foch. Now it it is true that none of the prin( ces of this world - knew Chrifl: Jefos, otlierwife they . would not- h ave crncified him ; what conduct might be txpecled rowards thofe who walk, in his meek and lowly footfieps from the.enlighten ed fons of Columbia ; provided their jud-gment was not w arped and twilled, by 1h:1t wild and voracious .beafl:, which long ago maC:e war with the lamb, :ind ov ercame him, Herod :ind Pontius Pilate would -never have m-olelted ~he harmlefs JefusJ but for the f:i lfe accnfations of. _ the prie!l:s and high pretenders to religion ; infiant, with l_oud voice~ crying, 'away with him-He fays he is the fon of God' !-Hc makes himfelf equal with God ! He faid he would defiroy ~our temple, and build it again in three day~!Away -whhbirn ! away with him !-If you let -the de:. ceiver ·go, yon will not be a ., fdend to C:efar.'. It Wai . not the peaceable citizens of the Roman· governnientJ that charatierifed him a bl.rfphemer, a malefactor, wine.: drinker, and a 1.1,hore-mafter ; but thofe who profefftd "to have all bne father, even God, And it was 'the fame char;icl:ers th:ic purfu ed the faints as 'peflilenl Jellaw1, mover, of fldition,' ene!llies to the commonweal th, &c. wore out the pa tience 9f the civil magiflrate with theil' , -clap:io~s, and fi nally inte_refted fhe fecular arm 'tQ extir- _ pate them from the earth, 'Thefe thing's were written for our learning ·; that when , we fee any people per""' fecured for their religi on,we may know it i, not primarily by'the ,:ommonweal th but by the infrigationof fome ecclefiaflic~I judge ·: an_d of courfe, it is not really the religion itfelt that is perfecur ed, but fomethi ng in the room ~fir, I which the f al fe juc!ge has the affurancc, to palm upon the multimde w hile he demands their credit to his fat'fe colouring,- That· Shakerifm has been grofsly mifreprefented in many infta1jces, very few will pretend to ' ~doubt : And the fource from whence thefe mifreprefent ations arofe mufl be peculiarly worthy of notice, , Ir is eafy to perceive, that the fpirit of the revival had a pecL1li ar tendency to put down that minifieri~I auhority, by which creeds and parties were fupported, and fot :he people at liberty, each to follow the dictates of his own confcience. - Upon this pr,inciple; the· jurff• �ccJ, anit' dill:ion 6f the Synod of Kentucky was r_enoon Juppofrd their ·the Prdb ytery of Sprin gfiel d refig ned , e the, ark, yet autho riry, But thoug h D agon fel'l befor ,-:. ~he gene. plan, ·his in in aga him the Phili fiines fet hhfl:anding notw , ytery Prdb ot ber! mem the of • rality full polfef. the in nued conti ·, their proft lfed rdign ;irion capacity that in and· ; rity autho ted repu their Jion of. migh·r t-ffat light' afing incre Jlood ready fo judg e of any rehend comp -to able _ were they her whet d, be mani fcfte reins: of gc,. .it or no. Havi,n"g fl1ook off their fprm er fication of· morti lit,cle but ed attain g havin vern ment , and along in a, ed carri being thaq~ rid.e, natur al to man ; and_ t imagi.grea fo~m to n bega they , fpirit high gale ofah c \i oul~ they b "'hic -nations- of an unive rfal.k ingdo m, in va{l this of ork nd.w grou the as And fill the firft rank, prothey , earch e kingd om, which mufi include the ~lfol lian, i;xclu. ;J>ofed toJei ze U?O•? the facred name , Chrif in to union , an~ . draw fo and ; s name r othe .ill of Jive ~ to be 11all_ed by - one gr.in d comm union , all who wilhed t kingd om was grea this of pl,an The , · name hy wort that in,rh e' year ithed publ .and ard, draw n up by Rice Hagg ation prin, found ng leadi the as ofed, prop h wbic .1~04 : e one fa. led:g know d-ac GQ ,c.iple i, limply to w o,jhip one an_d faith, of ffion confr one \ave ifi-f -Chr l'ior, Jcfus go, and ine ifcipl d -of -form e Jet that be the bibl e-on -be memme1H tefia new the be to this ;md , J,ern mrnr to the d ifferent .b ers of one chur ch, &c, • (See ~ Add refs the Chriflian -of rt impo d facre the on tiei;, religious focie d· fo_r 1 ferve ns inatio 11ame ,' P· 21.) - Thef e high imag ntricity exce their tlut • : le peop the fe _feafon J o ,amu ived, perce eafily i, , ,fro m the leadi ng light of the r·evival Go, h Uurt on ni rvath Obfe • the to tion ,_by a 11ttle atten an1 in nued conti God Whil e -the- work ot ver- nmen r, , the fuhj flb deg ree of purit y, it was not a facred name union an6 comm the ir was ncr : of quell: in were It' .of hy m won tl)e umed all who ns ,fellow!hip of the millio r of Goo powe -the was It : ht foug they -that lt; .Clf Chri i in the Chrif of fpirit Jiving unto falva tion, and that temp~ holy a into grow t migh they h whic ; hear t, by , nation imagi n huma of e But a f~hem in -the Lord . in tions mina deno the all e iz, or~an • "'·bi<.h propofed -!o �' 89 int treat body of Chrifl: was very fuitable ~herewith to confront a little teftimony, which Gmply encouraged fouls that were fee~ing fah•ation, to c:onfe(s and forfake ih~ir fins, and fet .out to folio~ C~rifr, in a life of new obedience, And . therefore for the diftortea feature.$ of Shak~rifm-the erroneous fentiments and wicked pr,acrices iof tqofe called Shakers ; mankind _in general ;ire indebt'e d to . thofe, who by way~ of eminence are , called Chriftians, . . In peruGng an account of thi~•difiinguilhei;I profeffion in Browne's.1.ue/lern Calendar; written at Springfield; / Auguft '2.6, 1806 : the followi ng fentence particularly • attracted my attention, vh. "They are not fo vain a11 ;. to think, that all r.lieir -thoughts, words, and .:icl:ions have ;il~ays . been exaaly right; and they will thaok any, who in the fpirit of meek.oefs, will point out to~li.~ , ,, • wherein they may be wrong, that th t. y may ameod A'- ? This conceffion-'an d requefr from one of the firfi minif- . ters, in this new Chdfiiao. fociety, in behalf of the peo .. r ple ,in general ; al1ho J conceive it forni/hes me with no authority to accufe tJ,em with_aught ; yet in reafon, it mufl: pre_veot their taking offence, thou.Id they know, that a number of their ,words and acl:ions are recorded, in .a fpirit of meeknefs, which are conceived to be effea. tially wrogg~ .. _ ' ' \Vhen the t.eftimony was opened at Turtle creek, Wh Jfwas fpoken by the Lebanon brethereo themfolves, could not reafonably be condemned by thofe who heard j t, But others at difiance, rolling about with, the wind of imagination, ang conjecturing things char-had .u o re:diry ; iinbibed a fpirit of prejudice againfr this docl:rine of the crofs ; and efp~cially as it _bore an "unfa:- • vorable afpecl:, toward ·rhe great body of Chrift which ~ney had 'in contemplation, And therefore, the firft words, which I conceive were not exaclly right, came _ ,forward in a letter from Springfield_- dated April f, 1805, a fe ,v of which word.s were as follows: -'' 1t mac .. >.ers not to me who they :ire, o/,ho are the devil's tools, , whether men or _angels, ·good men, or bad. In the ftrengch of God I mean not to fpare, I ufed lenity once • io the devil, becaufe~he came in a good man, (viz,J .,., H~ , a �9-0 W~i:ley , But · my G_od refpe8'.t n.o man's perfon. I· wo uld they, were even cut off who trouble you : f mean in the name and fire~gth 6f God to lift his rod of al. mig hty trmh againft the viper," &c. Now admitir.g tha t thefe were the wickedeft men ·on eart h--l l am far from thinking that fuch menacing wor,ds; from one unprovoke d, could be ju!tified ; and how much1 lefs whtn on the fame ilieer, this coucdfion appears, • I do · not fay that they are not good m r n, or ,that the body of their frcl; are oot fuch'; perhaps · they have more light than imy other feet; perhaps th~y have ha·d more powe r."' ~ Where then could be the propr.iety of crufhing .rheo1 ~ , or C!,!lting them off, even upon the generou s Chrifiial i _ - plw, of a coalition of feels, In a foregoin g letter it was-complained that through . fai t_hj_n _the tefiim,m y, the ordin.,nc e,i Gf baptifm, .the 's fupper, &c. _'tl·ere likely ·to be cafi away•, _And ~ -Ill the epiftle from which I have juft been quoting, _ arc the foJ.lowing . words " Thefe men have turned the g ofpel intQ a law of coinman dments .contai-ned in orJlinance s.~'-.No w from t_hefe two Ctirifii~n minifler~,. who could learn the true "account -? Their words_could l)Ot be both exactly right, for thry 'flood in pointcJ cootrad iairui, But further, confid ering that b1ot_her 'Thomp fon, in the fame lemr acknowl edged that-he Wi!S far behind, not only in the light - arid liberty of the revival, but on every impor-tant lubju:} ; I- conceive it .was not ~x ~ltly r ight, for him to- form fuc.h hafiy re:{ot·1utiom to combat the._ tefiimon y, even before _he had• properly heard it ; and with- 1hat refohnio n , to COf!l~ up to .the camp meeting ,~at Turtle creek, _on the· 2-z d'1 of April, raife a fu ~den and .pafiionate c_mcry ag·a11~llthtfe pea ce;; ble men-Al fume .the autbori 1y •one-ad ing, _ 1he mee ting- -enter tipon a public invdliga,tioo _ of. their ductrines ; aiid in- ihe clofe of it , pronoun ce witb a loud voice, they are liars ! they are I.iars ! they are Ii., ~n !, A ccord)ng tp the fable·, " A -liar •is no't to be belje.1 ved, ev eu wh1:n he fpe:ak~ thf truth,n The_refore alth0 kw:is rt:adily -iranted , tha t-t~efe men fpoke the trutp j yet there remameo i:h is p ret ext for not belit ving them,_ nameiy ,- _t'!_l.,at Lhey were declared to be Hars j and _u9roll �91 ttiis principle it w:is, that they were de.barred by maAy; from fpeaking ac all, in public. A man may be under an error, or he may be miflaken, and yet merit fome _ degree of refpetl: from his fellow creatures; but a wilful liar, a deliberate. teller of lies, ·N ho can_aw ay-w ith. Therefore. iundei; this -opprobrious charatler ; a bold cbrHlian could cry to Hfachar Bates "Go to Hejl" and while a wicked m.an followed Jo.h.o Meacham froin , place to place, fpitting •in his fai;e, and crying alo_ud to make a g~eat ,re, and burn thefe falfe prophets.; fome of the· foremoft, who profefft;_d the worthy name, Chriflian 1 were at his ·batk, laughing and encouraginghim on. This -and (uch 1:1.e treatment, ~ppe ared_fo fa.from being exaclly right, :imoBg a people who aimed -at monopoli!ing the n'ame of Chrifl, that I am confident, ' fimilar treatment from the wild eft favages, towarda, ny men of civil deportment, mufi have merited fevere rcfletlion. At a _focceeding meeting at Salem,. the 11th of May following, I have no_doubt but brother Thompfon may , 'have juflly refl ect@, that he W~S not ex~ ctly right in debarring from the privileg_e o{ fpe akini, one whom hfl had long acknowledged hi, equJI, and bis guide-e.x. eluding all who believed the tefiimony, from any fur ... ther communion, or fellowfhip with the Chrifiians, and efpecially ,as it was in pointed contrad i(tion to their gen•. era,) Chrillian plan. " Lef none be -excommunicated, but for a breach of ihe div.inc law." (See Haggard's plan before mentionfd.) Setting his own prejudiced fpirit to fpeak in the fcr iprures, as if it was the fpirit of God-And thus afferting , t_h at r-he Holy Ghofi had made him overfeer of the flock-and 1hat thefe fh ake rs, were falfe Chrills, falfe prop_het·s, wolves in fhee.p s' cloathirig, deceitful worken, 'transfo rming themfelves into the a.. pofil es of Chr.1 fi-creeping into houfes, and leading capr,; . tive Glly women-dumb dogs, and every h;,tefol name, and character whic h ,: -~ . fcriprure could furnifh. ln confequence of- wh ich, they were railed upon by the C hriflians under thefe names, wherever they v. ent ; and henceforw ard th efe memben of '' the gr~at body of Chriil" ,onceived th~y bed good aulhoricy ve.w th! u �92 word of God, to imp·each them with. every thing that was erroneous, wicked, and bafe,. and not only , ~aim _upon them every filthy character, n;imed in _the· frriptijres; but treat them as they fuppofed foch characters deferved. No·\v it it was , not e-xactly right •to take _the privare interpretation of · John__, Thompfon, on thofe occafiqns, and upon - the fir_e ngth of that, · refofe ._ any pe,rfonal a(quaint.:in.ce ~ ith' thefe men·; it will fo!low ,-·that a!Lrhe rough treatment they received-, in cgn-,fequence, i.yas , cxa6l:ly wrong. I ' forth.er ·conclude it was ex~cl:ly Wrong :fcir ·my k_ind, brother .Srone, after ~ inviting · frie by le tier: . to·-attend the general me_et-ing at Concord, the fecond fabbath in AuguH ; to.forbid me to fpe-~k on -th~ occafion_, o·r even to come to his houfe • . -.And by ,1 council oftheChriflian clergy ,".to ~mpofe upon brother D~nlavy-, BenJimin Youngs •: and M11.cham .JV orley, the i[)ju'nflion of total filenc~~ through the whole of the rn.e eting; and :it the fame time _that many -were folicid ng. us with te~rs ti,) preach, and we thus . pointedly forbidden, on -fpain o'f, being profecuted as difturbers of the meeting '; to propag:\_te amo~g • the peopte tha(we weri: che du[Ilb dog~ fpoke;!J of' in :fcrip-. ture: ( with whrch, title we were.!of,cen taqgted :) On ' the \aft day of the ·meeting fix of the Chrifiian brerhren, viz. J. Thomf~n, R. -Mar/hall, B. W. $.tone, D. Pur: - viance, J. Stockwell and A.' Brannon,: .a lternately ~e ... livered each his opinion of th~ !hakers; in an . addrefs, • in whioh, fome of them _were named out, pr~nou nced liars, defam~d by many , flanderous reporrs, wh ich they _could have pro\!~d - falfe, had , they been -allowed to fpea-k. Now if fuch treatinent ,was _right, th~ fpirit of th_e revival, which all~wed _every . man liberty of confcien.ce, _muft have been wrong, But as I conceive· i.t is ri'ght fo(every _man~ to ~ear and believe whoever he -pleaf~s ; the above _conq,ucl: appears .n ot-O!')ly.fugverfive of the liberty, -of confcience, fo warmly c9ntended for~ a lit tle ·}'-1 hile before, by the fame breth,re~ ; but of the very f pirlt of a _fr~e g~vernment. For be it obferved,. th H in all thofe plaq:i the people were anxiou s to -bear the Shakers, and.confidered themfelves as much re. C - Jated to th9fe~who v(erdorbidden to Jpeak1 as to them -- - • , �9'3 i'i,lio' forb:ide them i until by th'e . d°io o( Mle: .reptiri~, -pra'cfice, tbey !ind rriifreprefe'ntations of their f ~ich, · a,nd dice~ preju were ffightecf into a fpirit of ,s, on' Brother Sforie; in the fotroducl:iori to' b'ii letteby hisufecf ents argum atone ment·, obfer ves that the ont.;:,;,;.bafd' oppo nent !; ' ' arcf ,, oold' ll£1fcriptural alreni 's ~Arm i .. devil of s ildmes...:..!dduuoo~efror.....::doctrine fuch· argurnenfs-' n'ian11m-::Socinianifm-Deif111; &c:_ they p~w.{fays hey hav·e 00 effefl on a_candid mihd,bt'it ,d l'ooli c·andi . The • • igotf b_ and s •erfully _influeric:!! dupe W ho ~hen· ts.'m'en argu aT ujvoc uneq'. n plai_ and for crJ·ch bY the follow:-= could _lie fuppbfe, iou·td 6e infru enled to' Cam p.; reply his of cript pofrf the in' e·nt; ing fiarem : befor e'. douh no heard e hell's ffric lures ~'' You ~hav of ou·r wo t_ of mire pa de le otab' Jame the this tirne i of go(~· true tne ' fr9m ers preac hers, and a feN of t!ieit hea:r ha\•e They , . • rifin lhake . or , nafo1 ~nthu pe I, in.ro ,- wild old' ao to a11de 1 made _iliip'. wreck of faith, ang t(1m1 New ~ngl and; -'~om ~n's fables,. whd bto:rche'd chem; _in in fh'eep "i ~ :rhont tW'e11ty five years ago- = Thef e "·olv es· co·m<'; . to· h~ve and afar; from us _ cloat,~ing, have i ,neit al alfer ..; _ frtur unfcr _ bold If &c. ur,'! devo .mo -end teat,r brothel" ; e m• perfu I ng, 111ro __ afe ' tion s~'ha rd o·:rri1es, &c, un.: p1.iin t \Yha riihr. ly exac1 not iS' ript pci[fo Ston e's that e pro1• to' ted dvan a_ __!'quivo~al ~rg.Linlent was evF.r te an fwere <f the- co1idull of thefe meru i~ a ftngle inlbn Youn gs was amin Benj n Whe fo foth a bold afThrtion, atid ~lnll Mul R, by ; :ord Conc -ac fpeak forbidden to forry. ani I " was, maqe \V , Ston e, the only reply . ~e , ' '' , light own you:ng Jbu11 • to fee you he-s, a·re' J\{ow when tot hefe inpu'rnera\Jle Rard ljJeec houf rt; their ' to gers {½ran cfe ini(ih invit _ . adde d-th eir , and for.: - _flopping them at the ,door when tliey came ring, th{'.m' ·orde times ~r o,~ at or r; biddi ng chem to ente r the neceffity from t~eir h_oufes, anq laying the_m unde ; and by fuch s weed the g amon ng of feeking their lodgi ed of;- en- afham be d woul peilt a as yj nrnit inhur of a.:ls cnri(l::aod the think I ; n cutio coura ging a fpii'it of perfe orJ~ and hts,w g thou· their all that dg,e, owle ac'kn may well Wha t,; . right_ ily -exat :.ictions, have not al ways been col:!'id , fians ahri( of j genlj latdl this of ple b:3t the ex.am �- ·94 ~ave irlfiig_ated any part of a free; an<J friendly repuh-lic,_to be-fetth e houfes of the Shakers )n the night, af. fault their perforrs with clubs a11d Hones, break· ·theit' window s; and burn .thefr pla_ce of worthiJ>--:tlirdw down .•' their fei;ices, and turn-in bcafis 'to dellroy _thefr grain~<;ut, an? tea'r to ~eices1 ,their 11pple trees.... :crop and disfi~ gure their horfes.: ..beat and _aoufe fome o_f the it bodies; and by. every kind of riluckery, railing and curfini , pulhing, colforin g and threate ning; di!lurb and m.ole!}: the·m _ in their wor!hip . -Did, the citizens of Ohio and ' Kentucky, know of truth, that it was the meek and huinble folfowe rs -of Jefus Chrifi; • that they were treating in this m:rnne r? N /JY verily , : but a people ~s they fuppo-·fed, of the ~moU torrupt ans} m~fchievoµ. princip lei. And :is I apprehe nd the general fiareme nt ,vhich ·1he chrifiia ns,1;ave of their principl es, w-as not exa€lly right·;'_} 01all m:irk 01.Jt f~me of thofe -mifiakes, The firfl rot1gh • lirreamer.ts of Shakei:ifrn portray ed t!}e p\1&1i_c; mind \ver·e ,Jhatit went to difanou l, and cafi away the b:ible-1 to fet up the word Qf m:anin roort--rof •ir-To ·-deny ]ea. fos Ch r ifl:,.,...the refurdl iop, and fin~! ju_d gn-ienr -,To • ibrow away the gofpel~ and'.. fe~'k falvation ~ _the works_ of the la\V, &c. 'rhat thefe Shake'r s were eiig r_nies-'t o the revival, and came to deHroy 'ir". • That ' 'iheir khefoe - Was to get people' s land and propt-r ty; by, parring .mari and wife, ruining and breakin g up famili es, That they ·iicl-ually forbade 10 marry, .incl" ·comma r,deo to abftain __ lrom mean,, and therefo re without hefitati on, they wue feducirrg fpirirs, and -1hJ:ir dotl:rin1:,_that Qf d~·~iJs . •• T,his gen~ral eraugh t, laid a foundat ion for great improv e,. ment, both upon their p6ncipl es and pract ice. _ And the chriftian mini{le , whof~t the ·exampl e' of cbarac_ teriung from his ow·n private frudies, ' without , any perfonal acquain t ~nce, H-f-ld foon _abu nda_nce of followe rs, who felt en tirely at' -libs:rty, to pub1ifh any thing, which ·a fruitful ;im ag:nario n was capable of ccmpof ing ; and from this fource it was, that the public ger,eral ly !/ CCived their infor..,m ation, And accordi ng as the wind offan..t:y blew, fo it was a facl:,cre,d ible a_t Jeall- among tbe chriftians, that the {b akers cafiriJ ted all rheir malesl and con .. fequent ly expofed th_ e ii ne~ks t,1> the gallows : ~r .d ivff• bn �. ·A:5, · , ~ " • ~eel of'altmoi:lefiy;, -(lrjrip td and dance d na¼ed,.· iu~tfJ,el.e. night meeti ngs; blew Qut ._!he candle s1 and went in to il. ptomif cuou~ debauc~ •...'.,.A~d what; w~s {till more fl10.cl<: .,; iog-t he fruits of their unlaw ful emhra_ces, ·1hey . con.,.: - ceal~d ,' by· ih'e horri-0 crime of murde r. _l,n . on!! .infiari ce,. a, '(>rof~~U}iO,Q was _propo fed a;g~inft an in~i v.i'd ual ; but:_ the 1;v1den~e, ev¢n for a J ufp1c1on; .was . fo extrem ely. • v.rgue ) thar t ~~ bil_l wa\,ha nded back by the forem an of the grand .jury, with a jLJ.fi repmo f' to the prefen tert • S.!_:!ch r1eports;.,md) :onj e'dore.s, _(of ":'hich ~there was aq infi_n\te variety ) weje ,gener ally ta~en upon ~he au'tho r, • i,cy:; that Mr.• Sllch- a-one heai:_d -a !ll•m fay, that he / aw ~ a w_orqan, ~ho had 'it. from .a v~ry_,,r.efpcl5Ja~le man, who faw ~ h~ ,perfq n, who Jaw)t~ ; '3ut,/ in, fame infia:nc es, , perfo!i<s, fijid. to ~b~. ~f.g~e at. r~_fpecl: ,1bjlity_., _wQu!d ajfipn . . ( wh~t~tfr chey mea~t , :wJth their,,p ;i tural, eyes, or th_ e eyei;. pf_i~1 agmat Jon. ) -c~at t~ey themfelyi:s f,~w .fu~? things . F'or 4)c~!i berty brqth~ r Thpm pfon,. np poubt,la1d a found_ation, Jo (he (pllo,yv.ing _fenten ce~of.. his letter of April 5, '' ·1 fee the maFk of the beafi on that church , as pl_a1q , ~s I - fee , this~p,.aper ,while-_l _write ; and ~ know: that J • fe~ it ~y t~e Ugfi.t of God.'!:- Jn thet• light .of t~e fame go.~, l dou,bt not b~t le,n , !,bouf~nd .beafily .all:i~ns,_ have:, been feen ilmPng th!§ ·people ; no~. one Qf, which ; the q1rlfii a9s, an d ~jl Y.)e , world t.o b_e lp t-bem,. are able t9.. pi;ove- ; af~e1: .. fepfling o~t . fpie~, . and wa_t~hi1,1g _ tqeir boufes , by 9ay ~n d'. niglltr ,,_ • >. ,.- . . -• , It hai eve r bee H f6re ign1r.o m ,the feelings of the1 Be., 1 lie"'.ers, to counte r .. pl<:!ad . fooh - Vag_g e in(if)u ations , They believ e that ;God ~as ~ailed chem t(! anoth er wor15 ; in · the .progr efs of w.hi.fh;, -t~e J ru-th wm i11ew itfe!f , _\ withou t any fir ife of· :words , . f3ut_ as a numb ~t pf thingi ; of con fide rable weigh t have bee-n Oated, by way of objecl:ion ; .w~ich ha_ve J?e_e!-l main.rained_witq fome lhei.y of argum ent ;- I fhall briefly , ibv:e-fiig~~e fome of thofe· partrc ulars; merely to· !hew tlie,dif fa~nc e of fenfe anq 'under ilandi ng on -thqfe Jubjec l:s. accor_ding ~o thir evi,,. . d,enc.e on both {ides, , And i., Tbe ,, C hri!li;rn mioill e r, .after for biddin g the Shake rs to rpeak, or ~h e p eqple r& · be_a r the.:n, i:ou ~dly .afier ts-" ~ Thefe men fay,, tl_Ja; )fie ar~' in ;i pew difpenfation,,..-J'h at ~nrifl i~ f:Om_ e tht - . ;JJ ., ' 0 ' ' .. -, - ,.. �-,~ ~ r :ion and fioal jud g.~ ent be- fe.cond ti~ e, ani rhe r efurrecl WO;l,lld . r-:ply~ " 'Y-eryev,e i.u p/' . ~Th e r.oung beli tsr- w at e very enl igh tem q " ; 11 : A new dtfp e9f iti? n th co ming Qf Chr ift; • ~l has been foqkin g for _: aud have be~n pra.yin g: ·and s iuh ac for which te1l rhoufa n~ . n ear th, • as th_e fcrl pl:ure~1 e·re h e_w fo1R ,be. w np 1 mu( .he t,JP, a_ccord itig to. D .1 nie-J, a_re true , for the fi1_n e is , (or th ~ (anftua ry~-~o b_e Joh n; aod a,~ the prop heu e holy pe.ople ·refiore,4-:-:- ~ tb_ :dearifed,- and -,_he powe r of en awi.ya- _aci_g'_ tqe fai nts ta}. ill: i,c'hr anr of ty i hor ·the aur wha,t .oth er .refurr etlion is . .to ()Olfefs the .kingdom,. --'And oI that •llate of· fin into ,ibe re ,lo life , 'but to come .9,Ut come into Cbr ifi the. which the, fid t Adam .fell; and ion and the life :' T he • rrc& Second Adain, who is 'the rdo wb)ch is confi ao~d,y _up·o~ • and .•, m;:u ani ol,¥ p we r e tt' :ma ecl: / _afte r h~ dil'Qh;1t}po, tQ' .the ch~_ng~, ,we are ,not t_o exp l}en t's o(r his _gl6,9e, 'and elel be ~gain f1;1btr-,tcle d fron:i } he fl), at } he e~per)fe _of ,e.ve~ ve for - re~11offe,ffed, i.~ iti pri.init! ~po,~a~ :, 1~ may .haye -,:be etn nco ch whi 1 w1tJ y, ;bod • .ry oth er e,cl; · . e'!,p to udgment ar~ w.e .t ed, An~ w_h at oth er 6.ol!-!Jt_he ,r refe nc;e ,of God,' a.n_4, :bu r (imply, and honeilly, ·!_n '. w.ho ' ;ire appointed to jud ge ,€hri{_t, and before the. r~i"nt-S ~ t _vye hav e. eve r d~one ami:fs the \vor,Jd, co_nfers - aHfettha j!vjl 1 ;ind ry eve a~e forf to out rep air our w ron gs h1fa o,t ~gio ws 'imo a inan ? _g row "up --in,to Chrill:, as the re ·is ojp in iua/ hot,ly .; t~e the7 bere is _a natural body, .and e lau er to the refu rrrc ~ _for me r pelongs-t_o ~.he ,fal l-thfkulls and rot.te n _flefh .rha.t pld ~ion , Th, ere fore .i t i_s not 1iu t tha r fp,i ri_i ua'. );,,ooy, o( ar:e 't 9 br r..iifed up in glor.y ;mei pi)er$ ; -wh,1ch ,~ alre?,dy y.,bic,h we ~re .called .tp be o~, ~nd afcenrji,ng ;,n~.o ·th_e • ,raifed u~\ by tbe .pQwer or.p 9f fight fr_Ofl> ~~ii; lo.ft heav~_ll of pea r ens , f" p9,t ' • ·' 1 • • • wo rld, i~- ~ thm of o~e h · e~c t • Obj. ,;z., '' The fe rne_p· fay,, th~ • fql'." f ;mc oi;ir l>ibles,, we JllU(l di~o:,v 1w ar' Ch riftt ;· and , ,, .Jow tne m .-. imy ,right• The.y tefAns, Th,is ,Oate!J}i,q.t i.s not ex: ift, \Vh.ofe footfieps they tifv that the_re i.s cb.1,1t p,ne ~hr re~ .n ob me r 1han o~h -~ natu foflow, ;,in_d tho? they are ifi theJ rp~y ~c ~~ftJy f9)ll" er men ; yet in (ajlowin_g Chr }re:J, Jqwe_d, _iirn,rdip~ to the fFripU. ~y �, f)1 _ J fthree 1hond1: repuMicaris:, in ~rder-t0 ,re.dai~ a band _ ,,tf t_ories, fho1Jld invite them to become their follower s, ., ,«:ven as ,they follow~d Geo, W afhingtgn, or Thomas -_ Jeffer:fon-;- wo.ul~ this farnilh a.foffic.;ieoc reafon for fia~ , ,ting that each of _thefe men profdfed ro· be a Thomas ifefferfon r and therefure t:hey 11,1uft be liars,_there being .only one man.in Amertca of th.if llaJl,llt• Or if thefe to..- ' .i'ies had got copy of ~he :u,nited. States' laws, whiclt. • t,'hey abufed 5, wol,)'kl it be proper for',them to fay, th_a t .the honelt., citi;z.~ns Wilnted· tpem to .throw away. theil." Jaw book, betaufe -they woµld have .t hem to,li;ve -according -to thefe Ia ws,, ? With no lefs impropriety were the :Shakers char.ged· with profeffing to 'be ea.ch a ~hrifr, a~d re_q,ui~ing ~he :~ hrillians -to th~ow away tbeit. .bibles, _ • , - - '4 - The _f~b.jeeh of the r.e"Jval, had unanimouc:Iy ~elieved -that .,C h rift woula m_ake his ~bode, and ·appear ·in man; ~ - _and r.hat it wa.s thejr priv-ile~, to bdieve .ima follow the _tru!h, deHvered by ~m.an, ac_c.ording .to .' that me:afore , _in wh\.ch_·J t !las opened and re.vealcdt · ·This was c;er.:.. .t a inly ,t-be fai-t-h ,of brother 1:'hom.pfon !-iimfelf, when ~n 'the fpirit of the revival, as appears, from the following ,e~priffi on_, io-iHe.tte,r, dat~<l J\pri-1 ~2, :I $03 := " The ~ord m.iy ' have ~made •known -r_o one; what anotbet is ignoran t 'of-J bJefs God, d1a~ ·he ha~ '!lade you ~apa:.- • hie to Jeach ·m.e, in the ttiings of God," And even 1n his :letter of A priI f, 1_8 0 .5· Ide ha Ho much remaining ,can. dor a.s to .fay.~ " God in mercy vi.fired ypur ' fopl~witft iight vvhile I remained in dar;knefs --He fe_nt you to this ',c;onntry wj th Jhe Jight .tq .fow it!.. here, ana m_ad,e you -the inftrume n!_ of .bringing the geavenly fire to Spri ngfield, where my .foul caught the .flame of rbis reviv al, .E vec {Ince tha-t time -yo:U a.re jn my heart to live-and d1e witft ,, -yoNow if it' was: th~ .faith and order of the ' r.evi~al,. to follo.w,;,t he trnt,h of God, ·relli~eQ .hy man ; cit could nc;>t he.e~a&ly' ·rij!ht for any_.w ' pretend ·rhac_- tbey were go.: ,-· ing or. in .th e· f pirit of- the re'-'.ival, _and .a t the fame time, -laboring .to-defiro.y all corrfi.dence in e.-.ery livin-g teach .. ,-r,-Cryi ng Otlt.;..." Do_n' t be!Ieve man~do ri'tJollo w him ..;;..you ne,e d • not ~elieve us, for · w:e may a,nd do _e rr - . l -:: . , a. ~ �,9~ you mufi juCl: ta~e ~the WArd ·o(Go~, ·an_d . re:id. th.at~ There you · have tlw ~rqth, and you. rn~y believe. :ind 'in 1he,.words . .,_ . . . offcrip'~ -<• ' P rattice , as expi-f'IIed ' . i,~, precifelv ~ .19re.-". Y tt the people w! re,.. (hut up 1te ,;ie,e{fity ~fbe~ _Jieviog fame l:JodY, ~, and rather than ~ ~l_ieve thofe_w~~•had been ..-/called ha~s by others; ·they gave credit tq .the oppofite char,afrer, ~ho a~fe~ted ~ontero_ing .them·~ felye~, that th.ey were not to be believe~ :. a·nd ih obed'i-: enr.1: to th,.a t faitb,lea,nc d·firft..fo i;all t~e 6i!Jle by a nami;_ whic? it uever ga~e itfelf : • and -afcor:dioi- fo that_ nam~~: prachfe wh;itevrr wa.s commande d 9r even· permitted m fcr.ipt9re ~_words 1· a[~red· ~hat God 'i~_~ed.~a~ely /pok~ to tqe~ 10 t_hat fo;tptui:e ; even tho' 1t [!1tght bav~ ~::~tofj ginally • :roisen ~¥ • <! J? h<\ri(e~ j _Sad~~c~ ot Altho' l hav.e beard the abettor of the common chriC. tian -caufe, mai·□-tain thai Gen.) ii., 4, Yejhall not Jyrely ,;Je -and M ~t. i':', 6, 9, If tpou 6.e th.e Jori of (lol{-Ifiha¥-_ wilt fall d~wn 1n1 w ~rjhip m_e, (?'C, were : the • w or"ds of ,O.o d, and to , be takciJ· with9ut any e:,,plan11ti90 ;~yet{ ' have fupppfe~, ii: was rather ~~ a~oid t,he_force· of truth~ - whi!':h th ey were unwilling to ;icknowle~,ge, However. •• fo no thing lhor,t •of this, could the ·genc.ral principl~ p oJ an y con11ftent bafis- ; and the implk ii"'bf li~ver 9f -bi~ ble words, mu fi learn his dµi y fr~m 1he~ rolloV)' iiig ·fen; • t e nces, as <j ireclly ;,is any 01 her~. ~'Rejoice O young . 1!la~ ..i'] thy youth, wdlk in the way s of (hln5 heart/ and in.the fight - of thin_~eyes ; go·take untq, thee a wife of whoretbms---:_Drin~ tbou a!fo and let thJ, f orfkin ~e un~uv.ered~ D.r;in/1 ye ttnd 61 .• flrunkm, andJpue, and fall, a!ft/. rife ~d-"!_Or~, &c0 ~ _ . Obj. 3, " T hey f ay we - mutt ·~~ fav~d by the-yVorki bfth e law -Their do4 ri ne leadsintQ bpod ~geY -. • A ris, · T hey l~elie ve th at pur_waid cfrcu mcifioo, wi!'Q e vi:r y oth~r Je wilh yere mooy, whi~h t,h~ ~pofiles G'a~led works of .:,th'e,.J.aw, we r..e il,rogated- b y C brilt; nor. pa,ii::-they attempte d t Q r.e vi ve any of then,. Bur Chr ift proviffo n fp,:: in dilannu!li ng ihef~ dead wp-rk!:., h! ac)e b ~d works.- T he only al,er oative fi.e' left for a1'i y , wa~ t o ~o[!o w ·hi m in the regen.e i;:a ti(JO, or ·c ogtin\] e U_t1der. th~ J,iw a 1 d unqe r its cu rfe.. T hi~ d~t.'.l:r ine never prnpo: ff!i ~uy th ing bqr pond~~e w ·t~e j_c1y, ~ llo e~pe~~cj tq no: �h~ pardoned for: Abram's lake, and accepted on . accourit bf hrs clean out!ide:. - :Now futh an o•bj e€tie_n :is m.tde no diflinctio11 be·twee1'1 ,good works.2...:-dead work s-and bad works, caa ie vdy imprope·rly from 't hofe who . cont en.: ded fo warn_ily for liberty . to cooti11ue in fin,· as w·ell as in ·che _ufe of , fhofe .works, which _the°y- themfelves ac.: kno~ledge,, wer~ ~adopt~tl in the toom of circ·un1c:fion and the palT011en ; ·,· -~ ; • , Obj: 4: · " The_y f9rbid to mafry....,and attach crimi.: hahy -to ~hat . for ~hicll' ·we have ~the exprc[s comin and 'o f GodP ' .·., - · . . . A,:zs• • This 'i ant bold t() Cay every believe~' in -'Keo - · 'r,ucky "and Qhio; have from th_e beginning c;n trad icled. For qid.ding _a_ny thing implies authority ·: and att achi11g crimu,ality to any thi11g, belongs, to a I,a-w, N,eiw· chefe men {)ever propofe d ariy ot her th~~ _the law of Mofes,& everyman ts confcjence ~s ;i crherio_Qtii difiirigu t{h b~tv1~rn good arid e•:il, Therefore ~.:. hat was thus alreaciy conq_ern-'n ed, , dia na ~ rema'i? ~or theJn _to _crtmin a~e-, ' An~ ~?~ . o.n t_he-ge ne rous principle, thlt ever.y frte -ag.eo_t, ougnt tor be ailo\ve<l, ~io ._m _ att._ers ·of re\igion,- to act according-to his ovro-faith ; they_ h;ive never;-; to--my koewleclge, ini: ·pofe.cl- any - prcffiibition on an individual, in rf lation- to m atrimon y, • It is true, that forth~ ~in~dom of,...Jiea. _ven's fake ; they-· chufo to ·be eveti as .Chrift , in that re'fpecr, -Bu;t their receiving a particu·l ar -fayi ng of Cnrift, .ind living pretifely , up to it, claims -~-o authority over the children · of this world ; • they have , an indifput able -rig ht,_accprJi ng to their own law s,to marry : and every ~ ·church m :;iy adopt fuch la ws·:iud fornis of matrimony, as _they thi nk proper ,; and with ·l!ny fuch laws _or forms, ·the Sha kers have never interfered. . • - The Chrifiians have labo red hard 'to efiabli(h the ;_ bove-bbjeflion, and not withput foine pl ~uGhle prei ext. A,1d bad· the witne1fes againfi C brifi, ,no pretext fol' ' a!ferting-" ' We heard this fellow fay, ,1 w-ill dell:roy 1he temple of G od ?"~Did he not fay_~'D.rflroy this •lem_p1e'-:-a.nd ' I.. will' ?-And where \vas the J½reat eyil of cr_,nfpoiing the words, and putting!/ will'. -before 'de. jlroy,' when i.t was fo efft;nti_;illy .n~ceffary rn· condem n me de_cciver ; But 1 fupp~fe J t,_would lie· .granted, even 0 �100 by the falfe witnefs himftlf, that- he waJ nof ~exa&lf right, Agaio .accQrdihg to their tefiim-ony, he was no. friend to Crefar,, W liy t Did he not pay hi§_ taxes? True ; but he_ would nor fight'; lie WO\ild r:fffier turn' , t he other cheek - to the fmiter: and fpake of another kingdom, .lf then~Chri!l -was plauftbly an~ unjuflly ac- _ c.ufed with aiming to defiroy the Jewifh tem ple, .and· fupplant the empire of Crefar ;- fo were the .:Shakers; wich the above, • • • • It was in fact the Chrifiians_, who afl'umed the'. author, ity on tbe occafion, ··;rnd fet out -to enfor.:e a law, given' to man io ·a fbte of innocence, fot the· Culfilme:Ot of whfch he wholly unfited hin1fclf Q}'._ the fall. Gen, i. 'i:8: - That law or command, as it relpelled falfen man, theShJ kers foppofed the fon of God had difannulleLC, and from it th ey conc.eive·d they were redeemed by Ch rift;, as weB as from all' oq,tward ceremonies of aton-emenr, _,.- that fallfA man had ever ,lain - upder, in con fr quence ,of .. , his periierfe· obedie'nce ; and iri tlaiming this riglit of ~. ,, ,,,,;.. reden1r-ti~1h, they had enough to ,do lO anfwer the o~-- · Y/ • Jeaio1_1s of-their accuJgrsj'~ithot'lt entering _:rn y accpfa• tioo againfi others.:... A~d.~hFio' in difannuljng the~com .. rnandment g0ing_befor~ (by wbic n- f:i □-toek occafion fo·· _ work fo-hlim4!111ature all manner of concupifcence) they • ·viofated· no exilling law, eith~T of God or man. (ex,cept what St, P'iul calls a law in the ,;umbers; a law of Jin and death, Rom. vii.) Yet upon the authodty of • -Chrifiian ·~1inifiers, they . have been publicly c·onde_mned as ~he blackefl: ·of ·crimipal s ; and tre:ited .according- to t hat cbaracler, <!_dar as the whcilefome laws of out !>tate would difpenfe with. . Then how far mull jf appearfrom ·beiog.right, for th ofe who claim ed the • fole •p.owcr of .judginir, :and whofe judgment \\i;is not only fanctioned by die fl10urs of the •mql ti rnde; but in many infiances feverety executed ; to ·reprefent, as their u·njuffaccufers,1hofe who were judged, condemced; aud puoirbed according to their law. , . . Obj. 5._ ,The teftim ony of t,hefe men?.go to pai:t_.man .and wife , and e·ven encoura?,e men to beat and iibufo ,heir· wives, ;ind turn_ rl!~m away/' . . _. • ' _, 1_ns, J!ovr Jan ~~~t be partid thi<ih·' is o~e [ Did not ... �t -'tOl • - .... fay, 'they tw-afo:lba_ll b~ o.rie fle_fh) Thefe meri have ' more. uodtrf(a9ding, than ·ro p_ropofe a fee_arat)on .of. this _. kind / , And therefore}h~ ~eflimony they bear, takes no , • c9gni2:ance,.. of.man a}lcrw:ife-Ic ,;ame from t~at wqrld:~ w,here Jhe}! qeithert',m~~r~ nor:,. ar.e gi,¥ e~. in marri_age,. ..: but are ~s the '. an9.els of God,: __ The -telhmony cannot, be ch:fr-geable wkl'i evils,(to wlii}h i.t may in,direcHy give, occafi~0; any more' than chi proclamation of' Am~rkan • _ independeoce ts charg~;ible': w_ith all t-ne a(l:s _-of-ciutragc; and -cruelt:y; perpetrati;.d by t he Brit-ilh,_au·r,i:!l_g .the re_- ,·\. volutiona·rv war, = - and therefore ·:hat fome of. the Chrif.: • tian br"eth~en; have .taken ·occ·afion -from the tefl:imony:; . tq bea:t.and abufe_ :(rifler·, _a wife, and drive per' off,· i~ matter of f;i[I-. ,Aut t_o:chi~~e ·;p_1y='""r~_ing of-_the ~fo.d, to the S.hakers,-_;1s ~xacUy wrong- For altlfo', .a ccor• ':<· ding:ro :St--Paul, *ere_is neith!r·male nor< fem ate among - . tnem:, y_et--l ~)11 bold fo fay that Gnce: Ad.am fel\ w9rnan _-. - never -was tie,ea ted -by Jtfan with· tender kindoefs and re-:- . fpeEt;J'uperior to whaj_is ctrnmonly manifefied among .... the believers. ':. . , • • ~ • • .. _- Gbj._ 6, ~- ihey are a fet of worldly _mfode~ ,ctJ.nnrng _.__ decei_\'.ers, _"'.'ho(e. religiol_l'is- earthly., -fenfuar; and de ; ,, \l.ili!_h.'' . •." _; '__ · -=-, ~ • ,, • \ . • _; Ans. Th-efe are th.e .word_s,crf ,brother-.Stone in his_let,:; ter ofJuly: ~1§0 6, An_d ? ~li_e pros~f of this "objeclion ~as .' the famf!c_clamefa, " The Shl k~rs are come t6 t:..k e pe~- , ple~s laml'-. E,very one .that joins the~ murr imm~<liateiy 0 • • :giye up hi~:deed to the cld~rs'.' ! _The _Chrifija11;s were _;_, .confidered as ver~ near fo the SJra'.kers: in their doctrine • an~ wor:Qi-ip; is one reafon :wfiy rn <1ny Jhiog§ .tn~y have .. .be! □ i-meute.d to the_l;iJter, _wh_ich properly belotfged-to· • the former. ·Som-e ClJi-ifl:ian fa the rs/ who had the gen ... -~~ , eral .title of land_1Ye!te'c! in- diem, in w~i.ch othe r..s ' had a ~ , lawfo1 pirtrferlhip,. , r:efu.ffd .tp glve i'eparate titCe~~ ~c: • cording 'to their : pro1!!ife; but difpoffdfi d th,eir foq11er brethren by profeffion, and .nea r;_efr kinctred . in O:iEUre, from their vahiable, and"'· la~ fo~ p;;,_!fe@o~n.s.l:. m~~\1"·: on account of th? ir. faith, Mo'.reoyer_,_tb§ , C;l:1>r-i.fl_iH1 f ,.P~rcn ., at P~irit-lick, refufed-to~ f a title -to brQih'er H_uuQ'lln,. i for l"at;i_<l w Fl-ich he f'!acl !awfully paid>fgr, ·merely on accou nt ~ of hi~ faith. Bt1t f-q, foreigo f rom this, ~as been the con.":. :-:-.... . • ' -Ji' ,;.,. God ,> �/ ' . , , " duel: of the S~kers, th~t upon land, w~ich th~y purcha..' :. fed' and P?id for, mainly for _che relief ard b1;oefit.of others ; iiot l1ofs~han ·eigh,t families, a1:e CC>mmodioufly fet.; • ,_' • ·• ••• · • •. ~ ) tied; ·•✓-This I rnent,ion di!linfr from the daily ffream oL be neficence that .flows fro•m (heir thr:efnold,' for which they receive nothif1g ,n· return, but love.-·-and thank-s, much Jefs ' the tfrilawful forrender of a , Deed. Who then is th e. worldly minded , .cu rining deceiver ? Ohj. 7. " They prophefied; that foe-I} as rejecled the teflimo.ny would lofe the,ir former life .and power ; 'but (fay s brother Stone inh(s'lettc:r- of July) now fhe.,work • of Go9 'goes on, iri fpite of all the Ctlvinifis, Sha)sers, an~ devi:15 in hell-Now we kn~w your prophets ar~ .... ·, , . liars,'' , Aef. . The. work of Qod never did • go on in f pitebut--1n Jove and kin dnefs to all . men, ev.,.c n the ,Calvinifis not excepted, , But while Cbrifiians, upon th€ fl ightdl evidence of tl1e Shakers being.'liars~~can fall to fb <, uting and ptaifing rheir ,pod, or at the fight 'of them, fiop e very medium of information _witfi lo.ud cries for del-ivera nce ; a work of fo me kind will ·no deubt go onj n fpite of every lhing tha_t .claims any relation to the comi n•g of Chrifi, But how long God may trouble thefe migh1y w ~ter~, and wl1.at . degree of"'l power may ope~ate rouhd beeo pre. -~ 1bcmf, in that preparatory work, has never ,· __,,~,,. "' ' ditl:ed, A$} conceive ·much credit' has been_ given _to the bo':lfled power amqng tlie Chriflians, ·upon the tefl of • •the Sh akers -be-ing li;irs, I (h~II mentiofl 'one mort; pmi, culai;µpon whicl_1 the: teftimo.ny has.been condemned as ;,:, ... - ) . falf~.-~·. L 3Hly, ' ) ~, " ·Thefe men have te{!Lfied they would ne-ve r die; . and-one cif them from ·New-Leb~n;on has. died already, jr, defpair, convin-Ged of the d1d11{ion." • r<, Ai1fw, They, never afferted that they would li've for, ever_:,;t..in . I be e_atthly.-h,.1". Jfe-pf this uf;>ernacle, .· But that ,.c· e'ry ·triie f<.illo ~ r oL CZhrifl; has palfed -from death ..r unto e,verlafling •life, is ttf"l..:- • .•• ' . ~nd evrn tho' brother Thompfon had 'feen Pru• sence r,arrinf.tOD, •dyin.g at_T urtk5n;ek, uod,r a'1e~p �103 .<oriyicl:in,n of the d.eluGoo, as plain · a~ 'be once faw the> m ark of 'che be aft on the ~hurcb to which lhe beloogl ; and lhould affirm that his vifion wa_i; in the light of G_od ;" yet his viGon ,I lhould pronou nce falfe ; and coritradicthis qews o'f ·congr-.itul ation to his ChriUian brethr en.A, nd iriordover_,. I ·1hould think .it proper, for any perfon· -t-o ~ wh!) h.ad :taken any part in Jpread ing Cuch a report, rea_. of I am us tenacio .So " words, l dreadfu the ea.t " . ' ,i. fo.nabli? evidenc e, • ed with fifier Pru.;, converf that Jafl: the a.mong was l ~. , dence, befo re her dep1rtu re from the b~dy ; ;incl tho~ l ·treafur ed up the moll: ,of her folemn words, and park tic:1larl y the la~, which were " Strengt hen t'he hreth"' • ren ;" -yet I {hall only infert at this time, a lhort : e~,. tract ot a poe1~ conrpofed on th~ occafion, to w_hich 1i ·fhall add, :fo extra{!: of ...a ' letter · t'o New.Lebanoo~ from which the contraf i will appear,......;_..,.. • • . ~.1 .. , "t .- ' ·' • : .; E ~TR ACTS• ' • ':' .. * * * ,· * * *. * * * " H e R holy ~~am pie's of infinite price : Bro': up in the gefpel, a firapger to vice,. Her crofs from the firll: Jhe di d faithfully bear, Ana fini1hed her cour(e in her tqirt)'.-firll: year: • Her heaven-bo rn fpirit, to ange/s akin, • (Not ll:ain'd with the tleJh no'r polluted with fin,) Has now got releas'd from the iorrow5 of earth, 'And /hues the full joys<of )ler heavenly ·birth." ""0gr precious~ !iiler 1 Pruden ce Farring ton, has finilhed ·ber courfe ; :ind is burietl under an oak in the wildern ds of, Qhio.- She_·decea[ed the el~vent h inff■ [April 1807.J in the thirty.f irft: year of her age, ~ )ovirig fifler.- a bleffed virg~n -a boly woman -an he~ , ofglof y.,- ' .... , ~ She '!iv.'<! .w1th6ut fin; and dled without fear ; .·-,· She's not 'as -lhf_a'been, and ye t jl1e is here.•-" I, B.""' • ,.. t-c,' , .: •• -4 - ·1n fine,-th ere is nothin_g pertaini1:1g to the teftimo ny, but bas1_a d~iq~\l of objection, ,falfe fiateme nt, and vague repor~: 1•B';}t it _hag nol been my 1lefign t_o n-orice li~~j; Aptil,1805> •Near th~ fp~t ~o :which broth,er Sto~~· Woy)~ ha!f ~1 J : . • , • • ,, Jia1ht B.Q~:lli~Jo~ ~ ,utl!lf..t~~iffi,'~f! • , • -~~- -4~ - ~ �... r 104 1 n~'y° thing but what -h~s l;lee~ fi:atei w~h fome pla~{jbi,i,.~ , • - " ,,: Next 'tu the new and old doctrine - of the crofs, the l1ue .. antl-cry ·Nas raifed againfl the new and old manner of worf11ip. -- What? GG for-th in the .danc~ ! Go voluntar ily ,. w-ithoGt being j erked ?• • And fay they ar,e praifing G od in the da nce l • 1:he dances, too, .of them· t_hat make merry- of them t·hat ferve the devil ! Ta~e th ei r da nces to ferve God ! Chritlian s; read your bi. -bles, j nd_-yo_u wilrfec;. that there fellow~ are oot _of God, for they 1,eep not the Sabb~th , " T~1nk (fays broth~r Sron~, in his letter of July) . " Think foriou(ly . an_i:l fo, ·berly of the fh ocking conduct of your reveling mock- worfhip, and tremble .'' Could he ; have ·forgotte n, that a little while before, when. cenCur~d by Dr. _Tod, a brother profeffor , for the Jam~ fhockiog ccnducl ; his_ _ reply was, that Ire had t o move _he'a ven"war d, ,with hi~ hanging at his heels,'' "' T!Jen think ·Te'rioully. and fa~ berly-W ha; i,s _a Tod ' at tg·e. ,lieels of a travell~.t", ~iti.- • com parifon of a Stone-_a gri:at fioo·e ?- " '0 ' my Rich& • ;ar d (.idds ~arwn) fhall I ever rejoice over you, as -'a' penitent prodigal ?" " ' Now ( replies ij ictlard) if evi:r _: J have jufl returned from f~eding the f wine, confeffed my fins, been· complete ly It ripped and clad with _a fuit, cotnpl ~rely new, The door l:ias been opened into my Father's houfe, and I h~ve_entered, to go out nov :rnore, .....:.Now the famil_y begins to be merry,. aqd the elder fon to wonde·r what it means-w illing to ge t. Qews from the meane-ft fcullion, Don't you heal 't hat it.Js· _ MuSIC and DANC ING?· And is not tJie ·Father in. ' treating you-:-to come in ? -· \11y. ' Then-Bro ther call your-anger otf, and every paffion bury ; , Come in and /hare the-fatted ca lf, and let us all ,!,e merry, W ill you grieve about a kid; when the calf i, killed, If you _come in, when you are oid, you .may yefbe filled, _ A FEW REFLE CTTON S . ., WE lfve in what is called the Untt,er!_ States o/--Amer~c11 -United States,! . A _n;,ime. that prom ifes peace and hap- -J!!!~f~ i~-fycrr' citizen. i l:iut, under~thisfp~£ious· oamt. 0$ ~ ~ �·'105 Union, what :i -piclllre i·s ' exhiQited.? . Agreat Chtili"iai:i . ~inpire, niv',fr.led into a i:Hoµ'fanc.f little kingdoms, atl ipdo.J feq in tnebowels of a great repu~lic ; and each conten&,; ing fot . the mafrer>·: America exulting in her healcli,. _the liberty an_d equ~lity of her niemben; and yet full .of . worms, ~iring and .devouring one ·a.noth'e r, each pu•r fu ~ tng a diffiotl caufe to which he pref,µmes afl others niuft fin:il! y give way. - The • Prtfbytedan tninifi:er, th€ Baptifl, l\if?thodiO:, Ch·rifl~n, and Church minifier,. eacJt' . propoGng to reduce vie whole . commonwealth u'nder hrf laws an.dgovernnienr, lo the midft of _tnefe ·p-aft.J :i~,,;· -~ iachmen;s, ~~o lhal 6 be g9ver_n or; reprefeocafi\i.e';"ma.; gifl:rare, m-af ,r~-...:.cap'ta•io ? ,&c, ...... This -quefti_on a;r (?nee proves the fpirit of the trnio_n, :while_it anrufes chritliatj ag~infi cbriftian; parry~againft ·p11ny; each tci con.te_nd with his fellow . profclfor; who -llii ll be the gie~tefl:,.....; Tell it not in ' Great Britai·n ! Publifh it not in the !lreet~ t>f Lon~on ! Leff the_daur,hter. of lhbyfon foeer -at the .a pparent ·efft:cts of civil and religious liberty. . • +... _. , , When{e arifes ·tnis) notki mixt0re ¢f .kingdoms and -fiates ?' .Is:it nonh.rr,ugh a gr~nd miflake--c:qnveyrfog, the bible into .a ti_vil· Jaw,book';_, and . :ice<,un~ing,,.t_h ~ to_ rule, who adopt ita s fuch? From this egreg-toas error, -bas not ·ever.v afpiriqg worm oeen -encotm1ged to,forrri hi~ r~parate party; fee _h imfelf ;it the he-ad_.of jr; re.1d a.n& expound his.Jaws; beflow p•rivileges., artd _eKecute j:p·dg~ , _.:. .• ment tipo.ri11is 'fubj e·cls·?. And cao it- bC,o'therwife un.. ti! the eye ot common fenfe is open . t~ fee; that t~rt .._ kiPgdom, of GhriO: h;!i, _noth ing to do ,..with fo,i{ go'~ern.: . ment ·= Jand that civil . governme}1t pas _ifo\hia1( to di:f wit h the . church_ o~ kipgdam -of ChrifiJ B'et. thiir pla in 1riaxim of Chri_ft be a·dopted ; of· courfe that civ·i-l infii :micin, about w·hich • there has been fuch a,n U:pr-oat among the Ghriflians df late, will ,, , . it .belongs• . -- 11, That the , abu fo rs of the great ignorance ani:J idolat~y in be . refiored to wJiere I , "' • . . . bi_ble have- beirayed affuming the reins o( governrriem by the fuppofed ·;rntbority of that .book, :ind' given great occafion ·of · difgl!ft to the name of Ch.riff:,, _ae. its a• trut-h, .that ~very m·an of good : fenfe will y~t ;-· . ' - ; / �. 106 .. ~riyer bqokj } ~~wledge~ Lo~l{ ;it th~ Church- c~hn idtablifhed -by a-m:ghty ·defender of the faith ·; and ic will appear that the _fubjet1 of that· fi.i'ngdom, m_uH either ,_ go unm:i(ried or repeat after. his pr1dl:, the following obligations 't'ci a v1oman :"""'"""With this.rin·g I thee wed, _wich _my body I , thee wcirlliip, an.cl with all my worldly_ g oods I thee endo,v ~ In the name of the rather, and of . the-fon, and of the holy:gh'ofl• Ai:ne o;" "Come back i C:o;:ue_qack;?' fays the Ctirifiiao i Whei-e? _· "To the --~ Clmrcp-th e ·oneCqtf~ch,_" _Nay~ let nie rath~ ~ he a , Jfolt!}.!}t ~ tJ and worfh1p the moon, apt;! have the liberty poo r,:--..:· __, - _·' ~ , of ?;iv fog par~ ~LJTIY ~~d_s • The ~ Glmfhans~fay_, '·-' ·let uull worUup one-· Gqa ~'...:-, ~hen let 't_hem fe_i1le •the point-.who it {hall o~.- They fay th e· ord of God (i, e, th~ hible) tells them fo- and ' fo, Very-well ; it fo ys,' fal1 down & worThip me~' This will not do, I ·dar'e ni>'t wodhip a book, · aild my foul recoils at-toe idea of wo·rQ1iping t h~i]pirit .whi'th origi~ b.ally-foggel¼ed thefe words. Theref~i-e, I niufi ~or~ ?Wp iiccording ,to _my p'refent fajth ;_t~o• ii fho·utd appeal' ' folemn·mock,ery,' in th~ eyes of all tlhe Chrift(an world, ' ~:,,n_r:;._ J" alJi thankful i o the -difp-ofer 'of aH h-um;\11 'cvem~/ thad -,vas·'not more 'tha n fev~eb yea'r!r ~l,d w1ie·n tbe Amcric~n eagle fi.rft firetc!Jcd her pinionll :(n:ut>egan ~-er afcent towar,d the air- of' libehy, Anp, therefor e, . -t qe m~ridian ·or my temporal life ii :it a peri•oo when re• -:n"u'ted fools an.i:r fin atics no l,ongfr fnioke of'.l the altar of CJirifi-ianity, h'in eyery man's ·r_eligion may be _correctly 'examine·a, of whatfoever 'k ind it if', Surely, )f Church ofiiccm knew~ tbe_y might as well be fiill and file11t, ~s-'to 11,y to croud ba"e,1£ . anil flrnt u'p thej'r flocks 1 ao·d· cry, Wolves-·! Wolves·:! For everv man's cliarac'ter muft be . ·\ nown in t;bis ~ay, ah'~ ·eac:h o~e judged, not 1:iy l)_is good words ;irid fair fpeeches ; -but acc9rding to his WORKS. . I.V. For ·i)pwar4s:-of .tw_o years•, I have fiudied ilia- .. oker-i.frn, with a~ clofe applicatien , as I ever bellowed cfn - .fhe fy'ftein ·of.Calvin, and at le aft tfpon as pi-'oper ,a .plam· l have h·ad the 'clo·cum-'ents of it ·open _ before me, wi.th1out :cover'ir.g o-r'llifg'uif~., i,· e, 'the·people . W ·bo\ have fet .. 'oyt 'to l;>e rigbteo·us, and follow Chrilt, i!l de!,'d ancl in -~th. And in all th~ir ~clions at home and abread_ ,,. ; ro!ne �i ~ow,~v.~t -. ,fcr!-'tinize~ . a~ a tefl: o~ that faith; ~poi, W~i4, µJY.,falvauon wadulpJmde d, I nce:ver have d1fcoverei:l any; thing· that couf~ f!Jrniflpny groui1d of a cavil ; but arrf • -- , bound to fay r ~h~l the- fa,me cha ~acteri(\ics of a child of; • ~od, w!1ich tbe Chrillian rea~s in his bi6lc;_, • I have been __ . • ble 'to.read_in the claily deportm~nt of this people} and. that -without a blot, " A people hla~~le.fs -and harm/ifs_;, . • withou~ t{l?uke .in . th_e m,idf}-oj 'q crooked 7,znt/per'imfe na= fio~ ~mong whf'!! the.t .jhine 'i.ls_ /iiht~ i11 J~e_ w~rld, h~vinQ_ • converfatro'µ .ho'niji; ·- and yet all lllanner. ot evfl _ f/;e1r _ ·fpoken agi ihtrtl).em -fa'IJ~Jy. ' Mor·eover, their-daily frl!i* , has · beerrn1anif1,fl:ed; ' to my fatisfaction ; to be .the .fruits • of that-fpirit wtikh the Chrifl:ians fay , lives in the letters pf":1 book, viz.: ."f..•ve, peoce joy~ J~ngJµffe,:ing, t,e1:t/e·"!efr; goodne{!, fqithfu!~ifi, Tflteknifs, 'temj!!i:'a7Jc~, tigar,i/} iuhic~ , lhere iJ no [a,w. •• Thefefor~,i ~ conclude 'e f6i:hef Dcioley'i text, Let i~em q/on~; was .v~ry pertinent, when be came to preafh ~in-9 0 g t~'e ir. neigh bor_ing ~erfecutor~; hil.d he not • ' , t1dd ed, thel ~e blwd leader_, of tp_e bluid, Ejc. • "V.. It Ii no · matter to me what a"t1:.ee is called if its . fr~lt-.is good. · If :di.my neighb~rs fl1oqld ~al!my .Arrl~l ""- -~ •tree a Buckeye, · and 'tell me th at it ·grew fr6rp tlre1~ of Hem!~c ~ this wouVd nof,,_ ~lcer the tafle ' of the good • • • apP.le; no more ca~ any 1:amei ddtroy my regard :to a peopte cij-~t pring for.th iJi~ frui~s of righteoufnefs ; • ' ' ~u,t !~o feit1!! '1nay_i!~agine th~t ~he--tiame; Shaker o_e:ir, ill!. analogy tp folllet~mg ve,ry mean and contem,pt1ble, lt has ne,\ .~r been my conceP.tion of it, nor .have, I ufecl it at all in that fenfe. •·' , • , ' • • • ' • - . • , ,The nrfi t~fog • tqat ftr'uck r,ne, when I heac.d that nan1e·, w~s,that theJiniverfal crfin. the"'.reviv~I ilad been ! ha't Go-d woulf fha~e ihe heavens and 'the earth,! .S~ak~ out.the things that were mqde; (hat (hofe things. 'that i:oula JZ?I he-:fhaken' mi.gf;t remuin,-e-:-How.-th rn was he to do 'it? He ,~h,rays wor,ks.11y .,0i ea1is .and infirnme nt;S, :.-:- ·, , , • • Whep the natjun s were ~o b'e thr <ilied, lie fl! - d~Ja . cob pis t}lrelhing in~ni1:J~_nc, or cou rf~ the~men of J a . _ ~ob W}rte •hi~ ·threlher.~; Pe9p,e ~~Ik of, th~ :g.rea t w ars of Bon~pa~te;:,and the ·great finf that the Devil commlrs ; yet -~ reafona ble perfon • will grant 'tha t, -Bo na gar:~ $Vars w1m. bis.w~r riors1 a11d.,the p.e vil -r.inf with hjs sin .. • - · . '"" ,... ' ' ~,, ~ • .... "., ~ w ~.., • • ' ' • �1()8 fl:er,r: . !hen was -if not reafonable for. the fobj'e_~s qf ~he rev1_va,l to expea that God would lha~e the hea✓ e n :1nd t~e earth w~rh his Shakers? Soqi_e •perc,eivi9g this, . tried to fubftitute the name Qyaker, . blit as .this · name · ~as already a•p propr,iatecl to another -people, it only fei~ ved to ta~e the _c harge of thei'r pr(t lighr ~ and fuffer that ~bufe which .t he name was originally . f'uppofed · to'-me:-: rit: un0 it ·appeared that !•he contraft between this people aiJd the Qya!ers in .their. prefendlanding, rendered it improper to call' ooth by~the fame n:3me ; therefore Jhe '11,erieral appellation has been fi nally'• adopted·.~ Behold J '9'ill.fend for many jijhm,-{(!ith the LortJ, and rhey fb.al!fifh .them; and after '«!ill I fl-!_2dlor , many hunters, a~d· ·they }hall hun.t them from every mountam, &c, jER· xv,, . ~16, • And again, Sa'IJio.~r s foal/ come up on mJJUnt Zion, th, i o judil the t7lQUnt of Efalf;. ~n~ the_ ~ingdom Rial! be__ lord's.- 0 BAD I AH '2 I• 1 his 1s a time of uo1verfal !Jb.;. '.e rty to work, and for eaFh one to be known 31)d diJlin~ guilhed .~Y their Wo_rkt: 'and h11s •not God a ·right tQ work as well a~ mati ?....:.AAd if he has a- work to do with mankind, \Vh6 can hinder ? Therefor,e , if he fends out llllany fifhers t~ ij{Q tnem, many h~~ters , to hunt them; Jnany: Shaker_s to fh ake tgem, and many Savioµr ~ tp f~yg_ fh.,!!pi ? ~et ~H .t ~e ,P~orle fay-~ep~ ~ �"l''OSTSCRJPT~.._':~ /" ( ,;"' \ • :... .-r 'iY ~· !, - , , - ~ C'.'INC& t,he tellimony of ~fJrifr hai; been op~ned irYthis i;) w~frero ,coµntry , by J-Ohn Meacham, Benjamin S. '):"oungs and Hfachar ,{3ates, many_nave eKprelfe:d a gr~at ilefire to fee the pri{lcipJ,es of the C~ur_i:b-fol ty and clear• ly: !lat,ed 1 ,befjdes, it has .b.ee ri the prevai}jft.g w)lh of f Oung believers~ in genera)-, that every 'ferioQs .en·qmrel"fh ould h~ve t h e ir✓ defires ful,!y aofwered -in this refpelt,T ~i:i -~ciwev er_, ' was not come,rnplated by the prefeni:-· pubhcat1on, • I preJ;end not to comprehend mucl) lefs to ft:i.,t~ ,~.e p,:iociples of ·. i people who have been'moi-e tba11, twenty· years . i9 that work, which is juflly denominated a ne_w_'<; eatiO(l• Wh at we !Jave fee n and aeard, we ti ftify,, :but all tlii s io comparifon of the . Iigh~ of ~he ,C hu rch; ar:_e bm as ean hly thin gs comp_a~~d ~o beav.enly~ _ l t th erefo re remain• with the ·c hurch and:thofe whCJ ?r'e thMce com miffioiied-to open die- ev~rl afiing gofpeJ,. ,to publifh their ·di(l:i ng1:1i_01jng e ptlrines, &c, when they ,c on~~ive they ::re thereu nto called , of G od, And tha f the period is no_t- far difiant, J arn authcrifed to bel ieve,' from-certa in information, that a wori,{ is n,ow prepar.ing for the prefs, in which the prio cipl¢s of the Ch urch win' ' l:>e laid open from th-eir prope r four.ce and fou ndation~ »}'. tl,10fe wl\o are ,in ·poifefilori:-o f -! fpeci~l gift . to ~ha.t pµrp o[~p ,. 4 �adult'rou"i eyes, WHll ,E~carnal .(nti~chrifl:ians, ~with their ding t~ro' ihe ~ii\h. 1.oo~ out for fo!Jle gJ-eat monarcl\, defcen a,nd our krn,- ' en ' T!Jt S-aviours qn moun t ~ion, 01fr li!~thr u~ fr~lll -~!l l,il!I -, lfave bro' ~that ·bleffed. gofr.el w.h~ch ~f~Cs . Jew"""'. , ' . Row foolillj is this gofpel IQ the afpir.ing will nevl)r do !.' ~" What ! ~all a ~an ~ SaviQur 1' Q, that the gofpel,fan ; • But let th.air worl!;a \>• 11t, ~en,9 ut, be(ore Chrill: 111 !·,iR a man'. f•,, Jthat wit~ ' bear ' .,. Their fouls \'• I•.ill.._ then .~ ' ~ • • • , 1- I t~oufa,n~s pra_y'd,~ T-bat full and -fre~ fal l',Ptio~, for w.hkh ten et1 fa1d : " proph Is to the fa in ts t !).m'Jlitted, j11q ~• th~ find.it ef • the.re, And all the ' honefl: hearted, ·will furely cat bac~ their, feigl\ed pr~J'g ritea, ·. {';\ righteous. hypoc fc!f . While oroud . ,,. :. . ~ &in1led fu.d t a bl_•;~,. That ,God that /Jioo~ Ill.OUn,t Sinai, an\! & days: • In 'Zion haJ his f ;i~p•i;~, in-thefe !~fl: burnin every .Jin forf.ake. There hond t fouls cotffefa their deeds, and ~P.~ ~J.~ ~r.d al! t.h e pow'rs of dar!;n~~,, !\i~i~. f~\t~ ~~n ~mt • . �'a~taini~g ' a fo,ort\_ccouJt of a work: oj the~r;od fpirlt; • _amongfomi\o f the neighbot-ing-Ind;ad. , ANY fel'.vent p'~ayer) were offered up in the re• . . .M , viva!, for the poor. Ind ians, that they alfo might 'fhare iri the blelfed hop·e ,aod j oyful amicipacioo of ,re•~ec;miog love; and . miffiaii~ries were Fepeatedly fe r•J: ~mt , from~auJong the_ fubjea:· of the work, to <;oi:iver:t tliern,to theChrifl:iari faitb,but .w,ill,dittle fuccefq 11s pro..,. _ba!Jly, ,they,ran, 11ke Culhai, befo'~e ' theit. tidi'ngs were · 'r eady, .F.rom fome accounts that w eAlated by com. 'm on' fame, in ~he 'fall o{che year 18Q-4, iz,-:tpat a\reat tiumberJrom diffei:ent tribes .had met c-og~her and held ':t feait of love and union, 'danced and rejoicetl befoi·'c tb e • . :g reat fpirit and ·propofed to revive the t:eligioo . f their"'., 'ancefior:.,_&ci-. &_c. Come w~;re brough~ to query vl he'the.r God would not conveh " he h~atl-\ito i_a-· fome ::Y'rY ~iffeh {rom' wharhad',hitberto been laid ' _om by man :...;: probably ::'inove them by his fp)rit to ffoy.r to the church ~sfoor~- a~fue was pr~pared .:t~ re,ceive and infl:rl,!ff ,h~m, .. -. _ ~ording to---Mt.ear.1 v:. 1 1.. _i : : - - . ~ - • """' ~ - - - • .,.~ lf~OIJ .-=_ r-e~1 rep'.>tt$ ~ r.....Y,tar a o~ 'conc°e'r ~rof nr~rn, v('Z ,. T~ar 1tcon~11di~lfbod.l'._~[thern - ., ~'had moved~down wa~,rn tbe botrncbry, -hoe of .tfiislliite; • ·and· were about formi ;1 g a (ettlen'ientr Yarious conjec·rures ·wei:e agitated concerni ng them. ·.S-ome (ai~ they- , wer"e f9r war-otherst that th-1::y::w·ere in purfui t of reli ... • ·gion and rhe uJeans of :111 _ho.neft Jivehhood--- were going t-0 ' work, and in tfieir prel,enr c-iroomO:aoces- were ,prih~ . cij,ally fupporteJ by charitable donation s from_ th~ , _, ·neig~or'iog wlrjtes~ , . The comiouaoce of thefe different .repor:ts, cre·ared .. :in -anxiety.i-n t-he believ,ers-a-t Turtle eree.k, towards th~ ' 1atter end of )aft winter, ta find_ Q_m their real fimation, ·both in refpe{t to things te(l}por:il a11d fpiri tual. Accordingly ornhe 17th of March three of the brethl'eo fee .,our in fearch of them, and . on the 23d of d11: m0nth aron the <lifrovei:ed rived at'iheir vHl~ge. What they . ' or .. .... ~ �.... 112 ·-ef occ:i!l.ori i~ briefly comprifed in' ,:he foliowini tr,2t!s of - fneir journal, '',; When wtr, came ) n, fight o.f't!!e vii. lage, the fir(lobjecl:_that attraEted our vi'cw_was:a .J_arge_ £rame, ho4fe, about 150 by ' 34 feet 'in fize, forrounded with ;o or 6,r_fm?~ng" ~"ottages: . W :e _r'ode· op an'd ' falu.ted ~fome men whwwere-· fianJmg, before the -door ✓- of a terit, and by,a motion· of the hand wese, direcl:e.d fo . anoth:er wigwam where we _fgu.,nd Jne who .could t~lk tnglifl1,- 'rVv e ~f&:ed him if th'rrr; fee-lings were friendly, _,., . .A, 0 yrs; we· are all brothers. • "" _-- • { ~ 'Q; Where are your c'.~icfs~we ,wilh _tofoive talk·"Witll ~ them ? • • , • ·• . . '~'. :< • • ,·. · • ~ /I_, .:: They are'abotit 4-fuiles off; making-~fogar,,. ' - . ~ Wh'at ·are their' nan1es ?' • • +: )1. Lal 0 lu~e-tfee-ka', and Te-kum -tha,· • -Q; Cari any o(them talk Englifh· ?· ·_ • ~ - : , , · _ A, No ::-~uphe·re is_a good inrerpf~ter thedi; (,'eor~e -~ Blue,jadiet,-Hehas gone tu fdwol, 11,nd ca11 reau ·an;d i alk well, • -. _, • , -- ~ • < Q;' Wh~t is that~ig h2cufe fdr? • - ••• , -_ __A; To, wodhip:tlie gr.eat fpitit•'' ' • ':f..,, ."';-:.-'Qi'}:low do rou'-worfhip i · • · - w . ; ' A .__ M'oflly in !peaking,~ - ''< _ ~: _ , , Q.: ·who is_yott:<cl!.1ef.Jpeaker} ~;:-.... _:= , ~"'9', -.,.::_ .A. -Qur prophet, LakJu : e-tfee .:Ra, .,~ ~cir wl!!Ll_h.e gcreo .fpidt,-a.~ 'feTis-us how- to:~ . good: "-:~" v Z s. Do alf thatJ:iveliere, believe in him?' , • .., • - :)J. Yes,we _a'llbelieve-He··can- dream to· Go<l'.•' . __ ·,: ~on d!l,cred l?f~' pilot,> "!'e r~paifrd~ tci- tl1e "·iuiar:. camp, _wh_! re -30 or~4o_.ws r ~ all'i:nt\:l led w ith t-he pr_ophet, · -· wh() was , ver y fi.,k and 'ionfi)_)ed .o . bis ,r-ent, W--e ex .. preffed ?·ur defire of ha ~ing a _5alls._ "(_it_h' him. B.ot • George mform'ed us th<\,t he_could ponal'l< to us,that _m)n• : iilers~of the "'.bite p~ople, wou1d not ~lie_ve J b~t-k~ {,ii~, _ but .counted tt· foohfh~and l-augh~d at 1t, therefor~ ~ ., _ could',not iallf ; ' be'Gdes he h.ad .a pain _in .his head , and _w;;s very- ,fick: Afcer-i~formiog h;rn that we· were not ' fuch mioifiers, he a/ked : _, , "Do you'believe ·a perfo~ can have true li:nowledge of the great fpirit, in the;. M:ah, without' going to fcho~ ~ 'A. and l~ar?ing to re·ad, ' - - • �-~- \Ve believ'e· they can ;' and that is"the ~ell lcind of. •• - ·'-:. ..., .' • •• knowledg e. . . After -fonfe talk oLthis kind with Geo ge;,he went 'in. • to.the prophet) tent~ where fever.I ~hief_s were collet"' ..,,_. ted, and after co·ntinuing th:eir 5ouncil there abo~t· a·n· came' out and took his feat . in· a ./ Lal-lu-e. hour, . - .tfee-ka . ho fat round the . lire". AU . • perfon·srw . '30 •c1rcle of-about were filent-ev ery • countenan ce gr.ive and folemn,' when ~e began to \pe4k. ·· His di(courfe, continued _about .. half an ~hpur, in ._wh)ch th,e rrio(t pungent elc.iq1)ence e,c,. • ·prelfecl liis deep and heart felt fenfe ·of !Yhat he fpoke, _bu,t in l_a nguagew hicn George faid, he coutJ· bQf: cor,rectly • ·tranfiate .._into EngliOi. Howe'v er · the ' gen.e ral fenfe, ;he od:afionally communicated during: our flay. Ia thffirftpl ace/ that ·hel the- pr.ophert had former:.. .-Ji lived on 'Wqite.r i~er; had. ~e·en a do&o~ and_a_very wicked.in.in. About two years ago, while atte_ndiog on fick peqp!e 'at Attawa, in <l ,-tirne of general ficknets, He·· was fl:rut'k with,,a deep -and awful , frufe of ,his fins- . . cried·mighti!y to the goo? fpirit,to /hew him fome way pf efcage, an"d in h-is great difrrefs, fell •into a v1fion, i11 whidi he appeared to be ·travellin g along a road; and _,c a~e to where it forked-t he right, hand way he· ·w,ui . . infqrmeq led ,to happinef~ and ~heJe[t to 11!,ifer.y. , This fork.:fri.. the road, h'e >was told, reprt:f~Dted that. ftage of li_fe "in which peopI-e 'were CORV.illed of fin ; , ;;nd thofe wh_p took ~he right h;rnd way quit every thing that _ was wicked and- became . good. But th~- left hrnd road was for fuch as would go on aqd be bad; after ~they were /hewn Hie right way. 'They all RlOVe )flow, . till thev came here, but when thet pa(s the' f~rk to the ~ left, th.en t!iey go fwift: On the left han,d way .he faw three houfes 77 from the firfr · and . fecond ·were· pathw.ayi iha(!ed . acrofs into the right hand road, but no way leading.f rom the third •:;:This; faid .hcz.· is eternity. ~ He faw vail crouds going fwif~ along the.left ha:nd, road, :irrd great m·1ltitudes· i,1 c;ich of the houfes, under different degree~ of juqgm_ehf ar:d ::1/ery._ ,jle fT!CUtion ed par- ticu.larl.y the p1;1nilhment ot th_£ drunkaro .~One prefenJed him a cup_of liquor r,.~fembJing melted 'lead, if he ~ ~ �- l1 4- refofe.d _to drfot.: -it ~~ •woulp urge niin, fay_fog, co1=1e; dFink,.-¥00~ love whifkey,-And upon drinking, ic, his, bowels wcre---feiz~d wi,b an e]_{quiGte 1:iurning• This ~raught he had' ofttn to repeat, At the !aft -houfo their torment appeared-inexpreffible ; under which he beard them fcr~am, c.ry pitiful, a11d roar like the fall~ of'.' a river. Jie Wa t afterwards (faid the interpreter) taken along the rig~t haod way,. which· was _:ill iotcrfpert, fed with flowers ofddicious finell, and · fhewed a houfeat the end· of ir"" where wai; every thing beamiful, f weet and pleafam, and ftill went on learniug more _?nd· ~ore ; but in h is firfi vifi un he f-aw nothif!g but the• fiate of the wiEked ; ~rom whi~h1 the great fpirit told, him to go and warn his pe~ple of their da~ger, and ca}l upon them to ·pu-t away the1dins,~.nd be goo~~ -Wherel)pon he began to fpeak to them 1n gr~eat difirefi, .and, would weep and tremble,, while addrdfiog theM, 'Some believed-were gr~atly alarmed-began to con ~ fs theirfins-for_iake them, nod fe't out to be good,_ Thi~ fpreadf . the .alarm, and brought many others from f! iffeteo t tribei; to fee and hear,, who were afficl:ed "in like manner. But fame of the cfiiefs who were very wicked-w·oul<t l)Ot,believe, and tried to keep "the l)<'Oplc from b~Heving, :and encouraged them on in . their· former· wicked w_ay ► W hereupoi;i the great fpi_.rit told him to f.eparatl$ fJ om t hefe wicked chiefs and their peop,le, and (hev. ed · him particularly where to come, towards the _big.J on wher~ the ._Peace was coocluded with ' th e Americaos :. and t here mak~ provifion to receive and in~rucl all •froDl the differen-t tribes .that were willing to he good. - • • Accoi;.dingly all · tha.t believ~d harl , camt; ~pd f.ettled there: and ·a gn;at m_a ny Iod1~ns hai;l co,rne to ·bear, .,1nd m~'1Y mo.re were e_xpeded, . Th<1t fome .' t'hite pf <>· J>le _~ ere aJraid ,: but _ther w~re fQo,lilh ~ for ·they. wolJl d . • not hurt any one, , \Vca fke d a·oumber oJ quefiions :!2.! Do you believ~ ·1h~; all mankind are gone aw,a_y from the good fpfr if by wi5~ed wo~ks. A, "f es:· that i~ ~ (lii-t w.e 9~li~'f'.e ; ~nd. .~he prpfh'it •• feels ~reat P.ity for a_u . �115. Q: Do you b~lieve that the Good S_pirit once ~nad,e h\m;; fel.f.,Jrn own. to the world, by a man that war called Chrifi? A:· y es, we beliFe it, and the Good Spirit ha~ fhew ~ ed our r,rophet w.hat has been in·!Jl~ny generations, and he fays h~ want~. to Jt1Lk with fome wbite eeopl~ :abo11l't thefe thi ngs, _ _ . ~ 1What fins ch?es your prophet (pea~ moft. againfl- 14, \Vitch.cr_a ft, poifoning people, .fighting, murcJei:ing, dri,nkiog whif1cey, :1pd beating their wives bec;iufe they ~ill not have children, All fych as w?ll n9t tsave offrhefe, go to Eternfty-He knows all bad people' that commit fornication f ;i.nd can tell it all fr9rn feven yeats old, . . Q.: .W~at do tbofe do who ha!'c; beeQ wicked~- ,-,ue~ ,they_bel ieve the prophet? . A.• They cpnfefs all, Q.; To whom do they confe(s ! A, To the proph~r and four chi«:_f~. Q; D~ they conJeJs a_l! the bad thing! they evtt did l A, All from feven years old-,.And c:ry and trewblo w,hen. they come to/ confefs, . Q.; How did ypu.·tearn • 'this .... The RoniaQ ~ Ca:th9lice , ~orifefs their fins l ~ A. Some Wiandots. joined the R-oman Catholic, ar DI! tro\t, . wh_o now · believe ia our prophet.. ·R oman ,Catholics coofefs their fins, ~ut go aop dQ bad agai_n ,D_ur, peopre forfake their ba4 -.yays.., when ~li~y have COO• fdre-d, -· • • l', :They anu;d _.us feveral queOion~ concerning our· pee;,. ple, ;iad parti l!l!arly' \Vh~tper_ they dra nk whHkey : and appea~ed not a Jit tle re.j~iced, to learn that · there :were -:{qm.e among the whit~s, fo far n;claim~d, a~ to lay, iGd~ · .· the. ufe of that p~roiciq1_;1s liguor_. We_ enquired how tbey ma9e o_ut Tor pi:~v_ifions, They anfwered they0 _had none, • _So ~1any p_~o2le. C~qll!, there.-i:at up :dl th~y had· rai[ed. . . • Th; oniy ~ea! we· (iw· them eat, was a turkey diYi., _ded a_mong 30 or 49, And tile; only relief we could afford them, was ten -dollar~ [or tbe pilrpofe of buying corn. • ... �- .· · l1s:, ' f t 10 · < :;;; 1K.fti: th~";:e v'enin·g~c~; verfation ~lofed~ we, conclude~d , trr.ret1,1rrr to the "vilJage, ·with G"iorge· and fev~ra! oih.:.' . , ers; and mounted. <fur horfes,~ lt was -now in the dulk •y:, of the-eveo-iug; and the full ~moo!l~jufl: riGrig ab:ove rhe horiZQ!J , :,vhen) m~ of thel~ fi:i'eaker s !load: llp }n ~~ all_ey; bet'weep the camy~., and fpolce f~r abput, fifteen minut~s~ • with .grea:t folemnity, ·whicq wa-&' heightened at every_ pa1.1 (t, w'ith ,a~lond Jeguoy fr'o ni':.he furi::oundint alfem. bly- _Oiuhi~ occa,hoo,·,our frelings '\ vere like Jac0b's; . - I,"; when~he.,..cried ou t, : ' flo w ·,lre•flfuNs this placerj."Sure/y fh effor~js in~thii placP-l'~ J: f\~~'(he.,w~rld kp?w ,it n~t, .With tJle(e 1111.prellions· we i"f;turne.d to the v1llage,.and fpel1t :the' n1ght, ~ ~~::· .,~·.,,· ;":_c;-.;,~~ ...• ' _ .i:· ·.• Ne~ t trt6[niog, ) sJoon :ii it :w2s . d,ay·, one . of t12eir, /, _ . fpea·kers mo,1;1 nted ;i log, , near.the, S~· -~.\ corner of the ,village, ~hd : began the ~grqing fervfce ~ itl\ .a lou.a:_ f 9ice~_'irt'tn ~nlcsgiving (f ' the::great fpl ri~;o'.,.::He ~on'tin"· • ued fits addrefs for near ~n fio~!' •~The' people were· all _, -~ ' in their tenis,Joine ·at the;d:fnance o.f. d ifteeµ ~or tw_enfy·: • todn,. Ye! they· co.µJd all d,ftin~Jy f-:i;ar, :S-rf(Ji,aye a'fo .. . - Jemn :rnd' loud. alfenl/ wnidf founo,ed,,,froin ':tent to tent., I - ' ec ~v~r:wpa,.~:(~~/:~ !i!1e: we_jla.trl.i·i~ bis ~·ie:,v; at t~) encl . :of the, me,.e tmg houfe,,.onrJf1fi og g·round, , frQfil wliich -we bad a -prlffpecl _·or 1:h~ futrounoipg ,~\gW,i1ins/ anj l-~ tli'e _. ".aft open ptain or ira1r~; · t'i;>the ~i:ouch an_d, eafi, -and which, looks_· pver the .. :brg:fort, toward:( 3he, ftmrth 1 .for .the difia.~ce of-tw<f.~ .jles ;"wj::fe!t.as iJ \l'e',_wefe among. the tribes ·of: }frael.,.,orf their marc h to CAnaan, . -~'.!;heir fioiplj city and :ul)·a.ffecl:ed ~ eal '[or th~ - enc_re~fo•·of J '1e, ' ~work of the goo_d Jpirit-their arden,ti clefires foi."·..: tne 1 'falv:at}on bfJheir,';in_h_elievjng jin.drcc;l , -~1th that~~ alP , mankmd-tneu~, w1lhngnef~-to .undergo lhm~er, fat!gue,, h;ird laoor 11')0 fuffdrings,Jor the fake of_thof~ _who came " • . ·to learn the ofrighteoufnefs~ apatlie 'high expec~ tations tbe.f had / of.' rimltitudeS' fl ockiilg 'down fo heat" ' tl'te .prophet: t h~ ;;~n'fui:~g fommer, •&c,. wer:C. c onfidera:,; "' ~ions ty uly ~ffecl:i~g ;--:,vhi_l,e Ske-la w'. ~a n~i!ecl the i p~n- . . . mg-_day w1~h • loud ,;;ifp1rat1ons o~ gr:at1tude_ to t0hc.~~oi;L . •~ :Spirit; and encoura_ged?t~c obedient followers of 91v1,n_e -""'"'·/ ":;, lignt to peffe_vere;~ , •. ,. _ t , .., .~ . ,_ -~ .. . - 0 way • _;rhey fuewcd u~ fever.u letters of Jtiendllnp from the "'t ' - - ~·~ ~~- "'·<';: - ~ "'I- ·<:· �govetriqr or Ohid; ot~ers,.fro·l'i •• g~n- Whiteman :ind whii:h they appeared thankful that the Ameri,·ans be Iii!.; · ved their difpoqtioas to be peaceable and lirotherly; ,Thei~ marks of ii1duilry were c6nfiderable ,. not_ only in prepa'.f ring ground for curtivation; but alfo in hewi'trg and-pre~ paring tirnber~for mote· commoqious~bu•ildi_!lgs~ F roni • all, we ·could gather, from their account of the- Wor-k; anti of tlieir faith a,;id p'raclice ...... what we beard , and-fe lt i'ri ~ th~ir evening arid ·mo,roing woriliip...l.tbeir peaceabte difpoG tio~; and attent ion fo iodufl:ry ; we were induced_ to belie ve that G od , in · very d~ed, wa:t iniglitily at work among them. And .tinder this impreflioo, ,ve iovite!J, • food three or,.four of them to come do wrJ'a nd fee ils, _ • , _ • as· they found it co,µ: eoie11 t.'' Near the middle .of June, up~ards'~ f twenty-appea r'": ed. at Turtle creek, encaniped in the woods, at a rrn:d l difhncefrom Jhe church , and tarried fo ur ,days; ·, Thei, h ad· WOF_thrp every evening a t . their _en cameme nt -; an~ f ever al, on· the Sabbath · attended the ineetiog ~of th·e 13:lievers, arid behaved \Vith order- and decorum; . Du.: ring their a {y ,. the;-- t ondLicled with pe a·i:e--'a~a ci Z villi.Y, a-1fd1'eceiv--e~ ·no contr_ary_treatme nt from_J1 ny iri ••.- the place - f\nd t.d r~l iey e ; in-fome dlil?,ree the-cf5reffing • wiliits· of-: h1fogry_ fam ilies _at home, i 'f horfes Were load:;;_ eg:;6ack >9it h "pro vifron~ ·'from_:--a.moog the Bdiet•ers:y e·r _th is ~a ot ch ari-ty ,. _hyweyJ r_· fntalf, did not_ long ~fc,.a pet he ce nfori.ous r e fie~io ns, of fonie hard hearted . ~ -ortals ~; but .even 'f ui-ni fhed a prece ~t for irhp_lica.: t ions the motl mo nft ou s and unreafonable i ~:, Ho.we ver1 , in this, as~ii1 all other cafes of the ki r: d, thofe who bir~_ fied themfelves about w ha t did not conce t n them, were much di vide d in their opinion • . Some had it, that :t oumber· oftbe Indi'ans had j oin ed the' Sh akers, an~ ma'..: , _11y_ more -were com ing on : -- Others, th at a_n Indi ~rt ha~ ,offer ed to confefs his fins ,- but ·che ' Shakers could not u nderftarn.l hi;Ii ; antl th~ r t;fo r~ the lndia'ns " were con- vinced tau, th at the Sh:ikers \Ve re . deceive-r s·-,-Otherif , ~ ~-ied._ro )liakc-,be lie ya th at th e . S bak ~rs wer,e_encounf: • gct.n,~ tl'1e-Q1 to war ; or at leafi to .contend for the land = And fome , were foclifli • on w- ·ch they had fettled. viH.,1gt, and pu~ on it the :to way tl'ie all o • enough, as �. • ti§ fu~tk of hypocri{y, ,to find OU; from whe~ber·,thid them, . ~ as not the. cafe: Of aU this tro:uble, both of mind and j:)ody, fuch triight .hav~ been ~~.vet!~ had, ,~hey accuft.ome~1 , themfelves, at an ead1.e r period, to believe thofe who •• .tell. the tru,th and nothing but the truth. About the 12th of Auguci, t1807J they were v1lite~ ?gain by .two of t.he f?rethren from, Turtle-.C reek L who found them in .p&ffeflion ..of the fame peaceable and bro.., ~herly fpirif; . ~They '. Had but }iHic' <:onverfatfon . _witli them ; yet .obtr,iineq abiiocfant fatisfacrion by atrendinij their m.e etiog ; which con~inued from a little -a fter dark till t~e fua·wa~ an hour high the ne:xt morning, . , . The meeting was o~m;d W!th a lengthy i:lifcgurfe; delivered by ,the proph~t : after which they affeinbled in a doie crotid., and '.t o.ntinued their worfhip. by Gogiog :ind lhouting; Jliat miglit h:ive been peard, at le-aft to . • ,• ' . . the difiance of two miles. .~ :.ri~ei r ;~riciis f?ng~,. <!iid p~fe~ hahilony in iinging, fltout1ng, Si:c. renpe~ed the meetmg vuy folemn.. But ;,ii! this appeare~ far inferior to 1riat folemn- (ear oE ~o?, ha1rcd ·eJ ~~i~qo .!hat p7e'a.£.~i loye anc! n:irmony whi;li ,they 91arnfelle'd -a_1n2,ng gadi otherl'- :rhey:.need. ea no l.fJVit.aion to fl:lcJl. a1lotbcr- viht-.to Turtle Creek; ~or \Vere .they forbidden, , Thereto-re.~ ptrrfoant to ~heir own choice, a number of. them appe aretl •agai i'f at the Church, AuJ~Ufl ,; . th, -and were received· with ufual kiodneis ~nd cliari~y, : 'U n ·cnis . occ ~Tion 1 furn~ i~_ thc neighborhood , exprdfed iheir une~finefs , lefi there was fori1e mifth.ievous plot carrying on • . But amid{[ the thre.i ts of the ignorant br m'ifinformed; the Shawnefe te£lified that they· we re . wholly for peace, and ahti n~ da Ady proved it by their merltne($, gendenef~ :rnd forbearance. The only ·expreffian like relenqnent tlia~ i heard frdm the'"' op t'he occaJion, was from Nancy, the interpr~ter, while a bold advoca te for the ~ew Chriftia n o ocl:rine , W~S b~afiing how the white peopl~ could cui: fh em o'ff:-She faid, they were for no~t,ing bur peace : But if whit~_people woµld go to war, they would be tl ellroyed by a day ot: judgmenr, that not ooe---foul t\>ould be l~ft on the face of the ~arth, �~1.tho,.- thef~ poor Sha~n ~fe have had 01, particQl~r jnftru4ioq,- but wliat tpey r~ceivecJ by t~e out.po uring pf the fpiri~~ .: .fet jn p9int of rtal . light-:i'nd undedl:an·.;. ding, as well as behavior, they fhame ,the Cnrifiiari world 1· Tliere fore 9f ' that'fpirit, which h~s wr'oug hi iii l,, fhis people,Jo ·g reat a c~ange, the beli!!v~rs at '1:u~t g w1fhm fro~ f:it ar~ ey yeU~ ed aJ)la~_ not ~re Fee~ them to tusn to the right hand or to the left,· to form , ~n • ex.t~rnal µniq.n with t,herri," or any oth_~i- p·eople, But' wor~ his' • o.n car;_ry qiou_lcJ • fhey • are. wi~ling that qod ;imopg chem, 'withou't interr1,1ption ,/ a-s he thin~s proper; • ·, Lord, '...yh:i! ·is man ! '_rhofe grbt ~prophet$,' Mar~ af ~tone , Thom pfon, &c, .W·h·o .were;? few years :igo cry~ ,ng t9 _~nrier's· ~o,:r~Pi~tfr, .rre~b l ing at~Hie': ~~'CW of their flanger, f~:'irc.1:!_uig ou t-- a,I_Jp c~nd_~ 11mr; fin, :i~d ~ll th~ fa!f,e dm1r_t?es my~nfed ~p,P.al~1ar 7 !t ;;-pow bmli:l!ng u_p th~ fa~e w1:C:ke,d .cceatures m their fins, .and by vam pht:-;. Jofoph y'. itJ4~a p~i;ver/lori of- th'e p.cted f, riprnres, en . -~oµragiog them, to_hope for fa)vation !ri fome future d:iy .;...;:\'.'h_i.le - the tremJ:>ling S?a$7ne~! ob~i!ien~ to ,the Qood 1 ..· Spirit 1n -Lal-lu1.e•-tfee-ka, · W1 -ap1er .fen-w aw, Te ~ forfake and e$ confeff .1'aw, kaw Cum.f ;.and tha, kumth fai new in m~rely not·' fiis 'wicked ways, and :fers oilt, _pr· n~w docl:rine-; -but in n~ne fs cof fi(k and good. work;~ May _not t~;it faying of§ t• P;iol_~e appl!cablt io fuch a ~iafe, "'· Th e hea rt oJ thi,s people has waxed grofs, ar-i tJ fheit-ea,r.s a~e dull of hear,ing , anµ their eyes haY_e they , dofed, Sec. Therefor-~ be it kp'own, that tbefqh;atio1J of1 - f£Cff. i~fir.~to the Gentiles, <U1d they_ will hea{i t,: r a 1· �Fl-.GJ M, laJ1; lilfe,-.for "_r~deming," reac);.redecmlp:g; _ , 4; . 9-aftei'. " T,urtle-Creek, "~icad'- church, 6t ljM-35...::for" whither,') r,ead;.,..whether. "" '";f' (,7 •. ·10..,- ; , do, •.. d,o: . •·. ·~, . , , $4 ~' 3',-after "Believe~,, "1e:i;d-,,-at:.T·urtl~; <;::ree~1 ... , - 4o'Tfor" fifth,._mon th'' re ad-fiftn mont!:i,~ ll9,. ; :i7-fo! . ' L br~t~~ren;" read-6,brethren 1 ' *R~- , ·, Jrfor '·'·o," read-;-oft .; • ·,, . • C"· • / ; '. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First American West, 1750-1820 Description An account of the resource Drawing from many historical collections at the Filson Historical Society, First American West incorporates maps, diaries, letters, ledgers, and objects. The collection documents the travels of the first Europeans to enter the trans-Appalachian West, the maps tracing their explorations, their relations with Native Americans, and their theories about the region's mounds and other ancient earthworks. Naturalists and other scientists describe Western bird life and bones of prehistoric animals. Books and letters document the new settlers' migration and acquisition of land, navigation down the Ohio River, planting of crops, and trade in tobacco, horses, and whiskey.<br /><br />The First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820 consists of 15,000 pages of original historical material documenting the land, peoples, exploration, and transformation of the trans-Appalachian West from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century.<br /><br /><p></p> <table border="0" style="width:99.7863%;border-collapse:collapse;border-style:hidden;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.5);float:left;" cellpadding="25"><tbody><tr><td style="width:40%;"><a href="https://www.neh.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img src="https://www.neh.gov/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2019-08/NEH-Preferred-Seal820.jpg?itok=VyHHX8pd" width="328" height="149" alt="NEH Preferred Seal" /></a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"> <h5>First American West was generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.</h5> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Corlis-Respess Family Papers (1698-1984), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Joseph Hamilton Daveiss Papers (1780-1800), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Foote Family Papers (1759-1987), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Henry Family Papers (1773-1864), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky John Wesley Hunt Papers (1792-1849), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Harry Innes Papers (1792-1849), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky John Jeremiah Jacob Papers (1806-1851), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Meriwether William and George Wood Papers (1780-1831), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Nall Family Papers (1797-1945), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Pirtle-Rogers Family Papers (1797-1875), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Pottinger Family Papers (1631-1932), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Rogers-Woodson Family Papers (1789-1890), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Isaac Shelby papers (1760-1839), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Shelby-Bruen Family Papers (1761-1916), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Charles Wilkins Short Papers (1802-1869), The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Museum Collection, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Type The nature or genre of the resource Collection Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context FAW Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 18th century 19th century Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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With a brief account of the entrance and progress of what the world call Shakerism, among the subjects of the late revival in Ohio and Kentucky. Presented to the true Zion-traveller, as a memorial of the wilderness journey, included is a bound pamphlet called "observations on church government" by Shakers of Springfield, Ohio. Full version of this text available at <a href="https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=Vx7f0s4zLXcC&amp;pg=GBS.PR1&amp;hl=en" target="_blank" title="The Kentucky Revival" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Kentucky Revival</a>. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1807 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cincinnati: John W. 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