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her if she had not followed the devil's musi cians, the fiddlers: She said she had danced many a time, and even all night. I told her then, to pray all night, until God had pardoned her. She said she would; accordingly she returned home under great distress, and prayed the whole night : Next morning the Lord blessed her soul.

Another young woman came to me, and asked what she should do to be saved. I pointed her to the Lord and to the promises. This was sabbath day, she went home with us, and I told her to stay, for so long as she prayed, so long she should be welcome. Her distress increased

until Tuesday morning. All the preceding night, I heard her mourning and lamenting. At breakfast her distress was so great she could not eat, but retired into the woods to pray, where she continued until she found the Lord, and returned rejoicing in Christ her Saviour.

A school-master in the neighbourhood, who was a learned sensible man, but a very drunken and wicked one, got awakened, and so far reformed, that he left off drinking to excess, and other vices, for some time; but at a certain time he gave way to temptation, and was overcome by strong drink; after he got sober, his mind was tormented with great horror, and he went to a neighbour's house to tarry all night, and in the night, after the family were all in bed, he could not sleep, but lay with tormenting reflections, which increased his fears, until at length he imagined that he saw two devils enter the room, in order to take him away. This frightened him out of bed, and he ran up into one corner of the room, and there screamed and fought, as though he was fighting and beating off the two devils. This alarmed the whole family, who rose in great confusion, and could not

tell what to do. They sent over for me; I went, and found him in a shocking condition : I told him it was only the strength of imagination; that there were no devils there to take him away but he still declared they were in the room; and what added to the awfulness of the scene, was, at this time, a very dark and dismal cloud arose in the skies, that gave awful sensations to all who beheld it: At length a most remarkable flash of lightning came blazing from the clouds, and the streams of lightning flashed into the house, and a tremendous clap of thunder, equal to any I ever heard, burst forth as if the place had been sinking: and the very house trembled. At that instant, I felt the power of the Lord, like lightning run through me.

I instantly went to prayer, and they all fell upon their knees, and were much affected, and continued in supplication during the whole night. Soon after this, all the grown part of the family were bro't into the liberty and knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus.

I shall here mention a circumstance, which I hope will be a warning to parents who oppose their children in religious sentiments. A young man, the only son of a professed quaker, got awakened by hearing the methodist preachers, and applied himself to prayer and reading the scriptures: he was likely to go on well in religion, until his father and mother, with great obstinacy and bigotry, violently opposed his going among the methodists, as tho' methodism was the worst thing in the world: nothing would do but the son must be a quaker. At length by their violence and displeasure, he was kept from meeting, and from going among the methodist friends. It had a very different effect on the poor unfortunate young man; for instead of be

coming a religious quaker, he soon after, became the most profligate youth in that part. God took his father and mother to eternity. This same young man, in a few years, ran thro a large estate left him by his father, and Salem jail became his habitation.

I do verily believe, that the violent opposition of his parents was the cause of his desperate courses, which bro't him to poverty and shame. Oh! how careful parents and others ought to be, not to use violence or severity with children in matters of religion and conscience: How dreadful, for those who profess religion themselves, to be guilty of it. It evidently arises from the same mistaken bigoted spirit that burnt the protestants under queen Mary, of Britain, and hanged the quakers in New-England: whether it be among quakers, methodists, presbyterians, churchmen, roman catholics, or any other denomination, it is contrary to the spirit of christianity. It is one principal objection I have to the conduct of the people called quakers, that they are so bigoted to their own notions, forms, and mode, that they will not allow their children to attend, even the most plain and religious preaching in the world, provided it is not among themselves. I have known instances of their young people being awakened under our preachers, and they have been restrained by their parents, and the heads of their meeting, to their great injury; and sometimes, I fear, to their eternal ruin. So sacred do they hold their right in membership, although mostly obtained by birth, that, generally speaking, they appear better contented that their children should remain irreligious, within the pale of their own church, than that they should become really religious among any other people. But to me it appears strange, that a peo

ple, whose predecessors were so tenacious for liberty of conscience, should fall into the same error that they so loudly condemned in others; as if it were a greater crime in a churchman or a presbyterian to restrain a child from going to a quaker meeting, than for a quaker to restrain one from going to a methodist or other religious meeting. They cry out in the same language against others, that others did against them; so that they are become too much initiated into the same spirit of bigotry, which they have carried to so great a pitch, that they will not allow a minister of Christ, if he had as much grace as the apostle Paul, to preach in one of their meetinghouses, unless a member of their own church. But for my part, I do not believe, that religion consists in either form or mode. Neither do I believe, a record of our names, on any church book under heaven, will stand the test in the awful hour of accounts, unless they are recorded in the Lamb's book of life. For my part, I love real heart religion let me find it where I may.

The second year that I lived in the township of Mannington, about the last of December, I lost my son Benjamin. He was in the fourteenth year of his age, and had been experienced in religion from the age of seven. When death was

upon him, I said, Benny, do you know you are dying? He asked me if I thought he was. I said yes, in a little time you will stand before the eternal God. He instantly prayed as though he had been in perfect health: While he was at prayer every person in the room wept, and some cried quite loud. He then with a loud and strong voice, exhorted the neighbours who were present, to pepare to stand before God: and turning to his brothers and sisters, he exhorted them to prepare to meet him at the right hand of

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God. I then called my wife to come and see her son die. She came, and asked him if he had no doubt. He answered with great fervour, No! mamma, I know that my Redeemer liveth. then looked at me and said, "Daddy, I shall meet you again in paradise." He then pointed with his finger and said, "Who are them two men standing in white raiment? I long to get to them. I am going," said he, and that moment he died, and fell asleep in the arms of Jesus without a sigh, groan or struggle. On this occasion God gave me resignation; though as a father, I felt the loss of my son, yet I rejoiced that God had taken him to reign with Jesus in a better world. I exhorted those who were present, not to cry, for God had answered my prayer, in giving him a happy end, that his soul might be conducted by angels to paradise. I believe when he pointed with his finger and asked, who they were standing in white, that he then saw the angels ready to accompany him to heaven.

On a Saturday night, I dreamed that a man came to meeting, and staid in class, and spake as 烹 never had heard any one before. Next day, James Sterling came to meeting, staid in class, and spake much as I had heard and seen in my dream. After meeting, I said to my wife, That was the very man I had seen in my dream, and the Lord would add him to his church soon after, he was thoroughly awakened and converted to God. He yet stands fast amongst us, an useful and distinguished member, well known by many of our preachers and members. Various and many are the particular instances of God's great goodness and power; but to mention them all, would swell this work too large.

The work became pretty general; we used to hold prayer meetings two or three times a week,

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