 | Henry J. Fox - 1876 - 476 sivua
...origin of: Jackson's Wks., ii, 347. 699. JERKS.— At religious meetings in Kentucky and Tennessee: " The rolling exercise consisted in being cast down...could better represent the jerks, than for one to goad alternately on every side with a piece of red-hot iron. The exercise commonly began in the head, which... | |
 | 1882 - 904 sivua
...Revival" he says: "Nothing in nature could better represent this strange and unaccountable operation than for one to goad another, alternately on every...with a piece of redhot iron. The exercise commonly began in the head, which would fly backward and forward, and from side to side with a quick jolt, which... | |
 | Leartus Connor, Henry Alexander Cleland - 1882 - 576 sivua
...Revival," he says: "Nothing in nature could better represent this strange and unaccountable operation than for one to goad another, alternately on every...with a piece of red-hot iron. The exercise commonly began in the head, which would fly backward and forward, and from side to side with a quick jolt, which... | |
 | 1890 - 648 sivua
...principal of these, were the rolling exercise, the jerks and the barks. The rolling exercise which consisted in being cast down in a violent manner, doubled with the head and feet together, and rolled over and over like a wheel, or stretched in a prostrate manner, turned swiftly over and... | |
 | 1903 - 516 sivua
...as they called themselves, but also supplies another, which he called "The rolling exercise." "This consisted in 'being cast down in a violent manner, doubled with the head and feet together, and rolled over and over like a wheel, or stretched in a prostrate manner, turned swiftly over and... | |
 | John Patterson MacLean - 1905 - 76 sivua
...ever be tired of hearing it." Another writer has described "The rolling exercise:" "This consisted of being cast down in a violent manner, doubled with the head and feet together, and rolled over and over like a wheel, or stretched in a prostrate manner, turned swiftly over and... | |
 | Catharine Caroline Cleveland - 1916 - 248 sivua
...eyewitness is interesting. Nothing in nature could better represent this strange and unaccountable operation than for one to goad another, alternately on every...with a piece of red-hot iron. The exercise commonly began in the head which would fly backward and forward, and from side to side with a quick jolt which... | |
 | James Bissett Pratt - 1920 - 524 sivua
...mortifying were the jerks. Nothing in nature could better represent this strange and unaccountable operation than for one to goad another, alternately on every side, with a piece of red hot iron. The exercises commonly began in the head which would fly backward and forward and from... | |
 | James Bissett Pratt - 1920 - 510 sivua
...in the revivals under John Wesley 37 and other 3« " The rolling exercises consisted in being east down in a violent manner, doubled with the head and feet together, and rolled over and over like a wheel, or stretched in a prostrate manner, turned swiftly over and... | |
 | Peter George Mode - 1921 - 772 sivua
...McNemar writes: "Nothing in nature could better represent this strange and unaccountable operation than for one to goad another, alternately on every...with a piece of red-hot iron. The exercise commonly began in the head which would fly backward and forward, and from side to side with a quick jolt which... | |
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The rolling exercise consisted in being cast down in a violent manner, doubled with the head and feet together, or stretched in a prostrate manner, turning swiftly over like a dog. Nothing in nature could better represent the jerks, than for one to goad... 
