Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1802-04-02

! DC IN sear'. ia my way to keGtueky, 1
/ wac informed by rettlsrs on the road, ,hat
the character OF Kentucky travellers was en-.
tirely chasged'; sud tia, rhey were new as
remarkable for fob-;csy, az they had former
!y been for diNoiu,euefs aud in nor aiity -
And indeed, fourd Ke1,ucsy, 10 appear.
ance, the mott moral place, had ever ieeu.
A profan- expreGon wsu hardly ever heard.
A religious awe feemed to per$ade the coun-
try. And fome deiaical characters had con-
teded, that from whatever csrle the revival
might proceed, i, made tse people better.
its Influence wac not LET'S yi6ble 10 pro
noting friendly temper among the people.
Nothing could appear more amicabie than
that uudiaembed benevolence which gov
cans the fubis6is of this work. have Of
ten ~idied that the u.ere politician or the
Debt could obte,ve with impa.,iality their
peaceful and snieable fpitit. He would
certainly Zee, that nothing could equal the
the religion of Ielus, 70, promoting even
the temporal hsppineCs of fociety. Some
neighbourhoods. wifi led by the revival, were
sormeriy notorious ifor private auimoftie.
aud contentious and many petty Iaw-fuits
aad commenced on that ground. When
the parties in ,hefe gusrrels were impreiIed
With religion, the 6rft thing was 10 iend for
their antagoptt5 aud it was often very af
letingto Zee tbcir meeting. They had both
ieso their faultS, and both couteuded they
ought To make the ackuowledg Till
at IAN they were Obliged to reqaea one an
Other TO torbear all mention o. the paR aud
10 receive each other as fr;endc and bro. hers
/ for The future Now, Sir, let modern phi
lclopbi8s talk of reforming the world by
baniihing chr,diarity aud introducing their
lIcentious iyitems the bteaed gofpel of our
God and Saviour is ihewiug what it eau
do.
Some circumstances have conquered to 5;f-
tia Suiih the revival in Kentucky from almoH
any other Of which we have had any account.
mean the iargeuefs of Iheir alfembliss 90
iserameatal occsions--the length os time
they couunued on the ground ia the eysr-
Gle OF public or private devotion--aud the
great numbers who have fallen down under
religious impteaious. On each OF thefe par
iiculars ihall give You Tome remarks.
N,th reiPeet 70 the largenefs OF their az
tenhiies, II ia generally iuppoled, thar at
macy places there were not leis than eight,
tea, or twelve ,houfaud people. AT one
place called Cambridge Meeting Eoufe, ma.
ny are OF opinioa there were not lels than
twenty taoolsnd. Then were an hundred
-, r.. ..t.s~,s S~,..- ioaueu va n
people, behdes other wheel csrrisges; aud
ione peSIons attended, who had cone the
diftanee OF Two hundred miiee. The large.
nsfs of ,heie congregations was coufidcr-
able inconvenience. They were too nunie-
rous to be addreGed by any one fpeaker -
Different rniuiftera we're obliged to cfhciate
| at the fame time at different Gands. This
Torded sn opportunity to lhole who rcre
Sut aightly impreffed with religion 10 wan
der backwards aud forwards between Ire diff.
ferent places of worfhip. which created an
! appearance OF eonfuGon, aud we ground
to iuch as were unfriendly TO the work. 70
charge it with diforder. There was ALTO
another caore which conduccd 10 the fame
efea. About this time, the people began
TO fall down 10 great nur,bers under ferrous
! imPrefhons This was a new thin, among
| Prefbyteriahs. 1t excited universal ATOM.
iihuent. and created degree of curiofi,v
which could not be rearaincd, When peo-
! pie Tell down even in the mot folemu parls
/ e divine (ervice, thole who Rood near, were
70 extremely anxious to Zee how they were
afeaed, tia, they fresueatly crouded a.
bout them ia luch manner 40 90 dish
the wor(hip. But thcfe caufes of diforder
were foon removed. Different fac anents
were apPoin ed on the ZANE Gsbbath, which
divided the people aud the falling down
foos became 70 familiar % TO excite 40 dif-
TORRANCE. ! wss IN that conntry dutipr the
month OF OAober. attended three "a.
ornaments. The number of people at each
vlsa fuPpdfed 10 be about four or FIVE thou
land, ADD every thing was conduded With
itria Propriety. When perfons fell down
shole who bsppeued to be near took care Of
them, and every thing continued qaies ill
the @or'hip wac concluded.
TIL length of time the people continued
on the ground was another important cir
cumltaoce OF the Kentucky revival. Al,
CAMBRIDGE, the people met on Friday NOR
ning, aud continued till Wednesday even
ing, nigh, ard day without iotermiGion, Ell
ther in the public or private ezercife of de-
votiou and With flch degree Of earnsa-
nefs. that heavy (howero Of rain were not