Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-03-01
Revival Of RCligiOn..-.DGath Of Humanity.

LEEsBuRGH, Feb 10, 1851.
DHAR OLIVER For several weeks past
revival of Religion has been in operation in
town. Tho "oM side" Mcthodists, as the Epis-
copals are called, have gathered into their fold
over thirty; the Wosleyans have gathered up
somo twenty-eght; the Radicals" as Pro-
tcstant Mcthodis,s arc called, have gathered up
three or four, and are now trying to get in
moro plentiful harvest Of souls. There have
been great doings here, great singngs, prayings
and ehantings to God great clappings of hands,
jumpings, fallings down, and rolling about on
the Aoor and great oxhaustions of souls and
bodies, apparently unto death. All these per-
formances have actually been carried on here by
the priests & professors for several weeks. They
call it seeking and enjoying Religion, and praising
and clarifying God. And in proportion to the
strength OF voice with which they sing, pray and
shout, and to the energy and earnestncss with
| which they clap their hands, jump and leap
about, fall PROSTATE ON the floor and writho and
and roll about, or lie as if dead is God glorifcd
and Religion sought and enjoyed, as they sup
pose. 1 am giving no caricaturc, but simple
facts, as they have been and arc performed by
the priests and professors of Leesburgh.
arrived here on Saturday the 10th. Found
that notice had been given by Jacob SIillisack
and Horatio Roby week before, that should
speak in the Wesleyan house on slavery and war
on Sabbath tho lGth,-that being the day on
which the church was to have no preaching
Nearly one-fourth of the Wesleyan house is
owned by comeoutcrs, who aided to build it
with the express agreement that the house
should ever be open to all moral subjects
to AEti-Slavery. Jacob Millisack in
vested $500 in it, expressly to have house in
which the American slaves might be heard, and
where Non Resistance, Total Abstinence and
all Reforms might be discussed and brought be-
fore the people. Nearly every member of the
church acknowledges this to have been the un-
dcrstanding; but ]. blillisack was so simple as
as to trust to a verbal agreement, and took no
written document.
Consequently the Revival Of Religion, |. c.
of the singings, prayings, shoutings, &C., SO
darkened, contracted, and perverted the souls of
the leaders of the church, i. c., ANDERSON
DEMPSTER and JEREMIAH PHILLIPS
that when notice was given that would speak
in the house at the request of Millisack and Ro-
by, they determined that should not, and that
no Gayrisonian should, and that ifI was allowed
to do SO, they should not enter the house again.
Phillips was main instrument in getting up
and conducting the revival. So they got the
seven trustees together, they being of the num-
not be allowed 10 speak in the house on slavery, |
war, OF any other subject. The vote was four |
TO three. Three wished me to speak in it, and
a majority of the church members were on the
side Of tho minority, to sustain them.
So, on Sunday at l o'clock, A. NJ, I went to
The house, expecting to speak on slavery. A
goodly number were there to hear me. But
Dempster and Phillips were there to turn it in.
70 prayer meeting. A preacher was on the
stand with Bible and Hymn book to open the
meeting. But Millisack, Roby, and several of
he members, insisted that be allowed to speak
IN slavery Phillips and Dempstor said no
aid was an infdel-denied the iniallibility of
he writer's of the Bible-and threatened the
with fines and prisons by the help
# the law, if they did not cease to trouble their
meeting. There was much excitement, and {
phillips, who never paid a cent to build the q
ousc, was especially fiercc to keep us out G
finally J. Aiillisaek gave notice that / would y
.cture on slavery while tho opponents went to
inner. And they went on with their prayer '
loeting
After this was through, they proceeded to 81
old class mestitg and requested all to leave
ut the members-a thing never done before. tc
ut the ,nombus, in the class, come put against ..