The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-04
from the Boston watchman and Renecterl


[From the Boston Watchman and Renscterl
On Sunday evening, after our arrival in Jacksonville,
expressed wish to visit the meeting Of the colorsd
large, active prayer meesngsthe one Baptist ana The
other Methodst-within . stones throw OF each other
the green which forms sort Of central point In the
place We entered and found very plain but respecta
BILE room, almost filed with the worshipper, with
pulpit and raised platform one end The greater
the admixtue OF lighter tnts much less than have
ofton seen The women, especially the elder ones, ap
ing, and were dressed with scrupulous neatnesa An
ancient negress attred In her Sunday best with her
has something and aihyne in her bIackness and
gravity, and there these dark sitting
like solemn birds Of augury on the benches round the
pulpit black preacher and exhorter occupied the desk
In front OF the pulpit and two grave white headed old
negroes sat above him in the shadow the dmy lighted
pulpit The exhorter stumbled through chapter or the
sermon on the Mount-readng painfully and with allow
pauses bat with most devotion and then he ex
hortsd and prayed. After this, Rev. Mr. Kennedy Of
weird sisters in the turbans paid the most absorbed a.
tenton and when speaker made point that struck
a S IN The snsoa Hovsy ana sverySod
seemed 70 vibrate - II they had eli been struck BY
musical accord There was rythmica movement Of the
dicult TO restrain more responsive acsiona We had
expressed the desire 70 hear them sing Of their
own w.s .o The ssss sSs negroes s ss
two entirely distinct styles or singing closely im
sd from The White Which dull and
then singing IT, and then two more ad isfaiss. rhsy
this Of worship that one everlasting melody
Western and Southern camp meetings, q applying
equally well to long, short common metre This ssyls
sys Of the two a. being closer %i,ssoc o. White
gsntee manipulating about little soul mosl
stereotyped religious forms Of well instructed consGa
when they arc BY hsmssvss and Which they Do bscsuss
they feel like IL ID evidently traditional dsscsns from
Africa n n Of nnR{n9 And
rhythmic movement Of solemn and serious character
and conducted with perfect time me brethren form
line while The voice struck up wild, peculiar air. and
the nrss sister in the female procsGnon shook hands
with shors oOorsssy ana ksn e ss On 70 sSs
repeated the samA Soon there double hle Of
hsss men and women, moving and singing. and shaking
fun q spirs-shs words simple ana ofssa rspsassd
0'~' " NV; Wen camp awhile in a. wilderness,
Wei camp swhiis ii a. wilderness,
rw,n . z climb /. y. up Jacobs ladder.
H.. waps .os s@ p up :, y, Sse OBJ ladder;
A.a Dem %y III ns; PRAISE .,f HIM. A. Lord.
IN praise Him ti die,
Some are even more peculiar. There " one BE-
ginning
who's dat standing deref
who's dat standing dere
y, us General Jesus,
trs General Jesus:
III praise Hum til die
Very soon there . rythmcal column extending up
one aisle down the other and slowly moving out Of the
house Al one end. The singing kept up tan every
member OF the congregation had taken their turn and
SO passed out When the fsrvor at it, height the
Wild comminging OF voices the rhythmical movement
OF turbAned heads the sense Of time and tune that
dsrful All this while The two old preachers "a back In
the shadows OF the pulpit black and unmovsd - The
msroae statues Of hemnon, in Egyptaan mussuma II
knslsh % American they srvsnt tropical growth,
jus eessd ~ thsee warm saany cimssL