Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-03-13

Nj. (oilyer ! n white woman who has
been conducting a revival in the Zion Meth
oIi-t Church at South Third and Eleventh
streets. Wiiliamsbargh. the past four weeks
S.e j. about 20 years old, pleasant faced.
rather stout. and wore spectacleS. Her
hair was s.noothed hack and punched in a
little knot behind her head. Her dress was
drab throughout. Questionable in cut, and
without ribbons or ornaments.
We extract the following from the y. \.
SIN $ report Of one Of her meetings:
Mn. Collver descended from the pulpit,
leaving in il the Rev Mr.. Stubs. the pas
tor. who stood aloof during the services that
followed. He hasn't offered PRAYER even
during the whole revival" said one Of the
brethren. suddenly woman broke ont
with
It was so dark Dat could not see
NEen dis great fight was brought to me.
Her dialect was that of the plantation ne
gro. and her musical voice had the nasal
twang which the Ministries try 10 initiate.
She sang through the two lines alone, and
thea all Joined with viii in the chorus:
o take my feet cut the mire an the clay
O-ool / am 50 glad.
The woman sang other verses in the same
manner, the chorus growing stronger with
each repetition, as follows
When rep ented Of nv sin
lie opened the door an let ne in.
De berry moment You believe,
De glorious blessing you'll receive.
know de time an know DE- place,
When he showed me His smiling face.
Oh John de Baptis' did declar
Dat none but de righteous shall git dar.
he deyil's mad and I'm 30 clad
lie lost a soul he thought he had.
4 brother prayed with great fervor of
tone. bat his words could not be caught for
the shouting that drowned them. A sister,
however, whose voice was high and shrill,
was understood. Her prayer for the CONVEX
sion of her sons, in spite of its quaintne~s,
was touching in its sincerity and earnest
ness.
Use got one favor to ask, o Lord" she
said. "Heah it oh, heah it, Ny three
sons-dem's de burden. oh, dem : dc bur
den Trouble 'eml Trouble EN- Don't
let EN- hab ne peace till dey's saved Glib
EN- q rough time, o Jesus Glib EN- rough
time -
The eleven penitents were apparently in
deep agony. One powerful young fellow
lay fiat on his back, with his arms stretched
inward, and cried over and over, "Give me
Jesus want Jesus Give me Jesus = =
In his frenzy his features were contorte1l
his ewes were closed. and at times he fra n
ticaly kicked the floor with his heavy boo Is.
One of the sors for whom the woman had 50
quantity prayed moanei incessantly for h alf
an hour. and then started up shouting, Il We
got it Mother, I've got it ~ Prayers and
singing followed each other, but the sing ing
occupied the greatest share OF the Il ne.
Those who were not too much excited fol-
lowed the words, but many did not A
brother with a stentorian nasal voice sang,
"0o-ah-oo-ah-oo-hallelu for every line
Of everything. The time was perfect, and
that. too. with no instrument to guide them
At first the time was marked with the feet,
then with clapping hands and stamping feet
together, and further along peculiar droop-
Ing of the body accompanied those combined
movements. The effect of this was gro
tcsquc in the extreme. The entire circle ,ri>-
inc and falling several inches with the sing
Inc, looked a. though dancing. The singing
was perfect realization of the most charac-
teristic camp meeting style. 1t was favored
with hearty earnestneSS, strongly marked
with dialect, and showed that Discrimination
70 let 90 Of favorite notes. which is the genu-
me negro singers most notable peculiarity.
The Iastor was the only cool one Of them all.
lie SIT in the pulpit, and his participation
consisted in occasionally saying. Sing on
c:il'n keep it up breddren and pray
on, sisters
This was a favoritc chorus to one OF the
iyelieSt OF the tunes:
Iyield, yield yield
can't hOla cat no longer, Lord
This Yas another;
2asss and IN untans fall on mo
sRi hide me from an angry God
Ops of the songs led by an aged sister
whcSe uncultiyated voice was fu Il of melody,
was as follows
The pretticst thing dat ever I dc ne
Was to serve de Lori when wa, young.
0h, take up your bed and v ak.
Joshua saw DC burden move
When de ark was passing thu on h.
Oh. take up your bed an walk.
ia rather pay my life away
Than live in hell a single dsv,
Oh. take up your bed an walk
What kind Of shoes are those you wear.
Thst yoE cen walk upon the aiTl
Va, tate up your bed an wslk
Ne reached me down His lily-white iara-
And snatched me from de Jaws Of de damlfs
Oh, take up your bed an walk.
The clapping of hands, stamping d feet
and dueking of bodies at length As tbei
potency as safety-yalves Of excitsme Mt an,
the enthusiasm found further vent . hmm
ing clear from the floor in time with ri,
music. This, however, Was consu ed TO TN
women, who jumped until nothr % Int Nh
abnormal strength of intense ner ons irrita
ton could have kept them at Two q
the wildest-both girls unde r eighteen
Ehirled into the circle among tbe nrostrot
converts, and swung their arm : above tbei
heads in frenzy of agitation Al sight q
this the singing was almost drowned wit
shous, and even Mrs. Collyer : strong voic
could not be distinguished IL the din.
The meeting did not close until after tie
o'clock, and the excitement increased TO III
and, after which the partie ipants went HON
singing through the street :.