The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-30

q convert anu Al ulDcilOVoE VIM 10 "
from q camp meeting:
GOOD morning. brother pilgrim.
What, marching to Zion7
Have you found q hle-singf
Are your Joys incr.ssingp
Prees forward. my brother, ana marc no deiay.
Arc your comforts nowing7.
Have you n desire
That burns Ike . fire?
81 came out this morning.
Perhaps little better than when I arst came;
sa se,s sr Ss ie ao sRS sa1u''ns'
Ifear such religion Is All like . dream
The preaSnsrs were stamping
And sere amin 50 loud that | neither could hs.r
s sueS sJ priyi.s .s or essnSnins'
Twas truly Offensive to all that were thsre.'
Perhaps. my dear brother.
You " .ss and sHs sSnns issa .S ana prsy'd not q. ali:
Would you nnd = blessing.
Obey yh sho p Hd3le WITCH, WSIes Ss.'i siso. By Paul.
For II you should reason
No 1esdssr i Z s. iS1's Should tall In your ear.
Tho preachers and people
Ana this Is no place for reelection and prayer"
NO p,ass 70, reasst,saI
wonder %sa nth the people could hsI 6sns FOR to stay
The women were s~quaning.
"s snSs hid a1r ny So ps = ao" any could pra''
II this DO religion
eure It is something new thas has never been eoo0S
That speak Of ali ages.
Does nowhere declare that such ever has been"
"Don't DO % soon shaken,
Such thing, hav: 1:en acted BY Christians of old,
King David came running.
And danced before IL. in Scripture we're told.
Had laid tbo found ntion
And rebuilt the temple by Erra's command.
Some wept. and some praised.
Such q noise there was raised,
Twas heard afar Cd. perhaps all thro' the lsaa."
.Thsn Scripture is vrssted.
For Paul has protested,
AmidHt such . CHATTER.
NJ VIZ cs snS Sst.n wh SSto sS 1Ss mH y Ssc,.,.ap
To SEQ them behaving
Like drunkards. or rAytng.
And lying and rolling proStrase On the Ground'
And sometimes was fearful
That I'D be the next ono to como tumblinG down"
"You say you felt awful;
You ought to be careful
Lest you gfieve the Spirit and make him depart,
You feis some Impressions
Tho sweot melting power has tender'd your heart.
And tisTsHs the d%siusion
Brought In by the devil. has turnd you away;
For blest arc nono other
Than persons that are not offended In mo-"
The confusion to which the unboliever refer
writer viii 90s Of 'T thSt peyyio q clay cIsyss msap' The S TSi
manifestations as tho falling, jerking, rolling
visions and frances" The last named was mos
common. In this tho su bject was thrown int
an ecstasy, accompanied with loss of all puBcu
lar power. Tho mind seeped absorbed In dc
lightful contemplation. This condition contin
ued hours and sometimes days.
The jerking exercise wae. the most violent an
singular. Though common 10 both soxSS, II wa
moro frequent among vigorous mon:, The ars
Tennessee. whom several hundred persons, IN
Guiding both mon and women. were seized witt
involuntary contortionB. Spasms .conyuls9'
every muscle. The head was jerkod ~violontl,
backward and forward till spectator fOaro,
that tho neck would no dislooated. At the cam
time tho face was hideously distorted. Whel
the hair WAS long the rapid motion caused II B
snap like q whip. This seems incredible, bu
old-time ministers mako frequent mention o
these incidents as matters Of general knowledge
They were regarded As evidences Of Divine IN
seized and tho involuntary movoments. woul
continue though they cursed between forks. n
attempt was made to stop the course of q soil
ure, as II WAS believed that to interfere would b
to oppose the will Of God.
The McGhees have gone their way, and 1t !
the way OF forgotten ptoneerei the backwoodi
man has gone his way. end ID 10 q way tina
shows posterity his warlike rather than his r,
ligious qualities; the quaint odd hymns hav
gone their way and 1t has lod them to oblivion
but the institution which the throe made q thin
of enduring hfe-tho camp neeting-has gon
another way and keeps pace with the times.