Revival tornadoes
Subtitle: or, life and labors of Rev. Joseph H. Weber, evangelist, the converted Roman Catholic
By: by Rev. Martin Wells Knapp
Publisher: McDonald, Gill; Revivalist Pub. Co.
Published: 1889
Place of publication: Boston, Mass; Albion, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
Subjects: Evangelists
Other titles: Life and labors of Rev. J. H. Weber
Notes: Hymns (with music) : p. [8], [243].
Table of contents: title: 1. Birth, ancestry and early formative influences: An Ohioan ; Poverty ; Influence of Catholicism ; Saloonism ; Dancing and theatricals ; Love for liquor ; Sabbath-breaking ; At the gates of death ; Good traits; title: 2. Conviction, conversion and call to the ministry : His mother's warning ; Conviction ; Reformation ; Fearful struggle with appetites and passion ; Catholicism no comfort ; Seeks rest in a variety theater ; Converted under a Baptist missionary in an outdoor meeting ; Joins the M.E. Church ; Called to preach ; The call confirmed ; The tornado forming; title: 3. School-life and pastorate : Salvation first in school ; Made a Sabbath-school superintendent ; His independence ; Narrow escape from a Catholic mob ; Prison and missionary work ; Liberality ; A tempting offer rejected ; Successful pastorate ; A sketch from his experience as pastor; title: 4. His call to evangelistic work : Evangelists ; Scriptural authority and the status of ; Increasing demand for evangelists ' Relation to the church ; Their peculiar experiences ; Bro. Weber enters the evangelistic field; title: 5. Revival tornadoes : No new name for revivals ; Tornadoes are from God ; Governed by certain fixed laws ; Purifiers ; Terror to the wicked ; Attended by lightning ; Compel attention ; Source of alarm ; Often preceded by a dead calm; title: 6. Revival tornadoes (cont.) : No respecter of persons ; "Undignified" ; Provoke unfriendly criticism ; Come contrary to preconceived ideas ; Move on, notwithstanding opposition ; Out of the regular order ; Are a great blessing; title: 7. Tornadoes, 1882; title: 1884 : Republic, Wauseon, Marseilles ; One hundred and twenty-five saved in a day ; A church killed and made alive ; First mad, then converted ; Findlay ; Five hundred and thirty conversions; Prays for hours ; A moralist converted ; Marion and Ridgeway ; Some sanctified ; Marysville ; A midsummer revival ; Fasting and prayer ; Camp-meetings ; Confirming the converted ; Everybody prostrated; title: 8. Jackson, Michigan, tornado : Severe struggle ; Great excitement ; Newspaper war ; "Weber's frolics" ; A wandering star ; The whole city shaken ; "Zaccheus, come down" ; Killed by the tornado ; "A Starless Crown"; Eight hundred profess conversion ; "Running over" ; A touching farewell service ; Millersburgh, O. ; Fort Wayne, Ind.; title: 9. Tornadoes, 1884 -1885 : "Knee work" ; "Catholics converted" ; An "elder" converted ; Berea, O., five hundred ; An "incurable" healed through prayer ; Niles ; A fearful warning ; Camp-meetings again ; Muskegon, Buchanan, St. Joseph, Mich. ; Geneva, O. ; Rock Rapids, Sioux Falls, IA ; Strongville, Cleveland, Royalton, O. ; St. Johns, Mich. ; Lost fifteen pounds of flesh ; A well-dressed vixen; title: 10. Over the ocean : Sea voyage ; London ; Wesley's pulpit ; Paris ; Egypt ; The great pyramids ; Nearly shipwrecked ; Palestine ; Mt. Carmel ; Gethsemane ; The birthplace of Jesus ; The Jews' wailing place ; Jericho ; Jordan ; The early house of Jesus ; Damascus ; Athens ; Rome ; "Home again"; title: 11. 1886-7 : Algona ; Eagle Grove ; Correctionville ; Fort Dodge ; Clarion ; Spencer ; Sioux City ; Piero ; A country tent-meeting; title: 12. Michigan tornadoes : Marcellus ; White Pigeonn ; Bronson ; Coldwater; title: 13. Michigan tornadoes, continued : Leslie ; Quincy ; Coldwater camp-meeting ; East Rochester, N.H. ; Haverhill ; Union City ; Hillsdale ; Adrian; title: 14. A love feast : Sunshine after the storm ; A banker's testimony ; "Is my name written there?" ; Where and when converted ; Victory ; Convicted by a card ; A teacher rescued from infidelity ; A problem in loss and gain ; A kiss the key to his heart ; Where will you spend eternity? ; Saved from the rink and dance ; Sometime is never ; Bro. Weber as a musical director and composer ; His son book, the evangelist; title: 15. Sermon; title: entire sanctification; title: 16. Sermon; title: prayer; title: 17. Secrets of his success : "Luck" not in the Bible, nor Christian's vocabulary ; A positive experience ; Prayer ; Faith ; Earnestness ; Humility ; Plainness of speech ; Perseverance ; Tact ; His sin ; Preaches terrors of the law ; Of hell ; He loves sinners ; Liberality ; Punctuality ; A student of the Bible and holy books ; A leader, not a driver ; Utilizes song ; Thoroughness ; Fasting ; Adaptability ; Physical exercise ; Neatness ; Persecuted ; Eccentricity ; Consecrated ; "Filled" and "led" by the Spirit ; Preaches "full salvation" ; Gives God the glory; title: 18. To whom shall we liken him? : Noah ; Joshua ; Daniel ; John the Baptist ; Whitefield ; Summerfield ; Finney ; Thomas Harrison ; Jacob Knapp ; Peter Cartwright ; Same Jones ; Closing remarks.