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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 Excerpt: ...time to turn myself, when, sudden as a gunshot, a strong woman sent forth an unearthly scream at my very side. In a moment she was upon her knees, crying, as she clapped and wrung her hands alternately in wild excitement, 'Oh, my heart! Oh, my hard heart!' The crowd was convulsed, and shook like aspens in the breeze. The voice of the speaker was soon drowned amid the shrieks; the air was filled with groans and screams for mercy. Crowds gathered and pressed around A Student's Statement. 243 to listen to the lamentations, and here and there to the fervent appeals of the awakened. It was not till long after nightfall that a large portion of the helpless mourners were carried to their homes. "A tremendous awakening had taken place. During the week that followed, the meetings were continued, and the prostrations did not in the least subside. It seemed, indeed, as if a new era had dawned. Men and women left their ordinary avocations to talk about their souls, and the strange sights they had witnessed. The public mind was pervaded with awful solemnity, and that whole week seemed a protracted Sabbath. "As might be anticipated, the excitement began to subside as the number of prostrations decreased. In proportion, however, as the meetings became less boisterous, they apparently grew more spiritual. And at present, when prostration is hardly heard of, there remains an unusually serious concern about spiritual things. "Such is a condensed account of the origin and progress of the awakening at Rathfriland. In reference to some of its features there is room for a great variety of opinion. The bodily affections especially with which it was accompanied have all along supplied abundant matter for controversy. On this subject we cannot here enter. Wc cannot h...
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- Erscheinungsdatum2012
- ISBN 10 1236144384
- ISBN 13 9781236144386
- EinbandTapa blanda
- Anzahl der Seiten154
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