continued crying for mercy till her voice failed. Her laft words, which he uttered in a whisper, were, as nearly as could be underftood, "Come Lord Jefus, come fweet Jefus, come quickly," and then the inftantly expired. In what ftate fhe found herfelf is not for us to determine. Through the whole of her fickness she knew those who came in, and appeared to have the regular ufe of her reafon. This providence feemed to be ordered for good purposes. Many were witnesses of her diftrefs, and all appeared to be deeply impreffed with the idea of death and the importance of being ready. Numbers who were not Chriftians were much alarmed, and those who had hopes, were led to felf-examination, and to ferious meditation on changing worlds. The funeral was attended by a large concourfe of people, and a fermon was delivered from Job xiv. 10. It was a time of the utmost folemnity. In the evening a conference was attended. Numbers feemed to be under deep conviction, and the affembly in general, appeared as if they were looking into the eternal world.

fuppofing it to be a public meeting, a room was filled in the afternoon, and in the evening the houfe became fo crowded that many with difficulty escaped fainting. On Wednesday, about two hours before fun fet, a candidate came into the place, he was interrogated on the road and accompanied by feveral to my houfe. I was not at home, but as the news had fpread abroad that there would probably be preaching in the evening, I found as I was returning about fun fet, the people collecting, and as foon as I could wait upon the preacher, a crowd. ed affembly were together. On the two next evenings we had full meetings, as there were conferen ces previously appointed. I mention the tranfactions of this week, as a fpecimen of the engagednefs which prevailed among the people. It appeared that if religious meetings had been appointed every day, the frequency of them would not have been the occafion of diminishing the numbers of the affemblies. Unfavorable weather and extreme bad travelling were not pleaded as excufes for abfence, or did they operate as inducements fufficient to detain people from meeting. evident is it, therefore, that all the common excufes which fecure fin

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nineteen were received into the church. The affembly was much crowded, and it was fuppofed by fome that half of the affembly were in tears. The Lord feemed to be indeed among us: it looked as if every foul felt the weight of eternal things. At evening we had a full conference. On Tuef day evening after, a meeting having been previously appointed for fome to converfe on the fubject of joining the church, and people

public worship, may all be refolved into a want of inclination: For when once people are inclined, we fee that all common excufes vanifh, and many obftacles are furmounted. In addition to public meetings, people under religious impreffions, reforted to my house, and fome times from morning till evening, in order to converfe on religious concerns. As the awakening increafed, profeffors in general increafed in animation. Some

About the middle of March there was a decline of the work, which continued about a month. Perhaps it is my duty to obferve that, at this time, a fectarian controverfy became a fubject of more general attention and converfation than before. This how ever, in some measure fubfided in a few weeks, and the attention was again turned more to experimental religion and eternity. About the middle of April a fecond revival took place, which arofe to as great and perhaps greater height than the firft. Chriftians had a new glow of animation. Many new inftances of conviction and hopeful converfion took place, and the Lord triumphed gloriously. Open oppofition then much ceafed for a time. Thofe who had oppofed the work, were either fubdued by the irrefiftible grace of God, or were influenced to be more private in their afperfions. As a fpecimen of the engagednefs of this time, it may be obferved that on the week including the 28th of April, there were three conferences and one, lecture appointed; yet thefe did not fuffice the minds of people. Not a day paffed this week except Saturday, without a mecting either in the day time or evening. The work continued at its height until about the middle of May. Till that time our meetVOL. IV. No. 5.

feafon neceffarily called for more attention. But fill our house of worship was full on the fabbath, and fome inftances of hopeful converfion occafionally took place through the courfe of the fummer, and alfo in the autumn and winter fucceeding. There are now numbers who do not fuppofe they have religion, who are folemn and enquiring. Religious confer ences are ftill continued. hope the fpirit has not wholly departed, but we fear the fhower of divine influence, in regard to converting finners, is almoft or quite paft.

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One hundred and ten have been added to the church, about thirty more, we hope, have paffed from death to life, and feventy-three have been baptized, in the course of the revival. Ninety-nine were received into the church in the compafs of one year, fixty-four of which were received in the compafs of about two months.

It is vifible that God hath acted as a fovereign, having mercy on whom he would have mercy. Some of almost all claffes and fitu ations have been taken, while others as likely to human appearance to have been wrought upon, have been left. The greater part of the subjects of the work are between fifteen and forty years of age.

The oldeft perfon, who has made a profeffion, with a hope dated fince the revival begun, is now about fifty-five years of age. It is hoped that fome down to eleven years of age, have been born again. The awakening has not prevailed equally in all parts of Z

the fociety. Thofe families who were accustomed to attend public worship, have been more generally than others, fharers in the fpecial influences of the fpirit. A few, however, have been found of the fpirit, who were not much accuftomed to attend public worship. In fundry inftances it has been the cafe, that when the fpirit entered a family, almoft the whole of the family became hopefully converted. From one family five, including parents and children; from another fix, including parents and children, reckoning a daughter in law, have joined the people of God. But the most remarkable inftance of this kind is this: The parents of a family, who have been profeffors for fome years, have had the fatisfaction to fee ten children, including children in law, publicly profefs the religion of Chrift, all of whom obtained hopes in the course of this revival. As to the means made ufe of by the Lord to imprefs the minds of finners, they have been various. Some refer to fome fermcn which left an abiding impreffion on their minds. Some, to a particular fentence in a fermon, fuch as this, "Eternity is near at hand," or this, "The bufinefs of religion requires hafte," which they could not banish from their minds. Others quote fome text of fcripture which ftruck their minds for cibly; or mention fome particular occurrence of providence which alarmed them, and others feemed to be awakened in a very fudden manner without any vifible means at the time

When perfons have had their attention called up, their minds have generally dwelt firft upon externals. They found that they had left undone many things which they ought to have done,

and done many things which they ought not to have done. They then thought of reforming their lives. But on trial they found they were ftill growing worfe; for, finding God looks at the heart, they were next brought to fee its wickednefs. As their convictions increased they found that their hearts were not only deftitute of all right exercises, but that they were really opposed to God. They then knew by experience what many difbelieve, viz. that they were totally depraved in heart, and that the carnal mind is enmity against God. They knew that they not only had done nothing acceptable to God, but that they had rejected the Lord Jefus Chrift, and mifimproved all the favors of heaven. They faw that they were already condemned, that the wrath of God abode on them, and that they fhould cer tainly be loft, unless that God whom they hated, fhould in fove. reign mercy, pluck them as brands from the burning. They faw that there was no promife of mercy to them in particular, and that they fhould have no reason to complain if God fhould inftantly caft them into hell. It does not however appear that all are confcious of their convictions progreffing in the manner above defcribed. Some have been more directly convicted of the wickednefs of their hearts and then of their lives.

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and progrefs of conviction there has been a diverfity. In general great diftrefs of mind, through fear of hell, has accompanied conviction, and fome by their diftrefs, have been fo long kept from taking any confiderable food and reft in fleep, as made it evident they could fubfift but a fhort time without relief. In fome cafes there