A Short History Of The Methodists... - Media Sabda Org

At a camp-meeting at Stinchcomb's chapel, forty or fifty souls found the Lord in the forgiveness
of their sins. And at the camp-meeting near Liberty chapel, many souls were awakened, and about
fifty converted.
This account of the glorious spread of religion, and of so many souls being brought to God, must
be pleasing to all who love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Indeed, Georgia has been a great place
for religion, from that day to this; and old professors have generally been very lively in religion.
In South Carolina religion gained ground, and in many places it might be said to be all in a flame.
In July, there was a camp-meeting held in Sandy river circuit, which was said to be the greatest time
among sinners that some of them ever saw. On Saturday the Lord began to shake Satan's kingdom
in a powerful manner. On Sunday, and Sunday night, the power of darkness gave back. Many sinners
were on the ground crying for mercy, and many believers crying for perfect love. About twenty
persons found redemption in the blood of Jesus at that time.
In North Carolina the work of the Lord spread greatly, and was known both among saints and
sinners. A short account of the camp-meetings in the lower part of that state says, "At the first
camp-meeting, I suppose there were twenty-seven persons converted. Several at the second and third,
about ten at the fourth, and about sixty-seven at the last."
In Virginia, there was a very great ingathering of precious souls. There was a quarterly meeting
in February in Rockingham circuit, which was held in Harrisonburg, which continued for four days
and nights, with but little intermission. It was impossible to ascertain correctly the number that were
converted; but it was thought there must have been thirty or upwards. It was said, that three or four
hundred were taken into society there in the course of a few months.
At a quarterly-meeting held at Shepherd's Town, there were twelve or fifteen souls converted. And
at Leesburg, where quarterly-meeting was held, the Lord was with the people of a truth. Some
persons professed to be converted, on Saturday, and others on Sunday. On Monday and Tuesday the
preachers went from house to house to talk to the distressed, and to sing and pray with them: and as
soon as they would begin to sing and pray, the room would be crowded with the people. On Tuesday
and Tuesday night, they were singing, praying and exhorting for sixteen hours together, in which
time fifteen souls professed to get converted. It was pretty certain, that in the course of this meeting
there were forty souls or upwards converted to God.
There was a quarterly meeting in Winchester circuit, which was held for four days, as a kind of
camp-meeting, where the Lord was eminently present; and upon a moderate calculation, it was
thought that there must have been from forty to fifty converted.
There was a gracious stir of religion in Front Royal also, and many souls were converted in that
little village. The prosperity of religion was not less in Maryland than in other states. The Lord
visited the people in an extraordinary manner in several places; and particularly at a camp-meeting
held in the woods about fifteen miles above Baltimore, and a little to the east of the road that leads
to Reister's Town. This meeting was held in September, and began on Saturday and ended on
Monday. The first day and night was owned of God, and several were converted by the beginning