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conditions, rousing religious services were held there, and the Lord greatly blessed the efforts of the young preacher. In June, 1908, when Doctor Bresee, fifty years after the meetings held in the log house of Brother Jones, was dedicating the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene at Berkeley, Cal., he told in his sermon about something that had occurred at one of these meetings in Davy Jones' Locker. At the conclusion of the service, an old gentleman came forward, and said that his name was Jones, that he was the son of the Jones that lived in the old log house, and that he was a small boy when Doctor Bresee was on that circuit. He stated that his mother had written to him not long before to the effect that Doctor Bresee was somewhere on the Pacific Coast, and that if he ever discovered his whereabouts, he was to bear her remembrances to him. Revival At Marengo Doctor Bresee held protracted meetings all over the circuit in 1857 and 1858, and a great revival took place at Marengo. Among those who were converted, was Judge Miller, one of the most prominent men in the community. He happened to come to a testimony meeting, where Brother Barnhard was calling on different persons to tell what they thought about salvation, and he asked the Judge, who was not a Christian man, to tell what he thought. He replied that he did not know as he believed in religion at all, and then sat down. As he afterward related his experience, the Devil said: "Now, you know you are a liar. You know you believe in religion." He said that Satan tormented him in this way until he got under conviction and was powerfully converted. Doctor Bresee narrated a rather amusing incident which occurred at one of the protracted meetings at Brooklyn. To put it in his words: "Brother Barnhard went ahead to begin the services, and I was to fill the appointment and come later. A few days after he opened the meeting, I came and stopped at the hotel. They were Methodist people. I saw these same people many years afterward, and we had quite a laugh over what occurred. "As I sat in the hotel parlor, I remarked, 'Well, Brother Barnhard, how does the meeting go?' He said, 'Pretty well.' I said, 'I had such a strange dream about you.' He said, 'What was it?' 'Well,' I said, 'I dreamed that you and I went fishing, and were fishing along down the brook, with our hands, catching some fishes, quite nice fish, and all at once you stirred up a snake, and it stood right up before you, and ran out its tongue at you, and you had a tremendous fight with that snake.' 'Well,' he said, 'That is a true vision. I have caught some fish, and I have seen the snake.' He referred to a certain woman that was in the meeting, and gave me a little description of the occurrence. Who heard us talking we never knew, but our conversation was overheard, and that woman was told about it. As a result, she got up in the meeting and abused Barnhard, just as the snake had attacked him in my dream." Sent To Pella In the autumn of 1858, Dr. Bresee was sent to Pella. This town had been founded by a Holland colony, led by a distinguished exile from Holland, who induced a large number of Hollanders to come to this country. With them he established on the prairie a town which has now become quite a city. It was then a place of three or four thousand inhabitants, with one little Methodist church. It was what was called a half station. There was preaching in town every Sunday morning and night,

and in the surrounding country there were afternoon appointments. Doctor Bresee was there two years. It was a difficult appointment because of the Dutch element, and the comparatively small number of English-speaking people. Around the Baptist college there had gathered quite a number of the members of that denomination, so that the English-speaking people of the place were quite predominantly Baptist, and the Methodist work was difficult. Nevertheless, God blessed the young preacher and gave him revivals during the two years of his pastorate in Pella.

and in the surrounding country there were afternoon appointments. Doctor <strong>Bresee</strong> was there two<br />

years. It was a difficult appointment because of the Dutch element, and the comparatively small<br />

number of English-speaking people. Around the Baptist college there had gathered quite a number<br />

of the members of that denomination, so that the English-speaking people of the place were quite<br />

predominantly Baptist, and the Methodist work was difficult. Nevertheless, God blessed the young<br />

preacher and gave him revivals during the two years of his pastorate in Pella.

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