a B r I i. r 
 
 ACCOUNT! 
 
 or THE LATE 
 
 REVIVALS OF RELIC 
 
 AMONG THE 
 
 Congregations lists and Baptists, 
 
 IN A NUMBER OF TOWNS, 
 
 IN 
 
 THE NEW-ENGLAND STATES, 
 
 AND ALSO IN 
 
 NOVA-SCOTIA. 
 
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A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE 
 Revival of Religion, 
 
 Extracted from Letters lately received from America, 
 
 EXTRACT I. 
 
 Mr. S- 
 
 W- 
 
 , of Windham, in Connecticut, thus writes 
 
 to his Friend in Boston. 
 
 Rev. and dear Si 
 
 Windham, Oft. 2, 175 
 
 Y 
 
 OU will pardon me for troubling you with 
 a line from an unworthy, though fincere friend. 
 It is a time of general health in thefe parts ; but 
 this is not the beft news with which I ihali ac- 
 quaint you : for •' as cold water to a thirfty foul, 
 fo is good news from a far country." God is 
 carrying on a glorious work in feveral towns in 
 thefe parts. The work began in the firft fociety 
 at Mansfield, about five or fix months ago, in a 
 very gradual manner ; but foon took a very rapid 
 fpread in the weft part of the town. A fermon 
 preached in that neighbourhood., at a funeral, by 
 the Rev. Mr. Shearman, was greatly blefTed. The 
 Spirit of the Lord feemed to fweep all before it, 
 like an over-flowing flood, though with very little 
 noife. It is wonderful to fee the furprifing altera- 
 tion in the people in fo (hort a time. I conclude 
 there are not lefs than an hundred fouls converted 
 in that town fince the work began. Soon after, 
 it began in Ha?npton, but did not fpread with the 
 fame rapidity as it did in Mansfield. The like 
 happy work has lately taken place in Ajhford, in 
 
the Rev. Mr. Pond's fociety, with a good degree 
 ot power. It has alio fpread into the fecond fo- 
 ciety m Mansfield, under the pafloral care of Rev. 
 Mr. Weljh; alio in the upper part of Canterbury, 
 and lately in Abington, in Pomjrtt. 
 
 Dear fir, we (nay fay, in the midft of judgment 
 God is (hewing himlelf marvclloully good and 
 kind ; and though it leemed our land, a few months 
 ago, was fully ripe tor defiruclion, and the hot 
 thunder- bolts of divine wrath were hanging over 
 our heads, yet God has made a rich difpiay of his 
 grace, in the converfion ot many fouls. One thing- 
 is remarkable in this reformation, there is fuch 
 evidence carried in the work, that none, or but 
 very few dare oppofe it. Bigotry, which was fo 
 common between the Standing Order, or the Con- 
 gregationalilts, and the Diflenters, is done away. 
 This work is chiefly among the Standing Order. 
 
 EXTRACT II. 
 
 Containing a farther account of the lame work, in a Letter from 
 the Rev. E P , to his Parents, dated Aihford, Septem- 
 ber 24, 1798. 
 
 Honoured Parents, 
 
 1 mult inform you of the work of God, which 
 is going on in thefe parts. Early in May, an atten- 
 tion to religion began in the fir ft fociety in Mans- 
 field, which increafed to a great degree, fo as to 
 become general. It then began in Hampton, where 
 it is as general as in Mansfield. About four weeks 
 fince, it began here, and, for the time, has fpread 
 very fall ; fo that about eighty have been under 
 great concern : of this number, nearly twenty 
 have a good hope they have been M born again* 
 The w><rk feems to be fpreading. In one family 
 of my people, who have only three little daughters. 
 the eldeft fifteen years old, they all give evidence 
 
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 that they have been born again ! The work has 
 alio begun in Mr. Welflis fociety in Mansfield ; 
 and the profpecls are very favourable in Westjord. 
 Do unite in prayer, that God would pour out his 
 Spirit upon you. It only two or three can be in- 
 duced to engage, do not omit it. This feems to 
 have been the beginning of the work in Mansfield. 
 
 ecoooccocooooeoo 
 
 EXTRACT III. 
 
 Containing an account of the beginning of the reformation in Hart- 
 ford, in a Ltt:er from the Rev. S— — S. N , of that City, to 
 
 his friend in Boston, dated Jan. 14, 1799. 
 
 Rev. and dear Sir, 
 
 l\ glorious revival of religion has lately 
 taken place among us. Two of my brothers-in-law, 
 theyoungeif about twelve years old, and the other 
 fourteen, had been under deep conviction at 
 times, for feveral weeks before ourlaft Thankfgiv- 
 ing; and on that day, whilft I was preaching, the 
 yoangeif was bleiied with great peace in believ- 
 ing, and went home with his foul overflowing with 
 joy. This affected the whole family; feveral of 
 whonij we trufr, could rejoice with him; all the 
 reft were much alarmed, and led to cry out, under 
 pungent conviction, " What fhall we do to be 
 favtd?" From this time it has fpread from houfe 
 to iioufe, and from heart to heart, till almoft the 
 whole City has got alarmed. 
 
 I think- as many as fifteen or twenty have been 
 hopefully converted; many more are under pain- 
 ful convictions, and the work is ft ill fpreadmg. It 
 has alfo extended its happy influence among the 
 other denominations, who have fet up religious 
 conferences, and welcome its approach. 
 
 We have meetings almofl every evening in the 
 week. Mere is freely a Macedonian cry, " Do 
 come over and help us." 
 
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 EXTRACT IV. 
 
 Containing a further account of the fame work, in i 
 the Rev. J B , dated atTrumbull, Fc'j. 6, 1799, to i... 
 
 friend at Newbury Port. 
 
 My dear Friend and Brother, 
 
 THROUGH the kind hand of God, I arrived 
 here yeiterday. I (topped at Hartford, and 
 preached five Sermons. 
 
 The fpirit of hearing at Hartford is greater tha 1 
 any representations that have been made. Yourig 
 people of both fexes flock by hundreds, and the 
 proipeft is flattering in the extreme. Conference 
 meetings are held every night in different private 
 houfes. In Mr. Strong's fociety, fixty are thought 
 to be under conviction, and twenty have been 
 hopefully brought into gofpel-liberty. In Mr. 
 Nelfons, thirty, and fome in Mr. Flint's. 
 
 The youth hold correspondence one with ano- 
 ther by letters, and with thofe of the neighbour- 
 ing towns. Hundreds are under fome ferious con- 
 cern, while hundreds more {land ailonilhed, and 
 are ready to cry, " What meaneth all this?" 
 
 The Lord Teems to have ftepped out of" the 
 nfual path of ordinances, to effect this work more 
 immediately in the difplays of his almighty power, 
 and the effiifion of his Spirit; probably to fnew 
 that the work is his own. It is not attended with 
 noife and contuhon, but with Solemnity and re- 
 verence. No fire; no ruining wind; no earth- 
 quake ; but a Hill Small voice goes before this 
 wonderful work; no doubt, to hide pride from 
 man. The mini Hers are {lined up to uncommon 
 diligence and labour, So that they have Scarcely 
 time to prepare for public exerciies. 
 
 The Sacred flame has Spread into many ncigh- 
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bouring towns,* and the pious arc flocking into 
 Hartford to be eye-witnefles of this glorious work. 
 J have telt myfelf fo much engaged in preaching, 
 vifiting, and converting with old and young, that 
 my attention has been literally taken off from 
 Wife, Children, Flock, and bodily infirmities. 
 O that my pall time had been better employed 
 and filled than it has been. Should my health 
 be continued, I hope, by the grace of God, to 
 fpend my ftrength wholly in the Lord's caufe, 
 which carries its own reward with it. 
 
 Two hundred miles N. W. of Hcutford, on the 
 border of the Indian nations, I am informed that 
 the Lord is pouring out his Spirit plentifully. The 
 Aborigines + flock to hear the Gofpel, and fall un- 
 der the word, like Dagon before the Ark. I have 
 (een a preacher from thofe parts, who gives the 
 moft flattering accounts, and informs me, that 
 very large numbers have been added to the 
 churches in that vicinity, the ;afl year. 
 
 After the fertnon was finished upon a late occa- 
 fion in the woods, an Indian flood up with tears 
 in his eyes, and thus addrefled the audience: 
 " I defire to blefs God that white people ever 
 came into this country. White people brought 
 the B ble, and the religion of Jefus with them. 
 White people prayed for the converfion of the 
 heathen, and I (land up this day as a living wit- 
 nefs of the power of God's converting grace in 
 anfzuer to their prayers. Continue to pray for the 
 converfion of more heathens, that they alfo may 
 be brought to the knowledge of Jefus." 
 
 * It is mentioned in a letter of April 25, from a refpeftabie cha- 
 racter in Hartford, that it has fpread into nearly one hundred 
 
 towns. 
 
 t Or native Indians. 
 
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 EXTRACT V. 
 
 r Cal bBlo I, i Baptift Minifter of Shafteflwry, in the State of 
 \ .oat, gives the following particulars of the reformation in that 
 town. 
 
 Rev. Sir, Feb. 21, 1799. 
 
 I Am fenfible that under too great a degree 
 of animation, even Chriflians too often ex 
 rate their accounts ot revivals of religion. But 
 I will attempt a fimple, but (hort narrative of the 
 late Wonderful work ot God in this place. 
 
 In the month, of Api il I aft, there appeared nothing 
 among this peop e hut the moll rapid increafe ot 
 every fpecies of vice and immorality ; and even 
 profeifors had grown cold as to religious exercifes. 
 
 Towards the Jail of that month; it p leafed God 
 to vidt my poor foul with fome fenfe ot my 
 Vllenefs and Ihort comings, and how little I tiad 
 done tor God and the good ot fouls. At this tune 
 1 think Iliad aglimpfe > f the infinite character of 
 Jehovah, which made mc Ihrink into nothing in 
 my own efteem; then, to my aftonifhment, my 
 foul was ftrangely drawn forth, at particular 
 times, in fecret prayer, tor the falvation ot Qn- 
 ners. Repeated exercifes of this kind gave me 
 a ftrong confidence, that the Lord would foon 
 work falvation in this j)lace. There were, how- 
 ever, no favourable fymptoms am .\\<s the people 
 until the month of July; then a young woman, 
 who had been converted fome years before, was 
 ftirred up to propofe lierfelf tor baptifm. Her 
 eonverfation was made the mean of the awaken- 
 ing of a number of young people. Thus the 
 work began. In Aug. ill, tour perfoas more were 
 baptized. In September, I baptized feventeen. 
 M « y were aw ikened by the folemnity of this or- 
 dinance. (Indeed i think there was no one mean 
 
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 moreblefTed for the convi£tion of finners, through 
 the whole courfe of this work, than the admi niftra- 
 tion of baptifm.) But to return; we as yet held 
 our church conferences, to hear the relations of 
 candidates, but once a month. At the clofe of 
 October, we were obliged to attend two days, and 
 then were not able to hear all that wilhedto relate. 
 The next Lord's-day there was a fevere (form; 
 baptifm was omitted : the church attended two 
 days of that week alfo, to hear the young con- 
 verts declare what the Lord had done for them. 
 I was then under the neceflity to call for afliifance 
 in admini tiering baptifm. Accordingly, brother 
 Samuel Rogers attended the next Sabbath, and we 
 baptized forty-fix that day. We then found it 
 neceffary to hold our church conferences to hear 
 relations once a week. The next fabbath I bap- 
 tized twenty-one; the next fixteen ; the next 
 thirteen ; the next nine ; and there have been but 
 few weeks fince, that I have not been called to 
 the precious work of baptizing. Zion's gates 
 were then truly thronged with converts ! 
 
 The whole number added to this church, fince 
 lafl May, is 175; 25 by letter and other ways; 
 and 150 by baptifm. Our whole number is 346. 
 Many of this number are removed into different 
 parts of the country; there are, however, nearly 
 300 that live in this vicinity, the remoteft of them 
 not more than fix miles from our meeting-houfe* 
 
 There have alfo been 70 added to the Weft 
 church in this town fince the work began; and 
 33 to the Eafl church. 
 
 As the principal means by which this work has 
 been carried on, I mufl fay, that no one's little 
 or great preaching can juffly lay any claim to the 
 honours of it. Several brethren in the mini (fry 
 have vifited us in the time, and all of them were 
 blelfed in their labours. A brothet Jones, from 
 England, was an inftrument of awakening fome. 
 
I have been filled with wonder and afionimment 
 to ice how the L rd has been plealed to fuccecd 
 fome of aimoil all Hie preaching that has been in 
 tins town hnce I l.o vc been here. Even when I 
 glOlirned, and thought I had laboured in vain, and 
 
 that my preaching was as water fpilt upon a rock; 
 the Lord has now made it man i fell thai he defigned 
 it t i the good of fouls. O my brother, let us ne- 
 
 VCI be chlcouraged ; we cannot always tell when our 
 labours are blelled. I cannot {a\ how many, but 
 the Lord has made my poor weak efforts the means 
 of awakening a confidcrable number. But the 
 d part of the people have been awakened by 
 attending the (olemnity ot baptifm, and by conver- 
 sation one with another. — Indeed, the moil that I 
 can lay is, // is the Lord 's doing, and it is marvel- 
 lous in our eyes. 
 
 There has not, in years part, been the mod cor- 
 dial fellowship between the three baptist churches 
 in Shaftesbury; but the Lord has now e fretted a 
 happy union between us. On the lait Lord's-day 
 in January, we all met at one communion table. 
 That happy dav mv foul had deftred for years. No- 
 thing but experience could have made me believe 
 it poihble, that I could have felt fo much folid de- 
 light, anticipated (o much trouble, and rejoiced 
 with [o much trembling, at one and the fame time. 
 That day I trull will never be forgotten by me. 
 
 The north pan of Bennington, which lies iouth of 
 us, has ihared confiderabiv in this grace, feveral 
 irom thence have joined the churches in this .own, 
 and fome few members from the town north of us; 
 but thegieated part that have been wrought upon 
 are within this town, which is fix miles fquare. 
 
 In about tw ) months alter the work began, the 
 whole town feemed to be affected. C » iference 
 meetings were attended two or thiee lim s in a 
 week in almoll every neighbourhood; and it was 
 
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 furprifing to me, that fcarcely a fingle inftance ap- 
 peared ot any over-heated zeal, or flight of paflion! 
 Both finners under conviction, and thofe newly 
 brought into the liberty ot the gofpel, converfed in 
 their meetings with the greateft freedom ; they fpeak 
 one at a time a few words, in the moll folemn man- 
 ner I ever heard people in my life. And in gene- 
 ral they fpeak fo low, that their aflemblies muft be 
 perfectly (fill, or they could not hear them : yet a 
 remarkable power attended their converfation. Sin- 
 ners would tremble as though they felt themfelves 
 in the immediate prefence of the great Jehovah, 
 
 Some of all ranks and characters among ft us have 
 been taken ; from the moft refpeclable members of 
 fociety to the vileft in the place. Some of our mofil 
 noted Deifts have bowed the knee to King Jefus. And 
 a number of Universalijls have embraced the truth. 
 
 In the revival four years ago lafi fummer, we 
 then received ten children into the church, aged from 
 nine to thirteen years, with a number of young peo- 
 ple; all of them remain in good {landing with us, 
 and are now able to help others ; excepting one, 
 who, I truft, is gone to the church triumphant. In 
 this revival we have received fixteen whofe ages 
 are from nine to fifteen years. From nine, 1 have 
 ba, nzed lome of aimoft every age up to feventy. 
 
 We have now upwards of one hundred unmar- 
 ried perfons in this church. There are aifo a large 
 number of youths, who have joined the other 
 churches in this town. O my God! keep them in 
 the iove of the truth! My very foul trembles when 
 I think of them. There is not a iufficient number 
 of young people now left in the town (who can 
 unite) to carry on their merry meetings. Kvery 
 company of them is broken up. 
 
 I lately enjoyed the happinefs of having upwards 
 of feventy youths and children, that were proteffors, 
 to vifit and hold a conference at my houfe in one 
 
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 veiling. You may guefs, but it would be difficult 
 to tell; with whai a mixture ot joy and trembling I 
 icn hlled. 
 
 The fevereft cold, {now and ice, we have had this 
 tedious winter, 1 have not heard once mentioned as 
 any terror to the mo ft delicate ladies, young or old, 
 we have in the place; but they have clieart ul ly fol- 
 lowed then Divine Redeemer to the liquid grave, 
 without the leaft intimidation. 
 
 As to my felt, I think it ever I knew what it was 
 16 have extraordinary ftrength, it has been within a 
 few months pait. My lungs, which I had thought 
 were on the decay, now feemed to renew their 
 youth. Preaching three and tour times a week, be- 
 fides attending other meetings, aimoft every day 
 for months together, feemed very little, if any, to 
 exhauft my ftrength. I think, of all men in the 
 world, I have the greateft caufe to be humble be- 
 tote Gcd. tor his abundant goodnefs beftowed up- 
 on a moil unworthy wretch. 
 
 When I think upon my weaknefs and ineffi- 
 ciency, and the great number of young, inexpe- 
 rienced Chnftians committed to my charge, my 
 heart (inks within me; and I am readv to wiih they 
 had a more able and pious watchman to go before 
 them. But all the hope I have is, that He who 
 leadeth Jofeph like a fiock will gather the lambs in 
 his arms, atid gently lead his flock into the flowery 
 fields ot goipel truth, and bedde the ftill waters of 
 eternal life. 
 
 I fometimes anticipate fo much trouble, that it 
 quite abloibs my ipirtts, and drowns my joy. Then 
 I think it beft to rejoice when I can, and let to- 
 morrow take thought tor itfelt. 
 
 It is, however, a very interefting crifis with us; 
 if we are faithtul, and make aright improvement of 
 the great mercies beftowed upon us, we may conti- 
 nue to be a happy people: if not, a furies of trouble 
 
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 and forrow awaits us. Dear brother, pray for us 
 that we may be kept in the love of the truth ; that 
 the God of love and peace may ever dwell with us. 
 I mult not indulge my feelings, I ihall intrude 
 upon your patience. 
 
 EXTRACT VI. 
 
 A Gentleman in Pembroke thus writes to his friend in Bofton. 
 Dear Sir, Pembroke, April 2, 1799. 
 
 VJOD has been pleafed to begin a glorious work 
 in the firft parifh in Mar/kfield, and a few fcatter- 
 ing drops in towns adjoining, although but a few as 
 yet. O may we all be enabled to wreffle like Jacob, 
 and prevail like Ifrael. We need the prayers of all 
 who have an intereft at the throne of grace, that we 
 may be kept from error and delufion. O may the 
 time foon come, when the knowledge of God lhall 
 cover the earth, as the waters do the feas. 
 
 As to the prefent ftate of the reformation amongft 
 us, there are between thirty and forty, in a judgment 
 of charity, brought to the knowledge of the truth; 
 and more than that number feem to be under ferious 
 impreflions of mind. 
 
 oooooooocooooooo 
 
 EXTRACT VII. 
 
 The Rev. P P , of Deer-Ifle, writes thus in a Letter to 
 
 his Friend in Newbury-Port. 
 
 Dear Brother, Deer-Ifle, March 20, 1799. 
 
 IN your la ft letter to me, you wrote you had 
 heard there was a revival of religion fomewhere in 
 thefe parts; and defired me to give you an account 
 of it. 
 
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 In t'nc beginning of June lad, I was called to 
 Mount D'J->t, to ad mini Iter fac laments to a chinch 
 that iiave not a dated pallor, ami tarried with them 
 about nine days; when, in preaching my fecond 
 
 fermon, the glory of the Lord came down in a won- 
 dcrtul manner. One convicted, and hopefully 
 Converted, under that fermon, was added to the 
 church about two days alter, and three others who 
 had before obtained a hope. Three months after 
 this, I went again to adminiltcr the Lord's Supper, 
 at which time I admitted twenty-eight, who had 
 hopefully been brought home in the interval. The 
 work of conviction was then going on powerfully 
 in that town, and fpreading into thofe adjoining 
 on the fame ifland.* Our allociation had licenfcd 
 dear Mr. Ebenezer Eaton to preach, who improved 
 his talent, labouring night and dav among them, 
 wham the Lord remarkably owned. How many 
 have been brought out (ince I was there, I am not 
 intormed ; but according to the beft accounts, 
 there are many. The Lord multiply the number, 
 and add to the church fuch as (ball be Caved! 
 
 I now come a little nearer home. In the begin- 
 ning of winter, this glorious work began in A 
 wick, under the paftoral care of the Rev. j% 
 Mernll. Perhaps there hath not been a work fo 
 powerful, and fo much like the work fifty-eight 
 years ago. In a time of fuch extraordinaries, it 
 could not reafonably be expe6ted but fome things 
 would be a little wild and incoherent, confidering 
 the various tempers, infirmities, and difpofitions or 
 mankind ; but I believe my young and dear brother 
 Mcrriil, with other experienced chriftians were 
 very careful to diflmguilh the precious from the 
 vile — to correct errors, " to fet the people in the 
 
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 * Mount Dcert is an I lobfcottBty 
 
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 way of his fteps," \o that there appears to be no 
 prevalence of enthufiafm among them, according 
 to the bed information. How great the number of 
 thofe who have been brought to hope, I am not 
 able to give anv tolerably good account : fome fay- 
 there are about an hundred, others about double 
 that number: I believe they are all very uncertain. 
 Blefied be God, the work is Hill going on there, 
 though not with equal rapidity. 
 
 And now, dear Sir, let your imagination paint to 
 your view the finking fcene of an hundred fouls, 
 men, women, and children, at the fame time under 
 the work of the law. The tears, fobs, groans, and 
 cries iffuing from (cores at a time! All the terrors 
 of the law crowding and preiTing in upon them; 
 their fins, in infinite numbers and aggravations, 
 flaring them in the face ; all their old vain hopes 
 gone, and cut off, and every refuge failing! Hear 
 them freely confefTing their old abominations, their 
 former enmity to the great doclrines of original fin, 
 election, the fovereignty of divine, free grace, the 
 powerof Goddifplayed in effectual vocation; above 
 all, the juftice of God in their damnation ! How 
 often are fouls brought out into the peace and com- 
 fort of the love of God, and the fweet confolations 
 of the Holy Spirit. The dead hear the voice of the 
 Son of God, and live. Children are brought to 
 crv, " Hosanna to the Son of David." Indeed this 
 glorious work has been wondetful among children: 
 and God has made instruments ot them to per left 
 his praife in carrying on his work. 
 
 This blefied work of God has begun in Blue-Hill: 
 but as vet has not gained the afcendency ; I Iha-U 
 therefore come to my own dear people or Deer-Ifle. 
 And here, perhaps the work is as remarkable as at 
 Sedgzcick, but not fo rapid. Not more than eight 
 months ago it appeared to me that religion was near 
 ■expiring among us. except in a very handtul of 
 
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 prof c flbrs. Dcifin had taken an unaccount i 
 Stride, and fpread itfelf over a great number ol the 
 
 inhabitants. And now, No Bible, no Chrift! the 
 Chriftian religion, ami Chriitians, were the long ot 
 tlie drunkard ; and drunken nefs and every vice was 
 deemed harrnlefs, and ingrTenfive to God. I had no 
 
 reafon to think but by the next annual meeting oi 
 the town, they would vote the Gofpel out from 
 
 them. When the aforementioned work at Penob 
 and Mount De/ert was going on, it feemed to 
 
 have no influence on our people. This you may be 
 fure was grievous to me. However, I think I was 
 enabled to bear witnefs to the truth with great free- 
 dom. In October, I perceived a more clofe atten- 
 tion to the word, but nothing fpecial as yet. Alter 
 I was confined to my houfe, the work began to ap- 
 pear; and though I could not go abroad, nor preach 
 at the Meeting- houfe, there was feldom a day but 
 more or lefs viOted me under their trouble, and I 
 preached in my own houfe when I was not able to 
 {land on nay feet. At length we had the afliltance 
 of Mr. E. Eaton, whom God remarkably owns. I 
 believe there are about forty men, women, and chil- 
 dren, who have obtained a hope; and great num- 
 bers are under prelling conviction. The work is 
 novv on the increafe. May the Lord continue and 
 {till increafe it till they aie all brought in. The 
 m >uth ol deifm is at prefent Hopped, and again (I the 
 children of Ifrael not ^o much as a dog is fullered 
 to move his tongue. O may the Lord go on from 
 conquering to conquer, till the whole earth [hall 
 be filled with Ins glory. 
 
 T.ms, dear Sir, I have complied with vour dc- 
 fire. If you think proper, you may cauie the fore- 
 going Narrative to be printed in the newfpapers 
 Such accounts may be a mean of putting a carelei 
 people under con G deration. 
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 EXTRACT VIII. 
 
 . r s Letter from a Perfon in Deer-Ifle, to a Society with which he is 
 connected in Newbury-Port, dated March 15, 1799. 
 
 Dear Friends and Brethren, 
 
 \ V PULE I am partaking a rich repair, I hear- 
 tily defire my friends may have a fhare of a feaft 
 indeed. It is in vain for me to attempt to defcribe 
 the wonders ot the love and grace of God manifefted 
 in a marvellous manner among us ; and in the adja- 
 cent parts. It has pleafed God to vifit us by the 
 out-pouring of his bleffed Spirit, fo that even op- 
 pofers acknowledge it to be the work of God, of 
 whom fome of thegreateft have been, I hope, fav- 
 ingly wrought upon. 
 
 This bleffed and glorious work firft began in a 
 frnall neighbourhood that have lived in a carelefs 
 &nd negligent manner as to their attendance on the 
 means of grace: the head of the firft family that 
 was wrought upon, is a man about fixty years of 
 age : I never faw him at meeting but twice fince I 
 lived on the ifland, before this winter: God has 
 been pleafed to vifit him and his wife, and they 
 both appear to be humble chriftians. with feveral 
 others or that family. The work is daily increafing 
 and fpreading through the town ; there were tour 
 or five brought into the light under one fermon this 
 week; there have been nineteen perfons come for- 
 ward and made a public profeflion of religion, and 
 joined the Church already, and nearly as many more 
 profefs to have a hope. 
 
 This work has been more extend ve in Sedgwick : 
 I am credibly informed it has vifned every houfe tor 
 fourteen miles, and about one hundred fouls are 
 hopefully converted. What {hall we fay to thefe 
 things ? Let us adore the free grace of our bleffed 
 
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 God and Saviour, I think there is great encourage- 
 ment tor all thai love our Lord, And have an m- 
 terefl at the throne of grace, to plead with God to 
 fpread this glorious work. Let us a! I addre arid 
 praife his name tor his wonderful works to the (bns 
 of men. I blefs God that he has given me to fee 
 fuch glorious davs of the Son of Man. It has been 
 a Sabbath to me all this winter; I have enjoyed a 
 continued feall, and find it good to wait on God. I 
 had rather be a door keeper in his houfe, than to 
 dwell in the tents of fin. 
 
 O that it would plcafe God to caufe a glorious 
 fljower of divine grace to defcend upon you. My 
 foul longs tor your falvation, that every member oi 
 your 1 if tie focietv may be a partaker of the heavenlv 
 grace; may this be a mean of ftirring vou up, and 
 eng iging your hearts in the things of God. Let not 
 worldly cares turn your attention from this moil im- 
 portant concern: not only our prefent but everlaft- 
 ing happinefs lies here. 
 
 eoeoeotoacaecro* 
 
 EXTRACT IX. 
 
 A Letter written by Mrs. A S , in I , 
 
 to the Rev. I laic Backus, at Miudlcboi 'ja,'!). 
 
 Dear Sir, Litchfield, April 6 : 1790. 
 
 1 HERE has been a wonderful out-pouring 
 of God's Spirit in thefe parts this winter, efpecially 
 among t >e youth. As many as twenty-five have 
 joined this church this winter, who are not more 
 than twenty-years old ; and one lad who was but 
 nine. I believe there i^ not one houfe miffed for 
 feven or eight miles, but what the Lord has taken 
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 fome out of every family. And in one family, 
 which but a few years ago was in open oppofition to 
 this caufe, feven out of eleven have nowprofeffed to 
 know Jefus Chrift aRd the power of his refurrec- 
 tion ; one of whom was baptized laft Lord's-day. 
 And while we were bv the water- fide, the power of 
 the Lord came down like the rufhing of a mighty 
 wind. One young woman was fo (truck with the 
 fenfe of her duty that (he could not {land on her 
 feet. The people feeing her falter, thought fhe was 
 faint ; but (lie faid, No, no ; her friends were in fuch 
 oppofition to the Baptifts, that (he had never faid 
 any thing openly about religion. — In the after- 
 noon infteadof a fermon fhe told her exercifes, and 
 two more, who were baptized the fame day. We 
 thought the reformation was almoft over in this 
 place; but we find the Lord has not forfaken us; 
 bleiled be his name, he is fliil giving us a tafte of 
 hk love, 
 
 ceccce.'oaoocojuo 
 
 EXTRACT X. 
 
 Another Letter, Sated Bowiloinham, April 29, 1799, from the 
 Rev. Job Macomber, to the fame, contains the following. 
 
 OINCE our laft AiTociatkm, elder Wm. Stin- 
 jon, who is ordained over the fir ft church in Litch- 
 field, has baptized 118. Thegreateft part of them 
 belong to that town. The winter before laft there 
 was the mo ft powerful work in Bowdoine that I ever 
 law fmce I came into thefe parts. It prevailed 
 through the town. Elder Potter baptized 22 in 
 one day. And it was as powerful in Litchfield 'laft: 
 winter; Elder Stinfon baptized 13 there in one day. 
 Thefe weie two as told winters as were ever known 
 here. The work has new be^un in this town, Si*; 
 
pcrfons have lately manifefted a change of heart ; 
 two of them are my children. The work ftill 
 prevails. 
 
 co5o:-3oc-eeocc»» 
 
 EXTRACT XI. 
 
 From the Rev. J. D , in Nova-Scotia, to his Friend in 
 
 Boston, dated Halifax, May 25, 1799. 
 
 Dear Brother, 
 
 i\ otwithftanding many complaints as to the 
 ftate of religion in fume parts; yet God is marvel- 
 ioufly vifiting feveral townfhips with the mowers of 
 his grace. In Annapolis County the following 
 places have (hared largely, viz. Granville, Will- 
 mouth, Niclau, and Aylesford. King's County, 
 Norton, and Cornwallis, have been wonderfully 
 vifited. Sinners have been converted to God, and 
 Chriftians to their duty. Two Pedo-baptifr Mi- 
 ni Iters have been baptized, and a great many young 
 converts. The three la ft facramental occafions, I 
 think there were baptized, the lft. thirteen — the 
 2d. twenty-feven — the 3d. twenty-eight. 
 
 There are alfo favourable fymptoms among the 
 Dutch people at Lunenburgh. Many of them who 
 had been violent opp-jfers of religion, having (pent 
 all their arrows, fay they will fight no mure. Some 
 are under very ferious impreflions, and a few hope- 
 r nlly converted. 
 
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 EXTRACT XII, 
 
 Containing a furcher account of the fame work, in a Letter frorn 
 the Rev. T H. C , to his Friend in Bofton, dated Anna- 
 polis in Nova-Scotia, July 15, 1799.* 
 
 Dear Sir, 
 
 1 am confident you will be glad to hear of the 
 advancement of Chrift's Kingdom, though by an 
 unfkilfnl hand. Therefore mall attempt to give 
 you fome account of what God has done among 
 us. The Fall after I was laft at Bofton, it plea fed 
 God to vifit our fociety, at the lower part of £ra»» 
 ville; it was a blefled time of God's power, and 
 additions were made to the church. A year ago laft 
 January, God began to vifit us here, and in our 
 fociety at Willmouth, where I preach a third part of 
 my time. It lias been a moil aftonifhing time of 
 God's power, fuch as I never knew before. I can- 
 not give you a full defcription of it. I have fre- 
 quently been called out of my bed at night to vifit 
 diftreffed fouls. They have fometimes been brought 
 from the deeped diitrefs to fhout the praifes of the 
 living God. My four cdeft children, I doubt not, 
 are made partakers oi grace divine. Two of them 
 are baptized. Since the work began, I have bap- 
 tized 173 perfons (in about thirteen months) but 
 not all in our church. Cornzvallis and Horton have 
 fhared largely with us. I baptized two of our Mi- 
 nitowers + laft fummer, and am to baptize another as 
 foon as I can go where he lives. 
 
 * In 1794, there were four Baptift Churches in Nova-Scotia, the 
 
 principal Minifter was Henry Cl.ipman. See Afj lund's Regifter. 
 ■f This Connexion or Association was formed of Pedo and Anti- 
 
 pedo-baptifts. 
 
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 Our Congregation lias increafed greatly. Laft 
 year we built a new Meeting- Houfe at the upper end 
 of Granville, where I preach a third part ot my time, 
 and this iummer we have enlarged it twenty teet. 
 O that we may never be high-minded, but tear. 
 
 OCOOOOOOCOCOCOOO 
 
 EXTRACT XIII. 
 
 From a Minirter in Conne&icur, to hit Fricni hi Bofton. 
 Dear Brother in Clirijl, Lyme, June 30, 1799. 
 
 ACCORDING to your defire, I will endea- 
 vour to defenbe fome of the efTecfs of the glorious 
 work of God in this place, the preceding Fall and 
 Winter. Previous to which I muft intorm you, 
 there was a great ftupidity on the minds of our 
 brethren, who appeared to dwell in their ceiled 
 houfes, while the houfe of God lay waite. There 
 were a few drops in the month of Auguft ; but on 
 the firft Lord's-day in Sept. many began to be 
 alarmed; we therefore thought it our duty to ap- 
 point a day of fading and prayer, which was on 
 the feventh day of the fame month. There was an 
 univerfal folemnity, and profound attention ob- 
 ferved on the tace of the afTembly, which exceeded 
 any thing I ever faw before- It was a fart-day in- 
 deed. The faints arofe by conftflion of the infinite 
 evil of fin, — with fixed refolution to lead a new 
 life. — And in the clofe ot the day (like St. Paul) 
 they thanked God, and took courage. After this 
 our meetings increafed, and the blclled e flu lions of 
 the Holy Spirit were diftilied upon us. It was affect- 
 ing to behold the faints exhorting; backfliders re- 
 turning; and poor finners crying for mercy. On 
 the firfl Lord's-day in October we attended on the 
 ordinance o\ baptifm. M\ poor foul was warmed 
 with the love of God, which made me fpeak from 
 
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 the heart, and it reached the hearts of my brethren, 
 and the dear aflembly ; and we enjoyed commu- 
 nion with the Father, Son, and Spirit, at the Lord's 
 Table. 
 
 After this, conferences increafed. My brethren 
 were much engaged in prayer to God for the effufion 
 of his Spirit. At fome of our conferences there was 
 a great folemnity upon the young and children; one 
 of whom mourned that me had lived in fin twelve 
 years, till {he thought fhe became an old finner; 
 but it pleafed God at this time to reveal Chrift to 
 her and many others, and to give them the hope of 
 glory. 
 
 On the firft Lord's-day in November I baptized 
 two. It was a good feafon. The ninth of this 
 month was a memorable night ! The Lord glorioufly 
 manifefted his power and love in bringing three 
 perfons into the full liberty of the gofpel; one of 
 whom was my fifth child, who I truff is brought 
 into the Kingdom of Christ. Another in agony of 
 loul cried out, " If I goto hell, I will go begging 
 for mercy!" and her distrefs increafed to fucha de- 
 gree, that fhe left her chamber the latter part of the 
 night, and went into a burying-yard, and fell on 
 her knees in great distrefs, till the kind Lord re- 
 vealed himfelf to her in a wonderful manner. The 
 third was a woman near forty years ol age, who 
 gave a clear relation of the love ol God to her 
 foul. We now law, both in the houfe of God and 
 in our own houfes, the fweet influences of the blef- 
 fed Spirit bowing stout-hearted finners to the fceptre 
 of Emanuel. 
 
 The first of December was our Covenant-Meet- 
 ing preceding the Lord's-day, which was taken up 
 in hearing the relations of candidates. A number 
 more related their exercifes the day following ; and 
 notwithstanding it was a very fevere fnow-storm, 
 twelve were baptized, a number of whom were 
 
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 youths from ten to fifteen years of age. Old pro- 
 FefTors in genera] were animated with the love of 
 God, and were mighty in praver tor precious fouls, 
 triumphing over the united powers of darknefs. In- 
 deed it is almost beyond my power to give a full 
 dcfcnption ol this wonderful fcene. It is alfo to be 
 remarked that our brethrenof the Prefbyterian order 
 and other denominations joined with us in promo- 
 ting the caufe of our blefled Redeemer. About 
 this time, meetings on week-days were appointed, 
 for receiving candidates, and attending to baptifm; 
 jfa i through the feverity of this tedious winter, I 
 nj^ver heard any one complain or fin ink at the crofs, 
 on account of the coldneis of the weather. 
 
 This work has b.en glorioufly carried on in the 
 fpirit of love. In the first part of it, there was great 
 out-crving, but it gradually fubfided into a iree deli- 
 berate converfation on the dreadful fit u at ion they 
 were in bv nature; and tlieir-full determination to 
 continue (eeking till they (hould find him of whom 
 Moles and the Prophets did write. I never faw left 
 oppofition to the work of God. 
 
 The principal part of this work was in our fo- 
 ciety ; but it has ipread into others in the neighbour- 
 ing towns. More than an hundred we hope have 
 received the grace of God; and more than eighty 
 have joined the church under my care. 
 
 When I confider the great number of fouls com- 
 mitted to my charge, and mv own infufficicnev, my 
 heart Un inks within me; but all my hope is in the 
 great Head of the Church. My daily prayer is, that 
 he would grant me his grace as an under Shepherd, 
 to difcharge my dutv towards God and my dear 
 Flock, during my few remaining days. 
 
 The number of members under my care at prc- 
 fent, is three hundred and thirty. fix. 
 
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 INFORMATION, though not very correft, has 
 c!fo been received from a number of towns in Ckt- 
 Jfiire County, in New-HampJJiire, of a very plea i i r 
 and extenfive reformation. 
 
 The following towns are faid to have fhar ■ 
 largely in it; viz. Unity* Marlozo, Lemfttr, Aljlct 
 Acku'orth, Corntfh, and Plarnjidd\ with lomeoth 
 in that neighbourhood. The towns of Stratkam i 
 New -market, in New-Hampjlnre, are favoured 
 this time with like revivals; but for want of ao 
 rate documents, a particular account cannot 
 given. 
 
 If the repentance of flnners caufes joy in hea 
 among the angels of God, what fhouts of immo 
 praifemust have echoed through all the realm* _. 
 blifs, upon the accefhon of fuch numbers to 
 Redeemer's Kingdom! 
 
 O Lord, may thy kingdom come, and thy will 
 done, on earth as it is in heaven, for Christ's fa 
 Amen, 
 
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