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Page 32
... seemed to realize the sentiment of the patriarch , " Surely the Lord is in this place . " Rev. Mr. Dobbins , then of North Carolina , afterwards well known in Ohio , preached a sermon . The atten- tion was profound . During the sermon ...
... seemed to realize the sentiment of the patriarch , " Surely the Lord is in this place . " Rev. Mr. Dobbins , then of North Carolina , afterwards well known in Ohio , preached a sermon . The atten- tion was profound . During the sermon ...
Page 40
... seemed to pervade the country , and some deistical characters had confessed that , from whatever cause the revival might originate , it certainly made the people better . " Its influence was not less visible in promoting a friendly ...
... seemed to pervade the country , and some deistical characters had confessed that , from whatever cause the revival might originate , it certainly made the people better . " Its influence was not less visible in promoting a friendly ...
Page 48
... seemed more sensible of their entire dependence on divine grace ; and it was truly affecting to hear with what agonizing anxiety awakened sinners inquired for Christ as the only physician who could give them any help . Those who call ...
... seemed more sensible of their entire dependence on divine grace ; and it was truly affecting to hear with what agonizing anxiety awakened sinners inquired for Christ as the only physician who could give them any help . Those who call ...
Page 49
... seemed necessary to arrest the attention of giddy people , who were ready to conclude that Christianity was a fable , and futurity a dream . This revival has done it ; it has confounded infidelity , awed vice into silence , and brought ...
... seemed necessary to arrest the attention of giddy people , who were ready to conclude that Christianity was a fable , and futurity a dream . This revival has done it ; it has confounded infidelity , awed vice into silence , and brought ...
Page 83
... seemed very near " the gate of heaven . " The soul of the dying man was full of the hope of immortality , while he took an affectionate fare- well of the members of his family , the children , the servants , all who belonged to the ...
... seemed very near " the gate of heaven . " The soul of the dying man was full of the hope of immortality , while he took an affectionate fare- well of the members of his family , the children , the servants , all who belonged to the ...
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