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of salvation. The power of God came clown, and one 

 universal cry for mercy was heard all through the 

 vast concourse of people. Some fell prostrate on the 

 ground; others, rising to fly from the scene, fell by the 

 way. Hundreds were crying for mercy all over the en- 

 campment, while the rejoicings of heaven-born souls 

 and the shouts of victory over the powers of darkness 

 were heard all through the crowd and surrounding 

 grove. At the close of the sermon Mr. Dougherty 

 turned to Mr. Bennett, and, with uplifted hands and 

 streaming eyes, begged him, in God's name, always to 

 preach a free and full salvation by grace through faith. 

 The scene, said George Clark, who was an eye-witness, 

 was overwhelming, and beggared all description. 



At a camp-meeting held in Darlington District, in 

 1805, the assembled rowdies perpetrated enormities 

 over which it is necessary, even at this distant day, to 

 draw a veil. On Sunday, when fully reenforced and 

 roving about in a large pine-forest which surrounded 

 the tents, it came to pass, under the preaching of the 

 Rev. James Jenkins, famous through all the country 

 for having a stir and a shout, that a lady in the con- 

 gregation began to praise God aloud. From every 

 point of the compass they came thundering into camp 

 with the tramp of a herd of buffaloes, thus producing 

 a scene of the utmost tumult and confusion. The 

 lady had by this time become quiet, and every thing 

 seemed to indicate that the time had come for Mr. 

 Dougherty to launch a thunderbolt. He accordingly 

 arose and said: "I desire very much to engage your' 

 attention for a short time; and as I am aware of your 

 impatience, I propose, as a sort of compromise with 

 you, to waive all the usual introductory services and 

 proceed directly to my discourse." He then an- 



