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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Report from Windham of a letter describing a religious revival in Cumberland, western Tennessee, where about 400 people converted among united Presbyterians and Methodists the previous summer, with ongoing multi-day sacramental meetings in the woods attended by travelers from afar.
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Extract of a letter from an eminent Clergyman, in the South, to his friend in this State
"We have had a most agreeable visit to the West, and I have been an eye, an ear and heart-felt witness to the work of God in Cumberland, at the West end of Tennessee, among the Presbyterians and Methodists (called by the people of the world the union Presbyterians and Methodists) perhaps four hundred souls have been brought home to God, the summer past, and the work goeth on still. It is chiefly at Sacramental seasons, they pray, preach and commune together, Methodists and Presbyterians. Their meetings commonly hold four days and nights--days, in the open woods; they have waggons, and provisions, and fires in the night--people come from various parts, 30, 40 and 50 miles. This Presbytery, synodical and general assembly Presbyterians, are very different from those in the East."
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Cumberland, At The West End Of Tennessee
Event Date
The Summer Past
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perhaps four hundred souls have been brought home to god, and the work goeth on still
Event Details
A religious revival among Presbyterians and Methodists (union Presbyterians and Methodists) at sacramental seasons, where they pray, preach and commune together. Meetings hold four days and nights in the open woods with waggons, provisions, and fires; people come from 30, 40 and 50 miles.