Author : Almond H. Davis
Release : 2013-09
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Book Synopsis The Female Preacher Or, Memoir of Salome Lincoln, Afterwards the Wife of Elder Junia S. Mowry by : Almond H. Davis

Download or read book The Female Preacher Or, Memoir of Salome Lincoln, Afterwards the Wife of Elder Junia S. Mowry written by Almond H. Davis. This book was released on 2013-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 edition. Excerpt: ... who then stood listening with breathless attention to the plain truths of the gospel, as they eloquently escaped from her lips, while she stood sheltered from the scorching rays of the sun, under the spreading branches of a lofty tree. The next Sabbath after, she preached in what is called the Old Spruce Meeting-house in Middleborough. * With regard to her discourse there, but little is known by the author. She spent several weeks in preaching in this section, and then left for the Cape. After feaving Rochester she spent several months in preaching at Harwich, Chatham, Orleans, Falmouth and Brewster. At Brewster she was the happy witness of several hopeful conversions. She went to Falmouth sometime in the month of September, to a camp-meeting held at a place commonly called Wayquoit, and sometimes East Falmouth. On the fourth day of the meetings the preachers were obliged to leave, but Salome remained. The work of the Lord already powerfully begun, was * Middleborough is in the South West part of Plymouth County; and the Old Spruce meeting-house, now standing, is about six miles South East from Middleborough Four Corners. rapidly spreading, and twelve individuals who on the morning of that day were in the gall of bitterness and in the bonds of iniquity, before night were rejoicing in the Lord. She continued to hold meetings for the several succeeding nights, and a large number more were converted. Irr speaking of this revival, she says, --"The Lord has worked like himself--a wonder working God. It is the Lord's doings, and it is marvellous in our eyes. It cannot be said in this neighborhood, as it is frequently said in others, during revivals of religion, that it is only among the weak and silly women, or the lower classes in society, for...