The new convert, kneeling upon the straw^
sighs, accuses himself sobe, and cries ; whikt
on each side a saint^ kneeling beside hiai,
vociferates in his ear a description^ after his
manner, of the glory of God, and the wicked-
ness of Satan, These eighteen or twenty
persons, men and women, in the pen, make a
clutter that may be heard for some miles ^
everybody bawls, sings, prays, cries, preaches,

together The owls, attracted by the

odour of the kitchens, answer them from the
tops of the trees, and fly away from this
noise, which they cannot emulate. A young
girl in the meantime had wandered in the woods
longer with her lover than she supposed; time
passes swiftly in the company of a beloved
object, perhaps for the first time, and in the
spring of life^ dreaming of ages of happi'^
ness in a cherished union, tasting perhaps its
reality in passionate declarations;. .suddenly
she is recalled to her senses by this clutter, her
spirits still agitated, her soul in a strange, state
of emotion, her nerves stunned and shaken. She
approaches, is troubled, fright seizes her; at first
she believes herself damned— ^then converted —
she enters within the sacred inclosure, there she
i^ soon stunned and seized with hysteric con-



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valsionft; she cries ont^ weeps, sobs, rolls herself
on the straw in a frightfol delirium. The
assistants, the preachers and the saints, redouble
t^eir vociferations, the people cry Amen! The
clutter and tumult increase: a conversion so
sincere, so exemplary, must not be hidden by
tbe shades of night; torches of pitch-pine,
gal^er^ ^m the neighbourhood, are soon
brottght, and cast a vivid light upon this scene
of horror. The mother, the sisters, of the young
girl ran thither on hiearing the noise, but instead
of helping her, admire the mercy of God, who
is pleased to call her among his saints* They
join tbeir voices to those of the people, and do
Aot convey her into their cabin until she has
become quite insensible. 