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[This is
from Lednum's Methodist History, and tells of something that occurred in the
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days of
American Methodism.] |
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Mr. John
Cooper, who was one of the early and leading Methodists in Tuckeyhoe Neck,
used to relate, with others, a strange phenomenon which was often seen in the
evening meetings, during a great revival, which was going on in Tuckeyhoe
Neck, when Methodism was in its infancy in that neighborhood. An
unaccountable light, resembling flame, was often seen hovering over the heads
of the Methodists, when engaged in prayer and class meetings. It was seen
several times, by many people, brooding over different persons. This
phenomenon produced not only awe in the minds of the beholders, but it was a
witness to the divinity of the work, and led the unconverted to venerate the
Methodists. |
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The Rev.
William Cooper, of the Philadelphia Conference, son of the above named John
Cooper, who communicated the account to us, says, "I often sat and
trembled when my father, mother, and others were conversing about this, with
other strange appearances of those times." |
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From: UNUSUAL
OCCURRENCES Compiled by Duane V. Maxey |