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Title: Autobiography of a pioneer: or, The nativity, experience, travels, and ministerial labors of Rev. Samuel Pickard, the "converted Quaker", containing stirring incidents and practical thoughts;
Year: 1866 (1860s)
Authors: Pickard, Samuel, 1820- Conger, Omer T., ed
Subjects: Knapp, Jacob, 1799-1874
Publisher: Chicago, Church & Goodman
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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doubtful whether dancing or prayingwould take the sway, but the dancing ceased, and Icommenced praying for the dancers. I told the Lordwhat they had done, and why they had done it,remarking in my prayer that they were evidentlynot Christians, and prayed God to open their eyesto see the folly of their ways, and prepare for thegreat judgment to come. When the prayer wasclosed, they were as quiet as kittens, and hung theirheads as though they had been stealing sheep. Ithen exhorted them to mend their ways, and invitedthem out to hear the preaching. That night all thecompany were at meeting. In a few days every oneof them was converted, and ever after treated mewith the most cordial respect. I give this incidentto show timid Christians that, so long as we haveGod on our side, there is no need of being scaredout of countenance by the devil. I made a number of calls through the day, but had~the misfortune to go without my dinner; though inthe evening I happened in a house just as they were
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VISITING. 213 sitting down to supper, and gladly accepted an invi-tation to eat. I had heard nothing of Brother Morethrough the day, and at sun-set went to meet him atthe church, as agreed on, but could find no BrotherMore. I began to be uneasy for him, but near darkhe came, and on inquiry I found that the first placehe had stopped at in the morning was a grocery, andhe so much dreaded to visit that he remained thereall day, talking with the customers. He said thattheir chief business was drinking, playing poker, andcasting slurs at religion. That night the house wascrowded, and Brother More preached a powerfulsermon. There was weeping through the house, butsinners made no move. The next morning a num-ber of the brethren came to prayer-meeting. I toldthem of the view of the church before the world, thetremendous interests pending, the fearful responsi-bility upon them, their backslidden state, and ex-horted them with all my power and feeling to con-fess their sins and backslidings ope

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