Randolph County AlArchives News.....Hundreds attend Eight Day Revival.  September 22, 1857
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South Western Baptist September 22, 1857
Randolph County Ala. Sept. 22, 1857. 
Brethren Editors 
I drop you a line giving a very brief account of another revival meeting just 
closed in the woods about eight miles north of this, on Dine Creek. Brother J.
C. Morris, at the close of his regular meeting at Pinetucky Church, on the 2nd 
Sabbath, said if the people would meet him in the woods some four miles distant 
from that place on that evening, he would preach, and if they desired it, he 
would remain with them until Thursday, at which time brother Burson, the 
missionary preacher would meet with him, &c. The people assembled, and numbered, 
before it concluded, on last Sabbath, the 20th, daily from (500) to (1,000) five 
hundred to one thousand souls, it is supposed.  He was favored with the 
assistance of brethren Burson, Thackerson, Beverly, Sears and Wilson. He 
baptized twenty-two amongst that number was one who was sorely afflicted with 
the rheumatic pain, and another a blind man, both of whom had to be assisted 
down into the water. This was certainly one of the most awfully solemn sences my 
eyes ever witnessed. It would be utterly impossible for me to find language of 
sufficient power to express the solemn, the delightful and joyful sensations 
which pervaded the souls of the vast multitude who stood upon the bank, upon the 
water witnessing it. Brother Thackerson delivered the farewell sermon, and that 
excellent man of God, brother J.C. Beverly, closed by exhortation his words were 
like a two-edged sword, which penetrated every heart. Truly "the Lord hath done 
great things for us, whereof we are glad. Many, although worn down by continued 
exercise for eight days and nights, resolved not to intermit their pious 
devotion. It was agreed upon to meet at a neighboring house at night. Many
sinners continue to be awakened and converted, and may the work of grace be 
deepened, in the hearts of believers, add the word of our divine Master continue 
to move with rapidity and be glorified in this destitute portion of our county.
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