A BIG REVIVAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1290, 30 January 1883, Page 2

A BIG REVIVAL.

A■' big revival",(sayß the St. James' - ; 11 Gazette) took place at Hebron ; Baptist' 1 Church, near Livingston/Virginia,, on the evening of the 2ist of October.and/' was a great success, Although theeii- S,V ' J thusiam displayed by some of the converts was at :tiihes almost too markM/ ''- •' One of them, a youngman-named Dave Reynolds, llprofessed religion," and in—the intensity o! his, zeal jumped over the benches and through a window l . As ill-luck would have it; at this; moment a much respected lady, -Mrs J[ane . Roberts, who'se l house ianear the chiirch was. returning home; ;accorapanied by her daughter and two children. In the path leading to Hebron Church: she found herself confronted by Dave Reynolds, who seizedone'of l ' the'-.childrW ■[ | by the hand and exclaimed,' "jCome up,, f to. church with,me and get:religion." .i-«:•'( Mrs Roberts objected, upon which', the': * \ enthusiast; beajt her ao; the hW with' a club that counts her life was despaired .of*. •Rey. ;i----nolds urges that he was carried away ' , the occasion^b^"relious : fervou^j« the general '.opinion in the' \' •; hood is that he will underany'■ cii> v s>•>!* cumstan&s be held respoAsible for the ' ! '" V * ;damage done to, ' jh# which he jumped;' ''' was. shivered to atoms.