Subject: INCIDENTS #32 From: ELIZABETH RUSSO Date: October 31, 1998 INCIDENTS AND CHARACTERS IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF METHODISM By The Reverend John Elmore DuBois Edited by Elizabeth A. DuBois (c) 1998 DuBois Publishing Co, Simsbury, Connecticut. All rights reserved. ELEVEN [CONT.] While the men were busy in arranging all outside matters, the women were no less so in their departments--washing, patching, mending and the more fashionable ones in making new calicoes. The rustics wains, too, had an eye to Sunday dress, and on these occasions appeared in their very best. By Saturday, the meeting had generally assumed commanding proportions and intense interest. People were seen crowding in from all directions--pedestrians, and equestrians--sometimes three or four on one horse--the mother of the family with the baby in her lap and two urchins behind her, while the father walked before, coat on arm as a guide to the faithful plow horse, which, drowzily, but safely and gently plodded along. Occasionally a buggy or carriage dashed up, freighted with the "upper ten;" but more frequently a mule team, or an ox wagon, loaded with country folks. The crowds were immense. Services began at an early hour with Lovefeast and prayer meeting, sermon and altar work. Then the lunch baskets, boxes and buckets were collected, cloths spread on the green grass, everything arranged, and all were invited to partake. [To be continued] ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== Go To: #, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Main |