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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 edition. Excerpt: ... Next Tuesday, if the Lord will, I expect to attend a four days' meeting at Farmington, twenty miles a li ttle south of west from here. We have meetings appointed for each week to the middle of September, one at Braceville, at Youngstown, and at Kinsman, and people are quite anxious to have it here the last week in September, but I fear we are not prepared for it. It appears to me that the church must wake up to fervent, agonizing prayer. God says, I will be sought unto to do these things for them. We may then expect to see, when Zion travails, her children will be brought forth. Perhaps it might be well for the mission family to invite Mr. Smith and several praying souls to hold a meeting for agonizing prayer for a revival and for the oppressed and abused Indians. They can have no trust in the promises of the Government: when every treaty with them is violated, and they, are robbed, plundered, and murdered without redress, what confidence can they have in any new treaty or promise of protection beyond the Mississippi? What this missionary persecution and oppression, and war against the work so happily begun among some of the Indian tribes will end in, we know not, only that God is able, and will make the wrath of man to praise Him and restrain the remainder. I tremble for our country, for I believe God is just, and that we are fast approaching to some awful crisis. The Church is fast ripening for some great and signal event May it be for a day of brighter glory, even the shaking of all nations, and breaking the arm of tyrannical oppression in every land. My health is remarkably good, considering my age and worn out constitution. I have, been able to tend my garden and potatoes, and help get my hay; but I find a little over-exertion...