The Life and Journal of the Rev'd. Christian Newcomer, Late Bishop of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ: Containing His Travels and Labours Paperback -

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Excerpt from The Life and Journal of the Rev'd. Christian Newcomer, Late Bishop of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ: Containing His Travels and Labours in the Gospel From 1795 to 1830, a Period of Thirty-Five Years Sometime thereafter, a very heavy tempest aro'seione evening in the western horizon presently the Whole campy of Heaveri was a black darkness - tren1endous-thunder following, clap af ter clap, and the forked lightningilluminated'the ohieets around me, making darkness Visible - this, said I to myself, is perhaps the day of J udgment, of which I have lately dreamed. Q 2 What anguish, fear and terror, took possession of >my heart I walked from room to_ room, tried to read and to pray, all to no purpose: fear of hell had seized on me, .the Cords of death had wound about me I felt as 'if Wholly forsaken, nor did I know Which way to turn - all my prayers committed to memory, would not avail. O Eternity -eternity! I exclaimed, which Way shall I ?y _the passage door ofi the house stood? Ripen wide I saw the rain pouring down, the lightning blaze, and heard the thunders roar. I' fan or rather reeled out of the house into the yard avfew paces, to the garden fence, and sunk on my knees, determined to giye myself Wholly and Without resefire 'to Jesus the Saviour and Redeemer of mankind; sub mitting to his Will and his will alone. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.