Memoir of Rev. Joseph Badger: Fourth EditionHolland, E. G. (Elihu Goodwin)
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Memoir of Rev. Joseph Badger: Fourth Edition
Holland, E. G. (Elihu Goodwin)
Badger, Joseph, 1792-1852
evening the house was crowded, the Freewill brotherhood
having waked up to an interest in what was occurring. At
the time I did not know as there was one anti-Calvinistic
mind in the house, but resolved, as a dying man, to do my
duty without shrinking. I arose to speak from Mal. 4: 2:
'Unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness
arise with healing in his wings,' and felt, as I
progressed, the love of God in my soul. Many of the young
people wept aloud, the Freewill brethren began to assist,
and before the meeting broke up the power of God was so
strikingly displayed that the deacon, unexpectedly to all,
fell prostrate on the floor. A haughty young woman, whose
hair was wrought into a profusion of curls, came forward
and kneeled down, bathing her curls with tears as she cried
for mercy. The argument on this occasion, though no
doctrine was discussed, was one that the deacon was unable
to resist, for he fell as many as five times under the
power of God. The house seemed filled with divine glory.
The congregation broke up about one o'clock at night. The
next day I went from house to house praying and conversing
with the people. I found that many were seeking Christ, and
that a thoughtful solemnity was resting even on the minds
of children.
"The next evening our meeting was no less powerful. Not
less than twice did the deacon fall to the floor; one man
who had fallen away from the Christian profession, lay for
some time speechless, and the young lady spoken of before,
came out bright and clear in the expression of her change.
She then walked through the assembly, taking her mates by
the hand, and warning and inviting them to flee to Christ,
made a deep impression on the assembly. One other made
profession of being translated from the kingdom of darkness
to the kingdom of light. In this state of affairs I left
Newhampton to attend other appointments, which required
some eight or nine days, and from the good attention paid
to the word and its effect on the people, I began to think
that my mission to New England was not in vain."
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