It was an amazing season of _power_ among them, and seemed as if God had “bowed the heavens and come down.” So astonishingly prevalent was the operation upon old as well as young, that it seemed as if God was about to convert _all the world_. And I was ready to think _then_, that I should never again despair of the conversion of any man or woman living. *It is impossible to give a just description of the ♦appearance of things at this season. A number were rejoicing that God had not taken away the influence of his blessed Spirit.――――Refreshed to see so many “striving to enter in at the strait gate;”――and animated with such concern for them that they wanted “to push them forward,” as some of them expressed it.――At the same time numbers both of men and women, old and young, might be seen in tears, and some in anguish of spirit appearing in their very countenances, like condemned malefactors going towards the place of execution: so that there seemed a lively emblem of the solemn day of accounts; a mixture of heaven and hell; of joy unspeakable, and anguish inexpressible. ♦ “appearence” replaced with “appearance” *The concern was such, that I could not pretend to have any formal religious exercise among them: but spent the time in discoursing to one and another, sometimes all together, and concluded with prayer. _Such_ were their circumstances, that I could scare have _half an hour_’s rest from speaking from about half an hour before twelve o’clock, (at which time I began public worship) till past _seven_ at night. December 30. I was visited by four or five young persons under concern for their souls, most of whom were very lately awakened. They wept much while I discoursed to them and endeavoured to press upon them the necessity of _flying_ to Christ without delay, for salvation. December 31. I spent some hours this day in visiting my people from house to house: and scarce left a house, without leaving some or other of its inhabitants in tears, solicitously engaged to obtain an interest in Christ. The Indians are now gathered together from all quarters to this place, and have built them little cottages, so that more than _twenty_ families live within a quarter of a mile of me, a very convenient situation in regard both of public and private instruction.