Excerpt from The Parson of the Islands: A Biography of the Rev. Joshua Thomas, Embracing Sketches of His Contemporaries, and Remarkable Camp Meeting Scenes, Revival Incidents, and Reminiscences of the Introduction of MethodismBrother Thomas begins to hold meetings on the Island - Thomas Crockett - First prayer meeting - All day at it - Conversion Of neigh bor Crockett - Souls saved in the absence Of a minister - Seymour and Lee - Tent meeting - The revival on Smith's Island - Solomon and Richard Evans - Great meeting at Richard's - Sinners quake and run - The devil after them - Rev. Wm. Evans - Anecdote - The dance displaced by prayer meetings - The Old orchard - Aunt Charity's dream - A church organized.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.