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Excerpt from Increase of Piety, or the Revival of Religion in the United States of America: Containing Several Interesting Letters Not Before Published; Together With Three Remarkable Dreams Dowrn all before' it, fs amongft them in the houfe was heard bitter weep ing and cries, Lord have mercy on me a poor Wretched finner what {hall I do to be fav'ed? And thus they continued until evening, and through the night; and not more than one or two left the place till next morning r' About three days after 'a young lad got comfort, and the told a number of his fchool fel Lord had clone for his foul: this Was made the means of ftriking new conviction to them, fo that allfthe children of a family went gging of their parents to pray for them, and tell them what they muft do to be faved. The difirefs was foon ge meral in the family, and at the reqiieit of the young people their father went and told a pious (neighbour to come and fee them; the neighbour on receiving the invitation propofed to go, and the 'children and the young people of his family were alfo under deep conviction bf their loft and undone Rate; when thefe two iifamili'es met, there 18 no pofiibility of defcribing the fcene of difirefs every individual -feemed to be in an agony their 'cries were coufiant and inceffant for mercy: but before they parted, not lefs than eight of them met with relief from their diftrefs, fome of them in a furprifing manner; fmce that time their life and converfation con. Firm the hope that the changezwas real and faving 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 replica