. The magazine of American history with notes and queries. as theadvantage at least of not costing a cent. You are welcome to communi-cate it to any who are interested in the subject Yours Horace GreeleyAddressed to J. Tarbell Esq. Jackson, Mississippi. With a long period in the history of this country the name of HoraceGreeley is indissolubly associated. Whatever bears his signature willcommand universal attention. Rarely, if ever, were more or bettersentiments expressed in the same space than in his letter herein intro-duced. Cardinal Gibbons, at the recent centennial of the United StatesCon
. The magazine of American history with notes and queries. as theadvantage at least of not costing a cent. You are welcome to communi-cate it to any who are interested in the subject Yours Horace GreeleyAddressed to J. Tarbell Esq. Jackson, Mississippi. With a long period in the history of this country the name of HoraceGreeley is indissolubly associated. Whatever bears his signature willcommand universal attention. Rarely, if ever, were more or bettersentiments expressed in the same space than in his letter herein intro-duced. Cardinal Gibbons, at the recent centennial of the United StatesConstitution, said of that immortal document, that it was worthy ofbeing written in letters of gold. The same may be said of Mr. Greeleysletter. This being impracticable, the next best thing, if not a betterthing, is to print it in the Magazine of American History. His advicewill remain for all time a standard for new and old states alike. The writer has been a delighted subscriber to the Magazine of Ameri-can History since its first issue in January, Washington, D. C, October, XVIII.—No. THE RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT OF 1800 The camp-meeting, a characteristic of Methodism that has continuedin a more or less modified form down to our own days, had its origin inthe necessities of the time. Along the border, wherever the remote cab-ins of the settlers might be placed, there statedly appeared the self-sacri-ficing, restless, laborious circuit-rider, armed with his Bible, hymn-bookand his license to preach. He was not a man of worldly polish or ofscholarly attainments. He was rude, uncouth, and unkempt, in fittingharmony with his surroundings. If he could read his Bible and write hisname he was held to have all the literary qualifications desirable in hisplace, and even more than were deemed essential. He had, however,what he regarded as greater qualifications for the sacred office. He had experienced religion, and he had a gift of speech. Not for him was it to Sprea
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