Virginia Presbyterianism and religious liberty in colonial and revolutionary times . The trials, fines, and other pun-ishments for non-attendance on church and for holdingtheir meetings, were made much more burdensome andsevere. Enduring these persecutions, they were cheeredby transient visits from Revs. William Tennant, Jr., andSamuel Blair, and by a visit of four or five days from , which resulted in additions to their Mr. Whitefields departure these Presbyterians werenot only without a minister, but sorely harassed by thepains and penalties of the law. A proclamat
Virginia Presbyterianism and religious liberty in colonial and revolutionary times . The trials, fines, and other pun-ishments for non-attendance on church and for holdingtheir meetings, were made much more burdensome andsevere. Enduring these persecutions, they were cheeredby transient visits from Revs. William Tennant, Jr., andSamuel Blair, and by a visit of four or five days from , which resulted in additions to their Mr. Whitefields departure these Presbyterians werenot only without a minister, but sorely harassed by thepains and penalties of the law. A proclamation was setup, on a Sabbath day, at their meeting-house, strictly re-quiring all magistrates to suppress and prohibit, as far asthey lawfully could, all itinerant preachers; the peopleforebore the reading that day and consulted what wasexpedient to do. They were filled with joy the week en-suing, however, to learn that Samuel Davies was comingto preach amongst them, and that he had qualified himselfaccording to law and obtained the licensing of four meet-ing-houses amongst Rev. Samuel Davies And Religious Liberty. 33 This man, born November 3, 1723, in New CastleCounty, Delaware, was highly endowed with capacitiesfor leadership. In person he was tall, well proportioned,erect and comely; his carriage easy, graceful and digni-fied ; his dress neat and tasteful, and his manners distinguished Virginian well expressed the impressionhis appearance made, who, seeing him walk through acourt yard, remarked that he looked like the ambassadorof some great king.^ He was a most persuasive orator,having all the needed physical, mental and emotionalqualities and powers. He was tactful, resourceful, strate-gic in planning. He is one of the great men in the historyof American Presbyterianism. His approach to Hanover, by way of Williamsburg, andarmed with legal permits, shows the strategy of the far as the law recognized his right, he would availhimself of its bulwarks.
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