Times of refreshing : a history of American revivals from 1740-1877, with their philosophy and methods . e first womanlicensed to preach in the Methodist Episcopal churchof the United States. Opinions will widely difieras to the Scripturalness and expediency of womenexercising the public functions of the can be no question of Mrs. Yan Cotts abilityand devotion to her work. She has held serviceswidely throughout the country, in Kew York, New 174 TIMES OF REFRESHING. England, Wisconsin, Illinois, and other states. Sheis a woman of great self-reliance, decided tact, finepresence an
Times of refreshing : a history of American revivals from 1740-1877, with their philosophy and methods . e first womanlicensed to preach in the Methodist Episcopal churchof the United States. Opinions will widely difieras to the Scripturalness and expediency of womenexercising the public functions of the can be no question of Mrs. Yan Cotts abilityand devotion to her work. She has held serviceswidely throughout the country, in Kew York, New 174 TIMES OF REFRESHING. England, Wisconsin, Illinois, and other states. Sheis a woman of great self-reliance, decided tact, finepresence and address, and oratorical gifts. Shepreaches with whole-souled passion and not unfre-quently has great power over her audience. Few wo-men, and not very many men, could have enduredthe physical strain of her numerous revival boundless enthusiasm carries her through all fa-tigue and over all obstacles. And, whatever may bethought of her ministry, there is no doubt of herpower, the singleness of her purpose, or the sincerityof her efforts to glorify the Savior in the salvationof souls. y. ^^^^^^-t,-«-<--^t-.«--«L-W?-^-«^^^ CHAPTER YIIL REVIVALS UNDER THE LABORS OF P. HAMMOND. It is not too much to say the labors of Mr. Ham-mond mark a distinct era in the revival history of ourcountry. He has been called the childrens evangel-ist. While his work is not given exclusively to theyoung, it is in this direction that his success has beenmost marked. He has taught the church a lessonconcerning early conversions which will be useful inall coming time. In what is now the very common method of per-sonal work, Mr. Hammond has also been a from pew to pew in the congregation, turningthe public service at once into an inquiry meeting,and relying less upon the general proclamation thanthe personal conversation following, is one of themethods now in general use in revival meetings whichMr. Hammond did not indeed originate—which wasfreely used by Payson
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