. Reminiscences of Nathan T. Frame and Esther G. Frame. agriculturalcountry. There was no Friends meeting in the vil-lage ; the meeting house of Friends was two or moremales in the country. It was thought best to hold our series of meet-ings in the village, as many of the Friends lived nearit and there were good roads leading into it from alldirections. We were offered a meeting house thatthe Wesleyan Methodists had formerly occupied. Cesars Creek monthly meeting of Friends isone of the oldest meetings in this part of Ohio and isa branch of Miami quarterly meeting. There had never been a serie
. Reminiscences of Nathan T. Frame and Esther G. Frame. agriculturalcountry. There was no Friends meeting in the vil-lage ; the meeting house of Friends was two or moremales in the country. It was thought best to hold our series of meet-ings in the village, as many of the Friends lived nearit and there were good roads leading into it from alldirections. We were offered a meeting house thatthe Wesleyan Methodists had formerly occupied. Cesars Creek monthly meeting of Friends isone of the oldest meetings in this part of Ohio and isa branch of Miami quarterly meeting. There had never been a series of meetings heldamong Friends in the limits of Miami quarterlymeeting, and there were some among the older mem-bers who would not give any sanction to the meetingsby their presence, or any other way, and there wasmuch discussion with regard to these meetings, andthen someone who would be moved by the spiritwould kneel and offer a heartfelt prayer for theseseekers; there might be two or three, or even moreFriends warned their children against attend-. Nathan and E^^thkr Frame, At Prestonh , Ohio, 1870. Netv Burlington Meetings, 109 ing them; but this advice only seemed to make theyoung friends and other people more anxious to go. New Burlington Meetings. They were determined to know for themselveswhether the meetings were really as bad as some hadreported, besides there were many who were hunger-ing for salvation. The meetings were conductedmuch the same as they had been at Wilmington—entirely without singing; neither were people askedto come forward for prayer. There was preaching,vocal prayer, testimony, confession, public requestfor prayer, invitation to those desiring the prayersof the church to make it known by arising in the con-gregation ; and it was not an uncommon occurrenceto see a dozen or twenty arise to their feet at once,prayers were offered, while some of the penitents orseekers would be praying for themselves. There wasno attempt at programme o
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