A very nice copy of the memoir of "Praying Payson of Portland" as Leonard Ravenhill called him
all present and in textual order
and his friends fondly hoped he would live to receive the reward of gallantry and the meed of praise so justly due
Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 77
Another of the very earliest leaders
1856-1859 RELIGIOUS DIARY. Exceptional Young Diary - Fulton Street Prayer Revival, Lunatics, Sabbath Keeping, etc. Bible A very nice copy ofAn unusually thorough religious diary of a young girl, presumably about 16 years of age, who family believe is more like to be a Presbyterian than anything else . . . her introspection, attention to the Sabbath, and unwillingness to suffer religious trivialities, make her a bit of an odd bird in her church apparently. Our authoress seems to be Miss Emily L. Young, Lyceum Hall. It is then signed later by E. J. Young. The below extracts reflect