THU, 17 MAR 1836—We
left Brother Dade’s and went to Brother John Lansaw’s, where we took dinner. We
went to Brother Sims’s, and from there we went to Brother Hanks’s, where we
held a meeting. We had a powerful scene: the Holy Ghost fell upon the
congregation, so that they spake with tongues and prophesied. . . . (Jacob
Gates, Journal, March 17, 1386, in The Journals of Jacob Gates, ed. KC
Kern, 26)
We dismissed meeting and started
towards the home of one of the brethren. We had not gone far before we heard a
great cry from a young woman who howled and wept. We were called back to the
house, where we found her. She was in great distress because the spirit of God
was striving with her, but notwithstanding this, she suffered the spirits of
the devil to take possession of her heart. In consequence of this, her whole
frame did shake. We prayed for her and the spirit of the devil was rebuked, and
she became calm. We left her, and returned home. (Jacob Gates, Journal, March
18, 1836, in The Journals of Jacob Gates, ed. KC Kern, 27)