Excerpt from The Parson of the Islands: A Biography of the Rev. Joshua Thomas; Embracing Sketches of His Contemporaries, and Remarkable Camp Meeting Scenes, Revival Incidents, and Reminiscences of the Introduction of Methodism Brother Thomas begins to hold meetings on the Island - Thomas Crockett - First prayer meeting - All day at it - Conversion Of neigh bor Crockett - Souls saved in the absence Of a minister - Seymour and Lee - Tent meeting - The revival on Smith's Island - Solomon and Richard Evans - Great meeting at Richard's - Sinners quake and run - The devil after them - Rev. Wm. Evans - Anecdote - The dance displaced by prayer meetings - The Old orchard - Aunt Charity's dream - A church organized. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.