These served as tents to their owners.

Outside of these, huge fires were burning, in all directions, where roasting, and boiling, and frying, were going on, for the benefit of those who were attending to their own spiritual welfare within the circle.

_Behind_ the preachers' stand, a narrow space was marked out for the use of the colored people.

There were no seats provided for this class of persons; the preachers addressed them, _"over the left,"_ if they addressed them at all.

After the preaching was over, at every service, an invitation was given to mourners to come into the pen; and, in some cases, ministers went out to persuade men and women to come in.