The very atmosphere round about seemed to be charged with the Holy Spirit's power.

Evangelist Blank started to preach, but found it impossible.

The saints shouted him down.

A number of sinners who were present melted under the influence of the Holy Spirit and yielded their hearts to God.

"Great grace was upon them all." That night the meeting at the arbor was resumed, and it continued for two weeks with greater victory and power than before the molestation.
The mob never bothered again, and the reason was this: A dozen or more men in the community who were sinners, and professed to be sinners, but who believed that men should be allowed to serve God according to the dictates of their own consciences, simply made it plain that the first fellows masked or unmasked who should disturb the meeting would be dealt with in a most uncomplimentary manner.