But the great mass of ignorance and prejudice had also to be reckoned with.

By a work in which the influence of the divine Spirit was quite as manifest as in the convulsive agitations of a camp-meeting, it was dealt with successfully.
Church history moved swiftly in those days.

The news of the accession of Judson and Rice was received in January, 1813.

In May, 1814, the General Missionary Convention of the Baptists was organized at Philadelphia, thirty-three delegates being present, from eleven different States.

The Convention, which was to meet triennially, entered at once upon its work.