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Arrived at Mr. Wager's, I was given a little chair near his bed, so when sleepy, I could lay my head against it, and take a nap. Sometimes I was awakened by an emphatic <u>"Amen</u>!" or the shout: <u>"Glory to God!"</u> so common among the Methodists in those days, and very real when uttered by this aged Christian, so long ill, and so patiently waiting to be called to his home above.
==Campmeeting Camp Meeting and Watchnight==Of all the Methodist meetings, I like the Camp Meetings best. They were a regular institution and held every year. The tented grove seemed a fitting place in which to worship God; and men and women, of deep piety and earnest purpose, flocked to these meetings, seeking and finding blessing for their souls. The gospel was preached, more or less clearly, and the salvation of sinners earnestly sought. The desire to be a Christian and live for God was felt very early in my life, and always deepened by these occasions. So also by the solemn Watchnight meeting usually held in the church the last night of the old year. If I fell asleep during the long sermon, I was awake and fresh for the last exercises. A few minutes before Twelve, all stood in silent prayer, to watch the old year out; and, at the first minute of the new year, all joined in singing the New Year's Hymn. I sang it with all my heart, feeling perhaps, what I did not understand. Here is the hymn; perhaps you will agree with me that a child could scarcely be expected to understand it. <u>New Year's Hymn</u>Renewed Fidelity and Zeal, by Charles Wesley "Come let us anew our journey pursue, roll round with the year, and never stand still 'till the Master appear.His adorable will let us gladly fulfill, and our talent improve by the patience of hope, and the labor of love.Our life is a dream; our time, as a stream, glides swiftly away, and the fugitive moment refuses to stay.The arrow is flown, the moment is gone; The millennial year rushes on to our view, and eternity's here. Oh that each, in the day of His coming, may say, I have fought my way through;I have finished the work Thou didst give me to do. Oh that each from his Lord may receive the glad word:"Well and faithfully done! Enter into My joy, and sit down on My throne."
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