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William W. Bennett, A narrative of the great revival which prevailed in the Southern armies during the late Civil War, Chapter 17: spring of 1863. (search)
tance from Chaplains Smith and Taylor, and as the fruit of their labors God has converted about seventy souls. In General Lidell's Arkansas brigade, which is destitute of a chaplain, a meeting was commenced five weeks since by Bro. Anderson, preacher in charge of Bedford Circuit, but who, in consequence of affliction, was forced to retire in the very incipiency of an encouraging revival. The charge of the meeting devolved on me, and with the efficient aid of Bros. Taylor, Smith. and Stevenson (the latter of whom is a supernumerary member of the Tennessee Conference), it has continued up to the present time, without any abatement of the interest. Each night crowds of penitents throng the altar for prayer, averaging from eighty-five to one hundred, and the number of conversions, according to the most correct estimate, will not fall below one hundred and forty. The whole number converted at these meetings was four hundred and seventy-eight, while hundreds more, who had yielde