Excerpt from the Biography of Eld. Barton W. Stone (ca. 1804)

1802-1804, Autobiographies & Biographies, Barking Exercise, Barton W. Stone, Christians/Disciples of Christ, Dancing Exercise, Falling Exercise, Laughing Exercise, Other Bodily Exercises & General References

“The jerks cannot be so easily described…. When the whole system was affected, I have seen the person stand in one place, and jerk backward and forward in quick succession, their head nearly touching the floor behind and before…..”