Excerpt from the Autobiography of Rev. Joseph Travis (ca. 1807)

1805-1809, Autobiographies & Biographies, Dancing Exercise, Methodists

“I can never forget one Sabbath, standing on a floor to preach: Brother Christie, a pious and upright man, the class-leader, was standing close by me; and while we were repeating and singing the first hymn, he was taken with the jerks, knocked the hymn book out of my hand, and gave my unfortunate nose a hard rap….”