Excerpt from the Diary of Paul Henkel (September 6, 1806)
“During the sermon I saw a young girl doing the strange movement that the English call the jerks…..”
Excerpt from a Published Letter by Ezra Keller (January 28, 1837)
“What the real cause of this singular phenomenon is has been a matter of dispute. It seems to me to have been one of those demonical possessions which were so numerous in the days of the Savior and we…have reasons to believe that they still exist and not in small numbers.”
