Excerpts from the Journal of Benjamin Seth Youngs (May 30, 1805–January 14, 1806)

Excerpts from the Journal of Benjamin Seth Youngs (May 30, 1805–January 14, 1806)

1805-1809, Barking Exercise, Benjamin Seth Youngs, Dancing Exercise, Diaries & Journals, Dreams, Trances & Visions, Falling Exercise, Issachar Bates, John Meacham, Kentucky, Ohio, Other Bodily Exercises & General References, Richard McNemar, Running Exercise, Uncategorized, Winterthur Library

“Charity M. came about 10 A.M. with the Jerks & in trouble & opened her mind to B. She said She received the Jerks to be a compelling power from God….”

“History of the ‘Jirks’” in the New York Telescope (February 18, 1826)

“History of the ‘Jirks’” in the New York Telescope (February 18, 1826)

1816-1860, American Antiquarian Society, Anonymous/Unknown, Barking Exercise, Dancing Exercise, Dreams, Trances & Visions, Falling Exercise, Kentucky, Laughing Exercise, Lorenzo Dow, Magazines & Newspapers, Ohio, Other Bodily Exercises & General References, Other/Unknown, Tennessee

“I have frequently thought that a history of the singular exercises, called the “Jirks,” and other strange operations which affected the subjects of the great Kentucky Revival, would be interesting to my readers….”

Excerpt from Home Mission Monthly (1915)

Excerpt from Home Mission Monthly (1915)

1900-Present, Dancing Exercise, Dreams, Trances & Visions, Falling Exercise, Julia M. Wilson, Magazines & Newspapers, Other Bodily Exercises & General References, Presbyterians, Tennessee

“I am sure she will never forget the ‘Holy Roller’ meetings she attended while here…. In their meetings they shout, dance, jerk, roll on the floor, jump wildly, or lie in a trance as if dead. These, they claim, are different ways of showing that the ‘power’ is on them….”