1816-1860, American Antiquarian Society, Anonymous/Unknown, Magazines & Newspapers, Other/Unknown
“The scene in the church was often supremely ludicrous. Just imagine forty or fifty persons going through all the different postures, twistings, bendings, strikings, kickings, and other violent motions…, and you will have a faint idea of the scene exhibited here night after night….”
1900-Present, Dancing Exercise, Dreams, Trances & Visions, Falling Exercise, Magazines & Newspapers, Other Bodily Exercises & General References, Presbyterians
“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….”
