“Those who withdrew themselves last fall from the Presbyterian Church, perhaps, go to greater lengths, than any set, or sect, of people ever did. The Tenesse exercise has got very comon among them….”
Camp-meeting commenced at Liberty: here I saw the jerks; and some danced: a strange exercise indeed….
“It is asserted in some prints, that these assemblies have originated a disorder called the Jerks….”
“It was evident to every spectator, that this, and it may be said, in general, with respect to all the bodily exercises, that they were involuntary; for it seemed impossible that the body could be so agitated by any dictate of the will….”
“We called and saw them have the jirks and asked them qustions and went on….”
