CONTENTS.

[CHAPTER I].
The Preparation	5
[CHAPTER II.]
The milestone—The elegant young man—The collier—The rich lady	15
[CHAPTER III.]
The grog-shop—The rolling mills—The Universalist	27
[CHAPTER IV.]
The new “relagin”—The hard father and his little daughter—The deserted homes—The stolen books	37
[CHAPTER V.]
Book preachers installed—“Caught with guile”—The clenched fist—Review	49
[CHAPTER VI.]
Governor of West Virginia—Surprising desolations—The lodging—The dinner—“Blazing the trees”	57
[CHAPTER VII.]
The hunter seeking books for a Sunday-school—The first sermon—Clock pedlars	68
[CHAPTER VIII.]
The “Ironside” preacher and distiller—Wife and granddaughter	75
[CHAPTER IX.]
A church dignitary—“Have you let Washington into heaven?”	81
[CHAPTER X.]
The pistol—The surveyor’s son—A public-house—“You have prayed plenty”—The pocket-Bible	89
[CHAPTER XI.]
The summit of Cheat mountain—The “fellow that wanted to colport”—The sheriffs warrant—Wishing to be a tract agent	97
[CHAPTER XII.]
The wickedest man in the county—The bully—The shooting match—A gang of desperadoes	111
[CHAPTER XIII.]
A night on guard—Old Randal Lucas	119
[CHAPTER XIV.]
“No church, no preacher, no Sunday-school, no day-school”—A young lady’s success	128
[CHAPTER XV.]
“No such place as hell”—The busy lawyer—A Trinity—The great work in L——, and in U——	137
[CHAPTER XVI.]
A Pentecostal season—Service in a graveyard—A Seceder church	151
[CHAPTER XVII.]
The Spirit’s blessing at C——, and near Marshall’s Pillar, and at L—— B—— —Col. S——‘s household	163
[CHAPTER XVIII.]
Grieving the Spirit—Striking effects of the Anxious Inquirer	176
[CHAPTER XIX.]
Work of grace at L—— —The German professor—The wealthy young lady—“Don’t be offended”—A distinguished civilian	188
[The Conclusion]	201

FIVE YEARS
IN
THE ALLEGHANIES.