new-light

Its editor is a man of fine matter-of-fact talents, and principal contributors are Brownson, the new-light philosopher, Bancroft, Whittier, Bryant,

'An Anti-Democratic Habit of Feeling': Nationalism and the Rhetoric of Toryism in O'Sullivan's Democratic Review 2006

But then I have such vapours, Molly I sit and cry by myself, and take ass of etida, and smill to burnt fathers, and kindal-snuffs; and I pray constantly for grease, that I may have a glimpse of the new-light, to shew me the way through this wretched veil of tares.

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker 2004

Alexander Campbell (then called the great new-light preacher) visited Savannah, and was permitted by the pastor, Rev.A. Marshall, to preach in the church his new doctrine.

The First Colored Baptist Church in North America Constituted at Savannah, Georgia, January 20, A.D. 1788. With Biographical Sketches of the Pastors. James Meriles 1888

Elder Buzzel got his "new-light" coat on, and he cut his length and breadth, until the devil's kingdom trembled.

The Life, Labors, and Travels of Elder Charles Bowles, of the Free Will Baptist Denomination, by Eld. John W. Lewis. Together with an Essay on the Character and Condition of the African Race by the Same. Also, an Essay on the Fugitive Law of the U. S. Congress of 1850, by Rev. Arthur Dearing Eld. John W. Lewis 1852

"Weel", said Mrs. McNab, "I was brought up in the church o 'Scotland, and dinna believe anything anent this new-light doctrine o' God's bein 'turned roun' an 'givin' up his decrees an 'a'that.

Adèle Dubois A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick Mrs. William T. Savage

I wonder if he believes in the new-light doctrine? "purred one of the ancient tabbies of the conventicle.

Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky William Gilmore Simms 1838