watch-meeting

Society watch-meeting, which was postponed until March.

Mark Twain: A Biography 2003

At our watch-meeting I asked how many there were who would come to the front pews and kneel before God as a token to Christians to pray for them, and ten came.

History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George Washington Williams

Pastor Brown was impressed to observe watch-meeting the last night in December, 1873.

Pastor Henry N. Jeter's Twenty-five Years Experience with the Shiloh Baptist Church and Her History. Corner School and Mary Streets, Newport, R. I. Henry Norval 1901

Page 134 annals of time, and, as had ever been the custom of the church for some years, by permission from the mayor of the city, they assembled in their house of worship and held a watch-meeting, singing and praying until the new year came in; then greeted each other with a happy new year, and then separated.

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

One day, when at Wilmington, he proposed to me to come to his place and hold a watch-meeting.

The Experience of Rev. Thomas H. Jones, Who Was a Slave for Forty-Three Years. Written by a Friend, as Related to Him by Brother Jones Thomas H. Jones 1885

I told them I would try and come over again watch-night and hold a watch-meeting.

The Experience of Rev. Thomas H. Jones, Who Was a Slave for Forty-Three Years. Written by a Friend, as Related to Him by Brother Jones Thomas H. Jones 1885

Visiting California recently, Mr. Ufford sang his hymn at a watch-meeting and told the story of the loss of the Elsie Smith on Cape

The Story of the Hymns and Tunes Theron Brown 1873

I mind when I was at Uncle Allister's last year I went to the Methodist watch-meeting, and the singing -- oh, you should have heard the singing, Hamish!

Shenac's Work at Home 1859

a watch-meeting at one of the churches near, so we started for a large barn-like structure bearing the imposing name of ----.

The American Missionary — Volume 44, No. 03, March, 1890 Various

-- [Prepared for Red Cross Society watch-meeting, which was postponed until March.

Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete Albert Bigelow Paine 1899