Temperance Hannabal, narrative, 1754 February 7

Author Hannabal, Temperance[pers0961.ocp]

7 February 1754[1754-02-07]

Call Number754157

[note (type: abstract): Temperance Hannabal narrates the story of her religious awakening to Occom.][note (type: handwriting): Narrative is written in Occom’s hand, which is clear and legible. As is common with Occom's hand, there are some uncrossed t’s; these have been corrected by the transcriber.][note (type: paper): Small sheet folded in half like a book is in poor condition, with heavy fading, staining and wear that results in some loss of text.][note (type: ink): Dark-brown ink is worn away in places.][note (type: noteworthy): An editor, likely 19th-century, has overwritten Occom's hand on one recto. The assigned year of the manuscript is based on this edit. On two verso, a note has been added in the same hand. The note, which has not been transcribed, reads: “(If common year, 1 Day y Jan. was Thursd. / 1761, 1767, 1778-1 / If leap year.”]
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Temperance Hannabal[pers0961.ocp]
I have been the [moſt | most]moſtmost [illegible][gap: faded] wretch [yt | that]ytthat ever [liv'd | lived]liv'dlived, yea [gap: faded] there was nothing in all the [Nois | noise]Noisnoise of Religion, and I thought and Said that the [Chriſtians | Christians]ChriſtiansChristians Lied; I thought it was ^[above] [beſt | best]beſtbest^[beſt | best]beſtbest for me to gratify my own Inclinations[Till | 'Til]Till'Til the [Laſt | last]Laſtlast fall, I was Sick for Some Time, and in my [Sick­neſs | sickness]Sick­neſssickness, I began to Query, what [w[gap: faded][guess (h-dawnd): oud]oud | would]w[gap: faded][guess (h-dawnd): oud]oudwould become of my Soul, if I Shoud Die in this State and Condition, and [theſe | these]theſethese thoughts threw me into Fright, and was [Concern'd | concerned]Concern'dconcerned for my Soul for Some Time, but as I got well of my [Sickneſs | sickness]Sickneſssickness my Concern wore [a way | away]a wayaway — —. [till | 'til]till'til this Late Religious Stir I bethought of [my Self | myself]my Selfmyself again
and after I [gap: tear] been to few Meetings I found [my Self | myself]my Selfmyself a great Sinner, and an undone Creature before god, yea Saw [my Self | myself]my Selfmyself fit for nothing but Hell and [everlaſting | everlasting]everlaſtingeverlasting [Diſtruc­tion | destruction]Diſtruc­tiondestruction. — and as I was at one meeting and as I was [amuſing | amusing]amuſingamusing and [Conſidering | considering]Conſideringconsidering my State [& | and]&and Condition, it threw me into Such Horror and [guil | guilt]guilguilt of [Concien^[above] ce^ce | conscience]Concien^[above] ce^ceconscience and [Confuſion | confusion]Confuſionconfusion of [illegible], I fell in[illegible]to a [S[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): waun]waun | swoon]S[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): waun]waunswoon, and im­mediately I found [my Self | myself]my Selfmyself into great [Darkneſs | darkness]Darkneſsdarkness, [illegible]and while I was there I heard a voice before me, Saying follow me, and I went that way, and [Immedeately | immediately]Immedeatelyimmediately found [my Self | myself]my Selfmyself upon Something, I Cant Compared to nothing but to a Pole, but over Put over a Deep hole
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