From this beginning, arose gradually a scene of religious activity, such as Lawrence had never imagined.

Each individual allowed his or her fervor to express itself according to the method which best pleased the worshipper.
Some kept to their seats, and listened to the words of the preacher, interrupting him occasionally by fervent ejaculations; others sang and shouted, sometimes standing up, clapping their hands and stamping their feet; while a large proportion of the able-bodied members left their seats, and pushed their way forward to the wide, open space which surrounded the preacher's desk, and prepared to engage in the exhilarating ceremony of the "Jerusalem Jump." Two concentric rings were formed around the preacher, the inner one composed of women, the outer one of men, the faces of those forming the inner ring being turned towards those in the outer.

As soon as all were in place, each brother reached forth his hand, and took the hand of the sister opposite to him, and then each couple began to jump up and down violently, shaking hands and singing at the top of their voices.

After about a minute of this, the two circles moved, one, one way and one another, so that each brother found himself opposite a different sister.

Hands were again immediately seized, and the jumping, hand-shaking, and singing went on.