The Great Awakening in the Middle ColoniesUniversity of Chicago Press, 1920 - 158 ページ |
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139 ページ - ... through the country; sinners started from their slumbers, broke off from their sins, began to inquire the way of salvation, and made it the great business of their life to prepare for the world to come. Then the gospel seemed almighty, and carried all before it. It pierced the very hearts of men. I have seen thousands at once melted down under it, all eager to hear as for life, and scarcely a dry eye to be seen among them. Thousands still remain shining monuments of the power of divine grace...
46 ページ - The multitudes of all sects and denominations that attended his sermons were enormous, and it was matter of speculation to me, who was one of the number, to observe the extraordinary influence of his oratory on his hearers, and how much they admired and respected him, notwithstanding his common abuse of them, by assuring them they were naturally half beasts and half devils.
141 ページ - A Faithful Narrative of the Remarkable Revival of Religion, in the Congregation of Easthampton, on Long-Island, ... in the year 1764.
147 ページ - Among the different sects of Christians in South Carolina, none have made earlier or greater exertions for promoting religious knowledge than the Baptists."3 They formed an association in Charleston in 1752. In 1755 several of the members formed a society for "improvement in Christian knowledge...
56 ページ - At this time, however, as he says himself, he abhorred all confinement in preaching the gospel, and would keep no terms with any man who did not come up to the standard of his own ardent zeal. It was in this year he preached his famous Nottingham sermon on the danger of an unconverted ministry. As this sermon may be regarded as one of the principal causes of the schism, it demands particular attention. His text was Mark vi. 34. " Jesus, when he came out, saw much people and was moved with compassion...
101 ページ - And that, when such indications of religious concern were so strange and ridiculous that they could not be occasioned by example or sympathy, and the affectation of them would be so unprofitable an instance of hypocrisy, that none could be tempted to it.
1 ページ - In the middle of the eighteenth century a tidal wave of religious fervor and reforming zeal swept over the British colonies in America, which the friends of the revival and their descendants called the Great Awakening. The author shows that religious forces liberated at that time have been of great importance in making the American people.
54 ページ - This revival of religion was chiefly observable among the younger people, till the following March ; when the whole town in general was brought under an uncommon concern about their eternal interests ; and the congregation appeared universally affected under some sermons that were then preached to them...
116 ページ - God without exception, reverently and diligently attend his ordinances, become humble and self denied, and make it the business of their lives to please and glorify God and to do good to their fellow men. This is to be acknowledged as a gracious work of God, even though it should be attended with unusual bodily commotions or some more exceptionable circumstances, by means of infirmity, temptations, or remaining corruptions ; and wherever religious appearances are attended with the good effects above...
101 ページ - ... transport. We were overwhelmed with the thoughts of the unexpected goodness of God in allowing us to hear the gospel preached in a manner that surpassed our hopes. Many that came through curiosity were pricked to the heart, and but few in the numerous assemblies on these four days appeared unaffected.