The Great Revival of the 18th Century: with a supplemental chapter on the revival in America

The Great Revival of the Eighteenth Century: with a supplemental chapter on the revival in America

The author of the following pages begs that they may be read kindlyand, he will venture to say, not critically. Originally published as a series of papers in the Sunday at Home, *** they are only Vignettesetchings. The History of the great Religious Movement of the Eighteenth Century yet remains unwritten; not often has the world known such a marvellous awakening of religious thought; and, as we are further removed in time, so, perhaps, we are better able to judge of the momentous circumstances, could we but seize the point of view. It cannot be too often remembered or repeated that when the Bible has been brought face to face with the conscience of corrupt society, in every age it has shown itself to be that which it professes, and which its believers declare it to bethe great power of God. It proved itself thus amidst the hoary and decaying corruptions of the ancient civilisation, when its truths were first published to the Roman Empire; it proclaimed its power to the impure but polished society of Florence, when Savonarola preached his wonderful sermons in St. Marks; and effected the same results throughout the whole German Empire, when Bible truth sounded forth from Luthers trumpet-tones. The same principle is illustrated where the great evangelical truths of the New Testament entered nations, as in Spain or France, only to be rejected. From that rejection and 8the martyrdoms of the first believers; those nations have never recovered themselves even to this hour; and of the two nations, that in which the rejection was the most haughty and cruel, has suffered most from its renunciation. England has passed through three great evangelical revivals. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 61062
Author: Hood, Edwin Paxton
Release Date: Dec 31, 2019
Format: eBook
Language: English