The Great Revival of the Eighteenth Century / With a supplemental chapter on the revival in America

Chapter 3: PREFACE.

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The author traces an eighteenth-century evangelical awakening from spiritual despondency to widespread fervor, following early university renewals and the expansion of field preaching that empowered itinerant leaders and lay preachers. He profiles prominent figures such as Whitefield, the Wesleys, Edwards, the Tennents, and Robert Raikes; describes the movement’s musical, educational, and philanthropic expressions including Sunday schools and missionary societies; documents regional outbreaks in urban, industrial, and colonial contexts; and concludes by assessing the revival’s institutional aftermath and the ways its practices reshaped religious life.

PREFACE.

The author of the following pages begs that they may be read kindly—and, he will venture to say, not critically. Originally published as a series of papers in the Sunday at Home, * * * they are only Vignettes—etchings. 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.