(For
more information about “Salvation,” click
“SALVATION”)
And,
now, back to the World Revival. While reviewing the write-up
about “Revival,” I found the following facts astounding:
1)
The Great Awakening (1740-42) took place in New England and parts of
North America, under the Congregational clergyman and theologian
Jonathan Edwards, the Congregational clergyman Joseph Bellamy
(1719-90), and three Presbyterian clergymen, Gilbert Tennent
(1703-64), and William Tennent (1705-77), their father, the educator
William Tennent (1673?-1745). The Princeton University and
Dartmouth College had their beginning in this movement.
2)
Toward the end of the 18th Century, a series of revival began in
America and lasted from 1797-1859. In New England the revivals
were called “Evangelical Re-awakening.”
3)
The early years of the 19th century, gave rise to great missionary
zeal that extended to foreign lands.
4)
In Tennessee and Kentucky (1800's) camp meetings and open-air
assemblies became an important part in the evangelical work of the
Methodist Church.
5)
An outstanding revival occurred in the Church of England during the
Oxford movement (1833-45).
6)
The great American revival of 1859-61 began in New England; namely
Connecticut and Massachusetts and extended to New York and other
States. During that time, it is believed that in a single year
half a million converts were received into the church.
7)
In 1874-75 another remarkable revival originated because of the
American evangelists Dwight Lyman Moody and Ira D. Sankey (1840-1908).
8)
Other revivals became successful via the leadership of evangelists
like Billy Sunday and Aimee Simple McPherson (1890-1944).
