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God Sent Revival: The Story of Asahel Nettleton and the Second Great Awakening is unavailable, but you can change that!

Following the Great Awakening under the leadership of such men as Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield, the close of the eighteenth century in America saw a second period of revival which was to last longer than the first. It was brought about through the labors of many preachers, less well known than their predecessors, but following faithfully in their footsteps. One of the evangelists to...

Bible, acquaintance with one’s own heart, and illumination of the Holy Spirit. But movement to the front of a church is a simple, physical act, easily perceptible by sensual experience, and one need never wonder whether he has performed such a bodily function. Furthermore, the human psyche is such that when outward and visible exercises are made to be tests or signs of conversion, the distinction between those exercises and the spiritual qualities they are supposed to symbolise becomes blurred. If
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