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Finney‘s Lectures on Revivals of Religion not only remains one of Finney‘s most well-known works, but also captures the spirit of the Second Great Awakening. These lectures both reflected and shaped the sentiments of the nineteenth century church in America, and prompted not only broad acceptance and implementation, but also impassioned criticism. This volume prescribes the structure of religious...

BACKSLIDERS TEXT.—“The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways.”—Proverbs 14:14. IN remarking on this text I shall inquire, I. Who are backsliders? II. Mention some of the causes of backsliding. And III. Some of the consequences of backsliding. I. Who are backsliders? 1. The term backslide means to go back from a point. In its widest signification when applied to religion, it may mean the declension of any class of persons who profess religion, whether they possess it or not. If they