The Great Revival Of The Eighteenth Century

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

"The Great Revival of the Eighteenth Century" by Edwin Paxton Hood is a classical book that covers the revival period in Britain. This skillfully written piece of work gives you a perspective of that period. The author in this book, sheds more light on the culture and civilization of that time and how this revival period changed the society. Edwin Paxton Hood does an excellent job of describing the circumstances leading up to and surrounding John and Charles Wesley's as well as George Whitefield's missions. The chapters were initially published as vignettes in the Religious Tract Society's weekly magazine, The Sunday at Home.

"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 be-"the 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. Mark's; and effected the same results throughout the whole German Empire, when Bible truth sounded forth from Luther's 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 the 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."

Excerpt from The Great Revival of the Eighteenth Century 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 Vzgrnez'z'es - etchings. The History of the great Religious Movement of the Eight eenth 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 circum stances, could we but seize the point of view. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.