The GOSPEL TRUTH

A HISTORY OF AMERICAN REVIVALS

by

Frank G. Beardsley PH.D, S.T.D.

Revised and Enlarged

THIRD EDITION

AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY

Seven, West Forty-Fifth Street

NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT, 1904 AND 1912

BY AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY

PREFACE

It is the purpose of the present volume to furnish within modest limits a simple and straightforward account of the great revivals and revival movements characteristic of our national religious history. For obvious reasons every revival and every individual associated with revival history could not receive mention. An effort has been made to give as complete a narrative of our revival history as possible.

In getting out a new edition of this work two chapters have been added on "Recent Revivals" and "Forward Movements." It is hoped that the value of the book may be enhanced by these additions.

Frank G. Beardsley.

Kansas City, Kansas, June 1, 1912.

CONTENTS.

 

CHAPTER I.

Introductory -- The Genesis of Revivals

CHAPTER 2

Religious Declension and Attempts at Reform

CHAPTER 3

The Great Awakening

CHAPTER 4

The Period of the Revolution

CHAPTER 5

The Awakening of 1800

CHAPTER 6

Denominational Movements --

The Congregationalists and Presbyterians

CHAPTER 7

Charles Grandison Finney

CHAPTER 8

Denominational Movements --

The Congregationalists and Presbyterians --

Concluded

CHAPTER 9

Denominational Movements -- The Baptists

CHAPTER 10

Denominational Movements -- The Methodists

CHAPTER 11

Denominational Movements -- Concluded

CHAPTER 12

The Great Revival of 1857

CHAPTER 13

The Period of the Civil War

CHAPTER 14

The Lay Movement in Revivals

CHAPTER 15

Organized Movements

CHAPTER 16

Recent Revivals

CHAPTER 17

Forward Movements

CHAPTER 18

Conclusion

 

 

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