| ‘Born in Connecticut and educated at Yale College, Jonathan Edwards joined his venerable grandfather Solomon Stoddard as associate pastor of the Congregational church at Northampton, Massachusetts in 1727. This became the scene of his greatest victory and his deepest humiliation. The parish was visited with most remarkable seasons of revival, and Edwards himself was unjustly expelled from the pastoral office. A preacher of rare power, Edwards was the foremost American leader of the Great Awakening. A man of passion, integrity and honour, he laboured quietly among the Indians following his removal from Northampton. A giant of intellect and a theologian of great precision, Edwards was called to the Presidency of Princeton, but sudden death claimed him soon thereafter. No one before or since has written as wisely and thoroughly on the subject of revival as this saintly man.’ From Richard Owen Roberts ‘Bibliography of Revival Literature,’ p145. The original work is in the public domain and this electronic version is the work of four people: firstly, Maybeth Shirah typed chapters 1-15. The first 10 chapters were proofread by Robin Harris. Stephen Sole proofread Chapters 11-15 and Chapters 16-25 were digitized and proof-read by Tony Cauchi and posted in March 2000. The first 15 chapters are used by kind permission of Harry Plantinga, whose excellent site at The Christian Classics Ethereal Library at http://www.ccel.org/ is an absolute feast of Christian e-texts! |  |