| This book, being the published transcript of a formal
lecture, is more descriptive, more analytical and less dramatic than
many of the other texts on this site. It is in no way less valuable
because of this. Readers wishing to understand the context in which
to place the lives of Wesley, Whitefield, Nelson, the Countess of
Huntingdon and their contemporaries could do worse than to start here.
The early chapters paint a painful picture of the darkness of the
days in which these saints laboured, which throws their shining examples
into brilliant relief. The latter chapters provide one man’s
summary overview of the work of God in England (and to some extent
Wales) during this period. The detailed accounts of others’
lives and works and teachings slot into it like the interior pieces
in a jigsaw puzzle once the outer edges have been completed.
Alan Hewitt (Proof reader) 19/06/01
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