Columbia Studies in the Social Sciences, Issue 580Columbia University Press, 1954 - Social sciences |
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Page 74
... meetings and often holding several services at once . The primary object was , of course , the conver- sion of souls , but socially the camp meeting provided a necessary bit of variety to the otherwise rugged , routine life of the early ...
... meetings and often holding several services at once . The primary object was , of course , the conver- sion of souls , but socially the camp meeting provided a necessary bit of variety to the otherwise rugged , routine life of the early ...
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preaching , prayer and conference meetings , much private prayer , much personal conversation , and meetings for the instruction of earnest inquirers . " 38 Most evangelists were colloquial in their preaching . In the pulpit they ...
preaching , prayer and conference meetings , much private prayer , much personal conversation , and meetings for the instruction of earnest inquirers . " 38 Most evangelists were colloquial in their preaching . In the pulpit they ...
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... meeting in 1835. This appoint- ment pleased the four hundred society members in the three Ober- lin auxiliaries and during the next few years their professor of pastoral theology worked with them , attended their meetings and was high ...
... meeting in 1835. This appoint- ment pleased the four hundred society members in the three Ober- lin auxiliaries and during the next few years their professor of pastoral theology worked with them , attended their meetings and was high ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
THE NORTHERN EVANGELISTS | 18 |
REVIVALS THE GRAND ABSORBING THEME | 71 |
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