The Second Great Awakening was a Christian revival movement in the United States. It started in 1795 and lasted until 1835. One of its leaders was Timothy Dwight. Dr. Dwight was the grandson of Jonathan Edwards and he was president of Yale College from 1795 until 1817. Charles G. Finney was another one of its…
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The Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a time when the people of America developed a renewed interest in God. It began in 1746, in Northampton, Massachusetts in the church of Jonathan Edwards. And it spread like wildfire throughout the thirteen colonies. George Whitefield was a young preacher from England, who perfected the art of open-air preaching. He…
The Constitution Restrains the Government
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government — lest it come to dominate our lives.” – Patrick Henry