Lectures on Revivals of Religion: A Call to Holiness, Prayer, and the Work of Revival
About this ebook
Far from being a passive event, Finney argues that revival is the result of God's power working through the fervent prayers and obedience of His people. He speaks directly to believers, urging them to break up the fallow ground of their hearts, seek the Lord with urgency, and expect great things through faith. With clarity and conviction, Finney explains the conditions that lead to revival, the dangers that hinder it, and the practical steps that Christians must take to see the church renewed and sinners converted.
Originally delivered as a series of lectures to his congregation, this book remains one of the most influential works on revival ever written. It challenges both pastors and laypeople to examine their lives, pray with passion, and labor earnestly for the salvation of souls.
Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? – Psalm 85:6
About the author
One of the men most greatly used by God during America’s Second Great Awakening was Charles Grandison Finney. He was born in Warren, Connecticut, on August 29, 1792, and died in Oberlin, Ohio, on August 16, 1875. Charles Finney was married three times. He married Lydia Root Andrews in 1824, with whom he had six children. After Lydia died in 1847, Charles married Elizabeth Ford Atkinson, who died in 1863. In 1865, he married Rebecca Allen Rayl, who outlived him, dying in 1907. All three of Finney’s wives travelled with him as he preached. Finney was a devoted pastor, evangelist, revivalist, and abolitionist.
