The Town That Kept Forgetting
In the winter of 1734, something extraordinary swept through Northampton, Massachusetts. Under Jonathan Edwards's preaching, nearly three hundred townspeople professed faith within six months. Longtime...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 78:1-2, 34-38.
In the winter of 1734, something extraordinary swept through Northampton, Massachusetts. Under Jonathan Edwards's preaching, nearly three hundred townspeople professed faith within six months. Longtime grudges dissolved. Families gathered for prayer who had barely spoken in years. Edwards wrote to a colleague that the town seemed "full of the presence of God." By 1737, the fervor had faded. Old rivalries crept back.…
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