Quiz 3 (Ch 37) Flashcards
Affect of Great Awakening had dissipated by 1789… why?
- Idea of deism is brought to colonies by British army officers
- Influence of French Revolution
Yale University begun as what?
A religious institution
Where did the Second Great Awakening occur?
Hampton-Sidney college in Virginia
- It began with 3 students
- Spread to Washington college and through the presbyterian church
- Congregationalists embraced the 2nd great awakening through Timothy Dwight (President of Yale)
Affects of the revival that broke out?
- 1/3 of student body converted to Christianity
- Camp meetings broke out
What was the most famous camp meeting?
Cane Ridge, Kentucky in August 1801, 10,000 people present
Results of 2nd Awakening?
- Division among churches
- Rise of Unitarianism
- Midweek prayer meeting became a fixture of American Christianity along with Sunday School
What were the two divisions that came out of the Presbyterian church because of the 2nd Awakening?
- Cumberland Presbyterian Church
- The Disciples or Christian Church
Where was rise of Unitarianism
Boston, when members of Kings chapel voted to omit all mention of the trinity from its services
Who was Henry Ware?
Professor at Harvard
What did the Unitarians believe?
- Goodness of Man
- Salvation of Character Culture
- Unity of God
- Humanity of Christ
- Immanence of Christ in the Heart
Who was Charles G. Finney?
- He became a noted revivalist
- He is in our pentecostal holiness history
- Wrote a book (revival lectures)
- Became president of Oberlin College
Some of Charles G. Finney’s revivals included…?
- Protracted meetings
- Colloquial language in preaching
- unseasonable hours of service
- naming individuals in public prayer and sermons
- The Anxious Bench
What city would shut down around noon in 1857 for prayer?
New York City
What were some of the major revivalists?
DL Moody Reuben Torrey Gypsy Smith Billy Sunday Billy Graham
Billy Sunday
- Big for Prohibition and preached against Demon RUM