Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A History of the Calvinistic Congregational Church and Society; Fitchburg, Massachusetts
The zeal for religion and religious Observances which characterized the early years of Puritan times began to wane, and spiritual deadness was rife in the earlier part of the eighteenth century. This was deplored by the ministers and the zealous church members, who prayed earnestly for a revival of religion. Their prayers were answered when, about the year 1735, a great revival, largely due to the preaching and in?uence of Jonathan Edwards, spread throughout the state, and many new members were added to the churches and their whole spiritual life quickened. This great religious awakening, however, while it stirred up and strengthened the or thodox churches, had a tendency to draw a stricter line and to make more evident the schism between the two antagonistic theological parties - the Calvinists and the Arminians. Harvard college soon became the cen ter of Arminian or Unitarian views, while Yale college was the stronghold of Calvinism. In the Boston churches there was a strong current of sympathy with liberal religious views, and the Calvinist church mem bers throughout the state found themselves year by year less able to control the voters of the towns.
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