Asahel Nettleton: the Second Great Awakening

I. REVIEW OF BACKGROUND

1. Declaration of Independence from England
2. Deism in America
3. Decline in American Churches
4. Depravity in Religious Institutions

II. REVIVAL AGAIN IN AMERICA

1. Another Awakening: 1792-1844

• a. founding of Baptist Missionary Society
• b. faithful gospel lectures from Timothy Dwight

2. Asahel Nettleton, born Apr 21, 1783, N. Killingworth, CT

• a. early life
• b. effectual conversion
• c. education
  --- i. desire for missions
• d. evangelistic labors
  --- i. early ministry & "Davenport" measures
  --- ii. preaching & conversions
  --- iii. typhoid fever, 1822
  ----- Village Hymns for Social Worship
  ----- D.D. degree conferred
  --- iv. opposition to Finney's "new measures" 1825-26
• e. entered glory, May 16, 1844
  --- i. doctrinal views
  --- ii. general character

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