Who today remembers Charles Finney and James Richards? And why should we?
When the waves of the second Great Awakening hit upstate New York in the 1820s, these were two of the men who defined its issues — and some of these issues remain with us today, like the cost of education. Such is the view that emerges from an essay by David McMillan, a graduate of Union Seminary, who in an 183-page untitled paper presents a colorful and often controversial view of the people and issues involved.
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