John Mason Peck (1789-1858), the Baptist frontier preacher, grew up in Litchfield, Connecticut. In his journal, he explained how the young men of the time “had a method they shrewdly believed made them intelligent with regard to the girls of the neighborhood who were ‘fit to marry.’
Here are some verses of a hymn by Gerhard Tersteegen (1697-1769), the Reformed Prussian hymnist. This one was translated into English by John Wesley...
Suppose, he says, “a ship leaves New York City bound for Liverpool, England, with a thousand passengers on board. They’re going to take a nice, easy journey and enjoy the trip… After they leave New York and wave to the people on shore, the next stop is Liverpool. That’s it…
The message and the messenger cannot be separated. The proclamation and the proclaimer intertwine...
The Baptist preacher John Taylor (1752-1835) tells of revival in a frontier outpost in present-day West Virginia in the spring of 1776...
