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Religion Sparks Reform - Caggia Social Studies
One American's StoryReligion SparksReformWhen Charles Grandison Finneypreached, his listenersshrieked, moaned, and fainted. The most famous preacher ofthe era, Finney inspired emotional religious faith, using aspeaking style that was as much high drama as prayer or ser-mon. Converted at the age of 29, Finney traveled by horse-back to deliver his message. Finney seated the most likelyconverts in his audiences on a special anxious bench, wherehe could fasten his eyes upon them. He lectured on the depthof the conversion PERSONALVOICECHARLES GRANDISON FINNEY I know this is all so much algebra to those who have never felt to those who have experienced the agony of wrestling, prevailingprayer, for the conversion of a soul, you may depend upon it, that soul.
free blacks in the North. The African-American church gave its members a deep inner faith, a strong sense of community— and the spiritual support to oppose slavery. Transcendentalism and Reforms Many reformed-minded individuals sought an alternative to traditional religion but found revivalism too public a forum for religious expression.
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