The tree of life, or, Human degeneracy : its nature and remedy, as based on the elevating principle of orthopathy / by Isaac Jennings.

  • Jennings, Isaac, active 1847-1860.
Date:
1867
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Credit: The tree of life, or, Human degeneracy : its nature and remedy, as based on the elevating principle of orthopathy / by Isaac Jennings. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    awakening. The Congregational and Methodist Churches in Derby—one in heart and effort—shared largely in the re- freshing. At that time what was called Conference of the Churches was held weekly, by alternation, in the parishes for a considerable distance around in that section of the country, composed of delegates from individual churches. The business of the Conference was to hear reports from the several churches, address different classes of persons present at a general gathering, assist in settling difficulties in churches where any existed, and, in general, devise means for the promotion of religion in the churches. I attended a meeting of the Conference in Fairfield, my native place, as delegate from the Congregational Church in Derby. In giv- ing in an account of the state of religion in Derby, I told the crowded and listening audience that Derby had reached a point in the revival from which she would not decline, but would press forward in the cause of the Redeemer, until ev- ery soul in the place was brought into the kingdom of Im- manuel. I could not understand why it should be otherwise. The Saviour was in earnest to have all come to repentance, and all impenitent persons were in perishing need of repent- ance and salvation. It is true, there had been two or three revivals there before within a few years, followed by declen- sions. But at this time the most prominent leading men had been subjects of the revival; all opposition was silenced; there was a general activity among Christians; sinners, hard- ened sinners, were generally disposed to admit the justice and benevolent nature of the claims of the Gospel upon them, and were steadily, in goodly numbers, yielding to these