1833 William Tennent, Great Awakening Revival, 3 Days In A Trance
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:7070773 | Origin: American |
| Subject: Religion & Spirituality | Year Printed: 1833 |
| Original/Facsimile: Original | Topic: Christianity, Bibles |
| Language: English | Binding: Hardcover |
Life of the Rev. William Tennent, formerly pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Freehold, in New Jersey. [Later editions expand the title to include: - in which is contained, among other interesting particulars, an account of his being Three Days in a Trance, and apparently lifeless]. By Elias Boudinot. Improved Edition. Trenton: E. B. Adams, 1833
First published in Morris-town, N. J., in 1807, with the title extended: “Extracted from the ‘Evangelical... Intelligencer’ for the year 1806.”
These accounts pertain to William Tennent, Jr. (1705-1777).
No. 608 in Roberts’ Revival Literature, An Annotated Bibliography. ”“A most amazing account. When Tennent recovered from the trance, he had a marvelous sense of God’s presence which made his preaching and entire ministry remarkably powerful. The effects of this experience lasted for years.”
Roberts writes of Tennent and the Great Awakening: “A close friend of the revival and its leaders, William distinguished himself in faithful and untiring zeal on behalf of the Kingdom of God.” Tennent was a co-laborer with George Whitefield.
Leather spine, marbled board, , 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches, binding very good, former owner’s signature on front pastedown, 78 pp., tight.
