Charles+Finney

=Charles Finney (1792-1875)=

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Charles Grandison Finney was the father of Modern Revivalism. He was born in Connecticut but raised in Oneida County, New York. When he was about twenty years old he went to New Jersey to attend and teach Bible college. With only being in New Jersey for a few years he returned to New York to take care of his ill mother. He sought interest in studying law and actually became an apprentice to a judge in Adams, NY. At the age of 29 he converted to Christianity. On October 10th, 1821 he went out to the woods to soul search and find God. "I will give my heart to God, or I never will come down from there". He had said that he felt the Holy Spirit go through his body and soul and he could feel the physical impression of God. To him the impression was like a wave of electricity going through him. Soon after in 1824 he was ordained into the Presbyterian Church.

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//Portrait of Charles Finney//

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