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Original Memoirs of Charles G. Finney, The

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In 1989, Garth M. Rosell & Richard A.G. Dupuis released "The Memoirs of Charles G. Finney: The Complete Restored Text," a 700+ page hardback of Finney's Memoirs, filled with footnotes and stories that showed more about Finney and his contempories than the Memoirs ever had before. Not only that, the two editors had filled in the formerly deleted pieces of the tex from the Memoirs' original manuscript.

Now, "The Original Memoirs" has been released, keeping the completely restored text, but removing the footnotes to make for a fast, fascinating read.

Read Finney's accounts of the revivals in New York, Delaware, Massachusetts, Michigan, and England. See God at work before Finney ever arrived in a city. See how God moved as Finney preached the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Let these accounts of revival stir your spirit to pray for another general awakening in the United States, one that will transform the moral climate of the nation.

This is one of the most amazing and convicting books I have ever read! If you want to see what true Christianity really is, even in our modern era, this is a must read. If you truly want to see what it is to fully follow Jesus in our modern times, read this book!!

I read Finney's Autobiography in missionary school 30 odd years ago. I liked it but I am enjoying the Origional Memoirs even more. I think it is more complete as claimed (it was over 30 years ago). Certainly it is easier to read. I cannot help but be moved in my spirit on nearly every page. Not only inspirational, but fun. Perhaps I am finding more to like through personal experience on the mission field, or perhaps because I am reading it by my own choice and not as a school assignment. Either way, I love this book, and cannot recommend it enough. It details not just the fun things that happened during his revivals, but gives plenty of advice and good theology. His main keys were following the leading of the Holy Spirit, spontinaity, massive amounts of prayer and ignoring all of the experts on the subject (who don't seem to have had any converts).

Finney's biography can be most appreciated if one has first digested Finney's Systematic Theology. Apart from that framework the reader may not grasp the significance of many of his personal struggles. Finney was a Revivalist and staunchly anti-Calvinistic (anti-determinist).