Christian leaders of the eighteenth century / [print]
J.C. Ryle.
- Edinburgh ; Carlisle, Pennsylvania : Banner of Truth Trust, (c)1978, (c)2020.
- ix, 432 pages ; 18 cm. viii, 409 pages ; 21 cm
Originally published in 1869 under title: The Christian leaders of the last century. "A series of biographical papers, contributed to [the Family treasury] ... during the years 1866 and 1867."
Includes bibliographical references.
I. The religious and moral condition of England at the beginning of the eighteenth century -- II. The agency by which Christianity was revived in England in the middle of the eighteenth century-- -- III. George Whitefield -- IV. John Wesley -- V. William Grimshaw -- William Romaine -- Daniel Rowlands -- John Berridge -- IX. Henry Venn -- X. Samuel Walker -- XI. James Hervey -- XII. Augustus Toplady -- XIII. John Fletcher.
'Although much has been written on the evangelical revival of the 18th century, J. C. Ryle's Christian Leaders of the 18th Century remains the best popular introduction to this great spiritual era. With simplicity and vigour, he traces the lives of the eleven Christian leaders who 'shook England from one end to another', giving strong reasons for his belief 'that excepting Luther and his Continental contemporaries, and our own martyred Reformers, the world has seen no such men since the days of the apostles.' But Ryle does not write to prompt admiration, and his conclusions and applications of his subject are among the most forceful that ever came from his pen. 'I am obliged to say plainly that, in my judgment, we have among us neither the men nor the doctrines of the days gone by...Once let the evangelical ministry return to the ways of the 18th century, and I firmly believe we should have as much success as before. We are where we are, because we have come short of our fathers.' https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Leaders-Eighteenth-Century-J-C/dp/1848711735/ref=sr_1_1?crid=20YYAFUA59PUQ&keywords=9781848711730&qid=1675355418&sprefix=9780525951902%2Caps%2C142&sr=8-1