. New France and New England. it, in His awakening influence, hasseemed these two last years in a gradual and awful mannerto withdraw. For a twelvemonth I have rarely heard the cryof any new ones. What shall I do to be But feware now added to our churches, and the heavenly shower inBoston seems to be over. About the time that PrinceWhite- expressed himself so despondingly Whitefield re-fieidsre- tumed to New England, but he was not so much till n 10 i\ cW c England ^ novclty as before and made less sensation. TheBrattle Church showed its liberality by inviting him, anEpiscopal priest,
. New France and New England. it, in His awakening influence, hasseemed these two last years in a gradual and awful mannerto withdraw. For a twelvemonth I have rarely heard the cryof any new ones. What shall I do to be But feware now added to our churches, and the heavenly shower inBoston seems to be over. About the time that PrinceWhite- expressed himself so despondingly Whitefield re-fieidsre- tumed to New England, but he was not so much till n 10 i\ cW c England ^ novclty as before and made less sensation. TheBrattle Church showed its liberality by inviting him, anEpiscopal priest, to administer its Communion. On theother hand. President Holyoke and the Faculty of Harvardpassed a resolution condemning his itinerant methods, andthe clergymen of Cambridge refused to allow him in theirpulpits ; so that his preaching was done to a large audienceon Cambridge Common. * In Massachusetts the opposition to the revivalists showeditself only in such protests by professors and clergymen, but THE GREAT AWAKENING 209. THOMAS PRINCE in Connecticut the matter went further. Whitefield, Ten-nent, and Davenport travelled about in that commonwealth,making converts by hundreds, and Davenport, at least, madeno scruple of attacking the settled ministers. These pro-ceedings called forth interference from the government. AtStratford Davenport was arrested for disturbingthe peace by gathering great crowds of people,filling their heads with pernicious doctrines, andinciting them to a noisy and disorderly demeanour. Duringtheir examination a mob of their converts undertook to res- Davenport arrested tor public disturbance 2IO NEW FRANCE AND NEW ENGLAND cue them from the sheriffs custody, and in order to quietthe disturbance it proved necessary to call out the revivalist practices similar to Davenports the Pomeroy was turned out of office and deprived of his salary. It thus appears that one result of the Great Awakeningwas to stir up dissension in the churche
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