The 29-year-old lawyer Charles Grandison Finney had decided he must settle ... continuously said they were "pleased" with his sermons. He set about to make his message less pleasing and more ...

In speeches, sermons and writings ... after he supported the controversial New Measures initiated by revivalist Charles Finney; the charges were dropped after protracted litigation.

Popularized by frontier camp meetings and Charles Finney’s “anxious bench ... scenes like this play out at the end of thousands of sermons. The congregation stands and sings “Just ...