Bennet Tyler on the evangelist at the center of fifty years of American revivals - few men since the apostolic days, wrote the New York Evangelist, had such success. Read more.
Asahel Nettleton (1783-1843) was a leading figure in one of the most important half centuries in American church history. From the late 1790s to the early 1840s a succession of revivals transformed the spiritual prospects of the nation, and in these, in the words of the New York Evangelist, Nettleton served a glorious purpose.
Few men since the apostolic days have been honored with such signal success in preaching the word, that paper went on. Bennet Tyler's account draws on first-hand material and sets Nettleton's methods beside those that came after him, which is the comparison that has kept the book in print. For readers of American revival history.
