The  names of Whitefield, the Wesleys, Romaine, Toplady, and others, carry our minds back to an eventful period—to a time when, amidst the coldness and apathy which seemed to have settled over the land, God raised up men whose preaching, like a flame of fire, warmed many hearts, and, in spite of opposition and enmity, left a light which no human power could extinguish. From London City to the mountains of Wales, or the moors of Yorkshire, and to the masses of the miners gathered together in the Cornish villages, this wave spread, touching the very hearts of the people, for it was the power of the living God sending forth these men to enforce the claims of His righteous law, the awful consequences of…

It is due to the memory of great saints that their names should not only be kept alive, but that the fragrance that gathered around them in life should he preserved. Popery has always canonized its great names; Protestantism has its uncanonized saints. Among them are those zealous servants of God who took such a distinguished part in the great Revival of the eighteenth century, such as Whitefield and Wesley, and their active coadjutors. Foremost among the great helpers was the devoted Countess of Huntingdon. It is more than a hundred years since she left the world, and to some of the present day she is but a name, to many scarcely that. But the life and labours of this noble Christian lady are worthy…