The Great Awakening Comes to Connecticut (1740)
Nathan Cole
Now it pleased God to send Mr. Whitefield into this land . . . And I soon heard he was come to New York and the Jerseys and great multitudes flocking after him under great concern for their Souls and many converted . . . and more hoping soon to see him. . . .
We went down in the Stream; I heard no man speak a word all the way three miles but every one pressing forward in great haste and when we got to the old meeting house there was a great multitude; it was said to be 3 or 4000 of people assembled together. . . .
And my hearing him preach gave me a heart wound; by God's blessing my old foundation was broken up, and I saw that my righteousness would not save me; then I was convinced of the doctrine of Election and went right to quarrelling with God about it, because all that I could do would not save me; and he had decreed from Eternity who should be saved and who not.
Source: George Leon Walker, Some Aspects of the Religious Life of New England (New York: Silver, Burnett, and Company, 1897), 89-92
-The style of preaching and worship described in this passage was a response to

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The passage describes the Great Awakening, a religious revival movement that swept across the American colonies in the 1740s. The preaching and worship style emphasized emotional, personal experiences of faith and a rejection of rationalist thought. Therefore, the best choice is D, rationalist thought. The passage does not mention heretical teachings, restrictive rules regarding church membership, or government control of religious behavior.