Selina, Countess of Huntingdon
Her Pivotal Role in the 18th Century Evangelical Awakening
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| Weight | 1.70 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 8.8 × 5.75 × 1.4 in |
| ISBN | 9780851518121 |
| Binding | Cloth-bound |
| Topic | 18th Century, General Biography |
| Original Pub Date | 2001 |
| Banner Pub Date | Nov 1, 2001 |
| Page Count | 496 |
| Format | Book |
Endorsements
‘Perhaps it was King George III who said it best: “I wish there was a Lady Huntingdon in every diocese in my kingdom.” May the Lord raise up many more like her!’ — TIM CHALLIES
Book Description
Deeply admired by contemporaries such as King George III, Henry Venn and George Whitefield (who described her as ‘all in a flame for Jesus’), Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon left an indelible mark on the Evangelical Awakening of the Eighteenth Century. Closely involved for nearly forty years with the leaders of the burgeoning Methodist movement, she gave herself unstintingly to the cause of Christ. She contributed sacrificially to the construction of sixty-four chapels, the opening of many other places of worship, and the founding of Trevecca College in Wales. Drawing on unpublished letters, Faith Cook gives a deeper and truer-to-life portrait than previously available. Introducing the reader to a gallery of well-known Eighteenth Century personalities, she takes us behind the scenes into Selina’s drawing rooms. There the Countess secured an entrance for the gospel among the aristocracy through the powerful preaching of such evangelical luminaries as George Whitefield, William Romaine and John Fletcher.
The driving passion of Selina’s life, according to the author, was ‘a zeal for the salvation of her servants, her acquaintances, her family and the nobililty’.
As Lady Catherwood points out in the Foreword, Faith Cook’s biography not only rescues the Countess from undeserved obscurity and misrepresentation, but also shows what God can accomplish through the tireless labours of a godly woman whose heart’s desire was that the ‘dear Lamb of God, my best, my eternal, my only Friend should have all dedicated to his service and glory’.
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Table of Contents Expand ↓
| List of Illustrations | ix | |
| Preface and Acknowledgements | xi | |
| Foreword | xiii | |
| Troubled Childhood | 1 | |
| The Young Countess | 11 | |
| All Things New | 26 | |
| Setting the Scene | 42 | |
| 'An Instrument for Good' | 57 | |
| To Rich and to Poor | 69 | |
| Family Sorrows - Christian Friendships | 82 | |
| 'I Dread Slack Hands in the Vineyard' | 101 | |
| 'A Most Brilliant Assembly' | 116 | |
| 'The Strength of Her Soul Is Amazing' | 129 | |
| The Countess and the Wesley Brothers, 1749-55 | 141 | |
| An Emerging Pattern | 154 | |
| Family Concerns | 166 | |
| Cross Currents, 1759-60 | 181 | |
| Doors of Opportunity | 194 | |
| Travelling On | 206 | |
| New Chapels, New Friends, New Unity | 217 | |
| 'A School of Prophets - That Is the Thing!' | 232 | |
| Hopes Fulfilled | 243 | |
| Calm before the Storm | 254 | |
| The Parting of the Ways | 271 | |
| The Aftermath | 285 | |
| 'She Is a Mother to Us All' | 299 | |
| Missionary Endeavour | 315 | |
| 'The Surprising Success of Our Labours Everywhere’ | 332 | |
| Old Friends and New | 349 | |
| 'I Am to Be Cast Out' | 366 | |
| Encouragements and Setbacks of Declining Years | 382 | |
| 'My Time Is Short' | 398 | |
| 'My Work Is Done' | 412 | |
| APPENDICES: | ||
| 1. | Letter on the Death of the Countess of Huntingdon | 423 |
| 2. | Biographical Works on the Countess of Huntingdon | 425 |
| 3. | Shirley Family Tree | 430 |
| 4. | Hastings Family Tree | 431 |
| 5. | Subsequent Service of Some Trevecca Students | 432 |
| 6. | And Afterwards. . . | 438 |
| 7. | The Fifteen Articles of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion | 442 |
| 8. | The Plan of Association, 1790 | 448 |
| Bibliography | 454 | |
| Index | 463 |
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Tim J. R. Trumper –
It has been delightful to read Faith Cook’s excellently researched and written account of the context, conversion, and commitment of Selina Hastings. Knowing her as a name inextricably connected to and ever supportive of the protracted revival of the eighteenth-century, it has been a joy to get into the details of her conversion to Christ, the development of her commitment to the Reformed faith, and her willingness to spend her privileged wealth in the cause of Christ, while yet retaining a catholic spirit and a heart to see the nation transformed by evangelistic preaching. Very inspiring!
Faith Cook remarks, “To write a new biography of Selina Countess of Huntingdon is no easy task. I have tried to give a fair and unbiased account of her life, and to interpret her actions in the light of her own deep and all-pervasive faith ~ a faith in the power and purposes of God that carried her through a long life of earnest endeavour, sorrows, misjudgments, but above all of magnificent achievement in the cause of the gospel” (p. 429). Throughout, she succeeds admirably.