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Book Description<\/h2>\n

Douglas Kelly here reintroduces one of the richest periods of evangelical history, spanning the years 1791-1902, and captures its ethos in the lives of four of its most influential men: Daniel Baker<\/em>, who spent his life as a missionary and itinerant evangelist though sought by a church and two U.S. Presidents for Washington; James Henley Thornwell<\/em>, equally able as a pastor and professor but best remembered as a preacher ‘wrapt in wonder at the love, humiliation and condescension of the Trinity’; Benjamin M. Palmer<\/em>, who, in the words of a Jewish rabbi, ‘got the heart as well as the ear of New Orleans’; and John L. Girardeau<\/em>, ‘the Spurgeon of America’, who was so remarkably used among the black people of South Carolina. In addition to these moving lives, Dr. Kelly gives us many illuminating side-lights on Christians of the South, such as those of the Midway Church, Georgia, for whom ‘religion was a matter of their brightest hopes, their warmest feelings, their deepest convictions’. The author is not only well-qualified to write on ‘the old South’ but, more important, he inspires a fresh vision of the great lessons embodied in his subjects. He convinces us of the truth of the words of R.L. Dabney: ‘The real desideratum<\/em> is not new methods, but fidelity to the old, a real revival in the hearts of ministers and Christians themselves, a faith that “feels the power of the world to come”, a solemn and deep love for souls. What we need most is repentance, and not innovation.’<\/p>\n

Table of Contents Expand \u2193<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/td>\nPREFACE<\/td>\nix<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTHE OLD SOUTH: AN INTRODUCTION<\/td>\nxi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PART ONE<\/td>\nDANIEL BAKER:<\/p>\n

EVANGELISM WITH POWER<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n1. From Rural Georgia to Hampden-Sydney and Princeton<\/em><\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n2. First Pastorates<\/em><\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n3. A Life of Travel<\/em><\/td>\n24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n4. Revival and Evangelism<\/em><\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n5. The Joyful Preacher<\/em><\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PART TWO<\/td>\nJAMES HENLEY THORNWELL:<\/p>\n

LOGIC ON FIRE<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n6. The Honing of an Intellect for Service to Church, State and Education<\/em><\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n7. Majestic Preaching: Theology and Passion<\/em><\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PART THREE<\/td>\nBENJAMIN MORGAN PALMER:<\/p>\n

CAPTURING THE HEART OF NEW ORLEANS<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n8. Palmer’s Formative Years in South Carolina<\/em><\/td>\n87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n9. How Eloquence and Compassion Moved a City<\/em><\/td>\n96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n10. The Characteristics of Palmer’s Ministry<\/em><\/td>\n106<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PART FOUR<\/td>\nJOHN L. GIRARDEAU:<\/p>\n

UNCTION AT WORK<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n11. ‘South Carolina Is My Mother’<\/em><\/td>\n121<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n12. A Unique Ministry to Low Country Blacks<\/em><\/td>\n130<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n13. Changes after the Civil War: A Professorship and Pastorate in Columbia<\/em><\/td>\n137<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n14. Girardeau the Preacher<\/em><\/td>\n142<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n15. Exalting and Proclaiming Christ<\/em><\/td>\n151<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n16. Effective Sermons: Their Nature and Power<\/em><\/td>\n161<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EPILOGUE<\/td>\nA CONCLUDING REFLECTION ON THEIR PREACHING AND OURS<\/td>\n171<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNOTES<\/td>\n177<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nINDEX<\/td>\n189<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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