ad became a minister at a church at New Brunswick, New Jersey. He and other graduates of Log College (backwoods school for the training of preachers established by William Tennent) who joined in the revival were so violent in their denunciation of sins and sinners that they too produced an emotional hysteria in their congregation. They were scarcely less restrained in denouncing ministers who gave no indication of conversion. Tennent's sermon on "The Danger of an Unconverted Ministry." first preached in 1739 and printed in 1740, alienated the less extreme ministers (Wright 92).
George Whitefield was one of the two greatest influences on the Great Awakening. He was at first an English evangelistic preacher, but then became a Calvinistic preacher. He preached to congregations in large settlements from Georgia to New England. While preaching, he radiated energy and enthusiasm, bounding about and waving his arms to emphasize his points
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