Finney, Charles G., 1792-1875

Charles Grandison Finney (1792-1875), revivalist, educator, and second President of Oberlin College (1851-65), abandoned the practice of law after a dramatic religious conversion and, following ordination in the Presbyterian Church, launched a decade of extraordinarily successful revivals in New York state (1824-33). He left the Presbyterian Church in 1836 and identified himself as a Congregationalist from then on. Finney's brand of theological perfectionism helped to make Oberlin College famous after Finney arrived in 1835 to establish its theological department and take up the pastorate at the First Congregational Church in Oberlin (1835- 72). Finney died in Oberlin in 1875.

From the description of Papers, 1817-1875. (Oberlin College Library). WorldCat record id: 25029702

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