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 Maybe we'll get it. All right.

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 The end of the 18th century in New England

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 were times of dismal decline in religion

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 and have been called the Dark Age of American Christianity.

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 Gone, if not quite forgotten,

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 were the glorious days of spiritual harvest

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 at the preaching of Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield in mid-century.

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 In their place was now cold indifference,

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 depleted zeal, and worldly preoccupation.

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 Preachers complained that though they may preach their hearts out,

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 they only did so to empty pew.

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 Or heedless slumberers.

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 As one group of ministers aired the concern, this is 1798.

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 This is the General Assembly of Presbyterian Church.

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 We perceive with pain and fearful apprehension

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 a general dereliction of religious principle and practice.

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 A visible and prevailing impiety and contempt for the laws and institutions of religion.

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 And an abandoning infidelity, which in many instances tends to atheism itself.

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 Well, it was no exaggerated alarmist rhetoric.

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 For in that early day of our new nation's infancy,

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 the skies were blackened by the smoke from a bonfire of Bibles.

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 Can you imagine that in early America?

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 Bonfires of Bibles.

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 Bonfires of Bibles.

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 Mock communions were held by scoffers.

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 And with the unhinging of religion, morality, indeed common decency, sank to its lowest ebb.

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 Lawlessness was profuse.

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 Gambling was rampant.

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 Drunkenness ubiquitous.

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 For the first time in our land, women feared the night.

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 Or even daylight unaccompanied.

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 Whence this evil...

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 So we need to be careful as Christians.

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 A lot of times we talk about the good old days when religion was going well.

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 We need to revise that historically.

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 Whence this evil tide which engulfed the young nation at its very birth?

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 Well, one of the acutest observers, soon to assume the presidency of Yale, had no doubt.

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 The infectious disease of infidelity had been caught from the midwife, France.

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 She it was who had assisted America in its birth struggle against England.

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 But her embrace had been pollution.

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 For the revolutionary republic had exported its sneering contempt for revealed religion.

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 Reason...

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 Here we go.

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 Thomas Paine.

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 Reason, it was shamelessly asserted, is the only oracle of man.

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 The Bible came under mocking assault and was dismissed as, but, quote, a book of stories, fables, invented absurdities and downright lies.

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 This is from Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason.

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 And such insidious subversives of faith did their deadly solvent work in workshop, counting room, and parlor and courthouse.

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 Neither were the colleges exempt from this baneful influence.

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 Indeed, they were rather a tilled soil for such seeds of infidelity.

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 And Yale was no exception.

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 Lyman Beecher, there he is, who entered Yale in 1793, remembered his college years as, quote,

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 the day of the infidelity of the Tom Paine School.

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 Here's his further description.

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 College was in a most ungodly state.

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 The college church was almost extinct.

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 Most of the students were skeptical.

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 And rowdies were plenty.

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 Wine and liquors were kept in many rooms.

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 Intemperance, profanity, gambling, and licentiousness were common.

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 Most of the class before me were infidels and called each other Voltaire, Rousseau, D'Alembert.

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 These are the names of the French philosophes who were all atheists.

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 Yale's then president described the dominant beliefs of the students

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 who had imbibed the heady brew, the heady new teaching from France.

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 He writes,

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 Religion, they discovered on the one hand, to be the vision of dotards and nursemaids.

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 And on the other, a system of fraud and trick imposed by priestcraft for base purposes upon the ignorant multitude.

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 Revelation was found to be without authority or evidence.

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 And moral obligation, a cobweb, which might indeed entangle flies, but by which creatures of stronger wing disdained to be confined.

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 And campus-wide disbelief had an unruly college twin disorder.

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 Students waxed brazen, even rolling barrels down Tudor's staircases, smashing windows, cutting the rope of the bell to summon students to classes.

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 I think that still goes on.

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 It was going on in my undergraduate days, too.

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 They always tried to get the clapper so they couldn't call for classes.

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 Even setting off explosives in Commons.

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 We didn't do that.

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 As Tudor Moses Stewart,

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 There he is.

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 As Tudor Moses Stewart wrote to Benjamin Silliman,

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 mercifully away on study leave,

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 There appear to be more devils in Yale College at present than were cast out of Mary Magdalene.

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 This all proved too much for the aging president, Ezra Stiles, to handle.

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 There's Ezra Stiles.

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 Who, they've got that little up there.

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 That's Haley's Comet.

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 Because in his day, Haley's Comet came through.

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 So they're indicating that.

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 Ezra Stiles.

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 Yes.

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 In one attempt to quiet a hall full of convulsive Yalies, chanting and howling jibes,

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 he beat his cane to shivers on his podium, all unavailingly.

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 President Stiles' confidence that the evidences of revelation are nearly as demonstrative as Newton's Principia

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 had not arrested the apostasy of the student body.

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 Actually, he just, he literally, they dragged him out.

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 He had this nervous breakdown and they had to drag him away.

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 It was Ezra Stiles.

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 Ezra Stiles, yeah.

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 It would take another champion to do battle with the burgeoning infidelity

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 and put to flight the philosoph Philistines.

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 Is that why he's wearing a bib?

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 Yeah, exactly.

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 Exactly.

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 Well, always a cute, always a cute, Raul.

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 The champion.

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 Looks like they're related to American history.

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 That's right.

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 That's right, Sammy.

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 They are.

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 That champion was Timothy Dwight.

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 There he is.

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 Who assumed the presidency of Yale in 1795.

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 What does that have to do with Bible study?

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 Well, this is a history of the Second Great Awakening at Yale.

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 So things that God did in extraordinary ways at Yale many years ago.

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 Wow.

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 Yeah.

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 Should be interesting.

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 We'll see.

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 We'll see.

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 So Timothy Dwight.

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 At that time, not one in ten of the more than a hundred students at Yale even professed Christianity.

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 What would be the medal of the new president?

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 The wily students determined to put him immediately to the test.

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 According to custom, seniors were to submit a list of proposed questions for disputation.

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 In the list, they pugnaciously included the question, are the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments the word of God?

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 The old regime would never have permitted such a volatile topic, lest its handling induce doubts in the weak.

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 And the students naturally assumed that such repression proved Christianity could only be supported by authority and not by argument.

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 But Timothy Dwight was not of the old order.

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 And indeed, he had spent much of his adult life preparing to answer questions like that.

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 And he, to the students' great surprise, selected that very question for senior disputation.

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 Okay, this is how the president would teach the Yale seniors rhetoric, disputation, and debate.

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 They would pick a topic, and he would teach them debate on that, and this is the topic that they picked.

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 So he directed the students to give the question their best critical zeal.

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 And that he would not assume their arguments reflected their own opinions, lest they be worried about their grade.

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 The debaters went to work with gleeful exhilaration.

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 Virtually all came forward as champions of infidelity.

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 Timothy Dwight allowed them to make their best case, then proceeded, as one observer wrote it,

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 in a torrent of irresistible argument and animated eloquence,

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 to decimate the case against the scriptures and to effectually bolster its veracity.

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 The persuasive performance, quote, left the stoutest infidel utterly confounded.

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 His bolts had the effect of lightning upon the whole college.

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 For the next six months, he preached and taught incessantly on the subject.

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 The cannonade was formidable, but more would be required to turn things around.

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 These are Dwight's, the nature and danger of infidel philosophy.

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 So these are sermons that he was preaching to the students at the time.

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 The seniors had been influenced, but when the next class entered Yale, so the fall of 1796,

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 only one freshman was a professing Christian.

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 The sophomore class contained none.

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 The junior only one.

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 And the senior, still a mere eight to ten, professed Christians.

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 The college church, so see, once the revival went through and they graduated, they were all gone.

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 Nothing in the lower classes.

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 The college church had dwindled to two members.

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 The college communion service at Yale at 1799 saw only one student present at an all-college communion service.

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 Shubel Bartlett, good for him.

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 Moore participated in a mock communion that they held simultaneously in the dining hall.

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 It was against this backdrop that a mighty work of God unfolded at Yale.

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 It seems that some students, hearing of the awakening work of the Spirit of God in other places,

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 and in some cases having seen it for themselves while on break back home for them in Kentucky and Tennessee,

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 so there were some revivals down there,

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 that Yale, they began, they gathered and began weekly prayer

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 that Yale might be included in God's blessing of awakening.

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 And this gathering for earnest prayer had gone on faithfully for many, many months

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 when God came down in, as they said, the plentitude of power.

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 Widespread conviction of sin swept the college, and quote,

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 daily, almost hourly, students submitted themselves to God.

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 Of the 230 students then at Yale College, about one-third were converted,

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 and 35 went on to become preachers of the gospel.

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 The candidates for ministry in 1792, 5%.

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 In 1805, it jumped up to 31% going in to the ministry.

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 As one student present recalled, this is Porter of Farmington,

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 quote,

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 those were truly memorable days, such triumphs of grace,

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 none whose privilege it was to witness them had ever before seen.

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 So sudden and so great was the change in individuals,

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 and in the general aspect of the college,

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 that those who had been waiting for it were filled with wonder as well as with joy,

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 and those who knew not what it meant were awestruck and amazed.

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 Wherever students were found in their rooms, in chapel, in the halls, in college yard,

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 the reigning impression was, surely God is in this place.

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 The salvation of the soul was the great subject of thought,

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 of conversation, and of all-absorbing interest.

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 Among those touched of God in this revival was Benjamin Silliman.

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 There he is.

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 This is the revival of 1802.

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 Tudor Benjamin Silliman, he was a tutor at the time.

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 In a letter that he writes home to his mother,

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 so he was a tutor at the time,

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 he gives us a picture of how dramatically Yale had changed.

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 And you remember the Lyman Beecher.

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 Wines and liqueurs and most of it, you know, all of that.

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 So contrast it with Lyman Beecher's earlier account that I had read.

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 So this is Yale, June 11, 1802.

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 Dear Mother, it would delight your heart, my dear mother,

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 to see how the trophies of the cross are multiplied in this institution.

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 Yale College is a little temple.

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 Prayer and praise seem to be the delight of a greater part of the students,

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 while those who are still unfeeling are awed into respectful silence.

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 Pray for me, my dear mother, that while I am attempting to forward others

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 in this journey to heaven, I may not myself be a castaway.

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 One of the remarkable things about that revival of 1802

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 is how quickly, again, its effects seem to pass from the college.

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 Within five years, of course, all who had experienced the revival

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 had then graduated.

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 So within five years, the number of professed Christians

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 in all the classes of Yale did not exceed 15.

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 So this is one of the peculiar features.

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 Sorry about that.

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 This is one of the peculiar features of college ministry

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 and largely, actually, church ministry in a college town.

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 You're always starting again, seemingly from scratch.

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 Any foundations are kind of up and gone at graduation.

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 There they go.

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 There they go.

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 And you have very little remaining to build upon oftentimes.

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 Well, in such circumstances, one needs to rapidly pass on

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 in the depth and to multiply disciples.

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 2 Timothy 2.2.

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 These things that you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses,

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 these commit to faithful ones who will be able to teach others also.

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 That's what needs to be done.

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 And, of course, we're busying ourselves with doing just that around here.

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 Somehow this broke down at Yale,

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 and the blessing was not passed along to succeeding classes of incoming students.

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 Tutor Chauncey Goodrich, there he is,

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 he reflected much on this matter,

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 and he thought that the remarkable supernatural quality of revival

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 made students so affected,

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 it made them think that their own systematic effort at evangelism

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 would be paltry compared with the sudden and sovereign divine blessing from above.

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 Isn't it interesting?

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 So they were actually discouraged from putting forth their hands.

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 In other words, they waited for revival to kind of come down from heaven,

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 just praying and praying and praying and praying that it would happen,

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 and praying, great, all these prayers were great,

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 instead of themselves actually going out and trying to evangelize the incoming classes.

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 So it's fascinating.

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 But in God's sovereign mercy, another revival did come in the spring of 1808.

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 A revival of great power and extent had already been in progress a number of months

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 in the city of New Haven, so right across the college fence,

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 but it hadn't jumped the college fence,

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 and it hadn't stirred the student body,

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 which kind of looked on unaffected and indifferent.

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 Well, this broke the fatherly heart of Dwight.

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 He grieved that the spirit might come so close to his young wards

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 and yet pass them by.

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 It was with heavy heart that Dwight took up the Saturday evening service in college

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 in preparation for the Sabbath.

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 The melancholy contrast between an awakened New Haven,

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 right just across the fence,

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 and a slumbering Yale settled upon him with overwhelming weight.

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 He could not complete the opening hymn.

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 His usual loud and sonorous voice became weak and tremulous,

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 recalled one of the students.

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 He sang but a single stanza and stopped.

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 Then came the prayer in which the distraught Dwight poured out his heart.

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 He acknowledged the sovereignty of God in the dispensations of his grace,

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 but made that very truth the ground of his appeal before the throne for his sons.

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 Never did a minister plead more fervently for his people,

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 recalled one present,

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 who would soon experience in his own soul the fulfillment to the president's pleas.

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 Never a father more importunately for his children than he did for his pupils before them.

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 The next morning, Sabbath,

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 Dwight preached upon Christ's words to the dead son of the widow of Nain.

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 Young man, I say to thee, arise.

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 That was the text.

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 And it was these words that the spirit spoke in power to many a student's heart that morning.

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 Conviction of sin was deep and pungent.

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 It's a phrase that they always use.

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 Deep and pungent.

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 Another revival had commenced.

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 Dwight was overjoyed to see the travail of his soul.

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 And he addressed the students upon his regular Saturday night meetings and Sunday services.

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 No preparation.

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 No notes.

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 Just spoke straight from his heart.

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 He also set up weekly meetings,

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 oftener than when required,

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 for students under conviction that he might shepherd them to Christ in his grace and forgiveness.

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 Indeed, Dwight allowed none of the numerous duties as president and instructor

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 to keep him from distressed souls in need of gospel comfort,

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 but laid himself open at all times to the calls of those who sought his spiritual aid,

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 recalled one student.

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 And many there were who closed with Christ upon their knees in his study with Dwight tenderly beside them.

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 Isn't that a wonderful image?

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 The president of Yale leading these men to Christ on their knees in his own study.

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 Had those who sought his instructions been his own children, writes one of his charges,

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 he could hardly have treated them with more kindness or shown greater solicitude

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 to see them in the arc of safety.

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 Well, not only was Dwight's study hallowed by the conversion of students,

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 some students were in such distress under the weight of their conviction

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 that they were confined to their rooms in spiritual agony.

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 And Dr. Dwight had to make house calls to the dorms to work the gospel physic.

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 In this task, he had the able assistance of a young Elisha,

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 not young in that picture when they painted it,

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 but his name was Asahel Nettleton, Asahel Nettleton, and there he is.

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 So he would go on to be one of the foremost evangelists of the awakening,

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 which spanned about the first three decades of the 19th century.

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 And it was at Yale as a student under Dwight that he received his first training.

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 He was much in prayer for the work of the Spirit in his fellow Yalies

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 and didn't miss any indications that God was answering his prayer.

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 He always has his antennae up to see which of his fellow students

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 was experiencing conviction of the Spirit.

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 Often did I see him, recalled one of his classmates,

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 interestingly called with the name Jonathan Lee, which I know him well.

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 Often did I see him with one or two heart-burdened youth of his youngest class,

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 walking arm in arm in the college yard before evening prayers,

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 conversing upon the great interest of their souls.

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 His conversation with such individuals, his silent and unostentatious labors,

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 his meeting for prayer and conference,

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 held a very prominent and important place in that memorable and joyful season.

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 Young Asahel and President Dwight made a good team.

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 It seems the president was even willing to be awakened in the middle of the night

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 to come to a stricken student's side.

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 Neither was Nettleton reluctant to call on the president at that hour

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 under urgent circumstances.

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 On one occasion there was such a desperate case of despairing agony of conviction.

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 The balm of Gilead was needed now for the wounded soul.

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 Nettleton found the sufferer and went immediately for the president,

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 stirring him from his slumbers.

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 Dwight came at once there in his robe, his nightgown.

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 As one president described the scene,

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 for a short time the president seemed overwhelmed.

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 So deeply did he share in the agony of the agonized.

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 At length, however, taking a seat by his bedside,

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 he gradually directed the anxious inquirer unto the divine sufficiency

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 and the infinite fullness of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 He recited the invitations of the gospel before the student

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 and then followed his paternal counsel by prayer to God.

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 That prayer was heard and the words which he spoke

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 were a healing balm from on high.

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 A sweet serenity seemed to steal over the agitated sinner's mind.

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 A serenity which was the harbinger of a joy that came

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 in a short time after

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 and was unspeakable and full of glory.

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 What a wonderful picture.

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 The president of Yale College making little room calls

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 to those stricken.

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 Well, that stricken soul which found grace

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 in the early hours of the morning

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 went on to become a missionary.

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 He would always remember that young Elisha,

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 Nettleton,

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 at the president's side.

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 As he wrote later,

00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:18.020
 he remained with me all night.

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 Yeah, President Dwight went back and resumed his sleep,

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 but Nettleton stayed with the young convert all night.

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 He remained with me all night.

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 He was besieging the throne of grace.

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 His whole soul seemed bent on my deliverance.

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 Man never pleaded with more fervency

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 and I cannot doubt

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 that I was more indebted to him

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 for my relief

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 than to any other person.

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 Some 30 others

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 had a similar testimony

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 of God's converting work upon their souls

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 and three quarters of those

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 went on into ministry

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 upon graduation.

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 Such was some of the fruit

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 of the revival of 1808.

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 And yet,

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 in the passing of a mere four years,

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 the college was again

00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:08.460
 a place of spiritual decline.

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 It seems that this sad state

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 prompted several seniors,

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 unknown to each other,

00:26:15.840 --> 00:26:18.920
 to devote the last hour of the day

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 to prayer that God would again come in power.

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 It seems further,

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:26.759
 again unknown to each other,

00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:28.900
 that the focused prayer

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 was devoted to one student in particular

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 who was a figure of wide influence on campus,

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:37.619
 baneful influence, alas,

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:40.519
 and no friend of vital godliness.

00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:43.619
 Elias Cornelius.

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 There he is.

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 I couldn't find another picture,

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 so I just took it from one of my volumes.

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 Elias Cornelius

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 was the subject

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 of these several independent intercessions.

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 And these pleadings,

00:27:01.420 --> 00:27:04.599
 God suddenly and dramatically answered.

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 Cornelius was soundly converted,

00:27:08.159 --> 00:27:09.299
 seemingly out of the blue,

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:11.240
 to the amazement of the intercessors

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 and to the alarm of his previous companions,

00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:18.839
 with whose company Cornelius immediately broke.

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:21.799
 Cornelius foreswore swearing,

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 bought a Bible,

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 and began to evangelize.

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 And in this,

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:29.240
 God granted remarkable fruitfulness.

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 As one astonished observer wrote,

00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:34.160
 with his characteristic ardor,

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:35.360
 he now sought,

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:37.640
 in conjunction with his new Christian friends,

00:27:37.780 --> 00:27:40.120
 to bring others to a knowledge of the Savior,

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 whom he found so precious to his own soul.

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 Their labors were attended,

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:48.940
 he continues to write,

00:27:49.020 --> 00:27:50.080
 their labors were attended

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 with the happiest results.

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 Nearly 20 principally members of the senior class

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 gave evidence of a genuine change of heart.

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 And thus,

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:04.620
 the college awakening of 1812

00:28:04.620 --> 00:28:06.140
 has come to be called,

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.079
 in history,

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:10.180
 the Elias Cornelius revival.

00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:12.259
 Thankfully,

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:15.299
 Cornelius' influence was not lost to Yale

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:16.259
 with his graduation,

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:19.000
 for he remained to study theology

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:22.759
 in preparation for a hoped missionary career,

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:24.000
 hopeful missionary career.

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:26.059
 And it was Cornelius,

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:27.579
 who was at the center

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:29.940
 of a small group of burning souls,

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:32.819
 who had an ardent desire for God

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.920
 to repeat again

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:35.900
 his mighty dealings at Yale College.

00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:37.779
 Every Sunday morning,

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:39.400
 well before church,

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.440
 these stalwarts,

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.960
 brave the snow,

00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:43.339
 they began in December,

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.680
 and for a,

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:46.000
 brave the snow

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:47.819
 for about a half a mile distance,

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:51.059
 at the early hour of 3 a.m.

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:53.519
 to gather in a secluded place

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.940
 for earnest supplication,

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:57.240
 that God would again pour out his spirit.

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:58.919
 It was quite a commitment,

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:01.919
 but it seemed the warmth of their hearts

00:29:01.919 --> 00:29:04.579
 more than compensated

00:29:04.579 --> 00:29:05.940
 from the chill of the winter.

00:29:06.399 --> 00:29:08.399
 As one who braved the hour

00:29:08.399 --> 00:29:10.440
 and frost remembered,

00:29:10.899 --> 00:29:11.159
 quote,

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:12.620
 I will recollect

00:29:12.620 --> 00:29:14.640
 one very cold night

00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:16.120
 in which we walked

00:29:16.120 --> 00:29:17.920
 nearly half a mile from college

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:19.000
 at the early hour

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:20.120
 of 3 of the clock

00:29:20.120 --> 00:29:22.160
 to a private room to pray.

00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:23.900
 And I have always remembered

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.540
 that morning

00:29:24.540 --> 00:29:25.940
 as one of the happiest

00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:26.940
 I ever enjoyed.

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:28.840
 It was truly a season

00:29:28.840 --> 00:29:30.440
 in which heaven seemed

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:31.720
 to be let down

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.700
 to earth.

00:29:33.820 --> 00:29:34.240
 Well,

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:35.440
 the prayer warriors,

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:36.259
 happily,

00:29:36.540 --> 00:29:37.160
 happily,

00:29:37.660 --> 00:29:38.460
 this pattern,

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:40.340
 then having bombarded

00:29:40.340 --> 00:29:41.380
 the strongholds

00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:42.340
 with intercession,

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:44.440
 got up from their knees

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:46.500
 and actually went forth.

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:48.400
 They went through the college

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:49.660
 room to room

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:51.440
 heralding the good news.

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:55.900
 As one Yale student

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:56.720
 who went on

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.940
 to be a Baptist minister

00:29:57.940 --> 00:30:00.279
 described the adventure,

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:02.380
 scarcely a room

00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:03.700
 did they enter

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:05.539
 in which there was not found

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:07.039
 at least one awakened sinner,

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:08.819
 some infidels

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:10.279
 bolted their doors

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:11.519
 determined to shut out

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:12.039
 the visitors

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:13.879
 and to shut out conviction.

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:15.659
 But the Spirit of the Lord

00:30:15.659 --> 00:30:16.519
 reached them too

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:17.440
 and compelled them

00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:19.259
 not only to open their doors

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:20.740
 but also their hearts

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.879
 to receive the truth.

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:23.279
 So universal

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:24.220
 was the excitement

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:25.680
 that there were not

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:26.940
 more than three

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.839
 or four students

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:28.519
 in the college

00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:30.000
 who were not impressed

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:31.159
 with a concern

00:30:31.159 --> 00:30:32.000
 for their souls.

00:30:32.859 --> 00:30:33.879
 About 80

00:30:33.879 --> 00:30:34.879
 were considered

00:30:34.879 --> 00:30:36.779
 as fruits of the revival.

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:38.279
 And many will forever

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.960
 bless God

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.819
 that Cornelius

00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:40.819
 was there

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.700
 and labored

00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:42.680
 for their salvation.

00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:44.920
 Well the numbers

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.960
 seem staggering

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:48.559
 but Cornelius' recollection

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:50.139
 corroborate

00:30:50.139 --> 00:30:51.119
 the testimonies

00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:51.559
 that we have

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:52.519
 from several students.

00:30:53.379 --> 00:30:53.599
 So,

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:55.319
 so universal

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:57.079
 was the Spirit's conviction

00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:58.299
 that rooms

00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:59.220
 were designated

00:30:59.220 --> 00:31:01.559
 in every Yale

00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:02.700
 entryway

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:04.259
 for those

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:05.080
 gathering

00:31:05.080 --> 00:31:06.480
 seeking salvation.

00:31:07.620 --> 00:31:08.259
 Oh,

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:09.580
 what things

00:31:09.580 --> 00:31:10.680
 do we witness?

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:11.860
 Writes Cornelius

00:31:11.860 --> 00:31:12.740
 from the Ramparts.

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.440
 Let heaven and earth

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:14.960
 rejoice.

00:31:15.860 --> 00:31:17.000
 The Prince of Peace

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.580
 and Glory

00:31:17.580 --> 00:31:18.759
 is riding

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.539
 through the world.

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:20.740
 The angel

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:21.500
 is flying

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:22.059
 in the midst

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:22.580
 of heaven

00:31:22.580 --> 00:31:24.900
 with the everlasting

00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:25.779
 gospel.

00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:26.680
 Oh,

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.480
 what a time

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:28.140
 to live in.

00:31:28.860 --> 00:31:29.500
 Rejoice,

00:31:29.620 --> 00:31:30.559
 ye heavens and earth,

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:31.619
 for the day

00:31:31.619 --> 00:31:32.319
 of his power

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:32.839
 and glory

00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:33.359
 and grace

00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:33.879
 has come

00:31:33.879 --> 00:31:35.779
 and who will not

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:36.859
 bow before him?

00:31:39.379 --> 00:31:39.980
 Well,

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:42.000
 one remarkable story

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.899
 connected with

00:31:42.899 --> 00:31:43.819
 these events

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:45.079
 is that of

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:47.119
 Henry Obukaya.

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.279
 Oh,

00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:50.819
 there he is.

00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:52.279
 Wow.

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.079
 Yeah.

00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:55.139
 Now,

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:55.740
 there's a look.

00:31:55.740 --> 00:32:00.099
 So,

00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:01.200
 a Hawaiian

00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:02.480
 refugee

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:05.099
 from tribal wars

00:32:05.099 --> 00:32:06.460
 on his island,

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.900
 the Sandwich Islands,

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.440
 they called them

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:08.980
 at the time,

00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:10.599
 in which he had lost

00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:11.960
 both of his parents.

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:12.599
 Apparently,

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.460
 this young guy,

00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:14.140
 he just,

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:14.980
 everybody was just

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.720
 so sanguinary.

00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:16.819
 Everybody was being killed

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.460
 and he saw,

00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:18.500
 he saw this

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.839
 large canoe.

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.440
 It was actually

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:21.440
 a western ship

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:22.740
 out in the bay

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.620
 and he just

00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:24.680
 swam out

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:26.160
 and hid himself

00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:26.740
 in it

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:28.220
 as a stowaway

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:29.259
 and then it

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:29.820
 sailed around,

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:30.420
 sailed around

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:30.840
 and when it

00:32:30.840 --> 00:32:32.100
 finally came to port,

00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:32.940
 it was New Haven

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:34.900
 and he found his way

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:38.660
 onto the Yale campus.

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.279
 So,

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:41.380
 there he is,

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.500
 Obukaya,

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:44.360
 wandering around

00:32:44.360 --> 00:32:45.400
 the college yard

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:46.160
 in a rather

00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:46.900
 ill-fitting

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:47.920
 sailor suit

00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:49.000
 that he had located

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:49.940
 on board

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.900
 and he's

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.740
 discovered

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.779
 and taken in

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:54.039
 by a Yale student

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.920
 and eventually

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:55.559
 ends up

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:56.279
 living with

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:57.279
 President Dwight

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:58.420
 where he

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:59.619
 was taught

00:32:59.619 --> 00:33:00.279
 to read

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:02.279
 and to write

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:03.460
 along with

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:04.420
 a daily dose

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:05.460
 of gospel.

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:08.740
 As he wrote

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.339
 in his memoir,

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:10.740
 I heard of God

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:12.740
 as often as I lived

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.579
 with this family.

00:33:14.399 --> 00:33:15.319
 He's talking about Dwight.

00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:16.940
 He was then

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:18.740
 taken into the home

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.980
 of Samuel Mills,

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.299
 Samuel Mills,

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:22.319
 the son

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:23.399
 of the famous

00:33:23.399 --> 00:33:24.279
 Haystacker

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:25.139
 who,

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:26.200
 like his dad,

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:27.139
 also had a passion

00:33:27.139 --> 00:33:27.740
 for missions.

00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:29.359
 Mills

00:33:29.359 --> 00:33:31.579
 was the bosom

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:32.180
 companion

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:33.980
 of Elias Cornelius

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:35.279
 and with such

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:36.339
 companionships,

00:33:36.419 --> 00:33:37.299
 it surprises us

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:37.579
 little

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:39.139
 that Henry Obukaya

00:33:39.139 --> 00:33:40.220
 eventually came

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:40.799
 to Christ.

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.299
 And it was

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:42.899
 Cornelius,

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.779
 Elias Cornelius,

00:33:43.919 --> 00:33:45.039
 who had the idea

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:46.000
 of starting

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:47.019
 a foreign mission

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:47.519
 school

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:48.599
 to equip

00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:49.579
 Obukaya

00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:50.359
 and others

00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:50.879
 like him

00:33:50.879 --> 00:33:51.359
 to carry

00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:51.939
 the gospel

00:33:51.939 --> 00:33:53.599
 back to their

00:33:53.599 --> 00:33:53.980
 people.

00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:54.579
 And this was

00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:55.659
 the great desire

00:33:55.659 --> 00:33:57.399
 of Obukaya.

00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:02.439
 He said,

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:03.079
 I've got to get

00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:03.579
 the gospel

00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:05.359
 back to any

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:06.519
 who survived

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:07.199
 my home

00:34:07.199 --> 00:34:08.159
 in the Sandwich Islands.

00:34:08.759 --> 00:34:09.000
 Well,

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.779
 the Yale senior

00:34:09.779 --> 00:34:10.980
 who first found

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:12.880
 Obukaya,

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:14.000
 Edwin Dwight

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.579
 was his name,

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:16.739
 wandering around

00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:17.119
 New Haven,

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:18.519
 he became

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:19.019
 the first

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:19.779
 principal

00:34:19.779 --> 00:34:20.219
 of this

00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:21.159
 foreign missions

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.679
 college

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:22.259
 that they

00:34:22.259 --> 00:34:22.699
 established

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:23.539
 in Cornwall,

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:24.339
 Connecticut.

00:34:24.339 --> 00:34:24.960
 It was founded

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:26.960
 in 1817.

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.500
 Sadly,

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:30.880
 as so often

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:31.380
 happens

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:31.880
 in these

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:34.179
 circumstances,

00:34:34.779 --> 00:34:35.339
 Obukaya

00:34:35.339 --> 00:34:36.380
 never made

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:36.920
 it back

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:37.659
 to his people

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:38.440
 with the gospel.

00:34:39.319 --> 00:34:39.699
 He died

00:34:39.699 --> 00:34:40.440
 of typhus

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:41.699
 in 1818.

00:34:41.859 --> 00:34:42.659
 So often,

00:34:43.659 --> 00:34:45.099
 they just

00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:45.739
 wouldn't have

00:34:45.739 --> 00:34:46.739
 the same immunities

00:34:46.739 --> 00:34:47.459
 and would be

00:34:47.459 --> 00:34:48.259
 so vulnerable

00:34:48.259 --> 00:34:49.079
 to a lot

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:49.839
 of these diseases

00:34:49.839 --> 00:34:51.039
 and would die

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.939
 in training

00:34:51.939 --> 00:34:52.779
 before they could

00:34:52.779 --> 00:34:53.379
 get from their

00:34:53.379 --> 00:34:54.079
 mission college

00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:54.659
 back to their

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:56.000
 mission fields.

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:58.019
 So he dies

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.639
 of typhus

00:34:58.639 --> 00:34:59.519
 in 1818.

00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:01.439
 But his story

00:35:01.439 --> 00:35:02.359
 was written up

00:35:02.359 --> 00:35:03.179
 and published

00:35:03.179 --> 00:35:03.919
 as a tract

00:35:03.919 --> 00:35:05.759
 which stirred up

00:35:05.759 --> 00:35:07.399
 a heart for missions

00:35:07.399 --> 00:35:08.219
 among many.

00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:09.359
 And in fact,

00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:10.779
 his classmates

00:35:10.779 --> 00:35:11.519
 at Yale

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:12.439
 decided,

00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:13.679
 we're going

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:14.239
 to take up

00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:14.779
 the torch

00:35:14.779 --> 00:35:15.500
 and we're

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:15.919
 going to get

00:35:15.919 --> 00:35:16.500
 the gospel

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:16.819
 to the

00:35:16.819 --> 00:35:17.579
 Sandwich Islands

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:20.119
 for Obukaya.

00:35:22.759 --> 00:35:23.619
 And it was

00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:24.379
 not long

00:35:24.379 --> 00:35:25.059
 before another

00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:25.839
 son of Eli,

00:35:26.799 --> 00:35:27.899
 Hiram Bingham.

00:35:29.839 --> 00:35:30.919
 There he is.

00:35:32.399 --> 00:35:32.919
 Hiram.

00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:35.739
 Yeah,

00:35:35.839 --> 00:35:36.299
 that was kind

00:35:36.299 --> 00:35:36.879
 of the fashion

00:35:36.879 --> 00:35:37.619
 of photography

00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:38.319
 in those days.

00:35:38.439 --> 00:35:38.859
 They didn't want

00:35:38.859 --> 00:35:39.299
 you to crack

00:35:39.299 --> 00:35:39.859
 a smile.

00:35:40.319 --> 00:35:40.859
 Very hard

00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:41.180
 to find

00:35:41.180 --> 00:35:41.700
 a smile

00:35:41.700 --> 00:35:42.640
 in the days

00:35:42.640 --> 00:35:44.280
 of Deragatite

00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:44.660
 or whatever.

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:46.000
 So,

00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:48.200
 yes,

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:50.260
 Hiram Bingham,

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:53.180
 he actually

00:35:53.180 --> 00:35:53.820
 would bring

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:54.420
 the gospel

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:55.240
 to the land

00:35:55.240 --> 00:35:56.079
 of Obukaya.

00:35:59.660 --> 00:36:00.300
 Interestingly,

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:02.200
 Hiram Bingham,

00:36:02.720 --> 00:36:03.460
 missionary,

00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:05.840
 first missionary

00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:06.880
 to the Sandwich Islands,

00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:08.920
 had a son,

00:36:09.720 --> 00:36:11.079
 Hiram Bingham II,

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:12.559
 who's actually

00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:13.220
 a friend of Raul.

00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:13.559
 No,

00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:15.000
 that's the great

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.380
 grandson.

00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:16.599
 Hiram Bingham II,

00:36:16.860 --> 00:36:17.579
 who came back

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:18.320
 to teach at Yale,

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:19.160
 grew up as a missionary

00:36:19.160 --> 00:36:19.400
 kid,

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:20.119
 came back to teach

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:20.440
 at Yale,

00:36:20.740 --> 00:36:21.059
 and was in

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:21.800
 archaeology and

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:22.420
 anthropology.

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:23.700
 Hiram Bingham II,

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.619
 he's the one

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:25.059
 that went down

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:25.800
 to Machu Picchu

00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:27.320
 and got all

00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:27.640
 his stuff

00:36:27.640 --> 00:36:28.059
 and brought it

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:28.440
 back,

00:36:28.760 --> 00:36:29.260
 and was such

00:36:29.260 --> 00:36:29.940
 a picaresque

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:30.400
 character,

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:32.260
 really a fascinating

00:36:32.260 --> 00:36:32.660
 fellow,

00:36:32.659 --> 00:36:35.980
 that the movies,

00:36:36.279 --> 00:36:36.559
 oh,

00:36:37.879 --> 00:36:39.299
 it was Harrison Ford.

00:36:39.359 --> 00:36:39.599
 Yeah,

00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:39.920
 yeah.

00:36:40.739 --> 00:36:41.879
 Indiana Jones,

00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:42.299
 yes,

00:36:42.379 --> 00:36:43.420
 is based upon

00:36:43.420 --> 00:36:44.480
 that character.

00:36:44.739 --> 00:36:45.399
 We vacation

00:36:45.399 --> 00:36:46.159
 with his son

00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:46.920
 before you've met him.

00:36:46.940 --> 00:36:47.559
 That's right,

00:36:47.659 --> 00:36:48.139
 that's right,

00:36:48.279 --> 00:36:48.420
 yeah,

00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:48.659
 yeah,

00:36:48.759 --> 00:36:51.159
 Raul is corroborating

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:51.899
 all of these things,

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:52.779
 so it's clearly true.

00:36:53.239 --> 00:36:53.460
 So,

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:53.920
 yes,

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.539
 but that fellow

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:55.559
 was actually the son,

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:57.179
 so the Indiana Jones

00:36:57.179 --> 00:36:57.879
 stories are based

00:36:57.879 --> 00:36:58.440
 on the son

00:36:58.440 --> 00:36:59.359
 of this man right here

00:36:59.359 --> 00:37:00.139
 that's not smiling.

00:37:01.179 --> 00:37:01.579
 So,

00:37:02.219 --> 00:37:02.579
 yes,

00:37:02.659 --> 00:37:02.940
 ah,

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:03.639
 the thick web

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:04.059
 of history,

00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:04.679
 how fascinating.

00:37:05.199 --> 00:37:05.359
 Oh,

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:06.559
 he's not here.

00:37:08.399 --> 00:37:08.879
 Well,

00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:09.859
 no sooner

00:37:09.859 --> 00:37:11.500
 had the great revival

00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:12.799
 of 1815

00:37:12.799 --> 00:37:13.920
 begun to wane

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:15.639
 than Cornelius

00:37:15.639 --> 00:37:16.539
 and his band

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:17.500
 were praying

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:18.819
 for another visitation.

00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:20.339
 This time,

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:20.859
 the circle

00:37:20.859 --> 00:37:21.960
 of intercessors

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:23.980
 was to be wider.

00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:26.899
 A plan is on foot

00:37:26.899 --> 00:37:28.000
 for establishing

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:29.239
 a concert of prayer

00:37:29.239 --> 00:37:30.759
 in all the colleges

00:37:30.759 --> 00:37:32.119
 in the United States.

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:34.639
 at nine of the clock

00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:35.799
 every Sabbath morning,

00:37:35.799 --> 00:37:36.839
 wrote Cornelius

00:37:36.839 --> 00:37:37.440
 to a friend.

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:39.759
 Our concert

00:37:39.759 --> 00:37:40.719
 was held

00:37:40.719 --> 00:37:41.859
 last Sabbath morning

00:37:41.859 --> 00:37:43.359
 and will be continued

00:37:43.359 --> 00:37:44.980
 till another revival

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:45.579
 of religion

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:47.299
 and from that period,

00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:47.799
 I hope,

00:37:48.179 --> 00:37:49.739
 till the millennium.

00:37:51.339 --> 00:37:51.819
 And so,

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:53.039
 they continued

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:53.859
 praying

00:37:53.859 --> 00:37:54.960
 and proclaiming.

00:37:55.059 --> 00:37:55.319
 See,

00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:56.339
 there's the combination.

00:37:56.819 --> 00:37:57.339
 Praying

00:37:57.340 --> 00:37:58.579
 and proclaiming.

00:37:59.519 --> 00:38:00.120
 Interceding

00:38:00.120 --> 00:38:01.480
 and entreating

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:03.120
 and rejoicing

00:38:03.120 --> 00:38:03.900
 in the harvest

00:38:03.900 --> 00:38:04.900
 that God

00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:06.539
 granted their labors.

00:38:07.660 --> 00:38:08.880
 And what a joy

00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:09.519
 was theirs

00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:11.140
 in that great day

00:38:11.140 --> 00:38:12.100
 of God's power.

00:38:12.740 --> 00:38:13.960
 As Cornelius wrote

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:16.120
 to a co-laborer,

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:17.079
 and may this be

00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:19.639
 our final charge

00:38:19.639 --> 00:38:19.960
 here,

00:38:20.199 --> 00:38:21.159
 or our charge,

00:38:21.279 --> 00:38:21.880
 not final.

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:22.440
 Oh,

00:38:22.799 --> 00:38:24.039
 my brother,

00:38:24.699 --> 00:38:25.519
 how rich

00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:26.259
 a reward

00:38:26.259 --> 00:38:27.159
 in this world

00:38:27.159 --> 00:38:28.940
 do those enjoy

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:30.480
 who have any reason

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:31.039
 to hope

00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:32.079
 they have been

00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:32.719
 instrumental

00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:34.239
 of saving souls.

00:38:34.799 --> 00:38:35.679
 No matter

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:36.639
 how much toil

00:38:36.639 --> 00:38:37.779
 has been sustained,

00:38:38.619 --> 00:38:39.400
 one soul

00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:40.000
 is enough

00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:40.940
 to pay

00:38:40.940 --> 00:38:41.759
 for toil

00:38:41.760 --> 00:38:44.260
 infinitely greater.

00:38:45.320 --> 00:38:46.240
 Blessed Jesus,

00:38:47.040 --> 00:38:50.760
 strengthen our weak faith.

00:38:51.680 --> 00:38:52.720
 Fill our hearts

00:38:52.720 --> 00:38:53.860
 with the Spirit

00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:54.340
 of Heaven

00:38:54.340 --> 00:38:55.940
 and make us

00:38:55.940 --> 00:38:57.900
 burn as flaming fires

00:38:57.900 --> 00:38:58.860
 in Thy service.

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:01.180
 Does not your soul

00:39:01.180 --> 00:39:01.760
 respond,

00:39:02.420 --> 00:39:02.680
 Amen.

00:39:03.380 --> 00:39:03.960
 Even so,

00:39:04.040 --> 00:39:04.560
 Lord Jesus.

00:39:05.680 --> 00:39:06.340
 Or,

00:39:06.640 --> 00:39:07.520
 in the words

00:39:07.520 --> 00:39:08.420
 of Timothy Dwight,

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:10.820
 I love Thy kingdom,

00:39:11.040 --> 00:39:11.300
 Lord,

00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:12.660
 the house

00:39:12.660 --> 00:39:13.860
 of Thine abode,

00:39:14.620 --> 00:39:15.140
 the church

00:39:15.140 --> 00:39:15.920
 our blessed

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:17.140
 Redeemer saved

00:39:17.140 --> 00:39:18.340
 with His own

00:39:18.340 --> 00:39:19.260
 precious blood.

00:39:20.080 --> 00:39:20.520
 For her,

00:39:20.620 --> 00:39:21.140
 my tears

00:39:21.140 --> 00:39:21.760
 shall fall.

00:39:22.600 --> 00:39:23.240
 For her,

00:39:23.780 --> 00:39:24.360
 my prayers

00:39:24.360 --> 00:39:24.840
 ascend.

00:39:25.580 --> 00:39:26.160
 To her,

00:39:26.300 --> 00:39:27.020
 my cares

00:39:27.020 --> 00:39:27.940
 and toils

00:39:27.940 --> 00:39:28.580
 be given

00:39:28.580 --> 00:39:30.220
 till toils

00:39:30.220 --> 00:39:31.540
 and cares

00:39:31.540 --> 00:39:33.080
 shall end.

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:36.160
 Just a final

00:39:36.160 --> 00:39:36.780
 thought here,

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.760
 and then I'm

00:39:37.760 --> 00:39:38.580
 determined to leave

00:39:38.580 --> 00:39:39.100
 some room

00:39:39.100 --> 00:39:39.720
 for questions.

00:39:39.719 --> 00:39:42.939
 Do you recall

00:39:42.939 --> 00:39:44.739
 how quickly

00:39:44.739 --> 00:39:45.980
 dismal days

00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:46.759
 of spiritual

00:39:46.759 --> 00:39:47.500
 decline

00:39:47.500 --> 00:39:48.739
 plagued New

00:39:48.739 --> 00:39:49.159
 England

00:39:49.159 --> 00:39:50.159
 with Yale

00:39:50.159 --> 00:39:51.439
 as a microcosm

00:39:51.439 --> 00:39:52.379
 of such speedy

00:39:52.379 --> 00:39:52.879
 declension?

00:39:53.759 --> 00:39:55.099
 Remember the pattern

00:39:55.099 --> 00:39:55.399
 here.

00:39:55.899 --> 00:39:56.939
 One class

00:39:56.939 --> 00:39:57.939
 would be revived

00:39:57.939 --> 00:39:59.419
 and Yale

00:39:59.419 --> 00:40:00.239
 would be described

00:40:00.239 --> 00:40:01.119
 as a Bethel,

00:40:01.239 --> 00:40:02.039
 the very house

00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:02.839
 of God.

00:40:03.579 --> 00:40:04.179
 Then,

00:40:04.239 --> 00:40:04.619
 in a few

00:40:04.619 --> 00:40:05.419
 short years,

00:40:05.420 --> 00:40:07.420
 scarcely any

00:40:07.420 --> 00:40:08.059
 sign

00:40:08.059 --> 00:40:09.340
 of spiritual

00:40:09.340 --> 00:40:10.079
 vitality.

00:40:11.800 --> 00:40:12.720
 Surely,

00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:13.220
 this should

00:40:13.220 --> 00:40:14.200
 supply

00:40:14.200 --> 00:40:15.240
 a special

00:40:15.240 --> 00:40:15.980
 urgency

00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:17.440
 to the need

00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:18.800
 to relay

00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:20.300
 spiritual blessings

00:40:20.300 --> 00:40:21.500
 to the next

00:40:21.500 --> 00:40:22.240
 generation.

00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:24.340
 Our faith

00:40:24.340 --> 00:40:25.240
 does not pass

00:40:25.240 --> 00:40:26.000
 automatically

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:26.800
 from one

00:40:26.800 --> 00:40:27.360
 generation

00:40:27.360 --> 00:40:28.559
 to the next.

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:30.180
 No.

00:40:30.179 --> 00:40:31.739
 the relay

00:40:31.739 --> 00:40:32.379
 of faith

00:40:32.379 --> 00:40:33.139
 must be

00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:33.639
 deliberate.

00:40:35.219 --> 00:40:35.619
 Again,

00:40:35.759 --> 00:40:36.859
 2 Timothy 2,

00:40:37.139 --> 00:40:37.399
 2,

00:40:37.399 --> 00:40:38.379
 what you have

00:40:38.379 --> 00:40:39.099
 heard from me

00:40:39.099 --> 00:40:39.699
 in the presence

00:40:39.699 --> 00:40:40.619
 of many witnesses,

00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:42.079
 commit to

00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:42.919
 faithful ones

00:40:42.919 --> 00:40:43.319
 who will be

00:40:43.319 --> 00:40:44.239
 able to

00:40:44.239 --> 00:40:45.039
 teach others

00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:45.619
 also.

00:40:45.759 --> 00:40:46.960
 That unbroken

00:40:46.960 --> 00:40:47.619
 relay

00:40:47.619 --> 00:40:49.319
 across

00:40:49.319 --> 00:40:50.679
 generations.

00:40:51.619 --> 00:40:52.619
 We can ask

00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:52.960
 ourselves,

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:53.659
 what are we

00:40:53.659 --> 00:40:54.859
 doing to

00:40:54.859 --> 00:40:55.599
 relay the

00:40:55.599 --> 00:40:56.559
 full wealth

00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:57.480
 of gospel

00:40:57.480 --> 00:40:58.059
 conviction

00:40:58.059 --> 00:40:58.659
 and

00:40:58.659 --> 00:40:59.420
 experience

00:40:59.420 --> 00:41:00.239
 to the

00:41:00.239 --> 00:41:00.440
 next

00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:00.960
 generation?

00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:02.619
 What might

00:41:02.619 --> 00:41:03.219
 we do?

00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:06.079
 For this

00:41:06.079 --> 00:41:06.880
 needs to be

00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:07.739
 all hands

00:41:07.739 --> 00:41:08.400
 on deck.

00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:09.360
 So,

00:41:09.480 --> 00:41:10.440
 as you reflect,

00:41:10.900 --> 00:41:11.360
 think about

00:41:11.360 --> 00:41:12.279
 what has been

00:41:12.279 --> 00:41:13.400
 relayed to me?

00:41:13.900 --> 00:41:14.519
 What are some

00:41:14.519 --> 00:41:15.420
 of the blessings

00:41:15.420 --> 00:41:17.179
 of godliness

00:41:17.179 --> 00:41:18.079
 that I have

00:41:18.079 --> 00:41:18.659
 received

00:41:18.659 --> 00:41:19.559
 relayed to me

00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:20.759
 by faithful

00:41:20.759 --> 00:41:21.219
 people?

00:41:21.699 --> 00:41:22.340
 And how

00:41:22.340 --> 00:41:23.239
 might I be

00:41:23.239 --> 00:41:23.639
 able to

00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:24.259
 relay some

00:41:24.259 --> 00:41:24.659
 of that

00:41:24.659 --> 00:41:25.480
 to the

00:41:25.480 --> 00:41:26.840
 next generation?

00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:27.639
 So,

00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:28.359
 prayers

00:41:28.359 --> 00:41:29.079
 and

00:41:29.079 --> 00:41:29.859
 proclamations.

00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:31.400
 So,

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:31.980
 reflect on

00:41:31.980 --> 00:41:32.099
 that.

00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:32.279
 Well,

00:41:32.319 --> 00:41:32.460
 let me

00:41:32.460 --> 00:41:34.199
 stop there

00:41:34.199 --> 00:41:35.159
 in case

00:41:35.159 --> 00:41:35.379
 there are

00:41:35.379 --> 00:41:35.539
 any

00:41:35.539 --> 00:41:36.039
 questions

00:41:36.039 --> 00:41:36.239
 or

00:41:36.239 --> 00:41:36.719
 comments.

00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:38.859
 Yeah.

00:41:39.980 --> 00:41:40.420
 Okay.

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:41.159
 I found

00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:41.519
 this on

00:41:41.519 --> 00:41:41.799
 the web

00:41:41.799 --> 00:41:42.359
 for questions

00:41:42.359 --> 00:41:43.119
 or comments.

00:41:43.119 --> 00:41:43.259
 I think

00:41:43.259 --> 00:41:43.359
 colleges

00:41:43.359 --> 00:41:43.839
 today

00:41:43.839 --> 00:41:44.259
 usually

00:41:44.259 --> 00:41:44.799
 require

00:41:44.799 --> 00:41:45.400
 a statement

00:41:45.400 --> 00:41:45.819
 of faith

00:41:45.819 --> 00:41:46.219
 before

00:41:46.219 --> 00:41:46.859
 acceptance.

00:41:47.699 --> 00:41:47.980
 But I

00:41:47.980 --> 00:41:48.279
 take it

00:41:48.279 --> 00:41:48.679
 that was

00:41:48.679 --> 00:41:49.319
 not the

00:41:49.319 --> 00:41:49.559
 case

00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:49.960
 at Yale

00:41:49.960 --> 00:41:50.400
 or

00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:51.539
 did they

00:41:51.539 --> 00:41:51.980
 change

00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:52.279
 because

00:41:52.279 --> 00:41:53.099
 they were

00:41:53.099 --> 00:41:53.639
 founded to be

00:41:53.639 --> 00:41:54.679
 a college.

00:41:55.879 --> 00:41:56.119
 Did they

00:41:56.119 --> 00:41:57.079
 have or have

00:41:57.079 --> 00:41:57.500
 a policy

00:41:57.500 --> 00:41:57.860
 like I

00:41:57.860 --> 00:41:57.960
 were?

00:41:58.059 --> 00:41:58.400
 Is it not?

00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:00.019
 Well,

00:42:00.619 --> 00:42:02.239
 yes.

00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:02.900
 They did.

00:42:04.440 --> 00:42:04.719
 Every

00:42:04.719 --> 00:42:08.940
 student

00:42:08.940 --> 00:42:10.159
 would be

00:42:10.159 --> 00:42:10.799
 required

00:42:10.799 --> 00:42:11.940
 to place

00:42:11.940 --> 00:42:12.519
 themselves

00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:13.420
 under the

00:42:13.420 --> 00:42:14.039
 means of

00:42:14.039 --> 00:42:14.699
 grace.

00:42:15.360 --> 00:42:15.900
 But there

00:42:15.900 --> 00:42:16.199
 was an

00:42:16.199 --> 00:42:16.619
 acknowledgement

00:42:16.619 --> 00:42:16.960
 at the

00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:17.360
 founding of

00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:17.719
 Yale that

00:42:17.719 --> 00:42:18.000
 there would

00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:18.559
 be many

00:42:18.559 --> 00:42:19.079
 who came

00:42:19.079 --> 00:42:19.480
 that even

00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:19.880
 though they

00:42:19.880 --> 00:42:20.119
 were in

00:42:20.119 --> 00:42:20.639
 a Christian

00:42:20.639 --> 00:42:21.039
 culture

00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:21.239
 and a

00:42:21.239 --> 00:42:21.480
 Christian

00:42:21.480 --> 00:42:22.099
 society

00:42:22.099 --> 00:42:22.920
 who attended

00:42:22.920 --> 00:42:23.360
 churches

00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:23.980
 faithfully.

00:42:24.700 --> 00:42:24.820
 They

00:42:24.820 --> 00:42:26.720
 were not

00:42:26.720 --> 00:42:27.039
 yet

00:42:27.039 --> 00:42:27.820
 regenerate.

00:42:29.180 --> 00:42:29.400
 So

00:42:29.400 --> 00:42:31.420
 they

00:42:31.420 --> 00:42:33.700
 were not

00:42:33.700 --> 00:42:34.400
 required to

00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:34.659
 give an

00:42:34.659 --> 00:42:35.340
 account of

00:42:35.340 --> 00:42:35.500
 their

00:42:35.500 --> 00:42:36.059
 conversion

00:42:36.059 --> 00:42:36.980
 because many

00:42:36.980 --> 00:42:37.220
 of them

00:42:37.220 --> 00:42:37.680
 had not

00:42:37.680 --> 00:42:38.220
 been

00:42:38.220 --> 00:42:39.440
 regenerated.

00:42:39.639 --> 00:42:40.480
 They didn't

00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:40.720
 give an

00:42:40.720 --> 00:42:41.139
 account of

00:42:41.139 --> 00:42:41.300
 their

00:42:41.300 --> 00:42:41.940
 regeneration

00:42:41.940 --> 00:42:42.700
 because many

00:42:42.700 --> 00:42:42.900
 of them

00:42:42.900 --> 00:42:43.480
 had not.

00:42:43.800 --> 00:42:44.200
 But what

00:42:44.200 --> 00:42:44.559
 they did

00:42:44.559 --> 00:42:44.980
 need to

00:42:44.980 --> 00:42:45.980
 do was

00:42:45.980 --> 00:42:46.360
 they needed

00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:46.940
 to place

00:42:46.940 --> 00:42:47.440
 themselves

00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:48.039
 under the

00:42:48.039 --> 00:42:48.579
 tutelage of

00:42:48.579 --> 00:42:49.079
 the gospel

00:42:49.079 --> 00:42:49.500
 and all

00:42:49.500 --> 00:42:49.940
 would do

00:42:49.940 --> 00:42:50.340
 that.

00:42:51.280 --> 00:42:51.639
 So it

00:42:51.639 --> 00:42:52.820
 was among

00:42:52.820 --> 00:42:53.460
 the college

00:42:53.460 --> 00:42:54.539
 laws originally

00:42:54.539 --> 00:42:56.200
 that every

00:42:56.200 --> 00:42:58.840
 student must

00:42:58.840 --> 00:42:59.579
 give themselves

00:42:59.579 --> 00:43:00.380
 to daily

00:43:00.380 --> 00:43:01.280
 Bible reading

00:43:01.280 --> 00:43:02.579
 because that

00:43:02.579 --> 00:43:02.980
 would be one

00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:03.599
 of the means

00:43:03.599 --> 00:43:04.079
 of grace

00:43:04.079 --> 00:43:04.400
 that God

00:43:04.400 --> 00:43:04.840
 might use

00:43:04.840 --> 00:43:05.440
 to regenerate

00:43:05.440 --> 00:43:05.639
 them.

00:43:06.260 --> 00:43:07.099
 Then they

00:43:07.099 --> 00:43:07.559
 also would

00:43:07.559 --> 00:43:07.900
 have to

00:43:07.900 --> 00:43:08.980
 place themselves

00:43:08.980 --> 00:43:10.280
 regularly under

00:43:10.280 --> 00:43:11.400
 the preaching

00:43:11.400 --> 00:43:12.220
 of the gospel

00:43:12.220 --> 00:43:13.280
 in college

00:43:13.280 --> 00:43:14.400
 chapel or to

00:43:14.400 --> 00:43:15.039
 attend church

00:43:15.039 --> 00:43:15.599
 so they

00:43:15.599 --> 00:43:16.039
 would have

00:43:16.039 --> 00:43:16.280
 to do

00:43:16.280 --> 00:43:16.900
 these things

00:43:16.900 --> 00:43:17.700
 and then they

00:43:17.700 --> 00:43:18.599
 would also

00:43:18.599 --> 00:43:19.360
 be instructed

00:43:19.360 --> 00:43:19.900
 so they

00:43:19.900 --> 00:43:22.120
 would all

00:43:22.120 --> 00:43:22.340
 have to

00:43:22.340 --> 00:43:23.000
 memorize

00:43:23.000 --> 00:43:24.300
 catechisms.

00:43:24.620 --> 00:43:25.019
 All the

00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:26.019
 students would

00:43:26.019 --> 00:43:27.079
 memorize the

00:43:27.079 --> 00:43:27.480
 Westminster

00:43:27.480 --> 00:43:28.180
 Catechism.

00:43:28.660 --> 00:43:29.220
 Though some

00:43:29.220 --> 00:43:30.400
 wily students

00:43:30.400 --> 00:43:32.200
 realized that

00:43:32.200 --> 00:43:33.460
 if they

00:43:33.460 --> 00:43:33.920
 acknowledged

00:43:33.920 --> 00:43:34.539
 themselves as

00:43:34.539 --> 00:43:35.300
 congregational

00:43:35.300 --> 00:43:36.460
 or Presbyterians

00:43:36.460 --> 00:43:37.760
 they'd have to

00:43:37.760 --> 00:43:38.460
 memorize the

00:43:38.460 --> 00:43:38.880
 Westminster

00:43:38.880 --> 00:43:39.620
 Catechism

00:43:39.620 --> 00:43:40.820
 and if they

00:43:40.820 --> 00:43:42.200
 could just

00:43:42.200 --> 00:43:42.900
 suggest that

00:43:42.900 --> 00:43:43.280
 they were

00:43:43.280 --> 00:43:44.780
 Anglicans

00:43:44.780 --> 00:43:46.220
 then the

00:43:46.220 --> 00:43:46.720
 catechism

00:43:46.720 --> 00:43:47.000
 that they

00:43:47.000 --> 00:43:47.380
 had learned

00:43:47.380 --> 00:43:47.980
 was a little

00:43:47.980 --> 00:43:48.539
 bit shorter

00:43:48.539 --> 00:43:49.239
 a few pages

00:43:49.239 --> 00:43:49.599
 shorter.

00:43:50.279 --> 00:43:51.259
 So it was

00:43:51.259 --> 00:43:51.860
 really odd

00:43:51.860 --> 00:43:52.360
 it's so funny

00:43:52.360 --> 00:43:52.820
 because the

00:43:52.820 --> 00:43:53.420
 president was

00:43:53.420 --> 00:43:53.619
 sitting

00:43:53.619 --> 00:43:54.320
 why are we

00:43:54.320 --> 00:43:54.699
 having all

00:43:54.699 --> 00:43:54.880
 these

00:43:54.880 --> 00:43:55.420
 why is

00:43:55.420 --> 00:43:55.699
 everybody

00:43:55.699 --> 00:43:56.079
 becoming

00:43:56.079 --> 00:43:56.599
 an Anglican

00:43:56.599 --> 00:43:56.820
 and they

00:43:56.820 --> 00:43:57.000
 couldn't

00:43:57.000 --> 00:43:57.340
 figure it

00:43:57.340 --> 00:43:57.619
 out and

00:43:57.619 --> 00:43:58.400
 finally it

00:43:58.400 --> 00:43:58.739
 occurred to

00:43:58.739 --> 00:43:58.860
 them

00:43:58.860 --> 00:44:00.179
 the poor

00:44:00.179 --> 00:44:00.980
 Presbyterians

00:44:00.980 --> 00:44:01.320
 have to

00:44:01.320 --> 00:44:01.820
 students

00:44:01.820 --> 00:44:02.420
 identify

00:44:02.420 --> 00:44:03.360
 Presbyterians

00:44:03.360 --> 00:44:03.519
 or

00:44:03.519 --> 00:44:04.179
 Congregationalists

00:44:04.179 --> 00:44:04.960
 they have to

00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:05.579
 memorize a

00:44:05.579 --> 00:44:05.840
 longer

00:44:05.840 --> 00:44:06.480
 catechism

00:44:06.480 --> 00:44:07.360
 so as soon

00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:07.599
 as they

00:44:07.599 --> 00:44:08.199
 equalize the

00:44:08.199 --> 00:44:08.420
 thing

00:44:08.420 --> 00:44:09.380
 it reverts

00:44:09.380 --> 00:44:09.739
 back

00:44:09.739 --> 00:44:10.019
 as soon

00:44:10.019 --> 00:44:10.219
 as there

00:44:10.219 --> 00:44:10.559
 wasn't

00:44:10.559 --> 00:44:12.119
 a memory

00:44:12.119 --> 00:44:12.639
 advantage

00:44:12.639 --> 00:44:12.980
 so

00:44:12.980 --> 00:44:13.840
 stuff

00:44:13.840 --> 00:44:14.600
 but

00:44:14.600 --> 00:44:15.220
 this

00:44:15.220 --> 00:44:15.620
 begins

00:44:15.620 --> 00:44:15.820
 to

00:44:15.820 --> 00:44:17.140
 fall away

00:44:17.140 --> 00:44:17.579
 after the

00:44:17.579 --> 00:44:18.160
 Civil War

00:44:18.160 --> 00:44:18.720
 you begin

00:44:18.720 --> 00:44:19.100
 to have

00:44:19.100 --> 00:44:19.340
 some

00:44:19.340 --> 00:44:19.680
 trends

00:44:19.680 --> 00:44:20.260
 and again

00:44:20.260 --> 00:44:21.380
 the dynamic

00:44:21.380 --> 00:44:23.680
 is

00:44:23.680 --> 00:44:25.579
 once you

00:44:25.579 --> 00:44:26.480
 see in the

00:44:26.480 --> 00:44:27.260
 early

00:44:27.260 --> 00:44:29.480
 Connecticut

00:44:29.480 --> 00:44:30.420
 and early

00:44:30.420 --> 00:44:30.780
 Yale

00:44:30.780 --> 00:44:31.420
 you have

00:44:31.420 --> 00:44:32.200
 largely

00:44:32.200 --> 00:44:33.260
 a religiously

00:44:33.260 --> 00:44:33.940
 homogenous

00:44:33.940 --> 00:44:34.820
 society

00:44:34.820 --> 00:44:36.480
 so if we were

00:44:36.480 --> 00:44:36.760
 to take

00:44:36.760 --> 00:44:37.380
 the model

00:44:37.380 --> 00:44:37.720
 that you've

00:44:37.720 --> 00:44:37.940
 seen

00:44:37.940 --> 00:44:39.039
 for God

00:44:39.039 --> 00:44:39.800
 for country

00:44:39.800 --> 00:44:40.680
 and for Yale

00:44:40.679 --> 00:44:42.279
 early on

00:44:42.279 --> 00:44:42.879
 there seemed

00:44:42.879 --> 00:44:43.139
 to be

00:44:43.139 --> 00:44:44.119
 no conflict

00:44:44.119 --> 00:44:44.419
 it was

00:44:44.419 --> 00:44:45.399
 utter harmony

00:44:45.399 --> 00:44:46.000
 by being

00:44:46.000 --> 00:44:46.319
 for the

00:44:46.319 --> 00:44:46.679
 whole

00:44:46.679 --> 00:44:47.239
 country

00:44:47.239 --> 00:44:47.679
 at least

00:44:47.679 --> 00:44:47.960
 as they

00:44:47.960 --> 00:44:48.379
 experienced

00:44:48.379 --> 00:44:48.579
 it

00:44:48.579 --> 00:44:49.099
 and for

00:44:49.099 --> 00:44:49.419
 God

00:44:49.419 --> 00:44:50.199
 because

00:44:50.199 --> 00:44:50.579
 everybody

00:44:50.579 --> 00:44:50.919
 in their

00:44:50.919 --> 00:44:51.299
 country

00:44:51.299 --> 00:44:52.119
 in their

00:44:52.119 --> 00:44:52.419
 immediate

00:44:52.419 --> 00:44:53.019
 surroundings

00:44:53.019 --> 00:44:53.299
 who would

00:44:53.299 --> 00:44:53.579
 come to

00:44:53.579 --> 00:44:53.779
 Yale

00:44:53.779 --> 00:44:54.460
 was for

00:44:54.460 --> 00:44:54.719
 God

00:44:54.719 --> 00:44:54.980
 in the

00:44:54.980 --> 00:44:55.199
 same

00:44:55.199 --> 00:44:55.539
 way

00:44:55.539 --> 00:44:56.359
 largely

00:44:56.359 --> 00:44:57.119
 largely

00:44:57.119 --> 00:44:57.799
 I mean

00:44:57.799 --> 00:44:58.000
 if you

00:44:58.000 --> 00:44:58.379
 were a Jew

00:44:58.379 --> 00:44:59.839
 you're in

00:44:59.839 --> 00:45:00.239
 Rhode Island

00:45:00.239 --> 00:45:00.679
 if you're a

00:45:00.679 --> 00:45:00.960
 Baptist

00:45:00.960 --> 00:45:02.219
 you're in

00:45:02.219 --> 00:45:02.699
 Rhode Island

00:45:02.699 --> 00:45:04.019
 like Maryland

00:45:04.019 --> 00:45:04.359
 yeah

00:45:04.359 --> 00:45:05.119
 exactly

00:45:05.119 --> 00:45:07.059
 but when

00:45:07.059 --> 00:45:07.419
 America

00:45:07.419 --> 00:45:07.879
 became

00:45:07.879 --> 00:45:09.319
 much more

00:45:09.319 --> 00:45:10.659
 diverse

00:45:10.679 --> 00:45:11.899
 and even

00:45:11.899 --> 00:45:12.579
 religiously

00:45:12.579 --> 00:45:13.179
 diverse

00:45:13.179 --> 00:45:14.399
 then

00:45:14.399 --> 00:45:16.359
 you have

00:45:16.359 --> 00:45:16.739
 a challenging

00:45:16.739 --> 00:45:17.259
 situation

00:45:17.259 --> 00:45:17.579
 you begin

00:45:17.579 --> 00:45:18.639
 for country

00:45:18.639 --> 00:45:19.219
 and for

00:45:19.219 --> 00:45:20.000
 their perception

00:45:20.000 --> 00:45:20.879
 of for God

00:45:20.879 --> 00:45:22.159
 began to not

00:45:22.159 --> 00:45:23.119
 be perfectly

00:45:23.119 --> 00:45:23.819
 overlapping

00:45:23.819 --> 00:45:24.859
 now first

00:45:24.859 --> 00:45:25.719
 much of the

00:45:25.719 --> 00:45:26.139
 immigration

00:45:26.139 --> 00:45:26.679
 was from

00:45:26.679 --> 00:45:27.519
 northern Europe

00:45:27.519 --> 00:45:27.919
 and western

00:45:27.919 --> 00:45:28.099
 Europe

00:45:28.099 --> 00:45:28.480
 and that was

00:45:28.480 --> 00:45:29.599
 all Protestant

00:45:29.599 --> 00:45:31.019
 but then it

00:45:31.019 --> 00:45:31.440
 began to

00:45:31.440 --> 00:45:32.099
 shift

00:45:32.099 --> 00:45:34.500
 Roman Catholics

00:45:34.500 --> 00:45:34.919
 coming in

00:45:34.919 --> 00:45:35.379
 it's shift

00:45:35.379 --> 00:45:36.099
 to southern

00:45:36.099 --> 00:45:36.779
 and even

00:45:36.779 --> 00:45:37.379
 eastern

00:45:37.379 --> 00:45:38.339
 Eastern Europe

00:45:38.339 --> 00:45:39.419
 a lot of

00:45:39.419 --> 00:45:39.919
 Jewish immigrants

00:45:39.920 --> 00:45:41.119
 Irish potato

00:45:41.119 --> 00:45:41.539
 famine

00:45:41.539 --> 00:45:42.099
 a lot of

00:45:42.099 --> 00:45:42.480
 Catholics

00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:43.059
 coming through

00:45:43.059 --> 00:45:44.039
 so now

00:45:44.039 --> 00:45:44.619
 we have a

00:45:44.619 --> 00:45:45.340
 pretty diverse

00:45:45.340 --> 00:45:45.820
 culture

00:45:45.820 --> 00:45:47.480
 and the

00:45:47.480 --> 00:45:48.380
 trustees

00:45:48.380 --> 00:45:50.920
 began to

00:45:50.920 --> 00:45:51.059
 think

00:45:51.059 --> 00:45:51.500
 okay

00:45:51.500 --> 00:45:53.039
 are we

00:45:53.039 --> 00:45:53.500
 going to

00:45:53.500 --> 00:45:53.800
 be a

00:45:53.800 --> 00:45:54.200
 college

00:45:54.200 --> 00:45:55.260
 just for

00:45:55.260 --> 00:45:55.700
 our

00:45:55.700 --> 00:45:57.000
 congregationalists

00:45:57.000 --> 00:45:57.240
 here

00:45:57.240 --> 00:45:57.900
 our Protestant

00:45:57.900 --> 00:45:58.820
 congregationalists

00:45:58.820 --> 00:46:00.079
 or do we

00:46:00.079 --> 00:46:00.720
 want to be

00:46:00.720 --> 00:46:01.500
 a national

00:46:01.500 --> 00:46:02.380
 college

00:46:02.380 --> 00:46:03.720
 for everyone

00:46:03.720 --> 00:46:04.039
 here

00:46:04.039 --> 00:46:04.740
 so then we

00:46:04.740 --> 00:46:05.059
 need to

00:46:05.059 --> 00:46:05.619
 loosen up

00:46:05.619 --> 00:46:06.320
 the strictures

00:46:06.320 --> 00:46:07.079
 and let

00:46:07.079 --> 00:46:07.680
 people come

00:46:07.679 --> 00:46:08.239
 in who

00:46:08.239 --> 00:46:08.699
 might not

00:46:08.699 --> 00:46:09.239
 identify

00:46:09.239 --> 00:46:09.639
 in the

00:46:09.639 --> 00:46:10.239
 same way

00:46:10.239 --> 00:46:11.279
 with

00:46:11.279 --> 00:46:12.440
 Christianity

00:46:12.440 --> 00:46:12.960
 as we

00:46:12.960 --> 00:46:13.599
 understand it

00:46:13.599 --> 00:46:14.199
 so those

00:46:14.199 --> 00:46:14.559
 were some

00:46:14.559 --> 00:46:14.759
 of the

00:46:14.759 --> 00:46:16.019
 chief

00:46:16.019 --> 00:46:17.259
 dynamics

00:46:17.259 --> 00:46:17.799
 yeah

00:46:17.799 --> 00:46:18.299
 yeah

00:46:18.299 --> 00:46:19.460
 I'm curious

00:46:19.460 --> 00:46:19.859
 about the

00:46:19.859 --> 00:46:20.599
 mission school

00:46:20.599 --> 00:46:21.159
 so I know

00:46:21.159 --> 00:46:21.980
 another class

00:46:21.980 --> 00:46:22.239
 you had

00:46:22.239 --> 00:46:22.559
 mentioned

00:46:22.559 --> 00:46:22.960
 that

00:46:22.960 --> 00:46:23.819
 the early

00:46:23.819 --> 00:46:24.460
 Puritans

00:46:24.460 --> 00:46:24.819
 when they

00:46:24.819 --> 00:46:25.159
 were reaching

00:46:25.159 --> 00:46:25.480
 out to the

00:46:25.480 --> 00:46:25.919
 Native Americans

00:46:25.919 --> 00:46:26.339
 they thought

00:46:26.339 --> 00:46:26.819
 they had to

00:46:26.819 --> 00:46:28.059
 take away

00:46:28.059 --> 00:46:28.500
 their culture

00:46:28.500 --> 00:46:29.219
 and make

00:46:29.219 --> 00:46:30.139
 them into

00:46:30.139 --> 00:46:31.000
 their culture

00:46:31.000 --> 00:46:31.419
 yes

00:46:31.419 --> 00:46:32.279
 and then

00:46:32.279 --> 00:46:32.679
 one of the

00:46:32.679 --> 00:46:33.139
 guys from

00:46:33.139 --> 00:46:33.359
 Yale

00:46:33.359 --> 00:46:33.699
 who got

00:46:33.699 --> 00:46:34.079
 I think

00:46:34.079 --> 00:46:35.079
 he was one

00:46:35.079 --> 00:46:35.480
 of the first

00:46:35.480 --> 00:46:35.919
 ones to go

00:46:35.920 --> 00:46:36.159
 to the Native

00:46:36.159 --> 00:46:36.539
 Americans

00:46:36.539 --> 00:46:37.280
 and let

00:46:37.280 --> 00:46:37.480
 them

00:46:37.480 --> 00:46:38.059
 just be

00:46:38.059 --> 00:46:38.380
 their own

00:46:38.380 --> 00:46:38.659
 culture

00:46:38.659 --> 00:46:39.039
 I don't

00:46:39.039 --> 00:46:39.360
 remember

00:46:39.360 --> 00:46:39.740
 their name

00:46:39.740 --> 00:46:40.139
 yeah

00:46:40.139 --> 00:46:40.720
 so you're

00:46:40.720 --> 00:46:41.220
 talking about

00:46:41.220 --> 00:46:41.619
 Brainerd

00:46:41.619 --> 00:46:42.019
 yeah

00:46:42.019 --> 00:46:42.860
 so then the

00:46:42.860 --> 00:46:43.440
 mission school

00:46:43.440 --> 00:46:43.780
 that was

00:46:43.780 --> 00:46:43.960
 sort of

00:46:43.960 --> 00:46:44.320
 at this

00:46:44.320 --> 00:46:44.639
 point

00:46:44.639 --> 00:46:45.200
 what was

00:46:45.200 --> 00:46:45.420
 kind of

00:46:45.420 --> 00:46:45.559
 their

00:46:45.559 --> 00:46:46.039
 philosophy

00:46:46.039 --> 00:46:46.440
 on that

00:46:46.440 --> 00:46:46.780
 right

00:46:46.780 --> 00:46:48.720
 yeah

00:46:48.720 --> 00:46:50.760
 so the

00:46:50.760 --> 00:46:51.059
 thing is

00:46:51.059 --> 00:46:51.320
 the

00:46:51.320 --> 00:46:51.639
 Cornwall

00:46:51.639 --> 00:46:51.840
 school

00:46:51.840 --> 00:46:52.300
 yes

00:46:52.300 --> 00:46:53.240
 and the

00:46:53.240 --> 00:46:53.579
 shift

00:46:53.579 --> 00:46:53.980
 was

00:46:53.980 --> 00:46:54.400
 David

00:46:54.400 --> 00:46:55.180
 Brainerd

00:46:55.180 --> 00:46:55.980
 because

00:46:55.980 --> 00:46:56.340
 David

00:46:56.340 --> 00:46:57.300
 Brainerd

00:46:57.300 --> 00:46:57.780
 when he

00:46:57.780 --> 00:47:00.119
 had experienced

00:47:00.119 --> 00:47:00.500
 some of the

00:47:00.500 --> 00:47:01.380
 revival

00:47:01.380 --> 00:47:02.079
 at Yale

00:47:02.079 --> 00:47:02.460
 then he

00:47:02.460 --> 00:47:02.980
 becomes a

00:47:02.980 --> 00:47:03.300
 missionary

00:47:03.300 --> 00:47:04.420
 and he's

00:47:04.420 --> 00:47:05.139
 so he's

00:47:05.139 --> 00:47:05.559
 among the

00:47:05.559 --> 00:47:06.159
 Native Americans

00:47:06.159 --> 00:47:06.840
 and then at

00:47:06.840 --> 00:47:07.360
 the forks

00:47:07.360 --> 00:47:07.519
 of the

00:47:07.519 --> 00:47:07.880
 Delaware

00:47:07.880 --> 00:47:08.380
 across

00:47:08.380 --> 00:47:08.880
 Weeksville

00:47:08.880 --> 00:47:09.860
 he has

00:47:09.860 --> 00:47:10.579
 an experience

00:47:10.579 --> 00:47:11.019
 where he

00:47:11.019 --> 00:47:11.639
 is preaching

00:47:11.639 --> 00:47:13.519
 and these

00:47:13.519 --> 00:47:14.440
 Native Americans

00:47:14.440 --> 00:47:16.019
 respond

00:47:16.019 --> 00:47:18.679
 indistinguishably

00:47:18.679 --> 00:47:19.360
 from the

00:47:19.360 --> 00:47:19.779
 things that he

00:47:19.779 --> 00:47:20.139
 had seen

00:47:20.139 --> 00:47:20.420
 in these

00:47:20.420 --> 00:47:21.259
 staid old

00:47:21.259 --> 00:47:21.679
 New England

00:47:21.679 --> 00:47:22.259
 churches

00:47:22.259 --> 00:47:23.179
 among

00:47:23.179 --> 00:47:23.920
 you know

00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:24.519
 the English

00:47:24.519 --> 00:47:25.420
 settlers

00:47:25.420 --> 00:47:26.940
 and he

00:47:26.940 --> 00:47:27.539
 realized

00:47:27.539 --> 00:47:28.259
 oh my

00:47:28.259 --> 00:47:28.900
 goodness

00:47:28.900 --> 00:47:30.400
 they don't

00:47:30.400 --> 00:47:31.119
 have to be

00:47:31.119 --> 00:47:32.119
 civilized

00:47:32.119 --> 00:47:32.719
 as they put

00:47:32.719 --> 00:47:32.920
 it

00:47:32.920 --> 00:47:33.699
 before they

00:47:33.699 --> 00:47:34.000
 can be

00:47:34.000 --> 00:47:34.920
 gospelized

00:47:34.920 --> 00:47:35.960
 they

00:47:35.960 --> 00:47:36.559
 clearly

00:47:36.559 --> 00:47:38.599
 they clearly

00:47:38.599 --> 00:47:39.180
 have become

00:47:39.180 --> 00:47:40.019
 regenerated

00:47:40.019 --> 00:47:40.960
 and you know

00:47:40.960 --> 00:47:41.340
 what they

00:47:41.340 --> 00:47:41.940
 don't have to

00:47:41.940 --> 00:47:42.280
 live in a

00:47:42.280 --> 00:47:42.619
 house they

00:47:42.619 --> 00:47:43.000
 can live in

00:47:43.000 --> 00:47:43.539
 a teepee

00:47:43.539 --> 00:47:44.119
 in a

00:47:44.119 --> 00:47:44.619
 wigwam

00:47:44.619 --> 00:47:45.700
 and still

00:47:45.700 --> 00:47:46.800
 be vital

00:47:46.800 --> 00:47:47.300
 dynamic

00:47:47.300 --> 00:47:47.920
 godly

00:47:47.920 --> 00:47:48.539
 Christians

00:47:48.539 --> 00:47:49.380
 so

00:47:49.380 --> 00:47:50.559
 this

00:47:50.559 --> 00:47:51.659
 the Puritans

00:47:51.659 --> 00:47:52.300
 picked up on

00:47:52.300 --> 00:47:52.800
 this and

00:47:52.800 --> 00:47:53.900
 they were

00:47:53.900 --> 00:47:55.440
 convinced

00:47:55.440 --> 00:47:56.039
 that this

00:47:56.039 --> 00:47:56.500
 was so

00:47:56.500 --> 00:47:57.079
 so they

00:47:57.079 --> 00:47:57.639
 abandoned

00:47:57.639 --> 00:47:58.579
 they basically

00:47:58.579 --> 00:47:59.260
 abandoned that

00:47:59.260 --> 00:47:59.460
 and said

00:47:59.460 --> 00:47:59.860
 no no

00:47:59.860 --> 00:48:00.599
 we can

00:48:00.599 --> 00:48:01.320
 preach the

00:48:01.320 --> 00:48:01.720
 gospel

00:48:01.720 --> 00:48:02.740
 we don't

00:48:02.739 --> 00:48:03.139
 have to

00:48:03.139 --> 00:48:03.699
 and yeah

00:48:03.699 --> 00:48:04.219
 maybe things

00:48:04.219 --> 00:48:04.459
 are a little

00:48:04.459 --> 00:48:05.019
 bit strange

00:48:05.019 --> 00:48:05.459
 we're not

00:48:05.459 --> 00:48:06.019
 quite sure

00:48:06.019 --> 00:48:06.919
 if you're

00:48:06.919 --> 00:48:07.500
 nomadic

00:48:07.500 --> 00:48:08.419
 how that

00:48:08.419 --> 00:48:08.919
 works in

00:48:08.919 --> 00:48:09.339
 with church

00:48:09.339 --> 00:48:09.799
 membership

00:48:09.799 --> 00:48:10.319
 there are a lot

00:48:10.319 --> 00:48:10.819
 of confusing

00:48:10.819 --> 00:48:11.599
 questions but

00:48:11.599 --> 00:48:12.179
 we know it's

00:48:12.179 --> 00:48:12.479
 got to be

00:48:12.479 --> 00:48:12.939
 possible

00:48:12.939 --> 00:48:13.859
 but I mean

00:48:13.859 --> 00:48:14.599
 those are real

00:48:14.599 --> 00:48:15.179
 questions you

00:48:15.179 --> 00:48:15.819
 know how do

00:48:15.819 --> 00:48:16.179
 you do this

00:48:16.179 --> 00:48:16.659
 off the back

00:48:16.659 --> 00:48:17.199
 of a horse

00:48:17.199 --> 00:48:17.619
 how do you

00:48:17.619 --> 00:48:18.000
 do church

00:48:18.000 --> 00:48:18.439
 off the back

00:48:18.439 --> 00:48:18.919
 of a horse

00:48:18.919 --> 00:48:19.899
 it's challenging

00:48:19.899 --> 00:48:20.539
 for missionaries

00:48:20.539 --> 00:48:21.439
 still as we go

00:48:21.439 --> 00:48:22.139
 different places

00:48:22.139 --> 00:48:23.399
 but

00:48:23.399 --> 00:48:27.659
 there's the

00:48:27.659 --> 00:48:28.899
 indigenizing

00:48:28.899 --> 00:48:29.359
 principle

00:48:29.360 --> 00:48:30.559
 the gospel

00:48:30.559 --> 00:48:32.840
 can find

00:48:32.840 --> 00:48:33.740
 its home

00:48:33.740 --> 00:48:35.460
 in any

00:48:35.460 --> 00:48:36.140
 culture

00:48:36.140 --> 00:48:37.180
 in any

00:48:37.180 --> 00:48:37.700
 culture

00:48:37.700 --> 00:48:38.640
 but then

00:48:38.640 --> 00:48:38.940
 there's the

00:48:38.940 --> 00:48:39.460
 pilgrimizing

00:48:39.460 --> 00:48:40.280
 principle also

00:48:40.280 --> 00:48:41.519
 the gospel

00:48:41.519 --> 00:48:43.039
 is never

00:48:43.039 --> 00:48:43.840
 perfectly

00:48:43.840 --> 00:48:44.720
 at home

00:48:44.720 --> 00:48:46.059
 in any

00:48:46.059 --> 00:48:46.519
 culture

00:48:46.519 --> 00:48:47.400
 and it

00:48:47.400 --> 00:48:47.800
 calls us

00:48:47.800 --> 00:48:48.360
 to repentance

00:48:48.360 --> 00:48:49.180
 and to

00:48:49.180 --> 00:48:49.559
 pilgrimage

00:48:49.559 --> 00:48:50.500
 because we're

00:48:50.500 --> 00:48:50.920
 citizens

00:48:50.920 --> 00:48:52.680
 of heaven

00:48:52.680 --> 00:48:53.640
 so it can

00:48:53.640 --> 00:48:54.579
 come into

00:48:54.579 --> 00:48:55.480
 any culture

00:48:55.480 --> 00:48:57.820
 when the

00:48:57.820 --> 00:48:58.800
 early Christians

00:48:58.800 --> 00:49:00.000
 tried to

00:49:00.000 --> 00:49:01.000
 understand this

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 do the

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 Gentiles

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 need to

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 become

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 culturally

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 Jewish

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 before they

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 can become

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 Christians

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 circumcision

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 all that

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 stuff

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 in the

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 Jerusalem

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 council

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 no

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 you don't

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 have to

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 become

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 a Jew

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 to become

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 a Christian

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 you don't

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 no no

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 the gospel

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 can fit

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 into

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 any

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 can find

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 its home

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 in any

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 culture

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 and this

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 is pretty

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 distinctive

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 Islam

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 is not

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 this way

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 so

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 vitally

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 important

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 we should

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 probably

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 conclude

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 thank you

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 team

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 Lord willing

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 next week

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 we will

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 be

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 jumping

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 to

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 the next

00:49:41.340 --> 00:49:41.760
 century

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 and we'll

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 be looking

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 at

00:49:43.119 --> 00:49:43.500
 William

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 Borden

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 and the

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 student

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 volunteer

00:49:46.059 --> 00:49:46.760
 movement

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 and

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 so forth

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 so

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 thank you

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 very much

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 so this

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 is called

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 it all

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 happened

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 here

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 six

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 generations

00:49:58.940 --> 00:49:59.519
 of faithful

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 Christian

00:49:59.920 --> 00:50:00.359
 witness

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 in New

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 Haven

00:50:01.259 --> 00:50:02.319
 yeah

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 I'm not

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 going to

00:50:07.839 --> 00:50:08.199
 touch this

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 band

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 because I

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 might do

00:50:09.379 --> 00:50:09.659
 something

00:50:09.659 --> 00:50:10.019
 terrible

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 so

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 I'll

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 let you

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 do it

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 to

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 PG

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 to

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 G

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 to

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 the

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 music