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“Several members of Jonathan Edwards’ church had spent the whole night in prayer before he preached his memorable sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” The Holy Ghost was so mightily poured out, and God so manifest in holiness and majesty during the preaching of that sermon, that the elders threw their arms around the pillars of the church and cried, ‘Lord, save us, we are slipping down into hell.'” Kneeling We Triumph, “God’s Night Shift”, page 111, Edwin and Lillian Harvey
“I have been in that old church in New England where Jonathan Edwards preached his great sermon, ‘Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”. He had a little manuscript which he held up so close to his face that they could not see his countenance. But as he went on and on, the people in the crowded church were tremendously moved. One man sprang to his feet, rushed down the aisles, and cried: ‘Mr. Edwards, have mercy!”
“Other men caught hold of the backs of the pews lest they should slip into perdition. I have seen the old pillars around which they threw their arms, when they thought the day of judgment had dawned upon them. The power of that sermon is still felt in the United States today.”
“But there is a bit of history behind it. For three days Edwards had not eaten a mouthful of food; for three nights he had not closed his eyes in sleep. Over and over again, he had been saying to God: Give me New England! Give me New England!'”
“And when rose from his knees, and made his way into the pulpit they that he looked as if he had been gazing straight into the face of God. They say that before he opened his lips to speak, conviction fell upon his audience.”
J. Wilbur Chapman
From Kneeling We Triumph, “For the Asking”, page 35
