Leo's Report on the Second Great Awakening

In this time, many had strayed from the Lord and His precepts. This awakening drastically affected many lives. It began on the western frontier of New England. Its effect traveled across the ocean. Camp meetings were attended by as many as 20,000 people at one time. These meetings were held by pastors on the spacious prairie. One of the results of this awakening, was a conviction of their need for the gospel. Drunkenness and gambling were two examples of the ungodliness of the day. Some families had not entered a church building for the past two generations. It ended with Charles G. Finney's preaching of erroneous doctrine and the spreading of his ''new measures'' for evangelism.