Evangelical Revival · 1745

The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul

Philip Doddridge (1702-1751)

Written at the urging of Isaac Watts and published the year before Doddridge's death, this treatise walks the reader through every stage of the spiritual life, from the careless sinner first awakened to the dying Christian honoring God in his final hours. It shaped the conversions of William Wilberforce and countless others across the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, making it one of the most practically influential devotional works of the English evangelical tradition. Doddridge wrote as a Northamptonshire pastor who had guided hundreds of young men through faith, and his directness, his warmth, and his structured address to the reader carry that pastoral experience in every chapter.

9.5 hrs total · 31 chapters