Forty-fourth Annual Report of the Massachusetts Missionary Society [Report on Revivals]

Massachusetts Missionary Society. Forty-fourth Annual Report of the Massachusetts Missionary Society [Report on Revivals]. Boston: T. R. Marvin. 1843. [3373] Signed by Rev. William Jenks, D.D. Original paper wrapper, back tattered & detached, front chipped and nearly detached, 9 x 6 inches, 48 clean pages. Fair. Pamphlet. This consists mainly of reports from the churches, each a paragraph in length. There are 71 churches reporting, and a separate report on "Revivals" states, "At no time for the last ten years have the labors of the Massachusetts Missionary Society been accompanied by stronger demonstrations of the Spirits' power. A season of special religious interest has been enjoyed in twenty-five of the congregations, and about 800, it is thought, have passed from death to life. An unusually large number were taken from the most hopeless cases." William Jenks, D.D., (1778-1866) was a Congregational minister of great ability and distinction, was educated at Harvard where he grad