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Excerpt from Memorial Address and Proceedings at the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Settlement of Geneseo, Illinois, November 19th and 20th, 1866 This was true, not simply in regard to the matter of personal salvation, but in regard to the whole Sphere of religious life and influence. That revival made practical Christians. The great question was Lord, what wilt thou have me to do 3 In the travail of that revival the two great reforms of Temper ance and anti-slavery had their birth. Then the schemes of organic benevolence, that had grown out of the preceding revival period of 1787, took on new life and vigor. Especially (fidthe work of home and of foreign missions receive new impetus. New zeal was awakened for the conversion of J ews, Romanists, and other foreign immigrants, and particularly of our own native population. This state of mind, taken in con nection with the rapid opening of the West, revived in man y Christian minds the prayerful inquiry: Where can I go, to make my life tell the most for my Redeemer, for my country? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.