When God comes to church, many wonderful things happen. Times of revival, known as times of God's special presence in power, bring new life to the church. In the 1700s, the first great awakening transformed Northampton and other places, with 50,000 people converted and taverns closed. The second great awakening, from 1790 to 1860, saw God working mightily through many people and in many ways, with an estimated million people coming to the faith. The third great awakening, from 1857 to 1859, was a businessman's revival, with 10,000 men gathering daily for prayer in New York City and 5,000 meeting for prayer in the evening in Chicago.
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