When there is a spirit of controversy in the church or in the land, a revival is needful. The spirit of religion is not the spirit of controversy. There can be no prosperity in religion, where the spirit of controversy prevails.


Lectures on Revivals of Religion (ed. 1835)

Charles Grandison Finney Quotes

When there is a spirit of controversy in the church or in the land, a revival is needful. The spirit of religion is not the spirit of controversy....

When there is a spirit of controversy in the church or in the land, a revival is needful. The spirit of religion is not the spirit of controversy....

When there is a spirit of controversy in the church or in the land, a revival is needful. The spirit of religion is not the spirit of controversy....

When there is a spirit of controversy in the church or in the land, a revival is needful. The spirit of religion is not the spirit of controversy....