He stopped as if awakening from a dream and lifted his head.

The morning, which is the most memorable season of the day, is the awakening hour.

Despite the fact that with the exception of the period of the "Great Awakening" (1740-1742), when he preached as an itinerant in several neighbouring colonies, his active labours were confined to his own parish, his influence on the religious thought of his time in America was probably surpassed only by that of his old friend and teacher Jonathan Edwards.

And with the decision and tenderness that often come at the moment of awakening, she embraced her friend, but noticing Sonya's look of embarrassment, her own face expressed confusion and suspicion.

The Baptist cause in New England that had profited so largely from the Great Awakening failed to reap a like harvest from the War of Independence.