... collection plates. Using the simplest language, and taking advantage of human guilt, these preachers greatly helped in the rise of church attendance, creating vivid images of Hell, and stating that no longer was there the elite, everyone could have salvation if they redeemed their sins now. They spread their message out to all, to the simplest country folk, and even women ... class. Prizing feeling over than thinking, and trusting the heart rather than the head, people in the Great Awakening relied mainly on their minister to encourage their religious beliefs, and no longer the Bible. T...

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