CHARLES G. FINNEY

CHRONOLOGY

of The LIFE EVENTS of

Charles Grandison Finney

 

Color Code: --- Births: Blue --- Marriage: Green --- Death: Red

YEAR
DATE
EVENT
PLACE
OTHER

1792

August 29

C. G. Finney's Birth Day

Warren, Litchfield County, Connecticut

1794

Family Moved

To Oneida County, New York

1812

Finney Moved

To Warren, Connecticut to live with Uncle

1814

Finney Left Connecticut

Moved to New Jersey

Taught in Public Schools

1818

Returned to

Henderson, Jefferson County, New York

Due to Mother's poor health

1821

Studied Law

At Wright and Wardwell Law Offices, Adams New York

1821

October 10

Conversion to Christ

Adams, New York

1823

June 25

Began Preparation to be Licensed by the Presbytery

St. Lawrence Presbytery in Adams, New York

December 30

Licensed to Preach

St. Lawrence Presbytery in Adams, New York

1824

March 17

Commissioned as a Missionary by the Female Missionary Society

May 7

Discharged from the Local Masonic Chapter

May 7 ?

Ordained

Oneida Presbytery

October 5

Married Lydia Root Andrews

Lydia was born March 8, 1804

1826

Began Preaching Revival in New York Area

Transferred to the Oneida Presbytery?

January

Preached sermon "Can two Walk Together Except They Be Agreed?"

Troy, New York

July 18

New Lebanon Convention

New Lebanon, New York

Conference on New Measures, Revivals, etc., with Nettleton, Beecher, Finney, etc.

1828

June 8

Daughter Born: Helen Clarissa

1828

Revival Preaching

Philadelphia and New York

1829

Revivals Continue

German Reformed Church, Philadelphia and Lancaster, Pennsylvania

1830

March 28

Son Born: Charles Beman

1830

Six Months of Revival Services

Rochester, New York

"Rock of Ages" written by Thomas Hastings

1831

Revival Meetings

Auburn, Buffalo, and Boston

Preached "Sinners Bound to Change Their Own Hearats"

1832

March 7

Son Born: Frederic Norton

1832

September 28

Began Pastorate

Chatham Street Chapel, New York: Also known as Second Free Church

Contracted Cholera immediately following service

1833

Spring

Begins Preaching after Cholera Recovery

New York

Oberlin Collegiate Institute Opens with 100 Students

1834

Took Sea Voyage for his health

Mediterranean Sea, Malta

Sermons on Various Subjects Published

1835

Accepted Position as Professor of Theology

at Oberlin, Ohio

1835

Friday Evening Lectures on Revival of Religion

Chatham Street Chapel, New York

1835

December

Lectures on Revival of Relilgion Published

New York

Fire in December Destroys more than 600 Buildings

1836

March 13

Resigns as Pastor

Chatham Street Chapel, New York

1836

April 10

Begins Pastorate

Broadway Tabernacle Church, New York

1836

Lectures to Professing Christians begin each week

Broadway Tabernacle Church, New York

Published Weekly in the New York Evangelist

1837

March 16

Daughter Born: Julia

New York?

1837

April 6

Resigned as Pastor

Broadway Tabernacle Church, New York

1837

Lectures to Professing Christians published in book form

New York

1840

Skeletons of a Course of Theological Lectures published

Oberlin, Ohio

1840

Views of Sanctification Published

Oberlin, Ohio

1841

Daughter Born: Sarah

1842

Preached Revivals

Rochester, New York; Marlborough Chapel in Boston; Providence, Rhode Island

1842

June 26

Sylvester Finney Died (Father)

1843

March 9

Daughter Sarah Died

1843

December

Preached

Marlborough Chapel in Boston

Experiences "Great Enlargement"

1844

Through March

Continues Preaching

Marlborough Chapel, Boston

1844

Daughter Born: Delia

Dies Sept 1, 1852

1844

First Servies as Pastor of the First Congregational Church of Christ

Oberlin, Ohio

1846

Lectures on Systematic Theology (Vol 2) Written and Published

Oberlin, Ohio

1847

Lectures on Systematic Theology (Vol 3) written and Published

Oberlin, Ohio

1847

December 17

Wife Lydia Dies

Oberlin, Ohio?

1848

Guide to The Savior Published

Oberlin, Ohio

1848

November 13

Finney marries Mrs. Elizabeth Ford Atkinson of Rochester, New York

1849

November

Begins Preaching

England

1850

All year

Preaching

England

1851

thru April

Concludes preaching

England

One Volume of Systematic Theology is published in England

1851

Augusst 26

Elected President of Oberlin College

Oberlin, Ohio

1851

Fall to April 1852

Preaches Revivals

Broadway Tabernalce, New York; Hartford, Connecticut; Brooklyn Plymouth Congregational Church

1852

September 1

Daughter Delia Dies

1855

Fall

Revival Meetings

Rochester, New York

1863

November 27

Second Wife Elilzabeth Dies

?

1864

Marries Rebecca Rayl

She Dies September 12, 1907

1865

August

Resigns as President of Oberlin College

1869

The Character, Claims and Practical Workings of Freemasonry Published

?

1871

November

Spoke to the National Congregational Council

Oberlin, Ohio

1872

May

Retired as Pastor of First Congregational Church

Oberlin, Ohio

1874

Spoke to the National Congregational Church

Oberlin, Ohio

1875

July

Taught Last Pastoral Theology Class

Oberlin, Ohio

1875

August 16

Charles G. Finney Dies

Oberlin, Ohio

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