Asahel nettleton biography of albert

Asahel Nettleton (April 21, 1783 – May 16, 1844) was an American theologian and Evangelist from Connecticut who was highly influential during the Second Great Awakening.

The number of people converted to Christianity as a result of his ministry was estimated by one biographer at 30,000.^[1] He participated in the New Lebanon Conference in 1827, during which he and Lyman Beecher opposed the teachings of Charles Grandison Finney.^[2]

Early years

Nettleton was born 1783 into a farming family in Connecticut.

During his early years, he occasionally experienced religious impressions. "One evening while standing alone in a field, he watched the sun go down. The approaching night reminded him that his own life would some day fade into the darkness of the world beyond.

He suddenly realized that he, like all other people, would die." These impressions were only temporary.^[3]

In the autumn of 1800 Nettleton came under powerful conv