Jonathan Edwards on communion with God
If George Whitefield was the great evangelist of the Great Awakening in its North American phase, then Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) was the great thinker. But he was by no means a detached analyst. This is clear from his account- especially in his Personal Narrative – of his own spiritual experience.
Like the psalmists of old, Edwards delighted in God’s handiwork in creation:
…‘I often used to sit and view the moon, for a long time; and so in the daytime, spent much time in viewing the clouds and sky, to behold the sweet glory of God in these things: in the meantime, singing forth with a low voice, my contemplations of the Creator and Redeemer.