Lectures on Revivals of Religion, 2nd ed., with an introductory essay by Leonard Woods (New York: Daniel Appleton & Co., 1833), Lecture I, "Nature of a Revival" (Isa. 45:8), pp. 5-6

Religion consists in a conformity of heart and life to the will of God. It consists in a principle of obedience implanted in the soul, and in the operation of that principle in the conduct. Religion is substantially the…