Charles Grandison Finney

Introduction - Allow to introduce myself, my name is Charles Grandison Finney, and I am an Presbyterian preacher who employs technique called “new measures” in sermons. These “new measures” have drawn controversy from men like Lyman Beecher, but my techniques work, and they are egalitarian in nature. They appeal to common people. For example, I pray with women, and use the common man’s words in my lectures. I also believe in “perfectionism”, meaning that we all can higher ourselves through moral reform, thereby living closer to god. I, therefore, am a firm advocate of moral reforms.