OLD LIGHTS
\ˈə͡ʊld lˈa͡ɪts], \ˈəʊld lˈaɪts], \ˈəʊ_l_d l_ˈaɪ_t_s]\
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The name applied to the orthodox conservative churchmen to distinguish them from the " New Lights," or revivalists, followers of Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield during the period of the " Great Awakening" in 1734, and later in Massachusetts and Connecticut.
By John Franklin Jameson
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