BOLD AS A LION
John Cennick, Moravian Evangelist
By Peter Gentry and Paul Taylor
Life Publications. 176 pages
ISBN 978-0-9554594-0-5
Available at £9.95 + £1.00 p&p from N. Seeds, 16 Linacres Road, Leicester LE3 1RE (0116 291 3045, NDSeeds@yahoo.co.uk).
This new biography of John Cennick rescues an important figure in the Evangelical Revival of the 18th century from the obscurity into which he has sadly fallen. Had he lived as long as the Wesley brothers and George Whitefield he might have been better known, but he died in 1755 aged 36.
This well researched and well written book is in two parts. Part One covers his life, Part Two his theology, his preaching and evangelistic endeavours, his hymns and poems, and his relevance for today.