reverend eddie hyatt tells how it hit in his book "america's revival heritage." jonathan edwards, known to pray and study his bible 13 hours a day, watched radical revival take over his home town in massachusetts. >> the way he describes it is just like one day god invaded the town of northampton. the town seemed to be full of the presence of god. >> reporter: the bars emptied out and christian's homes filled with people anxious to be saved and no god. >> he said if you came across someone who seemed spiritually indifferent, it would be spoken of as a strange thing. >> reporter: then the powerful english preacher, george whitfield, brought his ser sermons to america. crowds from 10,000 to as many as 30,000 showed up. >> entire towns repenting and turning to god. >> reporter: whitfield stayed at ben franklin's home, and fran franklin wrote about the impact. >> it seemed as if all of the world were growing religious, so that one could not walk through the town in an evening without hearing psalms sung in different families of every street. >> reporter: whitfield li