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1751 JOHN GILLIES. Exceptionally Rare Periodical on Scottish and American Revivals. No Other Examples. Preaching this is the true firstWe knew of the existence of this little gem, but have never laid eyes on one before. John Gillies [1712 1796] was a minister in Glasgow during the period of revival under Whitefield and others that lit across Scotland in the 1740's. When it began to wain, he became both the primary mouthpiece advocating for new seasons of revival and the revival's primary historian, ultimately issuing his Historical Collections Relating to the Success of the Gospel in