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  1. In Britain, a 19th-century group that
  2. stressed basic protestant beliefs and the
  3. message of the four Gospels. The movement was
  4. associated with Rev Charles Simeon
  5. (1783-1836). It aimed to raise moral
  6. enthusiasm and ethical standards among Church
  7. of England clergy. Linked to the movement was
  8. the religious education provided by the Bible
  9. Society and William Wilberforce's campaign
  10. against the slave trade; it also attempted to
  11. improve the living conditions of the poor,
  12. and Evangelicals carried out missionary work
  13. in India.
  14.