George Whitefield
George Whitefield
George Whitefield, also known as George Whitfield, was an English Anglican cleric who helped spread the Great Awakening in Britain and, especially, in the American colonies. Born in Gloucester, England, he attended Pembroke College, Oxford University, where he met the Wesley brothers. He was one of the founders of Methodism and of the evangelical movement generally. In 1740, Whitefield traveled to America, where he preached a series of revivals that came to be known as the "Great Awakening". Whitefield was...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth16 December 1714
At the day of judgment we shall all meet again.
An evil, that in any age, especially in these dregs of time wherein we live, cannot sufficiently be inveighed against.
Here then I could conclude; but I must not forget the poor negroes; no, I must not. Jesus Christ had died for them, as well as for others.
And there is still the more occasion for such an alarm, because worldly-mindedness so easily and craftily besets the hearts of men.
Be humble, talk little, think and pray much.
Study to know Him more and more, for the more you know, the more you will love Him,
God, give me a deep humility, a well-guided zeal, a burning love and a single eye, and then let men or devils do their worst!
We are immortal till our work is done.
You need not fear the greatness or number of your sins.
Let us, therefore, not be weary of well-doing; for we shall reap an eternal harvest of comfort, if we faint not.
Oh for a thousand lives to be spent in the service of Christ.
Nothing is more generally known than our duties which belong to Christianity; and yet, how amazing is it, nothing is less practiced?
Thus was the King and the Lord of glory judged by man's judgment, when manifest in flesh: far be it from any of his ministers to expect better treatment.
Numberless marks does man bear in his soul, that he is fallen and estranged from God; but nothing gives a greater proof thereof, than that backwardness, which every one finds within himself, to the duty of praise and thanksgiving.