George Whitefield is largely credited with launching the First Great Awakening in North America in 1730. He was one of the earliest long distance traveling evangelists, making thirteen Atlantic crossings bettween his home in England and his mission field in America.
One of his most unusual qualities was his booming voice. Whitefield is reported to have preached numerous times to outdoors gathering between ten and twenty thousand, without benefit of our present day means of amplification. Benjamin Franklin, upon leaving a sermon early, reported he was able to hear Whitefield's voice all the way back to his house!
Here are a selection of my favorite quotes by Whitefield:
“And now let me address all of you, high and low, rich and poor, one with another, to accept of mercy and grace while it is offered to you; Now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation; and will you not accept it, now it is offered unto you?”
"For it pleased God, after he had made all things by the word of his power, to create man after his own image.”
“It is very remarkable, that in the book of life, we find some almost of all kinds of occupations, who notwithstanding served God in their respective generations, and shone as so many lights in the world.”
The is the third in a series of five posts taken from a chapel program prepared for Redeemer Christian School, Mesa, Arizona, on "The Voices of the Great Awakening."
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