The Moorfields preacher: being some account of the life and labours of G. Whitefield1875 |
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Página 121 - Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
Página 83 - I preached, and handing to me people's notes, though they were often pelted with eggs, dirt, &c., thrown at me, never once gave way; but, on the contrary, every time I was struck, turned up their little weeping eyes, and seemed to wish they could receive the blows for me. God make them, in their growing years, great and living martyrs for Him, who, out of the mouths of babes and sucklings, perfects praise.
Página 3 - It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry ; but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious ; and accordingly they treat it as if in the present age this were an agreed point among all people of discernment, and nothing remained but to set it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule...
Página 26 - What need of going abroad for this ? Have we not Indians enough at home ? If you have a mind to convert Indians,, there are colliers enough in Kingswood.
Página 80 - We shall never know what good field preaching has done, till we come to judgment. Many, who were prejudiced against me, begin to be of another mind ; and God shows me more and more that when a man's ways please the Lord, he will make even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Página 15 - God of our salvation : thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea. 6 Who in his strength setteth fast the mountains : and is girded about with power.
Página 37 - Charleston, whither he went about the middle of March, to see his brother, the captain of a ship from England. He was desired, by some of the inhabitants, to speak in behalf of the poor orphans ; and the collection amounted to seventy pounds sterling.
Página 195 - Sir, you are more fit to go to bed than to preach." To which Mr. Whitefield answered, ' True, Sir;' but turning aside, he clasped his hands together, and looking up, said—' Lord Jesus, I am weary in thy work, but not of thy work. If I have not yet finished my course, let me go and speak for thee once more in the fields, seal thy truth, and come home and die.
Página 25 - And he adds, respecting these "Society meetings," that "sometimes whole nights were spent in prayer. Often have we been filled as with new wine, and often have I seen them overwhelmed with the Divine Presence, and cry out, 'Will God indeed dwell with men upon earth? How dreadful is this place! This is no other than the house of God, and the gate of heaven!
Página 146 - If you think my two sermons will do for the public, pray return them immediately. I have nothing to comfort me but this, that the Lord chooses the weak things of this world, to confound the strong, and things that are not, to bring to nought things that are. I write for the poor — you for the polite and noble. God will assuredly own and bless what you write.