George Whitefield and the Great Awakening



George Whitefield and the Great Awakening

George Whitefield

On December 16, 1714 George Whitefield was born in Gloucester, England. The youngest of seven kids, George Whitefield was born in the Bell Inn where Thomas his father, was a wine vendor and landlord. His father ceased to exist when George was two and Elizabeth his widowed mother battled to accommodate her family. In light of the fact that he supposed he might never make much utilization of his education, at around age 15 George induced his mother to give him a chance to leave school and work in the hotel. Notwithstanding, sitting up late during the evening, George got a persistent learner of the Bible. An Oxford scholar who worked his route through school visited his mother and urged George to follow university learning. He came back to grammar school to fulfill his arrangement to enter in Oxford, losing just one year of school.

At age 17 in 1732, George dropped in Pembroke College at Oxford. He was slowly drawn into an aggregation known as the "Holy Club" where he met Charles Wesley and John. The book “Life of God in the Soul of Man” was loaned to him by Charles Wesley. The perusing of this book, after a long and frightful struggle which even influenced him physically, at last brought about George's change in 1735. He stated numerous years after the fact: "I know the place.... Whenever I head off to Oxford, I can't encourage rushing to the spot where Jesus Christ first uncovered himself to me and gave me the new life commencement."

Constrained to leave school as a result of oppressed health, George returned home for nine months of recovery. Far from unmoving, his movement pulled in the consideration of Gloucester's, who appointed him as a deacon and as a priest later, in the Church of England.

Whitefield completed his degree at Oxford and on June 20, 1736, he was appointed by Bishop Benson. The Bishop, setting his hands upon George's head, brought about George's later affirmation that "My heart was liquefied down and I offered my entire spirit, body and soul to the administration of God's haven."

From the starting Whitefield was an astounding preacher. In spite of the fact that he was thin in build, he stormed in the platform as though he were a mammoth. It was stated within a year that “like a trumpet impact his voice startled England." During a period when London had a populace of less than 700,000, he could hold enchanted 20,000 individuals at once at Kennington and Moorfields Common. His lecturing reverberated for thirty-four years all through America and England. In his lecturing service he crossed the Atlantic thirteen times and ended up being regarded as the 'apostle of the British empire.'

George Whitefield was a firm Calvinist in his philosophy yet unrivaled as a forceful evangelist. In spite of the fact that a priest of the Church of England, he collaborated with and had a significant effect on ...