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
If we are not inwardly wrought upon, and changed by the powerful operations of the Holy Spirit, and our moral actions proceed from a principle of a new nature, however we may call ourselves Christians, we shall be found naked at the great day.
Let my name die everywhere, let even my friends forget me, if by that means the cause of the blessed Jesus may be promoted
Christ is worth all, or he is worth nothing.
It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher.
Be humble, talk little, think and pray much.
Jesus was God and man in one person, that God and man might be happy together again.
Congregations are lifeless because dead men preach to them.
How sweet is rest after fatigue! How sweet will heaven be when our journey is ended.
Study to know Him more and more, for the more you know, the more you will love Him,
I was honored today with having a few stones, dirt, rotten eggs, and pieces of dead cat thrown at me
If we once get above our Bibles and cease making the written Word of God our sole rule both as to faith and practice, we shall soon lie open to all manner of delusion and be in great danger of making shipwreck of faith and a good conscience.
God forbid that I should travel with anybody a quarter of an hour without speaking of Christ to them.
He [Jesus Christ] loves to see poor sinners coming to Him, He is pleased to see them lie at His feet pleading His promises; and if you thus come to Christ, He will not send you away without His Spirit; no, but will receive and bless you.
You blame me for weeping, but how can I help it when you will not weep for yourselves, though your immortal souls are on the verge of destruction.