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Excerpt from George Whitefield, M.A., Field-Preacher The favourable reception which was given to my 'Life and Travels of George Whitefield' published in 1871, now long out of print, and the need that was felt in certain quarters for a briefer life of the great field-preacher, which nevertheless should be full, though without excess of detail, have led me to prepare this book. The main idea is the same in both books, viz.: 'To reveal a great heart, stirred with the purest emotion, ever desiring absolute perfection in goodness and unintermittingly seeking it, resolved to leave nothing undone by which others might become partakers with itself of the great salvation, and impatient of all impediments, whether ecclesiastical or social, that threatened the consummation of its hopes.' I. The greatness of Whitefield's labours is not easily realised, and not even a three-volume life could outline it. One month's labours are recorded in this brief sentence - 'he preached to ten thousand persons every day for twenty-eight days.' That fact will bear a great deal of analysing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.