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Let the name of Whitefield perish, but Christ be glorified

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George Whitefield
Age: 55 †
Born: 1714
Born: December 16
Died: 1770
Died: September 30
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Whole days and weeks have I spent prostrate on the ground in silent or vocal prayer.
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We can preach the Gospel of Christ no further than we have experienced the power of it in our own hearts
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I am never better than when I am on the full stretch for God.
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I began to read the Holy Scriptures upon my knees, laying aside all other books, and praying over, if possible, every line and word...I would be so overpowered with a sense of God's Infinite Majestey, that I would be contrained to throw myself on the ground, and offer my soul as a blank in His hands, to write on it what He pleased.
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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.
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Believers keep up and maintain their walk with God by secret prayer. The spirit of grace is always accompanied with the spirit of supplication. It is the very breath of the new creature, the fan of the divine life, whereby the spark of holy fire, kindled in the soul by God, is not only kept in, but raised into a flame.
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Ministers never write or preach so well as when under the cross.
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You see, my brethren, my heart is full I could almost say it is too big to speak, and yet too big to be silent, without dropping a word to you.
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I am tired in the Lord's work, but not tired of it.
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Come poor, lost, undone sinner, come just as you are to Christ.
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We must all have the spirit of martyrdom, though we may not all die martyrs.
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