USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In an age when crossing the Atlantic Ocean was a long and hazardous adventure, he visited America seven times, making 13 ocean crossings in total. (He died in America.) It is estimated that throughout his life, he preached more than 18, 000 formal sermons, of which 78 have been published.

Detailed explanation-2: -One of the great figures of the movement was George Whitefield, an Anglican priest who was influenced by John Wesley but was himself a Calvinist. Visiting America in 1739–40, he preached up and down the colonies to vast crowds in open fields, because no church building would hold the throngs he attracted.

Detailed explanation-3: -Whitefield toured the colonies up and down the Atlantic coast, preaching his message. In one year, Whitefield covered 5, 000 miles in America and preached more than 350 times. His style was charismatic, theatrical and expressive. Whitefield would often shout the word of God and tremble during his sermons.

Detailed explanation-4: -George Whitefield summed up his teachings during a two-hour sermon preached in Exeter on Sept. 29, 1770. On Front Street there is a low marble monument on the place where Whitefield spoke those words, marking Exeter’s place in the history of a wide sweeping revival movement known as the Great Awakening.