The Penn's Grove record., 1919-06-20
George WhitefeId, VI. A.
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His voice was so powerful that while
preaching at Second and Market
Streets, Philadelphia, he was heard
On the Jersey shore. His dlctlon
was so elegant and his voice so
uusical, that Franklin said, n could
be fascinated by the grammatical
character without considering the sub
iect matter. He spoke to crowds of
$4,000 which was greater than the
Billy Sunday meetings today, when we
consider the population.
First American Tabernacle
The first Tabernacles in America
We're erected for him to preach IN.
The first home of the University OF
PENNSYLVANIA was the New Building
The first public meetings in it were
the preaching services of George
WhitefeId. Of these services in a
letter from Philadelphia, November
10. 1740, he wrote as folloWs:-
Il preached here yesterday, and also
today. in a large house built by the
people since | was here last. 1t is
an hundred feet long and seventy feet
wide. and is intended for a school as
we'll as a place for worship. The walls
are brick. and the roof is now almost
ready to be put on. God hath re-
markably appeared in the carrying on
of the building; and the Holy Spirit
haiti sweetly moved on the hearers
souls every time l preached in it.
For Education
Whiteheld not only was a universal
preacher but one of the first to solicit
funds for orphans and public eduea-
ton ef the poor. He wrote from Ply
mouth, February 26th, 1850, to Frank
lin, IF a fund could be raised for the
free education Of those of the poorer
sort who appear to have promising
abilities. [ think it would greatly n
sWer the design proposed. 1t has
often been found that the brightest
men in Church and State have arisen
from an obscure condition.
An Institution upon such a basis
vital piety and good education) God
will bless and succeed. l wish you
and the gentlemen concerned much
prosperity and pray the Lord of lords
to direct you to the best to pro-
mote the best end. | mean the Glory
of God and the welfare of our fellow
creatures" George Whitefield.
Benjamin Franklin was n of the
founders of the charity school which
grew to be one Of the greatest edu-
cational institutions in the United
States, with $3.50 students in attend
ance yearly.
Americanism
Those who were raised in foreign
countries were taught to venerate the
political leaders and religious saints.
These were admirable centuries ago
as preachers of new thought and
forms much better than the ages that
preceded them. But when foreigners
come to America they hope to better
their conditions or they would not
have ome Having put behind their
old political leaders and conditions
they should keep in mind that the re-
ligious leaders of the old centuries had
much if not more to do with conditions
than most people. No nation is bet
ter than the moral and ethical teach
ings of those religious leaders. Con-
Seouently it is wise to leave behind
the old religious saints and no longer
#orshlp their bones and relics Of past
ages.
America is slow to present to the
foreign born the political leaders and
I-ligious saints who laid the
foundations of American political and
religious liberties because the nation
was founded upon principles, statutes,
ordinances and judgments, the same as
the first Hebrew nation was founded
upon and not after the manner of wills,
monarchs, kings and feudal lords.