about 10:00 p.m. It has been estimated that Whitefield preached more than 30,000 times before his death in 1770.
Many maintain that Whitefield was supreme among the preachers of his day. Others might have been more learned, even more stylish, but none was more eloquent or more moving. No preacher has ever retained his hold on his hearers so entirely as Whitefield did for 34 years.
His theme was the basic evangelical message of man's sinfulness and Christ's salvation. There was a vividness in his sermons that
