Life and times of George Whitefield by Robert Philip (available from Amazon or free on the internet, here for example)
Today's reading also includes the first mention of his work with the orphan house in Georgia.
Interesting to read of a rebuke that Whitefield received concerning heaven: 'Whitefield became much attached to William Tennent. It was from him he received the well-known reproof against impatience for heaven. They were dining with Governor Livingston one day, and Whitefield being much exhausted by severe labour, expressed a hope that he should soon enter into his rest. He appealed also to Tennent, if that was not his comfort ? Tennent replied, " What do you think I should say, if I were to send my man Tom into the field to plough, and at noon should find him lounging under a tree, complaining of the heat, and begging to be discharged from his hard service ? What should I say? Why, that he was an idle, lazy fellow, and that his business was to do the work I had appointed him."'
Great stuff! Heaven is definitely worth looking forward to, but we must be diligent to do the work that the Lord has been pleased to appoint us in this life. Not spend our time daydreaming about the future.
Next week's reading
Read the rest of Chapter Seven.
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