CHRISTIAN LEADERS IN THE 18th CENTURY - ( CHAPTER 4 ) - { PT. 15 }


 ( CHAPTER  4 )  -  { PT.  15 }                                   Then, after this work, instead of taking any rest, he could be found offering up prayers and intercessions, with hymns and spiritual songs, as his manner was, in every house to which he was invited. The truth is, that in regard to labor, this extraordinary servant of God did as much in a few weeks as most of those who exert themselves are able to do in the space of a year!                                                      HE WAS A MAN OF EMINENT SELF-DENIAL TO THE END. His style of living was most simple. He was remarkable for moderation in eating and drinking. All throughout his life, he was an early riser. His usual hour for getting up was four o'clock, both in summer and winter, and unless he was praying, he was just as regular in going to bed about ten at night. Whitefield was a man of prayerful habits, and he frequently spent whole nights in reading and devotion. Cornelius Winter, who often slept in the same room, says that Whitefield would sometimes rise during the night for this purpose. He cared little for money, except as a means to help the cause of Christ. He often refused it when offered to him for his own use, even once when the amount was about thirty thousand dollars. He did not accumulate any fortune, and did not endow a wealthy family. The little money he left behind him at his death arose entirely from the gifts of friends, The Pope's harsh saying about Luther, This German beast does not love gold! could have been equally applied to Whitefield.   

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