The Great Awakening

543.804 - 573.838 Nathan W. Bingham

Whitfield, I think, was only 26 at the time, and saw this remarkable response to his preaching and the praise of other ministers labeled upon him. And he did comment of his preaching tour through New England, "'Dagon falls daily before the ark.'" So he compared himself to the Ark of God. It was maybe a little much, but it was true that there was just this remarkable response wherever he went.