Section 21
The effects of Whitefield's visit to Scotland were of the happiest nature.
The dead, cold Moderatism of the predominant body in the Church was pervaded by the electric influence of a style of preaching that commanded and compelled attention; the Evangelical party was encouraged and strengthened; and the Secession itself, although he refused to shut himself up within its pale, found its best religious principles enforced by so effective and yet so disinterested an advocate.
It was the commencement of a better day in the religious history of Scotland, the blessings of which we still continue to enjoy.
Sketches of the Life and Labours
of the Rev George Whitefield
c. 1850
