Section 40
(When the present author is stirring at 7 in the morning, he frequently reminds himself that Whitefield had been active since 4. Arising at that early time, he spent the first hour in communion with God, reading and praying over a portion of the Scriptures, praising God and also interceding with Him for lost souls in general and for several in particular.
At 5 he preached, and virtually always to a host of men and women. John Newton, the converted slavetrader, stated, "I have seen Moorfields as full of torches at 5 in the morning as the Haymarket is on a theatre night." And by 7 Whitefield had often set out on an evangelistic journey or was writing letters or meeting the first of the number who came seeking spiritual advice.)