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 All right. Well, welcome, team. It's great to have you. This is what a fun inaugural experience.

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 What a beautiful space. We're really grateful. I'm not quite sure how this is going to unfold.

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 This is kind of experimental. The first service is going on. It usually goes on for about an hour or so.

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 So I'm not going to speak at you for an hour. I promise you that.

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 We'll just cover some material and then we can ask questions and then discuss some things.

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 But if you need to get up, if you need to spread around, do whatever you need to do to stay comfortable.

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 And remember, there's probably going to be another service after this, so I don't want to compromise that.

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 So if you need to get up and you need to walk around, that won't bother me in the slightest.

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 Do whatever you need to do to stay comfortable.

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 And I thought we might begin by singing one of those hymns we've passed out.

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 Which one did we pick, Elizabeth?

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 Come Thou Fount.

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 Okay. Come Thou Fount. I think I know that one.

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 Great.

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 So, all right.

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 Let's do that.

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 Come Thou Fount of every blessing.

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 Tune my heart to sing Thy grace.

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 Streams of mercy never ceasing.

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 Call for songs of loudest praise.

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 Teach me some melodious sonnet.

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 Sung by flaming tongues above.

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 Praise the name I've fixed upon it.

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 Name of the redeeming love.

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 The next one.

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 Is there another verse?

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 Yeah.

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 I just don't know which one it is.

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 God has blessed me.

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 God has brought me to this place.

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 And I know by Thy name.

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 Me safely home by Thy good grace.

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 Jesus sought me when a stranger.

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 Wandering from the fold of God.

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 He to rescue me from danger.

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 Interposed His precious blood.

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 O to grace.

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 O to grace.

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 O to grace.

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 How great a debtor.

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 Daily I'm constrained to be.

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 Let Thy goodness like a fetter.

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 Bind my wandering heart to Thee.

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 Prone to wander.

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 Prone to wander.

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 Prone to wander.

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 Lord, I feel it.

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 Prone to leave the God I love.

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 Here's my heart, Lord.

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 Take and seal it.

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 Seal it for Thy courts above.

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 Love.

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 Love.

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 Wonderful.

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 Thank you.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, we are.

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 We stand and wonder at the wonderful fount of blessing that you in your Trinitarian self are for your people.

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 How you, Father, have loved us with an everlasting love.

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 How you, Son, have purchased our redemption at the cost of your own blood.

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 And how you, Spirit, have opened our eyes and convicted us of our need for a Savior.

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 And then made that Savior, Christ, beautiful in our sight.

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 That we might rejoice in Him in that great salvation.

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 So, Lord, we ask you by your Spirit to be present among us.

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 And do that good work of a counselor.

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 Convicting us of where we need to change and come into conformity with Christ.

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 And then working that very change in us by your good grace, Lord.

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 So, thank you for this time and this opportunity and this wonderful facility that we have.

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 May it be used of you to exalt Christ in so many ways.

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 That as He is lifted up, you would draw many to yourself.

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 In Jesus' name we ask it.

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 Amen.

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 All right, team.

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 Well, we are starting a series on women.

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 What kind of?

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 Portraits from the family album of our family, the people of God.

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 And in particular, we are going to look at some women.

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 Women that we should know and honor.

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 And I'm going to try to draw some women that maybe, maybe some of you might not even have heard of.

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 And hopefully bringing out their stories a little bit.

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 The idea came to me while I was meditating on 1 Corinthians 12, not long ago.

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 Where Paul, you'll remember there, he talks about how we, as his people, are a body.

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 And different ones function different ways, an eye, a nose, an ear, what have you.

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 And he says, now in any typical culture, there are going to be some in the body who, in expressing their gifts and their talent and their roles,

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 the culture is not going to quite look upon them with equal impressiveness or not valorize that particular thing.

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 And that's just kind of the way it is.

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 In Corinth, for example, they thought that impressive were those that were able to use rhetoric and so forth and the others that had other gifts.

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 Well, that wasn't all that impressive.

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 And Paul says, oh no, no, no, no, in the body of Christ, what we want to do is recognize the vital importance of every contribution.

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 And if there's a cultural situation in which some aren't given as much honor or credit or appreciation,

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 then what we want to do is we want to compensate with that as the people of God.

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 So looking back, oftentimes it seems as though the women in our midst, who God has greatly used,

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 get somewhat short shrift in the annals of history and appreciation.

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 So we want to try to rectify that somewhat, if we can, in this series.

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 So that's kind of the motivation of this.

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 Plus, it's just fun.

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 Everybody loves a good story.

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 And I'm hoping that we've found some edifying ones.

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 So that's where we're headed.

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 In this first profile, we've called the woman whose scarves were all over the land.

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 Or we might call it Selena's scattered scarves.

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 So here we go.

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 The historical context of our drama has been called the age of reason.

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 An era enamored with the powers of the human mind to make its liberating way in the world.

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 Liberating above all from the hobbling shackles of revelation and tradition.

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 So they said.

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 But in this age, reason had its hearty twin, ridicule, which would probably be the greater menace to the faith.

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 The solvent of satire bit deeply at the very foundations of Christianity.

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 And subjected to mockery were not only its tenets, but also its devotees and especially its leaders.

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 George Whitefield.

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 There he is.

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 George Whitefield was among them.

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 The great preacher of awakening in a spiritually slumbering age.

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 Dramatic, even theatrical in his bearing, he was an easy target.

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 Especially his crossed eyes.

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 There he is.

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 If you look closely, you'll notice that he had crossed eyes.

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 People loved to make fun of him for that.

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 Indeed, remorselessly, he was made the special subject of lampoon in a stage performance.

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 Doing uproarious rounds in the London theaters.

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 Wounding to Whitefield and also bolstering the prejudice.

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 It really did seem a hindrance to the gospel.

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 But inexplicably, at its height, the play, in mockery of Whitefield, suddenly stopped.

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 As it turned out, David Garrick, the far-famed and premier Shakespearean actor of his day,

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 had exerted his singular influence in that thespian world to bring the production to a close.

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 This, not on his own initiative, but for a dear friend who had asked him to do so.

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 Who could that have been?

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 But more than mockery, George Whitefield and his gospel-preaching co-laborers

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 had to struggle against a prideful prejudice ensconced in the very church from which they sprang.

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 The Church of England...

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 There we go.

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 There's a better picture of Whitefield, I suppose.

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 There he is preaching.

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 If it were a video, you'd see how dramatic and thespian he was.

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 Vital Christianity was at low ebb.

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 And the typical Church of England vicar was more preoccupied with fox hunting than preaching.

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 And that was probably a good thing, however, as the preaching done was so terrible,

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 it was described as mere Mohammedanism, or Islam, without Mohammed.

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 Just awful, awful preaching.

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 Morality and decorum was the weekly summons from the pulpit.

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 And the notion...

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 Oh, thank you, that's a great idea.

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 Yes.

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 A little stifling in here.

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 It's all the hot air that I...

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 Morality and decorum was the weekly summons from the pulpit.

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 And the notion of being born again, proclaimed as a necessity by George Whitefield and his compatriots,

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 was thought extreme, indeed indecorous, and overzealous enthusiasm.

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 That's what this born-again stuff was called, damningly called.

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 That's just enthusiasm.

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 Indeed, a church bell was struck at the time, minted with this inscription,

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 Hurrah for the Church of England, and down with enthusiasm.

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 Well, at first, the efforts of the Gospel Awakeners to rouse the somnolent churchgoers

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 was politely ignored by the reigning clergy.

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 But as soon as the Awakening seemed to be making inroads in their parishes,

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 those in power exerted legal force to restrict and muzzle the enthusiasts.

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 Venues were denied and meetings were broken up,

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 while the magistrates would look on indifferently.

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 But then, quite unexpectedly, the King of England himself interposed his royal will

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 that such religious persecution desist in his realm.

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 Ah, that's a...

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 Yeah, that's helpful too, definitely.

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 Definitely.

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 It seems that someone had reached the King's ear and prompted his protective decree.

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 Well, as we shall discover, the very one who could move the levers of the London Theatre

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 could also sway the royal court,

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 and did not hesitate to do so for the sake of the Gospel.

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 And here she is.

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 Whoops, there it is.

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 No, no, go ahead.

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 Go ahead.

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 Whatever you can do to help us out.

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 Selina was born August 24th, 1707.

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 We're not quite sure where, as the family had several homes,

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 but likely the imposing mansion at Staunton Herald, there it is,

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 was...

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 That was the seat of the Shirley family, an illustrious family.

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 Here, that's...

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 Let me show you what it is today.

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 There it is.

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 You can see a little bit better.

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 That's where she was born.

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 Staunton Herald.

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 They were an illustrious family,

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 in whose blood that of emperors, kings, and queens mingled profusely.

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 She was the second of three girls,

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 and it would seem sheltered luxury would be her lot.

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 But when she was nine years old,

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 her eye was arrested by a funeral procession

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 bearing a small coffin of a girl no older than she.

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 Transfixed, she followed the cortege to the burial ground,

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 and from that day would often visit the grave.

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 It marked the beginning of a seriousness about life

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 in the light of impending death.

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 And this would mark her all of her days,

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 that little experience as a nine-year-old girl.

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 Knowing that frivolity was a dominating feature

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 of much of the English aristocracy,

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 and that she would marry within that society,

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 young Selina often uttered the prayer

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 that she would marry into a serious family.

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 And God granted this desire in husband Theophilus,

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 the ninth Earl of Huntington,

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 also, and in fact, even more so of a family of royal descent.

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 Well, for all their seriousness,

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 they seem to have had quite a happy time together.

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 Here is their family.

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 There is Selina.

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 There's Theophilus.

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 And there are two.

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 There would be more children,

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 but those were the ones that were alive

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 when the painter painted this image of them.

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 But marriage did not extinguish the serious streak

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 which expressed itself in the young countess

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 in a busyness in doing good,

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 especially by way of benefactress to the poor.

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 She was the frequent visitor to the cottages on her estate

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 and never failed to meet any need with abundant charity.

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 Her tenants came to refer to her as Lady Bountiful,

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 and the sound of her approaching coach

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 gathered a little posse of hopeful children

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 for the handouts, whatever they would be.

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 She became vastly admired for her reputation as a Christian lady,

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 and that accompanied her in the high praise

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 of her very high-born neighbors and peers.

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 Well, this proved gratifying to the countess,

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 but somehow not satisfying.

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 Looking back, she would later discern that,

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 quote,

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 I was going about to establish my own righteousness.

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 She had the praise and applause of her peers,

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 but what about God?

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 What would win his favor?

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 Anxiously, Selena redoubled her efforts,

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 hoping she might feel satisfied,

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 that God was satisfied.

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 But this resting peace tantalizingly eluded her.

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 Her health broke in the strain,

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 indeed completely,

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 to the point that she feared she was at death's door.

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 Her illness had brought her benevolence to a halt,

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 but with it, her sense of worthiness.

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 Couldn't do any more good things,

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 didn't feel worthy anymore.

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 This compounded her terror.

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 But in the gracious providence of God,

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 her peaceless anguish perfectly prepared her

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 to hear with wonder

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 the ecstatic, breathless testimony

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 of her sister-in-law, Margaret.

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 Margaret.

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 Margaret.

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 Margaret.

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 Margaret.

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 Margaret.

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 Margaret.

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 Margaret.

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 Margaret.

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 Margaret.

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 Margaret.

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 Margaret.

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 Margaret.

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 Margaret.

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 Margaret.

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 Margaret.

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 Margaret.

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 But then, upon the ashes of these vain hopes,

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 had set forth a perfect and availing righteousness of Christ

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 for all and any who put their trust in him alone.

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 And Lady Margaret had ventured that trust.

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 And the peace and joy that instantly flooded her heart

00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:54.059
 was now radiant on her face.

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 Taking Christ, his perfect righteousness and forgiving blood,

00:20:03.099 --> 00:20:07.559
 Selina, too, felt that same peace and joy

00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:10.920
 distill into her troubled heart.

00:20:12.220 --> 00:20:19.440
 And testimony to how the spiritual deeply affects the physical.

00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:26.059
 She immediately gained back her bodily health.

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 Isn't that extraordinary?

00:20:28.059 --> 00:20:32.960
 When having this spiritual peace, suddenly she's physically well, too.

00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:43.400
 Well, the countess was now a Christian in a way never known or felt before.

00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:51.519
 And she could not suppress telling all who would listen of the source of her newfound joy.

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 But such a message struck her church-going hears as utterly foreign

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 or damningly bearing the taint of enthusiasm.

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 A bishop was immediately summoned to persuade her back from these religious wilds

00:21:12.859 --> 00:21:19.519
 to the safe enclosure and sedate way of decency and decorum in religion.

00:21:20.579 --> 00:21:25.459
 But Selina had been pouring over her Bible

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 and ably asserted before the bishop her newfound faith as none other than gospel truth.

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 It was such a marvelous encounter.

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 You know, the bishop's kind of sputtering and she's saying,

00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:42.319
 Oh, but the Bible says, but the Bible tells us.

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:53.519
 Well, gospel or not, most of her aristocratic friends found the message impertinent.

00:21:54.100 --> 00:21:55.720
 Impertinent, that was their word.

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 As the Duchess of Buckingham told her, I quote,

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 It is monstrous to be told you have a heart as sinful as the common wretches that crawl on the earth.

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:18.299
 This is highly offensive and insulting.

00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:24.599
 And I cannot but wonder that your ladyship, she's speaking to the Countess of Huntington,

00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:34.279
 that your ladyship should relish any sentiments so much at variance with our high rank and our good breeding.

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 Sad to tell, despite all of these appeals over all the years from Selina,

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:56.660
 the Duchess would die contentedly confident with her aristocratic heart.

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 Alas, how common is Goethe's presumption that God would never damn a truly cultured person.

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 It's not how it works.

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 It was a tough mission, very tough mission field for the Countess.

00:23:19.340 --> 00:23:25.279
 For so often, the high and mighty are the high and haughty.

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 Reflecting on God's grace in her own life.

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 The Countess used to often say,

00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:37.200
 Thank God for the M.

00:23:37.899 --> 00:23:39.200
 Thank God for the M.

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:43.779
 Referring to the Apostle's phrase in 1 Corinthians 1.26,

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 where he says,

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 Not many of noble birth.

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 Thank God for the M.

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 Thank God it's not any.

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 But not many meant at least some.

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 And this was her circle and mission field now.

00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:04.640
 How might she reach them?

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:10.360
 If her high-born peers would not go to the gospel preachers,

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:15.460
 perhaps she could bring the gospel preachers to them.

00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:21.000
 Thus began the Countess's drawing room outreach.

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.500
 It's marvelous.

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:30.480
 Having received a lovely embossed invitation to come to tea,

00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:36.180
 the upper crust would gather in her well-appointed drawing room,

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:38.059
 and you saw the likes of her mansion.

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 I'm sure it was well-appointed.

00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:42.139
 To her well-appointed drawing room,

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:44.779
 and while they consumed fine cakes,

00:24:45.439 --> 00:24:51.220
 soon found themselves spellbound by George Whitefield,

00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:52.899
 who came at her invitation,

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:56.159
 sometimes as often as twice a week.

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 And Whitefield was a consummate orator,

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:07.319
 and could transport an audience by his word dramas.

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:12.659
 Oh, there's Lord Chesterfield,

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:16.740
 as in the famous letters of Lord Chesterfield.

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 Yes, as once George Whitefield was,

00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:26.859
 and they were so curious about him.

00:25:26.899 --> 00:25:27.779
 They had heard things.

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 So they were curious, so they liked to listen.

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 And once George Whitefield was comparing the case

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:38.139
 of a benighted sinner to that of a blind beggar

00:25:38.139 --> 00:25:41.000
 with his kind of blind staff going forward

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:43.819
 and tottering on the brink of a precipice,

00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:47.059
 and then his cane slips from his hand,

00:25:47.139 --> 00:25:48.940
 but he grasps after it right in the back.

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:51.420
 And so Whitefield's describing that,

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:57.360
 and suddenly the suspense was pierced by a cry,

00:25:57.960 --> 00:26:01.960
 leaping up, and no doubt spilling his tea as he leapt up.

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:03.480
 Lord Chesterfield shrieked,

00:26:03.600 --> 00:26:05.300
 good God, he's gone!

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:07.400
 Just having completely entered in,

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:08.640
 and then, oh, excuse me,

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:10.259
 sat down and then re-poured his tea.

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:14.420
 Stirred the tranquility of the moment.

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:18.420
 So this is how mesmerizing Whitefield was.

00:26:18.600 --> 00:26:21.400
 By all accounts, his preaching,

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.440
 utterly mesmerizing.

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:24.060
 Indeed, David Garrick,

00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:26.279
 remember, he was,

00:26:26.620 --> 00:26:27.960
 he's the premier,

00:26:28.860 --> 00:26:31.400
 the leading Shakespearean actor of the day,

00:26:31.840 --> 00:26:34.660
 to whom we've previously referred.

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:37.800
 He was a regular at Selena's,

00:26:38.580 --> 00:26:39.840
 at her drawing room,

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.480
 outreaches.

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:43.340
 And he,

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:46.140
 he marveled

00:26:46.140 --> 00:26:48.860
 at how Whitefield intoned the word

00:26:48.860 --> 00:26:50.680
 Mesopotamia

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:52.800
 and confessed,

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:55.920
 I would give a hundred guineas,

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:57.180
 that was a lot of money,

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.680
 a hundred guineas,

00:26:58.800 --> 00:27:00.880
 if I could just say the word,

00:27:01.060 --> 00:27:01.600
 oh,

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:04.600
 like Mr. Whitefield.

00:27:05.300 --> 00:27:07.259
 And he's the top Shakespearean actor of the day.

00:27:07.340 --> 00:27:08.300
 Unbelievable, unbelievable.

00:27:09.580 --> 00:27:13.279
 And for all of their gratified curiosity,

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:15.200
 they heard the gospel,

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:18.279
 clearly and vividly declared,

00:27:19.340 --> 00:27:20.560
 heard the inner call,

00:27:21.560 --> 00:27:22.940
 thank God for the M.

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.540
 Thank God.

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:29.880
 And with the drawing room

00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:31.519
 full of lords and ladies,

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:34.620
 the countess did not forget

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:35.799
 the downstairs

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:38.679
 and would send Whitefield

00:27:38.679 --> 00:27:39.959
 to repeat his servant,

00:27:40.199 --> 00:27:40.579
 servant,

00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.219
 sermon

00:27:41.219 --> 00:27:43.479
 to the servants

00:27:43.479 --> 00:27:44.919
 and the cooks downstairs

00:27:44.919 --> 00:27:46.979
 so they would not be without

00:27:46.979 --> 00:27:49.119
 the good news of Jesus Christ.

00:27:51.699 --> 00:27:52.339
 And

00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:54.299
 what would it take

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:55.579
 for the common folk

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:58.019
 to hear the good news?

00:27:58.239 --> 00:28:00.019
 The worker in the field,

00:28:00.439 --> 00:28:02.039
 the miner in the pits,

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:04.240
 or the thatcher on the roof,

00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:06.180
 who seemed eager to listen?

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:07.599
 Well,

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.879
 John Wesley,

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:10.519
 Whitefield's friend

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:11.799
 and fellow awakener,

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:13.420
 did not think it

00:28:13.420 --> 00:28:14.480
 possible

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.559
 that someone

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.779
 could be saved

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:18.180
 outside of a church building.

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:18.779
 Remember,

00:28:18.899 --> 00:28:19.859
 these were the days

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:21.200
 of kind of decorum

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:22.460
 in religion.

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:25.879
 But

00:28:25.879 --> 00:28:27.339
 wherever he,

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.099
 John Wesley,

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.859
 would go,

00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:30.759
 the buildings,

00:28:30.879 --> 00:28:31.619
 and he was one of

00:28:31.619 --> 00:28:32.059
 Whitefield,

00:28:32.179 --> 00:28:32.879
 he was one of these

00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:34.039
 awakening preachers,

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.799
 the buildings,

00:28:35.919 --> 00:28:36.659
 the church buildings,

00:28:36.859 --> 00:28:38.679
 were just too small

00:28:38.679 --> 00:28:39.539
 to accommodate

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:40.799
 the eager hearers,

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:42.079
 and crowds

00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:43.419
 would be turned away.

00:28:46.639 --> 00:28:47.159
 Here,

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:47.500
 yeah,

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:48.959
 there's,

00:28:48.959 --> 00:28:50.339
 there's Wesley,

00:28:50.719 --> 00:28:51.359
 John Wesley.

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.139
 I,

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.779
 my father

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:55.319
 had a huge

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:56.459
 print of this

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:57.720
 in his study,

00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:58.880
 along with

00:28:58.880 --> 00:29:00.360
 a study of,

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.840
 a print of

00:29:01.840 --> 00:29:02.559
 Martin Luther

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:03.480
 studying the Bible.

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.900
 And so I grew up

00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:05.860
 under the shadow

00:29:05.860 --> 00:29:06.740
 of these things,

00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:06.960
 you know,

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.940
 studying the Bible

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.559
 and preaching

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:09.279
 the good news.

00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:09.720
 They're just,

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:10.620
 these images

00:29:10.620 --> 00:29:11.860
 are so precious to me.

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.440
 If I could have

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:15.880
 gotten back

00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:16.579
 to take a picture

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:17.600
 off the one in our house,

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.519
 this would be a better,

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:20.140
 a better image for you.

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.440
 So,

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.360
 on,

00:29:22.360 --> 00:29:23.279
 on one occasion,

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:25.599
 when John Wesley

00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:26.559
 had been preaching

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:27.519
 in the church,

00:29:28.139 --> 00:29:28.259
 the,

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:28.480
 the,

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:29.059
 the folk

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:31.000
 who couldn't press in

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.720
 for the,

00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:32.099
 for the,

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:33.859
 for the lack of room,

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:35.639
 they lingered

00:29:35.639 --> 00:29:37.940
 just outside the church,

00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:39.859
 hoping to hear something

00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:41.460
 through the open

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:42.579
 windows.

00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:44.480
 And as,

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.519
 and as John Wesley

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:45.859
 left,

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:48.799
 he,

00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:50.539
 he saw

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:52.180
 the sad crowd

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:53.639
 still present

00:29:53.639 --> 00:29:54.420
 to the churchyard.

00:29:56.379 --> 00:29:56.899
 So,

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:58.819
 wonderfully,

00:29:59.279 --> 00:30:00.059
 he just stood

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:01.039
 upon a tombstone

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:02.240
 where he could project

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:03.440
 and he just

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:04.559
 repeated his whole sermon,

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.579
 preaching to them too,

00:30:05.659 --> 00:30:07.119
 to their great joy

00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:08.399
 and for many

00:30:08.399 --> 00:30:09.440
 to their eternal

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:10.680
 benefit.

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:14.059
 The fields

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:15.220
 were ripe

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:16.359
 for harvest,

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:18.019
 but the workers

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.720
 were few.

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:20.519
 Wesley,

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:22.059
 John Wesley,

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:23.420
 also thought

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:24.480
 that none

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:25.460
 but officially

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:27.200
 authorized clergy

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:28.299
 were fit

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:29.039
 to preach,

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:31.000
 so was vehemently

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:32.039
 against

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:33.480
 lay preaching.

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:34.420
 That is,

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:35.259
 you weren't allowed

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:36.279
 to preach the gospel

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:36.860
 at all

00:30:36.860 --> 00:30:37.880
 unless you were

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:38.980
 an ordained minister

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.759
 who had had all

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.559
 this appropriate

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:41.519
 education,

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:41.880
 you know,

00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:44.480
 training and education.

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:44.599
 education.

00:30:48.860 --> 00:30:50.099
 That was his belief.

00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:50.860
 The problem was

00:30:50.860 --> 00:30:51.680
 it was so hard

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:52.099
 to be able

00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:53.099
 to get that education.

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:53.900
 Not many people

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:54.420
 could do it.

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:55.059
 It was a very,

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:56.380
 very narrow gate.

00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:58.960
 And Wesley

00:30:58.960 --> 00:31:00.559
 firmly believed this.

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.059
 But,

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:02.799
 thanks be to God,

00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:04.339
 two very

00:31:04.339 --> 00:31:05.160
 persistent

00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:05.819
 women

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:07.059
 finally

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:08.140
 persuaded

00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:09.259
 John Wesley

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.940
 otherwise.

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:11.900
 his mother,

00:31:12.120 --> 00:31:12.700
 Susanna,

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:15.580
 an extraordinary

00:31:15.580 --> 00:31:16.000
 woman.

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:16.759
 One day,

00:31:16.860 --> 00:31:17.380
 I'm going to

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:18.120
 do a whole

00:31:18.120 --> 00:31:19.180
 profile on her.

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.779
 Just extraordinary.

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.940
 Susanna Wesley,

00:31:23.080 --> 00:31:23.860
 the mother of

00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:24.740
 John and Charles,

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:25.880
 and the

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:26.460
 Countess of

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:26.940
 Huntington,

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.460
 Selina.

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:30.240
 An indomitable

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.759
 pair.

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:32.559
 And John Wesley

00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:34.039
 finally agreed

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:35.099
 to go listen

00:31:35.099 --> 00:31:35.819
 to a rather

00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:37.559
 rough-around-the-edges

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:38.879
 lay preacher

00:31:38.879 --> 00:31:40.640
 that the Countess

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:41.619
 had been encouraging.

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:43.099
 Well,

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:44.140
 he most definitely

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:45.319
 lacked the Oxford

00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:46.119
 accent

00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:47.799
 of John Wesley,

00:31:48.299 --> 00:31:49.500
 but evidently

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:50.839
 not the Holy Spirit.

00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:52.660
 And Wesley

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:53.579
 came away

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:54.579
 concluding,

00:31:55.140 --> 00:31:55.460
 quote,

00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:57.240
 it is the Lord.

00:31:58.079 --> 00:31:58.879
 Let him do

00:31:58.879 --> 00:31:59.519
 what seemeth

00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:00.200
 good to him.

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.539
 And from

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:02.319
 there and

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:02.940
 then,

00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:04.319
 lay preachers

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:05.339
 augmented

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:06.019
 the preaching

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.980
 force and

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.740
 became really

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:09.059
 the hallmark

00:32:09.059 --> 00:32:09.740
 of this

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.879
 growing movement

00:32:10.879 --> 00:32:11.480
 of awakening.

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.599
 What we

00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:13.599
 in the

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:13.940
 American

00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:14.180
 choice

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:14.460
 called

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:15.019
 the Great

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:15.379
 Awakening,

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:15.920
 the First

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:16.299
 Great

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.779
 Awakening.

00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:19.960
 Thanks to

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.379
 those two

00:32:20.379 --> 00:32:20.619
 women.

00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:22.940
 Well,

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:23.700
 as the

00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:24.180
 gospel

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:25.019
 sounded

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:26.019
 forth across

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.640
 Britain,

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:27.680
 from village

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.339
 cross,

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:29.099
 as we saw

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:29.660
 with Wesley,

00:32:29.660 --> 00:32:30.660
 to country

00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:31.000
 veil,

00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:32.140
 thousands

00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:33.300
 experienced

00:32:33.300 --> 00:32:34.160
 new birth.

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:36.500
 But what

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:37.220
 would become

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:37.680
 of them?

00:32:39.040 --> 00:32:40.120
 There was a

00:32:40.120 --> 00:32:40.940
 famine for

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:41.380
 the word

00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:41.840
 of God

00:32:41.840 --> 00:32:42.640
 in the

00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:43.300
 churches.

00:32:44.600 --> 00:32:45.220
 Wesley,

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:46.019
 John Wesley,

00:32:46.360 --> 00:32:47.060
 a great

00:32:47.060 --> 00:32:47.880
 organizer,

00:32:48.560 --> 00:32:48.980
 developed

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:50.040
 classes,

00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:50.540
 what he

00:32:50.540 --> 00:32:50.700
 called

00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:51.279
 classes.

00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:51.920
 These were

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.820
 really small

00:32:52.820 --> 00:32:53.620
 groups for

00:32:53.620 --> 00:32:53.920
 mutual

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:54.380
 encouragement.

00:32:54.580 --> 00:32:55.240
 So the

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.680
 people that

00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:56.500
 were converted

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:56.900
 in this

00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:57.220
 open

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.579
 preaching,

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.200
 they gathered

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:58.700
 together in

00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:59.240
 little small

00:32:59.240 --> 00:32:59.720
 groups,

00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:00.400
 because there

00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:01.039
 wasn't much

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.420
 fair for

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:01.779
 them in the

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.619
 churches at

00:33:02.619 --> 00:33:03.079
 the time.

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:05.900
 So they

00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:06.180
 were in

00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:06.720
 classes,

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:09.039
 meeting for

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.339
 mutual

00:33:09.339 --> 00:33:10.000
 encouragement.

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.559
 Whitefield's

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:12.259
 converts,

00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:12.859
 however,

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:13.680
 found no

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.119
 haven.

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:16.319
 They are,

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:17.079
 alas,

00:33:17.380 --> 00:33:18.099
 said Whitefield,

00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:19.279
 a rope of

00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:19.900
 sand.

00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:21.660
 He was not

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:21.920
 a good

00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:22.460
 organizer.

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:25.180
 Well,

00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:25.819
 here,

00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:26.600
 the

00:33:26.600 --> 00:33:27.240
 countess

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:28.319
 stepped in.

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.500
 She had

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:31.299
 been gathering

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:32.500
 up preachers

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:33.960
 and deputizing

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.920
 them as her

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:35.680
 chaplains.

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:37.279
 And it was

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:38.319
 not uncommon

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:40.000
 for aristocrats

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:41.079
 to engage a

00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:42.079
 private chaplain.

00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:42.700
 You know,

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.319
 they'd have

00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:43.720
 their huge

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:44.380
 estate and

00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:44.940
 they wouldn't

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:45.279
 want to go

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:45.740
 to church,

00:33:45.840 --> 00:33:46.120
 so they'd

00:33:46.120 --> 00:33:47.700
 just engage

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.319
 a chaplain

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:48.620
 and they

00:33:48.620 --> 00:33:48.960
 would be

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:50.259
 their private

00:33:50.259 --> 00:33:51.480
 family chaplain.

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:54.779
 And they

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:54.920
 would be

00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:55.559
 identified

00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:57.339
 by wearing

00:33:57.339 --> 00:33:59.120
 the scarf

00:33:59.120 --> 00:34:00.579
 of what,

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.059
 you know,

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:03.360
 the lordship

00:34:03.360 --> 00:34:03.599
 or the

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:03.920
 countess,

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.220
 whatever,

00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:05.000
 who would

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.579
 sponsor them.

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.039
 So that's

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.319
 how they

00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:06.579
 would be

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:07.019
 identified.

00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:07.880
 And they

00:34:07.880 --> 00:34:08.480
 would enjoy

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.280
 the authorization

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:09.940
 to preach

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.300
 because they

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:10.699
 had the

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.240
 scarf,

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:12.139
 the embossed

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:12.619
 scarf.

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:17.500
 So what

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:18.940
 Selina did

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:20.260
 was she

00:34:20.260 --> 00:34:21.340
 began to

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:23.720
 build chapels

00:34:23.720 --> 00:34:24.940
 for her

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:25.980
 chaplains.

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.780
 And they

00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:28.360
 began to

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:28.880
 dot the

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.440
 landscape.

00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:31.240
 And there

00:34:31.240 --> 00:34:32.120
 the new

00:34:32.120 --> 00:34:32.640
 converts

00:34:32.640 --> 00:34:33.480
 could go

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:34.140
 and be

00:34:34.140 --> 00:34:34.700
 nurtured

00:34:34.700 --> 00:34:34.920
 in the

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:35.320
 gospel.

00:34:36.140 --> 00:34:36.760
 And she

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.740
 would fill

00:34:37.740 --> 00:34:39.280
 their pulpits

00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:40.320
 with her

00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:41.320
 itinerant

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:42.060
 chaplains,

00:34:42.540 --> 00:34:43.140
 moving them

00:34:43.140 --> 00:34:44.060
 to and fro

00:34:44.060 --> 00:34:44.800
 like a

00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:45.180
 general

00:34:45.180 --> 00:34:45.760
 commanding

00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:46.440
 her troops.

00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:47.660
 Hence,

00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:48.820
 it was said

00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:49.460
 in either

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:50.200
 delight

00:34:50.200 --> 00:34:51.220
 by the

00:34:51.220 --> 00:34:51.539
 friends of

00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:52.000
 the gospel

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:52.539
 or in

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:53.400
 dismay

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:54.280
 by others,

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:55.019
 her

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:56.140
 scarves

00:34:56.140 --> 00:34:57.000
 are all

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.519
 over the

00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:57.980
 land.

00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:59.400
 Or her

00:34:59.400 --> 00:34:59.960
 scarves

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.280
 are all

00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:00.620
 over the

00:35:00.620 --> 00:35:01.100
 land.

00:35:05.620 --> 00:35:07.519
 But more

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:08.220
 ministers were

00:35:08.220 --> 00:35:10.280
 needed to

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:11.120
 save souls

00:35:11.120 --> 00:35:11.519
 and to

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:11.800
 nurture

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:12.539
 converts.

00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:14.240
 And Oxford

00:35:14.240 --> 00:35:14.920
 and Cambridge,

00:35:15.160 --> 00:35:16.019
 the universities,

00:35:16.140 --> 00:35:16.340
 the two

00:35:16.340 --> 00:35:16.700
 universities,

00:35:16.860 --> 00:35:17.280
 Oxford and

00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:17.560
 Cambridge,

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.260
 were the

00:35:18.260 --> 00:35:19.460
 only places

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:21.040
 where Anglican

00:35:21.040 --> 00:35:22.000
 ministers could

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.880
 be trained.

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.200
 And they

00:35:24.200 --> 00:35:25.680
 were stolidly

00:35:25.680 --> 00:35:27.340
 against any

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:28.480
 enthusiasm.

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:31.120
 Six students

00:35:31.120 --> 00:35:31.920
 had just

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:32.780
 been expelled

00:35:32.780 --> 00:35:33.680
 from Oxford

00:35:33.680 --> 00:35:34.280
 and Oxford

00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:35.400
 College for

00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:36.300
 such leanings.

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.360
 As their

00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:38.500
 tutor complained,

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:39.880
 they were

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.340
 quote,

00:35:41.180 --> 00:35:42.080
 enthusiasts

00:35:42.080 --> 00:35:42.900
 who

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:45.160
 talked of

00:35:45.160 --> 00:35:45.960
 inspiration,

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:47.619
 regeneration,

00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:49.280
 and drawing

00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:49.880
 nigh to

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:50.360
 God.

00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:52.980
 Oh my

00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:53.519
 goodness.

00:35:55.179 --> 00:35:56.260
 For such,

00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:57.079
 one was

00:35:57.079 --> 00:35:57.800
 persona non

00:35:57.800 --> 00:35:58.619
 grata and

00:35:58.619 --> 00:35:59.619
 kicked out of

00:35:59.619 --> 00:36:00.260
 the university.

00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:00.880
 So you had

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.619
 no opportunity

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:02.420
 for training.

00:36:02.679 --> 00:36:03.119
 Narrow was

00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:03.579
 the gate.

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:05.940
 So,

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:11.099
 so the

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.820
 countess

00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:13.039
 decided to

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:14.139
 found her

00:36:14.139 --> 00:36:14.720
 own

00:36:14.720 --> 00:36:15.159
 training

00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:15.800
 college.

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:16.340
 That

00:36:16.340 --> 00:36:17.039
 very year,

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:18.519
 1768,

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:19.159
 when the

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:19.940
 students were

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:20.480
 kicked out.

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.079
 Okay,

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:22.039
 on her

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:22.440
 birthday,

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:23.599
 Trevecca

00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:25.240
 was established.

00:36:26.220 --> 00:36:26.659
 And George

00:36:26.659 --> 00:36:27.240
 Whitefield

00:36:27.240 --> 00:36:28.300
 preached the

00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:29.139
 inaugural sermon

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:29.780
 on the text,

00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:30.900
 no one can

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.519
 lay any

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:32.420
 foundation other

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:32.940
 than Jesus

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:33.500
 Christ,

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:34.159
 1 Corinthians

00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:34.840
 3.11.

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:36.740
 Soon,

00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:38.140
 it became

00:36:38.140 --> 00:36:39.420
 a fountain

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:40.920
 of gospel

00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:41.940
 witness flowing

00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:42.980
 throughout the

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:43.860
 land and

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:44.800
 watering the

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.660
 very dry

00:36:45.660 --> 00:36:46.180
 earth.

00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:47.539
 The

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:47.940
 countess

00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:48.900
 herself would

00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:49.780
 interview all

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:51.200
 candidates and

00:36:51.200 --> 00:36:52.140
 direct them on

00:36:52.140 --> 00:36:53.740
 their evangelical,

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:54.700
 evangelistic

00:36:54.700 --> 00:36:55.519
 errands,

00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:56.960
 providing ponies

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:57.680
 for their

00:36:57.680 --> 00:36:58.900
 transport and

00:36:58.900 --> 00:36:59.760
 a good suit

00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:00.519
 and a wig

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:01.800
 if the

00:37:01.800 --> 00:37:02.640
 setting demanded.

00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:03.679
 So if she

00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:04.039
 was going to

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:04.519
 bring them

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:05.159
 into her

00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:06.099
 drawing room

00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:06.400
 things,

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:06.759
 she'd give

00:37:06.759 --> 00:37:06.940
 them a

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:07.480
 really nice

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:07.960
 suit and

00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:08.719
 nice wig,

00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:09.079
 you know,

00:37:09.139 --> 00:37:10.059
 so it would

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:10.400
 be less

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:10.839
 offensive.

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:14.099
 Well,

00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:14.819
 a good thing

00:37:14.819 --> 00:37:15.480
 that she had

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:15.940
 money,

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:16.879
 you might say,

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:17.759
 to finance

00:37:17.759 --> 00:37:18.940
 all of these

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:19.440
 ventures.

00:37:20.219 --> 00:37:20.659
 Yes,

00:37:21.259 --> 00:37:22.699
 and here's the

00:37:22.699 --> 00:37:23.139
 extraordinary

00:37:23.139 --> 00:37:23.559
 thing.

00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:26.000
 when it

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.559
 began to

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:27.199
 run low,

00:37:28.320 --> 00:37:28.980
 she sold

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:29.739
 all of her

00:37:29.739 --> 00:37:31.559
 jewels to

00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:32.360
 the substantial

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:34.059
 sum of

00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:36.500
 698 pounds

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:37.779
 and 15

00:37:37.779 --> 00:37:38.440
 shillings.

00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:40.759
 That was

00:37:40.759 --> 00:37:42.380
 an enormous,

00:37:43.059 --> 00:37:44.139
 an enormous

00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:44.880
 amount.

00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:45.019
 important.

00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:50.079
 Why,

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:51.119
 it's as if

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:51.660
 she must

00:37:51.660 --> 00:37:52.059
 have thought

00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:52.559
 her treasure

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:52.940
 was in

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.360
 heaven or

00:37:53.360 --> 00:37:53.700
 something.

00:37:53.840 --> 00:37:54.180
 I don't

00:37:54.180 --> 00:37:54.500
 know.

00:37:58.220 --> 00:37:59.340
 I scarcely

00:37:59.340 --> 00:38:00.300
 could forego

00:38:00.300 --> 00:38:01.619
 pausing here

00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:02.119
 and asking,

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:03.559
 I wonder

00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:04.360
 what jewels

00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:05.760
 we have

00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:07.019
 that we

00:38:07.019 --> 00:38:07.640
 might sell

00:38:07.640 --> 00:38:09.660
 to put

00:38:09.660 --> 00:38:10.079
 some more

00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:11.340
 jewels

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:12.340
 in our

00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:12.760
 Savior's

00:38:12.760 --> 00:38:13.019
 crown.

00:38:13.019 --> 00:38:13.059
 God.

00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:16.219
 Well,

00:38:16.380 --> 00:38:17.659
 the scale

00:38:17.659 --> 00:38:18.659
 of these

00:38:18.659 --> 00:38:19.840
 gospel

00:38:19.840 --> 00:38:20.480
 ventures,

00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:23.119
 it has

00:38:23.119 --> 00:38:23.659
 to be

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:24.239
 emphasized

00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:25.320
 in order

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:25.719
 to be

00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:26.420
 grasped.

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:28.239
 You can

00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:28.679
 sit in the

00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:29.159
 front row

00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:29.519
 if you

00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:29.800
 want.

00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:31.360
 I won't

00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:31.659
 hear the

00:38:31.659 --> 00:38:32.159
 hissing as

00:38:32.159 --> 00:38:32.579
 well unless

00:38:32.579 --> 00:38:32.900
 you sit

00:38:32.900 --> 00:38:33.099
 in the

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:33.559
 front row.

00:38:36.259 --> 00:38:36.699
 That's

00:38:36.699 --> 00:38:37.119
 right.

00:38:39.699 --> 00:38:40.179
 The

00:38:40.179 --> 00:38:42.179
 scale

00:38:42.179 --> 00:38:42.920
 of these

00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:43.380
 ventures

00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:44.240
 has to

00:38:44.240 --> 00:38:44.380
 be

00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:44.740
 emphasized

00:38:44.740 --> 00:38:45.220
 in order

00:38:45.220 --> 00:38:45.500
 to be

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:46.099
 grasped.

00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:47.139
 Lady

00:38:47.139 --> 00:38:48.079
 Huntington's

00:38:48.079 --> 00:38:48.599
 chapels

00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:49.760
 were springing

00:38:49.760 --> 00:38:51.380
 up everywhere,

00:38:51.579 --> 00:38:52.599
 reaching great

00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:53.200
 numbers.

00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:54.420
 On

00:38:54.420 --> 00:38:54.900
 Trevecca

00:38:54.900 --> 00:38:55.720
 anniversaries,

00:38:56.260 --> 00:38:56.860
 also her

00:38:56.860 --> 00:38:57.139
 birthday,

00:38:57.280 --> 00:38:57.760
 you remember,

00:38:59.119 --> 00:38:59.780
 so a

00:38:59.780 --> 00:39:00.240
 two-fold

00:39:00.240 --> 00:39:01.200
 special occasion,

00:39:01.680 --> 00:39:02.180
 she would

00:39:02.180 --> 00:39:03.039
 summon her

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:03.659
 chaplains

00:39:03.659 --> 00:39:04.539
 and they

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:05.139
 would preach

00:39:05.139 --> 00:39:06.079
 in succession,

00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:08.300
 sometimes nine

00:39:08.300 --> 00:39:09.000
 of them in

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.920
 an unbroken

00:39:09.920 --> 00:39:10.440
 row,

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:11.360
 to as

00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:11.820
 many as

00:39:11.820 --> 00:39:14.119
 20,000

00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:15.019
 hearers.

00:39:15.700 --> 00:39:16.119
 So we

00:39:16.119 --> 00:39:17.000
 can't even

00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:18.960
 conceive of

00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:20.179
 people even

00:39:20.179 --> 00:39:20.840
 being able to,

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:21.440
 crowds like

00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:21.860
 that even

00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:22.539
 being able to

00:39:22.539 --> 00:39:24.400
 hear without

00:39:24.400 --> 00:39:25.280
 amplification.

00:39:26.280 --> 00:39:27.280
 But they

00:39:27.280 --> 00:39:28.679
 could do

00:39:28.679 --> 00:39:29.079
 this.

00:39:29.179 --> 00:39:29.320
 I mean,

00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:30.019
 the people like

00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:30.460
 George

00:39:30.460 --> 00:39:31.240
 Whitefield

00:39:31.240 --> 00:39:32.900
 could actually

00:39:32.900 --> 00:39:33.920
 project his

00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:34.720
 voice when he

00:39:34.720 --> 00:39:35.840
 came to the

00:39:35.840 --> 00:39:36.619
 colonies here

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:37.440
 and would

00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:38.380
 preach in

00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:38.920
 Philadelphia,

00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:39.380
 say,

00:39:39.779 --> 00:39:40.519
 people would

00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:41.579
 gather on

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:43.139
 both sides

00:39:43.139 --> 00:39:43.900
 of the

00:39:43.900 --> 00:39:44.519
 Schuylkill

00:39:44.519 --> 00:39:46.099
 River and

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:46.719
 they could

00:39:46.719 --> 00:39:47.579
 hear him.

00:39:48.019 --> 00:39:48.759
 It was

00:39:48.759 --> 00:39:50.119
 unbelievable.

00:39:50.759 --> 00:39:50.900
 So,

00:39:51.179 --> 00:39:51.859
 actually,

00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:52.539
 if you were

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:53.099
 a preacher,

00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:55.059
 actually developing

00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:55.940
 a voice was

00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:56.579
 one of the key

00:39:56.579 --> 00:39:57.099
 and pivotal

00:39:57.099 --> 00:39:57.880
 things to do.

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.319
 And if you

00:39:58.319 --> 00:39:59.960
 read Charles

00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:00.579
 Spurgeon's

00:40:00.579 --> 00:40:01.239
 lectures to my

00:40:01.239 --> 00:40:01.679
 students,

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:02.519
 he has a

00:40:02.519 --> 00:40:03.079
 chapter on

00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:03.559
 how to

00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:04.079
 develop and

00:40:04.079 --> 00:40:04.579
 take care of

00:40:04.579 --> 00:40:05.259
 your voice

00:40:05.260 --> 00:40:05.900
 because this

00:40:05.900 --> 00:40:06.320
 was your

00:40:06.320 --> 00:40:06.780
 instrument,

00:40:07.200 --> 00:40:07.440
 it was

00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:07.900
 absolutely

00:40:07.900 --> 00:40:08.360
 critical.

00:40:09.300 --> 00:40:09.700
 So,

00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:10.760
 20,000

00:40:10.760 --> 00:40:12.000
 people around.

00:40:13.140 --> 00:40:13.720
 It was

00:40:13.720 --> 00:40:14.080
 said that

00:40:14.080 --> 00:40:14.340
 there were

00:40:14.340 --> 00:40:15.420
 over 1,000

00:40:15.420 --> 00:40:17.080
 ponies seen

00:40:17.080 --> 00:40:17.400
 in the

00:40:17.400 --> 00:40:17.840
 surrounding

00:40:17.840 --> 00:40:18.680
 fields of

00:40:18.680 --> 00:40:19.100
 all these

00:40:19.100 --> 00:40:19.720
 gatherings.

00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:23.660
 While the

00:40:23.660 --> 00:40:24.400
 college was

00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:25.040
 housed at

00:40:25.040 --> 00:40:25.540
 Trevecca,

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:27.140
 150

00:40:27.140 --> 00:40:28.340
 preachers were

00:40:28.340 --> 00:40:28.860
 trained,

00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:30.380
 ponied up

00:40:30.380 --> 00:40:30.980
 and suited

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:31.340
 up.

00:40:32.580 --> 00:40:32.800
 That

00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:33.740
 training

00:40:33.740 --> 00:40:34.840
 college

00:40:34.840 --> 00:40:35.400
 would

00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:35.960
 migrate

00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:36.480
 twice,

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:37.120
 once to

00:40:37.120 --> 00:40:37.620
 Chescent

00:40:37.620 --> 00:40:38.680
 and then

00:40:38.680 --> 00:40:39.120
 to

00:40:39.120 --> 00:40:39.640
 Westminster

00:40:39.640 --> 00:40:40.079
 College

00:40:40.079 --> 00:40:40.300
 in

00:40:40.300 --> 00:40:40.600
 Cambridge

00:40:40.600 --> 00:40:40.920
 where

00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:41.140
 it

00:40:41.140 --> 00:40:41.340
 was

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:41.579
 my

00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:41.920
 happy

00:40:41.920 --> 00:40:42.539
 experience

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:42.760
 to

00:40:42.760 --> 00:40:43.240
 reside

00:40:43.240 --> 00:40:44.140
 for one

00:40:44.140 --> 00:40:44.600
 year in

00:40:44.600 --> 00:40:45.059
 my own

00:40:45.059 --> 00:40:45.460
 training.

00:40:45.460 --> 00:40:46.320
 It was so

00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:47.120
 much fun

00:40:47.120 --> 00:40:48.100
 to be in

00:40:48.100 --> 00:40:48.539
 that same

00:40:48.539 --> 00:40:48.960
 spot.

00:40:50.800 --> 00:40:52.900
 200 new

00:40:52.900 --> 00:40:53.579
 chapels

00:40:53.579 --> 00:40:54.240
 were now

00:40:54.240 --> 00:40:54.760
 opened.

00:40:56.640 --> 00:40:57.400
 Such

00:40:57.400 --> 00:40:58.460
 pervading

00:40:58.460 --> 00:40:59.100
 witness

00:40:59.100 --> 00:41:00.240
 was bound

00:41:00.240 --> 00:41:00.940
 to stir

00:41:00.940 --> 00:41:01.600
 opposition

00:41:01.600 --> 00:41:02.860
 and it

00:41:02.860 --> 00:41:03.240
 did.

00:41:03.239 --> 00:41:05.839
 how many

00:41:05.839 --> 00:41:06.159
 of her

00:41:06.159 --> 00:41:06.479
 own

00:41:06.479 --> 00:41:07.079
 chapels

00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:07.319
 and

00:41:07.319 --> 00:41:07.979
 chaplains

00:41:07.979 --> 00:41:08.419
 can

00:41:08.419 --> 00:41:08.779
 one

00:41:08.779 --> 00:41:09.119
 woman

00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:09.859
 have?

00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:10.339
 Even

00:41:10.339 --> 00:41:10.599
 a

00:41:10.599 --> 00:41:11.359
 countess.

00:41:12.259 --> 00:41:12.599
 It's

00:41:12.599 --> 00:41:13.299
 far too

00:41:13.299 --> 00:41:13.599
 many

00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:14.500
 scarves

00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:15.359
 outside

00:41:15.359 --> 00:41:15.879
 of her

00:41:15.879 --> 00:41:16.559
 wardrobe,

00:41:16.859 --> 00:41:17.379
 they said.

00:41:17.819 --> 00:41:18.379
 You guys

00:41:18.379 --> 00:41:18.839
 missed that.

00:41:19.339 --> 00:41:19.799
 If you

00:41:19.799 --> 00:41:21.039
 would engage

00:41:21.039 --> 00:41:21.719
 a chaplain,

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:22.699
 the aristocracy,

00:41:22.939 --> 00:41:23.599
 in order to give

00:41:23.599 --> 00:41:24.059
 them authority,

00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:24.479
 you would give

00:41:24.479 --> 00:41:24.839
 them one of

00:41:24.839 --> 00:41:25.659
 your scarves

00:41:25.659 --> 00:41:25.979
 that was

00:41:25.979 --> 00:41:26.519
 embossed.

00:41:26.579 --> 00:41:26.859
 That was

00:41:26.859 --> 00:41:27.339
 their authority

00:41:27.339 --> 00:41:28.019
 and she

00:41:28.019 --> 00:41:28.339
 would have

00:41:28.339 --> 00:41:28.859
 hundreds.

00:41:29.699 --> 00:41:30.059
 Say that.

00:41:30.299 --> 00:41:30.659
 Far too

00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:31.479
 many scarves

00:41:31.480 --> 00:41:32.019
 outside your

00:41:32.019 --> 00:41:32.420
 wardrobe.

00:41:34.780 --> 00:41:35.420
 Vickers,

00:41:35.940 --> 00:41:36.699
 who felt

00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:37.119
 the

00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:38.440
 enthusiastical

00:41:38.440 --> 00:41:39.079
 encroachment,

00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:40.019
 took legal

00:41:40.019 --> 00:41:40.960
 action against

00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:41.740
 her in the

00:41:41.740 --> 00:41:42.519
 church courts.

00:41:42.940 --> 00:41:43.760
 Not in my

00:41:43.760 --> 00:41:44.219
 neighborhood,

00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:44.980
 they thought.

00:41:45.380 --> 00:41:45.740
 And the

00:41:45.740 --> 00:41:46.380
 countess found

00:41:46.380 --> 00:41:47.380
 herself in a

00:41:47.380 --> 00:41:48.219
 legal pickle

00:41:48.219 --> 00:41:49.219
 that threatened

00:41:49.219 --> 00:41:49.980
 to halt,

00:41:50.280 --> 00:41:51.179
 indeed pluck

00:41:51.179 --> 00:41:51.719
 up,

00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:52.740
 her gospel

00:41:52.740 --> 00:41:53.240
 mission.

00:41:53.239 --> 00:41:55.559
 It was

00:41:55.559 --> 00:41:57.379
 then that

00:41:57.379 --> 00:41:57.799
 she was

00:41:57.799 --> 00:41:58.299
 able to

00:41:58.299 --> 00:41:59.099
 appeal through

00:41:59.099 --> 00:42:00.079
 her privileged

00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:01.659
 access as

00:42:01.659 --> 00:42:02.559
 an aristocrat

00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:03.419
 to King

00:42:03.419 --> 00:42:04.659
 George himself

00:42:04.659 --> 00:42:06.619
 who draped

00:42:06.619 --> 00:42:07.219
 his cloak

00:42:07.219 --> 00:42:07.979
 of protection

00:42:07.979 --> 00:42:08.659
 around her.

00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:09.439
 But it

00:42:09.439 --> 00:42:10.799
 involved a

00:42:10.799 --> 00:42:12.219
 watershed for

00:42:12.219 --> 00:42:12.939
 the countess

00:42:12.939 --> 00:42:13.479
 and her

00:42:13.479 --> 00:42:13.979
 movement.

00:42:15.379 --> 00:42:16.219
 She might

00:42:16.219 --> 00:42:17.519
 gain royal

00:42:17.519 --> 00:42:18.619
 protection through

00:42:18.619 --> 00:42:19.679
 the Toleration

00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:20.459
 Act,

00:42:21.299 --> 00:42:23.000
 allowing dissenters,

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:23.619
 legally,

00:42:23.980 --> 00:42:24.760
 dissenters from

00:42:24.760 --> 00:42:25.559
 the Anglican

00:42:25.559 --> 00:42:26.000
 Church,

00:42:26.199 --> 00:42:27.039
 to gather

00:42:27.039 --> 00:42:27.539
 and to

00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:28.059
 preach.

00:42:28.800 --> 00:42:29.360
 But to

00:42:29.360 --> 00:42:29.960
 come under

00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:31.639
 its sheltering

00:42:31.639 --> 00:42:32.159
 canopy,

00:42:33.199 --> 00:42:33.599
 she would

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:34.219
 have to

00:42:34.219 --> 00:42:35.099
 declare her

00:42:35.099 --> 00:42:35.780
 chapels

00:42:35.780 --> 00:42:37.159
 dissenting

00:42:37.159 --> 00:42:37.980
 houses of

00:42:37.980 --> 00:42:38.280
 worship.

00:42:40.159 --> 00:42:40.960
 So

00:42:40.960 --> 00:42:41.639
 Selina

00:42:41.639 --> 00:42:43.059
 became a

00:42:43.059 --> 00:42:43.679
 reluctant

00:42:43.679 --> 00:42:44.900
 separatist,

00:42:45.139 --> 00:42:46.460
 forced out

00:42:46.460 --> 00:42:46.960
 of the

00:42:46.960 --> 00:42:47.420
 Church of

00:42:47.420 --> 00:42:47.820
 England

00:42:47.820 --> 00:42:49.179
 and her

00:42:49.179 --> 00:42:49.579
 chapel

00:42:49.579 --> 00:42:50.139
 network,

00:42:50.579 --> 00:42:51.340
 as John

00:42:51.340 --> 00:42:52.360
 Wesley and

00:42:52.360 --> 00:42:52.599
 his

00:42:52.599 --> 00:42:53.059
 followers

00:42:53.059 --> 00:42:53.360
 would

00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:53.719
 later

00:42:53.719 --> 00:42:54.179
 become,

00:42:54.299 --> 00:42:54.779
 much to

00:42:54.779 --> 00:42:55.000
 their

00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:55.219
 own

00:42:55.219 --> 00:42:55.880
 frustration

00:42:55.880 --> 00:42:56.119
 and

00:42:56.119 --> 00:42:56.599
 reluctance,

00:42:56.659 --> 00:42:56.880
 they were

00:42:56.880 --> 00:42:57.639
 driven out

00:42:57.639 --> 00:42:57.940
 of the

00:42:57.940 --> 00:42:58.299
 Church of

00:42:58.299 --> 00:42:58.579
 England.

00:42:59.119 --> 00:42:59.639
 They became

00:42:59.639 --> 00:43:00.019
 their own

00:43:00.019 --> 00:43:00.599
 denomination.

00:43:01.819 --> 00:43:02.219
 So they

00:43:02.219 --> 00:43:03.159
 came to be

00:43:03.159 --> 00:43:03.380
 called

00:43:03.380 --> 00:43:04.179
 Countess

00:43:04.179 --> 00:43:05.139
 Huntington

00:43:05.139 --> 00:43:06.139
 Connection

00:43:06.139 --> 00:43:06.920
 Chapels.

00:43:07.019 --> 00:43:07.460
 This is in

00:43:07.460 --> 00:43:08.360
 1781.

00:43:10.219 --> 00:43:10.819
 So the

00:43:10.819 --> 00:43:11.480
 Countess of

00:43:11.480 --> 00:43:12.139
 Huntington's

00:43:12.139 --> 00:43:13.319
 Chapels was

00:43:13.319 --> 00:43:13.679
 its own

00:43:13.679 --> 00:43:14.199
 denomination.

00:43:14.380 --> 00:43:14.519
 Again,

00:43:14.639 --> 00:43:15.219
 she didn't

00:43:15.219 --> 00:43:15.539
 want to

00:43:15.539 --> 00:43:16.539
 no longer be

00:43:16.539 --> 00:43:17.039
 an Anglican,

00:43:17.079 --> 00:43:17.400
 but they

00:43:17.400 --> 00:43:18.059
 forced her

00:43:18.059 --> 00:43:18.279
 out.

00:43:18.440 --> 00:43:18.719
 It was the

00:43:18.719 --> 00:43:19.239
 only way

00:43:19.239 --> 00:43:19.879
 that she

00:43:19.879 --> 00:43:20.419
 could have

00:43:20.419 --> 00:43:21.159
 the freedom

00:43:21.159 --> 00:43:22.159
 to establish

00:43:22.159 --> 00:43:22.839
 these things.

00:43:24.839 --> 00:43:25.599
 This is

00:43:25.599 --> 00:43:26.619
 her Countess

00:43:26.619 --> 00:43:27.079
 of Huntington

00:43:27.079 --> 00:43:27.919
 Chapel in

00:43:27.919 --> 00:43:28.439
 Bath,

00:43:30.439 --> 00:43:32.439
 was one

00:43:32.439 --> 00:43:32.599
 of the

00:43:32.599 --> 00:43:33.519
 great spas

00:43:33.519 --> 00:43:34.039
 for the

00:43:34.039 --> 00:43:34.939
 aristocrats

00:43:34.939 --> 00:43:35.539
 at that time,

00:43:35.639 --> 00:43:36.139
 so she built

00:43:36.139 --> 00:43:37.019
 a chapel there

00:43:37.019 --> 00:43:37.619
 so they'd be

00:43:37.619 --> 00:43:38.099
 able to come

00:43:38.099 --> 00:43:38.480
 and hear the

00:43:38.480 --> 00:43:38.799
 gospel.

00:43:41.679 --> 00:43:42.739
 A conflict

00:43:42.739 --> 00:43:43.559
 was not

00:43:43.559 --> 00:43:44.500
 simply with

00:43:44.500 --> 00:43:45.379
 the Church

00:43:45.380 --> 00:43:45.940
 of England,

00:43:46.619 --> 00:43:47.760
 doctrinal

00:43:47.760 --> 00:43:48.460
 divisions

00:43:48.460 --> 00:43:49.480
 began to

00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:50.980
 emerge even

00:43:50.980 --> 00:43:51.619
 within the

00:43:51.619 --> 00:43:52.380
 ranks of

00:43:52.380 --> 00:43:53.059
 the awakening

00:43:53.059 --> 00:43:54.119
 preachers.

00:43:55.180 --> 00:43:55.640
 A rift

00:43:55.640 --> 00:43:57.059
 opened between

00:43:57.059 --> 00:43:57.680
 Whitefield

00:43:57.680 --> 00:43:58.500
 and Wesley,

00:43:59.300 --> 00:44:00.000
 John Wesley,

00:44:00.420 --> 00:44:01.720
 along Calvinist

00:44:01.720 --> 00:44:02.619
 Arminian

00:44:02.619 --> 00:44:03.559
 fault lines.

00:44:04.460 --> 00:44:05.180
 Whitefield's

00:44:05.180 --> 00:44:06.460
 followers became

00:44:06.460 --> 00:44:06.880
 known as

00:44:06.880 --> 00:44:08.039
 Calvinist

00:44:08.039 --> 00:44:09.220
 Methodists,

00:44:09.900 --> 00:44:10.880
 as differentiated

00:44:10.880 --> 00:44:11.260
 from

00:44:11.260 --> 00:44:12.619
 Wesleyan

00:44:12.619 --> 00:44:13.700
 Methodists

00:44:13.700 --> 00:44:14.340
 who followed

00:44:14.340 --> 00:44:14.900
 John and

00:44:14.900 --> 00:44:15.660
 Charles Wesley.

00:44:16.960 --> 00:44:17.500
 Now the

00:44:17.500 --> 00:44:18.440
 Countess had

00:44:18.440 --> 00:44:20.039
 studied convictions

00:44:20.039 --> 00:44:20.960
 in the matter,

00:44:21.519 --> 00:44:22.139
 aligning her

00:44:22.139 --> 00:44:23.039
 with Whitefield,

00:44:23.760 --> 00:44:24.760
 but she

00:44:24.760 --> 00:44:26.099
 maintained a

00:44:26.099 --> 00:44:26.780
 breadth of

00:44:26.780 --> 00:44:28.160
 friendship across

00:44:28.160 --> 00:44:28.980
 those theological

00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:29.539
 lines.

00:44:30.240 --> 00:44:30.900
 And it's

00:44:30.900 --> 00:44:31.700
 noteworthy

00:44:31.700 --> 00:44:32.260
 that her

00:44:32.260 --> 00:44:33.260
 judgment was

00:44:33.260 --> 00:44:34.680
 highly esteemed,

00:44:35.119 --> 00:44:35.740
 resulting in

00:44:35.740 --> 00:44:36.559
 her frequently

00:44:36.559 --> 00:44:37.800
 being sought

00:44:37.800 --> 00:44:38.820
 for advice

00:44:38.820 --> 00:44:39.860
 even at

00:44:39.860 --> 00:44:41.000
 cross-grained

00:44:41.000 --> 00:44:41.700
 theological

00:44:41.700 --> 00:44:42.300
 affinity.

00:44:43.019 --> 00:44:43.320
 So for

00:44:43.320 --> 00:44:43.720
 example,

00:44:43.719 --> 00:44:45.099
 John Wesley,

00:44:46.139 --> 00:44:47.299
 more Arminian,

00:44:48.179 --> 00:44:49.480
 would consult

00:44:49.480 --> 00:44:50.279
 her often

00:44:50.279 --> 00:44:51.199
 and did

00:44:51.199 --> 00:44:52.419
 as to

00:44:52.419 --> 00:44:52.959
 whether it

00:44:52.959 --> 00:44:53.879
 be advisable

00:44:53.879 --> 00:44:54.439
 to publish

00:44:54.439 --> 00:44:55.139
 his journals.

00:44:56.139 --> 00:44:56.759
 And happily,

00:44:56.939 --> 00:44:57.339
 he followed

00:44:57.339 --> 00:44:58.000
 her advice.

00:44:58.199 --> 00:44:58.719
 And we have

00:44:58.719 --> 00:44:59.159
 them in print

00:44:59.159 --> 00:44:59.480
 now.

00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:00.359
 They're

00:45:00.359 --> 00:45:00.739
 marvelous.

00:45:02.199 --> 00:45:02.759
 Given an

00:45:02.759 --> 00:45:03.419
 opportunity to

00:45:03.419 --> 00:45:03.719
 preach at

00:45:03.719 --> 00:45:04.059
 Oxford,

00:45:04.500 --> 00:45:05.059
 John Wesley

00:45:05.059 --> 00:45:05.659
 sent the

00:45:05.659 --> 00:45:06.159
 countess

00:45:06.159 --> 00:45:07.179
 the sermon

00:45:07.179 --> 00:45:07.619
 that he had

00:45:07.619 --> 00:45:08.219
 prepared to

00:45:08.219 --> 00:45:08.659
 see if she

00:45:08.659 --> 00:45:09.019
 thought it

00:45:09.019 --> 00:45:09.899
 suitable for

00:45:09.899 --> 00:45:10.419
 the weighty

00:45:10.419 --> 00:45:10.859
 occasion.

00:45:10.860 --> 00:45:12.559
 she thought

00:45:12.559 --> 00:45:13.240
 upon reading

00:45:13.240 --> 00:45:13.420
 it,

00:45:13.480 --> 00:45:13.980
 it utterly

00:45:13.980 --> 00:45:15.240
 unsuitable

00:45:15.240 --> 00:45:16.180
 and told him

00:45:16.180 --> 00:45:16.500
 so,

00:45:17.140 --> 00:45:17.780
 directing him

00:45:17.780 --> 00:45:18.720
 more promisingly.

00:45:19.160 --> 00:45:19.720
 So he

00:45:19.720 --> 00:45:21.000
 scrapped it

00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:21.780
 and wrote

00:45:21.780 --> 00:45:22.099
 another.

00:45:23.519 --> 00:45:24.740
 The almost

00:45:24.740 --> 00:45:25.559
 Christian

00:45:25.559 --> 00:45:27.280
 was what he

00:45:27.280 --> 00:45:27.559
 wrote,

00:45:28.320 --> 00:45:28.740
 which has

00:45:28.740 --> 00:45:29.240
 turned out to

00:45:29.240 --> 00:45:29.660
 be one of

00:45:29.660 --> 00:45:30.140
 his most

00:45:30.140 --> 00:45:31.360
 blessed sermons

00:45:31.360 --> 00:45:32.640
 of all of

00:45:32.640 --> 00:45:32.880
 them.

00:45:33.140 --> 00:45:34.280
 An incredible

00:45:34.280 --> 00:45:35.519
 afterlife in

00:45:35.519 --> 00:45:36.039
 this sermon

00:45:36.039 --> 00:45:36.940
 in terms of

00:45:36.940 --> 00:45:37.519
 its impact

00:45:37.519 --> 00:45:37.840
 for the

00:45:37.840 --> 00:45:38.280
 kingdom of

00:45:38.280 --> 00:45:38.560
 God,

00:45:38.800 --> 00:45:39.740
 the almost

00:45:39.740 --> 00:45:40.300
 Christian,

00:45:40.980 --> 00:45:41.680
 thanks to

00:45:41.680 --> 00:45:42.380
 Selina,

00:45:42.519 --> 00:45:42.980
 Countess of

00:45:42.980 --> 00:45:43.360
 Huntington.

00:45:45.600 --> 00:45:46.340
 Another of

00:45:46.340 --> 00:45:46.680
 the great

00:45:46.680 --> 00:45:48.160
 evangelists of

00:45:48.160 --> 00:45:48.640
 the day,

00:45:49.680 --> 00:45:51.980
 I just

00:45:51.980 --> 00:45:52.560
 can't wait

00:45:52.560 --> 00:45:52.840
 for him.

00:45:53.019 --> 00:45:53.380
 Don't you

00:45:53.380 --> 00:45:53.840
 just want to

00:45:53.840 --> 00:45:54.400
 meet this

00:45:54.400 --> 00:45:54.940
 person?

00:45:55.300 --> 00:45:55.700
 It's just

00:45:55.700 --> 00:45:56.200
 going to be

00:45:56.200 --> 00:45:57.420
 so wonderful.

00:45:59.540 --> 00:46:00.240
 Another of

00:46:00.240 --> 00:46:00.600
 the great

00:46:00.600 --> 00:46:01.700
 evangelists of

00:46:01.700 --> 00:46:02.080
 the day,

00:46:02.200 --> 00:46:03.360
 William Romaine,

00:46:04.000 --> 00:46:04.740
 sought her

00:46:04.740 --> 00:46:05.620
 judgment on a

00:46:05.620 --> 00:46:05.960
 work of

00:46:05.960 --> 00:46:07.019
 controversy he

00:46:07.019 --> 00:46:07.860
 was to

00:46:07.860 --> 00:46:08.340
 send to

00:46:08.340 --> 00:46:08.960
 the press.

00:46:09.880 --> 00:46:10.360
 And she

00:46:10.360 --> 00:46:11.440
 found a

00:46:11.440 --> 00:46:12.420
 line in

00:46:12.420 --> 00:46:13.300
 it that

00:46:13.300 --> 00:46:13.780
 spoke

00:46:13.780 --> 00:46:15.120
 uncharitably

00:46:15.120 --> 00:46:15.800
 of another

00:46:15.800 --> 00:46:16.519
 brother in

00:46:16.519 --> 00:46:17.039
 the Lord,

00:46:18.460 --> 00:46:19.660
 Isaac Watts,

00:46:19.780 --> 00:46:20.220
 who we know

00:46:20.220 --> 00:46:20.740
 from some of

00:46:20.740 --> 00:46:21.480
 his hymns.

00:46:22.079 --> 00:46:22.680
 And Selina

00:46:22.680 --> 00:46:23.200
 the Countess

00:46:23.200 --> 00:46:23.700
 told him,

00:46:24.099 --> 00:46:24.460
 take it

00:46:24.460 --> 00:46:24.780
 out,

00:46:25.160 --> 00:46:25.780
 take it

00:46:25.780 --> 00:46:26.099
 out,

00:46:26.360 --> 00:46:26.800
 which he

00:46:26.800 --> 00:46:27.120
 did.

00:46:28.860 --> 00:46:29.440
 Oh,

00:46:29.519 --> 00:46:30.059
 here's Isaac

00:46:30.059 --> 00:46:30.480
 Watts.

00:46:32.000 --> 00:46:32.760
 You remember

00:46:32.760 --> 00:46:33.079
 him.

00:46:33.079 --> 00:46:39.239
 I wonder

00:46:39.239 --> 00:46:41.579
 how frequent

00:46:41.579 --> 00:46:43.799
 and consequential

00:46:43.799 --> 00:46:44.880
 was the

00:46:44.880 --> 00:46:45.679
 Countess's

00:46:45.679 --> 00:46:46.719
 hidden

00:46:46.719 --> 00:46:47.980
 editorial

00:46:47.980 --> 00:46:50.179
 hand for

00:46:50.179 --> 00:46:50.679
 the church

00:46:50.679 --> 00:46:51.059
 in her

00:46:51.059 --> 00:46:51.460
 day.

00:46:52.739 --> 00:46:53.139
 And these

00:46:53.139 --> 00:46:53.759
 are a lot

00:46:53.759 --> 00:46:54.199
 of church

00:46:54.199 --> 00:46:55.480
 leaders that

00:46:55.480 --> 00:46:56.619
 often are in

00:46:56.619 --> 00:46:57.380
 conflict,

00:46:58.380 --> 00:46:58.659
 and it's

00:46:58.659 --> 00:47:00.500
 like a

00:47:00.500 --> 00:47:03.079
 lubricant in

00:47:03.079 --> 00:47:04.039
 the way they

00:47:04.039 --> 00:47:05.359
 interact, to

00:47:05.359 --> 00:47:06.739
 the huge

00:47:06.739 --> 00:47:07.539
 benefit and

00:47:07.539 --> 00:47:08.239
 blessing for

00:47:08.239 --> 00:47:08.879
 the harmony

00:47:08.879 --> 00:47:09.279
 of the

00:47:09.279 --> 00:47:10.539
 church in

00:47:10.539 --> 00:47:11.219
 her day.

00:47:12.719 --> 00:47:13.699
 I'm sure.

00:47:14.759 --> 00:47:15.339
 I mean, how

00:47:15.339 --> 00:47:15.839
 often has

00:47:15.839 --> 00:47:16.920
 Anita saved

00:47:16.920 --> 00:47:17.759
 me from what

00:47:17.759 --> 00:47:18.920
 I have

00:47:18.920 --> 00:47:19.599
 witlessly

00:47:19.599 --> 00:47:20.920
 written that

00:47:20.920 --> 00:47:21.500
 would surely

00:47:21.500 --> 00:47:21.980
 have caused

00:47:21.980 --> 00:47:22.940
 calamitous

00:47:22.940 --> 00:47:24.279
 offense or

00:47:24.279 --> 00:47:25.359
 abiding hurt?

00:47:25.360 --> 00:47:27.360
 how many

00:47:27.360 --> 00:47:29.400
 teachers among

00:47:29.400 --> 00:47:30.240
 us would

00:47:30.240 --> 00:47:31.039
 come off far

00:47:31.039 --> 00:47:31.599
 better in

00:47:31.599 --> 00:47:32.440
 the stricter

00:47:32.440 --> 00:47:34.120
 judgment that

00:47:34.120 --> 00:47:34.400
 will be

00:47:34.400 --> 00:47:35.000
 applied had

00:47:35.000 --> 00:47:35.820
 we subjected

00:47:35.820 --> 00:47:36.559
 our thought to

00:47:36.559 --> 00:47:37.059
 the judgment

00:47:37.059 --> 00:47:38.260
 of our very

00:47:38.260 --> 00:47:39.300
 wise spouses

00:47:39.300 --> 00:47:39.920
 first.

00:47:40.720 --> 00:47:41.960
 So, there's a

00:47:41.960 --> 00:47:42.740
 free recommendation

00:47:42.740 --> 00:47:45.099
 that saved my

00:47:45.099 --> 00:47:45.360
 skin.

00:47:46.880 --> 00:47:48.599
 Neither were

00:47:48.599 --> 00:47:49.420
 the Countess's

00:47:49.420 --> 00:47:50.720
 deeply trained

00:47:50.720 --> 00:47:51.420
 theological

00:47:51.420 --> 00:47:52.240
 instincts,

00:47:52.760 --> 00:47:54.380
 merely helpfully

00:47:54.380 --> 00:47:55.140
 directive

00:47:55.139 --> 00:47:56.819
 and cautionary.

00:47:57.699 --> 00:47:58.039
 They were

00:47:58.039 --> 00:47:59.539
 also instructive

00:47:59.539 --> 00:48:00.319
 and clarifying.

00:48:01.059 --> 00:48:02.259
 Like Priscilla,

00:48:03.179 --> 00:48:03.739
 she was

00:48:03.739 --> 00:48:04.779
 quite capable

00:48:04.779 --> 00:48:05.819
 and ready to

00:48:05.819 --> 00:48:07.119
 explain the

00:48:07.119 --> 00:48:07.679
 way of the

00:48:07.679 --> 00:48:08.259
 Lord more

00:48:08.259 --> 00:48:09.420
 accurately to

00:48:09.420 --> 00:48:09.839
 others.

00:48:10.739 --> 00:48:11.279
 She certainly

00:48:11.279 --> 00:48:11.900
 helped Henry

00:48:11.900 --> 00:48:12.379
 Venn.

00:48:14.379 --> 00:48:15.339
 Here's Henry

00:48:15.339 --> 00:48:15.599
 Venn.

00:48:16.879 --> 00:48:18.000
 I took that

00:48:18.000 --> 00:48:18.480
 picture in the

00:48:18.480 --> 00:48:18.759
 rain.

00:48:18.759 --> 00:48:19.319
 Yeah, it's

00:48:19.319 --> 00:48:19.519
 something.

00:48:23.879 --> 00:48:24.739
 She certainly

00:48:24.739 --> 00:48:25.299
 helped Henry

00:48:25.299 --> 00:48:26.079
 Venn to a

00:48:26.079 --> 00:48:26.619
 fuller

00:48:26.619 --> 00:48:27.500
 understanding of

00:48:27.500 --> 00:48:28.179
 the gospel.

00:48:29.139 --> 00:48:30.119
 Once hearing

00:48:30.119 --> 00:48:31.059
 him preach,

00:48:31.779 --> 00:48:32.799
 she found him

00:48:32.799 --> 00:48:34.739
 unclear on the

00:48:34.739 --> 00:48:36.500
 atonement, so

00:48:36.500 --> 00:48:37.219
 wrote him a

00:48:37.219 --> 00:48:37.479
 letter.

00:48:38.479 --> 00:48:39.699
 Oh, my

00:48:39.699 --> 00:48:41.779
 friend, we

00:48:41.779 --> 00:48:44.199
 can make no

00:48:44.199 --> 00:48:46.179
 atonement to a

00:48:46.179 --> 00:48:47.119
 violated law.

00:48:47.119 --> 00:48:49.599
 we have no

00:48:49.599 --> 00:48:50.639
 inward holiness

00:48:50.639 --> 00:48:51.440
 of our own.

00:48:52.639 --> 00:48:53.480
 The Lord Jesus

00:48:53.480 --> 00:48:55.319
 Christ is the

00:48:55.319 --> 00:48:56.119
 Lord our

00:48:56.119 --> 00:48:56.880
 righteousness.

00:48:57.960 --> 00:48:59.039
 Cling not to

00:48:59.039 --> 00:48:59.839
 such beggarly

00:48:59.839 --> 00:49:01.239
 elements, but

00:49:01.239 --> 00:49:02.420
 look to him

00:49:02.420 --> 00:49:03.359
 alone who

00:49:03.359 --> 00:49:04.279
 hath wrought out

00:49:04.279 --> 00:49:05.000
 a perfect

00:49:05.000 --> 00:49:06.619
 righteousness for

00:49:06.619 --> 00:49:07.199
 his people.

00:49:08.239 --> 00:49:09.039
 And this

00:49:09.039 --> 00:49:09.880
 exhortation

00:49:09.880 --> 00:49:11.319
 proved fruitful

00:49:11.319 --> 00:49:12.059
 in Venn's

00:49:12.059 --> 00:49:12.500
 heart.

00:49:12.500 --> 00:49:13.800
 As George

00:49:13.800 --> 00:49:14.980
 Whitefield wrote

00:49:14.980 --> 00:49:15.400
 to the

00:49:15.400 --> 00:49:16.119
 countess,

00:49:16.800 --> 00:49:17.000
 quote,

00:49:17.260 --> 00:49:18.480
 your exertions

00:49:18.480 --> 00:49:19.059
 in bringing

00:49:19.059 --> 00:49:20.219
 him to a

00:49:20.219 --> 00:49:20.659
 clearer

00:49:20.659 --> 00:49:21.980
 understanding of

00:49:21.980 --> 00:49:22.780
 the everlasting

00:49:22.780 --> 00:49:24.280
 gospel have

00:49:24.280 --> 00:49:24.960
 indeed been

00:49:24.960 --> 00:49:25.719
 greatly blessed

00:49:25.719 --> 00:49:26.320
 of the Lord.

00:49:28.380 --> 00:49:29.619
 So, and he

00:49:29.619 --> 00:49:30.380
 went on to be

00:49:30.380 --> 00:49:30.719
 one of the

00:49:30.719 --> 00:49:32.300
 great evangelical

00:49:32.300 --> 00:49:33.039
 leaders of

00:49:33.039 --> 00:49:34.559
 his day, and

00:49:34.559 --> 00:49:35.480
 indeed his son

00:49:35.480 --> 00:49:36.239
 and his

00:49:36.239 --> 00:49:37.440
 grandson, and

00:49:37.440 --> 00:49:38.320
 so on for a

00:49:38.320 --> 00:49:38.900
 long time, the

00:49:38.900 --> 00:49:39.460
 Venn family.

00:49:39.460 --> 00:49:41.320
 Well, there

00:49:41.320 --> 00:49:42.679
 is, we

00:49:42.679 --> 00:49:43.619
 must acknowledge,

00:49:43.740 --> 00:49:44.179
 a rather

00:49:44.179 --> 00:49:44.920
 prominent

00:49:44.920 --> 00:49:47.139
 executive tone

00:49:47.139 --> 00:49:47.720
 to the

00:49:47.720 --> 00:49:48.220
 countess.

00:49:48.659 --> 00:49:49.340
 After all, she

00:49:49.340 --> 00:49:49.659
 was a

00:49:49.659 --> 00:49:50.139
 countess.

00:49:50.980 --> 00:49:51.980
 Perhaps this

00:49:51.980 --> 00:49:52.599
 is the

00:49:52.599 --> 00:49:53.980
 aristocrat in

00:49:53.980 --> 00:49:55.159
 her manifesting.

00:49:56.000 --> 00:49:56.760
 She certainly

00:49:56.760 --> 00:49:57.619
 was confident

00:49:57.619 --> 00:49:58.440
 that she knew

00:49:58.440 --> 00:49:59.000
 what people

00:49:59.000 --> 00:49:59.740
 needed to do

00:49:59.740 --> 00:50:00.960
 and did not

00:50:00.960 --> 00:50:01.940
 hesitate to

00:50:01.940 --> 00:50:02.420
 tell them

00:50:02.420 --> 00:50:02.820
 so.

00:50:02.820 --> 00:50:09.660
 A few, it

00:50:09.660 --> 00:50:10.600
 seemed, resisted

00:50:10.600 --> 00:50:10.820
 her.

00:50:11.720 --> 00:50:12.180
 John

00:50:12.180 --> 00:50:13.200
 Barrage, there

00:50:13.200 --> 00:50:14.900
 he is, another

00:50:14.900 --> 00:50:16.160
 great gospel

00:50:16.160 --> 00:50:17.280
 preacher of the

00:50:17.280 --> 00:50:17.800
 age.

00:50:19.180 --> 00:50:20.120
 Wonderful guy.

00:50:20.240 --> 00:50:20.680
 I remember

00:50:20.680 --> 00:50:21.720
 when I was at

00:50:21.720 --> 00:50:22.700
 Cambridge, I

00:50:22.700 --> 00:50:23.840
 had heard that

00:50:23.840 --> 00:50:25.140
 he was evangelist

00:50:25.140 --> 00:50:26.480
 all the way to

00:50:26.480 --> 00:50:27.140
 his death and

00:50:27.140 --> 00:50:27.820
 even after his

00:50:27.820 --> 00:50:28.360
 death on his

00:50:28.360 --> 00:50:28.960
 tombstone.

00:50:29.260 --> 00:50:30.120
 So I rode my

00:50:30.120 --> 00:50:32.140
 bike a long,

00:50:32.139 --> 00:50:32.980
 long, long, long

00:50:32.980 --> 00:50:33.799
 way just to

00:50:33.799 --> 00:50:34.739
 see it and I

00:50:34.739 --> 00:50:35.420
 found this

00:50:35.420 --> 00:50:36.059
 tombstone.

00:50:36.759 --> 00:50:37.480
 Look at this

00:50:37.480 --> 00:50:38.599
 friends, isn't

00:50:38.599 --> 00:50:39.420
 this wonderful?

00:50:40.859 --> 00:50:41.859
 Here lay the

00:50:41.859 --> 00:50:42.859
 earthly remains

00:50:42.859 --> 00:50:43.579
 of John

00:50:43.579 --> 00:50:45.039
 Barrage, late

00:50:45.039 --> 00:50:45.519
 vicar of

00:50:45.519 --> 00:50:46.460
 Everton and

00:50:46.460 --> 00:50:47.179
 an itinerant

00:50:47.179 --> 00:50:47.839
 servant of

00:50:47.839 --> 00:50:48.859
 Jesus Christ

00:50:48.859 --> 00:50:50.339
 who loved his

00:50:50.339 --> 00:50:51.259
 master and his

00:50:51.259 --> 00:50:52.539
 work and after

00:50:52.539 --> 00:50:53.339
 running on his

00:50:53.339 --> 00:50:54.139
 errands many

00:50:54.139 --> 00:50:55.099
 years was

00:50:55.099 --> 00:50:56.039
 called up to

00:50:56.039 --> 00:50:56.659
 wait on him

00:50:56.659 --> 00:50:57.139
 above.

00:50:58.420 --> 00:50:58.920
 Reader,

00:51:00.079 --> 00:51:00.619
 art thou

00:51:00.619 --> 00:51:01.440
 born again?

00:51:02.139 --> 00:51:04.159
 No salvation

00:51:04.159 --> 00:51:05.400
 without a new

00:51:05.400 --> 00:51:05.960
 birth.

00:51:07.059 --> 00:51:08.559
 I was born in

00:51:08.559 --> 00:51:09.379
 sin February

00:51:09.379 --> 00:51:10.639
 1716.

00:51:11.159 --> 00:51:11.779
 Remained

00:51:11.779 --> 00:51:12.739
 ignorant of my

00:51:12.739 --> 00:51:13.679
 fallen state

00:51:13.679 --> 00:51:16.159
 until 1750.

00:51:17.239 --> 00:51:18.599
 Lived proudly

00:51:18.599 --> 00:51:20.319
 on faith and

00:51:20.319 --> 00:51:21.119
 works for

00:51:21.119 --> 00:51:22.599
 salvation till

00:51:22.599 --> 00:51:23.799
 1754.

00:51:25.139 --> 00:51:26.480
 Admitted to

00:51:26.480 --> 00:51:26.940
 Everton

00:51:26.940 --> 00:51:28.480
 Vicarage 1755.

00:51:28.900 --> 00:51:29.460
 Indeed was a

00:51:29.460 --> 00:51:29.960
 preacher of the

00:51:29.960 --> 00:51:31.059
 gospel at this

00:51:31.059 --> 00:51:32.119
 church while

00:51:32.119 --> 00:51:32.719
 he was living

00:51:32.719 --> 00:51:33.500
 proudly on

00:51:33.500 --> 00:51:36.839
 works and

00:51:36.839 --> 00:51:37.219
 faith.

00:51:38.940 --> 00:51:39.839
 Fled to

00:51:39.839 --> 00:51:41.059
 Jesus alone

00:51:41.059 --> 00:51:42.460
 for refuge.

00:51:43.299 --> 00:51:43.900
 1756.

00:51:44.759 --> 00:51:45.719
 Fell asleep in

00:51:45.719 --> 00:51:46.219
 Christ.

00:51:46.859 --> 00:51:47.940
 January 22nd,

00:51:48.319 --> 00:51:49.099
 1793.

00:51:49.639 --> 00:51:50.079
 Isn't that

00:51:50.079 --> 00:51:50.539
 wonderful?

00:51:51.119 --> 00:51:51.980
 An evangelist

00:51:51.980 --> 00:51:52.839
 on his tomb.

00:51:53.259 --> 00:51:53.539
 Reader,

00:51:53.679 --> 00:51:54.000
 art thou

00:51:54.000 --> 00:51:54.460
 born again?

00:51:54.539 --> 00:51:55.559
 No salvation

00:51:55.559 --> 00:51:56.279
 without a new

00:51:56.279 --> 00:51:56.719
 birth.

00:51:56.719 --> 00:51:56.779
 death.

00:51:57.980 --> 00:51:58.379
 So,

00:51:58.379 --> 00:51:59.899
 that's

00:51:59.899 --> 00:52:01.259
 John

00:52:01.259 --> 00:52:02.659
 Barrage.

00:52:05.399 --> 00:52:06.159
 He

00:52:06.159 --> 00:52:08.359
 was,

00:52:08.359 --> 00:52:08.399
 he was,

00:52:08.859 --> 00:52:10.500
 he occasionally

00:52:10.500 --> 00:52:11.879
 would deny her

00:52:11.879 --> 00:52:12.439
 her wishes

00:52:12.439 --> 00:52:13.939
 as she moved

00:52:13.939 --> 00:52:14.919
 players around

00:52:14.919 --> 00:52:15.839
 the Great Awakening

00:52:15.839 --> 00:52:16.739
 chessboard.

00:52:16.739 --> 00:52:18.099
 but he took

00:52:18.099 --> 00:52:18.859
 no offense

00:52:18.859 --> 00:52:19.939
 and admired

00:52:19.939 --> 00:52:20.599
 her even

00:52:20.599 --> 00:52:21.000
 in her

00:52:21.000 --> 00:52:21.479
 sharp

00:52:21.479 --> 00:52:22.679
 dealings

00:52:22.679 --> 00:52:25.139
 as he

00:52:25.139 --> 00:52:26.259
 once wrote

00:52:26.259 --> 00:52:26.799
 to her,

00:52:27.839 --> 00:52:28.419
 verily,

00:52:28.799 --> 00:52:30.339
 you are a

00:52:30.339 --> 00:52:31.119
 good piper

00:52:31.119 --> 00:52:32.979
 but I know

00:52:32.979 --> 00:52:33.759
 not how to

00:52:33.759 --> 00:52:34.219
 dance.

00:52:35.039 --> 00:52:35.979
 I love your

00:52:35.979 --> 00:52:37.339
 scorpion letters

00:52:37.339 --> 00:52:37.899
 dearly,

00:52:38.319 --> 00:52:39.279
 though they do

00:52:39.279 --> 00:52:40.339
 take the flesh

00:52:40.339 --> 00:52:41.359
 off my bones

00:52:41.360 --> 00:52:42.700
 and I

00:52:42.700 --> 00:52:43.559
 believe your

00:52:43.559 --> 00:52:44.160
 glasses,

00:52:44.380 --> 00:52:44.840
 countess,

00:52:45.140 --> 00:52:45.740
 are better

00:52:45.740 --> 00:52:46.360
 than mine

00:52:46.360 --> 00:52:48.140
 but alas,

00:52:48.400 --> 00:52:49.300
 I cannot see

00:52:49.300 --> 00:52:49.840
 through your

00:52:49.840 --> 00:52:50.320
 glasses.

00:52:55.120 --> 00:52:56.140
 She did

00:52:56.140 --> 00:52:56.980
 have good

00:52:56.980 --> 00:52:57.500
 glasses.

00:52:58.340 --> 00:52:58.880
 She saw

00:52:58.880 --> 00:52:59.480
 the big

00:52:59.480 --> 00:53:00.599
 picture clearly

00:53:00.599 --> 00:53:02.519
 but she

00:53:02.519 --> 00:53:02.980
 was not

00:53:02.980 --> 00:53:03.620
 infallible

00:53:03.620 --> 00:53:04.420
 and made

00:53:04.420 --> 00:53:05.180
 mistakes as

00:53:05.180 --> 00:53:05.800
 she herself

00:53:05.800 --> 00:53:06.400
 acknowledged

00:53:06.400 --> 00:53:07.200
 and regretted.

00:53:08.280 --> 00:53:08.860
 Late in life

00:53:08.860 --> 00:53:09.360
 she said,

00:53:10.000 --> 00:53:10.900
 as Christians

00:53:10.900 --> 00:53:12.220
 we wish

00:53:12.220 --> 00:53:13.220
 to retract

00:53:13.220 --> 00:53:14.480
 what a

00:53:14.480 --> 00:53:15.220
 more deliberate

00:53:15.220 --> 00:53:16.240
 consideration

00:53:16.240 --> 00:53:17.619
 might have

00:53:17.619 --> 00:53:18.119
 prevented.

00:53:19.420 --> 00:53:20.300
 There's a

00:53:20.300 --> 00:53:20.800
 good lesson

00:53:20.800 --> 00:53:21.340
 here for

00:53:21.340 --> 00:53:21.860
 those who

00:53:21.860 --> 00:53:22.619
 are often

00:53:22.619 --> 00:53:23.059
 right

00:53:23.059 --> 00:53:24.720
 and think

00:53:24.720 --> 00:53:25.160
 themselves

00:53:25.160 --> 00:53:26.280
 always so.

00:53:28.079 --> 00:53:28.480
 Well,

00:53:28.519 --> 00:53:28.960
 there's so

00:53:28.960 --> 00:53:29.700
 much more

00:53:29.700 --> 00:53:30.579
 to tell

00:53:30.579 --> 00:53:31.760
 of the

00:53:31.760 --> 00:53:32.300
 countess

00:53:32.300 --> 00:53:32.639
 and her

00:53:32.639 --> 00:53:33.300
 impact.

00:53:34.059 --> 00:53:34.460
 Her

00:53:34.460 --> 00:53:35.099
 practical

00:53:35.099 --> 00:53:36.039
 knowledge

00:53:36.039 --> 00:53:36.960
 of just

00:53:36.960 --> 00:53:37.940
 what needed

00:53:37.940 --> 00:53:38.840
 to be done

00:53:38.840 --> 00:53:39.920
 was not

00:53:39.920 --> 00:53:40.660
 restricted to

00:53:40.659 --> 00:53:41.279
 the national

00:53:41.279 --> 00:53:42.219
 scale but

00:53:42.219 --> 00:53:43.119
 reached down

00:53:43.119 --> 00:53:43.859
 also to

00:53:43.859 --> 00:53:44.779
 the quotidian

00:53:44.779 --> 00:53:45.920
 matters of

00:53:45.920 --> 00:53:46.519
 life.

00:53:49.500 --> 00:53:49.879
 There's

00:53:49.879 --> 00:53:54.399
 Sally,

00:53:55.119 --> 00:53:55.420
 Charles

00:53:55.420 --> 00:53:56.019
 Wesley's

00:53:56.019 --> 00:53:56.579
 wife,

00:53:57.139 --> 00:53:57.859
 and on

00:53:57.859 --> 00:53:58.480
 one occasion

00:53:58.480 --> 00:53:59.339
 Sally,

00:53:59.940 --> 00:54:00.739
 wife of

00:54:00.739 --> 00:54:01.019
 Charles

00:54:01.019 --> 00:54:01.359
 Wesley,

00:54:01.619 --> 00:54:02.460
 was quite

00:54:02.460 --> 00:54:03.719
 ill with

00:54:03.719 --> 00:54:04.819
 smallpox

00:54:04.819 --> 00:54:05.559
 and her

00:54:05.559 --> 00:54:05.899
 husband,

00:54:06.339 --> 00:54:06.759
 Charles

00:54:06.759 --> 00:54:07.219
 Wesley,

00:54:07.480 --> 00:54:08.299
 was away

00:54:08.300 --> 00:54:09.360
 looking after

00:54:09.360 --> 00:54:09.880
 his brother

00:54:09.880 --> 00:54:10.840
 John,

00:54:11.760 --> 00:54:13.660
 who was

00:54:13.660 --> 00:54:14.080
 also

00:54:14.080 --> 00:54:15.080
 unwell.

00:54:15.840 --> 00:54:16.320
 So when

00:54:16.320 --> 00:54:17.180
 Selina

00:54:17.180 --> 00:54:18.519
 arrived and

00:54:18.519 --> 00:54:19.120
 discovered

00:54:19.120 --> 00:54:20.000
 Sally in

00:54:20.000 --> 00:54:20.740
 her plight,

00:54:21.180 --> 00:54:22.140
 she immediately

00:54:22.140 --> 00:54:22.720
 set things

00:54:22.720 --> 00:54:23.060
 right.

00:54:23.460 --> 00:54:24.140
 She summoned

00:54:24.140 --> 00:54:24.680
 George

00:54:24.680 --> 00:54:25.640
 Whitefield to

00:54:25.640 --> 00:54:26.900
 fetch Charles

00:54:26.900 --> 00:54:27.860
 and send

00:54:27.860 --> 00:54:28.360
 him,

00:54:28.539 --> 00:54:28.860
 Charles,

00:54:28.980 --> 00:54:29.580
 back to

00:54:29.580 --> 00:54:30.200
 his wife's

00:54:30.200 --> 00:54:30.800
 side where

00:54:30.800 --> 00:54:31.600
 he belonged

00:54:31.600 --> 00:54:32.420
 and then

00:54:32.420 --> 00:54:33.260
 had Whitefield

00:54:33.260 --> 00:54:34.320
 stay and

00:54:34.320 --> 00:54:35.000
 nurse John

00:54:35.000 --> 00:54:35.800
 Wesley back

00:54:35.800 --> 00:54:36.300
 to health.

00:54:36.960 --> 00:54:37.719
 All that

00:54:37.719 --> 00:54:38.139
 was needed

00:54:38.139 --> 00:54:38.739
 was a good

00:54:38.739 --> 00:54:39.780
 traffic officer

00:54:39.780 --> 00:54:40.599
 to direct

00:54:40.599 --> 00:54:41.139
 things with

00:54:41.139 --> 00:54:41.760
 whistle and

00:54:41.760 --> 00:54:42.840
 gesture and

00:54:42.840 --> 00:54:43.619
 the countess

00:54:43.619 --> 00:54:44.679
 was just

00:54:44.679 --> 00:54:45.340
 the one to

00:54:45.340 --> 00:54:45.980
 supply it.

00:54:48.119 --> 00:54:48.719
 Oh,

00:54:49.320 --> 00:54:50.179
 that's Charles

00:54:50.179 --> 00:54:50.599
 Wesley.

00:54:50.739 --> 00:54:51.340
 That's the

00:54:51.340 --> 00:54:51.840
 husband that

00:54:51.840 --> 00:54:52.159
 should have

00:54:52.159 --> 00:54:52.460
 been with

00:54:52.460 --> 00:54:52.860
 the wife

00:54:52.860 --> 00:54:53.400
 who had

00:54:53.400 --> 00:54:54.059
 smallpox.

00:54:54.059 --> 00:54:54.579
 Okay.

00:54:55.360 --> 00:54:56.500
 And here

00:54:56.500 --> 00:54:58.320
 is the

00:54:58.320 --> 00:54:58.960
 countess,

00:54:59.820 --> 00:55:00.579
 a little bit

00:55:00.579 --> 00:55:01.440
 older now than

00:55:01.440 --> 00:55:02.199
 the first picture

00:55:02.199 --> 00:55:03.480
 we showed.

00:55:05.000 --> 00:55:08.579
 we have

00:55:08.579 --> 00:55:09.000
 mentioned

00:55:09.000 --> 00:55:09.739
 Selina as

00:55:09.739 --> 00:55:10.579
 exercising an

00:55:10.579 --> 00:55:11.280
 impact on a

00:55:11.280 --> 00:55:12.099
 national scale

00:55:12.099 --> 00:55:13.119
 and technically

00:55:13.119 --> 00:55:13.940
 the British

00:55:13.940 --> 00:55:15.420
 Isles involved

00:55:15.420 --> 00:55:16.280
 more than a

00:55:16.280 --> 00:55:16.980
 single nation

00:55:16.980 --> 00:55:18.079
 as the Welsh

00:55:18.079 --> 00:55:18.940
 and the Scots

00:55:18.940 --> 00:55:19.980
 and the Irish

00:55:19.980 --> 00:55:21.079
 would be swift

00:55:21.079 --> 00:55:21.940
 to insist.

00:55:22.559 --> 00:55:23.519
 But her

00:55:23.519 --> 00:55:24.559
 influence reached

00:55:24.559 --> 00:55:25.820
 farther afield

00:55:25.820 --> 00:55:26.639
 than even the

00:55:26.639 --> 00:55:27.619
 British Isles.

00:55:28.480 --> 00:55:29.480
 She donated

00:55:29.480 --> 00:55:31.139
 liberally to

00:55:31.139 --> 00:55:31.920
 the fledgling

00:55:31.920 --> 00:55:32.599
 college of

00:55:32.599 --> 00:55:33.380
 New Jersey,

00:55:33.380 --> 00:55:35.460
 my alma

00:55:35.460 --> 00:55:35.860
 mater.

00:55:36.440 --> 00:55:37.320
 There it

00:55:37.320 --> 00:55:38.180
 is a long

00:55:38.180 --> 00:55:38.700
 time ago,

00:55:38.860 --> 00:55:39.780
 1746,

00:55:40.680 --> 00:55:41.500
 when it was

00:55:41.500 --> 00:55:41.860
 just getting

00:55:41.860 --> 00:55:44.160
 started as

00:55:44.160 --> 00:55:44.640
 a training

00:55:44.640 --> 00:55:45.260
 ground for

00:55:45.260 --> 00:55:46.280
 gospel preachers

00:55:46.280 --> 00:55:47.260
 similar to

00:55:47.260 --> 00:55:47.619
 her own

00:55:47.619 --> 00:55:48.079
 Trevecca.

00:55:48.519 --> 00:55:49.000
 So she took

00:55:49.000 --> 00:55:49.260
 it under

00:55:49.260 --> 00:55:49.820
 wing and

00:55:49.820 --> 00:55:50.700
 was very

00:55:50.700 --> 00:55:52.640
 generous with

00:55:52.640 --> 00:55:53.780
 the Princeton

00:55:53.780 --> 00:55:54.420
 Lions of

00:55:54.420 --> 00:55:54.640
 Judah.

00:55:54.800 --> 00:55:55.039
 They were

00:55:55.039 --> 00:55:55.380
 called the

00:55:55.380 --> 00:55:55.820
 Lions of

00:55:55.820 --> 00:55:56.380
 Judah before

00:55:56.380 --> 00:55:56.680
 they were

00:55:56.680 --> 00:55:56.880
 called

00:55:56.880 --> 00:55:57.240
 Princeton

00:55:57.240 --> 00:55:57.700
 Tigers.

00:55:58.200 --> 00:55:58.760
 I prefer

00:55:58.760 --> 00:55:59.220
 the former.

00:55:59.219 --> 00:56:02.799
 she gave

00:56:02.799 --> 00:56:04.559
 funds to

00:56:04.559 --> 00:56:05.279
 the Native

00:56:05.279 --> 00:56:05.980
 American

00:56:05.980 --> 00:56:06.899
 Samson

00:56:06.899 --> 00:56:07.579
 Ockham,

00:56:08.359 --> 00:56:09.000
 there he

00:56:09.000 --> 00:56:09.579
 is,

00:56:11.659 --> 00:56:13.739
 who was

00:56:13.739 --> 00:56:14.679
 soliciting funds

00:56:14.679 --> 00:56:15.719
 for a

00:56:15.719 --> 00:56:16.599
 mission school

00:56:16.599 --> 00:56:17.500
 way out in

00:56:17.500 --> 00:56:18.699
 the wilds

00:56:18.699 --> 00:56:19.239
 of New

00:56:19.239 --> 00:56:19.759
 Hampshire

00:56:19.759 --> 00:56:21.239
 that got

00:56:21.239 --> 00:56:22.299
 going in

00:56:22.299 --> 00:56:24.159
 1769.

00:56:25.039 --> 00:56:25.539
 There it

00:56:25.539 --> 00:56:25.959
 is,

00:56:26.319 --> 00:56:27.239
 way out

00:56:27.239 --> 00:56:27.480
 of the

00:56:27.480 --> 00:56:27.799
 boonies.

00:56:27.800 --> 00:56:28.920
 now we

00:56:28.920 --> 00:56:29.240
 call it

00:56:29.240 --> 00:56:29.580
 Dartmouth

00:56:29.580 --> 00:56:30.180
 College,

00:56:30.680 --> 00:56:31.200
 but it

00:56:31.200 --> 00:56:32.580
 started out

00:56:32.580 --> 00:56:33.360
 as a

00:56:33.360 --> 00:56:34.340
 mission outreach

00:56:34.340 --> 00:56:34.860
 to Native

00:56:34.860 --> 00:56:35.519
 Americans.

00:56:35.740 --> 00:56:36.260
 And Selina

00:56:36.260 --> 00:56:36.840
 Countess of

00:56:36.840 --> 00:56:37.300
 Huntington,

00:56:38.140 --> 00:56:40.460
 very generously

00:56:40.460 --> 00:56:41.100
 endowed

00:56:41.100 --> 00:56:41.820
 Dartmouth

00:56:41.820 --> 00:56:42.900
 College also.

00:56:44.340 --> 00:56:45.500
 She sponsored

00:56:45.500 --> 00:56:46.600
 African American

00:56:46.600 --> 00:56:47.519
 children in

00:56:47.519 --> 00:56:48.280
 Whitfield's

00:56:48.280 --> 00:56:48.760
 Georgia

00:56:48.760 --> 00:56:49.620
 Orphanage,

00:56:50.100 --> 00:56:51.100
 the Bethesda

00:56:51.100 --> 00:56:51.700
 Orphanage

00:56:51.700 --> 00:56:52.080
 there.

00:56:52.519 --> 00:56:53.019
 This is

00:56:53.019 --> 00:56:54.960
 the orphanage

00:56:54.960 --> 00:56:55.880
 in Georgia.

00:56:55.880 --> 00:56:59.940
 Indeed,

00:57:01.200 --> 00:57:03.420
 thinking hers,

00:57:03.820 --> 00:57:04.340
 the best

00:57:04.340 --> 00:57:05.059
 hands to

00:57:05.059 --> 00:57:05.519
 leave it

00:57:05.519 --> 00:57:05.980
 in,

00:57:06.920 --> 00:57:07.260
 George

00:57:07.260 --> 00:57:07.860
 Whitefield,

00:57:07.980 --> 00:57:08.200
 who had

00:57:08.200 --> 00:57:08.800
 established the

00:57:08.800 --> 00:57:09.140
 orphanage,

00:57:09.360 --> 00:57:10.300
 bequeathed it

00:57:10.300 --> 00:57:11.480
 to the

00:57:11.480 --> 00:57:12.559
 Countess when

00:57:12.559 --> 00:57:13.300
 he died in

00:57:13.300 --> 00:57:13.800
 her will,

00:57:14.360 --> 00:57:14.860
 in his

00:57:14.860 --> 00:57:15.180
 will.

00:57:15.420 --> 00:57:16.280
 So he

00:57:16.280 --> 00:57:16.619
 knew he'd

00:57:16.619 --> 00:57:17.200
 take good

00:57:17.200 --> 00:57:17.559
 care of it,

00:57:17.559 --> 00:57:17.900
 which she

00:57:17.900 --> 00:57:18.220
 did.

00:57:20.220 --> 00:57:21.400
 Neither was

00:57:21.400 --> 00:57:22.240
 Whitefield alone

00:57:22.240 --> 00:57:22.619
 in this

00:57:22.619 --> 00:57:23.180
 instinct.

00:57:23.179 --> 00:57:24.480
 many cottage

00:57:24.480 --> 00:57:25.319
 dwellers on

00:57:25.319 --> 00:57:26.159
 her estate

00:57:26.159 --> 00:57:26.859
 who died,

00:57:27.419 --> 00:57:28.299
 leaving young

00:57:28.299 --> 00:57:28.799
 children,

00:57:29.239 --> 00:57:29.579
 they would

00:57:29.579 --> 00:57:30.219
 commit them

00:57:30.219 --> 00:57:30.500
 to the

00:57:30.500 --> 00:57:31.119
 Countess's

00:57:31.119 --> 00:57:31.579
 care.

00:57:32.099 --> 00:57:32.379
 And she

00:57:32.379 --> 00:57:32.940
 would always

00:57:32.940 --> 00:57:34.179
 raise them

00:57:34.179 --> 00:57:34.599
 and care

00:57:34.599 --> 00:57:35.039
 for them.

00:57:37.039 --> 00:57:37.639
 Her

00:57:37.639 --> 00:57:38.500
 concern with

00:57:38.500 --> 00:57:39.500
 Africans,

00:57:39.879 --> 00:57:41.059
 so many in

00:57:41.059 --> 00:57:41.500
 this day,

00:57:41.599 --> 00:57:42.379
 the victims of

00:57:42.379 --> 00:57:43.819
 the whores of

00:57:43.819 --> 00:57:45.000
 the slave trade,

00:57:45.500 --> 00:57:46.619
 extended beyond

00:57:46.619 --> 00:57:47.119
 the Georgia

00:57:47.119 --> 00:57:47.879
 Orphanage.

00:57:47.880 --> 00:57:49.940
 She dedicated

00:57:49.940 --> 00:57:51.079
 special efforts

00:57:51.079 --> 00:57:51.740
 to reach them

00:57:51.740 --> 00:57:52.380
 with the gospel

00:57:52.380 --> 00:57:53.300
 and saw much

00:57:53.300 --> 00:57:53.640
 fruit.

00:57:54.300 --> 00:57:54.800
 And of those

00:57:54.800 --> 00:57:55.380
 converted,

00:57:55.840 --> 00:57:56.280
 many would

00:57:56.280 --> 00:57:57.300
 later sail

00:57:57.300 --> 00:57:58.480
 back to

00:57:58.480 --> 00:57:59.440
 Africa where

00:57:59.440 --> 00:58:00.680
 repatriate,

00:58:01.099 --> 00:58:02.860
 freed slaves,

00:58:03.720 --> 00:58:04.539
 in Sierra

00:58:04.539 --> 00:58:05.000
 Leone.

00:58:05.599 --> 00:58:07.140
 And there's

00:58:07.140 --> 00:58:08.220
 the first

00:58:08.220 --> 00:58:09.380
 colony as they

00:58:09.380 --> 00:58:10.340
 were reestablishing

00:58:10.340 --> 00:58:10.579
 it.

00:58:10.579 --> 00:58:13.960
 of the

00:58:13.960 --> 00:58:15.619
 2,000

00:58:15.619 --> 00:58:16.480
 Africans who

00:58:16.480 --> 00:58:17.059
 made the

00:58:17.059 --> 00:58:17.920
 journey back

00:58:17.920 --> 00:58:18.380
 there to

00:58:18.380 --> 00:58:19.039
 Sierra Leone

00:58:19.039 --> 00:58:20.559
 in 1792,

00:58:21.000 --> 00:58:21.799
 half of

00:58:21.799 --> 00:58:22.420
 them had

00:58:22.420 --> 00:58:23.059
 been part

00:58:23.059 --> 00:58:23.699
 of the

00:58:23.699 --> 00:58:24.279
 Countess of

00:58:24.279 --> 00:58:24.719
 Huntington

00:58:24.719 --> 00:58:25.299
 Connection

00:58:25.299 --> 00:58:25.940
 chapels.

00:58:26.299 --> 00:58:26.539
 It had been

00:58:26.539 --> 00:58:27.119
 ministered to

00:58:27.119 --> 00:58:27.519
 through her

00:58:27.519 --> 00:58:28.279
 half of that

00:58:28.279 --> 00:58:28.619
 entire

00:58:28.619 --> 00:58:29.139
 colony.

00:58:31.420 --> 00:58:32.079
 But

00:58:32.079 --> 00:58:34.000
 these

00:58:34.000 --> 00:58:35.039
 were

00:58:35.039 --> 00:58:35.880
 her

00:58:35.880 --> 00:58:36.460
 final

00:58:36.460 --> 00:58:37.039
 labors.

00:58:39.039 --> 00:58:39.840
 There she

00:58:39.840 --> 00:58:40.179
 is.

00:58:40.579 --> 00:58:43.960
 By 1790,

00:58:44.059 --> 00:58:44.559
 the weight

00:58:44.559 --> 00:58:45.219
 of years

00:58:45.219 --> 00:58:45.980
 was beginning

00:58:45.980 --> 00:58:46.699
 to tell.

00:58:48.739 --> 00:58:49.380
 The

00:58:49.380 --> 00:58:49.860
 Countess

00:58:49.860 --> 00:58:50.420
 was no

00:58:50.420 --> 00:58:51.039
 stranger to

00:58:51.039 --> 00:58:51.360
 pain.

00:58:52.360 --> 00:58:52.860
 Her high

00:58:52.860 --> 00:58:53.920
 station had

00:58:53.920 --> 00:58:54.319
 been no

00:58:54.319 --> 00:58:54.980
 shield to

00:58:54.980 --> 00:58:55.940
 sorrow and

00:58:55.940 --> 00:58:56.340
 suffering.

00:58:57.340 --> 00:58:57.799
 She was

00:58:57.799 --> 00:58:58.519
 widowed early,

00:58:59.179 --> 00:58:59.539
 39,

00:59:00.539 --> 00:59:01.819
 and five

00:59:01.819 --> 00:59:02.380
 of her six

00:59:02.380 --> 00:59:02.779
 children

00:59:02.779 --> 00:59:03.639
 pre-deceased

00:59:03.639 --> 00:59:03.880
 her,

00:59:04.819 --> 00:59:05.380
 some of them

00:59:05.380 --> 00:59:06.400
 heartbreakingly

00:59:06.400 --> 00:59:06.699
 young.

00:59:08.900 --> 00:59:09.719
 At the

00:59:09.719 --> 00:59:10.079
 last,

00:59:10.079 --> 00:59:10.659
 her condition

00:59:10.659 --> 00:59:11.940
 was protractedly

00:59:11.940 --> 00:59:12.380
 painful.

00:59:12.880 --> 00:59:13.259
 But as

00:59:13.259 --> 00:59:13.980
 John Wesley

00:59:13.980 --> 00:59:14.559
 was fond

00:59:14.559 --> 00:59:15.119
 of saying,

00:59:15.920 --> 00:59:16.579
 our people

00:59:16.579 --> 00:59:17.319
 die well.

00:59:18.319 --> 00:59:18.900
 It's because

00:59:18.900 --> 00:59:19.199
 of our

00:59:19.199 --> 00:59:19.880
 gospel hope.

00:59:21.299 --> 00:59:22.340
 It was so

00:59:22.340 --> 00:59:23.000
 in Selina's

00:59:23.000 --> 00:59:23.420
 case.

00:59:25.059 --> 00:59:26.299
 All the

00:59:26.299 --> 00:59:26.960
 little ruffles

00:59:26.960 --> 00:59:27.659
 and difficulties

00:59:27.659 --> 00:59:28.440
 which surround

00:59:28.440 --> 00:59:29.039
 me, she

00:59:29.039 --> 00:59:29.420
 said,

00:59:29.980 --> 00:59:30.920
 and all the

00:59:30.920 --> 00:59:31.759
 pains I am

00:59:31.759 --> 00:59:32.659
 exercised with

00:59:32.659 --> 00:59:33.579
 in this poor

00:59:33.579 --> 00:59:34.059
 body,

00:59:34.059 --> 00:59:35.659
 through mercy

00:59:35.659 --> 00:59:37.000
 affect not

00:59:37.000 --> 00:59:39.019
 the settled

00:59:39.019 --> 00:59:39.659
 peace and

00:59:39.659 --> 00:59:40.320
 joy of my

00:59:40.320 --> 00:59:40.659
 soul.

00:59:41.380 --> 00:59:42.199
 All is

00:59:42.199 --> 00:59:43.519
 well and

00:59:43.519 --> 00:59:44.159
 well forever.

00:59:45.980 --> 00:59:46.880
 Well, how

00:59:46.880 --> 00:59:48.380
 do we

00:59:48.380 --> 00:59:49.960
 sum up this

00:59:49.960 --> 00:59:50.500
 extraordinary

00:59:50.500 --> 00:59:51.079
 life?

00:59:52.219 --> 00:59:52.739
 She was

00:59:52.739 --> 00:59:53.279
 truly a

00:59:53.279 --> 00:59:53.739
 valiant

00:59:53.739 --> 00:59:55.279
 Azer

00:59:55.279 --> 00:59:56.039
 warrior,

00:59:56.519 --> 00:59:57.239
 the companion

00:59:57.239 --> 00:59:57.840
 warrior,

00:59:58.840 --> 00:59:59.340
 a Deborah

00:59:59.340 --> 01:00:01.140
 who led

01:00:01.140 --> 01:00:01.579
 many a

01:00:01.579 --> 01:00:02.180
 barak into

01:00:02.180 --> 01:00:02.559
 battle,

01:00:04.360 --> 01:00:04.920
 a Huldah

01:00:04.920 --> 01:00:06.660
 to whom

01:00:06.660 --> 01:00:07.380
 many came

01:00:07.380 --> 01:00:08.160
 to find out

01:00:08.160 --> 01:00:08.539
 the word

01:00:08.539 --> 01:00:09.019
 of God,

01:00:10.420 --> 01:00:10.820
 a Lydia

01:00:10.820 --> 01:00:12.620
 who opened

01:00:12.620 --> 01:00:13.260
 her house

01:00:13.260 --> 01:00:15.180
 for gospel

01:00:15.180 --> 01:00:15.700
 witness,

01:00:17.000 --> 01:00:17.720
 a Tabitha

01:00:17.720 --> 01:00:19.260
 whose hand

01:00:19.260 --> 01:00:20.039
 of compassion

01:00:20.039 --> 01:00:21.519
 touched many

01:00:21.519 --> 01:00:22.039
 and needy

01:00:22.039 --> 01:00:22.380
 saint,

01:00:23.679 --> 01:00:24.300
 a Phoebe

01:00:24.300 --> 01:00:26.099
 generous

01:00:26.099 --> 01:00:27.099
 benefactress

01:00:27.099 --> 01:00:27.639
 to many,

01:00:28.719 --> 01:00:29.259
 and a

01:00:29.259 --> 01:00:29.699
 Priscilla

01:00:29.699 --> 01:00:31.619
 able to

01:00:31.619 --> 01:00:32.199
 instruct

01:00:32.199 --> 01:00:33.159
 in the

01:00:33.159 --> 01:00:33.940
 deep truths

01:00:33.940 --> 01:00:34.840
 of the

01:00:34.840 --> 01:00:35.179
 faith.

01:00:36.639 --> 01:00:37.619
 Looking at

01:00:37.619 --> 01:00:37.980
 the

01:00:37.980 --> 01:00:39.400
 tumultuousness

01:00:39.400 --> 01:00:40.099
 of the

01:00:40.099 --> 01:00:40.599
 times,

01:00:41.259 --> 01:00:41.860
 the vast

01:00:41.860 --> 01:00:42.800
 fields white

01:00:42.800 --> 01:00:43.519
 for harvest,

01:00:44.099 --> 01:00:44.920
 the fewness

01:00:44.920 --> 01:00:45.599
 of the

01:00:45.599 --> 01:00:46.139
 laborers,

01:00:46.579 --> 01:00:47.699
 one zealous

01:00:47.699 --> 01:00:48.159
 for the

01:00:48.159 --> 01:00:48.900
 gospel,

01:00:49.380 --> 01:00:49.759
 took up

01:00:49.759 --> 01:00:50.639
 pen and

01:00:50.639 --> 01:00:51.059
 wrote to

01:00:51.059 --> 01:00:51.219
 the

01:00:51.219 --> 01:00:51.779
 countess,

01:00:52.739 --> 01:00:53.019
 quote,

01:00:53.619 --> 01:00:54.599
 a leader

01:00:54.599 --> 01:00:55.359
 is needed

01:00:55.359 --> 01:00:56.779
 and this

01:00:56.779 --> 01:00:57.319
 honor

01:00:57.319 --> 01:00:58.339
 hath been

01:00:58.339 --> 01:00:59.019
 put upon

01:00:59.019 --> 01:00:59.899
 your ladyship

01:00:59.899 --> 01:01:00.759
 by the

01:01:00.759 --> 01:01:01.259
 great head

01:01:01.259 --> 01:01:01.539
 of the

01:01:01.539 --> 01:01:01.799
 church

01:01:01.799 --> 01:01:02.379
 Christ.

01:01:03.399 --> 01:01:03.719
 Even

01:01:03.719 --> 01:01:04.139
 so,

01:01:05.299 --> 01:01:05.939
 such

01:01:05.939 --> 01:01:06.859
 was the

01:01:06.859 --> 01:01:07.239
 need of

01:01:07.239 --> 01:01:08.079
 her day

01:01:08.079 --> 01:01:09.899
 and is

01:01:09.899 --> 01:01:10.779
 it any

01:01:10.779 --> 01:01:11.439
 less

01:01:11.439 --> 01:01:12.699
 or any

01:01:12.699 --> 01:01:13.039
 other

01:01:13.039 --> 01:01:13.559
 in our

01:01:13.559 --> 01:01:13.859
 day?

01:01:14.859 --> 01:01:16.019
 I cannot

01:01:16.019 --> 01:01:16.599
 help but

01:01:16.599 --> 01:01:17.639
 wonder on

01:01:17.639 --> 01:01:18.039
 whose

01:01:18.039 --> 01:01:18.719
 shoulders

01:01:18.719 --> 01:01:19.500
 her mantle

01:01:19.500 --> 01:01:20.279
 might fall.

01:01:20.280 --> 01:01:22.280
 for

01:01:22.280 --> 01:01:23.140
 surely

01:01:23.140 --> 01:01:24.460
 ours is

01:01:24.460 --> 01:01:25.000
 not simply

01:01:25.000 --> 01:01:25.800
 to admire

01:01:25.800 --> 01:01:27.620
 but to

01:01:27.620 --> 01:01:28.200
 imitate

01:01:28.200 --> 01:01:30.540
 who among

01:01:30.540 --> 01:01:31.380
 us is

01:01:31.380 --> 01:01:32.300
 ready not

01:01:32.300 --> 01:01:32.980
 merely to

01:01:32.980 --> 01:01:33.900
 cherish her

01:01:33.900 --> 01:01:35.980
 memory but

01:01:35.980 --> 01:01:36.560
 to follow

01:01:36.560 --> 01:01:37.400
 in her

01:01:37.400 --> 01:01:37.780
 train.

01:01:39.680 --> 01:01:40.740
 Thank you.

01:01:41.120 --> 01:01:41.880
 Let's end

01:01:41.880 --> 01:01:44.040
 there and

01:01:44.040 --> 01:01:45.000
 let me open

01:01:45.000 --> 01:01:45.680
 it up for

01:01:45.680 --> 01:01:47.540
 any questions

01:01:47.540 --> 01:01:47.960
 you might

01:01:47.960 --> 01:01:48.300
 have.

01:01:48.300 --> 01:01:49.140
 If you

01:01:49.140 --> 01:01:49.320
 need to

01:01:49.320 --> 01:01:49.539
 get up

01:01:49.539 --> 01:01:49.680
 and

01:01:49.680 --> 01:01:50.120
 stretch

01:01:50.120 --> 01:01:50.580
 do

01:01:50.580 --> 01:01:50.860
 that

01:01:50.860 --> 01:01:51.200
 too

01:01:51.200 --> 01:01:52.100
 first.

01:02:00.220 --> 01:02:00.620
 Yeah,

01:02:00.720 --> 01:02:01.080
 Tom,

01:02:01.180 --> 01:02:02.280
 where are we

01:02:02.280 --> 01:02:02.780
 in terms of

01:02:02.780 --> 01:02:03.280
 the sequence

01:02:03.280 --> 01:02:03.500
 of the

01:02:03.500 --> 01:02:03.900
 time?

01:02:03.900 --> 01:02:05.240
 I think

01:02:05.240 --> 01:02:06.139
 we can

01:02:06.139 --> 01:02:06.380
 go for

01:02:06.380 --> 01:02:06.539
 a little

01:02:06.539 --> 01:02:06.720
 while

01:02:06.720 --> 01:02:06.960
 longer.

01:02:07.099 --> 01:02:07.260
 I think

01:02:07.260 --> 01:02:07.420
 they'll

01:02:07.420 --> 01:02:07.780
 be going

01:02:07.780 --> 01:02:08.220
 for at

01:02:08.220 --> 01:02:09.380
 least 15

01:02:09.380 --> 01:02:09.660
 more

01:02:09.660 --> 01:02:09.940
 minutes

01:02:09.940 --> 01:02:10.400
 probably.

01:02:10.480 --> 01:02:10.800
 Okay,

01:02:11.119 --> 01:02:11.420
 all right.

01:02:11.940 --> 01:02:12.380
 We can

01:02:12.380 --> 01:02:13.079
 wrap up

01:02:13.079 --> 01:02:13.519
 earlier

01:02:13.519 --> 01:02:14.300
 but we

01:02:14.300 --> 01:02:14.460
 can

01:02:14.460 --> 01:02:15.000
 certainly

01:02:15.000 --> 01:02:15.360
 go.

01:02:16.119 --> 01:02:16.559
 Okay,

01:02:16.700 --> 01:02:17.059
 this is

01:02:17.059 --> 01:02:17.320
 kind of

01:02:17.320 --> 01:02:17.700
 experimental

01:02:17.700 --> 01:02:18.160
 friends

01:02:18.160 --> 01:02:18.519
 because we're

01:02:18.519 --> 01:02:18.780
 trying to

01:02:18.780 --> 01:02:19.079
 figure out

01:02:19.079 --> 01:02:19.360
 how to

01:02:19.360 --> 01:02:19.800
 fit the

01:02:19.800 --> 01:02:20.059
 new

01:02:20.059 --> 01:02:20.519
 schedule

01:02:20.519 --> 01:02:20.760
 of

01:02:20.760 --> 01:02:21.220
 things.

01:02:26.500 --> 01:02:26.980
 Yeah.

01:02:27.400 --> 01:02:27.840
 Yeah.

01:02:27.840 --> 01:02:31.820
 Yes.

01:02:32.180 --> 01:02:35.740
 Well,

01:02:36.120 --> 01:02:37.240
 you know,

01:02:37.340 --> 01:02:37.740
 it's a

01:02:37.740 --> 01:02:38.360
 little bit

01:02:38.360 --> 01:02:39.720
 tentative.

01:02:40.280 --> 01:02:40.420
 She

01:02:40.420 --> 01:02:40.740
 witnessed

01:02:40.740 --> 01:02:41.000
 to him

01:02:41.000 --> 01:02:41.320
 a lot

01:02:41.320 --> 01:02:42.059
 and it's

01:02:42.059 --> 01:02:42.340
 very

01:02:42.340 --> 01:02:42.780
 difficult.

01:02:42.940 --> 01:02:43.160
 He was

01:02:43.160 --> 01:02:43.380
 very

01:02:43.380 --> 01:02:44.019
 sympathetic

01:02:44.019 --> 01:02:45.740
 to her

01:02:45.740 --> 01:02:46.940
 work.

01:02:47.220 --> 01:02:47.640
 He seemed

01:02:47.640 --> 01:02:48.140
 to really,

01:02:48.320 --> 01:02:48.680
 really love

01:02:48.680 --> 01:02:49.640
 her and

01:02:49.640 --> 01:02:50.539
 but he

01:02:50.539 --> 01:02:50.840
 kind of

01:02:50.840 --> 01:02:51.120
 thought it

01:02:51.120 --> 01:02:51.320
 was a

01:02:51.320 --> 01:02:51.400
 little

01:02:51.400 --> 01:02:51.900
 crazy.

01:02:51.900 --> 01:02:52.800
 he was

01:02:52.800 --> 01:02:53.340
 the one

01:02:53.340 --> 01:02:54.280
 that when

01:02:54.280 --> 01:02:55.780
 she

01:02:55.780 --> 01:02:58.660
 really was

01:02:58.660 --> 01:02:59.180
 converted

01:02:59.180 --> 01:03:00.599
 and it

01:03:00.599 --> 01:03:01.220
 seemed to

01:03:01.220 --> 01:03:01.920
 the aristocrats

01:03:01.920 --> 01:03:02.139
 that she

01:03:02.139 --> 01:03:02.420
 had gone

01:03:02.420 --> 01:03:02.700
 out to

01:03:02.700 --> 01:03:03.420
 the wilds

01:03:03.420 --> 01:03:03.900
 of religion

01:03:03.900 --> 01:03:04.920
 this enthusiasm

01:03:04.920 --> 01:03:05.619
 she was

01:03:05.619 --> 01:03:06.220
 born again.

01:03:06.760 --> 01:03:07.200
 He was

01:03:07.200 --> 01:03:07.700
 the one

01:03:07.700 --> 01:03:08.220
 that said

01:03:08.220 --> 01:03:09.180
 dear I'd

01:03:09.180 --> 01:03:10.340
 like you

01:03:10.340 --> 01:03:10.720
 to see

01:03:10.720 --> 01:03:11.320
 this bishop

01:03:11.320 --> 01:03:11.800
 who can

01:03:11.800 --> 01:03:12.460
 maybe help

01:03:12.460 --> 01:03:13.019
 you to

01:03:13.019 --> 01:03:13.420
 find your

01:03:13.420 --> 01:03:13.960
 way back

01:03:13.960 --> 01:03:14.740
 to decorum

01:03:14.740 --> 01:03:15.240
 in this.

01:03:15.720 --> 01:03:16.559
 So it

01:03:16.559 --> 01:03:17.740
 seems like

01:03:17.740 --> 01:03:18.579
 for all his

01:03:18.579 --> 01:03:19.440
 sympathy toward

01:03:19.440 --> 01:03:20.340
 her and his

01:03:20.340 --> 01:03:20.820
 affection toward

01:03:20.820 --> 01:03:21.660
 her he

01:03:21.659 --> 01:03:22.339
 never seemed

01:03:22.339 --> 01:03:22.679
 to have

01:03:22.679 --> 01:03:23.679
 gotten it

01:03:23.679 --> 01:03:25.299
 sadly.

01:03:26.099 --> 01:03:27.399
 Though it's

01:03:27.399 --> 01:03:28.539
 difficult because

01:03:28.539 --> 01:03:30.859
 he doesn't

01:03:30.859 --> 01:03:31.379
 write,

01:03:31.779 --> 01:03:31.899
 you know,

01:03:31.940 --> 01:03:32.579
 we have no

01:03:32.579 --> 01:03:33.159
 journals so

01:03:33.159 --> 01:03:34.739
 it's so hard

01:03:34.739 --> 01:03:36.159
 to know what

01:03:36.159 --> 01:03:37.159
 these aristocrats

01:03:37.159 --> 01:03:37.819
 are feeling

01:03:37.819 --> 01:03:38.739
 sometimes because

01:03:38.739 --> 01:03:39.099
 they just

01:03:39.099 --> 01:03:40.659
 didn't express

01:03:40.659 --> 01:03:42.039
 very much.

01:03:42.599 --> 01:03:43.319
 So I don't

01:03:43.319 --> 01:03:43.739
 know,

01:03:43.940 --> 01:03:44.579
 I don't know.

01:03:45.059 --> 01:03:45.239
 Yeah,

01:03:45.739 --> 01:03:46.299
 yeah,

01:03:46.500 --> 01:03:47.139
 yeah,

01:03:47.199 --> 01:03:47.440
 Elizabeth.

01:03:47.440 --> 01:03:48.059
 Can you talk

01:03:48.059 --> 01:03:48.659
 a little bit

01:03:48.659 --> 01:03:49.239
 more about

01:03:49.239 --> 01:03:50.239
 what it meant

01:03:50.239 --> 01:03:50.799
 to her

01:03:50.800 --> 01:03:52.380
 or the

01:03:52.380 --> 01:03:52.920
 movement

01:03:52.920 --> 01:03:53.820
 to move

01:03:53.820 --> 01:03:54.980
 out of

01:03:54.980 --> 01:03:56.060
 the Church

01:03:56.060 --> 01:03:56.519
 of England?

01:03:57.060 --> 01:03:57.740
 Yes,

01:03:57.960 --> 01:03:58.440
 yes.

01:04:00.039 --> 01:04:00.519
 So

01:04:00.519 --> 01:04:02.019
 the,

01:04:02.700 --> 01:04:03.920
 she was

01:04:03.920 --> 01:04:04.880
 raised in

01:04:04.880 --> 01:04:05.280
 the Church

01:04:05.280 --> 01:04:05.740
 of England.

01:04:06.160 --> 01:04:06.960
 The Church

01:04:06.960 --> 01:04:07.420
 of England

01:04:07.420 --> 01:04:08.400
 was

01:04:08.400 --> 01:04:10.100
 very much

01:04:10.100 --> 01:04:10.820
 that

01:04:10.820 --> 01:04:12.000
 church

01:04:12.000 --> 01:04:12.800
 in which

01:04:12.800 --> 01:04:14.019
 all the

01:04:14.019 --> 01:04:14.960
 aristocracy

01:04:14.960 --> 01:04:15.600
 would have

01:04:15.600 --> 01:04:16.080
 had their

01:04:16.080 --> 01:04:16.380
 at least

01:04:16.380 --> 01:04:17.140
 formal

01:04:17.140 --> 01:04:17.720
 home

01:04:17.719 --> 01:04:18.839
 whether

01:04:18.839 --> 01:04:19.419
 or not

01:04:19.419 --> 01:04:19.759
 they were

01:04:19.759 --> 01:04:20.119
 very

01:04:20.119 --> 01:04:21.039
 involved.

01:04:22.319 --> 01:04:22.480
 So

01:04:22.480 --> 01:04:23.679
 for her

01:04:23.679 --> 01:04:24.219
 in order

01:04:24.219 --> 01:04:24.639
 to keep

01:04:24.639 --> 01:04:25.159
 her chapels

01:04:25.159 --> 01:04:25.579
 going

01:04:25.579 --> 01:04:26.299
 to become

01:04:26.299 --> 01:04:27.179
 a dissenter

01:04:27.179 --> 01:04:29.139
 that

01:04:29.139 --> 01:04:29.959
 was

01:04:29.959 --> 01:04:32.179
 in her

01:04:32.179 --> 01:04:32.579
 day

01:04:32.579 --> 01:04:33.079
 and among

01:04:33.079 --> 01:04:34.099
 her peers

01:04:34.099 --> 01:04:35.379
 that would

01:04:35.379 --> 01:04:35.639
 have been

01:04:35.639 --> 01:04:36.439
 like

01:04:36.439 --> 01:04:38.059
 you know

01:04:38.059 --> 01:04:39.000
 getting on

01:04:39.000 --> 01:04:39.459
 the back

01:04:39.459 --> 01:04:39.759
 of a

01:04:39.759 --> 01:04:40.399
 motorcycle

01:04:40.399 --> 01:04:41.079
 and riding

01:04:41.079 --> 01:04:41.659
 off with a

01:04:41.659 --> 01:04:42.079
 communist

01:04:42.079 --> 01:04:42.759
 or something

01:04:42.759 --> 01:04:43.019
 you know

01:04:43.019 --> 01:04:43.439
 during the

01:04:43.439 --> 01:04:43.899
 McCarthy

01:04:43.899 --> 01:04:44.439
 era.

01:04:44.440 --> 01:04:46.119
 it's just

01:04:46.119 --> 01:04:46.940
 oh my

01:04:46.940 --> 01:04:47.679
 goodness

01:04:47.679 --> 01:04:48.360
 you know

01:04:48.360 --> 01:04:49.039
 these things

01:04:49.039 --> 01:04:49.519
 are not

01:04:49.519 --> 01:04:49.960
 done.

01:04:50.400 --> 01:04:50.519
 So

01:04:50.519 --> 01:04:51.500
 very

01:04:51.500 --> 01:04:52.119
 very

01:04:52.119 --> 01:04:53.280
 difficult

01:04:53.280 --> 01:04:54.099
 emotionally

01:04:54.099 --> 01:04:55.159
 socially

01:04:55.159 --> 01:04:56.360
 she had

01:04:56.360 --> 01:04:57.099
 great affection

01:04:57.099 --> 01:04:58.200
 for the

01:04:58.200 --> 01:04:58.960
 Church of

01:04:58.960 --> 01:04:59.200
 England

01:04:59.200 --> 01:05:00.159
 but

01:05:00.159 --> 01:05:01.000
 when there

01:05:01.000 --> 01:05:01.360
 was this

01:05:01.360 --> 01:05:01.900
 conflict

01:05:01.900 --> 01:05:03.179
 between

01:05:03.179 --> 01:05:04.360
 what the

01:05:04.360 --> 01:05:04.800
 Church of

01:05:04.800 --> 01:05:05.059
 England

01:05:05.059 --> 01:05:05.400
 was

01:05:05.400 --> 01:05:06.559
 insisting

01:05:06.559 --> 01:05:07.059
 upon

01:05:07.059 --> 01:05:09.220
 and what

01:05:09.220 --> 01:05:09.820
 she knew

01:05:09.820 --> 01:05:10.320
 God was

01:05:10.320 --> 01:05:11.019
 calling her

01:05:11.019 --> 01:05:11.559
 to do

01:05:11.559 --> 01:05:12.039
 in terms

01:05:12.039 --> 01:05:12.240
 of

01:05:12.240 --> 01:05:12.720
 continuing

01:05:12.720 --> 01:05:13.220
 to

01:05:13.219 --> 01:05:15.319
 be

01:05:15.319 --> 01:05:15.559
 committed

01:05:15.559 --> 01:05:15.799
 to the

01:05:15.799 --> 01:05:16.059
 progress

01:05:16.059 --> 01:05:16.279
 of the

01:05:16.279 --> 01:05:16.579
 Gospel

01:05:16.579 --> 01:05:16.879
 it's

01:05:16.879 --> 01:05:17.039
 kind of

01:05:17.039 --> 01:05:17.199
 like

01:05:17.199 --> 01:05:17.500
 Peter

01:05:17.500 --> 01:05:17.699
 and

01:05:17.699 --> 01:05:17.959
 John

01:05:17.959 --> 01:05:18.099
 with

01:05:18.099 --> 01:05:18.219
 the

01:05:18.219 --> 01:05:18.779
 Sanhedrin

01:05:18.779 --> 01:05:19.719
 where

01:05:19.719 --> 01:05:20.119
 they

01:05:20.119 --> 01:05:20.439
 say

01:05:20.439 --> 01:05:22.539
 all do

01:05:22.539 --> 01:05:23.159
 respect

01:05:23.159 --> 01:05:23.579
 and we

01:05:23.579 --> 01:05:23.779
 have

01:05:23.779 --> 01:05:24.199
 immense

01:05:24.199 --> 01:05:24.639
 respect

01:05:24.639 --> 01:05:25.439
 for you

01:05:25.439 --> 01:05:25.659
 the

01:05:25.659 --> 01:05:26.339
 Sanhedrin

01:05:26.339 --> 01:05:27.639
 you tell

01:05:27.639 --> 01:05:27.980
 us

01:05:27.980 --> 01:05:29.199
 you answer

01:05:29.199 --> 01:05:29.919
 this question

01:05:29.919 --> 01:05:30.559
 do we

01:05:30.559 --> 01:05:31.259
 follow man

01:05:31.259 --> 01:05:31.659
 or do we

01:05:31.659 --> 01:05:32.539
 follow God

01:05:32.539 --> 01:05:33.959
 so

01:05:33.959 --> 01:05:34.759
 that's

01:05:34.759 --> 01:05:35.799
 so she

01:05:35.799 --> 01:05:36.779
 had to

01:05:36.779 --> 01:05:37.059
 break

01:05:37.059 --> 01:05:37.779
 she had

01:05:37.779 --> 01:05:38.059
 to break

01:05:38.059 --> 01:05:38.379
 off

01:05:38.379 --> 01:05:38.959
 yeah

01:05:38.959 --> 01:05:39.899
 so it

01:05:39.899 --> 01:05:40.159
 was very

01:05:40.159 --> 01:05:40.459
 hard

01:05:40.459 --> 01:05:41.959
 yeah

01:05:41.960 --> 01:05:48.000
 yes

01:05:48.000 --> 01:05:57.360
 yes

01:05:57.360 --> 01:06:10.619
 yes

01:06:10.619 --> 01:06:11.599
 Right, right.

01:06:11.599 --> 01:06:12.960
 There was a tiny enough position.

01:06:13.179 --> 01:06:15.619
 There were people in there who also recognized the work of God.

01:06:15.880 --> 01:06:16.719
 Right, right.

01:06:17.119 --> 01:06:23.980
 Well, there were those who were genuinely born again,

01:06:24.799 --> 01:06:32.619
 who were, so there came to be what was called the evangelical party.

01:06:32.880 --> 01:06:36.480
 They called it a party in the Church of England.

01:06:37.079 --> 01:06:38.779
 And there were definitely some.

01:06:38.780 --> 01:06:44.600
 And we're going to go on to talk about some women for whom that was the case.

01:06:45.060 --> 01:06:48.940
 But there were some that were able to continue to find their home in the Church of England.

01:06:49.440 --> 01:06:58.460
 So, for example, John Newton, the hymn writer, Amazing Grace and that,

01:06:58.840 --> 01:07:04.640
 he was in the Church of England and very faithful there.

01:07:04.639 --> 01:07:12.400
 And he just took all the flack and the conflict and the internal abiding and people trying to limit his influence

01:07:12.400 --> 01:07:17.139
 and just thought, nope, this is where I'm going to be faithful.

01:07:17.960 --> 01:07:22.659
 This is, in my mind, the best boat to fish from, so to speak.

01:07:23.219 --> 01:07:24.639
 So there were many that were able to...

01:07:24.639 --> 01:07:28.980
 William Wilberforce was another who stayed within the Church of England.

01:07:28.980 --> 01:07:32.719
 And it was just kind of the evangelical party within it.

01:07:33.440 --> 01:07:38.480
 But as a whole, it was...

01:07:38.480 --> 01:07:42.559
 These were not the best days of the Church of England.

01:07:42.559 --> 01:07:50.199
 They ended up reacting to what was a genuine work of God in the awakening.

01:07:50.940 --> 01:07:54.259
 And when you define yourself in opposition to that,

01:07:55.139 --> 01:07:59.480
 that just ends up being very unhelpful spiritually, it seems.

01:07:59.940 --> 01:08:00.039
 Yeah.

01:08:00.259 --> 01:08:00.360
 Yeah.

01:08:00.360 --> 01:08:02.840
 So I'd follow up, a very different question.

01:08:02.840 --> 01:08:03.000
 Sure.

01:08:03.620 --> 01:08:07.599
 So just as you spoke about her influence and all the things she did,

01:08:08.980 --> 01:08:12.320
 it's the kind of influence that in some circles would be...

01:08:12.320 --> 01:08:16.199
 People would look and say, well, women are not supposed to be able to X, Y, Z.

01:08:16.579 --> 01:08:23.840
 Did she face that kind of opposition or that kind of questioning around her role in this church?

01:08:23.840 --> 01:08:32.460
 How did she navigate, especially some of the things that today we talk about in the world of women in the church,

01:08:32.579 --> 01:08:35.159
 and the kind of authority she seems she met,

01:08:35.500 --> 01:08:37.400
 and maybe it was just purely informal.

01:08:37.860 --> 01:08:38.640
 But I'm curious...

01:08:38.640 --> 01:08:39.440
 Right, right.

01:08:39.460 --> 01:08:41.239
 ...she faced some of these and how...

01:08:41.239 --> 01:08:42.039
 Yes.

01:08:42.460 --> 01:08:42.980
 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:08:42.980 --> 01:08:43.480
 Great question.

01:08:43.860 --> 01:08:44.680
 Well, it's interesting.

01:08:45.180 --> 01:08:50.340
 It was all entirely informal in the sense of unofficial.

01:08:50.860 --> 01:08:53.039
 There was no office that she held.

01:08:53.840 --> 01:08:59.699
 So her vast influence was moral and personal.

01:08:59.699 --> 01:09:04.800
 And by moral, I mean just by the sway of the strength of her personality.

01:09:06.400 --> 01:09:13.279
 I think it's also undeniable that within that society,

01:09:13.579 --> 01:09:16.940
 if you were part of the aristocracy,

01:09:17.699 --> 01:09:20.020
 people would listen and heed,

01:09:20.119 --> 01:09:22.680
 and there was an expectation that you would be listened to.

01:09:22.680 --> 01:09:29.820
 So kind of the social structure that was the context wherein she operated,

01:09:30.500 --> 01:09:35.300
 if an aristocrat spoke, everybody would stop, be quiet, and listen.

01:09:35.300 --> 01:09:42.940
 I think it was also for these other ministers,

01:09:43.500 --> 01:09:48.440
 I think that they saw her in a very maternal way.

01:09:48.779 --> 01:09:50.860
 She was a mother at Israel,

01:09:51.480 --> 01:09:57.600
 and they seemed to all be very, very open to her influence,

01:09:57.600 --> 01:10:04.660
 and manifestly benefited hugely from it and had a high regard for it.

01:10:04.659 --> 01:10:08.659
 So it all unflowed.

01:10:09.599 --> 01:10:15.420
 It all flowed out unofficial or informally, it seemed.

01:10:15.939 --> 01:10:16.059
 Yeah.

01:10:16.059 --> 01:10:16.119
 Yeah.

01:10:20.119 --> 01:10:20.720
 Yeah.

01:10:20.720 --> 01:10:26.199
 She sounded very much like a pro-hippical deaconess in the church,

01:10:26.380 --> 01:10:28.240
 like unity, shop absorber,

01:10:28.420 --> 01:10:28.659
 Yeah.

01:10:29.659 --> 01:10:33.960
 Between the, you know, unity, five, six.

01:10:34.260 --> 01:10:34.579
 Yes.

01:10:34.680 --> 01:10:37.020
 Because a deaconess, is that a thing in the church?

01:10:37.860 --> 01:10:42.199
 They had deacons.

01:10:42.199 --> 01:10:42.279
 Yes.

01:10:43.479 --> 01:10:44.800
 Yes, they had deacons.

01:10:45.559 --> 01:10:45.960
 Yeah.

01:10:46.119 --> 01:10:50.059
 But I'm pretty sure that it was all male at that time.

01:10:50.559 --> 01:10:50.699
 Yeah.

01:10:51.699 --> 01:10:53.059
 Yeah, at that time it was all male.

01:10:53.859 --> 01:10:54.059
 Yeah.

01:10:55.819 --> 01:10:56.599
 But you're right.

01:10:56.720 --> 01:11:01.840
 That's a great, a good fit.

01:11:01.840 --> 01:11:05.960
 Yes, she seemed to have these sorts of deaconal,

01:11:06.060 --> 01:11:09.260
 just to have a sense of what's going to promote the health of the church,

01:11:09.539 --> 01:11:11.360
 what's going to help to establish unity.

01:11:12.360 --> 01:11:16.940
 Those are many of her really strong instincts and gifts.

01:11:17.319 --> 01:11:17.720
 That's right.

01:11:18.140 --> 01:11:18.260
 Yeah.

01:11:23.319 --> 01:11:27.960
 Well, you know, it's interesting to ask,

01:11:27.960 --> 01:11:34.220
 as we, I love the way she thought,

01:11:34.319 --> 01:11:36.760
 well, okay, what's my sphere?

01:11:38.140 --> 01:11:40.939
 Well, who are the people that I could reach?

01:11:40.980 --> 01:11:41.899
 And maybe even uniquely,

01:11:42.079 --> 01:11:44.600
 where am I well placed to reach these people?

01:11:44.680 --> 01:11:48.319
 So she has, she has her like tea party outreaches,

01:11:48.319 --> 01:11:51.819
 her drawing room outreaches that were so extraordinary.

01:11:52.899 --> 01:11:56.600
 And I think that that might be a good thing for us to ponder.

01:11:56.600 --> 01:12:00.820
 What is my sphere of influence

01:12:00.820 --> 01:12:05.740
 that I might be able to sanctify for kingdom usefulness?

01:12:06.260 --> 01:12:08.560
 Because we all,

01:12:08.820 --> 01:12:15.220
 we all have some sort of sphere of influence.

01:12:15.700 --> 01:12:22.400
 No doubt a sphere in which our position in it is somewhat unique, perhaps.

01:12:22.399 --> 01:12:28.379
 And to begin to think, okay, if I'm singularly placed to reach within my sphere,

01:12:28.939 --> 01:12:30.819
 how might I creatively do that?

01:12:31.319 --> 01:12:32.599
 What are some of the challenges?

01:12:32.759 --> 01:12:38.439
 What are some of the obstacles to, to, to people hearing the gospel within my sphere?

01:12:38.519 --> 01:12:40.819
 And how might I creatively think of,

01:12:41.159 --> 01:12:42.559
 I might be able to overcome them?

01:12:42.560 --> 01:12:49.800
 Because your instincts within your sphere are going to be the best in all likelihood.

01:12:50.400 --> 01:12:55.120
 You'll have a sense of how your peers think, feel, respond, react,

01:12:55.240 --> 01:12:58.660
 what would be appropriate, what would be thought inappropriate.

01:12:58.659 --> 01:13:09.019
 So you are perfectly suited to be the one to exercise that sort of wonderful gospel salt and light.

01:13:10.099 --> 01:13:17.059
 So that's, that's maybe a question that we could each take and, and ponder as, as we go.

01:13:17.340 --> 01:13:19.460
 Where, where do you place me?

01:13:19.559 --> 01:13:21.619
 What, what sort of, yeah.

01:13:21.619 --> 01:13:21.659
 Yeah.

01:13:21.880 --> 01:13:28.420
 And maybe there are those that we know for whom it would be hard for us to imagine at least their first or second or third step

01:13:28.420 --> 01:13:32.960
 being to come into this church to hear the gospel.

01:13:33.460 --> 01:13:37.619
 How might we be able to get the gospel out to them?

01:13:37.920 --> 01:13:38.260
 Yeah.

01:13:38.500 --> 01:13:42.500
 In, in a context in which they would feel tremendously comfortable,

01:13:42.500 --> 01:13:47.619
 where they're being served Earl Grey tea and crumpets or what have you.

01:13:47.619 --> 01:13:50.559
 So, yeah.

01:13:52.099 --> 01:13:52.579
 Wonderful.

01:13:53.140 --> 01:13:53.819
 Well, thank you.

01:13:54.000 --> 01:13:54.720
 Oh, sorry, Elizabeth.

01:13:54.880 --> 01:13:55.119
 Yeah, yeah.

01:13:55.140 --> 01:14:05.559
 This has nothing to do with her, but I'm wondering where John Darby fit into this sort of thing against the Church of England

01:14:05.559 --> 01:14:08.920
 and what that was about and when it was.

01:14:09.119 --> 01:14:10.359
 Yes, well, that's, that's.

01:14:10.359 --> 01:14:11.319
 It's sort of the same thing.

01:14:11.680 --> 01:14:13.239
 Yes, that's about a century later.

01:14:13.599 --> 01:14:16.059
 And we'll be able, as we kind of move along through history,

01:14:16.060 --> 01:14:20.320
 we'll come to some of the context and then we can probably deal with some of those things there.

01:14:20.700 --> 01:14:21.240
 All right.

01:14:21.480 --> 01:14:22.020
 Well, wonderful.

01:14:22.180 --> 01:14:22.840
 Thank you, team.

01:14:23.100 --> 01:14:31.840
 Well, next week, I think we will take up a woman by the name of,

01:14:32.000 --> 01:14:34.800
 well, maybe I ought to just not tell you yet and let you find out.

01:14:34.800 --> 01:14:35.440
 Well, no, no, okay.

01:14:35.680 --> 01:14:37.120
 You don't need to read all about her.

01:14:37.160 --> 01:14:38.000
 You can discover about her.

01:14:40.080 --> 01:14:41.680
 Hannah Moore.

01:14:42.520 --> 01:14:43.400
 Hannah Moore.

01:14:43.399 --> 01:14:47.839
 So, not as well known as she should be.

01:14:48.579 --> 01:14:52.619
 A woman of extraordinary impact in her day.

01:14:53.299 --> 01:14:56.239
 And many of us are just not aware of that.

01:14:56.699 --> 01:15:02.259
 So, thanks for coming along and we'll see you, we'll see you next week.

01:15:02.279 --> 01:15:02.699
 Lord willing.

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