opportunities given him in pulpits and eager to reach the masses of people, he began in February, 1739, to preach in the open fields near Bristol to coal miners who seldom dared or cared to enter a church. His voice was clear and strong, and his fervent oratory so moved these hardened and weary men that he could see “the white gutters made by their tears” falling down their black cheeks as they emerged from the coal pits. Whitefield’s preaching was unforgettable. Using startling Images he could make