being by the message Whitefield had conveyed, he experienced an altogether transforming sense of God’s presence. As his diary goes on to explain, Cole also experienced a new level of love and concern for others who had been touched by a similar message. His revived religious life did, to be sure, lead him to withdraw from the parish Congregational church and to develop a somewhat censorious attitude toward those who had not been affected as he had. But what Cole found in rushing off to hear Whitefield