lifetime of preaching from tombstones, tree stumps, and makeshift platforms. Whitefield’s sermons were electric. His vivid imagination, prodigious memory, powerful voice, and ardent sincerity mesmerized listeners. He could be heard a mile away, and his voice was so rich that British actor David Garrick said, “I would give 100 guineas if I could say ‘O’ like Mr. Whitefield.” Later that year, Whitefield, 25, toured the American colonies, sparking the Great Awakening and bringing multitudes to Christ.