At Gwennap also we found the people in the utmost consternation. Word was brought that a great company of tinners, made drunk on purpose, were coming to do terrible things-so that abundance of people went away. I preached to the rest on 'Love your enemies.' By 1774 we read 'the glorious congregation was assembled at five in the amphitheatre at Gwennap.' Next year we find this: 'At five in the evening in the amphitheatre at Gwennap. I think this is the most magnificent spectacle which is to be seen on this side heaven. And no music is to be heard upon earth comparable to the sound of many thousand voices when they are all harmoniously joined together singing "praises to God and the Lamb." Four-and-twenty thousand were present, frequently, at that spot. And yet all, I was informed, could hear
- | Author: George Smith
- | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- | Publication Date: Mar 16, 2017
- | Number of Pages: 450 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1544626541
- | ISBN-13: 9781544626543
