John Wesley | movie | 1954 | Official Trailer
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00:00 A letter for you, John, from Bristol.
00:02 Bristol?
00:05 From George Whitfield, I'll be bound.
00:07 What meetings he's been having.
00:09 Even the London papers are taking notice of him.
00:11 And none too kindly.
00:13 That is not surprising, since he has chosen to preach under an open sky with neither altar nor pulpit.
00:18 He is going to Savannah and expects to sail any time now.
00:22 I wonder how you'll fare.
00:24 The work that he has begun in Bristol is thus in jeopardy.
00:28 He asks me, he presses me to come straightway to take his place and continue it.
00:33 That you cannot do.
00:36 John, you preach in the...
00:38 Prospect dismays me, it is true.
00:40 But if it prove the only way to reach them...
00:43 But what of our society?
00:45 I will consult them, of course.
00:47 If they say it's right, so be it.
00:50 [footsteps]
00:52 [crowd noise]
01:00 Hello, Mr. Whitfield.
01:02 [crowd noise]
01:04 Good day, Mr. Whitfield, sir.
01:06 Morning.
01:08 Good day, old Abel.
01:10 Good morning.
01:12 [crowd noise]
01:15 [crowd noise]
01:16 This is what I found.
01:29 They know neither law, school nor church.
01:32 Having once set my eyes on such a scene, could I run away and keep the great message to myself?
01:38 At my first speaking, some dozens came together.
01:41 Curious, suspicious.
01:43 At my second meeting, a full 200 were collected there and waiting.
01:46 John, you frown on this preaching in the fields.
01:49 But what of the master?
01:51 Did he not teach by the wayside, in the highways?
01:54 This work is as pressing as could anywhere be found.
01:58 Two days ago, I considered the saving of souls outside a church almost a sin.
02:06 But these people are desolate.
02:09 In utter darkness.
02:12 In utter darkness.
02:13 Then, you will do it?
02:18 I will try it.
02:24 [BLANK_AUDIO]