The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Dover Thrift Edition
In part three of the book. What was Ben Franklins opinion of Rev. George Whitfield?
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Some of Mr. Whitefield’s enemies affected to suppose that he would apply these collections to his own private emolument; but I, who was intimately acquainted with him (being employed in printing his Sermons and Journals, etc.), never had the least suspicion of his integrity, but am to this day decidedly of opinion that he was in all his conduct a perfectly honest man; and methinks my testimony in his favour ought to have the more weight, as we had no religious connection. He us’d, indeed, sometimes to pray for my conversion, but never had the satisfaction of believing that his prayers were heard. Ours was a mere civil friendship, sincere on both sides, and lasted to his death.
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Franklin, Benjamin. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Dover Thrift Editions) (pp. 77-78). Dover Publications. Kindle Edition.
