Holy God, who didst so inspire Francis Asbury and George Whitefield with evangelical zeal that their faithful proclamation of the Gospel caused a great awakening among those who heard them: Inspire us, we pray, by thy Holy Spirit, that, like them, we may be eager to share thy Good News and lead many to Jesus Christ, in whom is eternal life and peace; and who livest and reignest with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Those who left Anglicanism altogether in the 18th century are commemorated as “Holy Women and Holy Men”. Those who simply change jurisdiction in the 21st century are deposed. Go figure.
Isn’t this the very same George Whitefield who advocated for the use of slaves in Georgia? How curious he is considered as an example of holiness.