God is amongst us
Tim Shenton tells of incidents in the life of Rowland Hill, the preacher.
On Sunday June 16 1771 Rowland Hill preached at Dursley to huge crowds, and that evening he went for the first time to Wotton-under-edge, Gloucestershire, which was to become his favourite summer residence.
The people there behaved with remarkable attention and stood in great crowds under the market place as he preached from Ephesians 5.14. ‘My soul upon the whole was much at liberty, and the people seemed much revived’, said Rowland. An old lady from a very respectable family in the town, who was awakened under Rowland’s ministry, was very fond of describing his first visit to Wotton.
