Rev. Cole

A Rev. Cole from Gloucester, England was greatly affected by George Whitefield's preaching. In fact, he used to claim that he was Whitefield's curate (assistant) and would follow him preaching from one place to another in the country. One evening he was preaching, however, and "he was struck with death" (Gilles); yet, he asked for a chair to lean on until he finished his sermon, and then he was carried upstairs and died. George Whitefield's reflection on this death: "O blessed God! If it be thy holy will, may my exit be like his!"