Gwennap Pit, Methodist Church Cornwall UK
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N 50° 13.901 W 005° 12.138
30U E 342934 N 5566711
Gwennap Pit (Methodist)
John Wesley preached here on 18 occasions from 1762 to 1789.
And continues to have open air services.
Waymark Code: WM10EYT
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/26/2019
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It is even claimed that in 1773 Wesley preached to his largest congregation ever, a staggering 32,000.
The first use of Gwennap Pit for preaching was September 6th 1762 and the occasion was marked by John Wesley himself, who wrote: 'The wind was so high that I could not stand at the usual place at [the village of] Gwennap; but a small distance was a hollow capable of containing many thousands of people. I stood on one side of this ampitheatre towards the top and with people beneath on all sides, I enlarged on those words in the gospel for the day Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see....hear the things that ye hear.'
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