Whitefield had received permission to speak on a green near the Dublin barracks and as he did he felt his message “go forth in power.” There was the usual opposition—a few stones or dirt clods thrown for effect while he spoke—but this was nothing new. Whitefield had learned to preach while people banged drums or drove cattle through his crowds. Once he spoke while a man urinated on him from a tree. He knew what it was to have his message opposed.
