Emphasis Preaching Journal
In the 1700s, an Englishman...
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In the 1700s, an Englishman named Joseph Priestley failed as a preacher and turned to teaching. On a vacation, he happened to meet Benjamin Franklin, who was twice his age. Ben saw possibilities in the young teacher. "You have just the abilities to write a history of electricity," Franklin told him, "and I will help you start by lending you my books and notes." Encouraged, Priestly started to work. In a year, he had finished the first history of electricity. He became a man of science.
