 Cambuslang Work

The Cambuslang Work, or ‘"Wark"’ in the Scots language, (February to November 1742) was a period of extraordinary religious activity, in Cambuslang, Scotland.The event peaked in August 1742 when a crowd of some 30,000 gathered in the 'preaching braes' - a natural amphitheatre next to the Kirk at Cambuslang - to hear the great preacher George Whitefield call them to repentance and conversion to Christ.