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 MEMOIRS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 LI F E 
 
 OF THE REVERE ND 
 
 GEORGE WHITEFIELD, M.A. 
 
 Late Chaplain to the Right Honourable 
 The countess of HUNTINGDON: 
 
 I N W H I C H 
 
 Every Circutnflance worthy of Notice, both in his 
 private and public Character, is recorded. 
 
 Faithfully feleded from his Original Papers, 
 Journals, and Letters. 
 
 ILLUSTRATED BY 
 
 A Variety of interefting and entertaining Anecdotes, 
 from the beft Authorities. 
 
 To which are added, 
 
 A particular Account of his Death and Funeral ; and 
 
 Extrafts from the Sermons, which were preached on that 
 
 Occafion. 
 
 COMPILED 
 
 By the Rev. JOHN GILLIES, D. D. ' 
 
 2^ea douhthfs I count all things hut lofs, for the excellency of the 
 knonxsledge of Clxriji Jefus my Lord : For ivhom I have fuffered 
 the lofs of all things, and do count them but dung that I may 
 ixjin Chrijl. Phil. iii. 8. 
 
 And I 'will 'very gladly fpend, and he f pent for you. 2 Cor. xii. 15. 
 For he that ivinneth fouls is 'wife. Prov. xi. 30. 
 
 And they that be <wife Jhall f.>ine as the hrightnefs of the firmament , 
 and they that turn f?iany to righteoufnefs, as the ftars for ever 
 and e'ver. Dan. xii. 3. 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, in the Poultry; 
 and Meffieurs King AID and Creech, at Edinburgh. 
 
 MDCCLXXII.
 
 -7-- 
 
 T O 
 
 THE RIGHT HONOURABLE^ 
 
 The countess of HUNTINGDON, 
 
 THESE MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF 
 
 The Rev. Mr. W H I T E F I E L D, 
 
 ARE MOST RESPECTTULLY INSCRIBED, 
 
 BY 
 
 HER L A D Y S H I P'S 
 
 MOST OBEDIENT, 
 
 AND MOST HUMBLE SERVANT, 
 
 ^ 
 
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 JOHN GILLIES, 
 
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 [ V 3 
 
 THE 
 
 CONTENTS, 
 
 H 
 
 CHAP, h 
 
 1 S birth and parentage. — Page i, :2 
 Early appearances of his eloquence atfehool. 2,- 3 
 At the age of feventeen, brought under the pre- 
 vailing influence of religious impreflions* 4 
 
 CHAP. IL 
 
 At eighteen, goes to the Univerfity of Oxford, 
 and becomes acquainted with the Methodilts. 
 
 Is treated with great kindnefs by the Rev. Mr. 
 
 John and Charles Weflcy. — • 6, 7 
 
 Endangers his health by exceflive bodily aufteri- 
 
 ties, but is happily recovered. -^-^ 8 
 
 After his recovery feels great peace and joy in be^ 
 
 lieving on the Son of God. -^ .^ 8 
 
 Ere6ts a religious Society of young perfons at 
 
 Gloucefter. -^ •— -^ 8, 9 
 
 Is ordained by Bifhop Benfon in the 2 2d year of 
 
 his age. — - .^^ ^^ g 
 
 His behaviour on that occafion. — — . 9 
 Preaches his firit Sermon in Gloucefter. — 9 
 
 A ^ Returris
 
 vl CONTENTS. 
 
 Returns to Oxford. — Page 9, 16 
 
 Is called to officiate at the Tower. — 10 
 
 And at Diimmer in Hampfliire. — 11 
 
 Longs to go abroad, and preach the Gofpel in 
 Georgia. — — 11,12 
 
 Gladly embraces the firfl appearance of an invita- 
 tion to go thither. — — 12 
 His great popularity at Gloucefter, Briftol, and 
 London, while he prepares to go abroad. 13, 14 
 Preaches in London nine times a week. — 15 
 OppofuiGn from fome of the Clergy. — 15 
 
 CHAP, III. 
 
 Embarks for Georgia, December 1737. — 17 
 His behaviour on board. — 17 — 20 
 
 Touches at Gibraltar, where he is courteouQy re- 
 ceived. — — - — 20,21 
 Remarkable particulars in his voyage from Gib- 
 raltar to Georgia. — — 22 — 24 
 His obfervations upon the ftate of the Colony, at 
 his firft arrival. — — ^ 25, 26 
 Is convinced of the great utility of an Orphan- 
 houfe there. — — 28,29 
 
 CHAP. IV. 
 
 Re-embarks for England to receive Pricft's orders, 
 and get contributions for the Orphan-houfe. 30 
 
 is driven into Limerick harbour in Ireland; and 
 is kindly treated by Bifhop Burlcough, Dr. De- 
 kny, Biihop Rundle, and Archbiftiop Bolton, 
 
 At his arrival in London, meets with a cold re- 
 
 " ception from the Archbif^K'p of Canterbury, 
 
 and the- Biihop of London. . — 32 
 
 7 The
 
 CONTENTS. vii 
 
 The Tru flees for Georgia receive him more cor- 
 dially. — — Page 33 
 
 Offence taken at his Journals. -^ 34 
 
 Several Churches are refufed to him, but he is more 
 followed by the people than ever. — 34 
 
 Receives Prieft's orders from Bifhop Benfon, Janu- 
 ary 1739. _ — — _ 33 
 
 Makes coiledlions for feveral charitable purpofes. 
 
 Preaches to the colliers in Kingfwood. 37, 38 
 
 Preaches in Wales with Mr. Howel Harris. 39, 40 
 Ventures to preach in Moorfields. — 42 
 
 CHAP. V. 
 
 Preaches on Kennington-Common and Blackheath, 
 
 to prodigious multitudes, who were all atten- 
 
 ^ tion. — — — 43, 44 
 
 Embarks the fecond time for America, Auguft 
 
 1739. — . -^ — 4<> 
 
 Preaches at Philadelphia and New- York, and in 
 
 feveral places in Maryland, Virginia, and the 
 
 Carolinas. — - -^— 46 — 49 
 
 While making colleftions for the Orphan-houfe, 
 
 hires a place for the reception of the poor 
 
 children. — — — 50 
 
 Begins to build the houfe, March 1740. 51 
 
 CHAP. VI. 
 
 Preaches in various places with great apparent 
 fuccefs. — — §^ — 62 
 
 Receives preffing invitations to New England. 62 
 
 His reception there. - — — il>id. 
 
 Comes back to Philadelphia, and preaches to 
 feveral thoufands, in a houfe buik for that put- 
 pofe, fince his laft departure. — 6^ — 66 
 
 Returns to England in Ipring 1741. -— 67 
 
 A 4 CHAP.
 
 vlii CONTENTS, 
 
 CHAP. VII. 
 
 The people's behaviour towards him greatly 
 changed. — — Page 62 
 
 Unwillingly parts from Mr. John and Charles 
 WeQey. — — 69 
 
 Occafion of building the Tabernacle. 70 — 72 
 Is follicited to vifit Scotland. — 72 
 
 His parting from MelTieurs Erfkines. — 77 
 
 CHAP. VIIL 
 
 Letters Ihewing his reception, miniftrations, and 
 fuccefs, at the principal places in Scotland. 79 
 At Edinburgh. — 79 — 84 
 
 At Glafgow. — S5— 87 
 
 At Aberdeen. — 87 — 91 
 
 At Dundee. — 91 — 56 
 
 At fmaller places. — 98 — 103 
 
 A view of the whole (in notes) from the pofthu- 
 mous papers of a learned gentleman in Scot- 
 land. — — ^6 — ^S 
 
 C H A P. IX. 
 
 Returns to England, O6lober 1 741. — ' 104 
 His marriage at Abergavenny. — iifid. 
 
 His fuccefs at Briftol and London. 104 — 107 
 
 Ventures to preach in Moorfields in the holiday 
 fealbn. — — — 107 
 
 Remarkable fuccefs of that hazardous attempt. 
 
 108 — no 
 C H A P. X. 
 
 Makes a fecond vifit to Scotland, June 1742. iii 
 The religious concern at Cambuflang, &c. 
 
 1 12 — I iS 
 
 Mr. Whiteficld's account of it. — 119 — 122 
 
 5 Preaches
 
 CONTENTS. f- 
 
 Preaches in many towns and villages of Scotland. 
 
 Page 123 — 126 
 
 Is alarmed with accounts of the Spaniards landing 
 
 in Georgia. — — 127 
 
 CHAP. XL 
 
 His labours at London and Briftol, and in Glou- 
 cefterfh ire and South Wales, 1743. 129 — 132 
 
 Continues to travel and preach through the coun- 
 try in the months of November and December. 
 
 The birth and death of his only child. — 134 
 
 Obtains a fentence againft certain rioters for abuf- 
 ing the Methodifts. — — 135 
 
 Writes his letters to the Bifliops, and to the Rev. 
 Mr. Church. — — 136 
 
 Is in danger of being murdered in bed at Ply- 
 mouth. — — 1389139 
 
 CHAP. XII. 
 
 Embarks the third time for America, Auguft 
 1744. — — — 141 
 
 Soon after his arrival is brought to the gates of 
 deach. —   — — 142 
 
 His reception at Boflon different from what it was 
 formerly. — — — 144 
 
 Preaches to the officers and foldiers that went 
 againft Cape Breton, 1745. — 147 
 
 Religious concern under the miniftry of Mr. Gil- 
 bert Tennent, among the people of New Eng- 
 land ; and of Mr. David Brainard among the 
 Indians. — — 149, 150 
 
 In Virginia he is much weakened by a com- 
 plication of difeafes j yet continues to preach as 
 often as he could. — — 151 
 
 CHAP.
 
 5f CONTENT Sf. 
 
 CHAP. xiir. 
 
 Goes to Bermudas for the recovery of his heahh, 
 and his Journal there. P^ge 154 — 172 
 
 Takes {hipping for England, June 1748 — And 
 when on board retires and correds his Journals. 
 
 CHAP. XIV. 
 
 On his arrival at London is fent for by Lady- 
 Huntingdon to preach at her houfe. — 174. 
 
 Several of the nobility defire to hear him. ibid. 
 
 Makes a third vifit to Scotland. — 175 
 
 Debates concerning him in the Synod of Glafgow 
 and Ayr. — — 176 — 178 
 
 Has thoughts of turning his Orphan -houfe into a 
 College, if the Truftecs would put the Colony 
 of Georgia upon a better footing. 179 
 
 Correfponds with Mr. Hervey. — 180,181 
 
 Is invited to Leeds by Mr. WcfiCy's focieties 
 there. — — 182 
 
 Has an interview with Dr. Doddridge, Mr. Her- 
 vey, &c. — — 185 
 
 Makes another vifit to Scotland, July 1750. 187 
 
 After returning to London is leized with a fever, 
 and inflammation of the lungs. — 188 
 
 CHAP. XV. 
 
 His firfl: vifit to Ireland, May 1751. 190 
 
 Returns from Ireland by Glafgow and Edinburgh. 
 
 Particulars relating to his vifits in Scotland; in a 
 note. — — 192 — 1.95 
 
 Embarks the fourth time for America, where he 
 finds the Orphan-houfe affairs llourifliing. 196 
 
 Does
 
 CONTENTS. xi 
 
 Does not ftay the iamnier feafon in America, on 
 account of his health. — Page 19^ 
 
 Is glad to find at his return to England, May* 
 
 '' 1752, that Georgia was likely to be put upon 
 a better tootig. — — - i^y 
 
 Makes another vifit to Edinburgh and Glafgow. 
 
 198 
 Mr. Hervey and he revife each other*s manu- 
 
 fcripts. — — • — • 200 
 
 Ereds a large new Tabernacle in London, and 
 
 opens it. — — - 201 
 
 CHAP. »XVI. 
 
 Preaches at Glafgow againfl: the Play-houfe there, 
 1753. — — • 204 
 
 His fuccefs at Newcaftle, Leeds, Oulney, &c. 
 
 205, 206 
 
 Opens the new Tabernacle at Brifliol. — 207 
 
 Haftens to London to pay his lad refpedts to 
 Mr. John Wefiey, who was thought to be dy- 
 ing, ibid. 
 
 Is vifited by Mr. Tennent and Mr. Davies from 
 America. — • — 208 
 
 March 1754, a fifth voyage to America, by 
 Lifbon, where he flays fome weeks. — ibid. 
 
 His reflections upon the Popifh proceflions, &c. 
 
 209, 210 
 
 Vifits the College of New Jerfey, and preaches 
 feveral times before the Synod that met there. 
 
 211 
 
 Has fome thoughts of going to the Weft Indies. 
 
 212 
 
 Receives the agreeable news that a Governor wais 
 nominated for Georgia, and his friend Mr. Ka- 
 berflwm made Secretary, — ibid. 
 
 Prejudices
 
 xii CONTENT S\ 
 
 Prejudices againft him in New-England, Virginfa,- 
 (^c. fubfided. — — Page 213 
 
 In fpring, 1755, returns to England, and rejoices 
 to fee the number of evangelical minifters in- 
 creafed. — — ibid. 
 
 Opens the Tabernacle at Norwich. — 214 
 
 Preaches againft Popery and arbitrary power (the 
 nation being threatened with an invafion). 215 
 
 Is obliged to be filent a few days in November by 
 a fore throat, which threatened an inflammatory 
 quinfey. — — — ibid» 
 
 Meets with great oppofition, when preaching at 
 Long-Acre Chapel, near the Play-houfes. ibid» 
 
 His letters to the Bifhop of B' on thatoc- 
 
 cafion. — — 216,217 
 
 May, 1756, he begins to build his Chapel in Tot- 
 tenham-Court-Road. — 219 
 
 Makes another vifit to Scotland, where his ufeful- 
 nefs is acknowledged by the friends of civil 
 government. — - ?— ; 220 
 
 CHAP. xvir. 
 
 In fpring, 1757, he again vifits Scotland, and 
 preaches at Edinburgh during the time of the 
 General Afiembly. — 223 
 
 Many minifters attend his fermons. — ibid. 
 
 At Glafgow he makes a public colledion for the 
 poor of that city. -~ — 224 
 
 From Glafgow goes a fecond time to Ireland, ibid. 
 
 Narrowly efcapes being murdered by the Popifh 
 rabble. — — — 225 
 
 After his return to London is brought very low 
 by his extraordinary labours and thoughtful- 
 nefs. — — 226 
 
 February, 1758, builds almflioufes for widows 
 around his Chapel. — — ibid. 
 
 Goes
 
 CONTENTS. xiii 
 
 Goes again to Edinburgh, where his preaching is 
 acknowledged, as formerly, to be ufeful to the 
 community, in a civil as well as a religious 
 light. — — Page 228 
 
 CHAP. XVIII. 
 
 Summer, 1759, he makes another vifit to Edin- 
 burgh. — — 230 
 
 Colleflions made at his fermons, for the benenc 
 of the Orphan-hofpital in Edinburgh. ibid. 
 
 Is ridiculed in a farce called the Minor. 232, 234 
 
 February 13, 1761, (the day of the public fail) 
 colleds near 600 1. for the diilreft German Pro- 
 teftants, and the fufFerers in Bofton. ibid. 
 
 His health, which had long been bad, now grows 
 worfe and worfe ; fo that he is quite laid afide 
 from preaching for fome weeks. 235 
 
 In fpring, 1762, goes to Brillol, when his health is 
 fo far reftored that he is able to preach four or 
 five times a week. — — 237 
 
 When he returns to London, the cares and la- 
 hours that throng upon him are ready to bring 
 him low again. — — ibid. 
 
 Goes a voyage to Holland. — — ibid. 
 
 Vifits Scotland again in autumn 1762, and preaches 
 every day. — — 238 
 
 Summer, 1763, embarks the fixth time for Ame- 
 rica, at Greenock. — — 239 
 
 Is much pleafed with the converfation of feveral 
 young minifters in America -, and with accounts 
 of the (ludents at New-Jerfey College. ibid. 
 
 Is forbid by the phyficians to go to Georgia, till he 
 gets more flrength. — — ibid. 
 
 While at New- York, during the winter, he finds 
 prejudices ftrangely fubfided — 240 
 
 March
 
 %iv CONTENT S. 
 
 March, 1764, preaches in the places round Boftori 
 (the fmall-pox being in the town) and is de- 
 lighted . with the fight of Mr. Wheelock's In- 
 dians. — — Page 241 
 
 Returns from Bofton foiuhward through New- 
 York, Philadelphia, Virginia, and Carolina, 
 and arrives at the Orphan-houfe in December. 
 
 242,243 
 
 Profperous ftate of affairs there. — ilfid. 
 
 judging that a College was much wanted iti 
 Georgia, he returns to England, to apply for a 
 charter, fummer lyO^. — — 245- 
 
 Qpens Lady Huntingdon's Chapel at Bath. 246 
 
 CHAP. XIX. 
 
 Invites Mr. Occum an Indian minifter to preach 
 at Tottenham-Court Chapel. — 248 
 
 Preaches to a numerous company of the nobility 
 at Bath, November 1766. — — 249 
 
 Ifllie of his negotiations about the intended Col- 
 lege at Georgia, 06lober 1767. — ? 251 
 
 Makes a colleftion at the Taberr^acle for the So- 
 ciety for promoting Religious Knowledge 
 among the Poor. — • — 253 
 
 Summer, 1768, once more goes to Edinburgh. 
 
 254 
 
 Miflrefs WhiteBeld dies. — — ii>id. 
 
 Pie opens Lady Huntingdon's Chapel in Wales. 
 
 i/?id. 
 
 Is in a very poor flate of health, yet (till conti- 
 nues to preach. — — 255 
 
 Next fummer (1769) preaches more frequently. 
 
 ibid. 
 
 He opens Lady Huntingdon's Chapel at Tun- 
 bridge. — — — 256 
 
 In
 
 CONTENTS. xt 
 
 In September, embarks the feventh and laft time 
 for America, r^ —   Page 35^ 
 
 CHAP. XX. 
 
 pxtraels from his Journal before he left the Downs, 
 
 257 — 262 
 
 Is very happy to fee matters exceeding his moll 
 fanguine expe6tations at the Orphan- houfe ; and 
 the colony fo greatly increafed. - — 263 
 
 The Governor, Council, and AiTembly of Georgia, 
 exprefs their gratitude to him as a benefaftor 
 to the colony, in the molt refpe6lful terms. 
 
 263 — 265 
 
 piis health grows better j and he preaches almoll 
 every day. — — — 265 
 
 Goes to the northern colonies to preach in the 
 fummer feafon, and propofes to return to his 
 Orphan-houfe in winter. — — 265 
 
 ^hile preaching daily in New-England, is taken 
 very ill about the middle of September-, but 
 being recovered continues in the fame courfe, 
 and hopes to fee Georgia about Chriftmas. 
 
 268, 269. 
 
 Dies at Newbury-Port, Sabbath morning, Septem- 
 ber 30, 1770. -^ — . — . 270 
 
 |\/Ir. Smith's account of his death and funeral. 
 
 270—275 
 
 Reception of the news at London. -7- 276, 277 
 
 CHAP. XXI. 
 
 Defcription of his perfon. — 279 
 
 Striking parts of his life and charafter, 280 — 291 
 
 Extrads from his Funeral Sermons preached in Ame- 
 pca: — :by the Rev. Mr. Parfons of Newbury, 
 
 Sep-
 
 m CONTENTS. 
 
 September 30 ; with a letter, giving an account 
 
 of the interment. — Page 292 — 301 
 
 Dr. Pemberton's of Boflon, 06t. ii, 302 — 310 
 
 Mr. Ellington's at Savannah, Nov. 11. 310 — 317 
 
 Extrafls from his Funeral Sermons preached in 
 England : — by the Rev. Mr. D. Edwards, No- 
 vember II. — — 317 — 321 
 Mr. John Wefley, November 18. 321 — 327 
 Mr. Venn, November 25. — 329 — 336 
 Reference to feveral others. — 2^/^. 
 
 Extrafl from the Rev. Mr. Jofiah Smith's Sermon 
 upon Mr. Whitefield, in 1740; to fhew the 
 uniformity of his condudl from that early period 
 of his miniftry till his death. —   339 — 341 
 
 Mr. Newton's manufcript Funeral Sermon. 341— 
 
 346 
 
 Conclufion referring to other Sermons. ibid. 
 
 His Will. — — 347—355 
 
 Prefent fupply of Tabernacle and Chapel. 3 5 5, 
 
 357 
 
 M E i\l O I R S
 
 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 Rev. Mr. GEORGE WHITEFIELD, 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 From his Birlb, to his going to the Univerfity of 
 Oxford, Anno 1732.' 
 
 ■^ H I S eminent and pious fervant of Chrifi^ 
 Mr. George Whitefield^ was born at Glottcefter^ 
 on the fixteenth day of December ^ O. S. 1714. 
 His father, Thomas Whitefield^ nephew of the Rev, 
 Mr. Samuel JVhitefield of Rockhampton^ in Glou- 
 cefierfnire (a), was firft bred to the employment of a 
 
 (a) The Rev. Mr. Samuel Whitejield, great-grandfather 
 of George^ was born at Wantage in Berkjhire^ and was 
 redor of North Ledyard in Wiltjhire. He removed after- 
 wards to Rockhampto)7. He had five daughters, two of 
 whom were married to clergymen, Mr. Perkins and 
 Mr. Lovingham : And two fons, Samuel, u^ho fucceeded 
 his father in the cure of Rockhampton, and died without 
 ilTue ; and Andreiv, who was a private gentleman, and 
 lived retired upon his eftate. Andrew had fourteen chil- 
 dren, of whom Tliomas was the ddeftj the father of Mr. 
 George JVhitefield. 
 
 B wine
 
 5 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 U'ine merchant in Bi'ijlol ; but afterwards kept ail 
 Inn in the city of Gloucejier. In Briftol he married 
 JVliftrefs Elizabeth Edzvards, who was related to 
 the Bhickivdls and the Dmours of that city ; by 
 whom he had fix fons and one daughter f^j. Of 
 thefe, Gecrge was the youngeft, who being be- 
 reaved of his father, when only two years old, was 
 regarded by his mother with a peculiar tendernefs, 
 and educated with more than ordinary care. 
 
 He was early under religious imprefiions; but 
 the bent of his nature, and the general courfe of 
 his younger years, as himfelf acknowledges C^j v/ith 
 exprefiions of fliame and felf- condemnation, was 
 of a very different kind. 
 
 Between the years of twelve and fifteen, he 
 made a good progrefs in the Latin Claflics, at the 
 public fchool : and his eloquence began to appear, 
 even at that early period, in the fpeeches which he 
 delivered at the annual vifitations. It is probable 
 the applaufe he received on thcfe occafions, con- 
 
 (b) Elizabeth^ the daughter, was tv/ice reputably mar- 
 ried at Brijlol. johrii ^^is fon, lies interred with the 
 family in St. Mary Decrypt Church in Gloucejier. yofcph 
 died an infant, Andrew fettled in trade at Brijlol, and 
 died in the twenty-eighth year of his age. James was 
 captain of a fliip, and died fuddenly at Bath. Thomas 
 and i^/V/'^?v/ are ftill livins;. The father died December 
 1 716. The mother continued a widow feven years, 
 and was then married to Mr. Longden., an ironmonc^er in 
 Gloucejier, by whom flie had no ifuie. She died Decern' 
 ber 1751, in the feventy-firft year of her age. 
 
 (c) See the two firft parts of his Life at the beginning, 
 ConfcfTions of a like nature, are to be found in the 
 writings of St. AugujVin^ 
 
 •j tributed.
 
 the Rev. Mr. George WhiteHeld. 3 
 
 tributed to his fondnefs for theatrical amufe- 
 ments; From v/hence it has been infinuafed 
 that he learned his oratory npon the ftage. This^ 
 however, feems to have no other foundation, 
 than his afting a part fometimes with his ftl- 
 low-fcholars ; particularly, in certain dramatic 
 performances prepared for them by their mafter : 
 For that he was more indebted as an orator to 
 nature, than to art of any kind, miifl be evident 
 . to all perfons of difcernment who were acquainted 
 with him. Such could not fail to obferve, than 
 his eloquence was in a great mcafure the efieift of 
 hi^-^genius, and proceeded chiefly from that pe- 
 fcular affemblage of extraordinary talents witll 
 Vv'hich God had endowed him, 
 
 Notv/ithftanding this, it appears ftom his con- 
 duil, that he either had not yet difcovered where 
 his talents lay, or could not find means to qua- 
 lify himfelf for entering into any profeflion where 
 they might be properly exercifed : for when he 
 was about fifteen years of age, he declined the 
 purfuit of learning, and talked of getting an edu- 
 cation that would better fit hihi for bufinefs. 
 During this period, he ftill continued to refide 
 with his mother j and as her circumftances were 
 hot then lb eafy as before, he did not fcruple to 
 affift her in the bufinefs of the tavern. But the 
 i)revailing bent of his genius began now flrongly 
 to difcover itfelf ^ for even in this unfavourable 
 fituation he compofed feveral fermons, one of 
 ivhich he dedicated to his eldefl; brother : And 
 
 B 2 afcer
 
 4 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 ^fter having vifited him at Brijlol^ he came home 
 with a rtfolution to abandon his prelent em- 
 ployment, and to turn his thoughts a different 
 way. 
 
 After this, being for fome time difengaged from 
 every purfuir, and but poorly fupported out of 
 his mother's fcanty fubfiftence, he was in no 
 fmall danger of being utterly ruined by the in- 
 fluence of his former companions : but it pleafed 
 God to break the fnare, by filling him with an 
 abhorrence of their evil deeds. 
 
 About this time, the imprelTions of religion 
 ben;an ao:ain to recover their influence in his 
 breafl: : And when he was feventeen years of age 
 he received the facrament of the Lord's Supper. 
 He now became more and more watchful, both 
 over his heart and converfation. He was fre- 
 quently employed in fafl:ing and prayer •, fpent 
 much of his time in reading books of devotion ; 
 attended public worfliip twice every day ; and fo 
 deeply was he engaged in thefe excrcifes, that his 
 thoughts were confl;ant]y let on the great things of 
 religion. 
 
 CHAP.
 
 th Rtv. Mr, George Whltefield. 
 
 CHAP. TI. 
 
 Frcm the 'Time of his going to the Univerfity of Ox- 
 ford, to his embarking for GQoroy^^ Anno 1737. 
 
 WHEN Mr. Whitefeld arrived at eighteen, 
 he was fcnt to the univerfity of Oxford^ 
 where he was again expofed to the fociety of the 
 wicked : But remembering his former danger and 
 deUverance, by the grace of God, he refifbed all 
 their folhcitations, and cultivated an acquaintance 
 with the Mcthodiits, as the only peiibns that 
 feemed to preferve a fenfe of religion, through 
 the whole of their deportment. 
 
 It would be going beyond our purpofe to give 
 an account of the rife of Methodifm : For this, 
 the reader is referred to the Rev. Mr. John PFeJtley\^ 
 firfl Journal. But it may not be improper to 
 notice the fpirit of the age, when it firfl appeared. 
 At that time, ferious and practical chriftianity in 
 England was in a very low condition •, fcriptural, 
 experimental religion, (which in the laft century 
 uled to be the fubjeft of the fermons and writings 
 of the clergy) was become quite unfafliionable •, 
 and the only thing infifted on was a defence of the 
 cut-works of chriftianity againft the objeflions of 
 infidels. What was the confequence .? The writ- 
 ings of infidels multiplied every day, and infi- 
 delity made a rapid progrefs among perfons of 
 every rank, not becaufe they were realbned into 
 
 B 3 it
 
 
 6 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 it by the force of argument, but becaufe theyf 
 were kept ftrangers to Chrifi and the power of the 
 Gofpe]. We have a moft afieding defcription of 
 this, by Bifhop Butler, whom none will fufpedt of 
 exaggerating the fa6t : (d) " It is come, I know 
 " not how, to be taken for granted, by many 
 " perfons, that chriftianliy is not fo much as a 
 fubjcrcl of inquiry; but that it is, now at 
 length, difcovered to be fiftitious ; and ac- 
 " cordingly they treat it, as if in the prefent age, 
 *' this were an agreed point among all people of 
 " difccrnment ; and nothing remained but to fet 
 " it up as a principal fubjed of mirth and ridi- 
 " cule ; as it were by way of repriials, for it's 
 " having fo long interrupted the pleafures of the 
 " world." Such was the ftate of religion in Eng- 
 land, and Scotland was greedily fvvallowing down 
 the poifon, when it pleafed God to raife up the 
 Methodifts, as infiruments to revive his work in 
 the midfb of abounding impiety, and to bring 
 multitudes who had fcarcely a form of godli- 
 ncfs, to experience it's quickening and renewing 
 power. 
 
 Happy was it for Mr. Whitefidd, that there was 
 a Society of Methodifts, at that time, in Oxford -, 
 but efpecially that he became acquainted with the 
 Rev. Mr. Charles V/ejley, by whom he was treated 
 with particular kindnefs. Such benefit did he re*- 
 ^elve under his miniftry, that he always accounted 
 
 {d) Preface to his Analogy, May 1736.
 
 the Rev. Mr. George WhltefieJd. 7 
 
 him his ipiricual father. And Mr. Wejley^ reci- 
 procal afFedlion for him, ftands recorded in the 
 verfes at the beginning of Mr. Wkitefidd's, fecond 
 and third Journals. 
 
 Like the other Method ids, Mr. WhiteficU now 
 began to live by rule, and to improve every mo- 
 ment of his time to the beft advantage. He re- 
 ceived the communion every fabbath, vifited the 
 fick, and the jail prifoners, and read to the poor. 
 For daring to be thus fingularly religious, he loon 
 incurred the difplcafure of his fel!ov/-fiudents, and 
 felt the efFc(5ls of it in their unkind behaviour. 
 In the mean time, he was greatly diftreffed with 
 melancholy thoughts, which were augmented by 
 cxcefTive bodily aufterities. And at laft, by read- 
 ing, and perhaps mifunderftanding fome myflic 
 writers, he was driven to imagine, that the beft 
 method he could take, was to fhut him.fclf up in 
 his ftudy, till he had perfeftly mortified .Jjis own 
 will, and was enabled to do good without any 
 mixture of corrupt motives. He likewife ima- 
 gined, that he mud relinquilli external duties, and 
 public worlhip, and laftly, (which was no fmall 
 trial and affli6tion to him) that he mud deny him- 
 felf the pleafure of converfing with his religious 
 friends. In this pitiable Hate of mind, Mr. Charles 
 ' IVeflky found him one day, v/hen he went to lee 
 him J apprized him of his danger, if he perfifted 
 in that way of life, and recommended to him his 
 brother as a perlbn of greater experience ; who 
 res.dily gave him, from time to time, his friendly 
 
 B 4 advice.
 
 8 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 advice. Soon after this, however, he carried his 
 abltinence and failing to fuch an extreme, that his 
 body was fo emaciated, and feeble, that he could 
 hardly walk up flairs. His tutor therefore thought 
 proper to call a phyfician, and it appeared by the 
 event, he had rightly judged in doing fo : for it 
 pleafed God to make the phyfician's care and 
 medicines fuccefsful to his recovery. 
 
 His bodily health being reftored, his foul was 
 likewife filled with peace and joy in believing on 
 the Son of God. This joy was fo great for fome 
 time, that go where he would, he could not help 
 praifing God continually in his heart, and with 
 fome difficulty reftrained himfelf from doing it 
 aloud. As he was urged to go into the country 
 for confirming his health, he returned to his na- 
 tive air at Glciicejier, where (his mind being now 
 happily enlightened) he preferred the facred writ- 
 ings to all other books, and read them v/ith con- 
 ftant prayer -, in which exercife he found unfpeak- 
 able delight and benefit. But inclination con- 
 fpired with duty, to hinder him from confining 
 his religion to himfelf: Havino- a heart formed 
 for focicty and friendfhip, he could not think of 
 iliutting himfelf up in his clofet ; but made it his 
 bufinefs to converfe with young perfons, about 
 his own time of life, in order to awaken them to 
 a fenfe of religion. God was pleafed foon to 
 give fuccefs to his endeavours this way -, for feve- 
 ral of them joined with him, and notwithllanding 
 the contempt they knew it would bring upon 
 
 them,
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 9 
 
 them, met together from time to time for religi- 
 ous exercifes. He ahb there read to fome poor 
 people in the town, twice or thrice a week, and 
 read and prayed with the prilbners in the county 
 gaol every day. 
 
 Being now about twenty-one years of age, he 
 was fent for by Doftor Benjon^ Bifliop of Glou- 
 cejier\ who told him, That though he had pur- 
 pofed to ordain none under three-and-twenty, yet 
 he fhould reckon it his duty to ordain him when- 
 ever he applied. Upon which, at the earnell per- 
 fuafion of his friends, he prepared for taking 
 orders. 
 
 His behaviour on this occafion was very exem- 
 plary. He firft ftudied the Thirty-nine Articles,, 
 that he might be fatisfied of their being agreeable 
 to Scripture. Then, he examined himfelf by the 
 qualifications of a minifter mentioned in the New 
 Teftament, and by the queftions that he knew 
 were to be put to him at his ordination. On the 
 Saturday^ he was much in prayer for himfelf and 
 thofe who were to be ordained with him. On the 
 morning of his ordination, (which was at Gloii- 
 cejter^ Sunday^ June 20, 1736) he rofe early, and 
 again read, with prayer, St. Faul\ Epiftles to 
 Timothy^ and after his ordination, went to the 
 Lord's Table. 
 
 The Sunday following, he preached his Sermon 
 
 on The NeccJfUy and Benefit of Religious Society^ to 
 
 a very crowded auditory ; and that fam.e week he 
 
 fet out for Oxford^ whither he inclined to go, 
 
 5 rather
 
 10 Mcvioirs of the L{fe of 
 
 rather than to the pariQi which the Billiop would' 
 have given iihi-) ; becaufe it was the place where 
 he might befl; profecute his ftudies, and where he 
 hoped his labours might be moft uleful (e). Soon 
 after this, he was invited to officiate at the chapel 
 ot the Tower of London. The firil time he 
 preached in London^ was Auguji 1736, at ^ifJiopf- 
 ^ate Church. Having a very young look, the 
 people were liirpriled at his appearance, and feem- 
 <fd to fnccr as he went up to the pulpit ^ but they 
 had not heard him long, when their contempt was 
 turned into eftecm, and their fmiles into grave at- 
 tention. He continued at the Tower two months, 
 preaching, catechifing, and vifiting the foldiers j 
 ^nd feveral fcrious young men came to hear his 
 
 (e) *' Lafl; Sunday in the afternoon, I preached my 
 " hi ft Sermon in the church where I was baptized, and 
 *' alfo firft received the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. 
 ♦' CuiioHiy drew a large congregation together. The 
 ^'- fight, at firft, a little awed me. But I was comfort- 
 " ed with a hcart-ttlt fenfe of the Divine Prefence : 
 " And foon found the advantas-e of having been ac- 
 '* cuftomcd to public fpeaking, when a boy at fchool ; 
 *' and of exhorting and teaching the prifoners, and 
 *' poor people at their private houfes, whilft at the uni- 
 *' verfity. By ihefe means, I was kept from being 
 '^ daunted over much. As I proceeded, I perceived the 
 " fire kindled, till at laft, tho' fo young, and amidft a 
 *' crowd of thofe who knew me in my childifn days, I 
 *' truft, I was enabled to fpeak with fome degree of 
 ^' Cjofpcl autiioiicv. Some few mocked ; but moft for the 
 ♦' prefcnt feemed ftruck: and I have fmce heard, that: 
 *' a complaint h-d been made to the Bifhop, that I drove 
 *' fifteen mad, the firft fermon. The worthy prelate, 
 *■■'■ as I ain informed, wifhed that the madnefs might not 
 S^ \^<c forgoltenj before next Sunday.^' Letter XVL 
 
 •morning
 
 ihe Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. n 
 
 jnornino; difcourfes on the Lord's-day. In the 
 mean time, the letters which the Rev. MefTieur:^ 
 fVeJleys and Ingham wrote home from Georgia^ 
 made him long to go and preach the Gofpel in 
 thofe parts ; yet he waited till Providence fhould 
 make his way more clear, and returning to Ox- 
 ford, he found himfeif very happy in his former 
 employments, and had much pieafure in reading 
 Henry's Commsniary on the Bible, and in the com- 
 pany of fome religious young men, who met to- 
 gether in his chamber every day. 
 
 In November 1736, he was again called from 
 Oxford, to minifter at Dummer in Hm^ipfliire. This 
 ■was a new fphere of action among poor illiterate 
 people ; but he was foon reconciled to it, and 
 thought he reaped no fmall profit by converfing 
 with them. Neverthelefs, he continued his (ludies 
 with unwearied application : Dividing the day in- 
 to three parts ; eight hours for flecp and meals, 
 eight for public prayers, catechifing and vifiting ; 
 and eight for fludy and retirement. During his 
 itay here, he was invited to a very profitable 
 curacy in London j but did not accept of it, as he 
 was ftill intent upon going abroad. Providence, 
 at length, feemed to open a door to him ; for he 
 received letters, containing what he thought to be 
 an invitation, to go to Georgia, from Mr. John 
 JVefley, whofe .brother came over about this time 
 to procure more labourers. It is eafy to judge, 
 Jiow readily this propofal would be embraced : 
 and now that he thought himfeif clearly called, 
 
 (many
 
 12 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 (many things concurring to make his ftay at home 
 lefs neccflary) he fet his affairs in order, and in 
 'January 1737, went to take leave of his friends 
 in Gloucejtcr and BriJicL At Gkucfjler^ tlie con- 
 gregations when he preached, were very large, 
 and very ferious. At Brijiol^ many perfons were 
 forced to return from the churches where he was 
 invited to preach, for want of room. He went 
 alfo to Biiiby where he was kindly received, and 
 preached twice. But he did not ftay long at any 
 of thefe places, being obliged to go to Oxford 
 about the latter end of February •, from v/hence he 
 came up to London, to wait upon General Ogle- 
 thorp and the Truftees for Georgia. He was foon 
 introduced to the Archbifliop of Canlerbury, and 
 the Bilhop of London, who both approved of his 
 going abroad. While he continued at London^ 
 waiting for General Ogkthorp, he preached more 
 frequently than he had done before, and greater 
 numbers of people flocked to hear him. But 
 finding that the General was not likely to fail for 
 iomc time •, and being under particular obligations 
 to the Rev. Mr. Sampfon Harris, minifter at Stone- 
 hoiife in Glcticcjler/Jiire, he went at his requeft, to 
 fupply his charge, till he fhould difpatch fome 
 affairs in London. There he was very happy in 
 his public miniftrations, but efpecially in his re- 
 tirements, whidi he ufed afterwards to reflecl up- 
 ©n v/ith great fatisfaflion (f). On Mr. Harris*^ 
 
 (f) See Letter XXI. 
 
 return,
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 13 
 
 return, he left Stonehoufe, and upon repeated in- 
 vitations went a lecond time to Brijlol, where he 
 preached as ufual about five times a week. Here 
 the multitudes of his hearers Hill increafed (g). 
 He was attended by perfons of all ranks and de- 
 nominations •, private religious focieties were ere£l- 
 ed ; a coUedtion for the poor prifoners in Newgate^ 
 was made twice or thrice a week •, and large en- 
 couragement was offered to him, if he would not 
 go abroad. — During his flay at Bnjiol, which was 
 from the end of May to the twenty-firll of June, 
 he paid a fecond fliort vifit to Baib, where the peo- 
 ple crowded, and were ferioufly affected as at 
 Bnjlol, and no lefs than 160/. was collefted for the 
 poor of Georgia. 
 
 June 21, he preached his farewell-fermon at 
 Briftol ; and towards the end of the difcourfe, when 
 he came to tell them, " it might be they would fee 
 him no more," the whole congregation was ex- 
 ceedingly affetSted ; high and low, young and old, 
 burft into a flood of tears. Multitudes, after fer- 
 mon, followed him home weeping •, and the next 
 day he was employed from feven in the morning 
 till midnight, in talking and giving advices to 
 thofe who came to him, about the concerns of their 
 fouls and falvaticn. 
 
 {g) " Some hung upon the rails, others climbed up 
 " the leads of the church, and all together made the church 
 *' itfelf fo hot, with their breath, that the fleam would 
 *' fall from the pillars like drops of" rain." Jbid. 
 
 From
 
 14- Memoirs of fi>s Life of 
 
 From Briftol he went to Glciicejler^ and preaclKiJ 
 to a very crowded auditory ; and after (laying a feW 
 days went on to Oxford^ where he had an agreeable 
 interview with the other Methodifls, and came to 
 London about the end of Aiigiijl. 
 
 Here he was invited to preach and afiift in ad- 
 miniftering the facrament in a great many churches. 
 The congregations continually increafed •, and ge- 
 nerally on the Lord's-days, he ufed to preach four 
 times to very large and very much affected audi- 
 tories, and to walk ten or twelve miles in going 
 to the different churches. His friends began to 
 be afraid he would hurt himfelf: but he ufed 
 to fay, " He found, by experience, the more he 
 did, the more he might do for God.'* 
 
 His name was now put into the nevv's-papers^ 
 (though without his confent or knowledge) as a 
 young gentleman going volunteer to Georgia^ who 
 was to preach before the focieties at their general 
 quarterly meeting. This ftirred up the people*s cu- 
 riofity more and more. He preached on that oc- 
 cafion, his fermon on Early Piety, which was 
 printed at the requcft of the focieties. After this, 
 for near three months fucceflively, there was no 
 end of people's flocking to hear him, and the ma- 
 nagers of the charity-fchools were continually ap- 
 plying to him to preach {h) for the benefit of the 
 children ; for that purpofe they procured the li- 
 berty of the churches on other days of the week 
 
 (/;) See Letter XXVIII. 
 
 befides
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitci^eld. i ^ 
 
 befides the Lord's-day ; and yet thoulands went 
 away from the largeft churches, not being able to 
 get in. The congregations were all attention, and 
 kerned to hear as for eternity. He preached ge- 
 nerally nine times a week, and often adminiftered 
 the iacrament early on the Lord's-day morning, 
 v^hen you might fee the (Ireets filled with people 
 going to church with lanthorns in their hands, and 
 hear them converfino- about the things of God. 
 
 As his popularity increafed, oppofition increafed '^^ 
 proportionably. Some of the clergy became angry; 
 two of them lent for him, and told him^ they 
 would not let him preach in their pulpits any more, 
 unlefs he renounced that part of the preface of his 
 fermon on Rege-neration, (lately publiflied) wherein 
 he wilhed " that his brethren would entertain 
 " their auditories oftener with difcourfes upon the 
 " new-birth." Probably fome of them were ir- 
 ritated the more, by his free converfation with 
 many of the ferious Difienters, who invited him 
 to their houfes, and repeatedly told him, " That 
 " if the doftrines of the new-birth, and juftifica- ^ 
 *' tion by faith, were preached powerfully in the j 
 " churches, there would be few Diffenters in Eng- 
 " land." Nor was he without oppofition even from 
 fome of his friends. But under thefe difcourage- 
 ments, he had great comfort in meeting every 
 evenii\g with a band of religious intimates, to fpend 
 an hour in prayer, for the advancement of the 
 gofpel, and for all their acquaintance, fo far as 
 they knew their circumftances. In this he had un- 
 common.
 
 1 6 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 common fatisfaftion : once he fpcnt a whole night 
 with them in prayer and praife ; and fometimes at 
 midnight, after he had been quite wearied with 
 the labours of the day, he found his flrength re- 
 newed in this exercife, which made him compole 
 his fermon upon htercejjion. 
 
 The nearer the time of his embarkation ap- 
 proached, the more afFeflionate and eager the peo- 
 ple grew. Thoufands and thoufands of prayers 
 were put up for him. They would run and flop 
 him in the alleys of the churches, and follow him 
 with wifhful looks. But above all, it was hardeft 
 for him to part with his weeping friends at St. Dun- 
 Jla7i% where he helped to adminifter the facrament 
 to them, after fpending the night before in prayer: 
 This parting was to him aimoft infupportable. 
 
 CHAP.
 
 the Rev, Mr. George Wliitefield. 17 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 from the Time of his embarking for Georgia, to Hi 
 re-emharkipg for England, 1738. 
 
 IN the latter end of Beremher^ ^IZIt ^^^ em- 
 barked for Georgia, (i) This was to him a^ 
 new, and at firft appearance, a very unpromifing 
 fcene. The fhip was full of foldiers, and there 
 were near twenty women among them. The cap- 
 tains, both of the foldiers and failors, with the fur- 
 geon, and a young cadet, gave him foon to under- 
 ftand, that they looked upon him as an impoftori 
 and for a while treated him as fuch. The firft 
 Lord*s-day, one of them played on the hautboy, 
 and nothing was to be feen but cards, and little 
 heard, but curfing and blafphemy. This was a 
 very difagreeable fituation ; but it is worth while 
 to obferve, with what prudence he was helped to 
 behave among them, and how God was pleafed to 
 blefs his patient and perfevering endeavours to do 
 them good. 
 
 He began with the officers in the cabin, in the 
 "Way of mild and gentle reproof j but this had lil- 
 
 (;) Here begins a manufcript of Mr. TFIntefeWs, from 
 ■which feveral paflages are taken in the following ac- 
 counr. It is referred to by M. S. 
 
 C tic
 
 i8 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 tie eued {k). He therefore tried what might be 
 done between decks, among the foldiers. And 
 though the place was not very commodious, he 
 read prayers and expounded twice a day. At firit 
 he could not fee any fruit of his labour, yet it was 
 encouraging to find it fo kindly received by his new 
 red-coat parifhioners, (as he calls them) many of 
 whom lubmittcd chearfully to be catechifed about 
 the leiTons they had heard expounded. 
 
 In this fituation things continued for feme time. 
 But all this while, he had no place for retirement, 
 and there was no divine fervice in the great cabin, 
 both which he greatly defired. At lad he obtained 
 his wifh : one day finding the fliip captain a little 
 inclined to favour him, he alked him to fufter him 
 now and then to retire into the round-houfe, where 
 the captain flept, and offered him money for the 
 loan ot it. The captain would not take the mo- 
 ney, but readily granted his requeft. Soon after- 
 wards, the military captain, having invited him to 
 a dilh of cofi^ee, he took the liberty to tell him, 
 *' That though he was a volunteer on board, yet 
 " as he was on board, he looked upon himfelf as 
 *' his chaplain, and as fuch, iie thought it a little 
 *' odd, to pray and preach to the fervants, and 
 
 {k) *' I could do no more for a feafbn, than whilft I 
 
 *' was writing, now and then turn my head by v^-ay ot 
 
 *' reproof, to a Lieutenant of the foldiers, who fwore as 
 
 " though he was born of a fwearing conftitution. Now 
 
 '* and then, he would take the hint, return my n«*d 
 
 *' with a, * Doctor, 1 aik your pardon,' and then to hU 
 
 " cards and fwearing again." M.S. 
 
 7 " not
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. i ^ 
 
 '* not to the mafter ;" and added withal, " That 
 *" if he thought proper, he would make ufe of a 
 *' fhort colle6t now and then, to him, and the 
 *' other aentlemen in the great cabin." Aftef 
 paufing a while, and fhaking his head, he an- 
 fwered, ** I think we may, when we have nothing 
 *' elfe to do." This aukward hint was all he got 
 for the prefent ; yet he was encouraged thereby 
 to hope, that the defired point would be foon 
 
 gained. 
 
 They were detained in the Dczvns, by contrary 
 winds, for near a month j the foldiers on board 
 became by this time more and more civilized, and 
 the people at Deal heard him gladly. There he 
 preached thrice, at the invitation of the minifters, 
 and often expounded in the houfe where he lodged. 
 This work was very delightful to him ; but he 
 was fuddenly called away by a fair wind, about the 
 end of J cmuary, 1738, juft after he had preached 
 in Upper-Deal church. 
 
 Being returned to the fhip, he began to comfort 
 himfelf with fome promifing appearances of doing 
 oood in the great cabin. As he had no better 
 place, he generally every night retired with his 
 friend Mr. HaherJJiam, and his brother, and two 
 fervants, behind the round-houfe, for prayer and 
 other religious exercifes. Sometimes, he per- 
 ceived Captain IVhiting was hearkening within. 
 One day, finding on the Captain's pillow the Inde- 
 'pendent Whig, he exchanged it for a book entitled, 
 '^he Self'Dscdver, Next morning the Captain 
 
 C-2 came
 
 20 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 came rmiling, and enquired who made that ex- 
 change •, Mr. IVhitefield confeflcd the charge, and 
 begged his acceptance of the book, which he faid 
 he had read, and liked very well. From thence- 
 forward, a vifible akeration was leen in him. The 
 other Captain ahb, about the fame time, met him 
 as he was coming 'from between decks, and de-^- 
 fired, " that they might have public krvice and 
 " expounding twice a-day in the great cabin." 
 
 In about a fortnight, they reached Gibraltar^ 
 ■whither they were bound to t ke in fome more 
 foldiers. There, one Major Sinclair had been fo 
 kind as to provide a lodging for him unafked, 
 who, with the other military gentlemen, even Go- 
 vernor Sabine^ and general Columbine^ received him 
 moft courteoufly. Being apprehenfive, that at a 
 public military table, he might be more than hof- 
 pitably entertained, by way of prevention, he 
 begged leave to remind his Excellency of an ob- 
 fervation made in the book of EJiber^ on the 
 court of the great Abafueriis, " That none did 
 ** compel.'* He took the hint, and gentecly re- 
 plied, ''• That no compulfion of any kind fhould 
 " be ufed at his table." And every thing was 
 carried on with great decorum. The officers at- 
 tended at public worfliip with order and gravity ; 
 the minifters alfo behaved with great civility -, and 
 all concurred to give him invitations to preach, 
 which he did twice or thrice in the week j (/) and 
 
 ia 
 
 (/} " Strange and unufual v/as the fccne, both widi 
 *' rcTpecl to the place aad people. The adj.iccnt pro- 
 
 " montorits,
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 21 
 
 In tlie evenings and mornings, when not on board, 
 he expounded, converred and prayed with a reH- 
 gious lociety of foldiers, who had liberty from the 
 Governor to aflemble at any time in the church. 
 His evening expofitions were attended, not only 
 by the foldiers, but by officers, minifters and 
 towns-people-, and from all that could be judged, 
 his labours were not without the divine blef- 
 fing. 
 
 Finding another focicty of religious foldiers 
 there, belonging to the Church of Scotland^ he 
 fent them, as well as the former, fome proper 
 books, talked with leveral of them, and endea- 
 voured to unite both focieties together-, urging oa 
 them the necefTicy of a catholic, difinterefted love, 
 and of joining in prayer for the advancement of 
 the kingdom of Chriji. This exhortation alfo, by 
 the blefTing of God, had a good effcft -, and two 
 or three of the latter fociety being draughted out 
 for Georgia, defired leave to go in the fhip with 
 Mr. Whitefield, which was readily allowed them. 
 
 Before the embarkation of the foldiers, by the 
 General's confent, he crave them a oartino- difcourfe 
 in the church. And after embarkation, from time 
 to time, as the weather permitted, he preached to 
 
 *' montories, and the largenefs of the rock of Gibraltar^ 
 *' helped me to enlarge my ideas of Him, who in his 
 " Jirength Jctteth fajl the mountaim, and is girded about with 
 " power. And ttie place being, as it were, a public 
 *' rendezvous of all nations, 1 thought I faw the world 
 " in epitome." M. S. 
 
 C 2 them
 
 22 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 them on board their refpeflive fliips (;;;). Colonel 
 
 Cochran^ who commanded, was extremely civil : and 
 
 foon after their fetting fail, there was fuch a change 
 
 upon Captain Mackay, that he defired Mr. lVhit&^ 
 
 Jistd would not give himfelf the trouble of ex;- 
 
 pounding and praying in the cabin, and between 
 
 decks i for he v/ould order a drum to be beat 
 
 morning and evening, and himfelf would attend 
 
 with the foldiers on the deck. This produced ? 
 
 very agreeable alteration •, they were now as regular 
 
 as in a church. Mr. V/hitejiM preached with ^ 
 
 captain on each fide of him, and foldiers all 
 
 around -, and the tv/o other Qups companies, being 
 
 now in the trade winds, drew near, and joined in 
 
 the woriliip of God. The great cabin was now 
 
 become a 5^/i?^/ ; both Captains were daily more 
 
 and more affedcd -, and a crucified Saviour, and 
 
 the things pertaining to the kingdom of God, 
 
 were the ufual topics of their convcrfation. Once, 
 
 gfter public fermon, Captain Mackay defired the 
 
 foldiers to fi:op, whilft he informed them, that to 
 
 his o;reat fliame, he had been a notorious fwearer 
 
 himfelf, but by the inftrurnentality of that gentler 
 
 man, pointing to Mr, Whitcfield^ he had now left 
 
 it off, and exhorted them, for Chriji\ fake, thai; 
 
 they would go and do likewife. The children 
 
 {m) Ke not only preached to them ; but gave them 
 notice, that he intended fpcaking to them, one by one, 
 to fee what ace nint they could give of their faith. — Ibid* 
 At this time he began his " Ohfervations on fe]e£i Paf- 
 ** fagcs of Scripture turned into Catechetical Queftions," 
 printed in Vol. IV. pf his Works. 
 
 were
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whiteiield. 23 
 
 were catechifed -, there was a reformation through- 
 out the whole foldiery. The women cried, " What 
 " a change in our Captain." The bad books and 
 packs of cards, which Mr. li^hitr^Jield exchanged 
 for bibles, and other religious books, (abundance 
 of which were given him to difperfe by the Society 
 for promoting Cbrijiian Knowledge) were now thrown 
 over board ; and a fever, that prevailed in general 
 through the whole fhip, helped to make the im- 
 prefTions fink deeper. For many days and nights, 
 he vifited betwixt twenty and thirty fick perfons, 
 crawling between decks upon his knees, admin- 
 iftring medicines or cordials to them, and fuch 
 advice as feemed fuitable to their circumftances. 
 The failors did not efcape the fever ; Captain 
 Whiting gladly went with them to vifit them. One 
 of them in particular, who had been a moil noto- 
 rious fcofFer, fent fo4* him in a bitter agony, crying 
 cut upon and lamenting his wicked life. The 
 Cadet, who was a cabin pafTenger, being alio 
 feized, was wounded deeply, told Mr. Whitefield 
 the hiftory of his life, and informed Captain 
 Mackay of his defire to leave the army, and to 
 return to his original intention (having had an 
 univerfity education) of devoting himfelf to the 
 fervice of the church of God. Mr. TVhitefield him- 
 felf was alfo feized, but by the bleffing of God, 
 he foon recovered, and was flrong enough, in 
 about a week, to come out to the burial of the 
 Cook of the fhip, who had boafted, " That he 
 *' would be wicked till two years before he died, 
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 *' and then he would be good." But he was fud- 
 denly taken ill, and died in about fix hours («); 
 
 It was the beginning of May, when they drew 
 near to land. After preaching his farewell-fer- 
 n:!on, he arrived at the parfonage-houfe at Savannaby 
 May 7, 1738, about four months after his firil 
 embarkation at Beptfcrd. 
 
 Upon this voyage (many years after) he made 
 the following refiedion : " A long, and, I truft, 
 " not altogether unprofitable voyage. Vv^hat fliall 
 " I render to the Lord for all his mercies ? Be- 
 " fides being ftrengthened to go through my pub- 
 ** lie work, I was enabled to write letters, and 
 compofe fermons, as though 1 had been on 
 land. Even at this diftance of time, the re- 
 membrance of the happy hours I enjoyed in re- 
 ligious exercifes on the deck, is refrelhing to my 
 foul. And though nature fometimes relented 
 at being taken from my friends, and little un- 
 ufual inconvenicncies of a fea-life ; yet, a con- 
 fcioufnefs that I had in view the glory of God, 
 
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 *' and the good of fouls, from time to time af- 
 *' forded me unfpeakable fatisfadlion (<?)." 
 
 One Mr. Dciamoi^ who had gone volunteer with 
 Mr. John Wcjley^ and was left behind by him as 
 fchoolmafter at Savannah, received Mr. JVhitefield 
 at the parfonage-houfe, which he found much 
 
 (72) *' This was the only adult, except a fnldier (who 
 " had killed himrdf at Gibraltar by perpetual drinking) 
 " that died out of all that were on board." M. S. 
 
 {0) AJ. S. 
 
 better
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 2^ 
 
 better than expedtation. Here fome ferious per- 
 fons, the fruits of Mr. IVefley's miniftry, foon came 
 to fee him. On the morrow he read prayers, and 
 expounded in the court-houfe, and waited upon the 
 magiftrates ; but being taken ill, he was confined 
 for above a week with a fever and ague. 
 
 When he was recovered, and able to look about 
 him, he found every thing bore the afpecft of an 
 infant colony : and, what was more difcouraging 
 Hill, he faw it was likely to continue fo, by the 
 very nature of its conftitution. " The people 
 " (fays he) were denied the ufe both of rum and 
 " flaves. The lands were allotted them, accord- 
 ing to a particular plan, whether good or bad ; 
 and the female heirs prohibited from inheriting. 
 So that in reality, to place people there on fuch 
 " a footing, was little better than to tye their legs 
 " and bid them walk. The fcheme was well 
 •* meant at home ; but, as too many years expe- 
 *' rience evidently proved, was abfolutely imprac- 
 ** ticable in fo hot a country abroad. However, 
 •* that rendered what I had brought over from my 
 " friends, more acceptable to the poor inhabit. 
 ** tants, and gave me an ocular demonftration., 
 •' which was what I wanted, when the hint was 
 ** given (/>) of the great necefTity and promifing 
 
 (/>) ** It was firft propofed to me by my dear friend 
 ** Mr. Charles JVejley^ who, wiih General Ogkthorpty had 
 ** concerted a fchenne for carry iivi, on fach a defign, be- 
 ** fore I had any thoughts of going abroad myfelf.'* 
 Vol. III. p. 463, 
 
 7 «* utility 
 
 (( 
 
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 26 •' Memoirs of tJje Life of 
 
 " utiliiy of a future orplian-houfe, which I now 
 *' determined, by the divine aflidance, to fet about 
 ** in earned. The Saltzburghers at Ebenezer^ I 
 " found had one -, and having heard and read of 
 , ** what ProfclTor Franck had done in that way in 
 " Germany^ 1 confidently hoped that fomething of 
 *'^ the like nature might be owned, and fucceeded 
 " in Gtiorgia. Many poor orphans were there al- 
 " ready, and the number was likely foon to in- 
 *' creafe. 
 
 " As opportunity offered, I vifited Frederica, and 
 " the adjacent villages, and often admired, con- 
 ♦•• fidering the circumftances and difpofuion of the 
 *' firft fettlers, that fo much was really done. 
 "The Tettlers were chiefly broken and decayed 
 •* tradelmen trom London and other parts of E?7g- 
 ** land; and feveral Scotch adventurers; fome 
 *> highlanders, who had a worthy mimfter^ named 
 *' Madecd 'y a few Moravians-, and the ■SalfZ' 
 *' bttrgherSy who were by far the moil induftrious 
 •' of the whole. With the worthy minifters of 
 '* Ebemzer^ MefiTrs. Grenrra) and Boltzius^ I con-' 
 *^' trafted an intimacy. Many praying people 
 *'■ were in the cong-recation, which, with the con- 
 fideration that fo many charitable people in Eng' 
 land had been ftirred up to contribute to Georgia^ 
 *' and fuch faithful labourers as MelTrs. JVeJleyi 
 *' and Ingham had been fent, gave me great hopes>, 
 " that, unpromifmg as the afpe^l at prefent might 
 " be, the colony might emerge in time out of its 
 *• infant ftate. Some fmall advances Mr. Ingham 
 
 *' had 

 
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 f/6f i^f-u, Mr. George Whitefield. 27 
 
 -** had made towards converting the Indians, who 
 " were at a fmall fettlement about four miles from 
 *' Savannah. He went and lived among them for 
 a few months, and began to compofe an Indian 
 grammar ; but he was foon called away to Eng- 
 land \ and the Indians (who were only fome 
 run-away Creeks) were in a few years fcattered 
 or dead. Mr. Charles JVcJIey had chiefly ailed 
 as fecretary to General Oglethorpe, but he foon 
 *' alfo went to England to engage more labourers ; 
 and not long after, his brother, Mr. John lVeJle.)\ 
 having met with unworthy treatment, both at 
 '' Frederica and Georgia^ foon followed. All this 
 " I was apprized of, but think it moft prudent 
 ♦' not to repeat grievances. Through divine 
 *' mercy, I met v/ith refpedtful treatment from 
 *' magiftrates, officers, and people. The firil I 
 '' vifited now and then, the others, befides preach- 
 *■ ing twice a day, and four times of a Lord's-day, 
 ^' I vifited from houfe to houfe : I was, in general, 
 *' moft cordially received ; but from time to time 
 ^' found, that ' Ccehim non aimnmn tnutant^ qui 
 *' trans m^re currtint ;' Though lowered in their 
 ** circumftances, a fenle of what they formerly 
 *' were in their native countrv, remained. It was 
 *' plain to be feen, that coming over was not lb 
 " much out of choice, as conftraint : choofincr ra-' 
 ** ther to be poor in an unknown country abroad,'/ 
 " than beholden to relations, or live among thofe 
 •* who knew them in more affluent circumftanccs 
 ** at homco Atnong fome of thefe, the event 
 
 *' how-
 
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 " however, proved, that the word took effe<5l-ua! 
 *' root, I was Feally happy in my little foreign 
 •* cure, and could have cheerfully remained among 
 " them, had 1 not been obliged to return to 
 " England^ to receive prieft's orders, and make a 
 •* beginning towards laying a foundation to the 
 " Orphan-honfe.-— And thus the place I intended 
 " to hide myfelf in, becime, through my beino- 
 *' obliged to return for thefe purpofes, a means 
 " of increafmg that popularity which was already 
 " begun, but which by ms was sbfolutely un- 
 *' foreieen, and as abfolute Iv undefigned (^).*' 
 
 About the middle oi A.gujl^ having fettled one 
 that came v/ith him as fchoolmafter in a neigh* 
 bouring village, and left his friend Mr. HaberJJmm 
 zt Savannah^ after an affedionate parting with 
 his flock, he let out for Charlefiown, in Sotuh' 
 Carolina. 
 
 Here he paid hfs firft vifit to Commiflary Gar- 
 den, and at his entreaty preached the next Sunday 
 morning and evening, in a grand church refem- 
 bling one of the new churches in London. The 
 inhabitants feemed at his firfl coming up to de- 
 fpife his youth -, but their countenances were 
 altered before worfliip was over. Mr. Gardett 
 
 (q) " During my ftay there, the weather was moft 
 •' intenfely hot, fometimes burning me almoft through 
 *' my fhoes. Seeing others do it who were as unable, 
 *' I determined to enure myfelf to hardinefs, by lying 
 *' conftantly on the ground ; which bv ufc, 1 found to 
 ** be fo far from bemg a hardfliip, that afterwards it 
 " became fo, to lie on a bed." M. S. 
 
 thanked
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 29 
 
 thanked him moil cordially, and apprized him of the 
 ill treatment Mr. lV(/ley had met with in Georgia!, 
 and afllired him, that were the lame arbitrary 
 proceedings to commence againft him, he would 
 defend him with his life and fortune. He alio 
 faid fomething about the colony of Georgia that 
 much encouraged him, as if he thought its fiou- 
 rifhing was not very far off -, and that Cbarkficwn 
 ■was fifteen times bigger now, than when he 
 (Mr. Garden) firfl came there. 
 
 CHAP.
 
 30 Memoirs of the Life oj 
 
 C H A P. IV^. 
 
 From his emlarking ai Charledown for London^ 
 to his preaching firft in Moorfidlds, 1739. 
 
 riEP'TEMBER 6, 1738, Mr, mJiffeU em- 
 ^ barked in a fliip bound from Charles-Town id 
 London. They had a very uncomfortable palTage* 
 For near a fortnight, they were beat about not 
 far from the bar •, they were foon reduced to an 
 allowance of water; and the fhip itfelf was quite 
 out of repair. They were alfo very poorly off 
 for provifions. When they were about a third 
 part of their palTage, they met with a Jamaica man 
 who had plenty of every thing. He fent for Mr. 
 Whitefield on board, and offered him a moft com- 
 modious birth ; but he did not think it right to 
 leave his fhip-mates in dillrefs, and therefore re- 
 turned to his own fhip, with fuch things as they 
 were pleafed to give him. The remaining pare 
 of the voyage was flill more perilous. The only 
 thing comfortable, was, that in the midft of thefc 
 trials, deep imprefTions were made on fome that 
 were on board. All conftantly attended public 
 worfhip twice, and fome thrice a day. Once the 
 Captain cried out, " Lord, break this hard heart 
 " of mine." Ochers were imprciTed : particular-
 
 the Rev. Mr. George WhIteBeld. 3 r 
 
 2y one Captain Gladman^ a paflenger, on whom a 
 great change was wrought, and afterwards, at his 
 own earned requeft, became Mr. V/hitefieU\ fel- 
 low-traveller. At length, after nine weeks toffing 
 and beating to and fro, they found themfclves 
 in Limerick harbour (r). 
 
 At Limerick^ Bifhop Burfcough received him 
 very kindly, and engaged him to preach in the 
 cathedral, the good effefts of which he heard of 
 many years after. From thence he went to Duh- 
 hn, where he preached, and was courteoufly re- 
 ceived by Dr. Delany, Bifliop Rundsl^ and Arch- 
 bifhop Bclton, who had heard of him from a gen- 
 tleman of Gibraltar. And after a paflage of 
 twenty-four hours from Dublin, he arrived at 
 Park-gate, 'Thurfday, November 30, preached twice 
 on the Lord's-day at Manchejier, and came 10 
 London the Friday following, December 8. 
 
 Here, he had a conference with the Moravian 
 brethren, who were lately come to London ; and 
 tho' he could not diredly fall in with theJr way of 
 expreffing themfclves, yet he heartily agreed with 
 them in the old Proteftant Doftrine of Juftification 
 in the fight of God, by Faith alone in the im- 
 puted righteoufnefs of Chrifi \ and was not a little 
 
 {r) ** I wifh I could never forget what I felt, when 
 *' water, and other provifmns, were brought us from 
 '* afhorc. One Mr. Mac Mahon, a country gentleman, 
 *' came from his feat at midnight, on purpofc to relieve 
 ** us, and moft kindly invited me, tho' unknown, \o 
 *' his houfe, to flay as long as. I pleafed." M. S. and 
 Journals, ' 
 
 deljf^hted
 
 3 2 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 delighted to find a o-reat increafe of the work of 
 God, both as to light and love, dodrine and 
 practice, through the inftrumentality of Mr, 
 Charles, and efpecially of Mr. John PFefley. 
 
 Some of the clergy now began to fliew their 
 difpleafure more and more ; fo that in two days 
 time, five churches were denied him. And tho' 
 the ArchbiQiop of Canierbury, and the Bifhop of 
 Londot, both received him civilly, it was but 
 coldly : And the latter enquired, " Whether his 
 " Journals were not a little tinctured with enthu- 
 fiafm ? " He replied. That they were written only 
 for himfelf, and private friends, and were pub- 
 lilhed entirely without his confent, or knowledge, 
 or io much as his confent being afked at all (s). 
 
 The 
 
 {s) It was certainly wrong to publifh them, without 
 his confent and revifal ; otherwife, the publication of 
 them was a very proper way to prevent the mifreprefen- 
 tatlon of fafts, either by calumny and detrailion on the 
 one hand, or by exaggeration on the other. And it is a. 
 great pity he did not continue them. They would have 
 been the beft poflible memoirs of his life. But we fee 
 how the offence given by, or taken at, fome paflages, 
 might help to determine him " to proceed (as he after- 
 *' wards fays) in a more compendious way." The 
 Journals were, indeed, moftly written amidft his incef- 
 fant labours in preaching, travelling, and writing a mul- 
 titude of letters. And the whole was told with that 
 unguarded fimplicity, which tho' it charms the candid, 
 and difpofes them to forgive or overlook many things, 
 yet gives frequent handle to the critical and fevere. It 
 muft alfo be owned, that his unfufpecting honefly made 
 him fometimes receive, with too little caution, the 
 charadlcrs of perfons and focieties, from thofe whom he 
 Jook to be friends of religion, and who, perhaps, were 
 
 really
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whltefield. 33 
 
 The Truftees for the Colony of Georgia received 
 him more cordially, y/ere pleafed to exprefs their 
 fatisfadion at the accounts fent them of his con- 
 du6l, during his flay in the Colony •, and being 
 requefted, by letters fent unknown to him, from 
 the Magiftrates and Inhabitants, they mofl: wil- 
 lingly prefented him to the Living of Savannah^ 
 (though he infilled upon having no falary) and as 
 readily granted him five hundred acres of land, 
 whereon to erefl an Orphan- houfe ; to collect 
 money for which, together \ni\\ taking Priefl's 
 Orders, were the chief motives of his returning 
 to England fo foon. 
 
 Near a month elapfed, before a board fat to 
 make him thefe returns. But during that inter^ 
 val, he was not idle. He and his brethren went 
 
 really fo, but v-^ere miiinformed. Being therefore con- 
 vinced, upon fecond thoughts, that both his Journals, 
 and the two firft parts of his Life, needed correction, 
 he promifed a new edition of them, which he according- 
 ly publifhed in 1756. And in the preface he ingenu- 
 oufly acknowledges, that upon a review, he had found 
 " many miftakes, (which are now redlified) and many 
 " paflagcs that were juftly exceptionable" (which are 
 now erafed.) And in a note, upon September 24, 174O, 
 he fays, " In my former Journal, taking things by 
 *' hearfay too much, I fpoke and wrote too rafhly, both 
 *' of the Colleo;es and Minifters of New En^/und ; for 
 " which, as I have aheady done when at Bo/ion lad, 
 *' from the pulpit, I take this opportunity of afKing 
 *' public pardon from the prefs. It was rafli and un- 
 '< charitable, and though well-meant, I fear, did hurt." 
 But thefe corrections, while they fhew the author's can- 
 dour and humility, do not afFedt the hiftory of his extra- 
 ordinary labours and fuccefs in the work of the Gofpel. 
 
 D on
 
 34 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 on in their ul'ual courfe, taking hold of every op- 
 portunity of doing good, and preaching occafion- 
 ally as churches were allowed them (/). And tho* 
 the church-wardens and clergy were averfe, yet 
 the common people were rather more eager than 
 ever: But what furprized him rnoft was, to 
 fee many of the heads and members of the Lo«- 
 <^(?« Societies, (who, by the accounts given by Dr. 
 Woodward and Horneck (ti)^ he tho'ught were found- 
 ed on a good bottom) make fuch virulent oppo- 
 fition. However, numbers of them were of ano- 
 ther mind, and other Societies were foon formed 
 in various parts of the town. A large room in 
 Fetter-lane was the general place of rendezvous, 
 where they had frequent meetings, and great fatis- 
 fadion in focial prayer (x). At the fame time, in 
 the churches that were open, the people crowded, 
 and were affected more than ever. And he and 
 his brethren were fo much engaged, that for fome 
 
 (t) " God gave us a rnoft pleafant Gcfpel Chrijlmas 
 " feafon, and fuch a happy beginning of a New Year, 
 " as I had never feen before." M. S. 
 
 (ttj See Dr. IVoodvoanV?, Account of the Rife and Pro- 
 grefs of the Religious Societies in the City of Londoriy 
 
 (x) ^ It was a Pentecoft feafon indeed. Some times 
 
 * whole nights were fpent in prayer. Often have we 
 
 * been filled as with new wine. And often have I feen 
 ' them overwhelmed with the Divine Prefence, and cry- 
 
 * out, " Will God, indeed, dwell with men upon 
 " earth ! How dreadful is this place ! This is no other 
 '* than the houfe of God, and the gate of Heaven ! " 
 M.S. 
 
 days
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whltefield. 3^ 
 
 days he could walk, and preach, and vifit Socie- 
 ties with very little fleep, and religious exercifes 
 leemed to be their meat and drink. 
 
 Joiiuary 11, 1739, he let out for Oxford^ to 
 receive Prieu's Orders from his good friend 
 Bifhop Bcnfan^ which he did the next Lord's-day j 
 and having preached and adminiftred the Sacra- 
 ment at the Caftle, and preached again in the after- 
 noon, to a crowded congregation, he returned to 
 London, January 15. 
 
 As he had colieded fo much for the Charity- 
 Ichoois laft year, he reafonably fuppofed that the 
 pulpits would not be denied him for the ufe of 
 the Georgia Orphan-houfe this year. But the re- 
 ligious concern advancing, and fpreading more 
 and more, oppofition alfo increafed. A pamphlet 
 was publilhed againft his fermon, On Regeneration, 
 Several Clergymen made ftrong objeftions againft 
 him and his brethren, for expounding in focieties j 
 and fome people were threatened with profecution 
 by their parifh minifters, for fuffcring them to ex- 
 pound in their houfes. Yet this did not difcourage 
 either preachers or hearers. The more they were 
 oppofed, the more they were ftrengthened. New 
 awakenings were heard of in various parts ^ and, 
 " What fiiall I do to be faved ? '* was the re- 
 peated queltion of every day. 
 
 All the pulpits were not as yet fhut up : Two 
 or three churches v/ere allowed him to preach in, 
 and to colle6l for the Ge-^jr^m Orphans, and for 
 ereding a church for the \>oov Salt zburghers at 
 
 D 2 Kbenezer,
 
 2 6 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 Ebcnezer. One Mr. Broiighton behaved nobly on 
 this occafion. Application being made to him, to 
 deny Mr. JVhitejieid his pulpit, he anfwered, 
 " Having got the Ledurelhip of St. Helen's by 
 *' Mr. JVhitefield's influence •, if he in fids upon 
 " it, he Ihall have my pulpit." Mr. JVhitejieid did 
 infifl: upon ir, but (Mr. Broiighton lofing the Lec- 
 tureOiip) he afterwards blamed himfelf much for 
 his condu6l. 
 
 In Brijiol he had tTie ufe of the churches for 
 two or three Sundays, but foon found they would 
 not be open very long. The Dean was not at 
 home : The Chancellor threatened to filence and 
 fufpend him. In about a fortnight every door 
 was fhut, except Newgate, where he preached, and 
 collected for the poor prifoners, and where people 
 thronged, and were much imprefled ; but this 
 place, alfo, was foon Ihut againll him, by orders 
 from the Mayor. 
 
 Before his firfl: embarkation for Georgia ^ when 
 he talked of going abroad, numbers in Brijlol 
 iifed to reply, " What need of going abroad ? 
 " Have we not Indians enough at home.^ If you 
 have a mind to convert Indians, there are colliers 
 enough in Kingfwcod. And before he left London^ 
 chilli preaching at Bermondfey Church, and feeing 
 ib many thoufands that could not come in, he had 
 a ftrong inclination to go out and preach to them 
 (though he then ufed notes) upon one of the tomb- 
 ftones in the church-yard. And this he mention- 
 ed to fome friends, who looked upon the motion, 
 5 at
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. " 37 
 
 at firfl:, very unfavourably ; yet were willing to 
 take it into farth^'r confideration. At Brijiol he 
 thought he had a clear call to try this method. 
 The coll.crs, he had heard, were very rude, and 
 very numerous •, fo uncultivated, that no body . 
 cared to go aroong them -, neither had they any ^ 
 place of worfhip ; and often, when provoked, X. 
 they were a terror to the whole city of BriJlol. 
 He therefore looked upon the civilizing of thefc 
 people ; and much more, the bringing of them to 
 the profeffion and praftice of chriftianity, as a mat- 
 ter of great importance (y). After much prayer, 
 and many ftruggles with himfelf, he one day went 
 to Hannam Mount, and ftanding upon a hill, be- 
 gan to preach to about a hundred colliers, upon 
 Matt. V. I, 2, 3. This foon took air. At the 
 fecond and third time the numbers greatly in- 
 creafed, till the congregation, at a moderate com- 
 putation, amounted to near twenty thoufand. 
 But with what gladnefs and eagernefs, many of 
 thefe defpifed outcafts, who had never been in a 
 church in their lives, received the word, is above 
 defcription. " Having (as he writes) no righte- 
 " Gufnefs of their own to renounce, they were 
 " glad to hear of a Jeftis who was a friend to pub- '^ 
 «•' licans, and came not to call the righteous, but 
 " finners to repentance. The firft difcovery of 
 
 (y) *' I thought it might be doing the fervice of my 
 *' Creator, who had a mountain for his pulpit, and the 
 " heavens for his founding board ; and who, when his 
 
 Gofpel v/as refufed by the Jews^ fent his fervanw 
 
 huo the highways and hedges." M. S. 
 
 D 3 '• their 

 
 38 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 " thei'r beino; affedled, was to fee the white sut- 
 " ters made by their tears, which plentifully fell 
 *' down their black cheeks, as they came out of 
 " their coal pits. Hundreds and hundreds of 
 *' them were foon brought under deep con- 
 *' victions, which (as the event proved) hap- 
 ** pily ended in a found and thorough conver- 
 *' fion. The change was vifible to ail, though. 
 " numbers chofe to impute it to any thing, rather 
 *' than the finger of God. As the fcene was 
 " quite new, and I had juft began to be an ex- 
 *' tempore preacher, it often occafioncd many in- 
 " ward confliifts. Sometimes, when twenty thou- 
 " fand people were before me, I had not, in my 
 " own appreheniion, a word to iay, either to 
 " God or them. But I was never totally defert^ 
 *' ed, and frequently (for to deny it would be 
 " lying againil God) fo affifted, that I knew by 
 " happy experience, what our Lord meant by 
 " faying, ' out of his belly fhall flow rivers of 
 " living water.' The open firmament above me, 
 " the profped; of the adjacent fields, with the 
 " fight g[ thoufands and thoufands, fome i.^i 
 *' coaches, fome on horfeback, and fbme in the 
 *'• trees, and at times all affe6led and drenched in 
 " tears together, to which fometimes was addecj 
 *' the fblemnity of the approaching evening^ 
 " was almiOft too much for, and quite overcame 
 ^' mef;?;." 
 
 Befides the colliers, and thoulands from neigh- 
 bouring villages, perfons of all ranks .flocked 
 
 (z) Tvl, S. 
 
 daily
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 39 
 
 daily out of BriJioL And he was foon invited to 
 preach, by fome of the better fort, in a large 
 bowling-green in the city itfelf. Many indeed 
 fnef^rcd, to fee a ftripling, with a gown, mount a 
 table, upon what they called unconfecrated ground. 
 And for once, or twice, it excited the contempt 
 and laughter of the higher rank, who formerly 
 were his admirers, when he preached in the 
 churches. But God enabled him to fland the 
 laugh, and to preach the Gofpel of Chrifi with 
 earnednefs and conftancy ; and was pleafed to at- 
 tend it with his bleffing. From all quarters, 
 people flocked under great concern about their 
 fouls. Sometimes he was employed almoil from 
 mornino; to nio-ht, p-iving- anfwer to thofe who 
 ' came in great diftrefs, crying out, "^ What fhall 
 " we do to be faved ? " More affiflance was 
 wanted ; he therefore wrote to Mr. John Wejley^ 
 who had never yet been at Brijiol^ and having re- 
 ceived a favourable anfwer, recommended him 
 and his brother, in the llrongPit manner, to the 
 people, and earneftly prayed that the laft might 
 be firit ; for he was determined to purfue his 
 fcheme of the Orphan-houfe, and return again to 
 his retreat at Georgia. 
 
 Mr. IVejlty being come, he took an affeiflionate 
 leave of his friends at Brijlol^ and made a fecond 
 excurfion to IVales^ v/here an awakening had be- 
 gun fome years before, by the inilrumentality of 
 the Rev, Mr. Griffith Jc72cs^ and was now carried on 
 by the miniftry of one Mr. Hoiz'sl Harris, a lay- 
 
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 man. They met at Cardiff, and in company with 
 many others went to H:ifk, Ponty-pool, yJhergavennyy 
 Comibcy, Carkon, Trelo:, and Nezvport^ and preach- 
 ed in all thefe places, Mr. JVhitefie'ui {irft in Eng- 
 liJJi, and Mr. Harris afterwards in Welch ^ to many 
 thoufands. The iVrious perfons among them, of 
 the Free Grace Diflenters, rejoiced -, but many of 
 high-flying principles, and of another (lamp, 
 wej"e equally enraged, and exprcfied their diflike 
 by mockings and threats. All thefe, however, he 
 was enabled to bear with patience, and without 
 the lead difcouragement. 
 
 About the 8th of A-pril^ from V/ales he went to 
 Gloucejler, the place of his birth, where a church 
 was allowed him for once or twice, but no miOre. 
 However, he preached frequently in Boothall, (the 
 place where the judges fit) and in his brother's 
 field, to many thoufands (a). His concern for 
 
 his 
 
 (a^ At the time of Mr. TVhitejielcY % preaching in GloU' 
 cejler, eld Mr. CoIl\ a diflenting minifter, ufed to fay, 
 *' Thefe are days of the Son of Man indeed." This 
 Mr. Cole, Mr. Whitefield when a boy, was taught to 
 ridicule. And being affCed once by one of his congre- 
 gation, What bufincfs lie would be of? He faid, " A 
 " minifter ; but he v/ould take care never to tell ftories 
 *' in the pulpit like old Cole.^^ About twelve years 
 afterwards, the old man hearing him preach, and tell 
 fome itory to illullrate the fubjeil he was upon, and 
 having bern informed what he had before faid, made 
 this remark to one of his elders, " I find that young 
 " Whitefield can now tell ftories, as well as old Cole" 
 He was much affected with Mr. WhiicfiehW preaching, 
 and fo humble, that he ufed to fubfcribe himfelf his 
 
 curate ;
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whltefield. 41 
 
 his countrymen, his fellow-citizens, and his own 
 relations, made him forget all bodily weaknefs, 
 (to which about this time he was frequently fub- 
 jed) and readily to comply with invitations given 
 to preach at Painfwick, Chdtenham^ Evcfnam^ Badfey^ 
 Stroud^ Chf.fford^ places abounding v/ith inhabitants, 
 and where there is ground to hope, many received 
 much fpiritual benefit. To wander thus about 
 from place to place ; to fland in bowling-greens, 
 at market-croflTes, and in highways, efpecially in 
 his own country, where had he conferred with 
 flelh and blood, he might have lived at eafe ; to 
 be blamed by friends, and have every evil 
 thing fpoken againft him by his enemies ; was 
 (efpecially when his body was weak, and his 
 fpirits low) very trying ; but flill he was inwardly 
 fupported. 
 
 Jpril 21. he again went to Oxford, and after 
 flaying a few days with the Methodills there, 
 
 curate ; and went about preaching after him in the 
 couniry from place to place. But one evening, whilft 
 preaching, he was ftruck with death, and then a(ked 
 for a chair to lean on, till he concluded his fermon, 
 when he was carried up ftairs, and died Mr. White- 
 jieldh refleaion upon this (Letter DXXIII.) is, " O 
 " blefTed God I if it be thy holy will, may my exit be 
 « like his ! " 
 
 As to Mr. JFJjkefieJd's telling ftories in the pulpit, 
 feme perhaps may find fault ; but befide, that he had an 
 uncommon fund of parages, proper enough to be thus , 
 told, and a peculiar talent of telling them ; it was cer- 
 tainly, a mean of drawing multitudes to hear him, 
 who would not have attended to the truths of the Gof- 
 pel, delivered in the ordinary manner, 
 
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 came to London^ where he attempted to preach 
 at IJlington Church, the incumbent, Mr. Stonehoufe, 
 being a friend to the Methodius; but in the 
 midfl of the prayers, the church-warden came, 
 and dem.anded his licence, or otherwife he forbad 
 his preaching in that pulpit. He might, perhaps, 
 have infifted on his right to preach, yet for pe:ace 
 fake he declined ; and after the communion fer- 
 vice was over, he preached in the church-yard. 
 
 Opportunities of preaching in a more regular 
 ■way being now denied him, and his preaching in 
 the fields being attended with a remarkable blef- 
 fing, he judged it his duty to go on in this pradlice, 
 and ventured the following Sunday into MoorfieUh. 
 Public notice havinj^; been given, and the thino- 
 being new and fingular, upon coming out of the 
 coach, he found an incredible number of people 
 aflembled. Many had told him, that he fliould 
 never come again out of that place alive. He 
 went in, however, between two of his friends, 
 who by the prefTure of the crowd, were foon 
 parted entirely from him, and were obliged to 
 leave him to the n:ercy of the rabble. But thefe, 
 inftead of hurting him, formed a lane for him, 
 and carried him alono- to the middle of the Fields, 
 (where a table had been placed, which was broken 
 in pieces by the crowd) and afterwards back again 
 to the wall that then parted the upper and lower 
 Moorjidds •, from whence he preached without mo- 
 leftation, to an exceeding great multitude in the 
 lower Fields. Finding fuch encouragement, he 
 
 went
 
 the Rev. Mr, George Whltefield. 43 
 
 went that fame evening to Kennington-Ccntnon^ a 
 large open place, near three miles diitant from 
 London^ where he preached to a vaft multitude, 
 who were all attention, and behaved with as much 
 regularity and quietnefs, as if they had been ia 
 a church (b). 
 
 (b) " Words cannot well exprefs the glorious dif- 
 " plays of Divine Grace, which we faw, and heard 
 » of, and felt." M. S, 
 
 CHAP.
 
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 .CHAP. V. 
 
 Trom his preaching in Moorfields, i^c. to his hying 
 the Foundation of the Orphan-houfe in Georgia, 
 1740. 
 
 FOR feveral months after this, Moorfelds^ Ken- 
 ningtcn-Connnon, and B/ackheath, were the 
 chief fcenes of action. At a moderate computa- 
 tion, the auditories often confifted of above twenty 
 thoufand. It h faid th°ir finging could be heard 
 two miles off, and his voice near a mife. Some- 
 times there v/ere upwards of a hundred coaches, 
 befides waggons, fcaffolds, and other contrivances, 
 which particular perlbns let out for the convenience 
 of the audience. Having no other method to take, 
 he was obliged to colled for the Orphan-houfe in 
 the fields, or not at all, which was humbling to 
 him, and his friends, who amfted him in that 
 work. But the readinefs with which the peo- 
 ple gave, and the prayers which they put up when 
 throwing in their mites, were very encouraging (c). 
 In the mean while, Mr. John JVef.ey was labouring 
 with great zeal at Brijlol^ his brother, Mr. Charles, 
 in London and elfewhere, Mr. Ingham had been 
 
 [c) " Once upwards of twenty pounds were collefled 
 « in^halfpence." AJ, S, 
 
 preaching
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 45 
 
 preaching in many churches of Tork/Iu're, Mr. Kin- 
 chin in Oxford^ and Mr. Rogers in Bedford/lire. 
 Thus the feed Town was gradually increaicd, and 
 the embargo which was now laid on the fliipping, 
 gave him leifure for more journeys through various 
 parts of England; and God was pleafed to crov^n 
 his labours with amazing fuccefs. 
 
 Some demur happening in Brijlol^ he went there 
 a few days -, put Mr. John Wejley (who had now 
 made a progrefs in building the Kingfwood fchool, 
 and alfo had begun a room at Brijlol) in full 
 power •, and took him along with him, and intro- 
 duced him as a field preacher, at Gloucejler and 
 other places. Every where the word feemed to 
 fink deeper and deeper into the hearts of the 
 hearers. Singing and praying were heard in Kingf- 
 wood^ inftead of curfing and fwearing ; and in 
 many other places the fruits of righteoufnefs evi- 
 dently appeared. 
 
 Many falfe reports were now fpread abroad con- 
 cerning him. Not a journey he could make, but 
 he was either killed or wounded, or died fuddenly. 
 One groundlefs fiftion was continually invented 
 after another. And the Bifliop of London laid hold 
 of this occafion for publilhing a charge to his 
 clergy to avoid the extremes of enthufiafm and 
 lukewarmnefs. But amidft thefe difcouragements. 
 he was not left without the countenance and friend- 
 fliip of feveral perfons of influence. 
 
 The embargo being taken off, and upwards of 
 a thoufand pounds colieded for the Orphan houfe, 
 
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 he failed the fecond time for America^ Augiijl 14, 
 1739, with a family confifting of eight men, one 
 boy, and two children, befides his friend Mr. Re- 
 ward. 
 
 Atter a paflage of nine weeks (^), he arrived at 
 Philadelphia in the beginning of November, and 
 •was immediately invited to preach in the churches, 
 to which people of all denominations thronged, as 
 in England. From thence, he was invited to NeW' 
 Tork, by Mr. Nohle^ the only perfon with whom 
 he had any acquaintance in that part of America. 
 Upon his arrival, they waited on the Commiflary ; 
 but he refufed him the ufe of his church. Mr. 
 Whitefield, therefore, preached in the fields, and 
 on the evening of the fame day, to a very thronged 
 and attentive audience in the Rev. Mr. Pemberton''s 
 meeting-houfe : and continued to do fo twice or 
 thrice a day for above a week ; and by all that 
 could be judged, with very great fuccefs. 
 
 On his way to and from Philadelphia, he alfo 
 preached at Elizabelh-Tcwn, Maidenhead, Abingdon, 
 NeJIiamini, Burlington, and New-Brunpuoick, in the 
 ISlew-Jerfeys, to fome thoufands gathered from va- 
 rious parts, among whom there had been a con- 
 fiderable awakening, by the inflrumentality of one 
 
 {d) For the manner in which he employed his time on 
 hoard, fee his Journals and Letters of this period. — A lit- 
 tle before he failed, he finifhed his Anfwer to the Bifliop 
 of London s i^aftoral Letter. And during the voyage, he 
 wrote his Letter to the Religious Societies of England, 
 See Vol. IV. of his Works. 
 
 I Mr,
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 47 
 
 Mr. Freelinghaufen, a Dutch minifler, and the 
 Meffrs. Tenmnls, Blair, and Rowland. He had 
 alfo the pleafure of nieeting with old Mr. ^ennenty 
 .as well as his Tons, and with Mr. Dickinfon (e). It 
 was no lefs pleafing than flrange to him, to fee 
 fuch gatherings in a foreign land ; minifters and 
 people fhedding tears ; finners firuck with awe ; 
 and ferious perfons, who had been much run 
 down and defpifed, filled with joy. Mean time, 
 the Orphan -houfe affairs went on well. The things 
 brought from England, were fold for their benefit. 
 A fioop was purchafed, of which Captain Gladman 
 was mafter j and a young man, who had lately 
 received ferious imprefTions under Mr. JVhitefield's 
 preaching, willingly offered himfelf as mate, 
 
 (e) " Mr. Tennent, and his brethren in prefbytery, 
 *' intend breeding up gracious youths for our Lord's 
 " vineyard. The place wherein the young men ftudy 
 *' now, is a log-houfe, about twenty-feet long, and near 
 *« as many broad. From this defpifed place, feven or 
 " eight worthy minifters of Jefus have lately been fent 
 *' forth, and a foundation is now laying for the inftrudtion 
 " of many others. The work, I am perfuaded, is of 
 *' God, and therefore will not come to nought,'* 
 Journals, November 22, 1739. 
 
 The event has verified his judgment about this inflltu- 
 tion. It is now a large college at Princetown in New- 
 Jerfeys : and has already had many vi^orthy prefidents 
 (fome of whofe names are well known in the learned 
 world) fuch as Mr. Dickinfon^ Mr. Burr, Mr. Jonathan 
 Edwards, Mr, Samuel Davie^, Dr. F'lnley, and at prefent 
 Dr. JVkherfpoon, by whofe abilities, care, and activity 
 it is, under h'rovidence, in a very flourifliing condition. 
 
 And there has been lately, (fummer 1770) a remark- 
 able revival of religion among the lludents, both in the 
 college and grammar-fchow, 
 
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 48 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 Many little prelents were made to his family for 
 fea ftores, and the intended houfe. And about 
 the end of November, he took his leave of his fa- 
 mily, and ordered them to proceed in their voyage 
 to Savannah, while himfelf, with Mr. Seward and 
 two more determined to go thither by land. 
 
 Numbers followed, fome twenty, fome fixty 
 miles out from Philadelphia. He preached at 
 Chejler, Wilmington, Newcajlle, (where he was met 
 on the way by Mr. Rofs, minifter of the place) 
 Chrijlianhridge, and Whitely Creek, where Mr. Wil- 
 liam '^ennent (v;hofe meeting-houfe is in the neigh- 
 bourhood) had eredled a tent for him. Here he 
 obferved new fcenes of field-preaching, or rather 
 preaching in the woods, opened to him. At 
 Whitely-Creek, perhaps the congregation did not 
 confill of lefs than ten thoufand. Earneft invita- 
 tions were given him to come and preach elfe- 
 where •, which he had great encouragement to do, 
 from the vifible fuccefs of his labours;, but he 
 haded to be with his family at Savannah. 
 
 In his way thither, he alfo preached in Maryland, 
 at North-Ecijl and Joppa, and at Annapolis, the ca- 
 pital, where he was received with much civility 
 by the Governor ; and at Uppe}-- Marlborough. 
 
 In Virginia alfo, he preached at Williamjhurgh, 
 where he was courteoufly received by the Gover- 
 nor, and by Mr. Blair the Commifiary, whom he 
 fpeaks of with great regard. 
 
 When he came io North-Carolina, he thought k 
 f^emed to be the greatcft wafte, and the moft un- 
 cultivated
 
 , the Rev. Mr. George Whltefield. 49 
 
 cultivated of fpots, both in a temporal and fpi- 
 ritLial lenfe. Yet here, in a place called Newlurn- 
 'Tgzv'iI^ his preaching was attchdcd with an uncom- 
 mon influence. And it was not without effecl at 
 Nezvton on Cape Fear riwr, where were many from 
 Scotland amongft the congregation, who had lately 
 come over to fettle in North -Carolina. 
 
 Immediately on coming into South -Carolina pro- 
 vince, (he fays) a vifible change was obfervable in 
 the manners of the people. And when he came 
 to Charleftown, (which was on Saturday^ Ja?niary 3, 
 1740) he could fcarce believe but he was amongft 
 Londoners^ both in refpcft of gaiety of drefs, and 
 politenefs of manners. 
 
 Here he foon perceived, that by field-preaching 
 he had loft his old friend the Commiflarv, who 
 once promifed to defend him with life and fortune. 
 However, at the requeft of the Independent mi- 
 nifter, (who continued his friend to his dying day) 
 he preached in his meeting-houfe. At the firft 
 fermon, all was gay and trifling, no impreiTion 
 feemingly made at all. But next morning in the 
 French church, the fccne was quite altered. A 
 vifible, and almoft univerfal concern appeared. 
 Many of the inhabitants earneflly defired him to 
 give them one fermon more ; for which purpofc 
 he was prevailed upon to put off his journey till 
 the next day •, and there was rcafon to think his 
 Hay was not in vain. 
 
 Next morning, he and his companions fet out 
 in an open canoe for Savannah ; and in their way, 
 
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 50 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 for the firfl time, lay in the woods, upon the ground 
 near a large fire, which keeps off the wild beafts ; 
 upon which he makes this refleftion (/), " An 
 *■■ emblem, I thought, of the divine love and pre^ 
 *' fence keeping off evils and corruptions from 
 '' the foul." 
 
 On his arrival at Saz>annah, January ii, he was 
 very happy to meet his family, who had got there 
 three weeks before him •, and to find by letters 
 from England, Neiv-2^ork, &c. that the work of 
 God profpered- But ir was a melancholy thing to 
 fee the colony of Geergia reduced even to a much 
 lower ebb than wiien he left it, and almoll deferted 
 by all but fuch as could not well go away. Em- 
 ploying thefe, therefore, he thought would be of 
 fingular lervice, and the money expended, might 
 be alio a means of keeping them in the colony. 
 
 Before his arrival, Mr. Haher/Jiam had pitched 
 upon a plot of ground for the Orphan- houfe, of 
 500 acres, about ten miles from Snvamiab, and 
 had already begun to clear and flock it. The or- 
 phans, in the mean time, were accommodated in 
 a hired houie. On this, many years after, he 
 makes the following refieftions : " Had I pro- 
 " ceeded according to the rules of prudence, I 
 *' fliould have firft cleared the land, built the 
 " houfe, and then taken in the orphans-, but I 
 *' found their condition fo pitiable, and the inha- 
 " bitants fo poor, that 1 immediately opened an 
 
 (f) M. S.
 
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 the Rev. Mr, George Whitefield. 51 
 
 infirmary, hired a large houfe at a great rent, 
 " and took in, at different times, twenty-four or- 
 " phans. 1 o all this I was encouraged, by the 
 " example of ProfelTbr Franck. But I forgot to 
 " reco]le(5V, that ProfefTor Franck built in Glaucha, 
 " in a populous country, and that I was building 
 " in the very tail of the world, where I could not- 
 " exped the leaft fupply, and which the badnefs 
 *' of its conflitution, which every day I expeifted 
 " would be altered, rendered by far the mod ex- 
 " penfive part of all his Majefty's dominions. But 
 " had I received more and ventured lefs, I lliould 
 *' have fuffered lefs, and others m^ore {g).'* 
 
 The firft collection he made in America^ was at 
 the Rev. Mr. Smith's mceting-houfe in Charlejlcwn^ 
 whither he went about the middle of March, to fee 
 his brother, the Captain of a fliip from England. 
 He was defircd by fome of the inhabitants, to 
 fpeak in behalf of the poor orphans ; and the col- 
 ledion amounted to feventy pounds 7?^r/^»g-. This 
 was no fmall encouragement to him at that tim.e, 
 efpecially as he had reafon to think it came from 
 thofe who had received fpiritual benefit by his mi- 
 ll iftrations. 
 
 Having returned to Savannah, he went to the 
 fpot of ground, where he intended the Orphan- 
 houfe fliould be built, and upon the 25th day of 
 March, 1740, laid the firft brick of the great 
 ^oufe, which he called Bethcfda, i. e. a houfe of 
 
 (g) M. S. 
 
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 c2 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 tnercy (h). By this time, near forty children were 
 taken in, to be provided with food and raiment ; 
 and counting the workmen and all, he had near a 
 hundred to be daily fed. He had very little mo- 
 ney in bank •, and yet he was not difcouraged, 
 being perfuaded that the befl thing he couid do at 
 prefent for the infant colony was, to carry on the 
 •work. 
 
 (h) Long after this he writes, " BlefTcd be God, I 
 <^ have not been difappointed in the hope, that it would 
 *' be a houfe and place of mercy to many, both in re- 
 «^ fpea to body and foul." Al S. 
 
 CHAP.
 
 ^h Rev. Afr. George W'hitefield. 53 
 
 CHAP. VI. 
 
 Pr'om his laying the Foundation of his Orphan-hoiife iU 
 Georgia, to his Arrival in ^Ln^diVA^ i74i« 
 
 /WR. iVhitefield zg-^\n, therefore, fet olr in a 
 \ JL floop for I^ewcajlle in Penfyha?iia^ where he 
 arrived about the middle of April. In this fhorc 
 paiTage often days, he was much difcouraged both 
 by v/caknefs of body, and low fpirits. Bur, as he 
 cbfcrvi.d afrerwards. Providence was infinitely- 
 better to him than his fears, and exceeded his moil: 
 fanguine expeftations. For during the fp?.ce of 
 two months, he was ftrengthened to preach, ge- 
 nerally twice, and frequently, befides travelling, 
 thrice a day. At Philadelphia, the churches were , 
 no longer allowed him ; but he preached in the 
 fields to congregations that confided fometimcs of 
 hear ten thoufand, and with great apparent fuccefs. 
 Large collections were made for the Orphan-houfe; 
 once, not lefs than an hundred and ten pounds 
 Jterling. Societies for praying and finging were 
 fet on foot J and in every part of the town, many- 
 were concerned about their falvation. Some were 
 •Wrought upon in a miOre inftantaneous, oihers in 
 ti, more progrelTive, fome in a more filent, others 
 in a more violent manner (i). 
 
 {i) " Many negroes came j fome of them inquijing-j 
 <« Have I a foul ? " M. S. 
 
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 At NiiJD-York^ New-Brunfiznck, Strattcn-Ip.nd, 
 Bfijhcnridgc^ IVhitely-Creek^ Frogs- Manor ^ Reedy- 
 JJlandy there was great concern upon the mind botli 
 of the preacher and hearers. 
 
 Sometimes he was ahrioft dead with heat and 
 
 fatigue. Thrice a day he was lifted up upon his 
 
 horle, unable to mount othcrwife ; then rode and 
 
 preached, and came in and hiid himfelf along upon 
 
 two or three chairs. He did not doub: but luch a 
 
 courle would foon take him to his dcfired reif. 
 
 Yet he had many delightful hours with Meffrs. 
 
 Tenneiits, Blair, &c. " Night, fays he, was as it 
 
 " were turned into day, when we rode fmging 
 
 " throuo-h the woods. I could not help recom- 
 
 " mending thefe men, wherever 1 went, in the 
 
 " ftrongeft manner, becaufe I law they gloried in 
 
 " the crofs of Chriil (^)." 
 
 With 
 
 {k) M. S. ^^ 
 
 In a Journal written by Mr. Jrilham Sczvard, (Mr. 
 JVhltcfidd's companion in ti-avel) we have the following 
 particulars belon2,ing to this period. 
 
 '' JprU q, 17^0.^ Mr. IFLnte/ifld propofed my going 
 " to ii;i^/<^w/ upon feveral important affairs, particularly 
 «' to bring over Mr. Hutchins to take care of the Orphan- 
 *' houle in his abfence — To acquaint the TrufUes of 
 " Georgia with the ftate of the colony, ana ;hc means, 
 " under God, for the better eftabliOiinent thereof, it 
 *' bein^ now upheld almoll wholly by the foldicry and 
 " Orphan-houle, moft of the people who are uncon- 
 " cerncd in cither, being gone or going — 'i'he proper 
 *' means are principally three, 1. An allowance of ne- 
 *« groes. 2. A free title to the lands. 3. An indcpen- 
 *' dent maiiiRracy, viz. fuch as are able and willing to 
 ♦' ferve vviThout fee or reward- My bulincfs with the 
 ** Tiulkes will be farther, to bring over the money 
 
 *' lodged
 
 the Rev. Air. George Whlteficld. 5^ 
 
 With great joy he reached Savamtah on the 5Lh 
 of Juney bringing his orphans, in money and pro- 
 
 vifionsj 
 
 " loil<Ted in their hands for building; the church at 5^/- 
 " vannah. I am, moreover, to collect fubfcriptions tor 
 '' a negroe fchool in Penfyludnia., where our brother 
 ** JVhitcfuld propofes to take up land» in order to fettle 
 " a town for the reception of fuch Englljh friends, v/hofe 
 " hearts God iliall incline to come and fettle there. 
 
 " April 13. Mr. Tenmnt informed us of the great 
 *' fuccefs which had attended our brother lVhitefeld\ 
 *' preaching, when here laft. For fome time, a general 
 *' iilence was fixed by the Lord on people's minds, and 
 *' many began ferioufiy to think on v/hat foundation they 
 *' flood — A general outward reformation has been vin- 
 *' ble. Many minifters have been quickened in their 
 *' zeal to preach the word in feafon and out of feafon* 
 *' Con2;regations are increafed, and fome few, it is hoped, 
 *' will be brought, through their coaviclions, into a 
 *' found and faving converfion." 
 
 *' Jpril 14. Mr. yoties^ the Baptift minifter, told us 
 *' of two other minifters, Mr. Treat and Mr. A^forgan^ 
 *' who were fo afFeifcd with our brother fVhitefield's fpi- 
 *' fit, that the latter had gone forth, preaching the glad 
 ** tidings of falvation, towards the fea-coafl in the Jcr- 
 *' feySj and many other places which lay in darknefs and 
 *' the (liadow of death. The former told his congrega- 
 '* tion, that he had been hitherto deceiving himfelf and 
 " them; and that he could not preach to them at prefent, 
 ^' but defired they would join in prayer with him.. 
 
 " jipril 15. We were informed, that an Indian trader 
 ** was fo afleded with brother If^hitejield's dodrine, that 
 *' he is gone to teach the Indians^ with whom he ufed to 
 ** trade. 
 
 " Jpril 18. This day was publilhed our brother 
 " White fields Letter to the Inhabitants o^ Maryland, Vir- 
 *' ginia^ North and South- Carolina, about their abufe of 
 *■* the poor negroes. (See his Works, Vol. IV.) 
 
 *' Heard of a drinking club that had a negroe boy at- 
 ** tending them, who ufed to mimic people for their di-- 
 ** verfion. The gentlemen bid him mimic our brothet 
 
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 vifions, upwards of five hundred pounds Jlerling, 
 Next day, when they came to public worfhip, 
 
 young 
 
 *• Whiteficld^ which he v/as very unwilling to do ; but 
 " they infilling upon it, he ftood up and faid, ' 1 fpeak 
 " the truth in Chr'iji^ I He notj unlefs you repent you 
 " will all be damned.' — This unexpected fpeech broke 
 *' up the club, which has not met fmce. 
 
 " Notice was given of a new leclure at German" 
 
 *' Town every Thurfday, bv four minifters. 
 " *' Jpyil 22. Agreed with Mr. Jllen for five thoufand 
 *' acres of land on the forks of Delaiuare, at iiooLJierl. 
 *' the conveyance to be made to Mr. JFhitefield, and after 
 " that alTigned to me, as fecurity for my advancing the 
 " money. — Mr. JVkhejield propofes to give orders for 
 *' building the negroe fchool on the purchafed land, be- 
 " fore he leaves the province. 
 
 *' April 24. Came to ChrijJopher Wigner\ plantation 
 " in Skippack^ where manv Dutch people are fettled, and 
 *' where the famous Mr. Spalemburg refided lately. It 
 " was furprizing to fee fuch a multitude of people ga- 
 " thered together in fuch a wildernefs country, thirty 
 
 niiles diftant from Philadelphia. Our brother was 
 
 exceedingly carried out in his fermon, to prefs poor 
 finners to come to CJirift by faith, and claim all their 
 *' privileges ; viz. Not onlv righteoufnefs and peace, 
 " but joy in the Holy Ghoft : and after he had done, 
 " our dear friend Peter Boel.hr preached in Dutch, to. 
 *' thofc who could not underftand our brother in Eng- 
 " lip. 
 
 '■'■ Before our brother left Philadelphia, he was defired 
 **' to vifit one who was under a deep fenfe of fin from 
 *' hearing him. preach. And in praying with this per- 
 " fon, he was fo carried beyond himfelf^ that the whole- 
 *' company (which were about tv/enty) feemed to be 
 '- filled with the Holy Gholtj and magnified the God of- 
 " heaven. 
 
 " Jpril 25. Rofc at three o'clock : and though our 
 *' brother IVhiicjidd was very weak in body, yet the 
 *' Lord enabled him to ride near fifty miles, and to^ 
 '' pie.ich to about ^wic thoufuuf jieople at Amivell, with- 
 
 " the 

 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitsfield. 57 
 
 young and old were all diiTolved in tears. Some, 
 who came to vifit them, were alfo deeply impreflcd ; 
 particularly Mr. Hugh Bryan and his family, and 
 Ibme {kk) of his relations. Several from Beauford 
 in South-Car oJiyia^ then received their, firft impref- 
 fions. All thefe things gave him great encourage- 
 ment. And though his family was now great, 
 (near a hundred and fifty, including workmen) 
 and the plan laid down would have required fome 
 
 ** the i^ime power as ufual. Mr. Gilbert Tennenr, 
 
 " Mr. Rowland^ Mr. IVales^ and Mr. Cample!^ four 
 *' godly minifters, met us here. 
 
 " April 26. Came to Neiv-Brwifiuick. — Met Mr. Nc- 
 *' hie from New-Tcrk^ a zealous promoter of our J^ord's 
 " kino-dom. He faid their fociety at Neiv-Tork was in- 
 " creafed from feventy- to one hundred and feventy, 
 *' and was daily increaiing ; and that Mclfrs. Gilbert and 
 *' William Tennciits^ Mr. RovAcmdy and feveral othei-s, 
 were hard labourers in our Lord's vineyard. 
 *' Jpril 28. Had a moft affedionate parting with our 
 dear brother Whiiefieldy and our other brethren." 
 The reft of Mr. Suvard^s Journal was written moftly 
 during his paflage to England, where he arrived June 19, 
 and with which it concludes. Mr. iVhitef.eUly in the 
 new edition of his Jouruals, 1756, cbfcrves, " Jpril 
 " 28, 1740. This was the laft time I faw my worthy 
 *« friend ; for, before m.v return to England, he was en- 
 <' tered into his reft, having left behind, a glorious tefti- 
 *' mony of the transforming efficacy of converting grace. 
 <« This hath alfo been the happy cafe of his brother 
 *' Benjamini who lately finiftied his courfe with joy." 
 
 [hi:] For a more particular account of Mr. Brya7is fa- 
 mily, and of his vifit to Mr. JVhiiefield, and what fol- 
 lowed upon it. See No. I. of Living Chrijlianity deli-. 
 neatedln the Diaries and Letters of Mr. Hu2;h Bryan and 
 i^n. Mary Hutfon. Recommended by the 'Rev. Dr. Con- 
 der and Dr. Gibbons, 
 
 thou- 
 
 (C 
 
 i(
 
 5o Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 thoiifands to iupport it ; and although very cfftert 
 he had not twenty pounds in cafli, he was ftill kept 
 from being- difheartened •, and his friends, believ- 
 ing the work to be of God, continued cheerfully 
 to aiTift him. 
 
 Though he was very weak in body, yet the cry 
 from various quarters for more preaching, and the 
 neceflity of fupplying fo large a family, made him 
 go again to Charles-Tcivn, where, as well as at 
 Dorchejler, J/hley- Ferry, Ponpon, and John's-IJland^ 
 he preached to very attentive and affected audito- 
 ries. Charles-town was the place of the greateft 
 fuccefs, and of the greateft oppofition. The Com- 
 miffary poured out his anathemas, refufed to give 
 him the facrament, and publiflicd fome letters 
 afi^ainft him.. But all in vain. He preached twice 
 almoft every day, to great crowds, in the Indepen- 
 dent and Baptift meeting-houfes •, befides expound- 
 ino- in the evening in m,erchants houl'es. Thus he 
 went on fucccfsfully (though often ready to die 
 with the exceflive heat) till the end of Augiift : 
 when having received moft prelTing invitations from 
 the Rev. Dr. Colman, and Mr. Cooper, mini Piers in 
 Bojlcn •, and being defirous of feeing the defcen- 
 dants of the good old Puritans, and their feats of 
 learning- and having cncourao-ement that fome* 
 thing might be done for the Orphan-hculf, he em- 
 barked in the Orphan-houfe floop \ox New-England^ 
 in company with feveral Charles-'Town friends •, and 
 arrived at Rhode- l/land, September 14. 
 
 Here
 
 tLe Rev. Mt.G&orgc WhitG^M. 59 
 
 Here feveral gentlemen foon came to vifit him, 
 among whom was the Rev. Mr. Clap, an aged dif- 
 fentino- minifter, in whom he thouoht he law what 
 manner of men the old Puritans were, who firft 
 fettled New-England^ and was much delighted with 
 his converfation. They went tcr^'ether to the in- 
 cumbent's houfe, to afic the ufe of the church, 
 which was granted : and in it he preached three 
 ilays, twice a day, to deeply affedled auditories. 
 
 This he thought was a happy entrance into Nezv- 
 England. But he was ftill more agreeably furprifed, 
 when, before he got to Bofion^ he was met feverai 
 miles from the city, by the Governor's fon, and 
 fome of the minifters, and principal inhabitants, 
 who conduced him to Mr. St — nf — n-Z's (brother- 
 in-law to Dr. Colman) who, with his collegue 
 Mr. Cooper^ and many others, came and joined in 
 prayer. 
 
 Jonathan Belcher^ Efq-, was then Governor of 
 the MaJ'achufeth colony, and Jo/tab PFillard^ Se- 
 cretary. Both thefe gentlemen were his fincere 
 friends-, fo were the minifters, MefTrs. IFeb, Fox- 
 craft^ Prince^ Dr. Sewall, Gee, &c. To avoid, 
 however, giving any juft: offence, he went to the 
 Englifli church to morning prayers •, but finding, by 
 converfation with the Commifiary, and fome other 
 clergy, that there was no accefs there, he began 
 preaching in the afternoon, at Dr. Colman*s meet- 
 houle, and fo went round (except v/hen he preached 
 on the common) to the other ir.eeting-houfes, 
 7 efpecially
 
 6o Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 efpecially the largefl: of them, for fome time to^ 
 gether. 
 
 Governor Belcher generally attended ; Secretary 
 IFtllard^ and fcveral of the Council, fet the fame 
 example ; and all kerned to vie who fliould fliow 
 the greatefl: refped. Congregations were exceed- 
 ing large, both v/ithin and v/ithout •, and were 
 much affefced. Old Mr. Walter, who fucceeded 
 Mr. Elliot, commonly called the apollle of the 
 Indians, at Roxhiiry, faid it was Puritanifm revived i 
 and Dr. Colman faid, when preaching at his meet- 
 ing-houfe the Sunday following, that " it was the 
 '* happiefc day he ever faw in his life.'* 
 
 He preached alfo at Cambridge, Marhlehead, Iff- 
 ivich, Newbury, Hampton, York, Portfmouth, Salem, 
 and Maulden, to large congregations. The gentle- 
 men of the greateil repute had their houfes open, in 
 every place ; coUecflions were readily made for the 
 orphans : and, in about a week, having preached 
 fixteen times, and rode a hundred and feventy 
 miles, he returned to Bojlonj OBober 6. 
 
 Here the cono-rep-ations were ftill increafed. At 
 his farewell fcrmon, it was fuppofed there were 
 near tvv'enty thoufand people. H(j received a great' 
 number of letters, and could have fpent whole 
 days in converfing with thofe th;u came to him 
 under foul concern. Miniiters and ftudents at- 
 tended. Little children were imprefled. The 
 contributions for the orphans were very conrider-- 
 able, amounting, in town and country, to near five 
 hundred pounds 7?c'r//;7^. 
 
 5 Hs
 
 the Ke'v, Mr, George Whitefidd. 6 % 
 
 He fet out next for Northampton : having read 
 in England an account of a remarkable work of 
 'converfion there, pubiiflied by their pallor the 
 Rev. Mr. Jonathan Edwards -, and having a great 
 defire to fee him, and to hear the account from 
 his own mouth. 
 
 At Concord^ Sudbury^ Marlborough^ Worcejler^ 
 Leicejier, Hadley, places all lying in the way, pul- 
 pits and houfes were every where opened, and a 
 continued influence attended his preaching. At 
 Northampton, when he came to remind them of 
 what God had formerly done for them, it was like 
 putting fire to tinder. Both minifter and people 
 were much moved ; as were the children of the 
 family, at an exhortation which their father defired 
 Mr. PFhiteJield xo gi\e them. 
 
 After leaving Northampton, he preached in PFeJf- 
 field, Springfield, Suffield, JVindfor, Hertford, Wea- 
 thersfield, Middleton, and fFallingford, to large and 
 affedled congregations. And O^ober 23, reached 
 Newhaven, where he was afil-dionately received by 
 Mr. Fierpont, brother-in-law to Mr. Edwards, and 
 had the pleafure of feeing his friend Mr. Noble of 
 NeW'Tork, who brought him letters from Georgia, 
 Here alfo he was much refreflied with the conver- 
 fation of feveral gofpel minifters. It being aflem- 
 bly time, and the Governor and BurgefiTes then 
 fitting, he fcayed till Lord*s-day, and had the plea- 
 fure to fee numbers daily impreflfed. The good 
 old Governor was particularly much affeded ; and 
 at a private vifit which Mr. IVhilffild paid him, 
 
 faid,
 
 62 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 faid, " Thanks be to God, for fuch refrefhings in 
 " our way to heaven." 
 
 On Monday morning he fet forward, and preached 
 with Lilual fuccefs at Milford, Stratford^ Fairfield^ 
 Newark, and Stanford, where he was vificed by, 
 fome minifters under deep concern. 
 
 This was on the borders of Ne'-jo-Tork pro- 
 vince, into which he now again entered, and 
 preached at Rye and Kingjlridge, on his way to the 
 city of NeiD York, where he arrived O^ober 30. 
 Here for three days fuccelTively, and afterwards at 
 Statot-JJland, Neivark, Bajkenridge, his preaching 
 appeared to be attended with more fuccefs than 
 ever. At Trenton he had a long conference with 
 fome minifters about Mr. Gilbert T'enent's comply- 
 ing with an invitation to go and preach in New- 
 England. After prayer, and confidering the argu- 
 ments both for and againft this propofal, they 
 thought it beft he fhould go ; which, however dif- 
 jfident of himfclf, he was perfuaded to do. And 
 his miniftrations were attended with an extraordi- 
 nary blcfring to multitudes, as is particularly nar- 
 rated cHewhere (/}, 
 
 Saturday 
 
 (/) See Prince'^ Chri/Iian HiJiory.> or, Hi/lorlcal CoUec- 
 t'lons of the Succcfs of the Gofpel, Vol. il. where the fads 
 are fer down in the order ot" time. 
 
 About this time Mr. IVhitefield wrote his Letter to 
 fame Church- Members of the Prrjhytcr'ian Perfmfion, ifi An- 
 fwcr to certain Scruples and J^eries which they had propofed^ 
 3ee Woiks, Vol. IV. 
 
 Wha;
 
 t/jeRtJv. Mr. George Whitefield. 6^ 
 
 Saturday November 8, Mr. IVhitefield came back 
 to Philadelphia, and next day preached to leveral 
 
 thou- 
 
 What fort of reception he had in Ncxv-Enghnd, will 
 farther appear from the following letters of feme eminent 
 minifters of Bc/hn^ and adjacent towns, publifhed by the 
 Rev. Mr. 'Jojiah Smith, oi Charles Town , in tUe South -Ca^ 
 rolina Gazette, 
 
 *' Rev. and dear Sir, O£ioler I, 174c. 
 
 *' Your kind letter by Mr. IVhitefield, and your other, 
 *' are both now before me. You raifed our expe<5fations 
 *' of him very much, as did his Journals more, and 
 *' Mr. P. of New-York, concurred with them -, but we 
 *' own, now that we have feen and heard him, that our 
 *' expectations are all anfwered and exceeded, not onlv 
 *' in his zealous, and fervent, abounding labours, but in 
 *' the command of the hearts and affecStions of his 
 *' hearers. — He has been received here as an angel of 
 ** God, and fervant of 'Jcfius ChrijL — I hope this vifit to 
 *' us, will be of very great ufe and benefit to minifters 
 *' and people. He has found his heart and mouth much 
 *' opened to fpeak freely and boldly to us, and he finds 
 ** it received with joy." The fame Gentleman, A^^- 
 Vefnber 29, 1740, wiites thus : — " Mr. IFbitefield \th us 
 *' feven weeks ago ; the laft week we heard of him at 
 *' Philadelphia. I hear that much of the prefence of God 
 *' is with him. He has left a blefling behind him, we 
 ** hope, with us. Our people, high and low, old and 
 *' ^'oung, are very fwift to hear. The excellent meek- 
 ♦* nefs of Mr. IVhitefield's Anfwer to the Q;_ierifts, will 
 ** honour him to you." 
 
 Another, in a Letter, Ocloher 11, 174O, exprefies him- 
 felf thus : *' Though it is always a lingular pleafure to 
 *' me to hear from you, yet your two letters by 
 ** Mr. Whitefield, had a new circumftance of pleafure 
 ** from the dear hand that prefented them. I perceive 
 ** you was impatient to know what fort of entering in 
 ** he had among us. We (minifters, rulers, and peo- 
 *' pie) generally received him as an angel of God. When 
 *' he preached his farewell lermon in oi\r common, there 
 
 " were
 
 64 Memctrs of the Life of 
 
 thoufands in a hoiife built for that purpofe, fince 
 his lad departure. Here he both heard of, and 
 
 faw 
 
 *' were twenty-three thoufand, at a moderate computa- 
 ".tion. We are abundantly convinced, that you [poke 
 '* the words cf truth and fobernefs in your fci mon relat- 
 *' ing to him. Such a power and prefence of God with 
 *' a preacher, and in religious afl'emblies, I never faw 
 *' before ; but 1 would not iiinit the Holy One of Jfrael. 
 *' The prejudices of many are quite conquered, and ex- 
 ^' peclations of others vaftly outdone, as they freely own. 
 " A coiifidcrable nuniber are awakened, and many 
 ** chriftians feem to be greatly quickened. He has 
 " preached twice at Cambridge : he has one warm friend 
 
 *' there, Mr. , the tutor, who has followed him to 
 
 *' Northantpton^ and will, for ought I know, to Georgia. 
 "/ But Mr. Wkiiejield has j)ot a warmer friend any where, 
 *' than the firft man among us. Our Governor has 
 *' fhewed him the higheft refpec^, carried him in his 
 *■*- coach from place to place, and could not help foilow- 
 *' ing him fifty miles out of town. I hope the religion 
 " of the country will fare the better for the imprefTions 
 
 *' left on him." The fame Gentleman writes, Dc 
 
 ccmhcr 2, 1 740. " The man greatly beloved, I fuppofe, 
 may, be with you before now. That his vifit here 
 will be efteemeJ a diftinguifliing mercy of heaven by 
 many, I am v/e!l fatisfied. Every day gives me frefh 
 proofs of CJniJ]\ fpeaking in him. A fmall fct of 
 gentlemen amongft us, when they faw the affections 
 *' of the people fo moved under his preaching, would 
 ** attribute it only to the force of found and geftures. 
 *' But the impreHions on many are fo lading, and have 
 " been fo transforming, as to carry plain fignatures of a 
 
 ** divine hand ^cinn; along with him. Another Gen- 
 
 *' tleman v/rites, OcJohcr 21, 1 740. and thanks me for 
 *' recommending to him, fo worthy a pcrfon as the 
 ' Rev. Mr. JFhiteJit'kl^ who has preached Chrifi, and the 
 *' great truths of the gofpcl among them, v.-ith re.-^^.ark- 
 " able fervour of fpirit, and to a general acceptance ; 
 ♦' and hopes t^int there are many awakened by his mi- 
 *' nTllry. — < — Another of the fame date writes, That 
 
 
 « 
 
 u h 
 
 m
 
 , the Rc'V. Mr. George Whltefield. 65 
 
 faw many, who were the fruits of his former mi- 
 nitrations ; and continued among them till No^ 
 
 ijemher 
 
 he had conceived very highly of him by fome claufes 
 in my private letters, and the fermon I preached by- 
 way of apology, &c. But confefics he had not gone 
 high enough in his opinion of him, and that his ex- 
 pectations are more ihail anfvvered iii him. -Ano- 
 ther, • November 2 1, i 740. blelTes God that he was hnt 
 thither ; that he had fo many opportunities of feeing 
 him, and fitting under his miniflry. That he ap- 
 peared to him a wonderful man indeed ; that his 
 preaching was accompanied with a divine pov/er and 
 energy, beyond any man's he had ever heard before : 
 and the effects of his miniftry were very marvellous 
 
 amona: them. 1 fhall conclude with the followintj 
 
 pailage of another (jentlcman, in a letter of Nevem- 
 ier I, 1740. I received yours by the Rev. Mr, IVbite- 
 field, with whom I coveted a great deal m.ore private 
 converfation than I had opportunity for, by rcafon of 
 the throngs of people almofl: perpetually with him. 
 But he appears to be full of the love of God, and fired 
 with an extraordinary zeal for the caufe of Chrifi, and 
 applies himfelf with the mod: indefatigable diligence, 
 that ever was feen among us, for the promoting the 
 good of fouls. His head, his heart, his hands feein 
 to be full of his Mafter's bufinefs. His difcourfes, 
 efpecially when he goes into the expofitory way, are 
 very entertaining. Every eye is fixed upon him, and 
 every ear chained to his lips. Moft are very much 
 afFedted ; many awakened and convinced j and a ge- 
 neral ferioufnefs excited. His addrefs more efpecially 
 to the pafTions, is wonderful, and beyond what I have 
 ever feen. I think I can truly fay, that his preaching 
 has quickened me, and I believe it has many others 
 befides, as well as the people. Several of my flock, 
 efpecially the younger fort, have been brought under 
 convictions by his preaching ; and there is this re- 
 markable amongft them of the good effect of his preach-*- 
 ing, that the word preached now by us, fecms more 
 precious to them, and comes with more power upon 
 
 F " them.
 
 66 Mdmoirs of the Life of 
 
 'vemher ] 7, preaching twice a day. Afterwards he 
 preached in GloucejUr^ preejiwich, Piles-Grove, Co- 
 hanfe^ Salem, Ncjccafilc, Whitdey-Creek, Fog's-Ma- 
 nor, Nottnigham ; in many or mod of which places, 
 the congregations were numerous, and deeply 
 affcdcd. 
 
 Noveviiher 22, he got to Bohemia in Maryland, 
 and from thence he went to Reedy- IJlajid. At both 
 places his preaching was attended with great in- 
 fluence. And at the lad (their floop being de- 
 tained by contrary winds near a week) he preached 
 frequently. All the Captains and crews of the 
 fhips that were wind-bound conftantly attended, 
 and great numbers crowded out of the country, 
 fome as far as from Philadelphia : and as great con- 
 cern as ever came upon their minds. 
 
 December i, he fet fail from Reedy-IJland for 
 Charles-Tozvn in South-Carolina, and here he makes 
 the following remark : " It is now the feventy- 
 " fifth day, lince I arrived at Rhode-IJland. My 
 *' body was then weak, but the Lord has much re- 
 " neweditsftrength. I have been enabled to preach, 
 " I think, an hundred and feventy-five times in 
 " public, befides exhorting frequently in private. 
 " I have travelled upv/ards of eight hundred miles, 
 " and gotten upwards of feven hundred pounds7?i77. 
 " in goods, provifions, and money, for the Geor- 
 •* gia orphans. Never did I perform my journeys 
 
 *' them. My prayer for him is, that his precious hfe 
 ** may be lengthened out, and that he may be an inftru- 
 *' mc-nt of revivi;ig dying religion in all places whither- 
 *' foever he come'^, who feems to be wonderfully fitted 
 " fc, as well as fpirited to it." 
 
 " with
 
 the Uev, Mr. George Whiteiield. 6j 
 
 ** with fo little fatigue, or fee fuch a continuance 
 " of the divine prefence in the congregations to 
 *' whom I have preached. Praife the Lord, O my 
 « foul {m)r 
 
 After a pleafant paOage of eipjit or nine days, 
 and preaching again at Chnrks-Toivn and Savaimahy 
 he arrived on the 14th of Becemkcr at tiie Orphan- 
 houfe, where he found his family comfortably fet- 
 tled. At Rhode-IJland he had providentially met 
 with one Mr. Jonathan Bai'ber, vv'hofe heart was 
 very much knit to him, and who was willing to 
 help him at the Orphan-houfe. Him, therefore, 
 he left fuperintendent for the fpiritual, and Mr. Ha- 
 ber/Iiam for the temporal affairs •, and having fpent 
 a very comfortable Chrffimas with his orphan fa- 
 mily, he fet off again for {n) Cbarlss-Town, where 
 he arrived January 3, 1741, and preached twice 
 every day as ufual, to molt affeclionare auditories, 
 till the 1 6th of January^ when he went on board 
 for Evgland. He arrived the nth of March at 
 Falmouth, rode poll to London, and preached at 
 Kcnnington Common the Sunday following. 
 
 {m) Journals, December i, 1740. 
 
 («) At CharleS'ioivn, the Commiflary was going to pro- 
 ceed againft him for corre6ling and preparing for the 
 
 prefs, a letter written by Mr. Hugh B n, in which it 
 
 was hinted, that the clergy break their canons. He alftt 
 laid him under fufpenfion for omitting to ufe the form of 
 prayer, prefcribed in the communion book, when offi- 
 ciating in a diflenting congregation. But Mr. IVhite- 
 
 field ^^y<i fecurity for his appearance, and appealed home. 
 
 F 2 C H A P,
 
 68 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 C II A P. VII. 
 
 From his Jrrival in England, /« the 2'edr i 741, to 
 his Uirciiig Scotland, the fame Tear. 
 
 THE new and unexpefled fitnation in which 
 he now found himfelf, will be befb defcrib- 
 cd in his own words : " But what a trying fcene 
 appeared here ! In my zeal, during my journey 
 through America, I had written two well-meant, 
 tho' injudicious letters, afrainft E?i^land's two 
 great favourites, The IFhole Duty of Man^ and 
 Archbifliop Tillotfon^ who, I faid, knew no 
 more of religion than Mahomet. The Moravians 
 had made inroads upon the focieties. Mr. John 
 Wejle)\ fome way or other, had been prevailed 
 on to preach and print in favour of perfccStion, 
 and univerfal redemption ; and very ftrongly 
 againft eleftion, a dodrine, which I thought, 
 and do now believe was taught me of God, 
 therefore could not poflibly recede from. 
 Thinking it my duty {o to do, I had written 
 an anfwer at the Orphan-houfe, which tho' re- 
 vifed, and m.uch approved of by fome good and 
 judicious divines, I think had fome too ftrong 
 cxprelTions about ablolute reprobation, which 
 the apoftle leaves rather to be inferred, than 
 
 exprell*
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield, 69 
 
 " expreft. The world was angry at me for the 
 *' former, and numbers of my own fpiritual chil- 
 " dren for the latter. One that got fome hun- 
 " dreds of pounds by my Sermons, being led 
 " away by the Moravia?2s^ refufed to print for 
 " me any more. And others wrote to me, that 
 " God would dedroy me in a fortnight -, and that 
 " my fall was as great as Peter's. Inftead of 
 *' having thoufands to attend me, fcarce one of 
 *' my fpiritual children came to fee me from 
 " morning to night. Oa\zq dxKennington-Cormnon^ 
 " I had not above a hundred to hear me. At 
 " the fame time, I was much embarrafTed in my 
 " outward circumftances. A thoufand pounds I 
 " owed for the Orphan-houfe. Two hundred and 
 " fifty pounds bills, drawn upon Mr. Seward^ now 
 " dead, were returned upon me. I was alio 
 " threatened to be arreftcd for two hundred 
 *' pounds more. My travelling expences alfo to 
 " be defrayed. A family of a hundred to be 
 " daily maintained, four thoufand miles off, in 
 " the deareft place of the King's dominions. 
 " Ten thoufand times would I rather have died, 
 " than part with my old friends. It would have 
 *' melted any heart to have heard Mr. Charles 
 " PFeJley and me v/eeping, after prayer, that, if 
 " poffible, the breach might be prevented. Once 
 " 1 preached in the Foundery^ (a place which Mr. 
 " 'John JVeJley had procured in my ablence") on 
 " Gal. iii. but no more. All my work was to 
 *' begin again. One day, I was exceedingly re- 
 
 F 3 " freihed
 
 
 70 Memoirs of the Lffe of 
 
 " frefhed in reading Bezah Life of Calvin^ wherein 
 " were thele words, * Cdhin is turned out of 
 ** Giueva^ but behold a new Church arifes.* A 
 
 gentlewoman lent mc three hundred pounds to 
 
 pay the prefent Orphan-houfe demand : and a 
 ** ferious perfon (whom I never faw or heard of) 
 " giving me one guinea \ I had fuch confidence, 
 *' that I ran down with it to a friend, and ex- 
 " prelfed my hope, that God who fent this per- 
 **■ Ton with the guinea, would make it up fifteen 
 *' hundred : which was the fum I thought v/ould 
 " be wanted, 
 
 " Never had I preached in Moorfulds on a week 
 " day. But in the flrength of God, I began on 
 " Good-Friday^ and continued twice a day, walk- 
 " ing backward and forward from Leadenhall, for 
 *' fome time preaching under one of the trees, 
 " and had the mortification of feeing numbers of 
 " my fpiritual children, who but a twelvemonth 
 *'• ago could have plucked out their eyes for me, 
 " running by me whilft preaching, difdaining fo 
 *' much as to look at me, and fome of them 
 " putting their fingers in their ears, that they 
 " mip;ht not hear one word I fiid. 
 
 *' A like fcene opened at Brijlol^ where I was 
 " denied preaching in the houfe I had founded : 
 '* Bufy bodies, on both fides, blew up the coals. 
 " A breach cnfued. But as both fides differed 
 ^' in judf^ment, and not in affection, and aimed 
 *' at the glory of our common Lord ^ though we 
 *^ hearkened too much to tale-bearers on both 
 
 c " fides.
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 71 
 
 *' fides, we were kept from anathematizing each 
 *' other, and went on in our ufual way •, being 
 " agreed in one point, endeavouring to convert 
 " fouls to the ever bleflcd Mediator (0).'* 
 
 In confequence of this, one Mr. Cenfiick, a 
 preacher, who could not fall in with Mr. Wejley^s 
 fentiments, and one or tuo more in like circum- 
 ftances, having joined Mr. Whitejitld^ they began 
 a nev/ houfe in Kingfwcod, and foon efcabliQied a 
 fchool among them, that favoured Calviniftical 
 Principles. And here, and in feveral other places? 
 they preached to very large and ferious congrega- 
 tions, in the fam.e manner as he had done in 
 /America. 
 
 Thither he intended to return as foon as pofTi- 
 ble. Mean time, it being inconvenient, on ac- 
 count of the weather, to preach morning and 
 evening in Moorfields ; fome Free-grace I^iiTenters, 
 (who flood by him clofcly in that time of trial) 
 got the loan of a piece of ground, and engaged 
 with a carpenter to build a large temporary flied, 
 
 (0) About this time he was ordered to attend in the 
 Parliament Houfe, to give information concerning the 
 fl-ate of the Colony in Georgia. *' Jprii lo^ 1741- t 
 " have been at the Parliament Houfe. The Georgia 
 " affair was adjourned. It was fomewhat of a trial to 
 " be in the houfe. I then remembered what the 
 " Apoftle faid, ' We are become a fpe(il:acle to men.* 
 " My Appeal will come to nothing, 1 believe, I have 
 *' waited upon the Speaker. He received me very 
 " kindly." Letter CCLXXIV. 
 
 Again, ** He treated me kindly, and aflured me, that 
 " there would be no pcrfecution in this King's reign." 
 Letter CCLXXXVI, 
 
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 to fcreen the auditory from cold and rain, which 
 he called a 'Tabernacle^ as it was only intended to 
 be made ufe of for a few months, during his flay 
 in his native country. The place fixed upon, was 
 very near the Foundery, which he difliked, be- 
 caufe he thought it looked like erecting altar 
 againft altar •, but upon this occafion he remarks, 
 " All was wonderfully over-ruled for good, and 
 " for the furtherance of the Gofpel. A freili 
 *' awakening immediately began. Congregations 
 *' grew exceeding large, and at the people's de- 
 " fire, I lent (neceffity reconciling me more and 
 " more to lay- preaching) for MefTcurs Ccnnick^ 
 *' Harris^ Scagra-ve^ Humphries^ &c. &c. &c. to 
 " afTift (/>;." 
 
 Frefli doors were now opened to him, and in- 
 vitations fent to him from many places, where he 
 had never been. At a common, near Brainiree in 
 EJfex^ upwards of ten thoufand perfons attended. 
 At Haljleady Dedbam, Cofslejiiall^ IVethersfeU, Col- 
 cbejier. Bury, Ipfwich^ the congregations were very 
 large and much affected f jj. 
 
 At this time alfo, he' was ftrongly folicited by 
 religious perfons, of different perluafions, to vific 
 Scotland. Several letters had pall between him 
 
 [p) M. S. 
 
 (q) " Svv'cet was ihe converfation I had with feveral 
 *' niiniileis of Chri/L But our own clergy grew more 
 *' and more fliy, now they knew I was a Calvinljl ; 
 *' tho' no doubt (as Mr. Bedford io\d me when going to 
 " the Bifliop cf Loudon) our Articles are ddviidjiicaU" 
 M. S. 
 
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 and the Meflieurs Erjkines^ Ibme lime before fr), 
 and he had a great defire to fee them. He there- 
 fore took his paffage from London to Leith, where 
 (after five days, which he employed in writing 
 many excellent letters to his Orphans, &c. fee 
 Letter CCCXI. to CCCXXXVII.) he arrived 
 July 30, 1 741. Several perfons of diftintlion 
 moft gladly received him, and would have had 
 him preach at Edir.hirgh diredly ; but he was de- 
 termined that the Rev. MelBeurs Erjkines fliould 
 have the firft offer; and therefore went imme- 
 diately to Vujnfermlin^ and preached in Mr. Er- 
 JIiines\ Meeting- ho ufe. 
 
 Great perfuafions were ufed to detain him at 
 Dumfermlin^ and as great to keep him from preach- 
 ing for, and vifiting the Rev. Mr. IFardlaw, who 
 had been coUegue to Mr. Ralph ErJJiim above 
 
 (r) See his Journals, and his Letters to the Rev. Mr. 
 R. E. and the Rev. Mr. E. E. 
 
 In his laft to Mr. E. E. before coming to Scotland 
 (Letter CCLXXX) he writes, ** ildTtfj i6,"i 741. This 
 " morning, I received a kind letter iTom your brother 
 *' Ralph^ who thinks it beft for me wholly to join the 
 *' AiTociate Prefbytery, if it fhould pleafe God to fend 
 ** me into Scotland. This I cannot altogether come in- 
 *■' to. I come only as an occafional preacher, to preach 
 *' the fimple Gofpel to all that are willing to hear me, 
 *' of whatever denomination. I write this, that there 
 " may not be the leaft milunderftanding between us. 
 *' I love a'nd honour the AiTociate Prefbytery in the 
 ^* bowels of Jefus Chriji : but, let them not be offend- 
 *' ed, if in all things, I cannot immediately fall in with 
 " them." 
 
 To the fame purpofe he writes to Mr. R. E. May 23, 
 J741. Letter CCLX^XXVIIL 
 
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 twenty years, and who, as well as the Rev. Mr. 
 J^avidfon, a difTcnting miniiter in England, that 
 went along with Mr. Whitefield^ were looked up- 
 on as perjured, for not adhering to the Solemn 
 League and Covenant. This was new language 
 to him, and therefore unintelligible. But that he 
 might be better informed, ir was propofed that 
 the Rev. Mr. Mcncrief^ Mr. Ebemzer ErJ/dne, and 
 others, members of the Afibciate Prelbytery, 
 lliould convene in a few days, in order to give 
 him farther light. 
 
 In the mean time, Mr. Ralph Erjkine accom- 
 panied him to Edinburgh, where he preached in 
 the Orphan-houfe Park, (field-preaching being 
 no novelty in Scotland) to a very large and affect- 
 ed auditory, upon thefe words, " The Kingdom 
 " of God is not Meat and Drink, but Righteouf- 
 " nefs, and Peace, and Joy in the Holy Ghoft.** 
 The next day he preached in the Weft Kirk, and 
 expreffed great pleafure in hearing two Gofpel 
 Sermons from the Rev. Mr. Gujihart, and the 
 Kev. Mr. Mac Vicar. And the following day, he 
 preached in tlie Camiongate Church, where Mr. 
 Ralph Erjkine went up with him into the pulpit. 
 
 According to promife, he returned with him to 
 Dumfermlin, where Mr. E. Erjkine, and feveral of 
 the Afibciate Prefbvterv were met too-ethcr. When 
 Mr. IVhitefield came, they foon propofed to pro- 
 ceed to bufinefs. He afked them for what pur- 
 pofe ? They anfwered, to difcourie, and fet him 
 right about Church Government, and tlie Solemn 
 League and Covenant. He replied, they might 
 
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 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 75 
 
 fave themfelves that trouble, for he had no 
 (cruple about it, and that fettling Church Go- 
 vernment, and preaching about the Solemn 
 League and Covenant, was not his plan. He 
 then told them fomething of his experience, 
 and how he was led into his prefent way 
 of acfting. One of them, in particular, faid 
 he was deeply affeded. And Mr. E. Erjkine de- 
 fired they would have patience with him, for that 
 having been born and bred in England^ and never 
 ftudied the point, he could not be fuppofed to be 
 perfedlly acquainted with k. But Mr. M. infift- 
 ed, that he was therefore more inexcufeable, for 
 England had revolted mofi: with relpedl to Church 
 Government: and that he beimoj born and edu- 
 cated there, could not but be acquainted with tlie 
 matter in debate. Mr. IVhitefield told him, he 
 had never yet made the Solemn League and Cove- 
 nant the fubjedl of his ftudy, being too bufy 
 about matters which he iudo-ed of o-reatcr im- 
 portance. Several replied, that every pin of the 
 Tabernacle was precious. He anfwered, that in 
 every building, there were outfide and infide 
 workmen ; that the latter, at prefent, was his 
 province ; that if they thought themfelves called 
 to the former, they might proceed in their own 
 way, and he would proceed in his. He then afked 
 them ferioufly, v/har they would have him to do? 
 The anfwer was, that he was not defired to fub- 
 fcribe immediately to the Solemn League and Co- 
 venant, but to preach only for them, till he had 
 further light. He all<:ed, Why only for them ? 
 
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 Mr. R. E. faid, " They were the Lord's People." 
 He then allied, Were no other the Lord's People 
 but themlelves ? If not, and if others were the 
 Devil's people, they had more need to be preach- 
 ed to.; that for his part, all places were alike to 
 him •, and that if the Pope himlelf would lend 
 him his pulpit, he would gladly proclaim in it 
 the righteoufnefs of the Lord Jefus Chrijl. Some- 
 thing pafled about taking two of their brethren 
 with him to England, to lettle Prcfbytery there •, 
 and then with two more, to go and fettle Prelby- 
 tery in America. But he aflced, Suppofe a num- 
 ber of Independents fliould come, and declare, 
 that after the greateft fearch, they were convinced 
 that Independency was the right Church Govern- 
 ment, and would difturb no body, if tolerated ; 
 fhould they be tolerated ? They aniwe.'-ed, No. — - 
 Soon after this the company broke up. And Mr. 
 M- preached upon //". xxi. 11, 12. " Watchman, 
 " what of the night ? &c." And took occafion 
 to declaim ftrongly againft the Ceremonies of the 
 Church of England, and to argue (jj, " That one 
 " v/ho held Communion with that Church, or 
 '' with the backnidden Church of Scotland, could 
 " not be an Inftrument of Reformation." The 
 
 (s) '* I attended ; but the good man fo fpent himfclf 
 *' in the former part of his fermon, in talking againft 
 *' prelacy, the Common Prayer-Book, the Turpi ice, the 
 *' role in the hat, and fuch like externals ; that when 
 *' he came to the latter part of his text, to invite poor 
 *' fmners to 'J''fns ChriJ}, his breath was fogone, that he 
 *' could fcarce be heard. What a pity, th<it the laft was 
 " not firft, and the lirft laft ! " Letter CCCXXXIX, 
 
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 confequence of all this, was, an open breach. 
 Mr. IFhitefield retired thoughtful and uneafy to 
 his clofet, and after preaching in the fields, fac 
 down and dined with them, and then took a final 
 leave (t). 
 
 Many waited at Edinburgh to know the ififue of 
 the conference, who were not difappointed in the 
 event. Thither he returned, after preaching at 
 Innerkeilhing, and the ^ieen's-ferry ; and continued 
 preaching always twice, often thrice, (and once, 
 feven times a day) for fonie weeks together. The 
 churches were open, but not being able to hold 
 half the congregations, he generally preached 
 twice a day in the Orphan-Hofpital Park to many 
 thoufands. Perfons of the beft fafliion, as well as 
 of the meaner rank, attended (u) ; at fome of 
 their houfes he generally expounded every even- 
 ing. And every day, almofl:, there were new 
 evidences of the fuccefs of his labours. Num- 
 
 (t) " Having dropt fonicthing about perfons building 
 
 *' a Bahel^ Miftrefs laid. It was a hard fay- 
 
 ** ing. Upon which, I replied, I feared it was a true 
 *' one, and that they would find the Babel fall down 
 *' about their ears. I was never received into their 
 " houfe any more. Thus was I called to make ano- 
 ** ther facrifice of my aft'edions. But what I had met 
 " with in England, made this the more eafv." M. S. 
 
 See alfo Letter CCCXLVIl. to Mr. D. E. Augi'Jl 13, 
 1741 ; and to the Rev. Mr. R. E. yJuguJl 24. 
 
 (u) Among his particular friends were the Marquis 
 of Lothian, the Earl of Lcven, Lord Rae, Lady Alary 
 Ha?nilton, Lady Frances Gardiner, Lady yean NitnmOy 
 Lady Dirleton, See his Letters from Angnjl to December 
 1741. 
 
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 bers of miniflers (x) and ftudents came to hear 
 him, and aged, experienced chrillians told him, 
 they could fet their leal to what he preached. 
 
 In this firft vifit to Scotland, he preached at 
 Edinhurgh, Glafgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, Paijley, 
 Perth, Sterling, Crief, Falkirk, Airth, Kinghffie, 
 Aberdeen, Culrofs, Kinrofs, Coitper of Fife ; and alfo, 
 at Stonehive, Benholm, Montr ofe, Brechin, Forfar, 
 CoKper of Angus -, and at Inner keiihing, Nezvbottle, 
 Galafiiields, Maxlon, and Haddi'ngton ; and in the 
 weft country, at Killern, Fintry, and Bcilfrone. To 
 other places to which he was invited, he did not 
 go (y) at this time. But (having colleded above 
 iive hundred pounds, in money and goods, for his 
 Orphans) he left Edinburgh in the latter end of 
 O^ober, to go through JVales, in his way to 
 London. 
 
 (x) Particularly, o Mr. JVilfon of Maxton. See 
 Letter CCCXXXVIII. 
 
 (y) Among thefe was Camhuflang, and fome places in 
 the north ot Scotland. See Letter CCCLIX. whereia 
 he mentions an invitation from the miniflers of the 
 Prefbytery, that meets at Dorr.Qck in Sutherland, 
 
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 CHAP. VIII. 
 
 Letters from Miniflers and private Chriftians in 
 Scotland, reprefenting Mr. Whitefield'j reception 
 and fiiccefs there, in the Tear 1741. 
 
 HI S reception, minlftrations, and fuccefs at 
 the principal places in Scotlandy will farther 
 
 appear from the following Letters. 
 
 At Edinburgh^ one of the min liters of that city 
 
 thus writes to him. " April 20^ 1742 fz). Rev. 
 and Dear Sir, Knowing that many are careful to 
 inform you, from time to time, what pafles 
 here, I have hitherto delayed anfwering your 
 moft acceptable Letter, until I (hould tell you 
 with the greateft certainty, what were the 
 bleffed effc6ts of your minillrations amongft 
 us ; and can now afllire you, that they were 
 not more furprizing than lading. 1 don't know, 
 or hear of any wrought upon by your miniftry, 
 but are holding on in the paths of truth and 
 righteoufnefs. They feem pofiefied of a truly 
 chriftian fpirit. Jefus is precious to their fouls •, 
 and like the morning light, they are advancing 
 with increafmg brightncfs to the perfed: day. 
 
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 " Since you left Scotland^ numbers in different 
 " corners have been awakened. Many in a hope" 
 " ful way. Rehgion in this finful city revives 
 " and flourifhes. Ordinances are more punctu- 
 *' ally attended on. People hear the word with 
 " gladnefs, and receive it in faith and love. 
 " New meetings for prayer and fpiritual confe- 
 " rence are eredling every where. Religious con- 
 *' verfation has banifhed flander and calumny from 
 " feveral tea-tables, and chriftians are not afl:iamcd 
 " to own their dear Lord and Mailer. Praife is 
 
 perfefled out of the mouths of babes and 
 
 fucklings •, and fome ftout-hearted finners capti- 
 *' vated to the obedience of Chrijl. 
 
 *' I cannot eafiiy exprefs, with what pleafure 
 " I write thefe things j and doubtlefs, they will 
 *' o-ive you no lefs joy in reading them. Should 
 *' not thefe droppings of the dew of heaven en- 
 *' courage our faith and hope of a plentiful effu- 
 *' fion of the fpirit, which will at once change our 
 ** barren wildernels into a fruitful field ? Should 
 " not this haften your return, that we may take 
 *' fweet counfel together, and enter into the houfe 
 *' of God in company ? You are often on our 
 "• hearts. We long to fee you face to face. 
 *' May much of your great Mailer's prefence ever 
 *' attend, and come along with you." 
 
 Mr. George Muh\ (afterwards the Rev. Dodor 
 Muir, late minifter of Paijley) thus wrote to 
 James Aitken^ fchool-mafter in Ghfgow (a). " Edin- 
 (a) Prince^ Chriftian Hiftory, No. XXXIV.
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. Bi 
 
 *' Edinburgh^ Auguft^^ i743- As you defire, 1 
 have with the afTiftance of Mr. Archibald Bozvie^ 
 Mr. Dun, and the (b) Serjeant, informed my- 
 felf a httle, with refped to the number and 
 fituations of the praying Societies in this place, 
 which you vv'ill take as follows : They are, as 
 near as we can guefs, between twenty-four and 
 thirty in number, fome of which will nccef- 
 farily be obliged to divide, by reafon of too 
 many meeting together ; and that will increale 
 
 " the number. Amongft them are feveral meet- 
 ings of boys and girls, who, in general, fcem 
 not only to be growing in grace, but really in- 
 creafing in knowledge. The little lambs ap- 
 pear to be unwilling to rell upon duties, or 
 any thing fhort of Chrijl ; as a young gentle- 
 man of my acquaintance told me, when under 
 a temptation to think, that he v/as furely feek- 
 ing fome imaginary refuge, inftead of the Sa- 
 
 " viour, he was miade to cry out in prayer, 
 
 * Lord, I want nothing elfe, and will have no* 
 
 * thing Ihort of the very Chrijl of God.' *^ There 
 ** are feveral meetings of young women, who 
 *' (although I never, as yet, vifited any of them) 
 " I am informed, hold on very well. The Ser- 
 *' jeant tells me, that at one of thefe meetings, 
 " on the morning of the Lord's-day, he has 
 *' known them all wet with floods of tears, melted 
 *' down with love to Chj-ijl, and affeftion to one 
 ** another for Chrijl\ lake. I have myfelf been 
 
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 " much ravilhed (when in a meeting in the room 
 *' below, where lome of thele relort) to hear 
 *' them fing the Lord's prailVs with luch melo- 
 *' dious voices. '1 here arc niitribcrs of young 
 *' men who meet for the excellent purpofe of 
 " glorifying God, and promoting chriflian know- 
 " ledge; amongft fome of whom 1 have the 
 *' honour to be a member-, many of them are 
 " Divines, who are ufeful in inftruding the 
 *' weaker fort of us ; and that they endeavour to 
 " do v;ith the greateft anxiety and defire. A 
 " good number of old men, fubflantial, ftand- 
 " ing chriftians, meet for their edification and 
 " inftru6lion (the glory of their God being al- 
 ways their chief end), and are thereby often 
 revived, and very much refrefbed. The gene- 
 •'• rality of thefe forts, above-mentioned, do walk 
 " very circumfpe6lly, and really make it ap- 
 *' pear to the world, that they have been with 
 ^ejiis : v/hich is very much evidenced in their 
 chearfully bearing reproaches for CJmffs fake. 
 And upon the whole, v/e hope there is frxh a 
 *' fiamc kindled, as lliall never be extinguiflied. 
 " And with refpecl to two particular focicties, 
 *' whereof Mr. Bdwie is a member, he gave me 
 the inciofcd (c) in writing; which you will pe- 
 
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 *' As you defire a fhort account of the two focicties 1 
 *' am concerned in, I fhall give it in a very few words. 
 '* They ccnfift of twenty- five, or twcnty-fix members 
 
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 *' rufe and return. This is not all ; for fcvcral 
 *' country people are beginning to affemble toge- 
 ther in little meetings, to vvorfliip their God : 
 particularly, the Serjeant informs me of ons 
 about two miles from this place, where feveral 
 ploughmen, and other illiterate perfons, meet 
 for the moft noble ends and purpofes ; and are 
 going moft fvveetly on, much increafed in 
 grace and knowledge, and fome are daily ad- 
 *' ded to their number. I am informed from the 
 eaft country, (where there have been no fo- 
 cieties lince the feceffion) that about Old Cam- 
 
 
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 *' each } and, except a very few, are ail perfons whofe 
 *' concern about religion, began in the late awakening. 
 *' I never faw the ends of fuch focieties anfvvcred near 
 *' fo well, as among thefe. I think, I may fafely de- 
 clare, that I was never witnefs to fo much of real 
 chriftian exercife among any perfons I have known, 
 as I have obferved, to my great fatisfaflion, among 
 *' moft of them. It is moft am.azing to obferve, hov.' 
 *' much fome of them, who at their firft concern, were 
 *' brutifhly ignorant of every thing good, have now 
 " made fuch advances in knowledge, that they excel 
 *' thofe who were formerly far before them. The con- 
 *' cern about their own falvation is not only remarkable, 
 ** but the abiding earneftnefs they fliow in their prayers, 
 " for the increafe of the Redeemer's kingdom, is moft 
 " defirable ; and the care they fhow in v^atching over 
 *' one another, is one Convincing evidence of. their bro- 
 *' therlv love, and true chriftian tendernefs. I might 
 *' fay a great deal more, but muft conclude. I am, izc. 
 
 " A. Botvie:* 
 
 There is alfo notice taken of fome remarkable conver- 
 
 fions, and of the reformation obferved in the Edinburgh 
 
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 bus, fix miles from Dunbm\ many are now 
 meeting together for fecial prayer, and mutual 
 " converfation about matters of religion, where- 
 " in the Lord is with them of a truth. And in 
 that place, there is more eager thirfting for 
 the word, than ufual, and the minifters are 
 learning to fpeak with new tongues. And one 
 of my acquaintance, who was in this place 
 lall winter, has happily been the Lord's inftru- 
 *' ment in beginning^ thefe focieties. How beau- 
 tiful and refrefhing is it, my dear friend, to 
 hear of lb many following after the defpifed 
 Jefus ? Should we not take it as a token for 
 good, that young ones, inftead of fpending 
 their fpare hours in idle, vain, and unprofit- 
 able play, do now aflemble, and join in calling 
 upon the Lord. Is it not a good fign to hear 
 many poor fooliHi virgins, (inflead of being 
 employed in the vanities of the generality of 
 their fex) meeting together for prayer; and 
 many prodigal youths, inftead of revelling, and 
 drunkennefs, chambering, and wantonnefs, now 
 breathing after the knowledge of Jefus Chrifl^ 
 " and him crucified ? O that the Lord would 
 " more and more exert his almighty power 
 " amongfb us. There are feveral other focieties 
 " for prayer, near about this city, profpering very 
 " well." 
 
 The Rev. Mr. Mac Cidlcch of Camhujlang^ thus 
 writes to Mr. IVhitiJitid, a few months after his 
 
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 firft vifit to Cilafgozv (d) ', " As it is matter of 
 great joy and thankfulnefs to God, who fent 
 you here, and gave you fo much countenance, 
 and fo remarkably crowned your labours when 
 *' here at Glafgow with fuccefs ; fo I doubt not 
 but the following account, of the many feals to 
 your miniftry in and about that city, will be 
 very rejoicing to your heart, as our glorious 
 *' Redeemer's Kingdom is fo much advanced, and 
 *' the everlafting happinefs of immortal fouls 
 promoted. 
 
 " I am well informed by fome minifters, and 
 other judicious and experienced chriflians, that 
 there are to the number of fifty perfons already 
 got notice of, in and about Glafgow, that by all 
 that can be judged by perfons of the be ft dif- 
 cerning in fpiritual things, are favingly con- 
 verted, by the blefling and power of God, ac- 
 companying your ten fermons in that place ; 
 *' befides feveral others under convictions, not 
 *' reckoned in this number, whofe ftate remains, 
 " as yet, a little doubtful. And befides, feveral 
 " chriftians of confiderable ftanding, who were 
 '^ much ftrengthened, revived, and comforted, 
 " by means of hearing your fermons ; being 
 " made to rejoice in hope of the glory of God, 
 " having obtained the full afllirance of faith. 
 
 " Among thofe lately converted, here are feve- 
 " ral young people vi^ho were formerly openly 
 
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 wicked and flagitious, or at befl but very ne- 
 gligent as to fpiritual concerns, but are now in 
 the way of ialvation. Some young converts 
 arc vet under doubts and fears i but a confi- 
 dcrable number of them have attained to joy 
 and peace in believing. 
 
 '• Several lately wrought upon in a gracious 
 way, feem to outftrip chriflians of confiderablc 
 (landing, in fpiiitual-mjndcdnefs, and many 
 other good qualifications : and particularly, in 
 their zeal for the converfion of others, and love 
 to the ordinances, without ^ fpirit of bigotry, 
 or party zeal. 
 
 *•' Thefe converts by your miniftry arc dif^ 
 covered from time to time •, a good many are but 
 lately got notice of, that were not known be* 
 fore •, whigh was partly occafioned by their con- 
 victions not being fo ftrong and pungent at the 
 flrft, as they proved afterwards, partly by the 
 difcouragement they met with in the families 
 where they reHded, and partly by the referv- 
 cd tempers of the perfons themfclves, and 
 tlieir bafiifidnefs, becaufe of their former ne- 
 gligences and open enormities, Thefe things 
 give ground to hope, there may be more dif- 
 covered aftervv-ards, thqt are not yet known. 
 *' Bcfides thefe ^wakened, by the power of 
 God accompanying your fermons, there are 
 others awakened fince, by means of the gre?,t 
 vifible change difcovered in their former inti- 
 mate acquaintance, that were then converted, 
 
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 *' when they Taw the change To remarkable, and 
 " the effeds To abiding. 
 
 " Young converts are exceeding aflive to pro- 
 '* mote the converfion of others, clpecially their 
 " relations and near concerns, bv their exhorta- 
 " tions, and letters to diftant friends in the coun- 
 *' try •, and there are fome inftances of the good 
 " effects of thcfe endeavours. 
 
 " They have all a great love to one another, 
 *' and all good chriftlans, and a great fympathy 
 *' with ibch of their number, as are under doubts 
 *' and fears. Such of them as have not received 
 " comfort, by their earneft and deep concern, 
 " and clofe attendance on the means of grace^ 
 *' are hereby inftrumeiital to excite chriilians of 
 •' elder (landing, to more diligence in religion. 
 
 " Thefe, dear Brother, are a few hints of fome 
 " of the molt remarkable things, as to the fuc- 
 '* cefs of your labours at Glafgozu, by the Divine 
 *' Bleffing. May a rich and pov/erful bk-fi'ing, 
 " give a plentiful increafe to them every where> 
 " where you come with the glad tidings of the 
 " sreat falvation." 
 
 At Aberdeen^ one of the minifters of that city, 
 ** thus writes of him, to a perfon of diftindion, 
 
 O^oher 3, 1741 (e). Honoured Sir, At your 
 
 defire, I (hall not refufe, (however much rea- 
 *' fon I may have for declining to o(fer my judg' 
 " ment, or opinion, in things of this nature) to 
 
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 " acquaint you freely of what I think of the 
 *' Rev. Mr. JVhitefield^ or rather what is the 
 *' opinion of perfons of more acquaintance with 
 " the good ways of God. 
 
 " He is, I believe, jullly efteemed by all who 
 ' are perfonally acquainted with him, an eminent 
 " inftrument of reviving, in ihefe declining 
 " times, a juft fenfe and concern for the great 
 " things of religion. We have, of late, been 
 *' much employed, and a great noife has been 
 *' made about the leffer matters of the law: and 
 " are now much broken in judgment about 
 *' things, many of which, I mud: own, I do not 
 ** iinderftand(/j. The cry has been, and ftill 
 *   continues loud, ' Lo here is Chriji^ and lo there.* 
 
 f) Of thofc who differed from their brediren, as to 
 
 their judgment about many things, was Mr. B , 
 
 one of the minifters of Aberdeen. After he had prayed 
 and preached againft Mr. IVhitcfidd^ in his hearing, and 
 quoted fome pallages of his firft printed fermons, as be- 
 tprodox : Sermon being ended, Mr. Ogilvie gave notice. 
 That Mr. JVhitefield would preach in about half an hour. 
 The interval being fo fliort, the magiftrates retired into 
 the SefTion-houfe, and the congregation patiently waited, 
 *' big with expectation, (fays Mr. JVhitefield) of hear- 
 *' ing my refentment. At the time appointed, I went 
 *' up, and took no other notice of the good man's ill- 
 *^ timed zeal, than to obferve in fome part of my dif- 
 *' courfe. That if the good old gentleman had feen fome 
 *' of my later writings, wherein I had corre6led feveral 
 *' of my former miftakes, he would not have exprefl 
 *.' himfelf in fuch ftrong terms. The people being thus 
 *' diverted from controvcrfy with man, were deeply im- 
 ♦' prcfied with what they heard from the word of God." 
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 " And now t!ie Lord has raifed up this eminent 
 inftrument, from a quarter, whence we could 
 ' not have expetSted it, to call us all to return to 
 " him ; from whom, it is plain, we have deeply 
 revolted. His being by education and pro- 
 ' feflion of a different way, from what, I cannot 
 but think, is moft juftly profeffed amon^ us, 
 '* feems to me, to add no fmall weight to his 
 " teftimony •, as does alfo his age. The Lord by 
 " this is, as it were, attradling our eyes and at- 
 '^ tention to one, who, had he been formerly of 
 *^ us, would doubtlefs, like others, be defpifed. 
 " And yet, I cannot but look upon it as a fad in- 
 ** fiance of a departing God, that, ir.ftead of 
 regard, he meets not only with contempt, but 
 with oppofition alfo, from thofe who ought to 
 a6l a very different part. Did he preach ano- 
 ther Jefiis, or another doflrine, he ought juftly 
 to be reje<5led : but this is not the cafe. And 
 yet this very thing is advanced as an argument 
 '^ againft him : It is faid, he advances nothing 
 *' new. And I allow it. This gives his friends 
 " joy. But thefe reverend gentlemen fliouid 
 *- mind, that there are two things in Gofpel 
 '^ ordinances, purity and power. The firft, in 
 " mercy, we ftiil have in fome good meaiure (tho' 
 " complaints of the want of this are very open); 
 *^ but the laft, we fadly confefs the want of, and 
 " this is what attends the Gofpf^l dilpenled by him. 
 " And fure, I am, that even the credible report 
 ^' of it flipuld much endear him to all, who wifli 
 
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 " well to the interefl of our dear, tho' too un- 
 *' know«, and altogether lovely Lord Jefus. 
 
 " His calmnefs and ferenity under all he meets 
 " with, yea his joy in tribulation, is to me To 
 " furprifing, that 1 often think, the Lord fent 
 *' him to this place, in particubr, to teach m& 
 how to preach, and efpccially how to fuffer. 
 " His attachment to no pariy, but to Chrijl 
 and true Grace alone, has long appeared to me 
 a peculiar excellency in him. Chrillianity has 
 been fo long broken into fo many different 
 '' feds and parties, that an honeft pagan might 
 juftly be at a lofs, was he among us, where to 
 jfind the religion of Jefus. 
 
 One now appears, who loudly calls us (and 
 •* whofe voice the Lord fecms to back with power) 
 •' to look into the original plan of that religion 
 ** we profcfs : fure nothing more juft, nothing 
 ♦' more rsafonable. He tells us, wherein the 
 ♦' Kingdom of God does confift. And yet how 
 ** fad is it, he Iliould be defpifed. Who knows 
 " but this may be the Lord's laft voice to us, 
 *' before he takes his kingdom from us ? 
 
 " As to what you apK of his reception in this 
 ** city, I invited him, nay, urged him, to un- 
 *' dcrtake this journey, in conlequence of a cor- 
 refpondence with him, for more than two or 
 three years. I did it with the concurrence of a 
 *' very few. His journey was delayed, till bad 
 '* reports had imbittered the minds of almoil all 
 ♦' ac^ainfi: him : fo that when he came, I could 
 
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 fcarce obtain liberty for him to preach even in 
 the fields. All that I could do, was what I 
 had refolved long before ; I gave him with great 
 pleafurc, and full freedom, my pulpit, which, 
 fjr that day, was in the church which our 
 niagiftrates and principal people of note fre- 
 quent. And at once, the Lord, by his preach- 
 ing, melted down the hearts of his enemies, 
 (except and ) j fo that, con- 
 trary to our cuftom, he was allowed the fame 
 place and pulpit in the evening of that day, 
 and the other church as often as he pleafed. 
 " While he ftayed among us in this city, he 
 anfwered our expedations fo much, that he has 
 fcarce more friends any where of its bulk, 
 than here, where, at firft, almoft all were a- 
 gainft him. And the word came alfo with fo 
 much power, that I hope fcveral of different 
 
 " more, that ever they heard him. And in his 
 *' way from us, I faw in parr, and have heard 
 " more fully fince, what fatisfies, that this was 
 " of the Lord, and for the good of many.** 
 " P. S, I fuppofe you have heard, that our ma- 
 " giftrates waited on him while here, and made 
 " him free of this place -, though that is a com- 
 '* pliment, rarely allowed to ftrangers, of late," 
 
 Mr. Willtfon^ minifter at Dundee^ wrote as foU 
 lows, to his friend at Edinburgh. ** O^ober 8, 
 *' 174?'^)' Honoured Sir, I am favoured with 
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 *' yours, wherein you defire my thoughts of Mr* 
 *' Whitefield^ and an account of his labours and 
 '* fuccefs with us. Although my fentiments may 
 be little regarded by many, yet when you put 
 me to it, I think I am bound to do juflice to 
 " the charadler of this ftranger, which I fee few 
 willing to do. I am not much furprized, 
 though the Devil, and all he can influence, be 
 ♦* up in arms againft the youth, feeing he makes 
 *' fuch bold and vigorous attacks upon his king- 
 *' dom and flrong holds. As you. Sir, do ob- 
 ferve it to be with you, fo it is with us. He is 
 hated, and fpoken againft, by all the epifcopal 
 party, and even the mofl: of our clergy do 
 *' labour to diminifli and expofe him : this is not 
 " to be much wondered at, feeing his inceffant 
 labours for Chrifl and fouls, is fuch a ftrong 
 reproof to them j befides, what he fays pub- 
 licly, againft the fending out of unconverted 
 *' minifters, and their preaching an unknown 
 " Chrijt ; this muft be galling to carnal men. I 
 ♦' look upon this youth, as raifed up of God 
 " for fpecial fervice, and fpirited for making new 
 " and fingular attempts, for promoting true 
 *' chriftianity in the world, and for reviving it 
 " where it is decayed ; and I fee him wonder- 
 " fully fitted and ftrengthened, both in body and 
 *' mind, for going through with his projects, 
 ";' amidft the o-reateft difcourao;emcnts and diffi- 
 
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 his fermons. It is truly a rare thing, to fee 
 fo much of God about any one man. To fee 
 one fo eminent for humility, in the midft of 
 applaufej for meeknefs and patience, under 
 reproaches and injuries •, for love to enemies ; 
 •' for defire to glorify Cbriji, and fave fouls ; 
 *' contentment in a mean lot, acquiefcing in the 
 *' will of God in all cafes, never fretting under 
 ** any difpenfation, but flill praifing and giving 
 " thanks for every thing. It is rare to fee in a 
 " man, fuch a flaming fire for God and againft 
 " fin, when in the pulpit ; and yet moil eafy and 
 *' calm in converfing with men out of it ; care- 
 " ful not to give offence to them, and yet never 
 " courting the favour of any. God has bellow- 
 *' ed a large meafure of gifts and graces upon 
 " him, for the work he is engaged in, and has 
 " made him a chofen vefiel, to carry his name 
 " among the Gentiles, and to revive his work in 
 " feveral other churches. O that God may order 
 " his coming to poor Scotland, in fuch a cloudy 
 ** time, for the fame end ! And who knows, but 
 *' God might be intreated, if we could wreille 
 •' with him, notwithflanding all our provoca- 
 " tions ! Things appeared mod unlikely, in other 
 places, fome while ago, where now Chrijl is 
 riding in triumph, going forth conquering 
 and to conquer. This worthy youth, is Angu- 
 larly fitted to do the work of an Evangelifl ; and 
 " I have been long of opinion, that it would 
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 " ftill to be a Handing office In the church. And 
 " feeing the Lord has llirred him np to vcn- 
 " ture his life, reputation, and his all for Chrijl 5 
 " reftife the bcft benefices in his own country, 
 "- and run all hazards by fea and land, and travel 
 " fo many thoufand miles to proclaim the glory 
 " of Chrijl^ and riches of his free-grace, of 
 which he himfelf is a monument; and efpe- 
 cially, feeing God has honoured him to do all 
 this with fuch furprifing fuccefs, among fmners 
 of all ranks and perfuafions, and even many of 
 " the rooft notorious, in awakening and turning 
 them to the Lord •, I truly think we are alfo 
 bound to honour him, and to cfteem him hich* 
 ly in love for his maRer*s, and for his work's 
 fake, according to 1 Theff. v. 13. And for 
 thofe who vilify and oppofe him, I wifh they 
 " would even notice a Gamaliel's words, J£!s v. 
 ' Let him alone, left haply vc be found to firrht 
 
 • againft God :* " Or rather, that they would re- 
 *' gard the Apoftle Peter\ words, apologizing for 
 
 his going in with riie uncircumcifed, A5is xi. 
 when the Holy Ghoft fell upon them ; ' What 
 
 * was I that I could withftand God ? ' " I have 
 myfelf been witnefs to the Holv Ghoft fallino- 
 upon him and his hearers ofrncr than oner, 
 I do not fay in a miraculous, though in an ob- 
 fervablc manner. Yea, I have already feen 
 
 " the defirable fruits thereof in not a few ; arid 
 hope, through the divine bleffing on the feed 
 fown, to fee more. Many here are bleffing 
 
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 " God, tor lending him to this country, though 
 Satan has raged much againft it. 
 " The Lord is a fovereign agent, and may 
 raife up the inflruments of his glory, from 
 *' what churches or places he pleales -, and glori- 
 " fies his grace the more, when he does it from 
 *' thofe focieties, whence and when it could be 
 " leaft expedled. Though Mr. Wkitefield be or- 
 " dained, according to his education, a miniftcr 
 ** of the Church of England-^ yet we are to re- 
 gard him as one, whom God has raifed up, to 
 «' witnefs againft the corruptions of that Church ; 
 whom God is ftill enlightening, and caufing to 
 make advances towards us. He has already 
 conformed to us, both in dodlrine and worfhip, 
 and lies open to light t-o conform to us in other 
 points. He is thoroughly a Calvinift, and 
 *' found to the dodlrines of Free Grace, in the 
 " dodrine of Original Sin, the New Birth, jufti- 
 " fication by Cbrijl^ the neceflity of imputed 
 " Righteoufnefs, the operations of the Holy 
 " Ghoft, 5^:c. Thefe he makes his great theme, 
 *' drives the point home to the confcience, and 
 *' God attends it with great power. And as God 
 " has enlightened him gradually in thefe things, 
 ** fo he is ftill ready to receive more light, and 
 ** fo foon as he gets it, he is moft: frank in de- 
 " daring it. 
 
 " God, by owning him fo wonderfully, is 
 pleafed to give a rebuke to our intemperate 
 bigotry, and party-zeal, and to tell us, thai 
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 *' neither circumcifion nor uncircumcifion availetk 
 " any thinn;, but the new creature." " P. S. 
 *' Many with us are for preferring miniflcrs, ac- 
 " cording to the party they are of, but commend 
 *' me to a pious, C^ri/'?-exalting, and foul-win- 
 *' ningr minifter, whatever be his denomination. 
 *' Such are miniflers of Cbrijl's fending, and of 
 *' fuch he faith, ' He that receiveth you, re- 
 " ceiveth me, and he that defpifeth you, dci"- 
 " pifeth me i" which is a rule of duty to 
 
 The 
 
 (Jj) The compiler latclv received a tranfcript, from 
 the diary of a very worthy chriftian in Edinburgh^ v/ho 
 died about two years ago, in which are the followin'g 
 *' pafiages. " Sabbutl^ Augujl c)^ I74i- What is fur- 
 *' prizing, is^ that numbers of all ranks, all denomi- 
 *' nations, and all charafters, come conftantly to hear 
 *' him, though his fermons abound with thofe truths 
 *' which would be unwelcome from the mouth of others. 
 " He is indefatigable in his work. Three hours before 
 " noon he appoints, for people under diftrefs to con- 
 *' verfe with him, when he is much confined. Then 
 *' he v/ritcs numbers of letters. And this week he is 
 *' to add a morning leisure to his work. 1 have reafon, 
 *' among many others, for blefTing GoD, for fending 
 *' him to this place." 
 
 *■'■ ^abhati^ Angujl 'ip^ 1 74 1- Mr. /F ^/ preach- 
 
 *' ed Monday morning and afternoon, Tuefday forenoon 
 *< in. the Canongate Church, evening in the park, and 
 *' o-athcicd if-, /. 7 i. 6 d. for the poor Highlanders, 
 ^' Next' day \\z v^cnX to Neicbottle^ and preached twice. 
 *' On Thurfday to IVhitburn ; Friday inorning at Torphi- 
 *' chen ; Friday evening at Linlithgow ; Saturday morning 
 *' and afternoon, both at Falkirk. And this day he is 
 *' at Jirth. To-morrow he will preach twice at Stir- 
 *' ling. Culrofiy Tuefday forenpon j DimifcrwUn, after- 
 
 I " noon.
 
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 The four preceding letters fhew the acceptable- 
 iiefs and fuccefs of Mr. IVbiuJieldh miniflrations 
 
 in 
 
 
 *' noon. JVedncfday^ twice at Klnrofs. Thurfday^ Perth,, 
 From Friday to Monday^ at Dundee. Monday ^ King' 
 lajjie^ and came to Edinburgh on Tuefday. BlclTed be 
 God, he feldom preaches without lome one or other 
 " laid under concern. Surely God has fent him to this 
 *' place for good. The Devil never raged more by his 
 *' emifiaries. It is remarkable, there never was a mini- 
 *' fter, no nor any other man, againft whom the mouths 
 " of the licentious have been more opened. Since he 
 *' came, I have found myfelf more defirous to be watch- 
 *' fiil, left my foot flip at any time, and to guard againft 
 *' many things, which before I thought indiflerent. 
 
 " Thurfday, O^ober 29, 1 741. Yefterday Mr. IFhite- 
 " field left this place, to return to England. His de- 
 *' parturc was a great grief to many, whom the LoRDi 
 *' has mercifully av;akened, under his miniftry, the 
 *< num.ber of which, 1 believe, is very great. Mr. 
 
 « J^/" r alone, among about thirty young communi- 
 
 *' cants that came to converfe with him, found about a 
 *' dozen, who told him. They were firft effcduallv 
 *' touched under his miniftry ; and gave very good ac- 
 *' counts of a work of God upon their fouls. Some of 
 *' the moft abandoned wretches are brought to cry^ 
 * What fliall I do to be faved ?' " I have often had the 
 *' opportunity of converfation with him, and, I think, 
 " I never heard him, or converfed v/ith him, but I 
 *' learned fome good leflbn. I do not remember to have 
 *' heard one idle word drop from him, in all the times I 
 " have been in company with him; and others, that 
 *' have been much miore with him, give him the fame 
 *' teflimony. OnTtiefday laft, he preached and exhorted 
 *' {t\'S.n times. I heard him to m.y great fatisfa£lion the 
 fourth time, in the park. From that he went to the 
 ' Old People's Hofpital, to give them an exhortation ; 
 but indeed, I never was witnefs to any thing of the 
 '" kind before. All the congregation (for many follovv- 
 *' ed him) were fo moved, that very few, if any, could 
 
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 in moft: of the great towns in Scotland. As to 
 Smaller places, the following extract of a Letter 
 from the Rev. Mr. 'Thomas David/on (his fellow- 
 traveller) to the Rev. Mr. Henry David/on of Gal- 
 
 ** refrain from crying out. I am fure, the Kingdom of 
 
 *' God was then come nigh unto them, and that a woe 
 
 *' will be unto them that flighted the offers of a Saviour 
 
 ** then made to them. From that, he went to Heriot's 
 
 '* Hofpital, where a great change is wrought upon many 
 
 *' of the boys ; for there, as well as in the Maiden- 
 
 " Hofpitals, Fellowfhip-meetings are fet up, which 
 
 *' is quite new there j for the boys of that Hofpi- 
 
 " tal were noted for the wickedeft boys about town. 
 
 " I was with him in a private houfe in the evening, 
 
 ** When he came there, he was quite worn out. How- 
 
 *' ever, he expounded there, which was the feventh dif- 
 
 ** courfe that day ; and, what was very furprizing, he 
 
 •' was much frefher after he had done, than at the be- 
 
 *' ginning. 
 
 " November 29, 1741. I had agreeable accounts of 
 
 ** fome of the children who were wrought upon by the 
 
 *' miniftry of Mr. IV d. I heard this day of a good 
 
 *' many, that I heard not of formerly, who were not 
 
 •* only laid under concern, but feemed to have a work 
 
 *' of grace wrought upon their heart, appearing by a 
 
 *' moft remarkable change in their converiation, and 
 
 " eager defires after farther degrees of knowledge of 
 
 ** the Lord's ways, which leads them to attend every 
 
 *' opportunity they can have for inftruction. 
 
 ** Sahbatiy December 6, 1741. Since Mr. IVhitefieler^ 
 
 ** coming here, I find chriftians freer in converiation 
 
 *' than formerly ; which is a great mercy both to them- 
 
 *' fclves, and all about them; the experience of which 
 
 *' I have had by this part week, in feveral places where 
 
 " I have been. I had occafion tofeea foldier, who was 
 
 *' lately v/rought upon by Mr. f'FhitefieU's means. He 
 
 " fecms to have come a great length in a little time, 
 
 *' and gives a very judicious account of the Lord's^ 
 
 ** dealings with his foul." 
 
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 hjhiels, dated Culrofs, December 3, 1741, will be an 
 agreeable fpecimen. 
 
 " Our journey to the North was as cotnfort- 
 *' able as any we had. In feveral places as he 
 " came along, the Lord I thought countenanced 
 *' him in a very convincing manner, particularly 
 " at a place called Lundie^ five miles north from 
 *' Dundee^ where there is a confiderable numbef 
 " of ferious chriftians, who hearing that he was 
 *' to come that way, fpent moft part of the night 
 *' before in prayer together. Although his 
 *' preaching there was only in a paffing way, 
 " having to ride to Dundee after it, and it was 
 " betwixt three and four before he reached the 
 *' place •, yet he had but fcarce well begun, be- 
 fore the power of God was indeed very difcerni- 
 ble. Never did I fee fuch a pleafing melting 
 in a worfhipping alTembly. There was nothing 
 violent in it, or like whajt we may call fcrewing 
 up the paffions : for it evidently appeared to be 
 deep and hearty, and to proceed from a higher 
 " fpring." 
 
 As a conclufion of this article, concerning Mr. 
 Whilefield\ firft reception and miniftrations in 
 Scotland, the reader will not be difplcafed to 
 fee the following extra61: from the papers of a 
 gentleman deceafed, who was eminent for learn- 
 ing and knowledge of the world, and who had a 
 general acquaintance with thofe who profefTed th€ 
 greateft regard to religion. 
 
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 " MefTieurs Ebenezer and Ralph Erjkine cor- 
 *' relpondeded with him for two or three years, 
 " and invited him to Scotland. But afterwards 
 " refle(5ting that if they held communion with an 
 *' epifcopal minifter, becaufe a good man and 
 " fuccefsful preacher, they could not vindicate 
 " their renouncing communion vv'ith fuch mi- 
 " nifters in the Church of Scotland : They wrote 
 " to him not to come. Hov/ever, on the invita- 
 " tion of fome minlflers and people of the cila- 
 " bliflied Church he came, and preached his firft 
 " fermon in Mr. Ralph Erfkine^s pulpit at Diim- 
 " fermlin (a town ten or twelve miles from Edin- 
 " hurgh on the other fide of Forth.) At a fecond 
 " vifit to Dumfermlin., he had a conference with all 
 *' the feceeding brt^thren, where he honeftly 
 *' avowed that he was a member of the Church 
 of England., and as he thought the Government 
 and Worlhip of it lawful, was refolved, unlefs 
 violently thruft out of it, to continue fo, re- 
 " buking fin and preaching Chrijl : And toki 
 " them he reckoned the Solemn League and Co- 
 *' venant a finful oath, as too much narrowing the 
 " communion of faints, and that he could not fee 
 the divine right of Prefbytery. On this they 
 came to a prefbyterial rcfolution to liave no more 
 " to do with him j and one of them preached a fer- 
 " mon to fhew that one Vt'ho held communion 
 " with the Church of England, or backflidden 
 " Church of Scotland, could not be an inflrument 
 
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 *' of reformation. This, however, did not hinder 
 *' mulntudes, both of the Seceders and eriahliOi- 
 " ed Church of Scotland^ from hearing his fer- 
 mons. His foundnefs in the faith, his fervent 
 zeal, and unwearied diligence for promoting 
 the caufe of Chrijl ; the plainnefs and fimplici- 
 ty, the affetflion and warmth of his fcrmons •, 
 " and the amazing power that had accompanied 
 them in many parts of E'agland^ and in almofb 
 all the North America}! Colonies, joined to his 
 meeknefs, humility, and truly candid and ca- 
 tholic fpirit, convinced them there was reafon 
 to think well of him, and to countenance his 
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 and bigotry and blind zeal were producing ani- 
 mofities and divifions, and turning away the 
 attention of good men from m.atters of infi- 
 nitely greater importance. In this fituation, 
 an animated preacher appears, fingularly c]ua- 
 
 " lified to awaken the fecure, to recover chriftians 
 
 " to their firft love, and iirfl: works, and to recon- 
 
 " cile their affediions one to another. 
 
 " The epifcopal clergy gave him no counte- 
 nance, though fome few of their people did. 
 And in the eftablifhed Church of Scotland^ fome 
 of the more rigid prefbyterians -would not hold 
 communion with him, on account of his con- 
 nection with the Church of Etigland, and his 
 
 *' feeming to affume the office of an Kvangelifb, 
 
 H 3 " peculiar. 
 
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 '' peculiar, in their apprehenfion, to the firft 
 " ages of the church : while fome, who affefled 
 *' to be thought more fenfible, or more modi(h 
 and polite, were mightily diflatisfied with him 
 for preaching the Calvmjl Dodrines of Elec- 
 tion, Original Sin, Efficacious Grace, Jufti- 
 *' fication through Faith, and the Perfeverance 
 " of the Saints •, and for inveighing againft the 
 ** play-houfe, dancing aflemblies, games of chance, 
 ** haunting taverns, vanity and extravagance in 
 " drefs, and levity in behaviour and conver- 
 ** fation. 
 
 " Some gentlemen and ladies who went to 
 *' hear, would not go a fecond time, bccaufe 
 " he difturbed them, by infifting on man's mi- 
 " ferable and dangerous ftate by nature, and 
 *' the ftri6lnefs and holinefs efiential to the 
 *' chriflian charafler. But upon many of his 
 *' hearers in Edinburgh^ of all ranks and ages, 
 " efpecially young people, deep impreflions 
 *' were made, and many of them waited on 
 *' him privately, lamenting their former im- 
 " moral lives, or ftupid thoughtlefnefs about reli- 
 gion, and expreffing their anxious concern about 
 obtaining an intereft in Chrijl^ and the fanfli- 
 fying influences of the Spirit. I n the greateft 
 part of thefc, the impreffions have appeared 
 " to be faving, from their circumfpedt exem* 
 " plary condudt fince that time, or from their 
 *' comforuble, or triumphant deaths. Many 
 
 *' Prebyterians 
 

 
 the Rev. Mr. George ,WhitefieId. 103 
 
 *' Prefoyterians begin to think more mildly and 
 " candidly than before, of the minifters and 
 " members of the Church of England {i)." 
 
 (i) This year, 1741. he received the compliment of 
 honorary Burgefs 1 ickets from the Towns of Stirlifi^^ 
 Gla/goWy Paijley^ and Aberdeen. And in 1742, from 
 Jrvine. And 1762, from Edinburgh. 
 
 FI 4 CHAP.
 
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 CHAP. IX, 
 
 from his leaving Edinburgh 1741, to his Return tQ 
 that City in the I'ear 1742. 
 
 R. JVhiteJicld having left Edinhirgh in the 
 , latter end of G^oher 1741, fet out for 
 Abergavenny in IFales, where, having fome time ago 
 formed a refokuion to enter into the married ftate, 
 he married one Mrs. James (A-), a widow between 
 thirty and forty years of age -, of whom he fays 
 (Letter CCCLXXVI.) " She has been a houfe- 
 ^' keeper many years, once gay, but for three 
 *' years lad pad, a defpifed follower of the Lamb 
 *' of God." From Abergavenny he went to Brijlol^ 
 where he preached twice a day with his ufual fuc- 
 cefs. Upon returning to London in the beginning 
 of Dicember^ he received letters from Georgia con- 
 cerning his orphan-family, which, with refped to 
 their external circumllances, were a little difcou- 
 raging. On the other hand, he had mod com- 
 fortable accounts of the fruits of his miniilry in 
 Scotland. This made him think of paying another 
 vifit there in the Spring. Mean time, he had the 
 pleafure of feeing his labours attended with the 
 ^ivine blclTing at Londcn and Brijlol. And fron"^ 
 
 (i) Her maiden name was Elizabeth Burmll. 
 
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 the Rev. Mr. George Whltefield. 105 
 
 Cloucefter he thus writes, " December 22, 1741, 
 *' Laft 'Tburfday evening the Lord ISrought me hi^ 
 ** then I preached immediately to our friends in 
 " a large barn, and had my Mader's prefence. 
 " On Friday and Saturday^ I preached again twice. 
 "Both the power and the congregation increafed. 
 "" On Sunday Providence opened a door for my 
 " preaching in St. John*s, one of the parifli 
 *' churches. Great numbers came. On Sunday 
 ^' afternoon, after I had preached twice at Gku- 
 
 *' cefier^ I preached at Mr. F 's at the hill, fix 
 
 *' miles off, and again at night, at Strcud. The 
 
 ^' people feemed to be more hungry than ever, and 
 
 " the Lord to be more amongft them. Yefterday 
 
 *' morning I preached at Painfwick in the parifli 
 
 " church, here in the afternoon, and again _at 
 
 " night in the barn. God gives me unfpeakable 
 
 ^' comfort, and uninterrupted joy. Here feems to 
 
 " be a new awakening, and a revival of the work 
 
 *' of God. I find feveral country people were 
 
 *' awakened when I preached at 'Tewkfiury, and 
 
 ^' have heard of three or four that have died in the 
 
 " Lord. We ftiall never know what good field- 
 
 *' preaching has done, till we come to judgment. 
 
 *' Many, who were prejudiced againft me, begin 
 
 " to be of another mind ; and God fliows me more 
 
 ^' and more, that when a man's ways pleafe the 
 
 *' Lord, he will make even his enemies to be at 
 
 " peace with him. To morrow morning I pur- 
 
 ^^ pofe to fet out for Mcrgavenny^ and to preach 
 
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 *' at Brijlol, in TVilts^ Gloticejlery and GlouceJlerJJiire^ 
 ** before I fee London.^* 
 
 In the latter end of December he came to Brijlol, 
 where he continued near a month, preaching twice 
 every day, and writing to his friends in Louden and 
 Scotland, He alfo fet up a general monthly meeting 
 to read correfponding letters. From Brijlol he re- 
 turned to Gloucejter, and January 28, 1742, writes, 
 (/) " On Friday lad I left Brifiol, having firft fet- 
 *' tied affairs, almoft as I could wifh. At Kingf- 
 wood^ I adminiftered the facrament on IVed- 
 vejday night. It was the Lord's palfover. On 
 '* Thurfday we had a fweet love-feafl ; on Friday 
 •' the Lord was with me twice at Tockington -, on 
 Saturday morning I broke up fome fallow ground 
 at Newport ; and in the evening preached to 
 many thoufands at Stroud; on Monday morning 
 at Pain/wick^ and ever fince twice a day here. 
 Our congregations, I think, are larger than at; 
 Brijiol. Every fermon is bleffed." 
 On his way to London^ Feb. 23, he was flill far- 
 ther encouraged by receiving letters from America^ 
 informing him of the remarkable fuccefs of the 
 gofpel there, and that God had llirred up fome 
 wealthy friends to affift his orphans in their late 
 ftraits («;). Upon his return to London, he went 
 
 (/) Letter CCCLXXXIX. 
 
 {m) " The everlafting God reward all their benefac- 
 ** tors. I find there has been a frefh awakening among 
 •* them. I am informed, that twelve negroes, belonging 
 *' to a planter lately converted at the Orphan-hcufe, are 
 «' favinjlv brought home to Jcfus ChrijW Letter 
 CCCXCVIiL 
 
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 on with greater zeal and fuccefs, if poiTible, than 
 ever. " Our Saviour (fays he, writing to a bro- 
 ther («)-, y^pril 6, 1742) is doing great things 
 in London daily. I rejoice to hear that you are 
 helped in your work. Let this encourage you: 
 go on, go on ; the more we do, the more we 
 may do for Jefus. I Deep and eat but little, 
 " and am conftantly employed from morning till 
 " midnight, and yet my ftrength is daily renewed. 
 *' O free grace ! It fires my foul, and makes me 
 " long to do fomething for Jefus. It is true, in- 
 " deed, I want to go home *, but here are fo many 
 *' fouls ready to perifh for lack of knowledge, 
 *' that I am willing to tarry below as long as my 
 *' Mailer has work for me." 
 
 From this principle of companion to perifhing 
 fouls, he now ventured to take a very excraordi- 
 nary ftep. It had been the cuftom for many years 
 paft, in the holiday feafons, to ered booths in 
 Moorfields^ for mountebanks, players, puppet- 
 fiiows, &c. which were attended from morning 
 till night, by innumerable multitudes of the lower 
 fort of people. He formed a refolution to preach 
 the gofpel among them ; and executed it. O'Ci 
 Whitmonday, at fix o'clock in the morning, attended 
 by a large congregation of praying people, he be- 
 gan. Thoufands, who were waiting there, gaping 
 for their ufual diverfions, all flocked round him. 
 His text was John iii. 14. They gazed, they 
 
 (») Letter CCCCVJI. 
 
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 liftened, they wept : and many lecmcd to be ftiing 
 with deep conviclion lor their paft fins. All was 
 hufhed and Iblenrsn. {o) " Being thus encouraged, 
 " (fays he) I ventured out again at noon, when the 
 " fields were quite full ; and could fcarce help fmil- 
 " in"-, to fee thoufands, when a merry-andrew was 
 *' trumpeting to them, upon obferving me-mounc 
 " a {land on the other fide of the field, deferting 
 " him, till nor fo much as one was left behind, 
 " but all flocked to hear the gofpel. But this, 
 *' to"-ether with a complaint that they had taken 
 " near twenty or thirty pounds lefs that diy than 
 *' ulual, lb enraged the ow^ners of the booths, that 
 *' when I came to preach a third time in the even- 
 " ing, in the midft of the fermon, a merry-andrew 
 *' got up upon a man's fnoulders, and advancing 
 " near the pulp.t, attempted to flafli me with a 
 *' lono- heavy whip feveral times. Soon afterwards 
 they got a recruiting lerjeanc, with his drum,&c. 
 to pals through the congregation. But I de- 
 " fired the people to n^.ake way for the King*s 
 " officer, which was quietly done. Finding thcie 
 *' efforts to fail, a large body, quite on the oppo- 
 ^' fite fide, alTembled together, and having got a 
 " crreat pole for their flandard, advanced with 
 " found of drum, in a very threatening manner, 
 " till they came near the fKirts of the congrega- 
 " tion. Uncommon courage was given both to 
 *' preacher and hearers. I prayed for fupport and 
 
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 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 109 
 
 deliverance, and was heard. For jutt as they 
 approached us with looks full of rekntment, I 
 know not by what accident, they quarrelled 
 " among themfelves, threw down their ftaff, and 
 " went their way, leaving, however, many of their 
 " company behind, who, before we had done, I 
 " truft were brought over to join the befieged 
 *' party. I think I continued in praying, preach- 
 " ing, and finging, (for the noife was too great at 
 *' times to preach) about three hours. We then 
 " retired to the Tabernacle, where thpufands 
 " flocked. We were determined to pray down 
 " the booths ; but bleffed be God, more fubftan- 
 " tial work was done. At a moderate computa- 
 " tion, I received (I believe) a thoufand notes 
 *' from perfons under conviftion -, and foon after, 
 *' upv/ards of three hundred v/ere received into the 
 " fociety in one day. Some I married, that had 
 " lived tog;ether without marri-'.fre. One man had 
 " exchanged his w-ife for another, and given four- 
 *' teen (hillings in exchange. Numbers, that 
 *' feemed as it were to have been bred up for Ty- 
 " l^urn, v/ere at that time plucked as firebrands 
 " out of the burning." 
 
 " I cannot help adding, that fcveral little boys 
 " and girls, who were fond of fitting round 
 '* me on the pulpit, while 1 preached, and 
 *' handing to me people's notes, though they 
 *• were often pelted with eggs, dirt, Sec. thrown 
 *' at me, never once gave way -, but, on the? 
 " contrary, every time I v/as llruck, turned up 
 
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 ♦« their little weeping eyes, and feemed to willi 
 " they could receive the blows for me. God 
 •' make them, in their growing years, great and 
 " living martyrs for him, who out of the mouth 
 " of babes and fucklings perfects praife." 
 
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 the Rev. Mr, George Whitefield. 1 1 1 
 
 CHAP. X. 
 
 From his Arrival in Scotland 1742, to his Reiuni to 
 London the fame Tear. 
 
 SOON after this, he embarked a fecond time 
 for Scotland, and arrived at Leith, June 3, 
 1742 (p). 
 
 But here it is proper to take a view of the Hate 
 of things in that country upon his arrival. It had 
 
 C( 
 
 (/>) " Edinburgh^ Sabbath, June 6, 1 742. On Thurf- 
 day laft our dear friend Mr. Whitejield returned to this 
 '* place, to the great comfort of many honeft chriftians, 
 ** efpecially of thofe to whom he was made a mean of 
 " convidion and converfion when laft here. — He feems 
 *' to have improved much in chriftian knowledge. He 
 ** is much refrefhed with the accounts of the work of 
 
 *' God in the weft country. 1 have heard him preach 
 
 *' five excellent difcourfes, all calculated for the building 
 *' up of chriftians (though he never fails to put in a 
 *« word for the convidion of finners) ; and, I think, can 
 " fay, that I have never heard him without fome in- 
 ** fluence attending his preaching, efpecially in private 
 " houfes. O may the impreflions made on my heart 
 " never wear off, left at any time I fhould be in danger 
 *' of dropping my watch, and becoming untender." 
 
 '* Sabb. O^ober 17, 1742. It is a great recommend - 
 *' ation of Mr. Whitejield to me, that though the Sece- 
 " ders give him every bad charader that can be devifed, 
 ♦' viz. a forcerer, &c. yet he takes all patiently, and 
 *' wherever he goes, fpeaks well of them, fo far as he 
 *' can : for none can approve of thofe grofs parts of their 
 " condud : therefore thcfe he choofes to caft a mantle 
 " of love over." Diary, formerly quoted. 
 
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 pleafetl God to bids his firtc vide to Scotland, not 
 only for the convcrfion of particular perfons, and 
 the comfort and quickening of private chriftians^ 
 but to roufe them to more than ordinary concern 
 about the falvation of their neighbours, and to 
 excite pious and confcientious minifters to greater 
 diligence in their v^ork* Prayers were put up, 
 with fome degree of faith and hope, that God 
 would now give fuccefs to their labours •, and not 
 fuffer them always to complain that they fpent their 
 flrength in vain. Nor were thefe prayers long un- 
 anfwered : for in the month oi February, 1742? ^n 
 extraordinary religious concern began to appear 
 publicly at Camlujlang; and foon after zX-Kilfyth 
 and other places : the news of which quickly fpread 
 through the land, and engaged general attention* 
 Of this, ajuft though Pnort dcfcription is given in 
 the following letter, written by the Rev. Mr. Ha- 
 millcn (then m.inifter in the Barony parifh, now in 
 the High-Church of Glafgoiv) to Mr. Frince, mi- 
 nifter in Boficn (q). " Glo.fgoiv, Sept. 13, 1742.- 
 " We in the fouth and well of Scotland, have great 
 *' reafon to join in thankfulnefs to God, with you^ 
 *' for the days of the Redeemer's power that ws 
 " are favoured with. Mr. Whttcjield came to Scot- 
 " land in fummer 1741, for the firft time: and irt 
 " many places v/here he preached, his miniftra- 
 " tions were evidently blcficd, particularly irt 
 " the cities of Edinburgh and Glafgow, where a 
 
 [q] Prince's Chrijllan H:Jlory, N". X. 
 
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 ** confulerable number of perfons v/ere brought 
 " under fuch imprcffions of religion, as have never 
 " vet left them ; but they arc ftill foilovvinsr on to 
 *' know the Lord. However, this was only the 
 beginning of far greater things : for about the 
 middle of Feh'uary laft, a very great concern 
 ** appeared among the people ofCambuJIajig, a fmall 
 " parifh, lying four miles fouth-eafb of Glaf^ow, 
 " under the paftoral inlpedlion of the Rev. Mr. 
 " IVilliam MacOilloch^ a man of confiderable parts 
 " and great piety. This concern appeared with 
 " fome circumftances very unufual among us : to 
 " wit, fevere bodily agonies, outcryings, and 
 *' faintings in the congregation^ This made the 
 " report of it fpread like fire, and drew vaft mul- 
 *' titudes of people from all quarters to that place. 
 And, 1 believe, in lefs than two months aft.v 
 the commencement of it, there were few parifhes 
 " within twelve miles of Camlujlang^ but had fome, 
 more or fewer awakeneci there, to a very deep, 
 piercing {*ix\{t of fin : and many at a much 
 '' greater diftance. I am verily perfuaded with 
 *' your worthy brother Mr. Cooper^ in his preface 
 " to Mr. Edwards's, fermon, that God has made 
 *' ufe of thefe uncommon circumftances, to make 
 " his work fpread the fafter. But, blcffed be 
 ""' God, Cambiijlang is not the only place wliere 
 *' ihele imprelFions are got. The fame work is 
 *' Ipreading in other pariflies, and under their own 
 ^' miniftcrs, particularly at Calder^ Ktlfyth^ and 
 '**■ Qimternaud, all to the north, and north-eaft of 
 
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 *' Glafgow. And I doubt not, that fince tlie mid- 
 " die of February, when this work began at 
 *' Camhijlang^ there are upwards of two thoufand 
 " perfons awakened, and almoll all of them, by 
 *' the belt accounts I have, in a promifing condi- 
 " tion : there being very few inftances of impofbors, 
 *' or fuch as have loft their imprellions •, and many 
 whom we are bound to think are true fcripture 
 converts, and evidencing it by a fuitable walk 
 and converfation. There is evidently a greater 
 ferioufnefs and concern about religion appearing 
 in moft of our congregations, than formerly : a 
 " a greater defire after the word -, people applying 
 " themfelves more clofely to their duty •, and 
 " erefting new focieties for prayer and fpiritual 
 *' conference : v^hich gives us the joyful profpe6t 
 *' of a confiderable enlargement of the Mcfiiah's 
 *' kingdom." 
 
 " My parifh has llkewife had fome fliare in this- 
 *' good work. There has been above an hundred 
 " new communicants among them this fummer, 
 " who never did partake of the blefled facrament 
 " before : which is five times as many as ever I 
 admitted in any former year : molt of them 
 were awakened at Camhijlang ; fome of them 
 " in their own church ; and in others the impref- 
 '* fions have been more gradual, and not attended. 
 *' with thefe uncommon circumftances before men- 
 *' tioned. And it is to be obferved, that before 
 " we admit any perfon to the Lord's table, we 
 particularly examine them, and are fatisfied with 
 
 " their 
 
 
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 ** their knowledge of the principles of religion, of 
 the nature and ends of the facramentj and the 
 imprelTions of religion they have on their 
 minds (qq)-** 
 To the fame purpofe is the Rev. Mr. Willifon's 
 letter to Dr. Cclman, minifter in Bojlon : dated 
 Dundee^ Feb. 2§, 1743. {r) " I mull inform you 
 a little of the work of God begun here. I told 
 you in my laft, that after Mr. WhitefieWs firft 
 coming and preaching three months in Scotland^ 
 there were fome beginnings of a revival of re- 
 ligion in fome of our principal citieSj as Edin- 
 hurgh and Glafgow, which (till continue and in- 
 creafe, efpecially fince Mr. fFhilefieid*s fecond 
 coming in June laft. But befides thefe citieSj 
 the Lord hath been pleafed to begin a work 
 much like that in Nezv -England^ in feveral places 
 in the weft of Scotland. The firft parifh awaken- 
 ed, was CamhtifLang ; the next was the parifli of 
 
 (qq) ExtraiSt of a letter from a perfon of diftinilion to 
 the Compiler. 
 
 " Edinburgh^ February, \']']'2.. I would not afcribe all 
 ' the revival of religion in Scotland., to (the inftrumen- 
 ' tality of) Mr. IfOntefield. At CambuJJang., it began, 
 ' before he had been there ; but in Edinburgh, and all 
 ' the other places in Scotland, that I heard of, after di- 
 ' ligent enquiry, it began with his firft vifit. This ho- 
 ' nour he had from his divine Mafter, and it ought not 
 ' to be taken from him. And every time he came to 
 ' Scotland, it is an undoubted fa61:, that an uncommoa 
 ' power attended his miniftry : and many were always 
 * brought under ferious and lafting impreflions." 
 
 (/•) PriiiceV Chriflian Hijlory, N°. XI. ^ 
 
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 " Kilfyth^ about nine miles north- eaft of Glcfgow., 
 " and afterward the parillies oiCalder^ Kirkmtilloch, 
 ** Cumbernaud^ Campfie^ Kilmarnock^ Gargunnock^ 
 *•' and a great many others in the country. The 
 " awakenings of people have been, in a good 
 " many, attended with outcryings, faintings, and 
 "■ bodily diftreffes: but in many more, the work 
 *' has proceeded with great calmnefs. But the 
 " effcfts in both forts are alike good and defirable, 
 and hitherto we hear nothing of their falling 
 back from what they have profelTed at the be- 
 ginning : and flill we hear of fome new parifhes 
 falling under great concern here and there, 
 " though the great cryings and outward diftreffes 
 *' are much ceafed. 
 
 *' The Lord, in this backflidino: time, is willino- 
 '"• to pity U3, and fee our ways and heal them, 
 however crooked and perverfe they have been. 
 O fliali not this wonderful (lep of divine conde- 
 *"" fcenfion, lead us all to repentance, and to go 
 *' out to meet a returning God, in the way of 
 *' humiliation and reformation. The mao-iftrates 
 " and minifters in Edinburgh^ are beginning to 
 fet up focieties for reformation of manners, and 
 new lectures on week days. May all our cities 
 follow their example. There is a great increafe 
 of praying focieties alio in Edinburgh and other 
 towns and villages-, and in tJicm they are keep- 
 ing days f)f thankfgiving for tlic partial water- 
 ings the Lord is giving us : thole in Edir.burgh^ 
 i '' fend 
 
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 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 1 1 7 
 
 ** fend printed memorials to others through the 
 '* nation, to excite them to it (rr)." 
 
 The oreateft flranq-ers to religion could not avoid 
 hearing of thefe things, but ihey were very dif- 
 ferently afFe6led with them. Whilfl: ibme becam« 
 more thoughtful and ferious, many mocked, and 
 jbme were even filled with rage. On the other 
 hand, the temper and behaviour of thofe who were 
 the fubjefts of this remarkable work, was the 
 flrongeit of all arguments that it came from above. 
 Their earned defire to be rightly directed in the 
 way to heaven ; their tender and confcientious 
 walk ; their faithfulnefs in the duties of their 
 ftations -, their readinefs to make ample reftitution 
 for any aft of injuftice they had formerly commit- 
 ted-, their difpofuion to judge mildly of others, 
 but feverely of themfelves •, their laying afide 
 quarrels and law-fuits, and defiring to be recon- 
 ciled, 2nd to live peaceably with all men ; fuch 
 amiable and heavenly qualities, elpccially when 
 appearing in fome v^^ho had formerly been of 
 a very oppofite charafter, could not fail to 
 ftrike every ferious obferver. In Ihort, it was 
 
 (rr) The Rev. Mr. Macknight of Irvine^ thus writes 
 ro Mr, Whitefield^ June 21, 1742. " Blefled be our glo- 
 " rious God, there are fome awakenincrs amongft us at 
 ••' Irvine'^ not only of thofe who have been at Ccj^i'^/y'/a/?^, 
 *' but feveral others are lately brought into great concern 
 *' about their eternal ftate, and among them feveral chil- 
 *' dren ; the news of which I know will rejoice you, 
 *' and I hope will encourage you to vifit iis to help for- 
 *' vvard this great and glorious work of converting fin- 
 **■ ners." Remarkahle ParUeula'-s^ &c. 
 
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 fuch a time for the revival of religion, as had never 
 before been fcen in Scotland (j). 
 
 The er.mity which wicked and profane men dif- 
 covered againft this work, and the derifion with 
 which they treated it, is no more than vvhat might 
 naturally be expeCled. But it is not fo eafy to ac^ 
 count for the conduft of the Seceders. Thefe, nor 
 fatisfied with forbearing to approve of it, went the 
 length even to appoint a general faft among them, 
 one of the ^rounds of which was, the receiving 
 Mr. Whiiejield \x\io Scotland ; and another, the delu-. 
 fion, as they called it, at Cainlujlavg and other 
 places. And Mr. Cibb^ one of their miniflers, 
 wrote a pamphlet inveighing againft both, in the 
 moil virulent language. Such was the bigotry, 
 and mifguidcd zeal of the bulk of the party at 
 that time. It is hoped their fucceflbrs have jufter 
 views of this matter. But it is not proper here to 
 enlarge upon this fubjed (i). "With refpeft to 
 Mr. Whitefield^ the fpring of their firft oppofition 
 
 tQ 
 
 {$) Particulars may be found in the attefled narrative 
 of the work ;it Camhujlang ; Dr. Wehller'i Divine hi- 
 f.uence the true Springs &c. ; and in Mr. Robe'i Karrat'iva 
 and Alot.thly Htjlory. — A view of the moft memorable 
 pafiages, is given in Vol. II. Book IV. Chap. VI. of 
 Hiji. Coll. relating to the Succcfi of the Go/pel^ printed in 
 1/54; wh<.re is alfo fome account of the abiding fruits 
 oi thef.' religious imprcifions. 
 
 (t) The reader who wants to fee the objections againft 
 the work at Cambujhug^ he. fully refuted, may confult 
 (bcfides the books mentioned in the laft note) Mr. Rohe\ 
 Letters to Mr. Fijher ; and Mr. Jonathan Edwards'^ 
 X)'ijlingid^hing JUar^s of a JVork of the Spirit cf God''' — 
 
 A."4
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. i 19 
 
 to him, fiifficicntly appears from bJs converfation 
 with them 2xDiimfermling^ formerly mentioned. And 
 the following letter, which he wrote at Camlujlang^ 
 Augiiji 1742, and which was afterwards printed at 
 Glafgow^ gives an account of their obje^lions, and 
 his anfwers, which are perfectly agreeable to the 
 fpirit of both (u). " 1 heartily thank yoa for your 
 concern about unworthy me. Though I am not 
 very folicitous what the v/orld fiy of me, yet I 
 would not refufe to give any one,, much lefs a 
 minifter of Jefus Chriji^ (and fuch an one I take 
 you to be) all realbnable fatisfa6lion about any 
 part of my doctrine or condud. I am forry that 
 the affociate prefbytery, befides the other things 
 exceptionable in the grounds of their late faft, 
 have done me much wrong. As to what they 
 fay about the fupremacy, my fentiments, as to 
 the power and authority of the civil magiftrate 
 as to facred things, agree with what is faid in 
 the IVeJiminfter Confeffion of Faith, chap, xxiil. 
 paragraph 3 and 4. And I do own the Lord 
 Jefus to be the blefied head and king of his 
 church. 
 
 " The folemn leao;ue and covenant 1 never ab- 
 " jured, neither was it ever propofed to me to be 
 
 And as to the argument from the goodnefs of the fruits, 
 vi'hich is level to the capacities of all, the Compiler 
 thinks it his duty to add, that among his acquaintance, 
 who were the fubje6ls of that work, the fruits were ge- 
 nerally both good and lajiing. 
 
 («) Glafgow Weekly Hiji. N». XXIII. ' 
 
 I 4 " ab-
 
 120 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 ^'' abjured : and as for my mifTives, if the afTociata 
 " prefbytery will be pleafed to print them, the 
 *' world will fee that they had no reafon to expefk 
 *' I would a(5t in any other m-anner than I have 
 " done. What that part of my experience is, that 
 '^ favours of the groileft enthufiafm, I know not, 
 " becaufe not fpcci6ed •, but this one thing I know, 
 '* when I converfcd with them, they v,^ere fatisfied 
 *' with the account I then gave of my experiences, 
 *' and alio of the validity of my million •, only, 
 " when they found I would preach the gofpel pro- 
 "^ mifcuoufly to all, and for every minifter that 
 *' would invite me, and not adhere only to them, 
 ** one of them particularly laid, ' They were fa- 
 " tisfied with all the other accounts wh'.ch I gave 
 " of myfelf, except of my call to Scollatid at that 
 " time.' They would have been glad of my help, 
 ^' and have received me as a minifter of Jefus 
 *•' ChriJ}, had I confented to have preached only at 
 *' the invitation of them and their people. But I 
 *' judged that to be contrary to the diftates of my 
 *■' confcience •, and therefore I could not comply. 
 *' I thought their foundation was too narrow for 
 " any high houfe to be built upon. I declared 
 *' freely, when laft in Scotland, (and am more and 
 " more convinced of it fince) that they were 
 *' building a Babel (x). At the fame time, they 
 
 knew 
 
 ) (x) The event verified this conjecture. In his M. S, 
 notes, feveral years after, he makes the following re- 
 mark : *' Such a work (the religious concern at C(^m-
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitef.cld. 121 
 
 knew very well, I was very far from being 
 againft all church-government, (for how can 
 any church fubfift without it ?) I only urged, as 
 I do now, that fmce holy men differ fo much 
 about the outward form, we fhould bear with, 
 and forbear one another, though in this refpedl 
 we are not of one mind. I have often declared 
 in the moil public manner, that I believe the 
 Church of Scotland to be the bed conftituted 
 national church in the world. At the fame time 
 I would bear with, and converfe freely with all 
 others, who do not err in fundamentals, and 
 who give evidence that they are true lovers of 
 the Lord Jefus. This is what I mean by a ca- 
 tholic fpirit. Not that 1 believe a Jew or Pagan 
 continuing fuch, can be a true chriftian, or have 
 
 hufiang) fo very extenfive, muft meet with great op- 
 pofition. My collections for the orphans gave a great 
 handle ; but the chief oppofition vi^as made by the Se- 
 ceders, who, though they had prayed for me at a moft 
 extravagant rate, now gave out that I was agitated by 
 the devil. Taking it for granted, that all converted 
 perfons muft take the covenant, and that God had 
 left the Scotch eftablifhed churches long ago, and that 
 he would never work by the hands of a curate of tbe 
 Church of England^ they condemned the whole work, 
 as the work of the devil ; and kept a faft through all 
 Scotland^ to humble themfelves, becaufe the devil 
 was come down in great wrath, and to pray that the 
 I^ord would rebuke the deftroyer (for that was my 
 title). But the Lord rebuked thefe good men j for 
 they fplit among themfelves, and excommunicated 
 one another. Having afterwards a fhort interview 
 with Mr. Ralph Erfk'ine^ we embraced each other, and 
 he faid, ' We had feen ftrange things." 
 
 " true
 
 
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 •' true chriftianity in them \ and if there be any 
 '* tliino' tendinfy that way in the late extrafl which 
 " I fcnt you, I utterly difavow it. And I am • 
 *' Hire, I obferved no fuch thing in it, when I 
 publifhed it, though upon a clofer review, fome 
 exprcfTions Teem juftly exceptionable. You know 
 how ftrongly I alTert all the doclrines of grace 
 " as held forth in the IVcJlininjler Confefllon of 
 *' Faith, and doftrinal articles of the Church of 
 *' Eirjand. Thcfe I trufi: I fliail adhere to as long 
 " as I live, becaufc I verily believe they are the 
 " truths of God, and have felt the power of them 
 *' in my own heart. I am only concerned that 
 *' good men fnould be guilty of fuch mifrepre- 
 *' fentations. But this teaches me more and more 
 '* to cxercife companion tov^^.ird all the children of 
 " God, and to be more jealous over our own 
 " hearts, knowing what fallible creatures we all 
 *' are. I acknowledge that I am a poor blind fin- 
 ** ner, liable to err, and would be obliged to an 
 enemy, much mort to io dear a friend as you 
 are, to point out to me my miftakes, as to my 
 practice, or unguarded expreffions in my preach- 
 *' ing or writino;. At the fame time, 1 would 
 ** humble myfelf before my Mafter, for any thing 
 " I rnay fay or do amifs, and beg the influence 
 " and afTiftances of his bleiled Spirit, that I may 
 " fay and do lo no more." 
 
 So much for Mr. WbiufieUVs difference with the 
 Seceders. But notwithftanding all this, upon his 
 fecond arrival in Scolland, June 1742, he was re- 
 ceived 
 
 iC
 
 the Rev, Mr. George V/hltefield. 123 
 
 ceived by great numbers, among whom were fomc 
 perfons of diftinclion, with much joy : and had the 
 fatisfadion of feeing and hearing more and more 
 of the happy fruits of his miniftry (y). At Edin- 
 hurgh he preached twice a day, as ufual, in the 
 Hofpiral park, where a number of feats and fhades, 
 in the form of an amphitheatre, were ereded for 
 the accommodation of his hearers. And in con- 
 fequence of earneft invitations, he went to the weft 
 country, particularly to Camhujlang^ where jie 
 preached no lefs than three times upon the very 
 day of his arrival, to a vaft body of people, al- 
 though he had preached that fame morning at 
 Glafgow. The laft of thefe exerciies he began at 
 nine at night, continuing till eleven, when he faid 
 he obferved fuch a commotion among the people, 
 as he had never feen in America. Mr. MacCulkch 
 preached after him, till paft one in the morning, 
 ^nd even then could hardly perfuade the people to 
 depart. All night in the fields might be heard 
 
 {y) *' Edinhurgh, "June 4, 1742. This morning I re- 
 ceived glorious accounts of the carrying on of the 
 Mediator's kingdom. Three of the little boys that 
 were converted when I was laft here, came to me and 
 wept, and begged me to pray for and with thern. A 
 mlnifter tells me, that fcarce one is fallen back, who 
 was awakened, either among old or young. The Ser- 
 jeant, whofe letter brother C has, goes on well 
 
 with his company." Letter CCCCXXIl. 
 And in the M. S. *' Societies (or fellowfhip meet- 
 ings) I found fet up for prayer, efpecially at Glafgoxv 
 and Efdinburgh. Several young gentlemen dedicated 
 themfelves to the miniflrv, and became burning and 
 f^ fhining lights," 
 
 the
 
 1 24 Memoirs of the Life of ' 
 
 the voice of prayer and praife. As Mr. Whitefidd 
 was frequently at Camkijlang during this feafon, a 
 defcription of what he obferved there at different 
 times, will be beft given in his own words (s) ; 
 *' Perfons from all parts flocked to fee, and many 
 *' from many parts, went home convinced, and 
 " converted unto God. A brae, or hill, near the 
 " manfe at Cambujlang^ feemed to be formed by 
 •' Providence, for containing a large congregation. 
 " People fat unwearied till two in the morning, 
 *' to hear fermons, difregarding the weather. You 
 *' could fcarce walk a yard, but you muft tread 
 upon Ibme, either rejoicing in God for mercies 
 received, or crying out for more. Thoufands 
 and thoufands have I feen, before it was pofBble 
 to catch it by fympathy, melted down under 
 *' the word and power of God, At the celebra- 
 tion of the holy communion, their joy was lb 
 great, that at the defire of many, both minifters 
 and people, in imitation of Ile-zekiaJfs padover, 
 they had, a month or two afterwards, a fecond ; 
 ** which was a general rendezvous of the people 
 " of God. The communion-table was in the 
 " field ; three tents, at proper diilances, all fur- 
 *' rounded with a multitude of hearers ; above 
 " twenty minifters (among whom was good old 
 ** Mr. Bonner) attending to preach and affift, all 
 •' enlivening and enlivened by one another." 
 
 Befides his labours at Glafgow and Q.imbujlang^ it 
 is fomewhat furprizing to think, how many other 
 
 (z) M. S, 
 
 places 
 
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 the Rev, Mt\ George Whitefield. 125 
 
 places in the weft of Scotland he vifited within the 
 compafs of a few weeks, preaching once or twice 
 at every one of them, and at feveral three or four 
 times. It is worth while to fet down the Journal 
 \a) of a week or two. In the beginning oi July^ 
 he preached twice on Monday at Paijley ; on the 
 Tuefday and IVednefday^ three times each day at 
 Irvine ; on 'Thurfday^ twice at Mearns ; on Friday^ 
 three times at Cumbernaud -, and on Saturday^ 
 twice at Falkirk. And again in the latter end 
 of Jtiguji {b), on Thurfday^ he preached twice 
 at Greenock ; on Friday^ three times at Kilbride ; 
 on Saturday., once at Kilbride^ and twice at 
 Stevenfon •, on Sabbath, four times at Irvine \ on 
 Monday, once at Irvine, and three times at (c) Kil- 
 
 tnaruGck j 
 
 {a) Letter CCCCXXVI. 
 
 {b) Letter CCCCXLIX. 
 
 [c) A gendeman now Hving, of an irreproachable 
 character, thus writes to the Compiler, April%^ ^11^' 
 ♦' When Mr. JVhitcJield v/2i<i preaching at Kilmarnock, on 
 *' the 23d of Augufi, 1742, from thefe words, ' And 
 *' out of his fulnefs have all vje received, and grace for 
 *' grace,' I thought I never heard luch a fermon on the 
 " fulnefs of grace that is treafured up in Chriji fefus : 
 and can truly fay, that I felt the efficacy of the Holy 
 Spirit upon my foul, during that difcourfe. I afterwards 
 fhut up myfelf in my chamber, during the remain- 
 ing part of that day ; and before I laid myfelf down to 
 reft, I made a folenm and ferious dedication of myfelf 
 *' to God, by way of covenant, extended and fubfcribed 
 *' the fame with my hands, and, I think, had commu- 
 *' nion with God in fo doing ; to which I have often 
 ** had recourfe fince, in adhering thereto, and in renew- 
 ** ing thereof; though my life fince has been attended 
 •' wiih many backflidings from God, and have been per- 
 
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 126 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 tnarnock i {d) on T'uefday^ once at Kilmarnock, and 
 four times at Slewarion; on IFednefday, once at 
 Stewcrton, and twice at the Mearns. He was alfo 
 at Inchannen^ New Kilpatrick, Calder, and Kilfyth^ 
 (where the religious concern ftill increafed) and ac 
 'Torphichen. He was indeed fometimes taken very 
 ill, and his friends thought he was going off: 
 *' But in the pulpit (fays he) the Lord out of 
 *' weaknefs, makes me to wax ilrong, and caules 
 '' me to triumph more and more (^)." And even 
 when he rcdred for a day or two, it was on purpofe 
 
 *' fidious in his covenant ; yet I ftill rejoice in his falva- 
 *' tion through precious Chrij}. And it is refiefhing to 
 *' behold the place at this very day, as I have often done 
 '* fince. I from the aera abovementioncd, always 
 looked upon Mr. TVbitefield as my fpiritual father, and 
 frequently heard him afterwards in Edinburgh and 
 Gldfgoiu with much ratisfa£tion. It always gave me 
 *' joy, the mentioning of his name, and grieved me 
 " when he was reproached^ And I can very well re-' 
 *' member, that when Cape Breio7i was taken, I hap- 
 " pened to be then at Edinburgh ; and being invited to 
 *' brcakfaft with Mr. IVhiieJieU^ I never in all my life 
 *• enjoyed fuch another brcakfaft. He gave the company 
 ♦' a fine and lively defcant upon that part of the world, 
 '* made us all join in a hymn of praife and thankfgiving, 
 *' and concluded with a moft devout and fervent prayer. 
 *' In the evening of that day, he preached a fnoft excel- 
 *' lent thankfgiving fermon, from the firft two verfes of 
 *' the cxxvith pfahn." 
 
 [d) *' I never preached with To much apparent fuccefs 
 *' before. At Greenock^ IrvinCy Kilbride, Kilmarnock, an(J 
 " Stnuartcn, the concern was great : at the three laft 
 «t very extraordinary." Letter CCCCXLIX. 
 
 (0 Letter CCCCXXXV. 
 
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 the Rev, Mr. George Whitefield. 127 
 
 to write letters, and to prepare pieces for the 
 prefs, lb that he was as bufy as ever (f). 
 
 When he was at Ediyihurgh^ he received accounts 
 that the Spaniards had landed in Georgia, Upon 
 this occafion he wrote to Mr. HaherJJiani (g), " I 
 " am glad my dear family is removed to Mr. 
 " Bryan^s^ and rejoice that our glorious God had 
 " raifed him and his brother up, to be fuch friends 
 " in time of need. My thoughts have been va- 
 *' rioufly exerclfed, but my heart kept ftedfaft and 
 " joyful in the Lord of all lords, whofe mercy 
 " endureth for ever. I long to be with you, and 
 " mediinks could willingly be found at the head 
 " of you kneeling and praying, though a Spaniard's 
 fword fhould be put to my throat. But alas, I 
 know not how I fliould behave, if put to the 
 trial : only we have a promife, that as our day 
 is, fo our flrength fhall be. The thoughts of 
 *' divine love c^rry me above every thing. My 
 
 (f) Particularly, J Fimiication of the IVcrk of God in 
 New-England. See Works, Vol. IV. and Tevcral Let- 
 ters about the affairs of the Orphan-houfe, fome of his 
 friends there havins; met with harfli treatment from the 
 magiftrates of Savawtah. See Letter CCCCXXXIX, to 
 
 Mr. B , and Letter CCCCXL, to the Truftees for 
 
 Georgia, and Letters CCCCXLII, CCCCXLIII, to Ge- 
 neral Oglethorpe, and to Thomas y , Efq; in Georgia. 
 
 At this time alfo he publiflied at Ef/inburgh, a conti- 
 nuation of the account of the Orphan-houfe, from Ja- 
 
 nunry 1 741, to func ij^l. See his Works, Vol. Ilf. 
 
 where you have the whole account continued from time 
 to time, till Jpril 1770. 
 
 (g) Letter CCCCLVII. 
 
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 3 28 Me77ioirs of the Life of 
 
 ♦' dear friend, the Spaniards cannot rob us of this; 
 *' nor can men or devils. — I humbly hope that I 
 " ihall fliortly hear of the fpiritual and temporal 
 '' welfare of you all.'* And he was not difap- 
 " pointed •, for a few weeks after he was informed 
 *' of his family's fafe return to Bethefda (k). 
 
 About the end of Otloher he left Scotland^ and 
 rode pod to London^ where he arrived in about five 
 days. 
 
 (/)) The manner in which the Spaniards were repulfed, 
 with remarks upon the kiiidnefs of Providence to the 
 colony, may be feen in an extract of General OFlethorpe^-^ 
 proclamation for a thankfgiving, in Letter Dli, 
 
 C H A P.
 
 the Rev, Mr. George Whitefield. 125! 
 
 CHAP. XL 
 
 rrcm his Arrival in London in the Tear 1742, U 
 his embarking for Amtnc^y 1744' 
 
 ON Mr. Whitefield' s arrival in London^ he found 
 a new awakening at the Tabernacle, which 
 they had been obliged to enlarge •, where, as hd 
 oblerves, " from morning till midnight (i)^ I ant 
 ** employed, and, glory be to rich grace, I am 
 " carried through the duties of each day with 
 " chearfulnefs, and almoft uninterrupted tran- 
 " quillity. Our fociety is large, but in good order, 
 " My Mailer gives us much of his gracious pre- 
 " fence, both in our public and private admini- 
 *' ftrations." 
 
 In the month of March 1743^ he went into 
 GloucefterJIiire^ where the people fecmed more de~ 
 firous to hear than ever, " Preaching (fays he) 
 " (k) in GlGuceJler/Jiire^ is now like preaching at 
 " the Tabernacle in London." And again, (in a 
 Letter, dated April 7,) (I) " I preached and took 
 " leave of the Gkmejler people j, with mutual 
 
 (/) Letter CCCCXCI. 
 
 {k) Letter DIV. 
 
 (/) Letter DVL 
 
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 1 30 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 " and great concern, on Sunday evening laft. It 
 " was paft one in the morning before I could lay 
 " my weary body down. At five I roie again^ 
 " fick for want of reft •, but I was enabled to get 
 
 " on horfeback,. and ride to Mr. F *s, where 
 
 *' I preached to a large congregation, who came 
 " there at feven in the morning. At ten^ I read 
 " prayers and preached, and afterward admin- 
 " iftered the facrament in Stonchoufe church. Then 
 " 1 rode to Stroudy and preached to about 12,000 
 
 " in Miitrefs G 's field ; and about fix in the 
 
 ** evening to a like number in Hampton-Common, 
 " After this, went to Hampton, and held a general 
 " love-feaft with the united focieties, and went to 
 ** bed about midnight very chearful, and very 
 " happy." Next morning he preached near 
 Durjley to fome thoufands ^ about feven reached 
 Brijlol, and preached to a full congregation at 
 Smiths -Hail; and on Tuefday morning, after preach- 
 ino" again, let out for IVaterfordy in South -JVales^ 
 where he opened the alTociation which he and his 
 brethren had agreed upon, and was feveral days 
 with them, fettlins; the affairs of the focieties. He 
 continued in IVales fame weeks, and preached with 
 great apparent fuccefs at Cardiff, Lantriffanf^ 
 Neath, Swanzey, Harhrook, Llanellhy, Carmarthen^ 
 (m) Larn^ Narbatt, Newton, Jefferfon, Llajfivran^ 
 
 [?n) " It was the great fefllons. The Juftices defired' 
 *' I would jftay till they rofe, and they would come. 
 ** Accordingly they did, and many thoufands more j and 
 " foveral people of quality." Letter GCCCCIX. 
 
 5 KidiQiliy^
 
 the Rev, Mr. George Whitefield. 13I 
 
 KidwUly, Llangathnn, Landovery^ Brecon^ 1'revecka^ 
 Ciienfethen^ Buihh^ and the Gore (n), and in the 
 latter end of Jprii returned to Gloucejier^ after hav- 
 ing, in about three weeks (0)^ travelled about four 
 Iiundred EngUJJi miles, Tpent three days in attend- 
 ing aflbciations (pj, and preached about forty 
 times. 
 
 («) " The work begun by Mr. Joyie^^ fpread itfelf far 
 *' and near, in ^outh and North-TVaUs^ where the Lord 
 ** had made Mr. Hovel Harris an inftrument of con- 
 *' verting feveral clergy as well as laymen. Lafl: year 
 *' I vifited feveral places, but now 1 went to more, and 
 *' in every place found, that not one half had been told 
 *' me. The power of God at the facrament, under the 
 " miniftry of Mr. Roidand^ was enough to make a per- 
 *' fon's heart burn within him. At feven of the morn- 
 *' ing have I feen perhaps ten thoufand from different 
 " parts, in the midft of fermon, crying, Gogunniant — 
 *' bendyitti — ready to leap for joy. AfTociations were 
 *' now formed, and monthly or quarterly meetings ap- 
 *' pointed, and a clofer conne6lion eftabiiilied between 
 *' the E)iglip:) and JVelch, fo that feveral came over to 
 " aflift." A4. S. 
 
 (o) Letter DXIV. 
 
 (p) At one of thefe afTocIatlons, a motion was made 
 to feparate from the eftabiiftied Church : but (fays Mr. 
 imtefield. Letter DXXXIIL) " by far the greater 
 part ilrenuoufly oppofed it, and with good reafon : 
 tor, as we enjoy fuch great liberty under the mild and 
 gentle government of his prefent Majefty King George, 
 I think we can do him, our country, and the caufe ot' 
 God, more fervice in ranging up and down, preaching 
 repentance towards God, and faith in our Lord Jefus 
 Chriji^ to thofe multitudes v/ho wouki neither come 
 into church or meeting, but who are led by curiofity 
 
 *' to follow us into the fields. -This is a way to 
 
 *' which God has affixed his feal for many years paft." 
 
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 132 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 In May he went back to London^ " Once mot'>^ 
 " as he exprefles it, to attack the prince of dark- 
 " nefs in Moorfields^^ in the time of the holidays. 
 The congregations were amazingly great, and 
 much affeded. And by the contributions which 
 were now and formerly made for his orphans, he 
 had the fatisfa6lion of paying all that was due in 
 England^ and of making a fmall remittance to 
 Mr. Haberfiam (q). 
 
 About the middle of June he made another ex- 
 curfion, and preached at Fdirford, Glanfield^ Bur- 
 ford^ Bengeworth, and Glcttcejier •, alio at Brijlol and 
 Kingfwoodj and at Brinhvorlb, 'Tetherton^ and 
 Hampton. At Brtftol lie continued fome time, 
 preaching ftatediy every day twice, and four times 
 on the Sundny. Afterwards he preached at Exeter 
 to very large congregations, where many of the 
 clergy attended. 
 
 In Aiigiiji he returned to London^ but made no 
 long ftay there. " I thank you, fays he to a cor- 
 " refpondent (r), for your kind caution to fpare 
 " myfelf •, but evangelizing is certainly my pro- 
 " vincc. Every where effedlual doors are opened. 
 " So far from thinking of neftling at London^ I 
 " am more and rr.ore convinced that I flioidd go 
 *' from place to place." 
 
 Accordingly we find him in the months of OBo- 
 ler, November^ and December, preaching and tr^- 
 
 [q) Letter DXIX. 
 
 (r) Letter DXL. 
 
 veiling
 
 the Rev. Mr. George White field. 133 
 
 veiling through the country, as if it had been the 
 middle of Summer. At Jvojt in PF'ilts, Telhsrion, 
 Clack, Brinkworlb, Chippenham^ M'^ellington, Cul- 
 lomplon, Exeter., Axminfier^ Ottery, Biddeford (s)., 
 St. Gennis in Cornzvali (t), Birmi>!gham (u)., Kidder- 
 minjier (x), and Bromfgrcve. Nor did he feel his 
 health much impaired, though it was fo late in the 
 feafon. He obferves, indeed, (Letter DXLII.) 
 that he had got a cold •, but adds, " The Lord 
 " warms my heart." 
 
 (j) '* Here Is a clergyman about eighty years of age, 
 *' but not above one year old in the fchool of Chrijl. He 
 ^* lately preached three times, and rode forty miles the 
 *' fame day. A young Oxonian who came with him, 
 *' and many others, were deeply afieded. I cannot aa-cU 
 *' defcribe with what power the word was atcendcJ. 
 " Dear Mr. Hervey, one of our fird Methodifts at Ox- 
 " ford, and who was lately a curate here, had laid the 
 «« fundation." Letter DXL. 
 
 (/) "Many prayers were put up by the worthy 
 " Re£lor and others, for an outpouring of God's blefled 
 " Spirit. They were anfwercd. Arrows of convidtion 
 *' flew fo thick, and fo fafl:, and fuch an univerfal weep- 
 *' ino' prevailed from one end of the congregation to the 
 
 '* other, that good Mr. y their rainifter, could not 
 
 *' help going from feat to feat to fpeak, encourage, and 
 *' comfort tlie wounded fouls." Letter DXLI. 
 
 lu) " It is near eleven at night, and nature calls for 
 ^' reft. 1 have preached five times this day, and, weak 
 " as I am, through Chriji ftrengthening me, I could 
 ■" preach five times more." Letter DXLIII. 
 
 (.v) " I was kindly received by Mr. TVilUams. Many 
 
 .^* friends were at his houfc. i was gready refrefhed to 
 
 " find what a fweet favour of good Mr. Baxter s dodVine, 
 
 *' works, and difcipline remained to this day." Lt-cter 
 
 DXLIV. 
 
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 134- Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 February 1744, an event, happened to him, 
 which, amidit all his iViCceis, tended to keep him 
 humble, and fcrved to cure him of a weaknefs to 
 which he had been liable, the tfufiincr to ground- 
 lefs impreffions. It was the degth of his only- 
 child, concerning whom he was fo impreficd, that 
 he made no fcruple of declaring before the birth, 
 that the child would be a fon^ and that he hoped 
 he would live to preach the gofpek Several nar- 
 row efcapes which Mrs. Whitefield hod during her 
 pregnancy, confirmed him in his expeftations ; 
 which were fo high, that after he had pL.bliciy 
 baptized the child at the 1 abernacle, all went 
 away big with hopes of his being fpared to be em- 
 ployed in the work of God. But theie fond ex^ 
 pedlations were foon blafted by the child's death, 
 when he was about four months old. This was, 
 no doubt, very humbling to the father \ but he 
 was helped to make the wifefl and bed improve^ 
 ment of it. *' Though I am difappointed (fays 
 *' he, writing to his friend (>;, of a living preacher 
 " by the death of my fon j yet I hope what hap- 
 " pened before his birth, and fince at his death, 
 *^ has taught me fuch lefTons, as if duly improved, 
 " may render his miftaken parent more cautious, 
 ♦' more fober-minded, more experienced in Satan's 
 *' devices, and confequently more uleful in his fu-» 
 " ture labours to the church of God.'* 
 
 March 3, he attended the affizes at Qlciuefter. 
 The occafion was, in the Summer 1743, the Me- 
 
 il) Letter DXLVII. 
 
 thodids
 
 s 
 
 the jRev. Mr. George Whitefield. 135 
 
 thodifts had beeji perfecuted and abulcd by the 
 mob, jDarticuIarly at Hampton, where i'everal 
 ■were Imrt, and the ^ife of their preachers 
 threatened. Mr. Whitefield having tried other me- 
 thods in vain, refolved, with the advice and alTift;- 
 ance of his brethren, to feek th€ proteflion of law : 
 and accordingly got an information lodged againft 
 the Hampton rioters in the court of King's-Bench. 
 Fa<5ls being proved by a variety of evidence, and 
 the defendants making no reply, the rule was 
 made abfolute-, and an information filed agminft 
 them. To this they pleaded No-t guilty^ and there- 
 fore the caufe was referred in courfe to the aflizes 
 in Gloucejier^ There he attended, and got the 
 better of his adverfaries. After a fiili hearing on 
 both fides^ a verdid was given for the profeciuors, 
 and a-11 the defendants w^re brought in guilty of 
 the whole information lodged againft them. This 
 profecution had a very good effe<5l. The rioters 
 were greatly alarmed at the thoughts of having an 
 execution ilTued out againfl them. But the inten- 
 tion of the Methodifts was, to let them fee what 
 they could do, and then to forgive them {z). 
 
 Some time before this, feveral anonymous pa- 
 pers, entitled, " Obfervations upon the Condud; 
 and Behaviour of a certain Sed, ufually diftin- 
 guifhed by the name of Methodifts," had been 
 printed, and handed about in the religious focieties 
 
 (z) Letter DXLIX, DL. See an account of this 
 
 trial in his Works, Vol. IV. 
 
 K 4 cf
 
 130 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 of London and Wefiminfter^ and given to manyf 
 private perlbns, with ftrid injundions to part with 
 them to no one. Mr. Whitefield having accidentally 
 had the hafty perufal of them ^ and finding many 
 queries concerning him and his condud contained 
 in them ; and having applied for a copy, which 
 was refilled him, he thought it his duty to publifh 
 an advertifement, defiring (as he knew not how 
 foon he might embark for Georgia) a fpeedy, open 
 publication pf the faid papers, that he might make 
 a candid and impartial anfwer. He had reafon to 
 believe the Bifliop of London was concerned in 
 compofing or revifing them : but that he mio-ht 
 not be miilaken, after the publication of the ad- 
 vertifement, he wrote the Bifhop a letter, wherein 
 he defired to know, whether his LordOiip was the 
 author or not ; and alfo defired a copy. The Bi- 
 fhop lent word, " He fliould hear from him." 
 Some time after, one Mr. Owen^ printer to the 
 Biihop, left a letter for Mr. Whitefield^ informing 
 him that he had orders from feveral of the Bijhops^ 
 to print the Obfervations, he. with fome few addi- 
 tions^ for their ufe ; and when the imprefllon was 
 finifhcd, Mr. Whitefield fliould have a copy. — For 
 thefe reafons, Mr. Whitefield thought it proper to 
 direft his Anftver to the Obfervatiom^ to the Bifhop 
 of London, and the other Bifiiops concerned in the 
 publication of them. This Anfwer occafioned the 
 'Pxv. Mr, Church's Expof^ulatory Letter to Mr. 
 
 Whitefield I,
 
 the Rev. Mr, George Whicefield. i 3 f 
 
 fVhitefield ; to' which he Toon replied, v/ith thanks 
 to the author for prefixing his name (zz). 
 
 Having refolved to make another vifit to ^ijie- 
 ricn, whither Mr. Smilh, a merchant, then in Eng- 
 land, in the name of thoufands invited him. With 
 him he took pafiage in a fliip going from Portfr 
 mouth •, but being informed, juft before he was 
 about to take his farewell, that the captain refufcd 
 to take him, for fear, as he alledged, of fpoiling 
 the failors, he was obliged to go as far as Plymouth. 
 " In my way, fays, he, I preached at Wellington^ 
 *' wherp one Mr. J)arracott had been a blefied in- 
 " ftrument of dping much good. At Exeter alfo, 
 " I revifited, v/here many fouls were awakened to 
 *' the divine life. At Biddeford, where good Mr. 
 ^' Hervey had been curate, we had much of the 
 ■" power of God ; and alfo. at Kingjlridge. But 
 '" the chief fcene was at Plymouth and the dock, 
 " wherp 1 expected leafi fuccefs (^)." It is re- 
 
 (z%) See his Works, Vol. IV. where is alfo his An- 
 fwer to the Second Part of the Obfervations, &c. in a 
 fecond letter to the Bifhops, written during his yoyagc 
 to America that year, 
 
 {a) AI. S. Upon mentioning Biddeford^ he adds 
 here a chara<5ter of Mr. Plervey ; it is pity he did 
 not write it down. — However, we have a fketch of it 
 in Letter DCCLXIIl. "• Your fentiments concerning 
 
 *' Mr. H 's book, are very juft- The author of it 
 
 ?' is my old friend ; a moft heavenly-minded creature, 
 *' one of the firft of the Meihodifts, who is contented 
 " with a fmall cure, and gives all that he has to the 
 P poor. He is very weak, and daily waits for his diffo- 
 f iution." 
 
 7 markable,
 
 138 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 markable, thsr juft before his fuccefs at Plymouth^ , 
 he was in danger of being killed. Four gentle- 
 men, it feems, came to the houle of one of his 
 particular friends, kindly enquiring after him, and 
 defiring to know where he lodged. Soon after- 
 wards, Mr. IVhitffield received a letter, informing 
 
 him, that the writer was a nephew of Mr. S , 
 
 an attorney at New-7'ork ; that he had the pleafure 
 of fupping with Mr. Whitefield^zi his uncle's houfe ; 
 and defired his company to fup with him, and a. 
 few more friends, at a tavern. Mr. fVhitefield fent 
 him word, that it was not cuftomary for him to 
 fup abroad at taverns, but ihould be glad of the 
 gentleman's company to [eat a morfel with him at 
 his lodging -, he accordingly came and fupped ; but 
 was obferved frequently to look around him, and 
 to be very abfent. At laft he took his leave, ancj 
 returned to his companions in the tavern j and bet- 
 ing by them interrogated, what he had done, he 
 anfwered, " That he had been ufed fo civilly, he 
 '' had not the heart to touch him.'* Upon which, 
 it fcems, another of the company, a lieutenant of a 
 man of war, laid a wager of ten guineas, that he 
 would do his bufinefs for him. His companions, 
 however, had the precaution to take away his 
 fword. It was now about midnight, and Mr. White- 
 fi.ld having that day preached to a large congrega- 
 tion, and vifited the French prifoners, was gone to 
 bed: when the landlady came and told him that a 
 well-drefied gentleman defired to fpeak with him, 
 Jylr. IVhitefdd, imagining it was fomcbody under 
 
 con-
 
 the Rev. Mr, George Whltefield. 139 
 
 conviflion, dcfired him to be brought up. He 
 camtf, and fat down by the bed fivie, congratulated 
 him upon the fucccis of his tririidry, and cxpiefTcd 
 much concern at being detained iroin hearing him. 
 Soon afcer he broke out inio the n:o\\: abufive 
 language, and in a cruel and cowardly manner, 
 beat him in liis bed, The jandlady and her 
 daughter hearing the noife, rufhed into the room, 
 ^nd leized upon him ; but he foon diiengaged 
 himfelf from them, and repeated his blows on 
 Mr. JVhitefield^ who being apprehenfive that he 
 intended to fhoot or ftab him, underwent all the 
 furprize of a liidden and violent death. After- 
 wards, a fecond came into the houle, and cried 
 out from the bottom of the flairs, *' Take cou- 
 " rage, I am ready to help you.'* But by the 
 repeated cry of murder^ the alarm was now fo 
 great, that they both made off. " The next 
 " morning, lays Mr. V/hilcfidd (^), I was to ex- 
 *' pound at a private houfe, and then to fet out 
 ^* for Biddefcrd. Some urged me to flay and 
 " profecute ; but being better employed, I went 
 *' on my intended journey, was greatly blefled 
 " in preaching the everlafting golpel, and upon 
 *' my return was well paid for what I had fuffered: 
 *■ curiofity having led perhaps two thoufand more 
 " than ordinary, to fee and hear a man that had 
 " like to have been murdered in his bed. And 
 " I truft in the five weeks time {c)^ while I v/aited 
 
 {b) Letter DLII. 
 
 !! for
 
 140 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 *' for the convoy, hundreds were awakened and 
 ^' turned unto the Lord. At the dock alfo, 
 *' near Plymouth^ a glorious work was begun. 
 " Could the fields between Plymcuth and the Dock, 
 ^' fpeak, they could tell what blefled fcalbns were 
 *^ enjoyed there,'^ 
 
 CHAP.
 
 the ReU, Mr, George Whltcfield. 14! 
 
 CHAP. XIL 
 
 From his emharking for America in 1 744, to his 
 going to the Bermudas, in the Tear 1 748. 
 
 AS foon as the convoy came {d)^ Mr. White- 
 field embarked in the beginning of Auguji 
 1744, though in a poor ftate of health. The 
 tedioufnefs of the voyage, he imagined, occafion- 
 td no fmall addition to a violent pain in his fide. 
 However, he fays, " BlefTed be God, in a week 
 *' or two after we failed, we began to have a 
 *' church in our fliip. We had regular public 
 " prayer morning and evening, frequent coni- 
 *' munion, and days of humiliation and fading," 
 After a palTage of eleven weeks [ej, he arrived at 
 
 [d) " Augujl i^. Our convoy is now come. I defire 
 *' you all to blefs God for what he is doing in thefe 
 ** parts ; for preaching in the Dock is now like preach- 
 *' ing at the Tabernacle. Our morning leisures are 
 ** very delightful. O ! the thoufands that flock to the 
 
 *' preaching of Chrijr% Gofpcl." Letter DLVllI, 
 
 DLIX. 
 
 P. S). *' I mufl: tell you one thing more. There is a 
 *' ferry over to Plymovth. The ferrymen are now fo 
 ** much my friends, that they will take nothing of the 
 *' multitudes that come to hear me preach ; faying, 
 ' God forbid that we fliould fell the word of God.' 
 
 {e) His Letter to the Clergy of the Diocefs ol Litch- 
 field and Coventry^ is dated during this voyage.
 
 l^i Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 Tork in New England. Colonel Pepperell went 
 with fome friends in his own boat, to invite him 
 to his houfe. But he was not in a proper condi- 
 tion to accept the invitation, being fo ill of a ner- 
 vous cholic, that he was obliged, immediately 
 after his arrival, to go to bed. His friends were 
 very apprehenfive ; but he himfelf had much in- 
 ward peace. Great care was taken of him by a 
 phyfician who had been a notorious Deift, but 
 was awakened, the laft time he was in New Eng^ 
 land. For fome time he was, indeed, very weak : 
 *' Yet (he writes) (f) in three weeks, I was en- 
 abled to preach : but, imprudently going ovef 
 the ferry to Portfrnonth.^ I caught cold, imme- 
 diately relapfed, and was taken, as every one 
 thought, with death, in my dear friend Mn 
 Sherburneh houfe. What gave me moll con- 
 cern was, that notice had been given of my 
 being to preach. Whilft the Dodor was pre- 
 paring a medicine, feeling my pains abated, 1 
 on a fudden cried, ' Doftor, my pains are fuf- 
 
 • pended : by the help of God, I will go and 
 
 * preach, and then come home and die.' *' In my 
 *' own apprehenfion, and in all appearance to 
 " others, I was a dying man« 1 preached. The 
 " people heard me as fuch. The invifible reali" 
 *' ties of another v/orld lay open to my view. 
 ** Expecting to ftretch into eternity, and to be 
 " with my mailer before the morning, I fpoke 
 
 (f) M. S. and Letter DLXII, See Works, Vol. IV* 
 
 " with 
 
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 the Rev, Mr. George Whitefielci. 143 
 
 ** with peculiar energy. Such effecls followed the 
 *' word, 1 thought it was worth dying for a thou- 
 " fand times. Though wonderfully comforted 
 " within, at my return home, I thought I was 
 " dyinf'- indeed. I was laid on a bed upon the 
 *' crround, near the Ere, and I heard my friends 
 " Jky, ' He is gone.' But God was pleafed to 
 " order it otherwife. I gradually recovered j and. 
 *' foon after, a poor negro- woman would fee me. 
 *' She came, fat down upon the ground, and 
 " looked earneftly in my face, and then faid, in 
 "broken language; ' Mailer, you juft go to 
 ' Heaven's gate. But J^/ms Cbrijl faid, Get you 
 ' down, get you down, you mud not come here 
 ' yet ; but go firft, and call fome more poor ne~ 
 * orroes.' " I prayed to the Lord, that if 1 was 
 *' to live, this might be the event. 
 
 *' In about three weeks I was enabled, though 
 •' in great weaknefs, to reach Bcfton-, and everyday 
 *' was more and more confirmed, in what I had 
 *' heard about a glorious work, that had been 
 *' beo^un and carried on there, and in almoll all 
 
 parts of New England^ for two years together. 
 
 Before my lad embarkation from Georgia, Mr. ' 
 *' Colman^ and Mr. Cooper^ wrote me word, that 
 
 upon Mr. 'Tenant's going out as an itinerant, the 
 
 awakening greatly increafed in various places {g)^ 
 
 
 cc 
 
 (g) See Prince's Chriftian Hiftory, (or Hiftorical 
 Collediions, 5cc. Vol. II. page 304) where are attefta- 
 tions of above a hundred-and-twenty minilters to the 
 goQdnefs of she work* 
 
 « till
 
 t44 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 " liil, at length, the work fo advanced evtr^ 
 " where, that many thought the latter-day glory 
 " was indeed come, and that a nation was to be 
 *' born in a day. But, as the fame iun that en- 
 " lightens and warms the earth, gives vent to 
 " noxious infeds ; lb the fame work, that for a 
 *' while carried all before it, was fadly blemifhed 
 " through the fubtility of Satan (b)-^ and the 
 '' want of more experience -in minifters and 
 " people, who had never feen fuch a fcene be- 
 " fore. Oppofers, who waited for fuch an occa- 
 " fion, did all they could to aggravate every' 
 *' thino^. One rode feveral hundred miles, to 
 *' pick up all the accounts he could get of what 
 •' was wrongj in what he called only, * a reli- 
 * o-ious ftir.' " And God having been pleafed 
 " to lend me firft, all was laid upon me. Tefti- 
 " monies figned by various minifters came out 
 *''^ ao-ainft me (z), almoft every day. And the dif- 
 *'■ orders were alio at the higheft •, fo that for i 
 *' while, my (ituation was rendered uncomfort- 
 " ableC/^j. But amidft all this fmoke, a blefled 
 
 " fire 
 
 (b) Thus It was at the Reformatiorl in Germany. 
 
 (i) He wrote an Anfvvcr, to a Teftimony by Har- 
 vard CoWzgQ. See Works, Vol. IV. 
 
 (k) While fome publinied teftimonials againft Mr. 
 JVbitcfidd^ others publiflied tcftiiuonials in his favour: 
 :is Mr. Hobby, Mr. Loring ; Fifteen miniders convened 
 iit Towiton, March ^, 1745. And the following para:- 
 graph is in 'Princis Ghrifiian Hiitory, No. XCIV. 
 
 "■ Saturday, Nove?nber 24, 1744- Tlie Rev. Mr. IVhite- 
 ♦* Held was lb far revived, as lo be able to fet out from 
 
 «' Port/month
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 14-^ 
 
 *' fire broke out. The awakened fouls were as 
 *' eager as ever to hear the word (k). Having 
 
 '' heard 
 
 c 
 
 ii 
 
 ' Portfmouih to Bojlon^ whither he tame In a very feeble 
 ftate the ^'/tfWc;;' evening after : fmce which, he has 
 been able to preach in feveral of our largefl houfes of 
 public worihip, particularly the Rev. Dr. Colmant,^ 
 *' Dr. 5ewaWs^ iVlr. JVebFs, and Air. Gee\, to crowded 
 *' afl'emblies of people, and with great and growing ac- 
 **• ceptance. At Dr. Cotnans defire, and the confenc of 
 *' the church, on the Lord's-day after his arrival, he 
 '' adminiftered to them the Holy Communion. And laft 
 *' Lord's-day he preached^ for Mr. Cheever of Chclfcay 
 *' and adminiftered the Holy Supper there. The next 
 ^^ day preached for the Rev, Mr. Emerfon of Maiden, 
 *' Yefterday he fet out to preach at fome towns to the 
 ''' northward, propofes to return hither the next JVedncf- 
 " day evening, and after a few days, to comply with the 
 *' earneft invitations of feveral minifters, to go arid 
 *' preach to their congregations in the foutherh parts of 
 *' the province. He comes with the fame extraordi- 
 *' nary fpirit of meeknefs, fweetncfs, and univerfal be- 
 *' nevolence, as before. In oppofition to the fpirit of 
 '' feparation and bigotry, is ftill for holding communion 
 *' with all protcftant churches. In oppofition to enthu- 
 *' fiafm, he preaches a dofe adherence to the Scrip- 
 *' tures, the neceflity of trying all impreffions by them, 
 *' and of reje(5fing whatever is not agreeable to them, 
 '' as delufions. \xi oppofition to Antino-mianijm^ he 
 *' preaches up all kinds of relative and religious duties, 
 *' though to be performed in the ftrength of Chr'ijl : 
 ^'^ and in fliort, the doftrines of the Church oj Enz'„, 
 «' land^ and of the flrft fathers of this country. As' 
 *' before, he firft applies himfelf to the underflandings 
 ^^ of his hearers, and then to the aftedions. And the 
 ^^ more he preaches, tlie more he convinces people of 
 «^' their miltakes about him, and increafes their fatif- 
 «■' fadicn." 
 
 (k) " A man of good parts, ready wit, and lively 
 ^'^ imagination, who had made it his bufinefs, in order
 
 
 146 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 *' heard t!iat I had expounded early in Scoiland, 
 ■•' they begged I would do the fame in Bojton. I 
 " cctnplied, and opened a lefture at fix in the 
 " morning. I feldom preached to lefs than two 
 " thoufand. It was dehghtful to lee fb many of 
 " both lexes, neatly drefied, flocking to hear the 
 word, and returning home to family-prayer and 
 breakfafb, before the oppofers were out of their 
 beds. So that it was commonly faid, That 
 '• between early rifing, and tar-water, the phyfi- 
 " cians would have no bunnefs/* 
 
 It was now Spring 1745, and at that time the 
 firft expedition was fct on foot againft Cape Breton. 
 Colonel PeppercU^ who was then at B0JI077, and 
 conftantly attended Mr. JVhitefield^s ledlure, was 
 pleafed, the day before he accepted a commifTion, 
 to be General in that expedition, to afk Mr. 
 TVhitffield's, opinion of the matter. He told him, 
 with his ufual frank nefs, " That he did not, in- 
 " d^^d, think the fcheme propofed for taking 
 *■* Loiiifln'/rgb ^ very promifing: that the eyes of all 
 " would be upon him. If he did not fucceed, 
 *■' tiiC v.idows and orphans, of the flain foldiers. 
 
 4( 
 
 I'. 
 
 ro furnifb matter for preaching over a bottle, to come 
 r.iid hear, and then carry away fcraps of my fer- 
 *• moHi, ; liav'iim one night got fufficient matter to work 
 *' upon, as he tiiou<rht, attempted to go out; but being 
 pent in on every hde, he found his endeavours fruit- 
 lefs. Obliged thus to i^ay, and looking up to me, 
 v.^^lti^g for feme fr^i matter for ridicule, God w^as 
 pleisfed to pritk hiiai to the he;:iT. He came to Mr. 
 P. full of horror, confelTed his crimes, and longed 
 l; iift; my paidon." Leiler DLXVI. 
 
 (.< 
 
 <■' 1 
 
 " would
 
 
 
 ttoe kev. Mr. George WhIiefieJd. 147 
 
 ** would be like lions robbed of their whelps ; 
 but if it pleafed God to give him fuccefs, envy- 
 would endeavour to eclipfe his glory ; he had 
 " need, therefore, if he went, to go with a fmglc 
 *' eye ; and then, there was no doubt, but if 
 providence really called him, he would find his 
 ftrength proportioned to the day." About the 
 fame time, Mr. Sherburne^ another of Mr. White- 
 field's friends, being appointed one of the Com- 
 miflaries, told him, ' He muft favour the expedi- 
 
 * tion, otherwife the ferious people would be dif- 
 
 * couraged from enlifling ; not only fo, but in- 
 ' filled he (hould o-ive him a motto for his flao-^ 
 
 * for the encouragement of the foidiers.' This 
 he refufed to do, as it would be ading out of 
 chara(5ler. But Mr. Sherburne would take no de- 
 nial. He therefore, at laft, gave them one, Nil 
 defperandum Chrijto Duce. " If Chriji be Captain,. 
 *' no fear of a defeat." Upon which great num- 
 bers enlifted {I). And before their embarkation, 
 the officers defired him to give them a fermon. 
 This he readily complied with, and preached from 
 thefe words : " As many as were diftrefied, as 
 ** many as were difcontented, as many as were in 
 ** debt, came to David, and he became a Cap- 
 *' tain over them." He fpirttualized the fubjeft, 
 and told them. How diftrefied finners came ta 
 Jefus Chriji, the fon of David ; and in his appli- 
 cation, exhorted the foldiers to behave like the 
 Ibldiers of David, and the officers to a6l like 
 
 (I) Letter DLXXM. 
 
 I> ^ David's
 
 cc 
 
 148 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 David*s worthies •, then he made no manner of 
 doubt, there would be good news from Cape Bre- 
 ton, After this, he preached to the General him- 
 felf i who afked him. If he would not be one of 
 his chaplains ? But he excufed himfclf, and faid, 
 " He fhould think it an honour, but believed, 
 as he generally preached three times a day, in 
 various places, to large congregations, he could 
 do more fervice by flirring up the people to 
 pray, and thereby ftrengthening his, and his 
 foldiers hands." And in this praflice he per- 
 fifted during the ^K^zoi Louifburgh. " I believe, 
 adds he (w), " if ever people went with a difm- 
 " terefted view, the Ne"^ Engianders did then. 
 Though many of them were raw and undifci- 
 plined, yet numbers were fubftantial perfons 
 " who left their farms, and willingly ventured all 
 " for their country's good. An amazing fcene of * 
 *' providences appeared (n)^ and though lomedif-"^ 
 " couraging accounts were fent during the latter 
 " end of the fiege •, yet in about fix weeks, news 
 '* was brought of the fur render of hou'ijhurgh, 
 " Numbers flocked from all quarters, to hear a 
 *■' thankfgiving fermon upon the occafion. And 
 " I truft the blefling bellowed on the country, 
 *' through the thankfgivings of many, redound-; 
 " ed to the glory of God." 
 
 (tn) M. S. and Letter DLXXII. 
 
 {n) Sec Mr. Princes Sermon on that occafion. 
 
 Ths 
 
 cc
 
 the Rev. Mr, George Whitefield. 149 
 
 The New England people had, fome time ago, 
 offered to build him a large houfe to preach in •, 
 but as this fcheme might have abridged his liber- 
 ty of itinerating, he thanked them for their kind 
 offer, and at the fame time begged leave to re- 
 fufe the accepting of it (o). As his bodily ftrcngth 
 'increafed, and his health grew better, he began to 
 move farther fouthward ; and, after preaching 
 eaftward, as far as Cafcobay and North T'armcutb^ 
 Jie went through Conne5iicutt, Plymcuth^ Rhode- 
 Ifland^ preaching to thoufands, generally twice a 
 day. " And though," fays he (p)^ " there was 
 much fmoke, yet every day I had more and 
 more convincing proof, that a bicffed Gofpel- 
 
 " fire had been kindled in the hearts both of 
 minifters and people. At New T'ork^ where I 
 preached as ufual, I found that the feed fown, 
 had fprung up abundantly : and at the eail- 
 end of Lcng IJland faw many inftances. In my 
 way to Philadelphia^ I had the pleafure of 
 preaching, by an interpreter, to fome convert- 
 ed Indians^ and of feeing near fifty young ones 
 in one fchool, near Free-hold^ learning the Af' 
 fembly's Catechifm. A bleffed awakening had 
 
 " been begun, and carried on among the Dela- 
 
 " ware Indians^ by the inftrumentaliry of Mr. 
 
 " David Brainard (q), fuch a one as hath not 
 
 (0) Letter DLXVII. 
 
 (p) M. S. - ~ 
 
 (q) See his Life and Journals. 
 
 L 3 *' been 
 
 ii 
 
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 (C 
 
 <(■ 
 a,
 
 i^Q Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 " been heard of fince the awakening in Nev) 
 ^' E;:gland by the venerable Mr. Elliot, who ufed 
 " to be ftiied the Apoftle of the Indians ; his 
 " brother followed him. Mr. William Teyinent^ 
 *' whole party I found much upon the advance, 
 *' feemed to encourage their endeavours with all 
 " his heart. 
 
 " His brother, Mr. Gilbert Tennent, being 
 " earneftly follicited thereto, I found fettled in 
 " the place formerly ere6led at the beginning of 
 " the awakening. The gentlemen offered me 
 *' eight hundred pounds a year, only to preach 
 " among them fix months, and to travel the 
 '' other fix months v/here I would. Nothing re^ 
 *' markable happened, during my way fouthr 
 ward. But when I came to Virginia, 1 found 
 that the word of the Lord had run and was 
 *' glorified. During my preaching at Glafgozv^ 
 fome perfons wrote fome of my extempore fer- 
 mons, and prin-ed them almoft as fall as I 
 preached them. Some of thefe were carried to 
 " Virginia, and one of them fell into the hands 
 " of Samuel Morris. He read and found bene- 
 fit (r). He then read them to others ; they 
 were awakened and convinced. A fire was 
 kindled ; oppofition was made -, other labourers 
 " were fent for :, and many, both white people 
 " and negroes, were converted to the Lord. 
 
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 fpha|). V. Sect. 22, 
 
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 " In North Carclina^ wliere I flayed too fhort a 
 *' time, litde was done. At Georgia, through 
 the badncf^ of the infhitution, and the Truftees 
 ' obftinacy in not ahering it, my load of debt 
 *' and care was greatly increafcd, and at tiines 
 " almofb overwhelmed me. But I had the plea- 
 " fure of feeing one, who came as a player from 
 *' New Tcrk, now converted unto God, and a 
 preacher of Jefus Cbrifi. One Mr. Ratteray 
 brought me ten pounds : and at my return 
 northward, freOi fupplies were raifed up. The 
 generous Charles-town people raifed a fubfcrip- 
 tion of three hundred pounds, with which I 
 bought land, being cheap, during the warj 
 and a plantation, and a few negroes were pur- 
 ** chafed at Indian- land. Thus, for a while, the 
 gap was (topped. I preached a fermon upon 
 *' the Rebellion. Was very fick at Philadel- 
 ** phia ; kindly received ar Bohemia^ and at New- 
 « Tork. 
 
 *' As idnerating was my delight, and Amc- 
 *' rica, as being a new world, particularly plea- 
 " fing, I now began to think of returning no 
 " more to my native country. But travelling, 
 ** care, and a load of debt, contradcd not for 
 " myfelf, but the Orphan-houfe, weighed me 
 " down. And being much troubled with ftitche's 
 *' in my fide, I was advifed to go to BcnnndaSy 
 " for the recovery of my health (s)." He ac- 
 cord in g-lv 
 ^ •' 
 
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 cordingly embarked, and lajuied there the 15th 
 of March, 1748- 
 
 *•= Augujl 26, 1746. The door, for my ufefulnefs, 
 opeps wider and wider. I love to range in the Ame- 
 rican woods, and fometimes think I fhall never re- 
 turn X.Q England any more. 
 
 *' OSiober 8. I have had fome fweet times with feve- 
 ral of the Lutheran minifters at Philadelphia. 
 *' Novemher 8. I have lately been in feven counties 
 in Maryland, arjd preached to great congregations. 
 May 21, 1747. I have now been upon the ftretch, 
 preaching conftantly for almoft three weeks. My 
 body is often extremely weak, but the joy of the 
 Lord is my ftrength j and by the help of God, I 
 intend going on till I drop, or this poor carcafe can 
 hold out no more. Thefe fouthern colonies lie in 
 darknefs, and yet, as far as I find, are as willing to 
 receive the Gofpel, as others. If fome good books 
 could be purchafed, to difpofe among poor people, 
 much good might be done. 
 
 " "June 1. The congregations yefterday were exceed- 
 ing large. I am fick and v/ell, as I ufed to be in 
 England \ but the Redeemer fills me with comfort. 
 I am determ.ined, in his ftrength, to die fighting. 
 *' ^um 4. I have omitted preaching one night tq 
 oblige' my friends, that they may not chafge me v/ith 
 murdering myfclf ; but I hope yet to die in the pul- 
 pit, or foon after I come out of it. 
 *' "june 23. Since my laft, I have been feveral times 
 on the verge of eternity. At prefent, J ami fo weak 
 that I cannot preach. It is hard work to be filent, 
 but I muft be tried every way. 
 
 " "June 29. God has been pleafed to bring my body 
 to the very brink of the grave, by convulfions, gra- 
 vel, a nervous cholic, and a violent fever. For this 
 week paft, I have not preached ; but fince my 
 leaving Philadelphia, about three days ago, I feem- 
 ed to have gathered ftrength, and hope once more, 
 to-morrow, to proclaim amongft poor finners, the 
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 ** to Bojion^ and return by land, fo as to reach Charles^ 
 
 town by Nove7nher. 
 
 July 4. At prefent, I am very weakly, and fcarce 
 ** able to preach above once or twice a week. 
 
 '' September ii. We faw great things in New Eng- 
 " land. The flocking and power that attended the word, 
 *' was like unto that feven years ago. Weak as I was, 
 " and have been, I was enabled to travel eleven hun- 
 *' dred miles, and preach daily, I am now going (q 
 *^ Georgia to winter." 
 
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 CHAP. XIII. 
 
 Trom his Arrival at the Bermudas, to his Return to 
 London /'» July 1748. 
 
 MR. IVhiteJield met with the kindefl recepticin 
 at Bermudas^ and for above a month, he 
 preached generally twice a day, traverfing the 
 ifland from one end to the other : but his adlivity, 
 ufefulnefs, and treatment, will beft appear by an 
 extract from his manufcript journal of that pe- 
 riod. 
 
 The fimplicity and plainnefs of the people, 
 together with the pleafant fituation of the 
 
 " ifland, much delighted me. The Rev. Mr. 
 
 *' Holiday^ minifter of Spanijli-Point^ received me 
 *' in a m.ofl; afFedlionate chriftian manner, and 
 *"^ begged I would make his houfc my home. — 
 In the evening, I expounded at the houfe of 
 Mr. Savage of Port-Royal, which was very 
 '-'" commodious, and which alfo he would have 
 
 •' me make my home. 1 went with Mr. Sa- 
 
 " vage^ in a boat lent us by Captain , 
 
 " to the town of St. George, in order to pay our 
 refpedls to the Governor. All along we had a 
 molt pleafant profpedl of the other part of the 
 ifland ; but a more pleafant one I never faw. 
 '■' One Mrs. Smith, of St. George's, for whom I had 
 '^ ?i letter of recommendation from my dear old 
 
 " friend 
 
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 *' friend Mr. Smith of Cbarks-7'owfj, received mc 
 *' into into her houfe. About noon, with one of 
 ** the council and Mr. Savage, I waited upon the 
 *' Governor. He received us courteouQy, and 
 *' invited us to dine with him and the council at a 
 *^ tavern. We accepted the invitation, and all 
 *' behaved with great civility and refpeft. After 
 ^ the Governor rofe from table, he defired, if I 
 *' flayed in town on the Sunday^ that 1 would dine 
 '* with him at his own houfe. 
 
 " Sunday^ March 20, read prayers, and preached 
 ** twice this day, to what were efteemed here large 
 *' auditories, in the morning at Spa7iiJ]i-Pcint church, 
 " and in the evening at Bracki/Ji-fcnd church, about 
 " two miles diftant from each other. In the af- 
 " ternoon I fpoke with greater freedom than in 
 " the morning, and I trull: not altogether in vain. 
 All were attentive — fome wept. I dined with 
 Colonel Butterfield, one of the council, and re- 
 " ceived feveral invitations to other «jentlemen*s 
 *' houfes. May God blefs and reward them, and 
 *' incline them to open their heart to receive the 
 ^* Lord Jefus ! Amen and Jmen ! 
 
 " PFednefday^ March 23, dined with Capt. Ci^^j, 
 and went from thence and expounded at the 
 
 houfe of Capt. F /^, at Httnbay, about two 
 
 " miles diftant. The company was liere alfo large, 
 ^^ attentive, and affefted. Our Lord gave me 
 " utterance : I expounded on the firfl part of the 
 viiith chapter of Jeremiah. After lecture, Mr, 
 Riddle, a counfellor, invited me to his houfe, 
 f a? did Mr. Pauh an 9ged prefbyteri^n minifter. 
 
 

 
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 to his pulpit; which I complied with upon con-» 
 dition the report was true, that the Governor 
 had ferved the minifters with an injundlion that 
 '* i ihould not preach in the churches. 
 
 Friday^ March 25, Was prevented preaching 
 yefterday by the rain, which continued from 
 morning till night ; but this afternoon God gave 
 me another opportunity of declaring his eternal 
 truths to a large company at the houfe of one 
 
 *- Mr. B J, who laft night fent me a letter of 
 
 *' invitation. 
 
 " Sunday, March 27. Glory be to God ! I hope 
 this has been a profitable fabbath to many fouls: 
 It has been a pleafant one to mine. Both morn- 
 ing and afternoon I preached to a large auditory^ 
 for Bermudas^ in Mr. Paulas meeting-houfe, 
 which I l\ippofe contains above four hundred. 
 '* Abundance of negroes, and many others, were 
 *' in the veflry, porch, and about the houfe, 
 " The word feemed to be clothed with a convinc- 
 ing power, and to make its way into the hearts 
 of the hearers. Between fermons, I was enter- 
 tained very civilly in a neighbouring houfe: 
 Judge Bafcom and three more of the council 
 " came thither ; each gave me an invitation to 
 " his houfe. — O how does the Lord make way 
 " for a poor ftranger in a flrange land ! — After 
 *' the fecond fermon, I dined with Mr. Paul, and 
 *' in the evening expounded to a very large com- 
 ^' pany at Counfellor Riddle's. — My body was 
 " fomevvhat weak, but the Lord carried me 
 through, and caufed me to go to reft rejoicing. 
 
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 *' May I thus go to my grave, when my ceafelels 
 " uninterrupted reft fhall begin ! 
 
 " Monday^ March 28. Dined this day at Mrs.' 
 «' D — ^— /'s, mother-in-law to my dear friend the 
 " Rev. Mr. Smilb -, and afterwards preached to 
 " more than a large houfe full of people, on 
 " MatL IK. 12. Towards the conclufion of the 
 fermonj the hearers began to be more afFeded 
 than I have yet feen them. Surely the I,ord 
 Jefus will give me fome feals in this ifland I 
 Grant this, O Redeemer, for thy infinite mercy's 
 « fake ! 
 
 " Thurfday, March 31. Dined on Tuefday at 
 Colonel Ccrhufiers j and on JVednefday^ at Colonel 
 Gilberfs^ both of the council, and found, by 
 " what I could hear, that fome good had been 
 *' done, and many prejudices removed. Who 
 *' fhall hinder, if God will work ? Went to an 
 idand this afternoon, called Irela7jd^ upon which 
 live a few families, and to my furprizc, found a 
 great many gentlemen and other people, with 
 my friend Mr. Holyday^ who came from different 
 quarters to hear me. — Before I began preach- 
 *' ing, I went round to fee a moft remarkable 
 " cave, which very much difplayed the exquifite 
 " workmanfhip of Him, who in his ftrength fet- 
 teth faft the mountains, and is girded about 
 with power. Whilft I was in the cave, quite 
 unexpedledly I turned and faw CounftUor Rid" 
 " dky who with his fon came to hear me, and 
 " whilft we were in the boat told me,, that he had 
 
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 •* been with the Governor, who declared he Iia<l 
 " no perlbnal prejudice againll me, and wondered 
 *' I did not come to town and preach there, for it 
 *' was the defire of the people i and that any houfe 
 *' in the town, the court- lioufe not excepted, fhould 
 be at my fervice. Thanks be to God for fo 
 much favour ! — If his caufe requires it, I fliall 
 have more. — He knows my heart: I value the 
 " favour of man no farther than as it makes room, 
 for the gofpel, and gives me a larger fcope to 
 promote the glory of God. There being no 
 " ca[)acious houfe upon the ifland, I preached for 
 *' the firft time here in the open air. All heard 
 *' very attentive, and it was very pleafant after 
 " fermon to fee fo many boats full of people re- 
 " turning from the worfhip of God. I talked fe- 
 " rioufly to fome in our own "boat, and began to 
 *' fmg a pfalm, in which they readily joined. 
 
 *' Sunday, April 3. Preached twice this day at 
 " Mr. Paul\ meeting' houfe, as on the laft fabbath, 
 " but with greater freedom and power, efpecially 
 " in the morning, and I think to as great, if not 
 " greater auditories. Dined with Colonel //— tv, 
 " another of the council ; vifued a fick woman, 
 *' where many came to hear, and expounded afier- 
 *' wards to a great company at Capt. John Dorrel*Sy 
 
 " Mrs. D /'s fen, v;ho wiih his wife courte- 
 
 " oufly entertained me, and defired me to make 
 *^ his houfe my home. — So true is that promife of 
 *' our Lord's, * That whofocver leaves father or 
 " fnother, houfcs or lands, Iball have in this life 
 
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 *' a hundred-fold with perfeciuion, and in the 
 " world to come life everlafting.* Lard, I have 
 *' experienced the one •, in thy good time grant 
 *' that I may experience the other alfo ! 
 
 *' JVednefday, April 6. Preached yefterday at 
 *' the houfc of Mr. Anthony Stnith, of Baylis Bay^ 
 *' with a conliderable degree of warmth, and rode 
 afterwards to St. George's, the only town on the 
 ifland. The gentlemen of the town had fent 
 me an invitation by Judge Bafcomey and he with 
 feveral others cam.e to vifit me at my lodgings. 
 
 " and informed me, that the Governor defired to 
 
 if, 
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 fee me. — About ten I waited upon his Excel- 
 lency, who received me with great civility, and 
 " told me he had no obje<5lion againft my perfon 
 or my principles, having never yet heard me, 
 and he knew nothing in refpe(5t to my condudt 
 in moral life, that might prejudice him againft 
 me ; but his inftru(5tions were, to let none preach 
 " in the ifland, unlefs he had a written licence to 
 " preach fomewhere in America or the IVejl- Indies: 
 " at the fame time he acknowledged it was but a 
 *' matter of mere form. I informed his Excel- 
 lency, that I had been regularly inducted to the 
 parifii of Savannah \ that I w.-'s ordained priell 
 by letters dimiflbry from my i^ord oi Londcn^ 
 and under no church cenfure from his Lordlhlp ; 
 and would always read the church prayers, if 
 the clergy would give me the ufe of their 
 '* churches. I added farther, that a minifter's 
 " pulpit was looked upon as his freehold, and that 
 
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 I knew one clergyman who had denied his own' 
 Diocefan the ufe of his pulpic. But I told his 
 Excellency, I was fatisfied with the liberty he 
 allowed me, and would not ad contrary to his 
 injunction. 1 then begged leave to be difmifled, 
 becaufe I was to preach at eleven o'clock. His 
 Excellency faid he intended to do himfelf the 
 pleafui-e to hear me. At eleven the church- bell 
 rung, the church-bible, prayer-book, and cu- 
 " lliion were fent to the town-houfe. — The Go- 
 " vernor, feveral of the council, the minifter of 
 " the parifh, and affembly-men, with a great 
 " number of the town's-people, aflembled in great 
 " order. I was very fick, through a cold I catched 
 " laft night -, but 1 read the church prayers, (the 
 *' firft lelTon was the xvth of the firft book of Sa- 
 " muel) and preached on thofe words, " Righte- 
 " teoufnefs exalteth a nation." Biding weak and 
 " faint, and having much of the head-ach, I did 
 " not do that juftice to my fubjed, as I Ibmetimes 
 " am enabled to do •, but the Lord fo helped me,' 
 " that, as I found afterwards, the Governor and 
 *' the other gentlemen exprelTed their approbation,' 
 *' and acknowledged they did not expe<5l to be fo 
 *' well entertained. — Not unto me, O Lord, not 
 " unto me, but unto thy free grace be all the 
 " glory ! 
 
 ." After fermon. Dr. F hs, and Mr. P /,■ 
 
 *' the colleftor, came to me, and defired me to 
 
 " favour them and the gentlemen of the town 
 
 " With my company to dine with them. I accepted 
 
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 *' the invitation. — The Governor and the Prefident 
 " and Judge Bnfccme were there. All wondered 
 *' at my fpeaking fo freely and fluently without 
 " notes. The Governor afked me whether I ufed 
 •' minutes. —I anfwered, No. He faid it was a 
 great gift. At table his Excellency introduced 
 fomething of religion, by afking me the mean- 
 *' ins of the word Hades. Several other things 
 " were ftarted about free-will, Adani's fall, pre- 
 deftination, &c. to all which God enabled me to 
 anfwer fo pertinently, and taught me to mix the 
 " utile and duke fo to;^ether, that all at table 
 *' feemed highly pleafed, lliook me by the handj 
 and invited me to their refpedlive houfes. The 
 Governor, in particular, afl-ied me to dine with 
 
 " him on the morrow, and Dr. F h^ one of 
 
 ** his particular intimates, invited me to drink tea 
 " in the afternoon. I thanked all, returned pro- 
 " per refpefts, and went to my lodgings with 
 " fome degree of thankfulnefs for the alTiftance 
 " vouchfafcd me, and abafed before God at the 
 " confideration of my unfpeakable unworthinefs. 
 " In the afternoon, about five o'clock, I ex- 
 pounded the parable of the prodigal fon to 
 many people at a private houfe, and in the 
 evening had liberty to fpeak freely and clofely 
 to thofe that fupped with me. O that this may 
 be the beginning of good gofpel times to the in- 
 habitants of this town ! Lord, teach me to deal 
 prudently with them, and caufe them to melt 
 under thy word ! 
 
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 " Friday^ April 8. Preached ycfterday with 
 •* great clearnefs and freedom, to about fourfcorc 
 ** people at a houfe on Davids ifland, over 
 " againft St. George's town •, went and lay at Mr. 
 " Holidafs^ who came in a boat to fetch me ; and 
 " this day I heard him preach and read prayers, 
 *' after which I took the facrament from him. 
 " Honeft man, he would have had me adminifter 
 " and officiate ; but I chofe not to do it, left I 
 ** fhould bring him into trouble after my depar* 
 " ture. However, in the afternoon I preached at 
 one Mr. Tod^s^ in the fame parifli, to a very 
 large company indeed. The "Lord was with me. 
 My heart was warm, and what went from the 
 heart, I truft went to the heart, for many were 
 affedled. O that they may be converted alfo ! 
 Then will it be a gcod Friday indeed to their 
 " fouls. 
 
 *' Sunday, April lo. Dined and converfed yel- 
 " terday very agreeably with Judge Brifcoms -^ who 
 '• fcems to have the greateft in fight into the dif- 
 " ferenee between the Arnmta)! and Cahimjlical 
 *' fcheme of any one 1 have yet met with upon the 
 *' ifland. — In the afternoon, I vifited a fick para- 
 " lytic, and this day I preached twice again at 
 '' Mr. PaiWs meeting-houfe. The congregations 
 *• were rather larger than ever, and the power 
 *' of God fcemed to be more amongft them. I 
 " think 1 fee a vifible alteration for the better 
 " every Lord's -day. Blefled be God ! In the 
 ** evening I expounded at Mr. Jofeph Dorreli'sy 
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 *^ (where I dined) to a very large company •, then 
 went to his kinfman*s, my iifual lodging on Sa- 
 turday and Sunday evenings, who with his wife 
 and other friends, feemed kinder and kinder 
 daily. — Good meafure prefied down and running 
 over, may the Lord, both as to fpirituals and 
 temporals, return into all their bofoms ! 
 " Saturday, Jpril 16. Preached fince Lord's- 
 day at five different houfes, to concerned and 
 afFeded congregations, at different parts of the 
 ifland, but was more indifpofed one night after 
 going to bed, than I had been for fome time. 
 On two of the days of this week, I dined with 
 *' the Prcfident and Captain Spafford, one of the 
 " council, both which entertained m.e with the 
 utmoft civility. 
 
 Sunday 17. Still God magnifies his power 
 ** and goodnefs more and more. This morning 
 *' we had a pleafing fight at Mr. Paulas meeting- 
 *' houfe. I began to preach, and the people to 
 hear and be affedled as in days of old at home. 
 Indeed the profped is encouraging. Praife the 
 Lord, O my foul ! After preaching twice to 
 large congregations in the meeting-houfe, I at 
 the defire of the parents, preached in the even- 
 ing a fcrmon at the funeral of a little boy about 
 " five years of age. A great number of people 
 *' attended, and the Lord enabled me fo to fpeak 
 '' as to afied many of the hearers. Blefied be 
 '* the Lord for this day*s work ! Not unto me, 
 
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 " O Lord, not unto me, but unto thy fir^ gracs 
 " be all the glory ! 
 
 *' Sunday, Jpril 24.. The laft week bt /y, 
 
 I preached only five times in private ["■^-fes, 
 and tliis day but once in the meeting-houje ; 
 but I hope neither time without effed. This 
 evening expounded at Counfellor Riddle's, who 
 " with the other gentlemen, treats me with greater 
 " refpect every day. Colonel Gilbert, one of the 
 *' council, has lent me his horfe during my flay, 
 
 " and Mr. D // this morning informed me of 
 
 *' a defign the o-cntlemen had, to raife a contribu- 
 tion to help me to difcharge my arrears, and fup- 
 port my orphan family. Thanks be given to thy 
 " name, O God! Thou knoweft all things-, thou 
 " knoweft that I want to owe no man any thing, 
 " but love and provide for Bethefda after my de- 
 " ceafe. Thou haft promifed thou wilt fulfil the 
 defires of them that fear thee. I believe. Lord, 
 help my unbelief, that thou wilt fulfil this defire 
 of my foul. Even fo. Amen ! 
 " Saturday, April 30. Preached fince Lord's- 
 " day, two funeral fermons, and at five different 
 " houfes in difi'erent parts of the ifland to ftill 
 larger and larger auditories, and perceived the 
 people to be aff'e6led more and more. Twice 
 *' or thrice I preached without doors. Riding in 
 *' the fun, and preaching very earneftly, a little 
 '' fatigued me-, fo that this evening I was obliged 
 " to lie down for fome time. Faint^ yet ptirfuing; 
 
 *' muft be my motto ftill. ' 
 
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 " Sunday, May, i. This morning was a little 
 ^' fick j but I truft God gave us a happy begin- 
 " ning of the new month. I preached twice with 
 *' power, efpecially in the morning, to a very great 
 " congregation in the meeting-houfe ; and in the 
 *' evening, having given previous notice, I preached 
 " about four miles diPcanr, in the fields, to a larcre 
 *' company of negroes, and a number of white 
 " people who came to hear what I had to fay to 
 " them. I believe, in all, there were near fifteen 
 " hundred people. As the fermon was intended 
 *' for the negroes, I gave the auditory warning, 
 " that my difcourfe would be chiefly direded to 
 " them, and that I fhould endeavour to imitate 
 *' the example of Elijah, who when he was about 
 " to raife the child, contra6led himfelf to its 
 *' length. The negroes feemed very fenfible and 
 *' attentive. When I afl<:ed them, whether all of 
 *' them did not defire to go to heaven, one of 
 *' them with a very audible voice faid, ' Yes, Sir.* 
 *' This cauied a little fmiling -, but in general, 
 *' every thing was carried on with great decency ; 
 '* and I believe the Lord enabled me fo to dif- 
 *' courfe, as to touch the negroes, and yet not to 
 " give them the leafl umbrage to flight or behave 
 " imperioufly to their mafters. If ever a minifler 
 *' in preaching, need the wifdom of the ferpent to 
 " be joined with the harmleflnefs of the dove, it 
 *' mufl be when difcourfing to negroes. Vouch- 
 '' fafe me this favour, O God, for thy dear Son's 
 *' fake! 
 
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 " Msndciyy May 2. Upon enquiry, I found 
 " that fome of the negroes did not like my 
 preaching, becaufe I told them of their curfe- 
 ing, [wearing, thieving, and lying. One or 
 two of the worfl of them, as I was in- 
 formed, v;ent away. Some faid, they would 
 
 not go any more : They liked Mr. M r 
 
 better, for he never told them of thefe 
 things •, and I faid, their hearts were as black as 
 their faces. They expecfled, they faid, to hear 
 *' me focak ao-ainft their mafters. Blefled be 
 *' God, that I was diredled not to fay any thing, 
 ^' this firll time, to the mafters at all, though 
 *' my text led me to it. It might have been of 
 ^^ bid confequence, to tell them their duty, or 
 *' charge them too roundly with the negleft of 
 ir, before their flaves. They would mind all I 
 faid to their mafters, and, perhaps, nothing 
 "• that I laid to them. Every thing is beautiful 
 *' in its feafon. Lord, teach me always that due 
 " feafon, wherever I am called, to give either 
 black or white, a portion of thy word ! How- 
 ever, others of the poor creatures, I hear, were 
 very thankful, and came home to their maftcr*s 
 houfes, laying, that they would ftrive to fin 
 *' no m.ore. Poor hearts ! Thefe different ac- 
 *' counts affe6led me; and upon the whole, \ 
 *' could not help rejoicing, to find that their eoa- 
 *' fcitnces were fo far awake. 
 
 *^ Saturday, May y. In my converfation thefe 
 ^* two days, with fome of my friends, I was di- 
 
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 ** verted much, in hearing fcveral things that 
 ** pafled among the poor negroes, fince my preach- 
 " ing to them lad Sunday. One of the women, 
 ** it Teems, laid, * That if the book I preached 
 
 * out of was the beft book that was ever bouo-ht 
 
 * at, and come out of London, fhe was furc it 
 
 * had never all that in it, which I fpoke to the 
 
 * negroes.' *' The old man, who fpoke out loud 
 laft Sunday y and faid, ' Yes,' when I afked 
 them, Whether all the negroes would not go 
 to heaven ? Being queftioned by fomebody, 
 
 ** Why he fpoke out fo ? Anfwercd, ' That the 
 
 * gentleman put the queftion once or twice to 
 
 * them, and the other fools had not the manners 
 ' to make me any anfwer, till, at laft, I feemed 
 
 * to point at him, and he was afliamed that no 
 
 * body fliould anfwer me, and therefore he did.* 
 " Another, wondering why I faid, ' Negroes Iiad 
 
 * black hearts ;' was anfwered by his black bro- 
 *' ther thus : * Ah, thou fool, doft thou not un- 
 ' derftand it ? He means black with fin.' Two 
 
 more girls were overheard by their miftrer?, 
 talking about religion, and they faid, ' They 
 
 * knew, if they did not repent, they muft be 
 damned.' From all which I infer, that thefc 
 
 Bermudas negroes are more knowing tlian I fup- 
 pofed; that their confciences are awake, and 
 •' confequently prepared, in a good meafure, for 
 " hearing the Gofpel preached unto them. 
 
 " Sunday^ May S. This alfo, 1 truft, has been 
 *' a good fcbbath. In the morning I was helped 
 
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 to preach poweriully to a melting, and rather a- 
 " larger congregation than ever, in Mr. Paulh 
 '^ Meeting-houfe; and in the evening, to almoft 
 " as large a congregation of black and white as 
 " laft Sunday^ in the fields, near my hearty friend 
 ^' Mr. Ho'jdciy's houfe. To ke fo many black 
 " faces was affeding. They heard very atten- 
 tively, and fome of then: now began to Vi^eep. 
 May God grant them a godly forrow, that 
 *' worketh repentance not to be repented of ! 
 " Friday, May 13. This afternoon preached 
 over the corpfe of Mr. Paul's elded fon, about 
 twenty-four years of age ; and by all I could 
 *'• hear and judge of by converfing with him, he 
 ^' did,, indeed, die in the Lord. I vifited him 
 *' twice laft Lord's-day, and was quite fatisfied 
 *' with what he faid, though he had not much 
 ^' of the fenfible prefenceof God. I find he was a 
 *' preacher upon his death-bed. For he exhorts 
 " ed all his companions to love Ckrijl in fincerity, 
 *' and blefied his brother and fifler, and, I think, 
 '* his father and mother juft before his departure. 
 " A great many people attended the funeral. I 
 " preached on Z.;^^^ vii. 13. 'And when the 
   Lord faw her, he had compa/Tion on her, and 
 ^ faid unto her, weep not.' " Many were affected 
 ^' in the application of m.y difcourfe, and, I 
 ^' truft, fome will be induced, by this young man's 
 ^' good example, to remember their Redeemer in 
 ?' the days of their youth. Grant it, O Lord, 
 {? for thy dear Son's fake ! 
 
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 Sunday, May 15. Praife the Lord, O my 
 ** foul, and all that is within thee praife hia holy 
 *' name ! This morning I preached my farewel 
 " Sermon at Mr. PaiiVs Meeting-houfe, it was 
 *' quite full, and, as the Prefident faid, above a 
 *' hundred and fifty whites, befides blacks, were 
 *' round the houfc. Attention fat on every face ; 
 *' and when I came to take my leave, oh, what 
 a fweet unafFe6ted weeping was there to be 
 feen every where. I believe there were few 
 dry eyes. The negroes likewife without doors, 
 I heard wept plentifully. My own heart was 
 affeded, and though I have parted from friends 
 fo often, yet 1 find every frefli parting almoft 
 unman's me, and very much afiefts my heart. 
 Surely, a great work is begun in fome fouls 
 " at Bermudas. Carry it on, O Lord, and if it 
 '' be tliy will fend me to this dear people again^ 
 *' Even fo. Lord Jefus. Amen ! 
 
 After fermon, I dined with three of the 
 Council, and other Gentlemen and Ladies, at 
 Captain Bafccmes -, and from thence we went 
 
 ** to a funeral, at which Mr, M r preached ; 
 
 and after that I expounded on our Lord's 
 Transfiguration, at the houfe of one Mrs. 
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 and attended the Icflure, as did .the three 
 CounfeHors, with whom I converfed very free- 
 ly. May God reward them, and all the dear 
 people of the iiland, for thofe many and great 
 favours they have conferred on me, who am 
 ** the chief of finners, and lefs than the leaft of 
 " all faints ! 
 
 " Sunday^ May 22. Ble/Ted be God! the little 
 " leaven thrown into the three meafures of meal 
 begins to ferment, and work almoft every day, 
 for the week paft. 1 have converfed with fouls 
 •* loaded with a fenfe of their fins, and, as far 
 " as 1 can judge, really pricked to the heart. 
 *' I preached only three times, but to almofl three 
 " times larger auditories than ufual. Indeed the 
 fields are white, ready unto harvefl, God has 
 been pleafcd to blcfs private vifits. Go where 
 ** I will, upon the lead notice, houfes are crowded, 
 and the poor fouls that follow arefoon drenched 
 in tears. This day 1 took, as it were, another 
 " farewel. As the fliip did not fail, I preached 
 *' at Somerfet in the morning, to a large congre- 
 gation in the fields, and expounded in the 
 evening to as large one at Mr. Harvey*s houfe, 
 round which ftood many hundreds of people. 
 But in the morning and evening how did the 
 poor fouls weep. The Lord feemed to be with 
 me in a peculiar manner, and though I was 
 ready to die with heat and {training, yet I 
 ♦* was enabled to fpeak louder, and with greater 
 ** power, I think, than I have been before, 
 
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 Gifts and grace, efpecially in the evening, 
 were both in exercifc. After the fervice, when 
 ** I lay down on the bed to reft, many came 
 weeping bitterly around me, and took their 
 laft farewel. 1 hough my body was very weak, 
 " yet my foul was full of comfort. It magnified 
 the Lord, and my fpirit rejoiced in God my 
 Saviour. Abundance of prayers and blefTmgs 
 were put up for my fafe paflage to England, 
 and fpeedy return to Bermudas again. May 
 '* they enter into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth ! 
 For, God willing, I intend vifitin^ thefe dear 
 people once more. In the mean while, with 
 all humility and thankfulnefs of heart will I 
 here, O Lord, fet up my Ehenezer. For 
 hitherto furely thou haft helped me ! I cannot 
 help thinkiog that I was led to this Ifland 
 by a peculiar providence. My dear friend, 
 ** Mr. Smith of CharleS'tcwn, has been made 
 *' efpecially inftru mental thereto. Thanks be to 
 " the Lord for fending me hither. I have been 
 " received in a manner I dared not expeft, and 
 •' have met with little, very little oppofition in- 
 ♦* deed. The inhabitants feem to be plain and 
 open hearted. They have alfo been open 
 handed. For they have loaded me with pro- 
 *' vifions for my fea-ftore ; and in the feveral 
 parilhes, by a private voluntary contribution, 
 have raifcd me upwards of a hundred pounds 
 ♦' Jlerling. This will pay a little of Bethefdd^s, 
 ** 49bt} ^nd enable me to make fuch a remit- 
 
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 *' tance to my dear yoke-fellow, as may keep 
 '* her from being embarraffed, or too much bc-» 
 " holden in my abfence. Blefled be God, for 
 *' bringing me out of my embarraiTments by de- 
 " grees ! May the Lord reward all my bene- 
 •* fadors a thoufand fold ! I hear that what 
 " was given, was given exceeding heartily, and 
 *' people only lamented that they could do no 
 
 " more." 
 
 
 After having tranfmitted to Gecrgia^ what was 
 given to him for the Orphan-houfe, and dreading 
 to go back to America in that feafon of heat, 
 for fear of relapfing, and having preffing calls to 
 England, he took the opportunity of a brig, and 
 in twenty-eight days arrived at Deal (a). The 
 
 next 
 
 (a) During this voyage, among other Letters, he 
 wrote the following : 
 
 *' Jutie 24., 1748. (onboard). Yefterday I made an 
 end of revifing all my Journals. Alas ! alas ! in 
 how many things have I judged and adled wrong. 
 " I have been too rafli and hafty in giving characters 
 *' both of places and perfons. Being fond of Scripture 
 •' language, I have often ufed a ftile too apoftolical, 
 ** and at the fame time, I have been too bitter in my 
 *' zeal. Wild fire has been mixt with it, and I find 
 ** that I frequently wrote and fpukein my own fpirit, 
 ** when I thought I was writing and fpeaking by the 
 '*' afliftance of the Spirit of God. I have likewife too 
 *' much made inward impreffions my rule of afting, 
 '.' and too foon and too explicitly publiflied what had 
 *' been better kept in longer, or told after my death. 
 *' By thefe things, I have hurt the' blefled caufe I 
 *' would defend, and alfo llirred up needlefs oppofition. 
 ^' This has humbled me much, and made me chirtk of a 
 
 " faying
 
 the Rev, Mr. George Whitefield. 173 
 
 next evening, July 6^ 1748, he reached London^ 
 after an abfence of aear four years. 
 
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 faying of Mr. Henry's, * J°fip^' had more honefty 
 ' than he had policy, or he never would have told his 
 * dreams.' "■ At the fame time, I cannot but praife 
 *' God, who filled me with fo much of his holy fire, 
 *' and carried me, a poor weak youth, through fuch a 
 ** torrent both of popularity and contempt, and fetfo, 
 ** many feals to my unworthy miniftrations. I blefs 
 ** him for ripening my judgment a little more, for giv- 
 *' ing me to fee and confefs, and I hope, in feme de- 
 '* gree, to correal and amend fome of my miftakes." 
 
 At this time, alfo, he finiftied his " Abridgement of 
 *' Mr. Law'?, Serious Call ;" which he endeavoured to 
 make more ufeful, by excluding whatever is not truly 
 evangelical, and illuftrating the fubje£l more fully from 
 the Holy Scriptures. See his Works, Vol. IV. 
 
 CHAP,
 
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 CHAP. XiV. 
 
 From hh Arrival in London 1748, to his going ts- 
 Ireland in the Tear 1751. 
 
 ON Mr. Whitefield\ vifitlng a few of his 
 friends, immediately after his return, he 
 found himfelf in no very agreeable fituation. 
 His congregation at the Tabernacle was fadly 
 fcattered. And as to his outward circumftances, 
 he had fold all his houfhold furniture, to help to 
 pay the Orphan-houfe debt, which yet was far 
 from being cancelled. But under all thefe dif- 
 couragemcnts, he was ftill fupported. His con° 
 gregation was foon re-united, and received him 
 with the greateft joy. And at this time a very 
 unexpefted thing happened to him. Lady Hun- 
 tingdcn^ before his arrival, had ordered Mr. Hoivel 
 Harris to bring him to her houfe at Cbelfea, as 
 foon as he came alhore. He went, and having 
 preached twice, the Countefs wrote to him, that 
 fevcral of the Nobility defired to hear him. In a 
 few days the Earl of Chejierfield^ and a whole 
 circle of them attended ; and having heard once, 
 defired they might hear him again. " I there- 
 *' fore preached again (fays he) in the evening, 
 *' and went home, never more furprized at any inci- 
 
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 the Rev, Mr. George Whitefield. 175 
 
 *' dent in my life (t). All behaved quite well, 
 " and were in fome decree afFeded. The Earl of 
 " Chejlerfield thanked me, and faid, ' Sir, I will 
 ' not tell you what I fhall tell others, how I ap- 
 
 * prove of you \ " or words to this purpofe. 
 *' At laft Lord Bolijigbroke came to hear, fat like 
 *' an archbifhop, and was pleafed to fay, ' I 
 ' had done great jufiice to the divine attributes 
 
 * in my difcourfe (ii).'* " Soon afterwards her 
 " Ladylhip removed to town, where I preathed 
 *• generally twice a week to very brilliant audi- 
 " tories. Blefied be God, not without effedual 
 ** fuccefs on fome." 
 
 In September 1748, he made a third vifit to 
 Scotlandy where he met with a hearty welcome. 
 Great multitudes flocked to hear him both at 
 Edinburgh and Glafgow. " I have reafon (fays he, 
 " Letter DCC) to believe fome have been awak- 
 " ened, and many quickened and comforted. 
 " My old friends are more folidly fo than ever, 
 " and a foundation, I truft, has been laid for 
 *' doing much good, if ever the Lord fhould call 
 " me thither again. Two Synods {x), and one 
 
 *' Pre{bytery, 
 
 (/) M. S. and Letter DCLXXIII. 
 
 («j It is alfo faid, ihTit. David Hume, Efq; o{ Edm- 
 hurghy was a hearer of Mr. IVJnteficlcC^^ and was much 
 taken with his eloquence. Such teftimonies are fee 
 down, not for their weight, but their fingularity. 
 
 {x) He means the Synods of Glnfgow and Perth, and 
 the Prefbytery of Edinburgh. What happened in the 
 Synod oi GlafgoiVy may be feen in a pamphlet, entitled, 
 
 " A
 
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 " Prefbytery, brought me upon the carpet ; but 
 *' all has worked for good.'* While he was in 
 
 Scotland, 
 
 *' A fair and impartial Account of tlie Debate in the 
 ** Synod of Glafgoiv and Jir^ 6 OStobcr 1748, anent 
 *' employing Mr. IVhitefeld :'* publifhed at Edinburgh 
 the fame year, and fuppofed to be written by the Rev. 
 Dr. Erjk'ine, who was then minifter at Kirkintilloch. 
 The ftiort hiftory of the matter is this. A motion was 
 made, tending to prohibit or difcourage minifters from 
 employing Mr. JVhiteJield. The fpeeches made in fup- 
 port of the motion, were upon the following topics. 
 His being a prieft of the Church of Englayid, That he 
 had not fubfcribed the Formula. His imprudencies. 
 Chimerical fcheme of the Orphan-houfe. Want of 
 evidence, that the money he collects is rightly applied. 
 Aflerting that afiurance is efiential to faith. Encourag- 
 ing a dependance on impulfes and immediate revelations. 
 Declaring on flender evidence, fome people converted, 
 and others carnal and unregenerated. Often, indeed* 
 pretending to repent of his blunders, and retraiR: ; but 
 as often relapfing into them. And laftly, his being un- 
 der a fentence of fufpenfion by Commiflary Garden^ from 
 which he had appealed to the High Court of Chancery, 
 and made oath to profecute that appeal in a twelve- 
 month J and yet it was never profecuted. 
 
 On the other hand, the minifters who were againft 
 the motion, fpoke in this manner. I blufti to think, 
 faid one, that any of our brethren Hiould befriend a pro- 
 pofal, fo contrary to that moderation and catholic fpirit, 
 which now is, and I hope ever dial! be the glory of our 
 Church. I am fenhble, manv thino-s in the Church 
 of England need reformation ; but I honour her, not- 
 withftanding, as our Sifter Church. If Biftiop Butler^ 
 Biftiop Sherlock, or Biftiop Seeker were in Scotland, I 
 fhould welcome them to my pulpit. In this I ftiould 
 im\iAie.^'h. Samuel Rutherford, as firm a prcfbyterian as 
 any of us, who yet employed Bifliop Ujhcr. There is 
 no Law of Chiji^ no A£l of Airembly prohibiting me 
 to give my pulpit to an Epifcopal, independent, or 
 
 AnabaptiH
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. lyj 
 
 Scotland., he endeavoured to do all the fervice 
 he could to the New Jerfey College^ and in con- 
 
 jundion 
 
 Anabaptift MiniHers, if of found principles in the fun- 
 damentals of Religion, and of a fober life. Our 
 Church exprelly enjoins, A£t XIII. Jpi-'il 171 1. that great 
 tendernefs is to be ufed to foreign proteflants. The re- 
 quiring flrangers to fubfcribe our Formula, before they 
 preach with us, v/ould lay as efFeftual a bar againft em- 
 ploying thofe of Congregational Principles, or Prefby- 
 terian Non-fubfcribers, as thofe of the Church of 
 E}igland. 
 
 As to Mr. JVhltefiehl, faid another, there are few 
 minifters whofe character has been {o well attefted, by 
 the moft competent judges, both at home and abroad. 
 One thing I cannot but obferve : thofe who have fpoken 
 moft warmly againft Mr. IFhitefield in this debate, ac- 
 knowledge they have made little or no enquiry into his 
 chara6ter : whereas thofe on the other fide, have made a 
 very careful enquiry ; and that enquiry has turned out 
 entirely to their fatisfacStion. With regard to his im- 
 prudencies, there is a great difference betwixt blunders 
 owing to a bad heart, and thofe that are owing only to 
 a mifinformed judgment : efpecially, when the miftakes 
 that occafioned them, have mifled feveral great and good 
 men. Whether Mr. JVhiteJield\ fcheme of the Orphan- 
 houfe be prudent or not, . it is demonftrable it was 
 honeftly meant. The magiftrates of Savannah publifti- 
 ed three years ago, in the Philadelphia Gazette, an affi- 
 davit that they had carefully examined Mr. Whitefield'^ 
 receipts and uift) irfements, and found that what he had 
 collc(5ted in behalf of the Orphans, had been honeftly 
 applied ; and that befides, he had given confiderably 
 to them of his own property. As to his maintaining, 
 that aflurancc is eftential to faith ; encouraging an un- 
 warrantable regard to impreffions ; and being too hafty 
 in pronouncing men carnal or converted ; his fentiments 
 in thefe particulars, have been altered for upwards of 
 two years. And now he fcarce preaches a fermon, 
 without guarding his hearers againft relying on im- 
 
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 junflion with fomc miniftcrs who wifhed well to 
 that inflitution (y)y advifed the fending over a 
 
 preflions, and telling them that faith, and a perfuafion 
 we are Juftified, arc very difterent things, and that a 
 holy life is the beft evidence of a gracious itate. Thefe 
 retractions are owing to a real change of fentiment. 
 Letters from correfpondents in New England (hew, that 
 this change is, at leaft, of two years date, and that ever 
 lince it happened, he has preached and a6led with re- 
 markable caution. Laftly, vi^ith refpeft to the profe- 
 cution of his appeal ; Mr, JVhltcfield exerted himfelf to 
 the utmoft to get his appeal heard, but could not prevail 
 on (he Lord's ConimilTioners fo" much as once to meet 
 on the affair ; they, no doubt, thinking of Mr. Gardens 
 arbitrary proceedings with the contempt they deferved. 
 But fay fome, " Mr. Wbltejicld being under a furpenhont 
 *' not yet reverfed, is now no minifter." But for what 
 was he fufpended ? Why, for no other crime, than 
 omitting to ufe the form of prayer prefcribed in the 
 communion book, when officiating in a prefbyterian 
 congregation. And fhall a meeting of prefbyterian 
 tninifters, pay any regard to a fentcnce which had fuch a 
 foundation ? 
 
 The ifTue of the debate was a rejecting of the motion 
 by a vote, 27 to 13; and a refolution which was fo 
 e.xpreft as to be a decent burial of it; laying no new 
 re{tri<5tion on minifters from inviting ftrangers, bu^t 
 leaving thing? precifcly as they were before. And they 
 who chofe to give Mr. IVhl'tefield their pulpits, never 
 after met with ally moleftation. Upon the whole, the 
 attacks made on Mr. Whitefield's character, proved thfe 
 occafion of informing the Synod of the falfhood of 
 many afperfions thrown out againfl: him, of the great 
 increafe of his prudence and caution, and the remark- 
 able change of his fentimcnts and behaviour^ fo far as 
 cither were ofFenfive. And thus v/hnt was intended for 
 his reproach, turned out to his honour. 
 
 (y) See his Letter on this fubjcdt to Mr, APLaurin. 
 Letters DCCCXXXIV. and DCCCLXVIIL 
 
 miniAcr
 
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 minifter from America to make application in per- 
 ibn. Which _was afterwards done in the year 
 1754, when Mr. 'Tennent and Mr. Davies applied 
 to the General AlTembly, and obtained an ap- 
 pointment of a general colle£lion. He alfo be- 
 gan to think of making his Orphari-houfe not 
 only a receptacle for fathcrlefs children, but alfo a 
 place of literature and academical ftudies. Such 
 a place, he thought, was much v/ahted in the 
 fouthern parts of America ; and if conducted in 
 a proper manner, would be of great fervice to 
 the colony. He therefore, after his return to 
 England^ wrote to the Truftees, fignifying that 
 this wag his intention, if they would be pleafed to 
 put the colony upori another footing, and allow 
 a limited ufe of negroes, without which he had 
 long been of opiniori, that Georgia never could be 
 a fiourifliing province (%). Mean time^ he went 
 on in his ufual way, and with his ufual fuccefs at 
 London, Brijlol^ and Gloucejier, during the winter. 
 And in February 1749, made ari excurfion to 
 Exeter and Plymoulh, where he found a ftrange 
 alteration in the people, fince he had been firft 
 there, about five years before ; they now received 
 him with the greateft joy, irid ^ere importunate 
 to hear him •, and many of them gave proofs of 
 a folid converfion to God {a). " Now (fays he)^ 
 " Plymouth feeras to be quite a new place to me,"'. 
 
 (z) Letter DCCXIV. 
 
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 As his health was impaired in London^ he loved to 
 range (as he calls it) after precious fouls. Though 
 he never wanted to make a fe6t, or to fet him- 
 felf at the head of a party. 
 
 I have feen enough of popularity, (fays he) 
 to be fick of it ; and did not the intereft of 
 my blefled Mafter require my appearing in (h) 
 public, the world fhould hear but little of me 
 *' hence forward." Yet he could not think of 
 remitting his diligence in the work of the Gof- 
 pel. " I dread the thoughts of flagging in the 
 " latter ftages of my road," is an exprefTion that 
 he often ufes in writing to his friends (f). He 
 was frequently very ill ; but he imagine-d preach- 
 ing and traveling did him fervice. " Fear not 
 your weak body, (fays he, in a letter to Mr. 
 Hervey) (d) ; we are immortal till our work is 
 done. Chriji's labourers muft live by miracle; 
 if not, I muft not live at all; for God only 
 knows what I daily endure. My continual 
 vomitings almoft kill me, and yet the pulpit is 
 my cure, fo that my friends begin to pity me 
 lefs, and to leave off that ungrateful cau- 
 tion, ' Spare thyfelf.' I fpeak this to encourage 
 
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 you (e).* 
 
 [b) Letter DCCXLVII. 
 
 In 
 
 -(0 Letter DCCLXXXVIL DCCCXCVIL and 
 DCCCCXXIIL 
 
 {d) Letter DCCCXXX. 
 
 {e) About this time, he wrote " Remarks on a 
 " Pamphlet, entided, The Enthufufm of Method jfts
 
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 t) 
 
 In March 1749, he returned to London from an 
 excurfion of about fix hundred miles in the weft, 
 where he had the pleafure of feeing that his 
 former vifits had been blefied with abundant fuc- 
 cefs(/). In May he went to Portfmouth, and 
 preached every day for more than a week, to very 
 large and attentive auditories. Many were brought 
 under convi6lions, prejudices feemed to be univer- 
 fally removed, and people, that a few days before 
 were fpeaking all manner of evil againft him, 
 were very defirous of his longer flay to preach 
 the Gofpel {g) among them. 
 
 June 24. he writes from Brifiol : " Yefter- 
 " day God brought me here, after having carried 
 ** me a circuit of about eight hundred miles, 
 " and enabled me to preach, I fuppofe, to up- 
 *' wards of a hundred thoufand fouls. I have 
 " been in eight Welch counties, and, I think, we 
 " have not had one dry meeting. The work in 
 " Wales is much upon the advance, and likely to 
 *' increafe daily. Had m^y dear Mr. Hervey been 
 " there, to have feen the fimplicity of fo many 
 
 '* and Papifls compared." Wherein (with a candour 
 very uncommon in controverfial writings) he fays, 
 *' Several miftakes in fome parts of my paft writings 
 " and conduil are acknowledged, and my prefent 
 " fentiments concerning the Methodifls explained." 
 See his Works, Vol. iV. 
 
 (f) Letter DCCXLIII. 
 
 [^) Letter DCCLL 
 
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 " dear fouls, I am perfuaded he would have faid. 
 f* Sit: anima mea cum Methodijiis {h)." 
 
 In the months of July and Juguft he was at 
 London, Brijloi, Plymouth, Biddiford, Exeter. 
 When he returned to London, he had the pleafure 
 of a vifit from two German minifters, who had 
 been labouring among x.\-\Q.Jews, and, it is faid, had 
 been made inftrumental in converting many of 
 them [i). 
 
 In the month of September he went into North- 
 iimpton/Jiire and Torkfliire ; and preached at Oundky 
 /ll>berfcrd, Leeds, and Haworth, where good Mr. 
 GrimJJiaw (who was fo indefatigable in his endea- 
 vours to bring fouls to Chrijl) was minifter. In 
 his church they had above a thoufand communi- 
 cants, and in the church-yard about fix thoufand 
 hearers. AtLfeds, the auditory confided of above 
 ten thoufand. Thither Mr. Whitejield was invited 
 by one of the Rev. Mr. tVeJlefs preachers, and by 
 the focieties. And Mr. Charles Wejley coming 
 there, gave notice of him to the people {k), and 
 alfo introduced him to the pulpit in Newcajlk^ 
 where he preached four times, and twice without 
 doors. 
 
 It being now late in the year, he did not go 
 forward to Scotland^ but returned to London, after 
 having preached about thirty times in I'orkJJiire^ 
 and above ten times in CheJJiire^ and Lancajhire], 
 
 {h) Letter DCCLXII. 
 (/) Letter DCCLXXV. 
 
 {k) Letter DCCLXXVIII, DCCLXXIX. 
 
 ,., ... . . . .. . ^g
 
 the Rev, Mr, George Whitefield. 183 
 
 He was alfo at Sheffield and Nottingham. And the 
 congregaiions were every where large and ferious. 
 Only in one or two places, he had a little rough 
 treatment -, but this he did not mind, while h^ 
 had reafon to think many received real benefit (I), 
 He arrived in London about the middle of Novem- 
 ber^ and continued there till the beo-innins; of 
 February., employed in his ufual manner. Having 
 offered to affift, occafionally, at Wefi-fireet chape,!, 
 it was accepted. Accordingly, he preached four 
 or five times there, and adminiftered the facra- 
 ment twice or thrice. Congregations were very 
 large {m). 
 
 February 6, 1750. he writes from Gloucejier {n) : 
 " Though I left London in a very weak condition, 
 " and the weather was but bad, I came here on 
 Friday evening, and was ftrengthened to preach 
 on Saturday., and likewife on Sunday evening, 
 and twice the fame day in the country, at the 
 *' New-houfe and at Hampton.'* And again from 
 Brijlol., February 12. " Since I wrote laft, we 
 " have been favoured both in Gloucejier city, and 
 " in the country, with very pleafant and delight- 
 ** ful feafons (ojl. I have preached about twenty 
 times, within thefe eight or nine days •, and 
 though frequently expofed to rain and hail, am 
 much better than when I left London.''* Froni 
 
 (/) Letter DCCLXXXI. DCCLXXXVI. 
 
 {m) Letter DCCCXIX. {n) Letter DCCCXIV, 
 
 (0) Letter DCCCXVL 
 
 N 4 Bripl 

 
 184 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 Briftol he went to Exeter^ and to Plymouth^ and in 
 his way met with the Rev, Mr. Pear/all, a diflent^ 
 ing minifter at 'Taunton, and Mr. Darracott at 
 Wellington ; both of whom he fpeaks of in his Let- 
 ters with the higheft regard {p). At Plymouth he 
 preached twelve times in fix days, and the longer , 
 he preached, he had the greater number of 
 hei*rers. His friends grew more zealous, and the 
 fury of his enemies began to fubfide. From 
 thence he travelled near to the Land's- end, preach- 
 ing in a great many places, fuch as 'Tavijiock, St. 
 Ginny\ (q)^ Port Ifaac, Camelford, St. Andrews^ 
 Redruth^ Gwinncp, St. Meivens. All this he ac- 
 compliflied before the 2 ill of March, when we 
 find him again at Exeter. " Invitations (fays he) 
 " are fent to me from feveral places. I want 
 " more tongues, more bodies, more fouls for the 
 " Lord Jfjus. Had I ten thoufand, he Hiould 
 " have them all (r)." 
 
 In April he v/as zxhondon and Portfmouth. And 
 in May went to A/Jiby^ to wait on Lady Hunting- 
 don, who had been ill. In his way thither, he 
 had a moft comfortable interview with the Rev, 
 
 (/.; Letter DCCCXX. 
 
 [q) " Four of Mr. Wejley% preachers were prefent, 
 *' and three clergymen, Mr. Bennet aged fourfcore, 
 «* Mr. Thompfon, and Mr. Grigg." Letter DCCCXX IV. 
 *• I found, as I went along, a mod blcffed work had 
 " been carried on by the inftrumentality of the Mr. 
 ** Wejleys, and their fellow-labourers." M. S. 
 
 (r) Letters DCCCXXIV, XXV, and XXVI. 
 
 Dr.
 
 c 
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. i8^ 
 
 Dr. Doddridge^ Mr. Hervey (s), and Dr. . 
 
 (/j But at Aftihy^ where it might have been 
 leaft expedted, there was a riot made before Lady 
 Huntingdon's houfe, while the Golpel was preach- 
 ing: and in the evening, fome people in their 
 
 (ij Mr. Hervey thus wrote of this interview to a 
 friend : 
 
 * I have feen lately, that moft excellent miniftcr of 
 ' the ever-blefled Jefus, Mr. Whitefield. I dined, fup- 
 
 * ped, and fpent the evening with him at Northampton^ 
 ' in company with Dr. Doddridge., and two pious, inge- 
 nious clergymen of the Church of England., both of 
 
 ' them known to the learned world by their valuable 
 ' writings. And furely, I never fpent a more delight- 
 ' ful evening, or faw one that feemed to make nearer 
 approaches to the felicity of heaven. A gentleman of 
 
 * great worth and rank in the town, invited us to his 
 
 * houfe, and gave us an elegant treat ; but how mean 
 was his provifion, how coarfe his delicacies, compared 
 
 ' with the fruit of my friend's lips ; they dropped as 
 the honey-comb, and were a well of life. Surely, 
 ' people do not know that amiable and exemplary man, 
 ' or elfe, I cannot but think, inftead of depreciating, 
 ' they would applaud and love him. For my part, I 
 ' never beheld fo fair a copy of our Lord, fuch a living 
 image of the Saviour, fuch exalted delight in God, 
 ' fuch enlarged benevolence to man, fuch a lleady faith 
 
 * in the divine promifes, and fuch a fervent zeal for the 
 « divine glory ; and all this, without the leaft morofe- 
 
 * nefs of hur our, or extravagancies of behaviour; 
 < fweetened with the moft engaging chearfulnefs of tem- 
 
 * per, and regulated by all the fobriety of reafon, and 
 » wifdom of Scripture ; in fo much, that I cannot for- 
 
 * bear applying the wife man's encomium of an illuftrious 
 « woman, to this eminent minilier of the everlafting 
 
 * Gofpel : " Many fons have done virtuoufly, but thou 
 " excelleft them all." 
 
 (0 Letter DCCCXXXII, 
 
 return 
 
 ( 
 
 < 
 
 ( 
 
 c
 
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 return home narrowly efcaped being murdered. 
 The Juftice being informed, fent a meiTage, in 
 order to bring the offenders before him. " So that 
 " I hope, (fays Mr. Whitefidd) it will be over- 
 *' ruled for great good, and that the Gofpel, for 
 '•' the future, will have free courfe {u)?* 
 
 After he left JJlily^ he preached at Raddiff 
 Church, Nottingham and Sutton with great fuc- 
 tds. " At 'Nottingham^ (fays he) feveral came 
 *' to me, enquiring, What they fhould do to be 
 •' faved ? I preached there four times. One 
 " evening. Lord S. and feveral gentlemen, were 
 " prefent, and behaved with great decency. 
 •' Many thoufands attended. Yefterday morning 
 *' I breakfafled with three dilTenting minifters ; 
 *' and Mr. P — — /, who told me, that Lady 
 P defired he would prefs me to preach 
 
 at the church. Yefterday, in the afternoon, I 
 preached at Sutton ; and this morning (.vj at 
 Mansfidd.^^ After leaving that place, he went 
 to Rotherham and Sheffield. He was at Leeds in 
 the end of Mv)', and obfcrves, " Methinks, I 
 •' am now got into another climate (jy), where 
 " there are many of God's people." From thence 
 he went to Manchejier, Rofindale., and feveral other 
 parts of Lancn/Jiire, Kendal^ Whitehaven^ Cocker- 
 mouthy preaching generally twice a day, and arriv- 
 
 {u) Letter DCCCXXXV. 
 
 {x) Letter DCCCXXXVIir. 
 
 {y) Letter DCCCXL, and XLIX. 

 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 187 
 
 pd at Edinburgh, July 6. having preached near 
 a hundred times fince he left London^ and by a 
 moderate computation^ to above a huadred thou- 
 fand fouls. *' It is amazing (he writes) to fee how 
 ," people are prepared, in places where I never 
 " was before. What fhall I render to the 
 *' Lord ?" 
 
 At Edinburgh and Ghfgow, (in which places he 
 
 fpent the month of y^^'j ^750) ^^ ^^^ received, 
 as ufual, in the moft loving and tender manner, 
 preaching generally tv/ice a day to great multi- 
 tudes, whofe ferioufnefs, and earneft defire to 
 hear him, made him exert himfelf rather beyond 
 his ftrength. " By preaching always twice, (fays 
 *' he) and once thrice, and once four times in a 
 " day (2), I am quite weakened j but I hope to 
 f recruit again. I am burning with a fever, and 
 " have a violent cold ; but Chrijl's prefence makes . 
 " me fmile at pain, and the fire of his love burns 
 *' up all fevers whatfoever." He left Edinburgh, 
 ^uguji 3, and foon found himfelf much better 
 for riding. At Berwick^ one of the minifters lent 
 him an offer of his pulpit, and he was informed 
 that many more round that town, were willing to 
 do the fame. At his return to London^ he preach- 
 ed feveral times at Weft-Jlreet Chapel. He had 
 alfo the pleafure of Mr. Hewey^ company, who, 
 at his defire, came up to town, and lodged in his 
 houfe. In the months of Sepember and O£iober 
 
 (^) Letter DCCCLT, and LV. 
 
 *■■'•'■■■' he
 
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 he made excurfions to Portfmoutk, Chatham^ Glou^ 
 cejler, Birmingham^ EverJJiam^ JVedneJhury, and 
 Nottingham •, " ranging about, (as he expreflfes it) 
 " to fee who would beHeve the Gofpel-report(5j." 
 And was particularly fuccefsful at Chatham and 
 Canterbury. 
 
 He fpent the winter in London^ in his ufual bufy 
 
 and laborious way, and with equal fuccefs. He 
 
 was confined, near a fortnight, to his room by a 
 
 violent fever, and inflammation of the lungs ; 
 
 but before the 17th of December, he was able to 
 
 preach again. And in the latter end of January 
 
 1 75 1, he rode poft to JJIiby^ being alarmed with 
 
 the accounts of Lady Huntingdon's dangerous ill- 
 
 iiefs, and the afflictions with which it had pleafed 
 
 God to vifit her family. He writes from AJliby^ 
 
 January 29. *' BlefTed be God, Lady Huntingdon 
 
 «' is fomewhat better. Entreat all our friends to 
 
 " pray for her. Her fifter-in-law, Lady Frances 
 
 « H , lies dead in the houfe. She was 
 
 " a retired chriftian, lived filently, and died fud- 
 *' denly, without a groan. May my exit be like 
 " hers. Almoft all the family have been fick in 
 " their turns.'* 
 
 Having left London, March 5, he went again 
 into Gloucejler/Jiire, and to Brijlol, and preached at 
 Taunton and Wellington in his way to Plymouth, 
 April II. he was at Exeter, and writes thus to 
 Mr. Hervey : *' Some good, I trull, is to be done, 
 
 {a) Letter DCCCLXVIIL 
 
 " this
 
 <£ 
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 189 
 
 this fpring, to many fouls. This weflern cir- 
 " cuit, I believe, has been blefled already. I 
 *' have preached about forty times fince 1 left 
 •' London, and have been enabled feveral times 
 " to ride forty miles a day. I find this fenfibly 
 " refrefhes me. I wifh you could fay fo too. 
 " At Plymouth we had fweet feafons -, and on 
 Tuefday lad I met with a young clergyman, 
 who was awakened under my preaching {^v^n 
 years ago. He has been at Cambridge, and v^^as 
 ordained by the Bifhop of Exeter. He is fol- 
 lowed much, and, I fuppofe, will foon be re- 
 proached for his Mailer's fake. I hope you 
 *' find ftrength to proceed in your book." 
 
 From Exeter he fet out on a tour through 
 Waks^ where, in about three weeks, he rode near 
 fiVe hundred miles, and preached generally twice 
 a day ; and from hence, he made his vifit to Ire- 
 land, which had been in his thoughts fome time. 
 
 
 CHAP.
 
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 CHAP. XV. 
 
 prom his firji V'lfit to Ireland, to his opening the 
 New 'Tabernacle at London, in theT'ear iJSZ' 
 
 AFTER a paflage of five days from tValeSj 
 he arrived May 24, 1751, at Dublin, where 
 he was gladly received, and lodged at the houfe of" 
 
 Mr. L" , and preached every morning and 
 
 evening as ufiial in other places : " Surely (fays 
 " he) here are many converted fouls, among 
 " whom are two or three fludents, and feverai 
 ^'^ foldiers. At firft (z) the greatnefs and hurry 
 " of the place furprized me ; but thanks be to 
 " the Lord of the harveft, here as well as elle- 
 where, the fields are white, ready unto harveft. 
 Congregations are large, and hear as for eter- 
 nity." And again : " Athlone, June 10. For 
 this week paft, I have been preaching twice 
 almoft every day in fome country towns. I 
 " find, through the many offences that have lately 
 *' been given, matters were brought to a low 
 *' ebb. But the cry now is, * Methodifrii is re- 
 '^' vived again (^j.'* At Limerick he preached 
 fcven times to large and afftded auditories, and 
 
 twice 
 (2) Letter DCCCXCI, DCCCXCIL 
 
 {a) In the MSS. he fays, " I taok a journey from 
 *' near Hdverford IVeJi to Ireland, where a yet greater . 
 
 work 
 
 (C 
 
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 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 191 
 
 twice at Cork (where the Methodifts had lately 
 been mobbed) to a great body of people, with all 
 quietnefs. From thence he went to Bandcn and 
 Kinfale, where a like blefling attended his preach- 
 ing. At his return to Cork, the numbers and af- 
 fections of his hearers increafed. At Belfaji alfo 
 he was detained fome days beyond his intention, 
 by the people's importunity, and preached at Lif- 
 iuruy Lurgun, the Maize, and Lambag, towns and 
 places adjacent. So many attended, and theprof- 
 pe(^ of doing good was To promifing, that he was 
 forry he had not come to the north of Ireland 
 fooner. Bat he hafted to pay another vifit to Scot- 
 landy before he embarked for America, which he 
 was intent upon doing before winter. 
 
 He therefore came over in the beginning of 
 July lysi-, from Belfajl to Irvifte, where at the 
 defire of the magiftratcs he preached to a great 
 congregation-, and fo proceeded to Glafgow. 
 From this place he writes, July 12. " Though I 
 *' preached near eighty times in Ireland, and God 
 " was pleafed to blefs his word, yet Scotland feems 
 ** to be a new world to me. To fee the people 
 *' bring fo many Bibles, turn to every paffage 
 " when I am expounding, and hanging, as it 
 *' were, upon me to hear every word,' is very 
 *' encouraging. 1 feel an uncommon freedom 
 " here ; and talking with the winter as well as 
 
 *' work had been begun and carried on to a high degree^ 
 *' amidft prodigious oppofition ; numbers converted, 
 " not only from popery, but to Jcfus Chrijl, at Jthlone„ 
 ♦* Dublin^ Limerick, Corkj and various other places." 
 
 *' with
 
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 *' with the rummer faints, feeds and delights my 
 " heart {b):' At this time he was glad to under- 
 
 ftand 
 
 {b) Here it may be proper, once for all, to take notice 
 of feme particulars relating to Mr. IVhiteficlcts vifits to 
 Scotland, which he continued till within a few years of 
 his death. 
 
 Though after the years 1741, and 1742, there was no 
 fuch extenfive new awakenings, Mr. White field' ?> coming 
 was always refrefhing to ferious perfons, and feemed to 
 put new life into them : and alio to be the means of in- 
 creafmg their number. His preaching was ftill emi- 
 nently ufeful in various refpeds. In the firft place, it 
 had an excellent tendency to deftroy the hurtful fplrlt of 
 bigotry, and exceflive zeal for fmaller matters; and to 
 turn men's attention to the great and fubflantial things 
 of religion. Another efFe6l was, that it drew fevcral 
 perfons to hear the gofpel, who feldom went to hear it 
 from other minifters. Again, young people in general 
 were much benefited by his miniftry, and particularly 
 young fludents, who became afterwards ferious evano-e- 
 lical preachers. Laftly, his morning difcourfes, which 
 were moftly intended for fmcere but difconfelate fouls, 
 were peculiarly fitted to dire^ and encourage all fuch 
 in the chriilian life. And his addreiles in the evening to 
 the promifcuous multitudes who then attended him, 
 were of a very alarming kind. There was fomething 
 exceedingly ftriking in the folemnity of his evening-con- 
 gregations in the Orphan- houfe park at Edinburgh^ and 
 High-Church-yard of Ghifgow; efpecially towards the 
 conclufion of his fermons (which were commonly very 
 long, though they feemed fiiort to the hearers) when 
 the whole multitude flood fixt, and like one man hung 
 upon his lips, with filent attention, and many under 
 deep imprefTions of the great objeds of religion, and the 
 concerns of eternity, l^hefe things will not foon be 
 forgotten ; and it is hoped, the "many good effe<5ts, 
 which by the divine bleifing attended them, never 
 will. 
 
 His
 
 ti}e Rev. Mr. George Whltt^etd. 19^ 
 
 ftand that Mr. Dinwiddie^ brother-in-law to the 
 Rev. Mr. MacCulloch of Cambujlangi was made 
 
 . Governor 
 
 \ 
 
 His converfatioh was no lefs reviving th^n his fer- 
 hions. Many in Edinburgh and Glafgovu are witnefles of 
 this, efpecially at Glafgow, when in company with his 
 good friends, Mr. McicLaurih, Mr. Robert Scott, dffc. one 
 might challenge the fons of pleafure with all their wit^. 
 good humour and gaiety to furnifli entertainment fo 
 agreeable. At the fame time every part of it was not 
 more agreeable, than it was ufeful and edifying. 
 
 His friends in Scotland, among whom Were many of 
 all ranks, from the highefl: to the loweft, were very con- 
 ftant and fteady in their great regard for him. And his 
 oppofers grew more and more mild. Some anonymous 
 pamphlets were written againft him at his firft coming ; 
 But thefe foon died and were forgotten. Afterwards a 
 number of (tories v/ere handed about to his difadvan- 
 tage ; but upon enquiry, it was found either that mat- 
 ters were rrvifreprefented or exaggerated j or that there 
 Was no foundation for fuch reports at all. In fhort, 
 when they were traced to their origin, they rather turned 
 out to his honour. He ufed to fmile at good Mr. Mac 
 Laurins honeft zeal, who on fuch occafiorts fpured no 
 pains to come at the truth, and when he had difcovered 
 it, was no lefs eager to communicate the difcovery to 
 others, for the vindication of Mr. Whitefielis character, 
 in which bethought thecredit of religion wjs concerned. 
 The following- inftance is well remembered. One Lieu- 
 tenant Wright alledged that Mr. JVhitefield had kept 
 back money fent by a gentlewoman to her fon in Ame- 
 rica. This coming to Mr. MacLatirin% ears^ he was 
 reftlefs till he procured a meeting betwixt Mr. IVhitejield 
 and his accufer. They met; Mr. IVright did not recra(St 
 what he had faid. Upon which a letter was inftantly 
 wrote to the mother at London-^ and her anfwer being re- 
 ceivedj a confutation of the calumny was publifhed in 
 the Glafgow Courant in the following terms: OSlober 31, 
 1748.. *' A ftory having been fpread in this town of Mr. 
 *' lyhitefieW^ having received twenty pounds fterling 
 
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 Governor of Virginia. In that province there 
 had been a confidcrable awakening for fome years 
 
 pad, 
 
 " from a gentlewoman in London^ to give her fon in 
 " Georgia : whereas he had received only three guineas, 
 *' which he had returned to the gentlewoman when he 
 ** came back from Georgia^ her fon having been gone 
 *' from thence before his arrival ; a letter was wrote to 
 '* London to clear up this affair, to which the gentlc- 
 «* woman has fent this anfwer : ' Sir, this is to aflure 
 ** you that I received of Mr. John Stevens the three gui* 
 ** neas, which was the full fum that I gave you for my 
 " fon. I hope it is only a falfe afperfion on him ; for I 
 " never heard that he fliould fay any fuch thing, being 
 *' three months in England. I am, &c. September 13, 
 
 *' 1748.' There is likcwife a receipt come down, 
 
 *' dated Septc-mber 3, to Mr. Stevens. Both the letter 
 ** and receipt are to be feen in the hands of the pub- 
 " liflier." 
 
 But, indeed, Mr. IFlntefieWs whole behaviour was fo 
 open to the eyes of the world ; and his charader, after 
 it had flood many attacks from all quarters, came at laft 
 to be fo throughly eftablifhed, that feveral of his oppo- 
 fers in Scotland feemed rather to acquire a certain degree 
 of efteem for him ; at leaft, they all thought proper to 
 give over fpeaking againft him. 
 
 When he was at Glafgow, he always lodg-ed with Mr. 
 yames Niven Merchant above the Crofs ; till towards the 
 end of his life, his afthmatic diforder made the town air 
 difagree with him. And then ne went out in the even- 
 ings, and ftayed with his good friend Mr. MacCulloch at 
 Camhn Jiang. 
 
 A perfon of eminence, whom a fincere efteem of Mr. 
 JVhltefield made attentive to his reception and miniftra- 
 tions ii) Scotland^ from firfi to laft ; writes thus to the 
 compiler : 
 
 . Ediniurgb, January ijyi. " I think more might be 
 *' faid with (rreat juftice, concerning the effe£ls of his 
 *' miniftry in Scotland, after the firft two years ; as there 
 *' was always a remarkable revival followed each of his 
 *^ vifits ; which many qf the miniftcrt teftified from their 
 q *' particular
 
 th^ Ilev, Mr, George Whitefield. 195 
 
 paft, efpecially in Hanover county and the places 
 adjacent. As the mlnifters of the eftablifhment 
 did not favour the work, and the people had put 
 themfelves under the care of the New Tork fynod, 
 they met with difcouragements from thole in 
 power. However, Mr. Samuel Bavies (afterwards 
 prefident of the college of Netv Jerfey) being 
 licenfed, was fettled over a congregation ; and the 
 religious concern fo increafed, that one congrega- 
 tion was multiplied to feven. There was now an 
 agreeable profped that thefc good people would 
 have the fame privileges fecured to them, which 
 diffenting proteftants enjoy at home (c), 
 
 Augujl 6. he fet out from Edinburgh for Lon- 
 doTif in order to embark a fourth time for America. 
 He had thrown up much blood in Edinbui'gh ; but 
 the journey he was now upon had a good cfFedl in 
 recovering him from that illnefs : and as he went 
 along, he was much refrelhed with the accounts 
 he received of the happy fruits of his miniftry at 
 
 *' particular knowledge, efpecially by the number of 
 ** new communicants.— Mention might be made of the 
 "'^ great number of minifters in Scotland, that employed 
 ''*■ him, and of the many afFedlionate letters he received 
 *' from them, of which there were a good many printed 
 ** both in the London and Glafgoiv Weekly Hiftories, 
 ** from fome of the moft eminent men in the Church, 
 ^^ who had employed him to preach in their pulpits, and 
 *' continued fo to do, when opportunity offered ; ex- 
 «» cept in the Prefbytery of Edinburgh ; and even there, 
 <' the Magiftrates always allowed him a Church to 
 ** preach in, every time he came." 
 
 [c) Letter DCCCCI. 
 
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 ig6 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 Keudal the year before. After a forrowful parting 
 with his frienc?s in England^ which grew ftill more 
 diftrefling to him, he went aboard the Antelope^ 
 Captain MacLellan^ bound for Georgia with Ger- 
 maus ; and took along with him feveral children. 
 
 He arrived at Savannah, O^oher 27, and found 
 the Orphan-hoLiie in a flourifliing condition. 
 " Thanks be to God, (fays he) all is well at Be- 
 " thefda. A moft excellent tradb of land is 
 *' granted to me very near the houfe, which in a 
 " few years, I hope, will make a fufHcient pro- 
 '* vifion for it (^j." From November 1751, to 
 the beginning of April 1752, he was partly at 
 Belhe/da, and pardy in South Carolina, ftill upon 
 the ftretch in his Matter's work. " I intend, (fays 
 " he) by his afTiftance, now to begin; for as yet, 
 " alas ! I have done nothing." And again, " O 
 " that I may begin to be in earneft ! It is a new 
 *' year; God quicken my tardy pace, and help 
 "■ me to do much work in a little time ! this is 
 *' my higheft ambition (e)." 
 
 Being warned by what had happened to him 
 formerly, he did not venture to ftay the fummer 
 feafon in America ; but took his pafTage in the 
 end of April for London. At his arrival, he per- 
 ceived he had returned in a very good time ; for 
 Georgia was foon to be taken into the hands of 
 Government, and put on the fame footing with 
 
 {d) Letter DCCCCXII. 
 
 (e) Letter DCCCCX, DCCCCXL 
 
 Other
 
 the Rev. Mr, George Wbitefield. 197 
 
 r 
 
 Other colonies, which gave ground to hope that 
 it would foon become a flourifliing province. 
 This was joyful news. He now thought provi- 
 dence was appearing for Georgia and Betkefda. 
 He determined therefore to fell his plantation, 
 and to carry all his ftrength to the Orphan-houfe. 
 
 About the middle of June^ he planned a new 
 rout. " Next week, (fays he) God willing, I fhall 
 " go to Pcrtfmouih^ from thence to Bath^ then to 
 '* the weft, then to Wales, and from thence, may 
 " be, to (f) Scotland and Ireland.''' Accordingly 
 we find his letters of this period, dated at Portf- 
 mouth^ Brijlol, Cardiff, Haverford-zvejl. In re- 
 turning to Brijloly he attended an afTociation, 
 where were prefent about nine clergy, and near 
 forty other labourers, of whom he writes (g) : 
 " I truft all are born of God, and deCrous to pro- 
 " mote his glory, and his people's good. All was 
 " harmony and love." 
 
 Augujl ij. he was in Londo7i. His letter of 
 this date to his acquaintance Dr. F , the cele- 
 brated ele6Vrical philofopher, deferves particular 
 notice. " 1 find you srov/ more and more fa- 
 " mous in the learned v/orld. As you have made 
 " a pretty confiderable progrefs in the myfteries 
 " of electricity, I would now humbly recommend 
 " to your diligent unprejudiced purfuit and ftudy, 
 *' the myftery of the new birth. It is a moft im- 
 
 (/) Letter DCCCCXVII. 
 {g) Letter DCCCCXXV. 
 
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 portant, interefting ftudy, and when maftcred, 
 *' will richly anfwer and repay you for all your 
 *' pains. One at vvhofe bar we are fhortly to ap- 
 *' pear, hath folemnly declared, that without it, 
 ** we cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. You 
 *' will cxcufe this freedom. I muft have ali^uid 
 ** Chrijli in all my letters {b}'* 
 
 From London he took another tour to Edinburgh^ 
 where he arrived in the beginning of September 
 1752. In his way he preached twice at Lutter^ 
 worth (the famous John IVickliff^s parifh) and at 
 JLeiceJler •, and in both places was informed after- 
 wards that good was done. At Newcajik, he 
 was as it were arrefted to (lay, and preached four 
 times to great congregations. 
 
 At Edinburgh and Glafgow (in wliich places he 
 continued till the loth of Odober) he was em- 
 ployed as ufual. He writes from Glafgow^ Sep" 
 tember 29. " At Edinburgh great multitudes, 
 among whom were abundance of the better 
 fort, attended twice every day. Many young 
 minillers and ftudents have given clofe atten- 
 dance, and I hear of feveral perfons that have 
 been brought under deep conviftions. 1 in- 
 tend to fend you copies of two letters from a 
 Highland fchoolmafter, who is honoured of God 
 to do much good among the poor Highland 
 ^' children (;')." " I have brave news fcnt. 
 
 (k) Letter DCCCCXXVJ. 
 CO Letter DCCCCXXXl^ 
 
 
 (c 
 
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 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 199 
 
 " me from Leicejler and Neivcq/ile, and have 
 ** ftrong invitations to Tork/Iiire and hancaJJiire, 
 ** What a pity it is that the year goes round fo 
 5' foon {k)r 
 
 In his way back to London^ he preached at Ber^ 
 wickf Alnwick, Morpeth, Newcaftle. From Shef- 
 field he writes, November i. " Since I left New^ 
 ** caftle, I have fcarce known fometimes, whether 
 " I have been in heaven or on earth. At Leeds, 
 " Burjlall, Hoivarth, Halifax, &c. thoufands and 
 ** thoufaftds have flocked twice or thrice a-day 
 *' to hear the word of life. I am now come from 
 " Bolton, Manchejler, Stockport, and Chinly. Yei- 
 •* terday 1 preached in a Church. Four or- 
 •* dained minifters, friends to the work of God, 
 •* have been with me. The word hath run fo 
 *' fwiftly at Leeds, that friends are come to fetch 
 me back, and I am now going to Rotheram, 
 Wakefield, Leeds, Tork, and Epworth. God fa- 
 ** yours us with weather, and I would fain mal^c 
 
 {k) In 1752, the general afTembly of the Church of 
 Scotland, upon a divifion of the houfe, by a few votes 
 depofed Mr. Gillefpie ; which afterwards gave occafion to 
 the fociety called the Prsjbytery of Relief. Mr. White- 
 field being informed of the circumftances of that affair, 
 writes thus (Letter DCCCCXIV.) *' I wiOi Mr. Gtl~ 
 ** lefpie ]oy. The Pope I find has turned Prefbyterian — 
 *' The Lord reigns, that is enough for us." And 
 again (Letter DCCCCXX.) « Now will Mr. Gillefpie 
 *' do more good in a week, than before, in a year. 
 «* How blind is Satan I ^Vhat does he get by calling 
 *' out Chriji^s fervants ? T expedl that fome great good 
 *' will come out of ihefe confufions." 
 
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 " hay whilfl: the fun lliines.^-O that I had as 
 •* many tongues, as there are hairs upon my 
 ♦' head ! the ever-loving, ever-lovely Jefus (liould 
 *' have them all. Fain would I die preach- 
 « ing (ly^ 
 
 November lo. he arrived at LGndo7i, and pro- 
 ceeded in his ufual way at the Tabernacle. De~ 
 cemher 15, he fays, " My hands are full of work j 
 and 1 truft I can fay, the Lord caufes his work 
 to profper in my unworthy hands. More blef- 
 fed feafons we never enjoyed. Our facramental 
 ** occafions have been exceedingly awful and re- 
 <« frefhing." 
 
 He now began to think of ereding a new Ta- 
 bernacle, a large building eighty foot fquare ; 
 "which he accomplifhcd in the fpring and fummer 
 following. 
 
 About this time alfo, we find Mr. Hervey and 
 him employed in revifing each others manufcripts, 
 Of Mr. Hervefs he fays. " For me to play the 
 " critic on them, would be like holding up a 
 " candle to the fun. However, I will juft mark 
 *' a few places, as you defire. I foretell their 
 *' fate ; nothing but your fcenery can fcreen you. 
 *' Self will never bear to die, though flain in {o 
 ^' genteel a manner, without fhewing fome reient- 
 *' ment againft its artful murderer." Again, {m) 
 '' I thank you a thoufand times for the trouble 
 
 (/) Letter DCCCCXXXV, DCCCCXXXVL 
 (w) Letter DCCCCXV, DCCCCLXIII, 
 
 ** yon
 
 t/jeRev, Mr. GeorgQWhk&Reld, 201 
 
 *' you have been at in revifing my poor compofi- 
 *' tions, which I am afraid you have not treated 
 " with a becoming feverity. Hov/ many pardons 
 " fhall I afk for mangling, and I fear murdering 
 '* your Tberon and /Ifpqfw. If you think my two 
 *' fermons will do for the public, pray return 
 " them immediately. 1 have nothing to comfort 
 *' me but this, that the Lord chufcs the weak 
 *' things of this world to confound the ftrong, 
 *' and things that are not, to bring to nought 
 " things that are. I write for the poor, you for 
 *' the polite and noble -, God will afluredly own 
 ** and biefs what you write." 
 
 Pie was much afFefted about this time with 
 the death of one Mr. Steward^ a Minifler that be- 
 gan to be popular in the church, but foon enr 
 tered into his reft. " When I met the workmen 
 *' to contra6t about the building, I could fcarce 
 ♦' bear to think of building Tabernacles. Strange! 
 *' that fo many fhould be fo foon difcharged, and 
 *' we continued. Mr. Steward fpoke for his 
 *' Lord, as long as he could fpeak at all. He 
 *' had no clouds nor darknefs. I was with him 
 ** till a few m.inutes before he flept in Jefus (n).'^ 
 
 March I, 1753. he laid the foundation of the 
 
 new Tabernacle, and preached from Exod. xx. 24. 
 
 During the building thereof, he preached in 
 
 Moorfields, Spittalfields, and other places in London^ 
 
 and made excurfions to Chatham, Sheernefs, and 
 
 JBraintree. 
 
 {n) Letter DCCCCLXVIII. 
 
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 In the month of Jpril, he went to Norwich for 
 a few days, preaching twice a day to thoufands, 
 who attended with the greateft eagernefs. At his 
 evening ferraons, fome rude people made oppofi- 
 tion, but without cfFed. At this time alfo he 
 publifhed his Expoftulatory Letter to Count Zin* 
 zendoffy which is in the 4th vol. of his works. 
 
 In May he made another excurfion to Narboth, 
 Temhroke, Haverford-weji^ &c. where congrega* 
 tions were large, and a gracious melting feemed 
 to be among the people. Within little more than 
 a fortnight he rode three hundred and fifty miles, 
 and preached above twenty times (0). 
 
 Sunday June 10, 1753. he opened his new 
 Tabernacle, preaching in the morning from i 
 Kings y'\\\. 11, and in the evening from i Chron. 
 xxix. 9. 
 
 (n) Letter DCCCCLXXVI. 
 
 CHAP.
 
 the Rev, Mr. George Whltefield. 203 
 
 CHAP. XVI. 
 
 From his opening the New tabernacle in Moorfields, 
 to his -preaching at the Chapel in Tottenham- 
 Court Road 1756. 
 
 MR. WhitefieU having preached in London at 
 his Tabernacle for a few days with his 
 ufual fervor and fuccefs, and to large congrega- 
 tions, in the end of the month of June^ fet out 
 towards Scotland, In his way he had defirablc 
 meetings at Oulney and Northampton. He preached 
 alfo at Leicejier^ and Nottingham^ where a great 
 multitude came to hear, and at Sheffield. In his 
 way to Leeds^ next morning, he preached at Ro^ 
 theram and Wakefield. At the former place he 
 had been difturbed twice or thrice, and was al- 
 moft determined to preach there no more. But he 
 (a) fibund this would have been a rafh determina- 
 tion ; for fome who had been bitter perfecutors, 
 now received him gladly into their houfe, and 
 ©wned that God had made him inftrumental in 
 their cdnverfion. At Leeds he had great fuccefs. 
 At Tork alfo he preached four times. Twice they 
 were difturbed, and twice had very agreeable fea- 
 
 (a) Letter DCCCCLXXXIV. 
 
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 204 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 fons. At Neivcajlle he preached feven times, and 
 once at Sunderland to great multitudes who were 
 deeply imprelTed. At five in the morning the 
 great room was filled, and on the Lord's day, the 
 congregation without was exceeding large. In 
 *hort, the profpedl all around was lb promifino-, 
 that he almoft repented of his en^aorement to o-o 
 
 ■*■ DO O 
 
 to Scotland^ and relblved to come back as foon as 
 poflible. 
 
 He proceeded however, according to his pro- 
 mife, and having fpent fome days at Edinhurgh 
 and Glafgoij:} in his ufual laborious and earned 
 mariner, and with ufual acceptance, he returned 
 to En^and Aiigujt 7. (h). 
 
 All 
 
 {b) After he had been in Glafgoiv^ the following para- 
 graph appeared in "Ocic Ne^vcoJUe]owx^^z\ Angujl ii, 1753. 
 " By a Letter from Edinburgh we are informed, that on 
 *« the fecond inftant Mr. IVhhefield^ the Itinerant, being 
 *' at Glafgoic, and preaching to a numerous audience 
 *' near the Play-houfe lately built, he uiflamed the mob 
 " To much againft it, that they ran dirediy from before 
 *^' him, and pulled it down to the ground. Several of 
 *>. the rioter, are fince taken up, and committed to 
 " goal." 
 
 It would not have been worth while to tranfcribe this, 
 were it not another fpecimen of the unaccountable liber- 
 ties taken by fome of the oppofers of Mr. JVhheficld^ in 
 telling their ftories concerning him. The facl was this. 
 Mr. lVhitefield\it\x\g informed that the Players had lately 
 come to GlufgoiVy and had met with fome encoura-^e- 
 ment, took occafion in his fermons to preach againft 
 Play houfes, and to reprefent their pernicious influence 
 on religion and morality, efpecially in a populous, com- 
 mercial city, and the feat of a Univerlity. But there 
 was no riot. I: was the proprietor of the Play-houfe (at 
 
 that
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 205 
 
 All this time he preached twice or thrice a day, 
 and once five times. This he found rather too 
 much for his ftrength. But he ftill went on, 
 often exprefiing his defires and hopes foon to fee 
 his Divine Mafter in Glory. 
 
 On his return to England, he went from New- 
 cajlle to Stockton, Ofmotherly, Tork and Leeds. He 
 afTifted at the facrament at Howarth, where they 
 had a very extraordinary feafon, and a vaft num- 
 ber of communicants. He went as far as Bolton^ 
 Manchejier, and Stockport. The more he preach- 
 ed, the more eager the people feemed to be. 
 The laftpart of his circuit was to Lincoln/hire^ Ro- 
 theram, Sheffield, Nottingham, and Northampton. 
 He returned to London in the latter end of Sep- 
 tember, having travelled about twelve hundred 
 miles, and preached a hundred and eighty times 
 to many thoufands {c). 
 
 His ftay in London was but fhort, for In the 
 month of O^oler he took another tour to Stafford- 
 /Iiire. A new fcene of ufcfulnefs feemed to open 
 to him, while he preached at Oulney, at Oxen near 
 Harboroitgh, Bofworth, Kettering and Bedford; at 
 all which places he preached in one week. At 
 Birmingham alfo, and feveral adjacent places, the 
 people flocked to hear the gofpel. At a place 
 near Dudley , called Guarnall, he was informed of a 
 
 that time a flight temporary booth fupported by the old 
 walls of the Bifhop's Caftle) who ordered his workmen 
 to take it down. 
 
 (x) Letter DCCCCXCII. 
 
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 whole company that were awakened by reading 
 his fermons (d). He met with others awakened 
 years ago, and heard of a notorious perfecutor 
 and drunkard, who had been powerfully flruck. 
 He loved to break up new ground, as he ex- 
 prefles it ; and had the pleafure to find fometimes 
 that his way was prepared by the blefling which 
 God had given to his writings, particularly at 
 jilperam in CheJJdre^ and at Liverpool, where a pcr- 
 fon that had received benefit by reading his fer- 
 mons, met him at landing, and took him to his 
 houfe. All was quiet here, and at Chejler, where 
 he preached four times, and had feveral of the 
 clergy in his congregations. But, at Wrexham 
 and Nantwich (where a Methodift meeting-houfc 
 had lately been pulled down) he was difturbed by 
 the mob, and forced to remove his congregatiori 
 to a place a little out of town (e). 
 
 Thus he went on, returning at times for a few 
 days to London. And November 16, writes from 
 Glcucejler^ " After Lord's day, I am bound for 
 ** Brijlol and Plymouth, and hope to get into my 
 winter quarters fome time before Chrijlmas, 
 Glad (hould I be to travel for Jefus all the year 
 round. It is more to me than my neceflary 
 «* food (f)r 
 
 (d) Letter DCCCCXCVI. 
 
 {e) Letter DCCCCXCVII. 
 
 (f) Letter DCCCCXCIX. 
 
 On 
 
 cc
 
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 the Rev, Mr, George Whitefield. 207 
 
 On Sunday i November 25. he opened the new 
 Tabernacle at Brijiol, which he obfcrves " was 
 " large, but not half large enough ; for if the 
 *' place could contain them, near as many would 
 " attend as in London" He alfo preached twice, 
 in his brother's great houfe to the quality. Though 
 it was fo late in the year, he fet out for Somerfet- 
 Piire, and preached feveral times in the open air, 
 at fcven o'clock at night. " My hands and body, 
 " (fays he) were pierced with cold ; but what are 
 ** outward things, when the foul within is warmed 
 ** with the love of God ? The flars (hone exceed- 
 ing bright : by an eye of faith, I faw Him who 
 calleth them all by their names. My foul 
 " was filled with a holy ambition, and I longed 
 " to be one of thofe who fhall Ihine as the ftars 
 ** for ever and ever {g)'* At this time his friend 
 and fellow-labourer, the Rev. Mr. John JVeJley^ had 
 by his extraordinary labours brought his life into 
 great danger, of which Mr. Whitefield thus writes, 
 (h) Brijloly December 3, 1753. *' I am now has- 
 tening to London to pay my laft refpeds to my 
 dying friend. The phyficians think his dileafe 
 is a galloping confumption. I pity the church, 
 I pity myfelf, but not him. Poor Mr. Charles 
 " will now have double work. But we can do all 
 " things through Chriji ftrengthening us !" His 
 Letters to both the brothers on thisoccafion are very 
 afFeftionate and fympathizing (i). And he foon had 
 
 {g) Letter MIV, MV. {h) Letter MV^ 
 . (;■) Letter MVI, VII, and VIIL 
 
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 the plcifure of feeing Mr. JVeJley recover. Decemhef 
 26, he had a vifit from Meflleurs Tennent and Davies 
 from America^ who came over to procure contri- 
 butions for the College of New Jerfcy, As they 
 were commiflioned to apply for a general collec- 
 tion in Scotland^ he gave them recommendatory 
 letters, and heartily endeavoured to promote their 
 defign. He flayed in London all the winter of 
 1753, (k) longing fcJr a fpring campaign fas he 
 exprefles it) that he might begin to do fomething 
 for his divine mafter. 
 
 March 7, 1754. having got twenty-two poor 
 deftitute children under his care, he embarked 
 with them for America^ by way of Lijhon^ where 
 he flayed from the 20th of March, to the 13th of 
 April. . 
 
 From Lifion he writes (I) : " The air agrees 
 ** with my poor conflitutlon extremely, and 
 •' through divine afTiftance, I hope what I fee will 
 *' alfo much improve my better part, and help to 
 *' qualify me better for preaching the everlafling 
 *' gofpel : again a gentleman hath mofl gladly 
 
 (k) His letters written about the beginning of the new 
 year, fhew the habitual frame of his mind. *' Near 
 " forty years old, and fuch a dwarf! The winter come / 
 *' already, and fo little done in the fummer." Again, ^ 
 *' I heartily wifh your Lordfhip, not the compliments 
 *' but the bleffings of the feafon j even all thofc blef- 
 *' fings that have been purchaied for a loft world, by 
 *' the death and fufterings of an incarnate God." Let- 
 ter MXV, MXVI. 
 
 (/} Letter MXXIX. 
 
 I, '* received
 
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitcfield. 20^ 
 
 " received me into his houfe, and behaves like ^ 
 ** friend indeed. To day I dine with the Conful. 
 *' Every day 1 have feen or heard fomething, that 
 ** hath had a native tendency to make me thankful 
 " for the glorious reformation (m).** After a fight 
 of fome popiih proceflions, which were new arid 
 very ftriking to him, he fays, " I returned to my 
 lodgings not a little affected, to fee fo many 
 thoufands led away from the fimplicity of the 
 gofpel, by fuch a mixture of human artifice and 
 blind fuperftition, of which, indeed, I could 
 have formed no idea, had I not been an eye- 
 " witnefs (n).^* He was ftill morefhocked at the 
 proceflion of St. Francis ; and mod of all at the 
 fight of near two hundred penitents pafiing along 
 the ftreets in a moon-fhine night, dragging along 
 heavy chains faftened to their ancles, which made 
 a difmal rattling, moll of whom whipped and 
 lafhed themfelves with cords, and with flat bits of 
 iron ; and fome of them ftruck fo hard, that their 
 backs were quite red, and very much fwelied. 
 He wrote a defcription of this to his friend (c), 
 with expreffions of praife and gratitude to Provi- 
 dence for the great wonder of the Reformation, 
 and for delivering Britain from the return of fuch 
 fpiritual flavery, by defeating the unnatural rebel- 
 lion. " BleflTed be God, (fays he) the fnare is 
 " broken, and We are delivered. O for Protcf- 
 
 {m) Letter MXXX, MXXXIt. 
 
 («) Letter MXXXV. {o\ Letter MXXXVL 
 
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 *' tant praclices to be added to Proteftant prin- 
 " ciples." He further obferves, " The preachers 
 ** here have alio taught me fomething-, their ac- 
 tion is graceful, Vividi oculi, vivid^e manus, om- 
 nia vivida. Surely our Englilh preachers 
 " would do well, to be a little more fervent in 
 " their addrefs. They have truth on their fide ; 
 why fhould fuperflition and fallliood run away 
 with all that is pathetic and affeding (p) ?" 
 His two lafl: Letters from Lijhon (q) contain a 
 long and lively defcription of the fupcrftitious 
 farces which he faw afted on Hsly Tburfday as they 
 call it, and Good Friday •, which he concludes with 
 very ferious reflexions, and exprefTions of pity 
 towards the poor deluded people, who are not al- 
 lowed to examine matters by the word of God. 
 
 After a paflage of fix weeks from Lijlon^ he 
 arrived at Beaufort in South Carolina^ May ij, 
 with his Orphan charge, all quite well. Having 
 fettled them in his family in Georgia, which now 
 confided of above a hundred, and fpent fome 
 time in Carolina, he took a journey to the north- 
 ward. " At Charles Town (fays he) and other 
 parts of Carolina my poor labours have met with 
 the ufual acceptance, and I have reafon to hope 
 a Clergyman hath been brought under very 
 ferious imprelTions. My health is wonderfully 
 "" prefcrved. My wonted vomitings have left 
 " me, and though I ride whole nights, and have 
 
 (/•) Letter MXXXVII. (<i) Letter MXL, MXLL 
 § V' been 

 
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whiteiield. 2 1 1 
 
 ** been frequently expofcd to great thunders, vio- 
 " lent lightnings, and heavy rains, yet I am ra- 
 *' ther better than ufual, and as far as I can 
 " judge, am not yet to die. O that I may at / 
 *' length learn to begin to live. I am afhamed of 
 " my (loth and lukewarmnefs, and long to be on 
 " the ftretch for God Ct j." He arrived at New 
 Tork by water July 27, and preached backwards 
 and forwards from New Tork to Philadelphia^ and 
 Whitely Creek., till the middle of September. " Every 
 where, he obferves, a divine power accompa- 
 nied the word, prejudices were removed, and a 
 *' more effedlual door opened than ever, for 
 *' preaching the gofpel frj." The latter end of 
 September^ he had once more the pleafure of fee- 
 ing his good old friend Governor Belchier at Eli- 
 %aheth Town (New Jerfey.) And it being the New 
 Jerfey commencement, the Prefident and the 
 Truftees prefented Mr. TVhiteficld with the degree ' 
 of A. M. The meeting of the fynod fucceeded, 
 before whom he preached feveral times, and had 
 much fatisfa61:ion in their company. *' To-mor- 
 ^' row (fays he) October i, God willing, I fliall 
 " fet out v.'ith the worthy Prefident (Mr. Burr) 
 " for Nczv England^ and exped: to return back to 
 *' the Orphan-houfe, through Virginia. This will 
 " be about a two thoufand mile circuit j but the 
 " Redeemer's ftrength will be more than fufH- 
 " cient." He had alfo fome thoughts of going 
 
 (t) Letter MXLVIII. (r) Letter xMLX. 
 
 Pa to
 
 it 
 
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 to the IFcJl Indies^ had it been pradlicable, befors 
 his return to England (s). 
 
 He arrived with Prefident Burr at BoJIofty Oc^ 
 tober 9, and preached there a week with great ac- 
 ceptance. " At Rhode IJland and Boftcn (fays he) 
 fouls fly to the gofpel, like doves to the win- 
 dows. Oppofition feems to fall daily.'* When 
 he was at Bojlon, he heard to his great joy that a 
 Governor was at length nominated for Georgia, 
 and that his friend Mr. Haberfiam was made fecre- 
 tary ♦, to whom he writes, " May the King of 
 *' kings enable you to difcharge your truft, as 
 " becomes a good patriot, fubjed, and chrif- 
 " tian (t) 1" At this time, he went as far north 
 as Portfmouth (New Hamffdire) preaching always 
 twice, and Ibmetimes thrice a day : his reception 
 at Bcjion was more favourable than that fourteen 
 years before •, and in general his labours feemed to 
 be attended with as great a blefling as ever (u). 
 He took leave of the Bofion people at four in the 
 morning, November 7, and went to Rhode IJland -^ 
 from thence through Maryland (x) and Virgmia, 
 where the profpeft of doing good was fo promis- 
 ing, that he was forry he had not come fooner. 
 Many came forty or fifty miles to hear him ; and 
 
 (;) Letter MLXI. {t) Letter MLXII, MLXIV. 
 
 {u) Letter MLXVIIL 
 
 (x) " At length I have got into Maryland^ and into 
 *' a family, out of which, i truft, five have been born 
 
 of God." Letter MLXX. 
 
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 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 213 
 
 a fpirit of convidlion and confolation fecmed to 
 run through all the afTemblics. 1 hree churches 
 were opened to him. Prejudices fubfided ; fome 
 of the rich and great began to think favourably 
 of his miniflrations ; and leveral of the lower clafs 
 came to him, and acknowledged what God had 
 done for them by his preaching, when there be- 
 fore (y). 
 
 In the month of February 1755, he got back 
 to Charles-ToivM, and from thence went to Savan- 
 nah ', continuing in thefe places till the latter end 
 of March^ when he embarked for England. 
 And on the 8th of May^ arrived at Ncivhaven in 
 Sujfex (z). 
 
 The firft thing he took notice of, was the fuc- 
 cefs of the gofpel in his native country : " Glory 
 " be to the great head of the Church ! the word 
 ** hath ftill free courfe. The poor defpifcd Me- 
 ** thodifts are as lively as ever-, and in feveral-,- 
 ^' churches, the gofpel is now preached with 
 *t power. Many in Oxford are awakened to the 
 ** knowledge of the truth, and I have heard al- 
 ** moft every week of fome frelli Minifter or ano- 
 " ther, that feems determined to know nothing 
 " but Jefus CbriJI, and him crucified (a).'' This 
 
 (y) Letter MLXXI, MLXXIV. 
 (z) Letter MLXXVIL 
 
 (a) Letter MLXXXI, MLXXXIL In the M. S. 
 \)C puts down the names of Jones, Ramahie, AJadun : of 
 whom it appears he intended to have written more par- 
 ticularly. 
 
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 2 1 4 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 confideration i'eems to iiave reanimated him. He 
 went on preaching earneftly at London^ Briftol, 
 Bath, and in GlouceJIerfiire, till the month of 
 Auguft. Then he went to Norwich, and opened 
 the Tabernacle there. " At this laft place (fays . 
 " he) notwithftanding offences have come, there 
 ** has been a glorious work begun, and is now 
 " carrying on, (At'-gttft 30, 1755.) The polite 
 " and great feem to hear with much attention, 
 " and I fcarce ever preached a vveek together with 
 *' greater freedom (b)." 
 
 After this he went his northern circuit, and 
 found reaibn to biefs God for giving countenance 
 to his labours all the way •, particularly, at North- 
 (inipton, Liverpocl, Bolton, Manchejter, Leeds, Brad- 
 ford, and Tork(c). But when he had been fome 
 days at Ncwcaftk, he found it too late to go to 
 Ireland, (as he once propofed) or even 10 Scotland: 
 He returned therefore to London, O^ohzr 30, after 
 preaching twice and thrice a day for two months, 
 to many thoufands. At this time, he fays, *' Next 
 *' to Jefis, my King and Country were upon my 
 *' heart. I hope, I fhall always think it my 
 " bounden duty, next to invicing finners to the 
 " bleffed Jejus, to exhort my hearers to exert 
 *' themfelves againft the firft approaches of popilh 
 
 {h) Letter MXCV. 
 
 {c) " At York, I hope, a fine gentleman was touch - 
 . " cd ; and fevera! I find were awakened there, and at 
 " Newcajik, at my laft vifit." Letter MCII. 
 
 tyranny. 
 
 iC
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 215 
 
 '^ tyranny, and arbitrary power (<i). O that we 
 " may be enabled to watch and pray, againft all the 
 **^ opofition of Aiitichrifi in our hearts j for after 
 " all, there lies the mod dangerous man of 
 " fin (^j." About the end of November^ he 
 preached in pain, occafioned by a fore throat, 
 "which was like to have terminated in an inflam- 
 matory quincey. This obliged him, much 
 againft his will, to be filent a few days. As 
 foon as the danger feemed to be over, he fell 
 to work again (f). He was now applied to by 
 many ferious perfons, to preach twice a week 
 at Long-acre Chapel, near the play-houfes. Be- 
 ing informed that the place was licenfed, he 
 complied, and preached there for the firft time, 
 on December 23, J755 j but met with great diffi- 
 culties. The Bifhop of B fent him a pro- 
 hibition. There was alfo a number of foldiers, 
 drummers, and many of the lower fort of people, 
 hired to difturb him, by making a noife in the 
 
 neighbouring houfe, or yard, of one Mr. C ; 
 
 and this not once or twice, but every time he 
 preached at that Chapel ; being hired by fub- 
 
 {d) This refers to the encroachments made by the 
 French, upon the Britifh Colonies in America ; and their 
 threatening Great Britain with an invafion ; which oc- 
 cafioned a declaration of war againft France, next year. 
 
 {e) Letter MCIV, MCV. 
 
 (/) " One Phyfician prefcribed a perpetual hlijler ; but 
 *' I have found perpetual preaching to be a better remedy. 
 *' When this grand catholicon fails, it is over with 
 « me." Letter MCXIV. 
 
 X' 4 fcyiption,
 
 Zi^ Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 fcription, and provided with a copper furnace,' 
 tells, drums, clappers, ^c. they made it their 
 bufincls to raile the loudcft din they poflibly 
 puld, from the moment he began preaching to 
 the end of his fermon. By which, alfo, mobbers 
 were encquraged to come and riot at the chapel- 
 door, during the time of divine fervice, and then 
 jnfult and abufe him, and the cono-regation, after 
 it was over. The Chapel windows, while he was 
 preaching, were repeatedly broken by large ftones, 
 yvhich ladly wounded fome of the hearers. Upoa 
 this occafion, Mr. Whitefield wrote feveral fpirited 
 
 letters to the Biiliop of B , acknowledging, 
 
 indeed, his Lorddiip's candor, and thanking him 
 for his favourable opinion and good wifhes j (for 
 the BiPnop had wrote an anfwer to his firft letter) 
 but, at the fame time, with great ftrength or 
 reafon, and a becoming fenfe of Britijh liberty, 
 defending his own conducl, and remonftrating 
 againft the riotous proceedings of his adverfaries. 
 Laft TuffJay night, (fays he) all was hufhed. 
 And in order to throw off all popular odium, 
 I gave it as my opinion, that it was owing to 
 your Lordfhip's kind interpofirion. One Mr, 
 C. and one Mr. M. I am informed, are greatly 
 *' concerned. I know them not -, and I pray the 
 " Lord of all lords never to lay this ill and un- 
 " merited treatment to their charge. If no more 
 *' noife is made on their part, I afiure your Lord- 
 fliip, no further refentment fliall be made on. 
 mine. But, if they perfifl, I have the au- 
 
 44 
 
 4C 
 4C 
 (C 
 
 *■<■ 
 
 k.(
 
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Wliltefield. 217 
 
 thority of the Apoftle on a like occafion, to 
 appeal unto C^efar. And thanks be to God, 
 '* we have a C^^far to appeal to, whofe laws will 
 '-' not fufFer any of his loyal fubjedts to be ufed 
 " in fuch an inhuman manner. I have only one 
 *' favour to beg of your Lordfhip, that you 
 ^' would fend (as they are your Lordlhip's 
 ♦' parilhioners) to the above gentlemen, and de- 
 *' fire them, henceforward, to defift from fuch 
 unchriftian, (and efpecially, at this critical junc- 
 ture) fuch riotous and dangerous proceedings. 
 Whether as a Chaplain to a moft worthy Peerefs, 
 and a Prefbyter of the Church of England^ and 
 " a fteady difinterefted friend to our prefent hap- 
 ** py conftitution, I have not a right to afl<; fuch 
 *' a favour, I leave to your Lordfhip's mature 
 *' deliberation C^j." In the mean time, his preach- 
 ing was owned by God : particularly, as to one, 
 who had been a fubfcriber to hire men to make 
 the noife {h). 
 
 In the beginning of February 1756, he fent 
 eighty pounds of the colleftion which he had 
 made at the Tabernacle, on the day of the pub- 
 lic faft, to the fociety for relieving the poor per- 
 secuted French Proteftants (i). 
 
 [g^ Letter MCXH, MCXVII, MCXIX, MCXX, 
 MCXXil, MCXXIV. 
 
 {h) Letter MCXVL 
 
 (/) Letter MCXVIII. This year, 1756, he publifh- 
 ed, " A (hort Addrefs to Perfons of all Denominations, 
 *' cccafioned by the Alarm of an intended Invafion." 
 Jnferted in Vol. IV. of his Works. 
 
 As 
 
 cc 
 <( 
 <(
 
 2 1 8 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 As the uproar was ftill continued at Long-acre 
 Chapel, and the fa6i:s were fo flagrant, he was 
 adviled to profccute the offenders by law. This 
 being underltood, his life was threatened. A 
 man came up to him, in the pulpit at the Taber- 
 nacle (k)^ and three anonymous letters were fent 
 him, denouncing, a certain, fudden, and un- 
 avoidable flroke, unlefs he defifted from preach- 
 ing, and purfuing the offenders. Judging that 
 others were concerned as well as himfelf, and that 
 it was an affair that had reference to the welfare 
 of civil government, he fent a copy of one of the 
 
 letters to the Honourable Hume C //, beo-ryino- 
 
 the favour of his advice ; and was advifed by all 
 means, to put all concerned into the Court of 
 King's-BenchCO. The Earl of Holdernefs, (one 
 of the fecretaries of flate) to whom he was in- 
 troduced on this occafion, received him very 
 courteoufly, and feemed to have no objedion 
 againfl iffuing a reward for the difcovery of the 
 letter-writer. « I find," fays Mr. Whitefield^ in 
 
 his letter to Lady H n. May 2^ 1756, 
 
 *' that all things happen for the furtherance of 
 " the Gofpel. I fuppofe, your Ladyfhip has feen 
 ** his M.ijefty's promife of a pardon, to any that 
 " will difcover the letter-writer ; and this brings 
 " the further news of my having taken a piece 
 *' of ground, very commodious to build on, not 
 
 {k) Letter MCXXIX. 
 
 ( /) Letter MCXXVII. MCXXIX. 
 
 « far
 
 
 the Rev, Mr. George Whiteficld. 219 
 
 " far from the Foundling Hcfpital. I have open- 
 " ed the fubfcription, and through God's bleff- 
 " ing, it hath already amounted to near fix hun- 
 dred pounds. I hope, in a few months, to 
 have what hath been long wanted, a place for 
 <* the Goipel, at the other end of tiie town. 
 ^' This evening, God willing, I venture once 
 " more to preach at Long-^cre."* The place he 
 here fpeaks of, is the chapel in 'Tottenham-Court' 
 Road, which he began to build May 10, 1756. 
 
 After this he fee out on one of his wonted 
 tours, and having fpent three weeks in preaching, 
 with ufual fuccefs, at Brifiol^ and in Gkucefitrjliire^ at 
 Bradford^ Frome^ Warminjier, and at Portfmouth (m), 
 he returned to London in the beginning of June. 
 
 July 27. he writes, " The Gofpel flouriflies in 
 " London. I am jull returned from preaching it 
 at Sheernefs, Chatham, and in the camp." Next 
 day he fet off for Scotland (n). How he employ- 
 ed his time in his way thither, appears from the 
 following letter. " Sunderland, Augiiji 14, 1756. 
 " How fwiftly doth my precious time fly away ! 
 " It is now a fortnight fince I came to Leeds, in 
 *' and about which, I preached eight days, thrice 
 " almoft every day, to thronged and affedled 
 !" auditories. On Sunday laft at Bradford, in the 
 " morning, the auditory confided of about ten 
 '■'• thoufand ; at noon, and in the evening at Bur- 
 *' jiall, to near double the number. Though 
 
 («) Letter MCXXXIX. («) Letter MCXLV. 
 
 ^' hoarfe.
 
 
 2 20 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 ** hoarfe, I was helped to fpeak fo, that all heard. 
 •* Next morning, I took a forrowful leave of 
 *' Leeds ^ preached at Doncajler at noon, and at 
 ** Tork the fame night ; on Wednefday at JVawJtall^ 
 about fifty miles off; on Thurfday^ twice at 
 Tarm, and laft night, and this morning here.'* 
 All the way he heard of a great concern, fince he 
 was in thefe parts laft year. 
 
 Upon prefling invitations from friends in the 
 north, he proceeded to Edinburghy where he ar- 
 rived Augujl 20. and preached there (o) and at 
 Clafgozv, as ufual, till September 22 •, about which 
 
 time he received a meffage from the new Gover- 
 nor of Georgia in London, de firing to fee and con- 
 verfe with him before he embarked (p). 
 
 In his way to London, he again vifited Leeds, 
 
 and went fome days into good Mr. G and 
 
 JMr. J 's round, preaching upon the moun- 
 
 [o) *' Edinburgh, September <^^ 1 756. For near thefe 
 •' three wcelcs, the Rev. Mr. JVhiteJieldh^xh been preach-t 
 *' ing in the Orphan-Hofpital-Park to very crouded au- 
 *' diiories, twice every day. As he was frequently very 
 " explicit in opening the miferies of popifh tyranny, 
 ♦' and arbitrary power ; and very warm in exhorting 
 *' his hearers to loyalty and courage at home, and in 
 ** ftirring them up to pray for the fuccefs of his Majef- 
 " ty's forces, both by fea and land abroad ; we have 
 " rcafon to believe, tliat bis vifit at this juncture hath 
 *' been particularly ufeful." 
 
 Glafgow Courant. 
 
 ** Edinburgh^ September i"^. On Ti/ejday evening, the 
 •' Rev. Mr. JVhitefield, after fermon, made a collection 
 " for the poor Highlanders, when upwards of fixty 
 *■ fo.wni^s Jierltng was colle<Sted." Ibid^ 
 
 [p) Letter MCXLVIII. 
 
 tains,.
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 221 
 
 tains to many thoufands. But finding his laft 
 year's diforder was like to return, he was obliged 
 to leave off, and came to London in the end of 
 OBober-, and November the 7th, opened his new 
 Chapel in Tolienham-Courl-Road, preaching from 
 1 Cor. iii. n. (q) 
 
 ig) Letter MCXLIX. and M. S. 
 
 CHAP.
 
 2 2 2 Memoh's of the Life of 
 
 CHAP. XVII. 
 
 From his opening his Chapel in Tottenham-Court-' 
 Road, to his Arrival in Edinburgh, /;/ the 
 Tear i 759. 
 
 I S conflant work was now preaching about 
 fit'tecn times a week, which, with a weak 
 appetite, want of relt frj, and much care lying 
 upon his mind, enfeebled his body exceedingly. 
 " But (fays he) the joy of the Lord is my 
 *' ftrength, and my greatell grief is, that I can do 
 *' no more for Him, who hath done and fuffered fo 
 ** much for me fjj." 
 
 His new Chapel fuccecded according to his 
 "wilh. On Sunday mornings, hundreds went away 
 not being able to get in (t). Some people of dif- 
 tinftion came, and begged they might have a 
 conftant feat \ and he received a very ferious let- 
 ter, from a perfon who was brought under con- 
 cern there, though he came at firft out of curiofi-* 
 ty, to fee what fort of place it was («). 
 
 In 
 
 (r) " I could enlarge, but it is near fix \n the morn-' 
 *' ing, and I niuft av/.iy to preach." Letter MCLVI. 
 
 [s) Letter MCLIII. (0 iMCLVIL 
 
 (n) Lctte-s MCLVI, LVIL " A neighbouring 
 " Do6iur calls the place IVbkejield' % Soul-traf. J pray the 
 
 ** friend
 
 the Rev. Mr. George V/hiteficId. -223 
 
 In fpring 1757, he fet out agdin on his northern 
 circuit, and came to Edinburgh in the month of 
 May, when the General Aflembly- of the Church 
 of Scotland held their annual meeting. He was 
 much pleafed with this circumftance. Many 
 miniftcrs attended his fermons, perhaps a hun- 
 dred at a time. Thereby prejudices were re- 
 moved, and many of them feemed to be deeply 
 affeded. About thirty of them, as a token of 
 refpeft, invited him to a public entertainment. 
 The King's CommifTioner alfo invited him to his 
 table (x). Thoufands, among whom were a great 
 , many of the beft rank, daily attended his minii- 
 trations, and the longer he ftaid, the more the 
 congregations increafed (y). 
 
 From Edinburgh he went to Glajgoiu, where, 
 having preached twice by the way, he arrived 
 
 *' friend of finners, to make it a Soul-trap indeed, 
 *' to many wandering creatures." Letter MCLVil. 
 
 *' S , the player, makes always one of 
 
 *' the auditory, and, as I hear, is much imprefled, 
 ** and brings others with him." Letter MCLXIIL 
 
 (x) Some of the Scotch clergy, who were prejudiced 
 againft Mr. JVhitefield, took upon them to fignify to the 
 Commiflioner, (Lord C-thc-rt) by fome of their friends, 
 that it would be better not to invite Mr. IVhitefield to his 
 table ; and that it would give offence. This overture 
 his Grace received with indignation. 
 
 The Earl of L alfo, who was King's Com- 
 miflioner before Lord C-thc-rt, (hewed particular atten- 
 tention to Mr. IVhitefield: And from the time of his firft 
 coming to Scotland, ihewed a great and conflant regard 
 for him. 
 
 0-) Letter MCLXVII. 
 
 June
 
 ^24 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 June 8, and continued till the 14th, preaching, 
 as ufual, in the High Church-yard, to great mul- 
 titudes, morning and evening •, bcfides on the 
 Lord's-day, both forenoon and afternoon, in one 
 of the churches of the city» The poor in Glaf. 
 gow being at this time in very mournful circum-^ 
 ftances, notwithftanding the various fources of 
 fupply, he (with the countenance of the magif- 
 trates) made a colle(5tion for them, at his fermon 
 on Monday evening, which amounted- to near fixty 
 pounds. Next day he preached at Paijley ^ and 
 from thence fet out for Ireland. 
 
 His firft reception was promifing as formerly. 
 Congregations at Dublin were very large, and 
 much affedied. One of the Bifhops told a No- 
 bleman, (who repeated it to Mr. IVhitefield) that 
 he was glad he was come to roufe the people. 
 All forts attended, and all forts feemed to be 
 flruck with a religious concern (2), But on Sun- 
 day afternoon, July 3. after preaching in Oxman- 
 town-green^ (a place frequented by the Ormond 
 and Liberty boys, as they call them, who often 
 fight there) he narrowly efcaped with his life. 
 It being war time, he took, occafion to exhort his 
 hearers, (as was his ufual practice) not only to 
 fear God, but to honour the King •, and prayed 
 for fuccefs to the King of Prujfia. In the time of 
 fermon and prayer, a few ftones were thrown at 
 him, which did no hurt. But when he had done. 
 
 (rj Letter MCLXVIII, LXIX, 
 
 and
 
 the Rev. Mr, George Whitefield. 225 
 
 And thought to return home, the way he came, 
 by the Barracks, to his great lurprize accefs was 
 denied j and he was obliged to go near half a mile, 
 from one end of the Green to the other, through 
 hundreds of papifts^ i^c. who finding him un- 
 attended, (for a foldier, ahd four preachers who 
 came with him, had fled) threw voUies of Hones 
 upon him from all quarters, and made him reel 
 backwards and forv.-ards, till he was almoft breath- 
 \tky and all over a gore of b\oodi(a). At lad, 
 with great difficulty, he daggered to the door of a 
 miniftcr's houfe lying next to the Green, which was 
 kindly opened to him. For a v/hile he continued 
 fpeechlefs and panting for breath 5 but his weep- 
 ing friends having given him fome cordials, and 
 wafhed his wounds, a coach was procured, in 
 which, amidlt the oaths, imprecation*, and threat- 
 nings of the popifh rabble, he got fafe home . 
 and joined in a hymn of thankfgiving with his 
 friends^ by whom, he fays, " none but fpefta- 
 " tors could form an idea of the affccflion with 
 *' which he was received." Next morning he fee 
 out for Port Arlingto7t^ '* leaving, (fays he) my 
 ** perfecutors to his mercy, who of perfecutors 
 " has often made preachers. I pray God^ I may 
 ** thus be avenged of them {b)»* 
 
 (fl) " I received many blows and wounds ; one was 
 *' pirticularly large, and near my temples. I thought 
 *' of Stephen, and was in hopes, like him, to go off in 
 *' this bloody triumph, to the immediate prefencc of my 
 •» mafter." Letter MCLXX. 
 
 (0 Letter MCLXX. 
 
 Q^ ' After
 
 226 Memoirs of the Life df 
 
 After preaching at Port Arlington^ Athhne^ Li- 
 merick, and Cork ; in the beginning of Aigt^Ji he 
 returned to England ; and, while the weather per- 
 mitted, continued to range, Cas he expreffes it) 
 preaching with great earneftnefs every where, 
 " This fpiritual hunting, (fays he) is delightful 
 " fport, when the heart is in the work (c)." At 
 Plymouth he had the pleafure of feeing officers, 
 foldiers, failors, i^c. attending his fermons with 
 the utmoft folemnity. In Exeter alfo, Brijlcl, 
 Gloucejler, and GlouctficrPnrc, he had delightful 
 feafons. About the miJdle of Ol'Icbcr 1737, he 
 returned to London. 
 
 His attendance this winter on both the Chapel 
 and the Tabernacle, together with his thouglic- 
 fulnefs, greatly impaired his healili. He was 
 troubled with continual vomitings got little 
 lleep, and had no appetite. Still, however, he 
 went on as well as he could, " I am brought, 
 *' now (d), (fays he) to the ihort allowance of 
 *' preaching but once a day, and thrice on a 
 *' Sunday.** But when he was not preaching, he 
 was projcding fome fcheme or other for the ad- 
 vancement of religion : for inftance, the building 
 of alms-houfes for pious widows, on the ground 
 that furrounded his Chapel. '* I have a plan, 
 " (fays he) for twelve. Tiie whole expence will 
 '* be four hundred pounds. I have got a proi- 
 " peel of two. 1 propofe allowing each widow 
 *' half a crown a week. The facrament money 
 
 {() Letter MCLXXIV. (d) Letter MCi'LXXXVII.
 
 (C 
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whltefield. 22^ 
 
 will more than do. If this be effefted, manv 
 *' godly widows will be provided for, and a fland- 
 " ing monurfjent left that the Methodids were 
 '* not againft good works (e)," It was not long 
 till this plan was put into execution. The foun- 
 dation of the alms-houfes was laid February 169 
 1758, and the widows began to be admitted in 
 yum following. 
 
 He began his fummer-circuit this year at Glou-' 
 cefter : from thence he went to Brijlol^ and then to 
 Wales. When he was in Wales, he was brouo-ht 
 very low in his health. He was not able to fit up 
 in company, as he ufed to do-, and could take 
 very little food. Yet continued travelling and 
 preaching twice a day, through various towns in 
 Soulh Wales, where multitudes attended ; on Suji- 
 days the numbers were almoll: incredible f/y. 
 
 In the month of July he fet off for Scotland. 
 In his way he preached at Everton^ St. Neots^ 
 Kayfoy Bedford, Oulney, Wejlon, Ujiderivood, Raven- 
 fione, Northampton, and Newcajlle. Four clergy- 
 men lent him their pulpits. His bodily flrength 
 increafed fo little by this journey, that he fome- 
 times had thoughts of turning back. But this he 
 did not think to be his duty. ** Through divine 
 *' ftrength, (fays he) I hope to go forward, and 
 *' fhall drive, as much a^s in me lies, to die in 
 ** this glorious v/ork(|")." Yet it pleafed God to 
 
 (0 Letters MCLXXXVU, MCLXXXIX. 
 (/) Letters MCCIK, MCCVL 
 (g) Letter MGCIX. 
 
 0^2 teftorc
 
 
 228 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 reftore his health in a good meaiure, foofi 
 afrer his arrival in Scotland. From Edinburgh 
 he writes, /lugujl 19 and 24. " For thefe four 
 *' months laft paft, 1 have been brought fo ex- 
 *' ceeding low in my body, that I was in hopes, 
 *' every I'ermon I preached would waft me to my 
 " wiOied for hotne. Scotland, I hoped, would 
 " finifh my warfare-, but it has rather driven me 
 " back to fea again. On Tuefday next, I thought 
 *' to have moved ; but as it is race- week, and 
 " my health is improving, friends advifc me to 
 
 ftay, to flir them up to run with patience the 
 
 race that is let before us (h)" 
 
 Having hit Edinburgh, September 13, he preach- 
 ed in a great many places in the north of England^ 
 Alnivick^ Newccijiky Durham ^ Bfiop-Aukland^ Leeds , 
 
 (h) " Edinburgh, September 14, 1758. Mr. IFhite- 
 
 " field's prefence, at this time, has been particularly 
 
 *' ufeful to the Orphan- Kofpital, for which upwards of 
 
 *' two hundred pounds hath been raifed from the col- 
 
 *' le6\ion at the doors, and feat-rents. Before he left 
 
 *' Glajgotu^ he made a collechion for the Glafgew Cha- 
 
 ** ritable /7;V^/^;i^ Society, for fupporting and educatina^ 
 
 ** poor ///^Art^^/ children ; a fcheme particularly ufeful 
 
 '* at this time, when To many of their parents and 
 
 *' friends are abroad in America^ in his Majelly's fervice. 
 
 " During his ftay here, he has had occafion to preach 
 
 ** three thanlcfgiving fcrmons, for the victory at Crevelt^ 
 
 *' the taking of Cape Breton, and the late defeat of the 
 
 *' Rujjicuis. By his warm and repeated exhortations to 
 
 *' loyalty, and a fteady adherence to the ptotcftant in- 
 
 *' tereft, on this, and all other occafions, it muft be 
 
 '' acknowledged, even in this view, his vifit here has 
 
 " been ufeful to the community in a civil, as well as a 
 
 " religious light." Ghifgoiv Courant,
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 229 
 
 &c. and came to Loudon about the end of 
 October. 
 
 He now talked of p-oinq- over again to Ame- 
 rica^ where his affairs were in a good fituation : 
 *' Blefied be God, (fays he) that I can fend you 
 " word, a never-failing Providence hath put 
 " it into my power to pay off all Bethefda's 
 *' arrears. I am talking every day of coming 
 *' over ; but how to do it in war-time, or 
 " how to get the Chapel and Tabernacle fupplied, 
 •• I cannot as yet be clear in (i)*'' Not being 
 able, it feems, to get over thefe difficulties, he 
 continued all v/inter 1758 in London, and about 
 the middle of May 1759, opened his fpring cam- 
 paign, at Brijtol. In the month of June he was 
 in Gloitcejier/Iiire and Torkjhire, where people, high 
 and low, rich and poor, flocked, as ufual, to hear 
 him, twice a day (k) ; and from thence re-vifitcd 
 Scotland, 
 
 {!) Letters MCCXIX, MCCXX. 
 
 (k) " I am growing fat ; but, as I take it to be a 
 «' difeafe, I hope I Ihall go home the iboner." Letter 
 MCCXXV. 
 
 Q_3 C H A P,
 
 ^ ^^o Memoirs of the Lrfe of 
 
 C II A P. XVIII. 
 
 from bis Arrival ai Edinburgh 1759, to his opening 
 Lady Huntingdoq'j Chapel ai Bath, //; the l^ear 
 
 BOUT the beginning of July 1759, he 
 came to Edinburgh. His congregations here 
 and at Glofgow were very large, and very atten- 
 tive, as formerly {l). But he complains in his 
 letters, " that with refpedl; to the power of religion, 
 ^' it was a dead time in Scotland in comparifon 
 ^' with London^ and leveral other parts of Eng- 
 *' land(mjr 
 
 (I) " Edi?iburgh, Augufl 15, 1 759. On Tuefdayf 
 
 *' morning the Rev. Mr. tVhitcficld fet out on his return 
 
 «^ {ox England It is faid, that here and at Glafgcw^ within 
 
 *•' thefe iix weeks he has preached near a hundred times, 
 
 " and yet the congregations were always increafing. 
 
 *' Whatever this be owing to, every body muft judge 
 
 ** for themfclves : but it is certain he continually ex- 
 
 '* erted all his rhetoric in ftirring up a zeal for his God, 
 
 *' his King, and his Country in this time of danger; and 
 
 '^ feemed particularly pleafcd, as were thoufands more, 
 
 *' that he had an opportunity laft Lord's Day evening, 
 
 " of preacliinp- a thankfijivin^; fermcn to a moH: thronged 
 
 ** auditory, on account of the glorious vi(5lory lately 
 
 ^' vouchfafed to Prince Ferdinand over the French. 
 
 *' The fum collected for the benefit of the Orphan 
 
 " Hofpital, during his {lay here, amounted \q two hua- 
 
 ** dred and fifteen pounds." 
 
 i^m) Utters MCCXXVI, XXVIIL 
 
 His
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 231 
 
 His vifit to Scotland this year, gave occarion to 
 a pallage, which was much for his honour, and 
 a full confutation of the mercenary motives afcrib- 
 ed to him by Ibme of his adverfaries. One Mils 
 JIuNter, a young lady of confiderable fortune, made 
 a full offer to him of her eftate, both money and 
 lands, amounting to about feven thoufand pounds, 
 which he generoufly rcfufed. And upon his refu- 
 fing it for himlelf, llie offered it to him for the 
 benefit of his orphan-houfe in Georgia^ which he 
 alfo abfolutely refufed. Thefe fadls the compiler 
 has from undoubted authority. 
 
 He fpent the winter (fi) in London^ and got his 
 chapel enlarged. 
 
 March 14, 1760, he made a colle6lion at his 
 Chapel and Tabernacle, of above four hundred 
 pounds, for the diftrefled Prnjfians^ who had fuf- 
 fered fo much from the cruelty of the RuJJians^ at 
 Newmark^ Cojirin, &c. {0). 
 
 In fummer 1760, he went into Gloiuejlcrpiire and 
 Wales, and from thence to Brijiol. When he 
 preached at the Tabernacle in Brijiol, there were 
 more in the evenings'than it could well hold; and 
 in the fields his congregations confided of not lefs 
 than ten thoufand (p), 
 
 [n) Oiiober 1759, he wrote a preface to Mr. Satimel 
 Clarke s Bible. See his Works, Vol. IV. 
 
 (0) For this difinterefted zSt of benevolence, it is fald, 
 be received the thanks of his Prujfian majefty, 
 
 (/>) Letter MCCXXXVII. 
 
 0^4 lie
 
 tji Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 He now began to undergo a new kind of per- 
 fecution (which however has fomctimes fallen uporn 
 men of the greatefl; eminence^ that of being mi- 
 micked and burlefqiied upon the ilage (j). His 
 enemies had in vain ufed violence againft him, 
 and havino; found that the law would not fuffer 
 them to proceed in that way, they therefore 
 thought they would try what they could do by 
 mockery. For this purpofe, they got for their 
 tool one SrjrMcl Foole, a mimic, v/ho having had 
 fome fuccefs in imitating yiiJVhiteficLVs perfon, and 
 fpeaking a few ludicrous fentenccs in his manner, 
 ■was encouraged to proceed farther, and to write a 
 farce (called the Minor) to be acted at the Theatre 
 in Drury-lane (r). This performance is otherwife 
 very dull and uninterefting-, but by its impiety, it 
 cannot fail of excitino; the indin-nation of the reli- 
 gious and fober-minded. For, in order to expofe 
 Mr. IVhitefield to contempt, the author makes no 
 fcruple to treat the very expreflions and fentiments 
 of the Bible with ridicule i or (to put the moft fa- 
 
 {q) The compiler is uncertain ss io the time when 
 this was firi]: done. Mr. fl-'biiejie/d firil takes notice of it 
 in his letter dated Aiiguff 15, 1760. It fc-ems to have 
 taken its rife from the rcfcntment of the playhoufe peo- 
 ple, aficr they failed in their attempt to freighter! him 
 from preaching at Long-acre chapel, .nnd were farther ex- 
 afperated by feeing him ere^l a chapel of his own in Tot- 
 ienham- coi^rt- roa^. 
 
 (r) See a Letter to David Garrkk, Efq; occafioned by 
 the intended reprefentaiion of the Minor at Drury-lant 
 ThCiitre, f.;id to be written by the Rev. Mr- Madan. 
 
 Yourable 
 
 t 
 
 X
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitcfield. 233 
 
 vourable conilruclion upon the matter) he and 
 thofe whom he Tent to the Tabernacle and Chapel 
 to procure materials, were fo little acquainted 
 with the facred writings, as not to know, that what 
 they took for Mr. PFhiiefieid's peculiar language, 
 was the language of the word of God (s). Be this 
 
 (s) Mr. Fooi£ being manager of the Edmburgh Theatre 
 In winter 1770, the Minor was a£ted there. The lirft 
 night it was pretty throng, as people fond of any novelty 
 were led to it without knowing any thing of the nature 
 of the performance. But (luch was the public fenfeof the 
 impurity and indecency of it when known) that on the 
 fecond night, only ten women appeared. When it was 
 a£ted on Saturday^ November 24, a difpute arofe among 
 the fpeitators, whether it was proper to bring Mr. Jfhite^ 
 field upon the ftage, as he was now dead ? This, however, 
 was done ; and raifed a general indignation in the inha- 
 bitants of that city. Next day feveral miniftcrs (the Rev. 
 Dr. Erfkine^ Dr. Walker^ he.) took notice of it in their 
 difcourfes from the pulpit. Dr. IValker (whofe church 
 is frequented by the people of higher rank) cbfervfd in 
 his lecture upon 2 Cor. v. 14 — 21, that he could not read 
 the 17th verie, *' If any man be in Chrift, he is a new 
 ** creature," without exprcffing the juft indignation he 
 felt, upon hearing that lafl night a profane piece 
 of buffoonery was publickly adted, in which this 
 
 facred doftrine is ridiculed. Mr. Bai>ie, of the 
 
 Kirk of Relief, preached a fermon upon the occa- 
 fion, December 2, from Pfalm xciv. 16, which was 
 publiflied and fold oft* in a few days. Towards the 
 conclufion of the fermon, he fays, " How bafe and un- 
 *' grateful is fuch treatment of the dead ; and that too 
 *' fo very nigh to a family of orphans, the records of whofe 
 .** hofpital will tranfmit Mr. JlHoittf eld's name to polte- 
 »* rity with honour, when the memory of others wiil 
 *' rot. How illiberal fuch uHige of one, whofe feafon- 
 ft' able good ferviccs for his King and Country are well 
 t* known ; whofe indefatigable labours for his beloved 
 (* Mafler were countenanced by Heaven." 
 
 as
 
 234 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 as it may, they loll their labour, for they were fo 
 far from leflcning the number of his congrega- 
 tions, that they increafed them ; and brought 
 thoufands of new perfons to hear the gofpel ; 
 which was the very thing he always aimed at : 
 and thus Providence gave him the victory over 
 them. 
 
 March 14, 1760, he preached at the Chapel 
 from Hof, xi. 8, 9. and at the Tabernacle in the 
 evening from the 80th Pfalm and latl Verfe. At 
 the former place he collected two hundred and 
 twenty-two pounds eight {hillings and nine pence; 
 and at the other, one hundred and eighty-two 
 pounds fifteen fhillings and nine pence, for the dif- 
 trelTcd Proteilants in Prujfa. No man was a more 
 ftriift obfcrver of public occurrences, or more en- 
 deavoured to improve them. 
 
 In the months of September and Q^oher 1760, he 
 made a tour through Tork/hire ; and was in Lon- 
 don^ during the winter, employed as ufual. On 
 thefaft-day, Feb. 13, 1 761, he preached early in the 
 morning at the Tabernacle on Exod. xxxiv. i. ^e, 
 and colle(5tcd one hundred and twelve pounds j in 
 the forenoon he laboured at the Chapel, and dif- 
 courfed on JoelW. 15. and afterwards collefted two 
 hundred and forty-two pounds •, and in the even- 
 ing he preached at the Tabernacle from Gen. vii. i. 
 and collc^lcd two hundred and ten pounds. Thcfe 
 fums were immediately applied to the noble pur- 
 pofts for which they were coliedcd, the relief of 
 
 the
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 235 
 
 the German Proteflants, and ihe fufferers by fire 
 at Bofiofj (J). 
 
 But his health, which had often been very 
 bad («j, now grew worfe and worie, fo that in 
 /^pril 1 761, he was brought to the gates of death. 
 After his recovery, being iVill exceeding weak, 
 and not able to preach as formerly, he left London^ 
 and mad,e a vifit to Brifiol, Exeter, and Flymouih^ 
 by which he found himfelf fomewhat better; but 
 could not bear long journies and frcc^uent preach^ 
 ing as he ufed to do (x), 
 
 (/) Four hundred pounds were afligned to the GermanSy 
 and given into the hands of the Rev. Mr. Ziegenhagen. 
 Letters MCCXLI, XLII, XLVI. 
 
 *' Bojlon^ Feb. 27, I "64. At a meeting of the free* 
 *' holders and other inhabitants of the town of Bojion on 
 ** Friday laft, it was voted unanimoufly, that the thanks 
 *' of the town be given to the Rev. Mr. George JVlnte- 
 ^' field, for his charitable care and pains in coliedting a 
 *' confiderable fum of money in Great Britain^ for the 
 ** diftrefled fuffcrers by the great fire in Bojion 1760; and 
 ** a refpe(5lable committee was appointed to wait on Mr. 
 «' IFhitcfield^ to inform him of the vote, and prefent him 
 ** with a copy thereof." Bojion Gazette. 
 
 (u) It was happy for him that he frequently got the 
 afliftance of clergymen from the country ; and at this 
 time particularly of the Rev. Mr. Berridge, late Mode- 
 rator of Cambridge, of whom he writes (Let. MCCXLIII, 
 XLV) " A new inftrument is raifed up out of Cambridge 
 ** Univerfity. He has been here preaching with great 
 
 •' flame, and like an angel of the churches indeed." 
 
 The compiler is informed that the Rev. Mr. Berridge, at 
 ^verton. Hill continues zealous and fuccefsful. 
 
 {x) Letter MCCL. The MS. (which after the 
 
 year 1748, contains only very fhort and imperfeift hints) 
 ends here. 
 
 1 OMer
 
 23^ Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 OSiohir 1761, he complains " I have not preach- 
 *' ed a fingle lermon for Ibme weeks. Laft Sunday 
 *' I fpoke a little j but I feel its effe6ls ever fince. 
 **• A Tea voyage feems more neceffary to me now 
 
 " than ever. 1 know now what nervous difor- 
 
 " ders are. BlCiTed be God that they were con- 
 
 " tradted in his fcrvice ; I do not repent • 
 
 " though I am frequently tempted to wifh the 
 '* report of my death had been true, fince my 
 " diforder keeps me from my old delightful work 
 " of preaching C^,.'* In a journey to Leeds and 
 Newccijik, this month, he could bear riding in a 
 a poft-chaife, but preached feldom, his friends be- 
 ing fo prudent as not to prefs him to it : "I hope, 
 ** however, fays he, I am travelling in order to 
 " preach (z)." Accordingly he prolonged his jour- 
 ney the length oi Edinburgh and Glafgozv, and did 
 not return to London till the month of December -, 
 when he found himfelf confiderably better, which 
 (under God) he attributed to his following the 
 fimple prefcriptions of four eminent phyficians in 
 Edinburgh 'y being fenfible, as he faid, that their 
 advice had been more bleffed, for his recovery, 
 than all the medicines and directions he had elfe- 
 where [a). 
 
 As foon as his health was in fome mcafure re- 
 ilored, he fell to his beloved work again. From 
 £riftoi, April 1762, he writes, *' Brijlol air agrees 
 
 ()•) Letters MCCLII, LIII, LIV. 
 
 Ca) Letter MCCLV. (c) Letter I^CCLIX. 
 
 C " with
 
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 237 
 
 *• with me. I have been enabled to preach five 
 ** times, this lall week, v^ithout being hurt. Who 
 ** knows but I may yet be reftored To far as to 
 ** found the Gofpel trumpet for my God ? The 
 quietnefs I enjoy here, with daily riding our^ 
 feems to be one very proper means (Z^)." He 
 continued thus to preach four or five times a 
 week, notwithftanding his weaknefs, till about 
 the middle of Af'Ty ; and was fometimes enabled 
 to " take the field,'* as he exprefles it, which 
 gave him great joy ; " Mounts,*' fays he, " are 
 " the beft pulpits, and the heavens the bed 
 *' founding boards. O for power equal to my 
 ** will ! I would fly from pole to pole, publifhing 
 *' the everlafting gofpel of the Son of God (f ).** 
 When he returned to London^ the cares and la- 
 bours that thronged upon him were ready to bring 
 him low again. In the month of Julyy therefore, 
 he made a voyage to Holland {d)^ and found hini- 
 fclf fo much the better for it, that he writes from 
 Norwich^ July 31, " The expedition to Holland^ 
 *' was, I truft, profitable to myfelf and others ; 
 ** and if ever my ufefulnefs is to be continued at 
 " London^ I muft be prepared for it by a longer 
 " itineration both by land and water. At pre- 
 " tent, blefled be God, I can preach once a day -, 
 *' and it would do your heart good to fee what an 
 
 (/.) Letto-s MCCLX, LXI. [c) Letter A1CCLX\'. 
 . (J) He preached at Rotterdam four times. 
 
 • ' •- ». .--,■ . -f' 
 " influence
 
 238 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 •* influence attends the word. All my old time^ 
 •* are revived again [e)" 
 
 Augtift iS, \i^AX\:\MtA2X Edinburgh^ made a vifit 
 to Clafgcw^ where he preached every day (and 
 twice at Camhujlang) and continued preaching once 
 a day at Edinburgh till Septetr.her 13, when he re- 
 turned to England : and was glad (now that peace 
 was expelled) of the prolped of embarking foon 
 for America. 
 
 "While in England^ he found that preaching once 
 a day did not hurt him, but dared not venture 
 oftener. At Leeds^ Brijlol^ and Plymouth^ he had 
 very defirabie feafons -, but with refped to London, 
 he fays, (f) *' As affairs are circumilanced, every 
 " thinpr there tends to weio-h me down.'* Havins 
 therefore perfuaded fome of his intimate friends, as 
 truftees, to take upon them the whole care of the 
 affairs of his Chapel and Tabernacle, and all his 
 other concerns at home-, he refolved to fail from 
 Qreencck in Scotland. On his way thither, in the 
 month of March iy6^^ he preached at Everton^ 
 Leeds ^ Aberford^ Kippax^ and Newcaftle ; and w'as 
 alfo employed in writing his obfervations, ^c. in 
 anfwer to Bifhop M'^arburton {g). 
 
 "When he came to Scotland, he continued to 
 preach once a day, for fome weeks •, but being 
 taken ill of his old diforder at Edinburgh, he was 
 obliged to be filcnt (for the molt part) for near 
 
 [c] Letter MCCLXVII. (/) Letter MCCLXXIV. 
 
 [g] Letter MCCXXXVIII, LXXIX. See hie 
 •Wyrks, Vol. IV. 
 
 fix
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Wliltefield. 2^'^ 
 
 fix weeks afterwards. At lad, in the beginning 
 of Jun^y he embarked the fixth time for America^ 
 in the fiiip Fanny ^ Captain Archibald Galbreath^ 
 bound from Greenock to Virginia.: where (after a 
 voyage of twelve weeks) he arrived in the latter 
 end of Align fl (h). 
 
 His letters in September, ORoher, and November 
 1763, are dated from Philadelphia. He found him- 
 felf ftill an invalid ; yet made a Qiift to preach 
 twice a week. " Here," fays he, *' are fome young 
 ** bright witneflTes rifing up in the church. Per- 
 *' haps I have already converfed with forty new* 
 *' creature minifters of various denominations. 
 " Sixteen hopeful ftudents, I am credibly inform- 
 " ed, were converted at New-Jerfey College lail 
 
 year. What an open door, if I had (Irength i 
 
 Laft Titefday we had a remarkable feafon among 
 " the Lutherans ; children and grown people 
 " were much imprefled (z)." 
 
 He wanted much to go forward to Georgia^ but 
 the phyficians were abfolutely againft it, till he goc 
 more ftrengih. In the latter end of 'No'cember he 
 
 
 D' 
 
 (/;) *' Thanks to a never failing Redeemer, T 
 
 *' have not been laid by an hour through ficknefs, fince 
 
 *' I came on board A kind captain, and a moft or- 
 
 *' derly and quiet fhip's company, who gladly attended 
 *' when I had breath to preach. Scarce an oath have I 
 
 *' heard upon deck and fuch a flillnefs through the 
 
 *' whole fliip, both on week-days and the Lord's day, 
 ** as hath from time to time furprizcd me.** Letter 
 MCCXC. 
 
 (;■) Letter MCCXCIV. 
 
 fee
 
 2 4^^ l^lcfiioirs of the Lij'e oj 
 
 fct out from Fhiladdphia for Nezv-Tork^ and on hi^ 
 v«'ay preached feverul times at JSeiv-Jerfey College 
 and Elizabeth Towii^ with much acceptance. His 
 fpiiits now grew better, and he could fometimes 
 preach thrice a week (f). While he continued at 
 'Scw-l'ork during the winter, he writes, *' Preju- 
 ** dices in this place have mofl ftrangely fubfided. 
 *' The better fort flock as eagerly as the common 
 " people, and are fond of coming for private gof- 
 
 " pel-converfation. Congregations continue 
 
 *' very large, and I truft favin^ impreiTions are 
 ** made upon many (g).^^ 
 
 After leaving Ntiv-York^ he preached at Eajl- 
 Hamptony Bridge-Hampton, and South-Hold^ upon 
 
 (f) Letter MCCXCVIJI. 
 
 {g) Letters MCCCII, MCCCIII. " KwYork, 
 'January 11^^ 1764- The Rev. Mr. George IVhitefieU 
 has fpent feven weeks v/ith us, preaching twice a 
 week to more general acceptance than ever ; and been 
 treated with great refpe6l by many of the gentlemen 
 and merchants of this place. During his flay, he 
 preached two charity fermons ; the one on the occa- 
 fion of the annual collection for the poor, in which 
 " double the fum was colIe<Sted that ever was upon the 
 *' like occafion ; the other was for the benefit of Mr. 
 *' IVhcelock's Indian School at Lebanon, in Kciv-Englandy 
 *' for which he colleȣ^ed (notwithftanding the prefcnc 
 " prejudices of many people againft the Indians) the fum 
 '* of one hundred and twenty pounds. In his la(t fcrmon 
 he took a very affecflionate leave of the people of this 
 city, who exprefied great concern at his departure. 
 May God reftore this great and good man (in whom 
 the gentleman, the chriftian, and accomplifhed ofator 
 fhine forth with fuch peculiar luftre) to a perfect f^ate 
 of health, and continue him long a bleiJlog to the 
 " world, and the church oi Chrift." Bojion Gazette. 
 '- Long' 
 
 (C 
 
 (< 
 
 (C 
 
 tc 
 (( 
 
 it 
 *(
 
 the Uev, Mr, Georgis Whltefield, 24 1 
 
 hong-ljland \ at Shelter-JJland alfo; and at New- 
 London^ Norwich^ and Providence on the Main Land, 
 Then proceeded to Bcfion^ where he arrived In the 
 latter end of February ij64f^ and was received 
 with uftial warmth of affeftion {h). But as the 
 famll-pox was fpreading through the town, he 
 chofe to preach for a while in the adjacent places. 
 At Newbury a great influence attended his preach- 
 ing. He writes from Concord to his friend Mr* 
 S S , " How would you have been de- 
 lighted to have feen Mr. Wheelock\ Indians.? 
 Such a promifing nurfery of future miflionaries, 
 I believe, was never feen in New -England be- 
 fore \ pray encourage it with all your might. 
 I aUb willi you could give fome ufeful purita- 
 nical books to Harvard College Library lately 
 burnt down C/j.** 
 
 (/;) Letter MCCCIV. 
 
 (/) Letter MCCCV. Some years after the gentlerhen 
 of Harvard College exprefltd their gratitude to Mr, 
 IVhitefieldhy the following vote. " At a meeting of the 
 *' Prefident and Fellows oi Harvard QoWtgc, Auguji 12, 
 *' 1768. The Rev. iVIr. George lyintefield hz\\ng^ in ad- 
 *' dition to his former kindnefs to //(rrrx/^rf/ College, lately 
 *' prefented to the Library, a New Edition of his Jour- 
 *' nalp, and having procured laige benefadtions from fe- 
 ** veral benevolent and refpedlable gentlemen ; Voted, 
 *' That the Thanks of the Corporation be given to the 
 •' Rev. Mr. Whltefield^ for thefe inftances of Candour 
 *' and Generoficy. 
 
 PRESENT, 
 
 The Prefident, 
 
 Mr. Jppleton^ 
 
 Mr. ProfeiTor jrinthrop. 
 
 Dr. Eliot, 
 
 Dr. Cooper, 
 
 TrCvifurer Hubbard. 
 
 A true Copy, per 
 
 Ediuard Holyokey 
 
 Prefident.
 
 242 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 In the month of April he had a return of \\\i 
 diforder; but it did not long keep him from 
 preaching : and the Bojlon people were exceeding- 
 ly eager to hear. He was thinking to proceed 
 immediately fouthward, but they fent after him, 
 and perfuadcd him to come back. June i, 1764. 
 He writes, " Friends have even conltrained me to 
 *' ftay here, for fear of running into the fummer*3 
 " heat. Hitherto I find the benefit of ic. What- 
 " ever it is owing to, through mercy I am much 
 " better in health than 1 was this time twelve 
 *' months, and can now preach thrice a week id 
 *' very large auditories, without hurt. And every 
 *' day I hear of fsme brought under concern. — ' 
 *' This is all of grace {k).** 
 
 After a very forrowful parting, he left Bojlon^ 
 and came back to Nezv-Tork, from whence his 
 letters are dated from the end of June till the lat- 
 ter end of Auguft. " At prefent," fays he, " my 
 ** health is better than ufual, and as yet I have 
 " felt no inconvenience from thefummer's heat. — ' 
 " I have preached twice lately in the fields, and 
 " we fat under the blciTed Redelrner*s fhadow 
 
 *' with great delight. My late cxcurfions upon 
 
 *'• Long-Jfiand^ I trufl, have been blefied. It 
 " would furprize you to fee above one hundred 
 
 carriages at every lermon, in this new world ■;^/). 
 
 {h) Letter MCCCXI. 
 
 (/) Letters MCCCXil, MCCCXIII, MCCCXV, 
 
 Ii 
 
 tc
 
 the Rev. Mr, George Whitefield. 243 
 
 In September and 05loher he v/as at Philadelphia ; 
 the provoft of the college there read prayers for 
 liim. Both the prefent and late governor, with 
 the principal gentlemen of the city attended, and 
 thanks were fent to him from the truftees, for 
 fpeaking for the charity-children, and countenan- 
 cing the inftitution {^n). 
 
 From Philadelphia he proceeded fouthwai-d thro* 
 Virginia. And November 22, at New-Brunf'-d;ick in 
 Carolina^ he writes, *' At Newburn laft Sunday^ good 
 *' impreffions were made. — From that place to this 
 *' I have met with what they call New-Lights [71) 
 " almoft every ftage. — I have the names of fix or 
 *' eight of their preachers. This, with every 
 
 other place, being open and exceedingly defi- 
 
 rous to hear the Gofpel, makes me almoft de- 
 *' termine to come back early in the fpring." 
 
 After preaching at Charkjlown, he arrived at 
 Savannah in December^ where he found affairs prof- 
 fering to his wi(hi " The colony,'* fays he, " is 
 ^ rifing fait 5 nothing but plenty at Bethefdc^^ and 
 " all arrears, I truft, will be paid off before I 
 *' leave it ; fo that in a (hort time I hope to be 
 " free from thefe outward incumbrances {0)." And 
 he was not difappointed in his expectations ^ for 
 iie writes, " Bethefda^ January 14, 1765, God 
 
 [m) Letter MCCCXVIIL 
 
 (;z) A name given to thnfe who favoured the revival 
 of religion under the miniftrv of Mr. H'^itejickly Mr* 
 Tennent, &c. Letter MCCCXIX. - 
 
 (0) Letter MCCCXXI. 
 
 R 2 hath 
 
 4(
 
 244 Ale mot rs of the Life of 
 
 "■ hath given me great favour in the fight of the go- 
 " vernor, council, and adembly. A nnemorial was 
 " prefented for an additional grant of lands, con- 
 *' filling: of two thoufand acres. It was immedi- 
 *' ately con-iplied with. Both houfes addreflfcd the 
 *' orovernor in behalf of the intended collepre. As 
 *' warm an anfwer was given f/)). Every heart feems 
 " to leap for joy at the profpefl of its future uti- 
 
 " lity fj)." Again, " Belbefda, February 13. (r) 
 
 " Yefterday morning the Governor and Lord J. A. 
 
 *c Q yi^ vvith feveral other gentlemen, fa- 
 
 " voured me with their company to breakfafi:, 
 " But how was my lord furprized and delighted \ 
 *' After exprefilng himfelf in the flrongefi: terms, 
 *' he took me afide and informed me, that the 
 " Governor had fliewed him the accounts, by 
 *' which he found what a great benefaftor I had 
 *' been ; that the intended college would be of 
 " the utmoft utility, to this and the neighbouring 
 " provinces ; that the plan was beautiful, rati- 
 " onal, and prafticable j and that he was perfuaded 
 *' his Majefty would highly approve of, and alfo 
 *' favour it, with feme peculiar marks of his royal 
 
 " bounty (j)." 
 
 Having 
 
 {p) See the memorial, addrefs, and anfwer in Vol. III. 
 of his Works, page 469, ^c. 
 
 (q) Letter MCCCXXII. (r) Letter MCCCXXIV. 
 
 (s) He adds, in the fame letter, " Now farewell, my 
 *' beloved Bethefda ; furely the moft delighifully fituated 
 *' place in all the fouthcrn ^^n^ oi America. — What a 
 
 " blcffed
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 245 
 
 Having left Bethefda in fuch comfortable cir- 
 cumftances February 18, (/) he cklaycd his pro- 
 pofed tour to the northward, and thought it beft 
 to embark dirediy for England^ to finifli the affair 
 about the college. He fpent fome time, how- 
 ever, at Charks-'Town in the month o^ March^ and 
 after a very affeftionate parting, fet out for Phi- 
 ladelphia, preaching as he went along in feveral 
 places (ti) : but no fliip offering at Philadelphia, 
 he failed from New-Tor k in the Earl of Halifax 
 pacquet, and arrived once more in England^ July 5, 
 1765 {x). 
 
 After his arrival he found himfelf flill very 
 weak in body, and obliged to go on much more 
 
 ** blefled winter have T had ! Peace, and love, and har- 
 
 " inony, and plenty reign here. Mr. IV 1 hath 
 
 *' done much in a little time. All are furprized at it. 
 *' But he hath worked night and day, and not ftirreda 
 ** a mile for many weeks." 
 
 [t) <' Thanks be to God, all outward things are fet- 
 *' tied on this fide the water. The auditing the ac- 
 " counts, and laying a foundation for a college, hath 
 ** filenced enemies, and comforted friends. The finiOi- 
 *' ing this affair confirms my call to England, at this 
 " time." Letter MCCCXXIX. 
 
 (u) " All along from Charles-Town to this place 
 (isfeivcafile) the cry is * For Ch rift's fake ftay and 
 preach to us.' O for a thoufand lives to fpend for 
 "Jefus!" Letter MCCCXXIX. 
 
 (x) " We have had but a twenty-eight days paflage. — 
 " The tranfition hath been fo fudden, that I can fcarce 
 ** believe that I am in England. I hope, ere lona;, to 
 *' have a more fudden tranfition into a better country." 
 
 Letter MCCCXXXI. [When he arrived at London, 
 
 July 21, he was very ill of a nervous fever. J 
 
 R 3 flowly 
 
 cc
 
 246 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 flowly than he ufed to do. Yet this did not dif- 
 courage him from doing what he could, in hopes 
 of foon entering into his reft. *' O to end life 
 ** well! (fays he) Methinks I have now but one 
 •' more river to pafs over. And we know of one 
 " that can carry us over, without being ankle- 
 »» deep 0)." 
 
 O^ohcr 6, he was called to open Lady Hunting- 
 dGn\ chapel at B(^t,h (z), when he preached from 
 2 Coy, vi. i6. 
 
 {y) Letter MCCCXXXIII. 
 
 (z) " The chajiel is extremely plain, and yet equally 
 *' jrrand. A moll beautiful ori<iinal. All was conducted 
 *' with great folemnity. Though a very wet day, the 
 
 **• place was very full. 1 preached in the morning, 
 
 \\ Mr. r^i^;i/;W in the evening." Let.MCCCXXXYH. 
 
 CHAP.
 
 the Rev. Mr^ George White field. 247 
 
 CHAP. XIX, 
 
 Ji'rom his opening Lady Huntingdon'; Chapel at 
 Bath, to his embarking for America in the Tear 
 1769. 
 
 AFTER preaching fome little time at Bath^ 
 he returned to London^ from whence, Janu- 
 ary 1 8, 1766, he writes (a) to a friend at Sheer- 
 nefs^ *' I am forry to acquaint you, that it is not 
 *' in my power to comply with your requefl. For 
 *' want of more afTiftance, I am confined in town 
 *' with the care of two important pofls, when I 
 " am only fit to be put into fome garrifon among 
 " the invalids." But he was relieved, for a little 
 fpace, early in the fpring ; for we find him in the 
 month of March at Bath and Brijiol. 
 
 March 17, he fays, " The uncertainty of my mo- 
 " tions hath m^de me flow in writing ; and g, de- 
 *' fire to be a while free from London cares, hath 
 " made me indifferent about frequent hearing 
 " from thence. — Laft Friday evening, and twice 
 ** yefterday {b)^ I preached at Bath to very 
 *' thronged and brilliant auditories." 
 
 About this time, the Stamp Ad was repealed ; 
 on which occafion he greatly exulted. The inte- 
 
 (a) Letter MCCCXXXIX. {b) Letter MCCCXL. 
 
 R 4 reft
 
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 reft of the colonies always lay near his heart, and 
 he hoped this ftep would reftore peace and happi- 
 nefs to his country. In his letter book is the fol- 
 lowing fentence, " March \6^ iy66. Stamp Adl 
 *' repealed, Gloria Deo." 
 
 Mr. Occum, an Indian preacher, and Mr. 
 IVhitaker^ came over from America to follicit con- 
 tributions for Mr. Wheelock's Indian fchool, an in- 
 ftitution which Mr. V/hiteficld greatly approved. 
 Concerning this he writes, {c) London^ April 25^ 
 " The profped of a large and effectual door 
 *' opening among the heathens, blefled be God, 
 is very promifing, Mr. Cecum is a fettled, hum- 
 ble chriftian ; the good and great, with a mul- 
 titude of a lower degree, heard him preach laft 
 week at Tottenham-Court Chapel, and felt much 
 of the power and prcfence of our common Lord. 
 
 ** Mr. R- n hath preached, and colleded one 
 
 *' hundred pounds; and I believe feven or eight 
 *' hundred pounds more are fubfcribed. The 
 
 ** truly noble Lord Z) h efpoufes the caufe moft 
 
 " heartily, and his Majtfty is become a contri- 
 •' butor. The King of Kings, and Lord of all 
 '.' Lords, will blefs them for it (d)''' 
 
 {c) Letter MCCCXLI. 
 
 (d) Mr. Occum and Mr. JVhitaker came afterwards to. 
 Scotlandy and preached at Edinburgh and Glafgow., where 
 they got very confiderablc contributions; particularly 
 from Mr. SpreivWs family \v. Glajgow, and Irom the Rev. 
 Mr. M'Culloch at Cambujlaig. 
 
 June 
 
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 the Rev. Mr. George Whltefield. 249 
 
 June 19, we find him at Collam near Briftol^ 
 from whence {e) he writes, " As my feveridi heat 
 *' continues, and the weather is too wet to travel, 
 " I have complied with the advice of friends, and 
 " have commenced a hot-well water drinker twice 
 " a day. However, twice this week, at fix in the 
 " morning, I have been enabled to call thirfty 
 *' fouls to come and drink of the water of life 
 " freely. To-morrow evening, God willing, the 
 " call is to be repeated, and again on Sunday. 
 
 He was alfo at Bath and Brijlol in the month of 
 November this year. At Brijlol he preached to a 
 very crowded auditory (though the weather was 
 exceeding bad) and adminiftred the facrament ; 
 and at Bath he preached to the mod numerous 
 aflcmbly of the nobility he had ever feen attend 
 there. 
 
 In the month of January 1767, he wrote a re- 
 commendatory preface to a new edition of Bun- 
 yan's Works ; which is inferted with his Trails in 
 Vol. IV. and March 20, he was called to open 
 Lady Huntingdon''^ new chapel at Brighthelmjlone 
 in SuJJex, when he preached on 2 Peter iii. 18. 
 
 After an excurfion to Norwich, in j^pril 1767, 
 he fays, " I fear my fpring and fummer fever is 
 " returning. If fo, my intended plan of operati- 
 *' ens will be much contracted. But future 
 -" things belong to Him who orders all things 
 " well (f):' 
 
 ie) Letter MCCCXLV. (/} Letter MCCCLH,
 
 
 it 
 «( 
 
 250 Memcirj of the Life of 
 
 Yet the very next month we find him preach- 
 ing ar Rodborougl\ Gloucejler, and Ha'uerford-lVcfi 
 in f Vales ; from whence he writes, May 31,'* Thou- 
 *' fands and thoufands attended by eight in the 
 *' morning. Life and light feemed to fiy all 
 ** around. On Tuefday, God willing, I am to 
 preach at ll/oodjlock \ on Friday at Pembroke •, here 
 again next Sunday by eight, and then for Eng- 
 land (g)^ And when he returned to Gloiicejler, 
 June 10, "BlelTed be God," fays he, *' I am got 
 " on this fide the Welch mountains. BleflTed be 
 God, I have been on the other fide. What a 
 fcene lad Sunday! What a cry for more of the 
 bread of life j but I- was quite worn down (h).** 
 September 11. He was at Leeds^ having preached 
 at Northampton and Sbpffield in the way : and Sep- 
 tember 20, at Newcajlle^ from whence he writes, 
 (i) 1 have now a blefiied Method i ft field -ftreet- 
 preaching plan before me. This afternoon in 
 the Cajlle-Garth^ to-morrow for Sunderland^ then 
 
 to Tarm, Sec. &c.-^ 1 have been enabled to 
 
 preach in the llreet at feveral places, and hope 
 to go to Geflwrougb^ Whitby^ Scarborough^ New- 
 MaJton^ Torky Leeds, Liverpool, Chejter^ Man- 
 
 chejler, &c." Again (from T^hirjk^ September 
 
 28J " My body feels much fatigued in travelling; 
 *' comforts in the foul over-ballance."- -And 
 
 {g) Letter MCCCLVII. {h) Letter MCCCLIX. 
 
 i't) Let. MCCCLXIV, MCCCLXV, MCCCLXVI, 
 TvICCCLXIX.. 
 
 {Leeds^ 
 
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 the Rev. Mr. Geor^re Whitefield. 2 c f 
 
 (Leeds, OtJob. 3) *' Field and ftreet preaching hatli 
 -" rather bettered than hurt Dodily «»^ health.'* 
 
 This winter his negociations about the intended 
 college at Bethefda came to an ilTue. A memorial^ 
 addrefled to his Majefty, was put into the hands 
 of the clerk of the privy council, fetting forth the 
 great utility of a college in that place to the inha- 
 bitants of the fouthern provinces, and praying that a 
 charter might be granted upon the plan of the col- 
 lege at New-Jerfey. This memorial was by him 
 tranfmitted to the Lord Prefident, and by his lord- 
 ihip referred to the confideration of the Archbifhop 
 of Canterbury, to whom alfo a draft of an intended 
 charter was prefented by the Earl of D h. 
 
 Upon which an epiftolary correfpondence enfued 
 betwixt the Archbifl)op and Mr. Whitejield\ the 
 ium of which was, the Archbifhop put the draft of 
 the charter into the hands of the Lord Prefident, 
 who promifed to confider it -, and gave it as his 
 opinion, that, " the head of the college ought to 
 
 be a member of the church of England. That 
 
 this was a qualification not to be difpenfed with. 
 
 And alfo that the public prayers fhould not be 
 *' extempore ones, but the liturgy of the church, 
 " or fome other fettled and eftablifiied form.'* Mr. 
 Whitefield anfwered, he could not agree to either 
 of thefe reftridlions, becaufe the greateft part of the 
 Orphan-houfe colleftions and contributions came 
 from difl'enters •, and becaufe he had frequently de- 
 clared the intended college was to be founded upon 
 V" a broa^ bottom, and no other. This," fays he, 
 
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 252 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 " I judged I was fufficiently warranted to do, from 
 " the known, long eftablifhed, mild, and uncoer- 
 *' Give genius of the Englifn government ; alio 
 " from your grace's moderation towards protef- 
 " tant diiTenters; from the unconquerable at- 
 " tachment of the Americans to toleration-princi- 
 ples, as well as from the avowed habitual feel- 
 ings and fcntiments of my own heart. Tliis 
 
 being the cafe, and as your grace by your 
 
 •' filence feems to be like-minded with the Lord 
 
 *' P ti and as your grace's and his lordfliip's 
 
 *•} influence will undoubtedly extend itfelf to others, 
 *' I would beg leave, after returning all due ac- 
 knowledgments, to inform your grace that I 
 intend troubling your grace and his lordfliip na 
 ' more about this fo long depending concern. 
 As it hath pleafed the great head of the church 
 in fome degree to renew my bodily {Irength, I 
 purpofe now to renew my feeble efforts, and 
 *' turn the charity into a more generous, and con- 
 fequently into a more extenfively ufeful channel. 
 I have no ambition to be looked upon as the 
 *' founder of a college \ but 1 would fain ad the 
 '* part of an honeft man, a difinterefted minifter 
 *' ofjefus Chrifl, and a truly catholic, moderate 
 " prefby ter of the church of England (k)." 
 
 Accord- 
 
 (k) See his Works, Vol. III. page 472 — 484, where 
 the fteps he took in this affair are more i^ully narrated in 
 a letter to Governor Wright— ^nd Let. MCCCLXXVII, 
 
 in which he complains to his intimate friend iVJr. K n, 
 
 *' None 
 
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 the Rev. Mr. George Whltefield. 253 
 
 Accordingly he refolved, in the mean time, to 
 add a public academy to the Orphan-houfe, like 
 what was done at Philadelphia^ before it's college 
 charter was granted •, and to wait for a more 
 favourable opportunity of making frelh applica- 
 tion, for a charter upon a broad bottom. 
 
 05loher 28. he preached at the Tabernacle, to 
 the Society for promoting Religious Knowledge 
 among the Poor, when the colleftion amounted to 
 above a hundred pounds, (about four times as much 
 as ufual) and eighty perfons became new fubfcri- 
 bers (/). 
 
 In the beginning of the year 1768, fix pious 
 ftudents were expelled from Edmund-Hall in Ox- 
 ford^ for ufing extempore prayer, reading and 
 finging hymns, and exhorting one another in pri- 
 vate religious meetings. Upon this occafion, 
 
 ' None but God knows what a concern lies upon me 
 
 ' now in refpe6l to Belhejda. As another voyage, per- 
 
 ' haps, may be the ifTue and refult of all at lail:, I 
 
 * would beg you, and my dear Mr. H- y^ to let me 
 
 « have my papers and letters, that I may revife and dif- 
 
 < pofe of them in a proper manner. This can do no 
 
 * hurt, come life, or come death." 
 
 (l) His text was, Luke xu 2. *' Thy kingdom come.'* 
 The place was quite full, and many went au'ay for want 
 of room. A great number of diffenting minifters were 
 prefent ; probably, more than ever before met to hear 
 a church clergyman preach. He afterwards dined with the 
 minifters and whole company at Draper $-Hall^ where 
 he was treated with great refpe£l. All was very harmo- 
 nious, and gave him ereat pleafure ixi refledion. See 
 Letter MCCCLXXV." 
 
 i Mr.
 
 254 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 Mr. Whitejield wrote his letter to Dr. Durell, Vitc- 
 chancellor of the univerfity (//). « 
 
 In the fummel-, he went once more to Edinburgh^ 
 v/here his Orphan-houfe-Park congregations were 
 as large, attentive, and affe6tionate as ever (m). 
 
 Augnji 3. ioon after his return to London^ Mrs. 
 Whitefield was attacked with an inflammatory 
 fever, and the 9th of Augujl flie died. The 14th 
 of the month he preached her funeral fermon, 
 from Rem. viii. 20 : and September 12. he writes, 
 " I have been in hopes of my own departure, 
 " Through hard riding, and frequent preaching, 
 *' I have burft a vein. The flux is in a great 
 meafure fl:opped, but reft and quietnefs are 
 ftri6lly enjoined. We were favoured with glo- 
 rious Golpel-gales this day fortnight, and feve- 
 ral preceding days, at opening good Lady 
 Huntingdon's chapel, and place of pious edu- 
 cation in TFales {n)'' 
 
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 (C 
 
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 (//) See his Works, Vol. IV. 
 
 {m) Letter MCCCLXXXVH, MCCCLXXXVIII. 
 
 {n) From his Memorandum Book. " Atguji 24, 
 " 1768, Opened good Lady Hurdmgdotis Chapel and 
 *' College, In the parifh of Talgarth^ Brfcknock/)}ire, 
 *' South Wales. Preached fi'om Exodus xx. 24. ' In 
 
 * all places where I record my name, I will come unto 
 « thee^ and I will blefs thee' *' -^^g^ijl 25. Gave an 
 *' exhortation to the ftudents in the College- chapel 
 " from Liihe i. 15. * He fhall be great in the fight of 
 « the Lord.' *' Simday^ Jlugujl 28. Preached in the 
 *' court before the College, (the congregation confift- 
 •* ing of fome thoufands) from i Cor. iii. ii. * Other 
 
 * foundation can no man lay, than that which is laid, 
 
 * which is Jefui ChriJiJ' 
 
 7 September
 
 
 the Re-v. Mr. George Whitefield. 2--^ 
 
 Siptemher 26. he writes concerning his friend 
 and fellow-labourer Mr. Middlcton : " He is now 
 *' made perfe<5lly whole. He was buried from 
 " the Tabernacle laft Wednefday evening, and a 
 *' fubfcription is opened for his four orphans. 
 
 In the midft of his torturing pains, being alked 
 
 by his daughter. How he was? He anfwered^ 
 ' A heaven upon earth.' " Soon afterwards he 
 « fell aOeep in Jefus (o)r 
 
 From his letters dated in Novomher s.nd Deceni- 
 her^ it appears he was in a very poor ftate of 
 health, yet ftill continued to preach, as often as 
 he was able. 
 
 " Brijlol, November 12. Laft night, I hope, 
 " the Redeemer manifefted forth his glory. Frtr 
 *' day evening, and the following Sunday^ I fhall 
 " preach at Balh, In three xveeks I expeft to 
 *' reach London^ except called before that period, 
 ** to refide at the New Jenifakm. The pleaf- 
 '* ing profped lies day and night open before 
 " me (■/>;.'* 
 
 Next fpring, 1769, he feen^s to have recovered 
 a little ; for we find him preaching more frequent- 
 ly. It gave him great pleafure to fee fome more 
 ©f the nobility joined to Lady H n\ fociety. 
 
 Some more coronets, I hear, are likely to be 
 
 laid at the Redeemer's feet. They glitter glo^ 
 
 {0) Letter MCCCXCVIL 
 (p) Letter MCCCXCVIIL 
 
 rioufly 
 
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 256 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 *' rioiidy when fet in, and furrounded with a 
 " crown of thorns (q).'* 
 
 In the month of May he preached at Kingfzvood, 
 Brijlol, Bradford, Frome, Chippenham, Rodborougb, 
 Cajilecomb, Diirfey. But deferred his weftern- 
 circuit on account of the opening the Chapel at 
 Tunhidge (r). 
 
 July 23, 1769, he opened Lady Huntingdon*^ 
 New Chapel at Tunhidge Wells. Preached from 
 Gen. xxviii. 17. " This is none other but the 
 *' Houfe of God, and this is the Gate of Plea- 
 " ven.'* In the evening, the congregation being 
 too large to be contained in the chapel, he 
 preached out of doors, from a mount in the 
 court before the chapel •, after which he gave a 
 general exhortation •, and next day adminiftered 
 the facrament, and preached from i ^heff. ii. 
 II, 12. 
 
 Now he fcrioufly began to prepare for another 
 voyage •, and in the beginning of September he 
 embarked the feventh and laft time for jime" 
 rica (s). 
 
 (q) Letter MCCCCIX. (r) Letter MCCCCXIH. 
 
 (s) In the Fricndfilp, Capt. Ball, Let. MCCCCXX V. 
 *' I am comforted on every fide. A civil captain and 
 " pafTengers. All willing to attend on divine woifhipj 
 *» and to hear of religious things." 
 
 CHAP,
 
 "y^^ i^£'^'. Mr. George Whitefield. £5^ 
 
 C H A JP. Xt, 
 
 Prom his bft eml/arking for America, to his Beath^ 
 September 30, 1770. 
 
 MR. JVhitefield was detained hear a month 
 in the Dozens by contrary winds (t) •, but 
 he improved his time, as ufualj in writing many- 
 excellent letters, preaching on board ; and fome- 
 times came alliore and preached, both at Deal and 
 Ram/gate. 
 
 The following extrad of Mr. Whitefidd's Manu« 
 fcript Journal^ relative to this period^ cannot be 
 unacceptable. 
 
 " Saturday, September 2. Had a moft awful 
 " parting feafon at Tottenham- Court Chapel Sacra- 
 " ment, laft Sunday morning, the Sermon from 
 " G^n. xxviii. 12. And the fame at Tabernacle 
 (which was more than full) on Wednefday morn- 
 ing at feven o'clock. This day dined at my 
 worthy, faft, and tried friend Mr. Keevh ; and 
 having comfortably fettled and left all my out- 
 *' ward concerns in his hands, 1 took an affec- 
 "•' tionate leave, and in company with fome dear 
 *' friendsj this evening reached Gravefend 5 where: 
 " othefs met us. We fupped and converfed to- 
 
 (t) One fliip was loft, but the pafTengers efcapcd in 
 ihe boat. Letter MCCCCXXX. 
 
 3 *': gether 
 
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 258 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 " gether in ibme degree, I truft, like perfons 
 " who hoped, ere long, to fit down together 
 " at the marriage-feaft of the fupper of the 
 " Lamb, llaften, O Lord, that wiHied for 
 " time ! 
 
 " Sunday, September 3. Preached this morning 
 *' at the Methodift Tabernacle from John xiith. 
 *' verfe 32d. The congregation was not very 
 " large. But God gave me great freedom ot 
 " fpeech, and made it indeed a Houfe of God, 
 " and Gate of Heaven. In the afternoon, I 
 preached in the market-place from Gen. iii. 
 verfe i3th5 to a much larger, but not more 
 *' devout auditory. In the out-fldrts, as might 
 naturally be expefted, fome were a little noify, 
 but a great body was very attentive, and 1 was 
 enabled to lift up my voice like a trumpet. 
 " TH^ remainder of the evening was fpent as the 
 night before, with my chriftian London friends ; 
 who with me, lefs than the lead of all, exceed- 
 ingly rejoiced at the opportunity of a parting 
 llreet-market-place preaching, where, I truft, 
 fome penny lefs bankrupt finners were made 
 willing to buy Gofpel wine and milk, without 
 money, and without price. May the great day 
 fliovv that this hope was not altogether ill- 
 grounded ! 
 
 " Monday^ September 4. Had my dear chriftian 
 •' friends on board to breakfaft with me this 
 " morning. Converfation was fweet, but part- 
 " ing bitter. * \Vhat mean you (faidthe Apoftle) 
 
 
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 t/je Rev. Mr. George Whltefield. 259 
 
 ' to weep and break my heart ? * " However^ 
 through infinite mercy, I was helped to bear 
 up, and after their departure the Divine Pre- 
 fence made up the lofs of all, even with new 
 
 *' creature comforts. Lord, if this Divine Pre- 
 fence go not withj and accompany me all the 
 way, for thy infinite mercies fake, fuffer me not 
 to go one Hep farther. 
 
 *' But I believe thy promife Lordj 
 " Oh ! help my unbelief. 
 
 " Tuefday, September 5. The Captain not com- 
 " ing down as was expelled, we did not weigh 
 " anchor till this morning's ebb. 
 
 *' The winds being contrary, and the weather 
 hazy, we did not arrive in the Downs till the 
 Friday following. Interim, 1 had the oppor- 
 tunity of converfing a little with the pilot, 
 and Peerage pafiengers. All attended divine 
 " worfliip very orderly, and thanked me for my 
 ** offer of lending them books, and giving them 
 what afiiftance lay in my power* towards mak- 
 ing their voyage comfortable. All feemed 
 thankful^ and the pilot parted with tears in 
 his eyes. May the great, and never-failing 
 " pilot, the Almighty Jefus^ renew us, and take 
 *' us all into his holy prote£tion, and then all 
 " muft ncceffarily end in our fafe arrival in the 
 *' haven of eternal reft!, 
 
 *' Tuefday, September iii Preached laft Sun- 
 ** day morning to my little flock on board, and 
 
 S 2 *' was 
 

 
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 260 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 •' was mod agreeably iurprized to-day, with a 
 " kind unexpeded vifit from the Kev. Dr. Gib- 
 " bons. His difcoiirle was very friendly and 
 " devout. 
 
 *' JP^ednefday^ September 13. I went afhore and 
 *' attended on an ordination folemnity, at the 
 " diflenting-meeting. Several minifters officiated. 
 " Several very important queftions were aO-ced, 
 *' and anfwered before, and a folemn charge 
 given after, impofition of hands. Bcft the 
 prayer put up in the very a6l of laying on 
 of hands, by Dr. Gibbom, was fo affecting, 
 " and the looks and behaviour of thofe that 
 *' joined fo ferious and folemn, that I hardly 
 *' know when I was more ftruck under any 
 *' ones miniilration. The ordination being over, 
 " at the defire of the minifters, and other gen- 
 " tlemen, I went and dined with them. Our 
 converfation was edifying. And being inform- 
 ed, that many were defirous to hear me 
 preach, I willingly complied, and I truft fome 
 feed was fown the fame evening at Deal, which, 
 by God's heavenly bleffing, will fpring up to 
 life eternal. The people of Deal feemed very 
 *' civil, and fome came to me who had not 
 *' forgotten my preaching to them, and their 
 deceafed friends and parents, thirty-two years 
 
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 ago. 
 
 
 " Friday, September 14, 15. I had received 
 
 moft prening invitations to vifit Ramfgate, 
 
 many weeks ago. Thefe were now repeated 
 
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 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 261 
 
 " by many of that place, who came to the or- 
 " dination at Deal; lb there was no rcfifting 
 " their importunity. We reached /^<z;;;y^^/(? about 
 " two, took Ibme rcfrefliment, and there I 
 " preached about four, not to a very large, 
 " but an attentive and affected auditory. This 
 " I did alio the niorning following ; and was 
 " moll agreeably entertained with the difcourfe, 
 " and good memory of one, in particular, who 
 " had been my fellow-paflcnger, and frequent 
 " hearer many years ago, in the IVilmington., 
 " Captain Darlings bound to Pifcata'Vjay in Neiv 
 " England. The people*s behaviour here was fo 
 *' undifTembledly generous, frank, genteel, and 
 " chriftian, that I know not where I have been 
 " more plcafed and delighted. Being quite un- 
 " eafy, left by ftaying longer I fliould be un- 
 " ready, if the wind fhould turn favourable, I 
 " went early on Stmday morning to Deal, and 
 " from thence immediately on board, and preach- 
 " ed in the afternoon. This morning, came a 
 " furreptitious copy of my Tabernacle Farewell 
 " Sermon, taken, as the fhort-hand writer pro- 
 " feffes, leri^alim, as I fpoke it. But furely he 
 *' is miftaken. The whole is fo injudicioudy 
 •* paragraphed, and fo wretchedly unconneded, 
 *' that I owe no thanks to the mifguided, though 
 *' it may be well-meant zeal of the writer and 
 *' publifhcr, be they who they will. But fuch ^ 
 " conduct is an unavoidable tax upon popularity. 
 " And all that appear for Jefus Cbri/l, and his 
 
 S3 '' bleffed
 
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 262 Memoirs of the Life of , 
 
 '^ blclTtd Gofpel, mud like their mafter, expcft 
 " to iuffer from the falfe fire of profefTing friends, 
 *•' as wtW as fecret malice of avowed enemies, 
 "* Hcnvever, if any one fentence is bleffcd to the 
 conviftion of one finner, or the edification of any 
 individual faint, I care not what becomes of my 
 charafter, though I would always pray to be pre- 
 «* ferved from bringing upon myfelf, or others, 
 *' needlefs, unncceffary contempt. 
 
 *' Mondc^y^ Septsmher 25. Weighed anchor lall 
 *' •■Iiiejday morning, with a fmall favourable gale 
 *' and fine weather. So many fhips which had 
 ** lain in the Dozvfis, moving at the fame time, 
 *' and gently gliding by us, together with the 
 *' profpeft of the adjacent fhore, made a moft 
 ^' agreeable fcene. But it proved only a very 
 *' tranfient one. For by that time we got to 
 " Fairlee^ the wind backened, clouds gathered, 
 " very violent gales fucceeded, and for feveral 
 " days v/e were fo toffed, that after coming over 
 ** againft Brighthelmjlone^ the Captain rightly 
 *<" judging, turned back, (as did many other 
 " ihips) and anchored over againft New Rumfey 
 "' and Dungenefs. Lord, in thine own time, thou 
 ♦' wilt give the winds a commiflion to carry us 
 *' forward towards our defired port.'* 
 
 At laft they got out of the channel, and on the 
 •20th of November, arrived at Charles-Town in 
 ^outh Carolina. It had been a dangerous and try- 
 ing pafTage ; yet, on his arrival, he found him- 
 felf in better health than at the end of any voyage 
 
 he
 
 the Rev, Mr. George Whiteneld. 26 ^ 
 
 he had made for feveral years -, and the fame day 
 that he came afhore, he preached at Cbdrles-Toiv^u 
 where his reception was as hearty, or heartier 
 than everC^^J. 
 
 Here Mr. Wright came to meet him, and ac- 
 quainted him that all was in great forwardnefs 
 at Bethefda. And when he arrived there, he 
 writes, " January 1770. Every thing exceeds 
 " my moft fanguine expedations. And the in- 
 " creale of this colony is almoft incredible (x).''* 
 
 The great regard which the Colony of Georgia 
 thought themfelves bound to cxprefs towards Mr. 
 IVbitefidd, at this time particularly, appears from 
 the following authentic papers. 
 
 " Commons Houfe of Afiemhly, Monday^ 
 " January 29, 1770. Mr. Speaker reported, 
 
 {u) From his Memorandum Book. ** For the laft 
 *' week (Novem})er Jjbg) we were beating about our 
 *' port, within fight of it, and confined for two days 
 ** in Five -fathom- hole, juft over the bar. A dangerous 
 ** fituation, as the wind blew hard, and our fhip, like 
 *' a young Chriftian, for want of more ballaft, would 
 *' not obey the helm. But through infinite mercy, on 
 *' November 30, a pilot-boat came and took us fafe 
 *' afhore to Charles-'Town^ after being on board almofl 
 *' thirteen weeks. Friends received me moft cordially. 
 *' Praife the Lord, O my foul, and forget not all his 
 " mercies. Oh, to begin to be a Chriftian, and A4i- 
 *' nifter of Jejus:' See Letter MCCCCXLL 
 
 (x) Letters MCCCCXLV, MCCCCXLVL Tv/o 
 wings were added to the Orphan-houfe, for the accom- 
 modation of ftudents ; of which. Governor Wright, 
 condefcended to lay the foundation, Adarch 1^, ^7^)9. 
 See Vol. IIL 
 
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 "• that hv.% with the Houfc, having waited ori 
 the Rev. Mr. Wbitefeld^ in confequence of his 
 invitation, at the Orphan-houfe Acaden:iy j 
 "■ heard him preach a very fuitable and pious 
 *' fermon on the occafion -, and with great plea- 
 ilire oblerved the promifing appearance of im- 
 proveuient, towards the good piirpofes intend^ 
 cd, and the decency and propriety of behavi- 
 our of the feveral refidents there j and were 
 fenfibly affected, when they faw the happy 
 fuccefs which has attended Mr. JVbitsfieWs in-? 
 defatigable zeal for promoting the welfare of 
 the province in general, ^nd the Orphan-houfe 
 in particular. Ordered, That this report be 
 printed in the Gazette. 
 
 " JoJpi Simpfon, Clerk.'^ 
 
 Extract from the Georgia Gazette. " Savannah, 
 ^' January 31, 1770. Lafl Sunday., his Excel- 
 lency the Governor, Council, ^nd AlTembly, 
 having been invited by the Rev. Mr. George 
 ^' Whitefieldj attended at divine fervice in the 
 *^ Chapel of the Orphan-houfe Academy, where 
 *^' prayers were read by the Rey. Mr. Ellington^ 
 " and 3 very fuitable fermon was preached by 
 *' the Rev. Mr. Whitefield from Zechariah iv, 10,. 
 *' por %vho hath defpifed the d^y of fmall things $ 
 ^' to the general fatisfa6lion of the aqditory ; iq 
 ^' which he took, occafion to mention the many 
 *^ difcouragements he rnet with, well known tq 
 ^' many there, in carrying on this in(litution for 
 ^^ upwards of thirty years paft, and the prefent 
 
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 *' promifing prorpc6t of its future and more ex- 
 ^'' tcnfive ufefulncfs. After divine fervice, the 
 company were very politely entertained with 
 a handfome and plentiful dinner-, and were 
 greatly pleafed to fee the ufeful improvements 
 " made in the boule, the two additional wings 
 " for apartments for ftudents, one hundred and 
 " fifty feet each in length, and other IcfTer build- 
 " ings, in fo much torwardncfs ; and the whole 
 " executed with tafte, and in a mafterly manner; 
 " and being fenfible of the truly gei^rous and 
 '* difmtereiled benefadlions derived to the Pro- 
 ** vince through his means, they exprefied their 
 " gratitude in the moil refpedful terms." 
 
 Soon after this he writes from Cbarks-Town^ 
 February \o, " Through mercy, I enjoy a greater 
 ^' Ihare of bodily health than I have known fof 
 *' many years. I am now enabled to preach al- 
 *' moil every day. BlefTed be God, all things are 
 " in great forvvardnefs at Bethefda. I have con- 
 ^' verfed wi;h the Governor, concerning an A6t 
 " of Ailcmbly, for the eilabliihment of the in- 
 " tended Orphan- houfe College (y). He mofl 
 
 [y] See a paper of College Jlules, at the end of Vol. 
 III. which was found written with his own hand, and 
 in which he orders the following authors in divinity to 
 be read : Henry ^ Doddridge., Guyje^ Burkitt^ Willi j'on^ 
 Prof. Franck, Bojion, Jenks, Hervey^ Hall, Edwards., 
 Trappy Pcol, Jf'arncr., Leighion, PearfoUy Oiven^ Ban- 
 yan. And the Homilies to be read publicly by^rotation. 
 He intended to publifh a new edition of the Homilies, 
 the Preface to which (with Prayers on feveral Occa- 
 (igns) i$ |o he feen in Voh IV, 
 
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 *' readily confents. 1 have fhown him a draught, 
 " which he much approves of •, and all will be 
 " finiflied at my return from the northward. 
 *' In the mean while the buildings will be car- 
 «' ried on (yy):* 
 
 His letters of a later date are in the fame drain, 
 full of exprcfTions of gratitude to Providence for 
 the good date of his health fz), and how exeed- 
 ingly happy he was at Betbefda (a). And of his 
 purpofe, (after he had travelled in the northern 
 parts all fummer) to return to his beloved Be- 
 tbefda, late in the fall (b). But this event never 
 happened. 
 
 From Philadelphia^ May 24 (c). he writes, " I 
 " have now been here near three weeks. People 
 " of all ranks flock as much as ever. Impref- 
 " fions are made on many, and, I truft, they will 
 " abide. Notwithilanding, I preach twice on 
 
 (yy) Letter MCCCCXLVII. where he adds, " Since 
 *' my being in Charles-Town, I have fhewn the draught 
 " to fome perfons of great eminence and influence. 
 *' They highly approve of it, and willingly confent to 
 *' be fo'me of the Wardens. Near twenty are to be of 
 <♦ Georgia, and about fix of this place; one of Phila- 
 " dclphia ■, one of New Tork\ one of Bo/ion; three of 
 " Edinburgh ; two of Glafgow ; and fix of London. 
 »' Thofe of Georgia and South Carolma, are to be qua- 
 <' lified ; the others, to be only honorary correfponding 
 ♦' Wardens." 
 
 (z) Let\ MCCCCL, MCCCCLVII, MCCCCLIX, 
 MCCCCLX. 
 
 (a) Let.MCCCCXLVIII, MCCCCLII,MCCCCLIV. 
 
 (b) Letter MCCCCLIX. [c) Letter MCCCCLX. 
 
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 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 267 
 
 the Lord's-day, and three or four times a week 
 befides, yet I am rather better than I have been 
 for many years." 
 Again, Philadelphia^ June 14, (d) "This leaves 
 
 " me juil returned from a one hundred and fifty 
 
 " miles circuit, in which, blefled be God, I have 
 been enabled to preach every day. So many 
 
 ' invitations are fent from various quarters, that 
 I know not which way to turn myfelf.'* 
 And, New-Torkf June 30, (e) " Next week I 
 purpofe to go to Albany. From thence, per- 
 haps, to the Oneida Indians. There is to be a 
 very large Indian congrefs. Mr. Kirkland ac- 
 companies me. He is a truly chriftian mini- 
 fter, and miflionary. Every thing poffible fhould 
 
 be done to ftrengthen his hands. Perhaps I 
 
 may not fee Georgia till Chrijlmas*' In his me- 
 morandum-book is the following remark (-f). 
 And again, from Ncw-Tork^ July 29, he writes, 
 
 (f) " During this month I have been above a five 
 
 (d) Letter MCCCCLXF. {e) Letter MCCCCLXIL 
 
 (t) " J'dy 2, 1770. Sailed from New-York with Mr. 
 *' Kirkland^ and two kind old friends, and arrived at Al" 
 ** hany^ July 6. Was kindly received by Mr. Bays and 
 *' Domlne IVejiahe. Preached the fame evening, and 
 " went the next day to fee the Cohoes Falls, twelve miles 
 '' from Albany. O thou wonder-working God ! Preached 
 *' twice on the Lord's day at Albany^ and the next day 
 *' at Shenecdady, and was ftruck at the delightful fituation 
 " of the place. Heard afterwards that the word ran, 
 ** and was glorified both there and at Albany. Grace, 
 *' Grace!" 
 
 (f) Letter MCCCCLXIIL 
 
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 " hundred miles circuit, and have been enabled 
 to preach and travel through the heat every day. 
 The congregations have been very large, atten- 
 tive, and affeded, particularly at Albany, Sche- 
 7jecdady^ Great Bamington^ Norfolk, Salijlmryy 
 Sharon, Smithfield, Powkepfey, Fijli-Hill, Neiu- 
 Rumbart, New-JVmdfor, and PeckfJiill. Invi- 
 tations crowd upon me both from minifters and 
 
 ♦' people, from many, many quarters. 1 hope 
 
 ♦' to fet out for Bojlon in two or three days." 
 
 "When he was at Eojlon, September 17, he writes 
 to Mr. W— — / at Betbejda, (g) " Fain would I 
 " contrive to come by Captain Sander from Pbila^ 
 *' delphia, b"Cit people are fo importunate for my 
 " flay in thefe parts, that I fear it will be imprac- 
 
 *■' ticabie. Two or three evenings ago, I was 
 
 *' taken in the night with a violent lax, attended 
 ** with reachins; and fniverino; — but throuo-h mer- 
 *' cy I am reftored, and to-morrow morning hope 
 to begin again. — I hope it hath been well with 
 you, and all my family ; hoping, ere long, to 
 fee you, i^c,''* 
 
 And laftly, to his dear friend Mr. R K- n 
 
 in London, Portfincuth, Nezv-Hafn'pjhire^ September 
 23. (h) " By this time I thought to be moving 
 ♦' fouthward ; but never was greater importunity 
 " ufed to detain me longer in thefe northern parts, 
 ^' Poor Neiv-England is much to be pitied : Bojlcn 
 ** people moft of all. How grofsly mifrepre- 
 
 (S) Letter MCCCCLXIV. (/;} Letter MCCCCLXV. 
 
 'Mented! 

 
 the kev. Mr. George Whitefield. 269 
 
 Tented ! You will fee by the many invitati- 
 ons, what a door is opened for preaching the 
 everlafting Gofpel. I was fo ill on Friday, that 
 I could not preach, though thoufands were 
 waiting to hear. Well! the day of releafe will 
 fhortly come-, but it does not feem yet: for 
 by riding fixty miles I am better, and hope to 
 preach here to-morrow.— — If fpared fo long, I 
 
 hope to fee Georgia about Chrijimas. Still 
 
 pray and praife. Hoping to fee all dear 
 
 friends about the time propofed, and earneftly 
 dcfiring a continued intereft in all your prayers, 
 
 From the 17th to the 20th of Septeriiher he 
 preached daily at Bojlon; September 20, at Newton'. 
 September 21, he fet out from Bcfton upon a tour to 
 the eaftward, pretty much indilpofed: preached at 
 Port/month and New-Hampfliire, September 23 : And 
 from that to the 29th continued preaching every- 
 day ; thrice at Portfinouth^ once at Kittery, and once 
 at Old-Tork. Saturday morning, September 29, he 
 fet out for Bojlon -, but before he came to Newbury* 
 Port^ where he had engaged to preach next morn^ 
 ing, he was importuned to preach by the way, at 
 Exeter. At this lail place he preached in the open 
 air, to accommodate the multicucies that came to 
 hear him, no houfe being able to contain them* 
 lie continued his difcourfe near two hours, was 
 p-reatly fatigued, and in the afternoon fet out for 
 Newbury-Port, where he arrived that evening j 
 went early to bed, it being Saturday night, intend- 
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 270 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 ing to preach the next day. He awaked ieveraJ 
 times in the night, and complained much of a dif- 
 ficulty of breathing. At fix o'clock on the Lord's 
 day morning, he expired in a fit of the afthma. 
 
 Mr. Richard Smithy who accompanied Mr. JVhite* 
 field horn Englmid to America the lad time, and in 
 his journeyings when there, to the time of his 
 death, hath given a particular account of his death 
 and interment, which it may not be improper to 
 infert. 
 
 " On Saturday, Septernher 29, 177O5 Mr.Wbile^ 
 field vode from Portfniciith to Exeter (fifteen miles) 
 in the miOrning, and preached there to a very 
 great multitude, in the fields. It is remarkable 
 that before he went out to preach that day 
 (which proved to be his laft fermon) Mr. 
 Clarkfcn fenior, obferving him more uneafy 
 4 *' than ufual, faid to him, ' Sir, you are more fit 
 to go to bed than to preach.' To which Mr, 
 Whitefield anfwered, ' True, Sir :' but turning 
 afide, he clafped his hands together, and, look- 
 ing up, fpoke, ' Lord Jefus, I am weary m 
 thy work, but not of thy work. If I have not yet 
 finifhed my courfe, let me go and fpcak for thee 
 once more in the fields, feal thy truth, and come 
 " home and die.' The text he preached from 
 was 2 Corinth, xiii, 5. He dined at Captain 
 Gillman's. After dinner, Mr, IVhitefield and 
 Mr. Parfons rode to Neivhury. I did not get 
 
 
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 " there till two hours after them. I found them 
 *' at fupper. I allied Mr. IVhitefield how he fek 
 
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 " himCelf after his journey. He faid, * he was 
 tired, therefore he fupped early, and would 
 go to bed.* He eat a very little fupper, talked 
 but little, afked Mr. Parfons to difcharge the 
 table, and perform family duty ; and then re- 
 tired up ftairs. He faid, * that he would fit 
 and read till I came to him,' which I did as 
 foon as pofTible, and found him reading in 
 the Bible, with Dr. tVatts^% Pfalms lying open 
 " before him. He aflved me for fome water- 
 ** gruel, and took about half his ufual quantity ; 
 " and kneeling down by the bedfide, clofed the 
 " evening with prayer. After a little converfa- 
 " tion, he went to reft and flept till two in the 
 " morning, when he awoke me, and afl<:ed for a 
 ** little cyder -, he drank about a wine glafs full. 
 ** I afked him how he felt, for he feemed to pant 
 " for breath. He told me ' His afthma was com- 
 " ing on him again ; I muft have two or three 
 days reft. Two or three days riding, without 
 preaching, would fet me up again.* Soon after- 
 wards he afked me to put the window up a 
 little higher (though it was half up all night) 
 for, faid he, * I cannot breathe, but I hope I 
 " fhall be better by and by -, a good pulpit-fweat ^ 
 *' to-day may give me relief j I fhall be better 
 after preaching.* I faid to him, I wiflied he 
 would not preach fo often. He replied, * I had 
 " rather wear our, than ruft out.* I then told 
 *' him, I was afraid he took cold in preaching 
 *^ yefterday. He faid, ' He believed he had * 
 
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 and then fat up in the bed and prayed< tha£ 
 God would be pleafed to blefs his preaching 
 where he had been, and alfo blefs his preaching 
 that day, that more fouls might be brought to 
 Chrift, and prayed for direction, whether he 
 fhould winter at Bojlon, or hallen to the fouth- 
 ward: prayed for a blcffing on his Beihefda Col- 
 lege, and his dear family there-, for Tabernacle 
 and Chapel congregations, and all his connec- 
 tions on the other fide the water, and then laid, 
 himfelf down to fleep again. This was nigh 
 three o*clock. At a quarter paft four, he wakedj 
 and faid, * My afthma, my afthma is coming on, 
 I wifli 1 had not given out word to preach at 
 Haverhill on Mmulay \ I don't think 1 fliall be 
 able: but, 1 Ihall fee what to-day will bring 
 forth. If I am no better to-morrow, I will take 
 a two or three days ride.' He then defired me 
 to warm him a little jjruel, and in breaking- the 
 fife-wood, I waked Mr. Parfons j who thinking 
 I knocked for him, rofe and came in. He 
 went to Mr. fVhilef eld's bed-fide, andafl^ed him 
 how he felt himfelf He anfwered, ' I am al- 
 moll fufibcated, I can fcarce breathe 1 my afthma 
 quite choaks me.' I was then not a little fur- 
 prized, to hear how quick and with what diffi- 
 culty he drew his breath. He got out of bed, 
 and went to the open window for air. This 
 was exa6lly at five o'clock. I went to him, and 
 for about the fpace of five minutes, I faw no 
 danger, only that he had a great difficulty in 
 
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 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 273 
 
 ** breathing, as I had often feen before. Sooa 
 *' afterwards he turned hirafelf to me, and faid, 
 *' I am dying. I faid, I hope not, Sir. He ran 
 *' to the other window panting for breath, but 
 *' could get no relief It was agreed I fhould go 
 " for Dr. Sawyer j and on my coming back, I faw 
 *' death on his face, and he again faid, ' I am dy^ 
 " ing.'' His eyes were fixed, his under lip draw- 
 " ing inward every time he drew breath -, he went 
 *' towards the window, and we offered him fome 
 '' warm wine with Lavender drops, which he re- 
 *' fufed. I perfuaded him to fit clown in the 
 *' chair, and have his cloak on ; he confented by 
 " a fign, but could not fpeak. I then offered him 
 " the glafs of warm wine; he took half of it, but 
 " it feemed as if it would have ftopped his breath 
 " entirely. In a little time he brought up a confi- 
 " derable quantity of phlegm and wind. I then 
 " began to have fome fmall hopes. Mr. 'Parfom 
 " faid, he thought Mr. Whitefield breathed more 
 " freely than he did, and would recover. I faid, 
 " No Sir, he is certainly dying. I was continu- 
 " ally employed in taking the phlegm out of his 
 " mouth with a handkerchief, and bathincy his 
 " temples with drops, rubbing his wrifts, ^c. to 
 " give him relief, if pofTible ; but all in vain, his 
 " hands and feet were cold as clay. When the 
 
 
 He is a dead man.' Mr. Parfom faid, * I do 
 not believe it, you mud do fomething doftor.' 
 
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 *' He faid, ' I cannot •, he is now near his lail 
 '* breath.' And indeed fo it was, for he fetched 
 *' but one gafp, and ftretched out his feet, and 
 *' breathed no more. This was exa6lly at fix 
 *' o'clock. We continued rubbing his legs and 
 " hands and feet with v/arm cloths, and bathed 
 him with fpirits for fome time, but all in vain, 
 I then put him into a warm bed, the dodor 
 (landing by, and often railed him upright, con- 
 tinued rubbing him and putting fpirits to his 
 *' nofe for an hour, till all hopes were gone. The 
 " people came in crowds to fee him-, I begged 
 " the dodor to fhut the door. 
 
 " The Rev. Mr. Parfons^ at whofe houfe my 
 " dear Mailer died, fent for Captain Fetcomb, and 
 " Mr. Boadman, and others of his Elders and 
 " Deacons, and they took the whole care of the 
 " burial upon themfelves, prepared the vault, 
 " and fent and invited the bearers. Many mini- 
 " fters of all perfuafions came to the houfe of the 
 *' Rev. Mr. Parfons, where feveral of them gave 
 " a verv particular account of their firlt awakcn- 
 " ing under his minillry, feveral years ago, and 
 *' alio of many in their congregations, that to 
 " their knowledge, under God, owed their con- 
 " verfion wholly to his coming among them, often 
 repeating the bleffed feafons they had enjoyed 
 under his preaching: and all faid, that this lad 
 vifit was attended with more power than any 
 other, and that all oppofition fell before him, 
 T icn one and another of them would pity and 
 
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 the Rev, Mr. George Whitefield. 275 
 
 *"* pray for his dear Tabernacle and Chapel con- 
 *' gregations, and it was truly afFcding to hear 
 ** them bemoan America and Eng!and*s lofs. Thus 
 they continued for two hours converfmg about 
 his great ufefulnefs, and praying that God 
 would fcatter his gifts and drop his mantle 
 " among them. When the corpfe was placed a: 
 *' the foot of the pulpit, clofe to the vault, the 
 *' Rev. Mr. Daniel Rogers made a very affefling 
 " prayer, and openly confefled, that under God, 
 " he owed his converfion to the labours of that 
 dear Man of God, whofe precious remains now 
 lay before them.. Then he cried out, 'O my 
 father, my father!' then ftopt and wept, as 
 though his heart would break, and the people 
 weeping all through the place. Then he reco- 
 vered, and finifhed his prayer, and fat down 
 and wept. Then one of the deacons gave out 
 that hymn, '• IFhy do "jje mourn departing ff-iendi?'* 
 "' Some of the people weeping, fome finging, and 
 " fo on alternately. The Rev. Mr. ^t'w^/ preached 
 " a funeral difcourfe, and made an affedionate 
 " addrefs to his brethren to lay to heart the death 
 *' of that ufeful man of God ; begging th»t he 
 and they might be upon their watch-tower, and 
 endeavour to follow his bieffcd example. The 
 " corpfe was then put into the vault, and all con- 
 cluded with a Ihort prayer, and difmiflion of 
 the people, v/ho v/ent weeping through the 
 •' ftreets to their refped^ive places of abode,** 
 
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 The melancholy news of Mr. M^hitcjieldh death 
 rt^zhtdi London on Monday November ^^ '770» by 
 the Bcjion Gazette, and by three letters from diffe- 
 rent perfons at Bofton^ to his friend Mr. Keen^ who 
 alfo by the fame poft received two of his own 
 hand-writino;, written in health : one feven, and 
 the other five days before his death. Mr. Keen 
 had the melancholy event notified the fame night 
 at the Tabernacle, and the next night at Totten- 
 ham-Court Chapel. His next ftep was to confider 
 of a proper perfon to preach the funeral fcrmon •, 
 and recoUecling he had often faid to Mr. IVhite- 
 field. If you fhoiild die abroad, whom fliail we 
 get to preach your funeral fermon ? Muft it be 
 your old friend the Rev. Mr. John IFeJley? And 
 having received conftantly for anfwer, "-He is the 
 *' man." Mr. Keen accordingly waited on the 
 Rev. Mr. Wejlley on the Saturday following, and 
 enoraged him to preach it on the Lord's day, No- 
 vember I 8, which he did to a very large, crowded, 
 and mournful auditory : many hundreds going 
 away, who could not poffibly get in. 
 
 In both the places of worfhip the pulpits, i^c. 
 were hung with black cloth, and the galleries with 
 fine black baize. The pulpits had efcutcheons 
 placed in the front, and on each of the houfes ad^ 
 joining, hatchments were put up: the motto on 
 each was " Mea vita Salus iff Gloria Chrijlus.'^ Six 
 months expired before the mourning was takea 
 dov/n, and the efcutcheons hung up in each vellry. 
 The hatchments remained twelve months, and 
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 the Rev. M?\ George Whltefield. 277 
 
 when taken down, one was placed in the 7"aber- 
 nacle, the other in the Chapel over a neat marble 
 monument Mr. Ifhitejield had erefted for his wife, 
 with room left for a few lines relpc6ling himfelf 
 after his deceafe, as he purpofcd lying in the fanie 
 vault had he died in England. Accordingly the 
 Rev. Mr. Knight of Halifax^ in Torkjl'vc, drew up 
 the following lines. 
 
 In Memory of 
 The Rev. Mr. George IFhitefield, A. M. 
 Chaplain to the Right Honourable the 
 Countefs oi Huntingdon^ whofe Soul made 
 meet for Glory was taken to Immanuel''% 
 bofom, on the ^oi\\ oi September 1770; 
 and whofe body now lies in the filent 
 Grave at Newbury-Port, near Bojton^ m 
 Niw-Englandy there depofited in hope of 
 a joyful Refurredion to eternal Life and 
 Glory. 
 
 He was a Man eminent in Piety, of 
 a humane, benevolent, and charitable 
 Difpofition j his Zeal in the Caufe of God 
 was fingular, his Labours indefatigable, 
 and his Succefs in preaching the Gofpel 
 remarkable and aftonifhing. He departed 
 this Life in the 56th Year of his Age. 
 
 And, like his Mafter, was by feme defpis'd; 
 Like him, by many others, lov*d and prized : 
 But theirs fhall be the everlafting Crown, 
 Not whom the World, but Jefus Chrift will own. 
 
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 Mr. Whttcfield was not full fifty-fix years of ags 
 at the time of his death: thirty-four years of which 
 he fpent in the miniftry. And if life is to be mea- 
 fured by the greateft adbiyity and enjoyment » fuch 
 as being always intent upon fome good defign, anci 
 vigorous in the purfuit of it j filling up every day 
 with a(5tions of importance, worthy of a man and 
 a chriftian ; feeing much of the world, and having 
 a eonftant flow of the mofl: lively affedlions, both 
 of the focial and religious kind ; Mr. Whitefield^ 
 in thefe thirty-four years may be faid to have lived 
 more than moft men would do, though their lives 
 were prolonged for many ages. 
 
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 ■the Rev. Mr. George Whltefield. 279 
 
 CHAP. xxr. 
 
 ^ Befcriplion cf his Perfon •, a Review of his Life ; 
 and the mojt Jlriking Parts of his Character 
 pointed out. 
 
 I S perfon was graceful, and well proporti- 
 oned : his flature rather above the middle 
 fize. His complexion was very fair. Flis eyes 
 were of a dark blue colour, and fmall, but 
 fprightly. He had a fquint with one of them (a). 
 His features were in general good and regular. 
 His countenance was manly, and his voice exceed- 
 ing ftrong; yet both were foftened with an un- 
 common degree of fweetnefs. He was always very 
 clean and neat, and often faid pleafantly " that a 
 " minifter of the gofpel ought to be without fpot." 
 His deportment was decent and eafy, without the 
 leafl ftiffnefs or formality: and his engaging polite 
 manner made his company univerfally agreeable. 
 In his youth he was very flender, and moved his 
 body with great agility to aftion, fuitable to his 
 difcourfe : but about the fortieth year of his age, 
 he began to grow corpulent j which however was 
 
 [a) Occafioned either by the ignorance, or the care- 
 iePinefs of the nurfe who attended him in the meafies, 
 when he was about four years old. 
 
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 280 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 fblely the effect of his difeafe, being always, even 
 to a proverb, remarkable for his moderation both 
 in eating and drinking. Several prints have been 
 done of him, which exhibit a very bad likenefs. 
 The bed refemblance of him in his younger years, 
 before he became corpulent, is that metzotinto 
 fcraping which reprefents him at full length, with 
 one hiind on his bread, and holding a fmall bible 
 in the other: but the late paintings, the one by 
 Mr. Hone^ and the other by Mr. Rujfell, as they 
 are the belt pictures that ever were done of him, 
 are certainly the julle[t likeneffes of his perfon. 
 An elegant copper plate of the firft, by Mr. Picoty 
 is given with this account of his life •, and a very 
 fine metzotinto fcraping of the lalt is juft pub- 
 liflied, done by Mr. Watfon. Mr. RuJfeWs paint- 
 ing, from which the fcraping is taken, was the 
 Jaft picture which Mr. fVhitcjield fat for, and was 
 drawn only two years before he died. Both the 
 copper plate and the fcraping will no doubt be 
 very acceptable to Mr. Whitefield's friends, as the 
 one will be an ornament to the clofet, and the 
 other to the parlour. 
 
 In reviewing the life of this extraordinary man, 
 the following particulars appear very remarkable. 
 
 Firft, we are (truck with his unwearied diligence 
 in the offices of religion, and his confcientious im- 
 provement of every portion of his time. Early in 
 the morning he rofe to his mafter's work, and all 
 the day long was employed in a continual fuccef- 
 fion of different duties. Take a view of his pub- 
 lic conduct •, here he is engaged cither in preach- 
 
 l-nor
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 281 
 
 ing the gofpel, in vifuing and giving counfel to 
 the affli(5led, in inftruding the ignorant, or in ce- 
 lebrating the praifes of God. Obferve his beha- 
 viour in private company •, there you hear him in- 
 troducing, upon all occafions, and among all Ibrts 
 of people, difcourfe that tended to edification. 
 And if you follow him to his retirements ; you fee 
 him writing devout meditations upon the occur- 
 rences of the day, or letters to his chriftian ac- 
 quaintance full of piety and zeal. What a gloomy 
 idea mud a ftranger to vital piety entertain of a 
 life fpent in this manner ? He will think it muft 
 have been not only joylefs and difgufting, but in- 
 tolerably burthenfome. Far otherwife did it ap- 
 pear in the experience of this fervant of Chrift, 
 He felt the greateft enjoyment when engaged in 
 a conftant round of focial and religious duties. In 
 thefe, whole weeks pad away like one day. And 
 when he was vifited with any diftrefs or affliction, 
 preaching, as he tells us hirnfelf, was his catholi- 
 con, and prayer his antidote againd every trial. 
 The pleafure of a man of bufinefs in fuccefsfully 
 pulhing his trade, or of a philofopher when pur- 
 fuiner his favourite ftudies, may give us fome faint 
 conception of the joys which h^ felt : yet fo ar- 
 dent were his defires after the heavenly happinefs, 
 that he often longed to finilh his work, and to go 
 
 home to his Saviour (a). 
 
 Again, 
 
 (a) " BlefTed be GoD, the profpejSt of death is plea- 
 <' lant to my ibu!. 1 would not live here always. I 
 ♦' vyant to be gone. Letter CCXLVIII. 
 
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 Attain, we are juftly furprizcd at his frequent 
 and fervent preaching under all the difad vantages 
 of a fickly conftitution, and the many fits of ill- 
 nefs with which he was fuddenly feized. It muft 
 indeed be confefled, that change of air, frequent 
 travellincr on horfeback, and the many voyages he 
 made, might contribute to the prefcrvation of his 
 health and vigour : but when we confider what ex- - 
 ertion of voice was neceffary to reach his large con- 
 crregations -, that he preached generally twice or 
 thrice every day, and often four times on the Lord's 
 day; but above all, what wafte of ftrength and 
 fpirits every fermon muft have coft him, through the 
 earnellnefs of his delivery \ it is truly aftonifliing, 
 how his conftitution could hold out fo long (b). 
 
 But there is another circumftance not lefs re- 
 markable than either of the former, which is, the 
 uncommon defire that all forts of people expreffed 
 to attend his preaching ; and that not upon the firft 
 orfecond vifit only, but at every fucceeding oppor- 
 tunity. Wherever he vi-ent, prodigious numbers 
 flocked to hear him. His congregations often con- 
 fifted of four or five thoufand : in populous places 
 
 " Sometimes it arifes from a fear of falling. Some- 
 " times from a profpeft of future labours and fufTcrings. 
 *' p>ut thcfe are times when my foul h.ith fuch foreraftes 
 « of God, that I long more eagerly to be with Him ; 
 *' and the profpecl of the happinefs which the fpirits of 
 " juft men made perfect now enjoy, often carries me, as 
 " it were, into another world." Letter XCVI. 
 
 (^h) " I preach till I fweat through and through." 
 Letter XLV^I. 
 
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 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 2S3 
 
 they fwelled to ten, rometimes fourteen : and upon 
 fome occafions the concourfe was fo great, that 
 they have been computed to be from twenty to 
 thirty thoufand. 
 
 It is wonderful to think how he commanded the 
 attention of fuch multitudes ; with what compofure 
 they liftened when he began to fpeak -, how they 
 hung upon his lips, and were often difTolved in 
 tears : and this was the cafe with perfons of the 
 moft hardy and rugged, as well as thofe of fofter 
 tempers. 
 
 His eloquence was indeed very great, and of 
 the trueft and noblefl kind. He was utterly de- 
 void of all appearance of affcdlation. H^ feemed 
 to be quite unconfcious of the talents he poflefied. 
 The importance of his fubjecl, and the regard due 
 to his hearers, engrolTed all his concern. He 
 fpake like one who did not fcek their applaufe, 
 but was concerned for their bed interefls, and 
 who, from a principle of unfeigned love, earneftly 
 endeavoured to lead them in the right way. And 
 the effedl in fome meafure correfponded to the de- 
 fign. They did not amufe themfelves with com- 
 mending his difcourfes ; but being moved and 
 perfuaded by what he faid, entered into Jiis views, 
 felt his pafTions, and were willing, for that time at 
 lead, to comply Vv'ith all his requefts. This was 
 efpecjally remarkable at his charity fermons (c)^ 
 
 [c) Which he preached for a great many others, befide 
 Jirs own orphans in Georgia, See his Life. 
 
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 when the mofb worldly-minded were made to part 
 ■with their money in fo generous a manner, that 
 ■when tlicy returned to their former temper, they 
 were ready to think that it had been conjured 
 from them by fome inexplicable charm. The 
 charm, however, was nothing elfe than the power 
 of his irrefiftible eloquence, in which refpeft it is 
 noteafy to fay, whether he was ever excelled either 
 in ancient or modern times. 
 
 He had a ftrong and mufical voice, and a won- 
 derful command of it. His pronunciation was 
 not only proper, but manly and graceful. Nor 
 ■was he ever at a lofs for the moll natural and 
 ftrong exprefTions. Yet thefe in him were but 
 lower qualities. The grand fources of his eloquence 
 were an exeeedinp; lively imaofination, which made 
 people think they faw what he defcribcd •, an ac- 
 tion dill more lively if pofTible, by which, while 
 every accent of his voice fpoke to the ear, every 
 feature of his face, every motion of his hands, and 
 every gefture fpoke to the eye j fo that the moil 
 diffipatcd and thoughtlefs found their attention in- 
 voluntarily fixed, and the dullcfl and mod igno- 
 rant could not but underftand. He had likewife 
 a certain elevation of mind, which raifed him 
 equally above praife and cenfure, and added great 
 authority to v/hatever he faid (d). But what was 
 
 per- 
 
 {(1) The natural lan^ua^e of this chriftian fortitude 
 wc have in Letter CCLXXXIII. " The Lord only 
 ••' knows how he will be pleafed to difpofe of me ; great 
 
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 the Rev. Air. George Whitefield. 285 
 
 perhaps the moft important of all, he had a heart 
 deeply exercifed in all the fecial, as well as the 
 pious and religious al:Te6lions, and was at the fame 
 time moft remarkably communicative, by which 
 means he was peculiarly fitted to awaken like 
 feelings in others, and to fympathize with every 
 one that had them. 
 
 This laft, fome have thought was the diftinguifh- 
 ing part of his charadler. It was certainly, how- 
 ever, an eminent part of it. In his journals and 
 letters, an impartial reader will find inftances 
 thereof almoft in every page : fuch as, lively 
 frratitude to God in the firft place, and to all whom 
 God had ufed as inftruments of good to him: fin- 
 cere love in dealing fo plainly with his correfpon- 
 dents about the intereft of their fouls (e) : fre- 
 quent and particular intercefiion for his friends, 
 his enemies, and all mankind : great delight in 
 the fociety of chriftian acquaintance : many very 
 forrowful partings, and joyful meetings with his 
 friends : tender heartednefs to the afflided : the 
 Pleafure in procuring and adminiftring fealbnable 
 fupply to the indigent: and condefcenfion to 
 people of the loweft rank, to inftrufl and converfe 
 with them for their good, in as kind and fociable 
 
 " affli(£lions I am fure of having; and a fudden death, 
 «' blefTed be God, will not be terrible. I know that 
 *' my Redeemer liveth. I every day long to fee him, 
 " that I may be free from the remainder of fin, and en- 
 ** joy him without interruption, for ever." 
 
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 a manner, as if he had been their brother or inti° 
 mate friend. Thefe are manifefl proofs that he 
 had a heart eafily fufceptible of every humane^ 
 tender, and compafTionate feeling. And this was 
 certainly a crreat mean of enabling him fo ftrono^- 
 ly to affecft the hearts of others. 
 
 Had his natural talents for oratory been em- 
 ployed in fecular affairs, and been fomevvhat more 
 improved by the refinements of art, and the em- 
 bellifhments of erudition, it is probable they would 
 foon have advanced him to diftinQ-uifiied wealth 
 and renown. But his fole ambition was to ferve 
 a crucified Saviour, in the miniftry of the gofpel. 
 And being early convinced of the great hurt that 
 has been done to chriftianity, by a bigotted fpirit, 
 he infilled not upon the peculiar (f) tenets of a 
 party, but upon the univerfally-interefling doc- 
 trines of Holy Scripture concerning the ruin of 
 mankind by fin, and their recovery by Divine 
 Grace \ doctrines, the truth of which, he himfelf 
 had deeply felt. To make men fenfible of the mi- 
 fery of their alienation from God; and of the ne- 
 cefTity of j unification by faith in the Lord Jefus 
 
 (7) *« I love all that love our Lord Jefus Chrift." 
 Letter LViif. 
 
 *•' Oh how do I long to fee bigotry and party-zea! 
 ** taken away, and all the Lord's fcrvants more knit to- 
 " gCLher." Letter LXVlll. 
 
 " I wifh all names among the faints of God, v.'erc 
 *' fwailowcd up in that onj of Chriji:a:i." Letter 
 
 cxx. 
 
 And to the f^ime purpofe in ni?.r!y other placer.
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 287 
 
 Chrift, of regeneration by the Holy Spirit, and of 
 a life of devotednefs to God, was the principal aim 
 of all his difcourfes. " The only Methodifm, 1 
 " defire to know," fays he, (g) " is a holy method 
 " of dying to ourfclves, and of living to God.'* '' 
 By this defcription, he was far from intending to 
 confine true religion to the exercifes of devotion. 
 By " living to God" he meant a conftant endea- 
 vour after conformity to the Divine Will in all 
 things. For, fays he, in another (b) place, " It 
 " is a great miftake to fuppofe religion confifts 
 only in faying our prayers. Every chriftian lies 
 under a neceffity to have fome particular calling 
 whereby he may be a ufeful member of the fo- 
 ciety to which he belongs. A man is no far- 
 ther holy than he is relatively holy : and he only 
 will adorn the Gofpel of our Lord Jefus Chrift 
 in all things, who is careful to perform all the 
 civil offices of life, with a fingle eye to God*s 
 glory, and from a principle of lively faith in 
 Jefus Chrift our Saviour. This is the morality 
 " whch we preach." He ufed alfo to give this 
 definition of true religion, " that it is a univerfal 
 " morality founded upon love of God, and faith 
 " in the Lord Jefus Chrift." Licentioufnefs and 
 luxury, and all forts of time^wafting and diftipa- 
 ting amufements, how faihionable fo ever, he 
 conftantly inveighed againft. Thcfe were the to- 
 pics on which he employed his eloquence. 
 
 (g) Preface to the Journals, in the edition of 1756. 
 
 (h) Journals, M^y 1739. 
 
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 But not to dwell any longer on his accomplifIi« 
 ments as an orator, and the excellent purpoles to 
 which, through the grace of God, he devoted 
 them; one thing remains to be mentioned, of an 
 infinitely higher order than any human powers 
 whatever : and that is, the pov/er of God, which 
 fo remarkably accompanied the labours of his ler- 
 vant, and without which both fcripture and expe- 
 rience teach us, that all external means, however 
 excellent, are ineffe6lual and vain. It is here Mr. 
 Whitefield is mod to be envied, were it lawful to 
 envy any man. When we confider the multitudes 
 that were not only awakened, but brought under 
 lading religious impreiilons by his miniftry ; and 
 the multitudes that were wrought upon in the fame 
 manner by the miniftry of others excited by his 
 (i) example, both in Great Britain and America^ 
 we are naturally led into the fame fentiments with 
 Mr. IVeJley in his funeral fermon, " What an ho- 
 nour hath it pleall'd God to put upon his faith- 
 ful fervant ! Have we read or heard of any per- 
 fon fmce the apoftles, who teftified the gofpel 
 of the grace of God, through fo widely extend- 
 ed a fpace, through fo large a part of the habi- 
 table world ? Have we read or heard of any 
 perfon, who called fo many thoufands, fo many 
 myriads of finners to repentance. Above all, 
 have we read or heard of any who has been a 
 
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 [i) See Hift. Coll. of the Succefs of the Gorpel. 
 Vol. II. 
 
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 the Rev. Mr. George Wbitefield. 289 
 
 blefled inftrument in his hand of bringing fo 
 
 many Tinners from darknefs to light, and trom 
 
 the power of fatan unto God?'* 
 
 This excellent charafter joined to talents fo ex- 
 traordinary, and to labours, which God was plealed 
 to blefs with almoft unequalled fuccefs^ was fhaded 
 with fome infirmities. And what elfe could be 
 expedled in the prefent condition of humanity ? 
 Thefe have been fufficiently laid open in the pre- 
 ceding Narrative of his Life. And it ought to be 
 obferved, that as there was fomething very amia- 
 ble in the franknefs and uniefervednefs which pre- 
 vented his concealing them ; fo through his open- 
 nefs to conviction, his teachablenefs, (k) and his 
 
 readinefs 
 
 {k) ** May God reward you for watching over my 
 ** foul. It is difficult, I believe, to go through th& 
 *' fiery trial of popularity and applaufe, untainted." 
 Letiier LXI. 
 
 " When I am unwilling to be told of my faults, cor- 
 ** refpond with me no more. If 1 know any thing of 
 ** my heart, I love thofe moft who are moft faithful to 
 *' me in this refpecSt. Henceforward, dear Sir, I be- 
 ** feech you by the mercies of God in Chrift Jefus, fpare 
 " me not." Letter LXXXV. 
 
 *' We muft be helps to each other on this fide eter- 
 " nity. Nothing gives me more comfort, next to the 
 " alTurance of the eternal continuance of God's love, 
 '' than the pleafing reflection of having fo many chrif- 
 *• tian friends to watch with my foul. I wifh they would 
 " fmite me friendly, and reprove me oftener than they 
 « do." Letter CIII. 
 
 *' I rejoice that you begin to know yourfelf. Ifpof- 
 *' fible, fatan will make us think more highly of our- 
 •' felves than we ought to think. I can tell this by fatal 
 " experience. It is not fudden fiafnes of joy, but having 
 
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 290 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 readinefs to confefs and correct his miftakes, they 
 became flill fewer and Imaller, and decreafcd con- 
 tinually as he advanced in knowledge and expe- 
 rience. 
 
 It would be unjuft to his memory not to take 
 notice upon this occafion of that uniformity of 
 fentiment which runs through all his fermons and 
 writings, after he was thoroughly enlightened in 
 the truth. Indeed, when he firft let out in the 
 miniftry, his youth and inexperience led him into 
 many expreflions which were contrary to found 
 doflrine, and which made many of the fermons he 
 firil printed juftly exceptionable •, but reading, ex- 
 perience, and a deeper knowledge of his own heart, 
 convinced him of his errors, and upon all occafi- 
 ons he avowed his belief of the 39 articles of the 
 church di England^ and the ftandards of the church 
 of Scotland^ as exprefsly founded on the word of 
 tjod. He loved his friend, but he would not 
 part with a grain of facred truth for the brother of 
 
 ** the humility ©f Chrlft Jefas^ that muft denominate 
 ** lis Chriftians. If we hate leproof, we J^re To far from 
 ** being true followers of the Lamb of God, that ia 
 •* the opinion of the wifeft of men we are brutifn," Let- 
 ter CXII. 
 
 ** O my dear brother, flill continue faithful to my 
 ** foul; do not hate me in your hearty in any wife re- 
 ** prove me.'* Letter CCIV. 
 
 ** You need make no apology for yout plain dealing. 
 ** I love thofe beft who deal moft fincerely with me* 
 *' Whatever errors I have been, or fhall be guilty of in 
 " my miniftry, I hope the Lord will fliew me, and give 
 ** mc grace to amend." Letter CCXCVIIL See alfo 
 Letter DCXfy> 
 
 hii
 
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 his heart. Thus we fee him conftrained to write 
 and print againft the Arminian tenets of Mr. John 
 tVeJley^ whom he loved in the bbwels of Chrift 
 Jefus. And it appears from feveral other tfads in 
 the 4th Vol. of his Works, that he negleded no 
 opportunity of flepping forth as a bold champion^ 
 in defence of that faith v^hich was once delivered 
 to the faints. 
 
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 EXTRACTS 
 
 F R O -M 
 
 SomeoftheFUNEPvAL SERMONS 
 which were preached on the Occafion of 
 his Death. 
 
 MANY Sermons were preached upon oc- 
 cafion of his death, both in America and 
 England. From thefe, though they contain no- 
 thing materially different from the above accounts, 
 ytz the reader will probably not be difpleafed to 
 ice the following extrafts •, as they not only fet 
 the character of Mr. JVhitefield in a variety of 
 lights, but are fo many teftimonies to it, by wit- 
 nefles of undoubted credit, in different parts of 
 the world. 
 
 The firlt was preached by Mr. Parfom, the 
 very day on which he died, (I) from Phil. i. 21. 
 " To me to live is Chrifi, and to die is gain." 
 And this is the charader he gives of his departed 
 
 " friend. 
 
 «' Chriji 
 
 (/) Early next rr.orning Mr. Sherburn of Porifmcuthy 
 fent Squire Chrkfon and Dr. Haven with a meliage to 
 Mr. Parfo7is, dcliring Mr. If^lntefield'^ remains might be 
 buriccJ in his own new tomb, at his own expence : and 
 in the evening; feveral gentlemen from Bojlcn came to Mr. 
 Parfons^ defining the body might be carried there. But 
 as Mr. Whxtcf.elil had repeatedly defired he might be 
 buried before Mr. Parfons's pulpit, if he died at Newbury- 
 Port, Mr. Parfom thought himfelf obliged to deny both of 
 thcfe rcqueils. The following account of his interment, 
 
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 t&e Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 293 
 
 " Cbriji became a principle of fpiritual life in 
 his foul, while he was an Under-graduate at 
 the Univerfity in Oxford. Before his conver- 
 fion he was a Pharifee of the Pharifees, as 
 ilrid as ever Paul was, before God met him 
 on his way to Damafcus, according to his own 
 " declaration in his laft fermon, which I heard 
 " him preach at Exeter^ yefterday. He was, by 
 " means of reading, a very fearching, puritani- 
 " cal writer, convinced of the rotten nefs of all 
 " the duties he had done, and the danger of a 
 
 is fubjoined to this fermon, i^/z. " OSloher 2, 1770. At 
 " one o'clock, all the bells in town were tolled for half an 
 *' hour, and all the vefiels in the harbour gav^e iheir proper 
 " fignals of mourning. At two o'clock the bells tolled 
 *' a fecond time. At three the bells called to attend 
 " the funeral. The Rev. Dr. Samuel Haven of Portf- 
 *' mouth, the Rev. Meflieurs Daniel Rogers of Exeter, 
 *' 'Jcdediah 'Jexvet, and 'James Chandler of Rowley, Mofes 
 *' Parfons of Newbury, and Edward Bafs of Newbury~ 
 " Port, were pall-bearers. The procefTion was from 
 *' the Rev. A4r. Parfom^s, of Neivbury-Port, where Mr. 
 (Vhitejield d'xed, Mr. Parfons and his family, together 
 with many other refpedtable perfons, followed the 
 corpfe in mourning. The proceflion was only one 
 mile, and then the corpfe was carried into the prefby- 
 *' terian church, and placed on the bier in the broad- 
 " alley, when the Rev. Mr. Rogers made a very fuit- 
 *' able prayer in the prefence of about fix thoufand per- 
 " fons, within the walls of the church, while many 
 *' thoufands were on the outfide, not being able to find 
 " admittance. Then, the third hymn of the fecond 
 book of Dr. IVatts's SpiritualSongs was fung by the 
 congregation. After this, the corpfe v.'as put into 
 a new tomb, before Mr. Parfons's pulpit, which the 
 gentlemen of the congregation had prepared for that 
 purpofe ; and before it was fealed, the Rev. Mr. 
 Jnvet gave a fuitable exhortation, cjfc." 
 
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 " felf-righteous foundation of hope. When he 
 
 f heard Cbrijl fpeak to him in the Gofpel, he 
 
 In Reyerendum Virun^ 
 
 G E RG lU M JV H I r E F I E L D, 
 
 Laborlbus facris olim abundantem ; nunc vero, ut bene 
 fperatur coeleftem et immoruletn vitam cum Chrj/h 
 agentem, 
 
 E P I T A P H I U M. 
 
 (Auflore Thoma Gibbons, S. T. P.) 
 
 Ble6lum et divinum vas, Whitefielde, fuifli 
 
 Ingenio pollens, divitiifque facris : 
 
 His opibus populo longe lateque tributis, 
 
 Tandem perfrueris laetitia fuperum 
 
 Inque banc intrdfti, Domino plaudente miniftrum: 
 
 Expertum in multis, afliduumque bonum : 
 
 Ecce mei portus, et clara palatia coeli 
 
 Deliciis plenis omnia aperta tibi. 
 
 Dum matutinam Stellam, quam dulce rubentem I 
 
 Vivificos rorefque ofl'a fepuha manent. 
 
 ENGLISHED thus: 
 
 " A veflel chofen and divine, replete 
 
 *' With Nature's gifts, and Grace's richer ftores:, 
 
 ^* Thou JVhiteJield waft : thefe thro' the world difpens'd- 
 
 *' In long laborious travels, thou at length 
 
 ** Haft reach'd the realms of reft, to which thy Lord 
 
 *' Has welcom'd thee with his immenfe applaufe. 
 
 '* All hail, my fervant, in thy various trufts 
 *' Found vigilant and faithful : See the ports, 
 
 " See the eternal kingdoms of the fkies, 
 
 *' With all their boundlefs glory, boundlefs joy 
 
 *' Open'd for thy reception, and thy blifs. 
 
 *' Mean time, the body in it's peaceful cell 
 
 " Repofing from its toils, awaits the Star, 
 
 ^' Whofe living luftres lead that promis'd morn, 
 
 *' Whofe vivifying dews thy moulder'd corfe 
 
 *' Shall vifitj and immortal life infpirc." 
 
 ^.* cried:*
 
 
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 the Rez\ Mr. George Whltefield. 295 
 
 ♦« cried, ' Lord, what wilt thou have me to do ?» 
 *' And it fccms as if, at that time, it had been 
 ** made known to him th^t he was a chofen 
 " veflel, to bear the name of Ch-iji Jefus through 
 *' the Briti/)i Nation and her Colonies : to Hand 
 *' before Kings ,and Nobles, and all forts of 
 " people, to preach Chrijl^ and him crucified. 
 *' From that time the dawns of falvation had 
 living power in his heart, and he had an ardent 
 defire to furnifhhimfelf for theGofpel-miniftry. 
 ^' To this end, befides the ufual lludies at the 
 ♦' college, he gave himfelf to reading the Holy 
 Scriptures, to meditation and prayer ; and par-f 
 ticularly, he read Mr, Henrf% Annotations on 
 the Bible, upon his kqees before God. 
 " Since my firft acquaintance with him, which 
 ^ is about thirty years ago, I have highly efteem- 
 *' ed him, as an excellent Chriilian, and an emi- 
 nent Minifter of the Gofpel. An heart fo bent 
 for Chrifi^ with fuch a fprightly, adlive genius, 
 could not admit of his ftated, fixed refidence, 
 in one place, as the paftor of a particular con- 
 " gregation ; and therefore, he chofe to itinerate 
 " from place to place, and from one country to 
 *' another; which indeed was much better fuited 
 ^' to his talents, than a fixed abode would have 
 ^* been, I often confidered him as an angel fiy- 
 " ing through the midft of heaven, with the 
 " cverlafting Gofpel, to preach unto them that 
 ^' dwell on the earth ; for he preached the un- 
 cprrupted word of God, and gave folemn 
 
 ^ ^ " warnings 
 
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 *' warnings againft all corruptions of the Gofpel 
 *' of Chriji(m). When he came the firft time 
 to Bcjlon^ the venerable Dr. Coleman^ (with 
 whom I had a fmall acquaintance) condefcend- 
 *' ed to write to me, ' That the wonderful man 
 * was come, and they had had a week of fab- 
 ' baths ; that his zeal for Chrift was extraordinary ; 
 ' and yet he recommended himfelf to his many 
 ' thoufand hearers, by his engagednefs for holi- 
 ' nefs and fouls.' " I foon had opportunity to 
 " obferve that wherever he flew, like a flame of 
 fire, his miniftry gave a general alarm to all 
 forts of people, though before, they had, for 
 a long time, been amazingly funk down into 
 dead formality. It was then a time in New 
 England^ that real Chrifl:ians generally had 
 " flackened their zeal for Chrift^ and fallen into a 
 remifs and carelefs frame of fpirit \ and hypo- 
 critical profeflbrs were funk into a deep fleep 
 •' of carnal fecurity. Miniflers, and their con- 
 '^ gregations, feemed to be at eafe. But his 
 *' preaching appeared to be from the heart, 
 ^.' though too many, who fpake the fame things, 
 
 {^m) This may be a proper place to mention what the 
 compiler is juft now informed of. The late Dr. Grof- 
 venor, who was reputed one of the mofl eminent divines 
 of his time, upon hearing Mr. Whitefield preach at 
 Charl(.s-fqi{are, Hoxton, about the year 1741, exprefTed 
 himfelf in thefe very flrong terms, in the prefence of a 
 very refpcftable gentleman now living, *' That if the 
 " Apoftle Paul had preached to this auditory, he would 
 V have preached in the fame manner." 
 
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 preached as if it were indifferent, whether they 
 " were received or reje6ted. We v^ere convinced 
 " that he believed the meffage he brought us, to 
 " be of the laft importance. Neverthelefs, as 
 " foon as there was time for reflexion, the ene- 
 " mies of Cbriji began to cavil, and hold up 
 " fome of his lallies, as if they were unpardon- 
 " able faults. By fuch means he met with a 
 " ftorm as tempeftuous as the troubled fea,. that 
 *' cafts up mire and dirt. Some of every ftation 
 " were too fond of their old way of formality 
 " to part with it, for fuch a defpifed cayfe as 
 *' living religion. But the fpirit of Chrij^ fet 
 " home the melTage of the Lord upon the con- 
 " fciencies of fome, and fnook them off from 
 ^' their falfe hopes : but many began to find 
 ^' fault, and fome to write againft his evangeliz- 
 ^' ing through the country, while others threaten- 
 " ed fire-brands, arrows, and death. Yet God 
 " gave room for his inter.fe zeal to operate, and 
 •' fit objeds appeared, wherever he went, to en- 
 *' gage him in preaching Cbrijl, and him cru- 
 ^' cified. 
 
 " In his repeated vifits to America^ when his 
 *' fervices had almoft exhauil^d his animal fpirits, 
 " and his friends were ready to cry. Spare thyfelf, 
 " his hope of ferving Chrijl^ and winning fouls to 
 " him, animated and engaged him to run almoft 
 *' any rifque. Neither did he ever crol« the Ai- 
 " lanticy on an itinerating vifitation, without c^ 
 *.' vifiting his numerous brethren here, to fee ho,v 
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 *' religion profpered amqngft them : and we 
 *' know that his labours have been unwearied 
 *' among us, and to the applaufe of all his 
 •' hearers ; and, through the infinite mercy of 
 *' God, his labours have fomctimes been crowned 
 ^' with great fuccefs, in the converfion of fin- 
 *' ners, and the edification of faints. And though 
 *^ he often returned from the pulpit very feeble 
 " after public preaching, yet his engaging fweet- 
 ^' nefs of converfation, changed the fufpicions 
 " of many, into paffipnate iovc and friends 
 ^' fhip. 
 
 *' In many things his example is worthy of 
 ** imitation ; and, if in any thing he exceeded, 
 or came fiiort, his integrity, zeal for God, and 
 love to Chrifi and his Gofpel, rendered him, ia 
 extenfive ufefulnefs, more than equ^l to any of 
 his brethren. In preaching here, and through 
 moft parts of America^ he has been in labours; 
 more abundant, approving himfelf a minifter 
 of God, in much patience, in afHiclions, in 
 watchings, in fadings, by purenefs, by the 
 Holy Ghoft, by love unfeigned ; as forrowful, 
 yet always rejoicing-, as having nothing, yet 
 pofTcfTing all things, And God that comforr* 
 eth thofe that are caft ^own, has often com- 
 forted us by his coming ; and not by his com- 
 ing only, but by the confolation wherewith he 
 f* was comforted in us^ ib that we could rejoice 
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 ?^ His popularity exceeded all that ever I knew ; 
 '^' and, though the afthma was fometimes an ob- 
 " flruclion to him, his delivery and entertaining 
 *' method was fo inviting to the laft, th^t it would 
 *' command the attention of the vaft multitudes 
 of his hearers. An apprehcnfion of his con- 
 cern to ferve the Lord Jefus Cbrift, and do good 
 to the fouls of men, drew many thoufands 
 after him, who never embraced the dodlrines 
 he taught. He had fomething fo peculiar In. 
 his manner, expreffive of fincerity in all he 
 " delivered, that it conftrained the moft aban- 
 " doned to think, he believed wh^t he faid was 
 '* not only true, but of the lad: importance to 
 ** fouls i and by adapted texts adduced, and in- 
 ** fiances of the grace of God related agreeable 
 ?' thereto, he often furprlfed his moft judicious 
 " hearers. 
 
 " His labours extended not only to Nezv Eng- 
 ^' knd^ and many other colonies in BritiJJi Ame- 
 f* nVi3, but were eminent and more abundant in 
 f Great Britain, Many thoufands at his Chapel 
 " and Tabernacle in London, and in other places, 
 '^ were witnefTes that he faithfully endeavoured to 
 «' reftore the interefting dodrines of the Refor- 
 " mation, and the purity of the Church to its 
 f primitive glory. Some among the learned^ 
 " fome of the mighty and noble have been called, 
 f by his miniftry, to teftify for the Gofpel of 
 f* the grace of God. The force of his reafon- 
 f ings againft corrupt principles, and the eafy 
 
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 " method he had in expofing the danger of them, 
 " have aftonifhed the mod that heard him, in all 
 " places where he preached. How did he lament 
 *' and withftand the modern, unfcriptural notions 
 *' of religion and falvation, that were palmed up- 
 " on the churches of every denomination ! The 
 " affefting change from primitive purity to fatal 
 " herefy, together with the fad effedts of it in 
 *' mere formality and open wickednefs, would 
 *' often make him cry, as the Prophet did in 
 " another cafe, ' How is the gold become dim, 
 « and the moft fine gold changed ! How hath the 
 ' Lord covered the daughter of Zlon with a cloudy 
 ' in his anger, and call down from heaven to 
 ^ earth the beauty of JfraeL* 
 
 " It is no wonder that this Man of God fhould 
 " meet with enemies, and with great oppofition 
 " to his miniftry •, for hell trembled before him. 
 •' It is no more than may be always expefted of 
 *' the devil, that he fliould ftir up his fervants, 
 *' to load the moft eminent minifters of Chrijt 
 " with calumny, and moft impudent lies ; and 
 *' reprefent them as the filth, and off-fcouring of 
 " all things. All this may be, and often has 
 " been done, under a pretence of great concern 
 " for the honour of Chrijl^ and the prefervatioa 
 " of Gofpel-order. When Satan's kingdom tot- 
 " ters and begins to fall, he can find men enough 
 " to cry. The Church is in danger •, and that, he 
 " knows, is fufficient with many, to hide his 
 " cloven foot, and make him appear as an angel 
 
 " of light. 
 
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 301 
 
 " Through a variety of fuch labours and trials, 
 " our worthy friend, and extenfively ufeful fer- 
 " vant of Chriji^ Mr. WhitefieU^ palTed, both in 
 " England and America : but the Lord was his 
 " fun to guide and animate him, and his fliield 
 " to defend and help him unto the end : neither 
 " did he count his own life dear, fo that he might 
 " finifli his courfe with joy, and the miniftry that 
 
 he had received of the Lord Jefus, to teftify 
 
 the Gofpel of the grace of God. The lafl: 
 *' fermon that he preached, though under the 
 " difadvantage of a ftagc in the open air, was 
 " delivered with fuch clearnefs, pathos, and 
 '* eloquence, as to pleafe and furprize the fur- 
 " rounding thoufands. And as he had been 
 " confirmed by the grace of God, many years 
 " before, and had been waiting and hoping for 
 " his laft change, he then declared, that he hoped 
 " it was the laft time he fhould ever preach. 
 " Doubtlefs, he then had fuch clear views of the 
 " bleffednefs of open vifion, and the complete 
 *' fruition of God in Cbriji, that he felt the plea- 
 " fures of heaven in his raptured foul, which 
 *' made his countenance Hiine like the unclouded 
 " fun." 
 
 The next fermon was preached by Dr. Pemi^er- 
 ton of (tJ Bojlon, O^oher 11, 1770, upon i Peter 
 
 i. 4. 
 
 (t) The following lines are part of a poem on Mr. 
 Jfhitefield^ which is publifiied along with this fermon, 
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 i. 4. " To an inheritance — referved in heaven fof 
 
 you.'* In which he fays : 
 
 I am not fond of funefal panegyrics. — But 
 where perfons have been diftinguifhingly honour- 
 ed by heaven, and employed to do uncommon 
 fervice for God's church upon earth, it would 
 be criminal ingratitude to fufFer them to drop 
 '* into the duft without the moft refpedful no- 
 age ; and who has been but nine years from Africa,^ be- 
 longing to Mr. j. JVhcatley of Bojion. 
 
 *' He pray'd that grace in every heart might dwell i 
 *' He long'd to fee America excel ; 
 •' He charg'd it's youth to let the grace divine 
 «' Arife, and in their future actions fhine. 
 *' He offer'd That he did himfelf receive, 
 •* A greater gift not God himfelf can give. 
 " He urg'd the need of Him to every one ; 
 *' It was no lefs than God's co-equal Son. 
 «' Take Him ye wretched for your only good ; 
 <« Take Him ye ftarving fouls to be your food. 
 «« Ye thirfty, come to this life-giving ftream ; 
 *' Ye preachers, take Him for your joyful theme; 
 *« Take Him, my dear Americans^ he fa id, 
 *' Be your complaints in his kind bofom laid. 
 ** Take him, ye Africans : he longs for you ; 
 '* Impartial Saviour is his title due. 
 <' If you will choofe to walk in grace's road, 
 « You {hall be Sons, and Kings, and Priefts, to GoU. 
 *< Great Countefs ! we Americans revere 
 *' Thy name, and thus condole thy grief fincere. 
 •« New England^ furc doth feel ; the Orphan's fmart 
 
 *' Reveals the true fenfations of his heart. 
 
 *' His lonely Tabernacle fees no more 
 «' A IVJjite/ieU landing on the BritiJ]) (hove. 
 ** Then let us view him in yon azure fkies; 
 «' Let every mind with this lov'd objetSl rife. 
 " Thou tomb, (halt fife retain thy facred Irufti 
 *' Till life divine re-animatcs his duft." 
 
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 tice. * The memory of the juft is bleflfed I* 
 Pofterity will view Mr. Whitefield in many re- 
 fpefts, as one of the riiofl: extraordinary cha- 
 rafters of the prefent age. His zealous, in- 
 '* celTant, and fuccefsful labours, in Europe and 
 " America^ are without a parallel. 
 
 *' Devoted early to God, he took orders as 
 *' foon as the conftitution of the eftabliflied 
 *' Church in England allowed. His firft appear- 
 *' ance in the work of the miniftry was attended 
 " with farprifing fuccefs. The largeft churches 
 '* in London were not able to contain the num- 
 bers that perpetually flocked to hear his awaken- 
 ing difcourfes. The crowds daily increafed. 
 *' He was foon forced into the fields, followed 
 by muldtudes, who hung with filent attention 
 upon his lips, and with avidity received the 
 " word of life. The fpirit of God, in uncom- 
 •' mon meafure, defcended upon the hearers* 
 " The fecure were awakened to a falutary fear 
 *' of divine wrath-, and inquiring minds were 
 *' diredled to Jsfus^ the only Saviour of a revolt- 
 " cd world. The vicious were vifibly reclaimed, 
 " and thofe who had hitherto relied in a form of 
 *' godlinefs, were made acquainted with the 
 " power of a divine life. The people of God 
 " were refrelhed with the confolation of the blef- 
 " fed Spirit, and rejoiced to fee their exalted 
 " Mailer, going on from conquering to conquer; 
 " and fmners of all orders and characters, bow- 
 •* ino- to the fcepter of a crucified Saviour. 
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 " His zeal could not be confined within th^ 
 Britifn iflands. . His ardent defire for the wel- 
 fare of imniortal fouls, conveyed him to the 
 diftanc fhores of America. We beheld a new 
 ftar arife in the hemifphere of thefe weftern 
 churches ; and it's falutary influences were dif- 
 fufed through a great part of the BritiJI.) fet- 
 tlements in thefe remote regions. We heard 
 with pleafure, from a divine of the epifcopal 
 communion, thofe great doftrines of the Gof- 
 pcl, which our venerable anceftors brought 
 with them from their native country. With a 
 foul elevated, above a fond attachment to 
 forms and ceremonies, he inculcated that pure 
 and unadulterated religion, for the preferva^ 
 tion of which our fathers banifhed themfelves 
 into an uncultivated defert. In his repeated 
 progrefTes through the Colonies, he was favour- 
 ed with the fame fuccefs which attended him 
 on the other fide of the Atlantic. He preached 
 from day to day in thronged alTemblies; yet 
 his hearers never difcovered the leail wearinefs, 
 but always followed him with increafing ar- 
 dour. When in the pulpit, every eye was 
 fixed upon his expreflive countenance ; every 
 ear vvas charmed with his melodious voice, all 
 forts of perfons were captivated with the pro- 
 priety and beauty of his addrefs. 
 *' But it is net the fine fpeaker, the accom- 
 plifhcd orator, that we are to celebrate from 
 the facred defK : thefe engaging qualities, if not 
 
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 " fandincd by divine grace, and coniecrated to 
 " the fervice of heaven, are as the founding 
 *' brafs, and the tinkling cymbal. When mifim- 
 " proved, inftead of conveying happinefs td 
 " mankind, they render us more illuftriouriy 
 *' miferable. 
 
 '• T he gifts of nature, the acquifitions of art, 
 " which adorned the charafler of Mr. H^hitefield^ 
 " vi^ere devoted to the honour of God, and the 
 " enlargement of the Kingdom of our divine 
 
 Redeemer. "While he preached the Gofpel, 
 
 the Holy Ghoft was fent down to apply it to 
 *' the conlciences of the hearers j the eyes of the 
 " blind were opened, to behold the glories of 
 *' the companionate Saviour-, the ears of the 
 " deaf were unftopped, to attend to the invita- 
 " tions of incarnate love ; the dead were ani- 
 *' mated with a divine principle of life ; many 
 " in all parts of the land, were turned from 
 *' darknefs to light, and from the power of Satan 
 *' unto God. Thefe dodrines which we had 
 *' been inftrufted in from our infancy by our 
 " faithful pallors, feemed to acquire new force, 
 " and were attended with uncommon fuccefs when 
 " delivered by him. His difcourfes were not tri- 
 " fling fpcculations, but contained the mod in- 
 " tereiling truths ; they were not an empty play 
 " of wit, but folemn addreiles to the hearts of 
 " men. 
 
 " To convince fmners that they were by na- 
 *' ture children of wrath j by prautice, tranf- 
 
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 *' greflors of the divine law ; and in conftquenCe 
 " of" this, expofed to the verngcance of offended 
 ** heaven \ to difplay the tranfcendent excellency 
 *' of a Saviour, and perfuade awakened minds 
 *' to confide in his merits and righteoiifneis, as 
 " the only hope of a guilty world ; to imprefs 
 " upon the profeiibrs of the Gofpel the necefilty, 
 *' not only of an outward reformation, but an 
 ** internal change, by the powerful influences of 
 " the fpirit -, to lead the faithful to a zealous 
 " praiStice of the various duties of the chriftian 
 *' life, that they may evidence the (incerity of 
 " their faith, and adorn the doctrine of God 
 " their Saviour-, thefe v. ere the reigning fubjc6ls 
 *' of his pulpit difcourfes. 
 
 *' If finners were converted •, if faints were 
 " built up in faith, holinefs, and comfort, he 
 " attained his utmoft aim. 
 
 *' He was no contrafted bigot, but embraced 
 " chriftians of every denomination in the arms 
 *' of his charity, and acknowledged them to be 
 '* children of the fame father, fervants of the 
 ** fame mafter, heirs of the fame undefiled in- 
 " heritance. 
 
 " That 1 am nf>t complimenting the dead, 
 *•* but fpeaking the words of truth and fober- 
 " nefs, I am perfuaded I have many witncfles in 
 *' this alfembly. 
 
 " He was alwayr. received by multitudes with 
 " pleafurc, when he favoured thcfe parts with 
 " his labours •, but he never had a more obliging 
 
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 the Rev. Mr. Ceorge Whitefield. joy' 
 
 ** reception than in his lafl vifit. Men of the firfi: 
 diftindion in the Province, not only attended 
 his miniftry, but gave him the higheft marks 
 *' of their refpeft. With what faithfulnefs did he 
 *' declare unto us the whole coiinrel of God ? 
 *' With what folemnity did he reprove us for our 
 *' increaflng degeneracy ? With what zeal did he 
 " exhort us, to remember from whence we were 
 " fallen, and repent and do our firft works, left 
 " God fhould come and remove our candleftick 
 " out of its place ? 
 
 " Animated with a Godlike defigh of promo- 
 *' ting the temporal and fpiritual happinefs of 
 *' mankind, after the example of his Divine Maf- 
 " ter. he went about doing goodo In this he 
 " perfevered with unremitting ardour and dfTiduity 
 *' till death removed Him to that reft which re- 
 *' mains for the people of God. Perhaps no man^ 
 *' fince the Jipoftolic age, preached oftner or with 
 " greater fuccefs (n). 
 
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 (k) As a fpeclmen of His indefatigable labours In the 
 work of the miiiiftry^ I have fet down an account of the 
 fermons he preached after his arrival at New-Port^ RhodS' 
 IJJand^ to the time of his death. He failed from Nezv- 
 Tori, Tuefday^ July 31, P. M. arrived at New-Port, Fri^ 
 day, Aliguji 3, A. M. and preached 
 
 Auguji 9. At Providence 
 
 10. Providence 
 
 11. Providence 
 
 AiiguJl 4. AtNevsr-Port 
 
 5. NevP'-Port 
 
 6. New- Port 
 7; New-Port 
 8. New-Port 
 
 12. Providence 
 13 Atilcborough 
 
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 " Ifwe view his private chara6ler, he will ap- 
 *' pear in a nioft amiabk: point of light. The 
 police gentleman i the faithful friend ; the en- 
 gaging companion \ above all, the fincere chrif- 
 tian, were vifiblc in the whole of his deport- 
 ment. 
 
 " With large opportunities of accumulating 
 wealth, he never difcovered the leaft tinfture 
 of avarice. What he received from the kind- 
 
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 Jug, 14. AtWrentham 
 
 15. Boflon 
 
 jt). Bofton 
 
 17. Bofton 
 
 18. Bnfton 
 
 19. Miilden 
 
 20. Bofton 
 
 21. Bofton 
 
 22. Bofton 
 
 23. Bofton 
 
 24. Bofton 
 
 25. Bofton 
 
 26. Medford 
 
 27. Charles-Town 
 
 28. Cajnbrid":e 
 
 Jug. 29. At Bofton 
 
 30. Bofton 
 
 31. Roxbury-Plain 
 Septe?n. i. Milton 
 
 2. R ox bury 
 
 3. Bofton 
 
 5. Salem 
 
 6. Marble-Head 
 
 7. Salem 
 
 8. Cape-Ann 
 
 9. Ipfvvich 
 
 10. Newbury-Port 
 
 11. Newbury-Port 
 
 12. Rowley 
 
 13. Rowley. 
 
 " From the thirteenth of September to the feventeenth, 
 *' iae was detained from public fervice by a fevere indif- 
 *' pofition. When recovered he preached 
 
 Srpte?n. 17. At Bofton I Septcm. 19. At Bofton 
 
 18. Bofton 
 
 20. Newton. 
 
 " The twenty-ftrft q^ September he departed kom, BoJJon 
 " upon a tour to the eaftward, pretty much indifpofed. 
 *' But on the twenty- third he preached 
 
 Sept. 23. At Portfmouth, 
 
 New-Hampfiiire 
 
 24. Portfmouth 
 
 25. Portfmouth 
 
 Srpt. 26. At Kittery 
 
 27. Old-York 
 
 28. Portfmouth 
 
 29. Exeter. 
 
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 nefs of his friends, he gencroufly employed in 
 offices of piety and ch^irity. Mis benevolent 
 mind was perpetually forming plans of cxten- 
 five ufefulnefs. The Orphan-houfe, which many 
 years ago he erefled in Georgia^ and the College 
 " he was founding in that Province at the time of 
 " his death, will be lading monuments of his 
 " care, that religion and learning might be pro- 
 " pagated to future generations. 
 
 " I have nor, my brethren, drawn an imagi- 
 " nary portrait, but defcribed a character exhi- 
 " bited in real life. 1 have not mentioned his 
 *' natural abilities, which were vaftly above the 
 '' common ilandard. I confider him principally 
 " in the light of a chriftian, and a miniller of 
 Jcfus Chrift, in which he fhone with a fuperior 
 luftre, as a (lar of the firft magnitude. 
 " After all, I am not reprefenting a perfc6l 
 man ; there are fpots in the mod fliining cha- 
 racters upon earth. But this may be faid of 
 Mr. PVhitefield with juftice, that after the mod 
 public appearances for above thirty years, and 
 *' the mioft critical examination of his conduft, no 
 " other blemifli could be fixed upon him, than 
 " what arofe from the common frailties of human 
 " nature, and the peculiar circumftanccs which 
 " attended his firft entrance into public life. 
 
 " The imprudencies of unexperienced youth, 
 " he frequently acknowledged from the pulpit 
 " with a franknefs which will for ever do honour 
 *'' to his memory. He took care to prevent any 
 
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 ^' bad confequences that might flow from his un- 
 " guarded cersfures in the early days of his mini- 
 ^^ flry. The longer he lived, the more he evi- 
 *' dencly incrpafed in purity of doflrine, in humi- 
 " lity, meeknels, prudence, patience, and the 
 ^' other amiable virtues of the chriftian life." 
 
 Another Funeral Sermon on Mr. PFbilefield was 
 preached by Mr. Ellington^ at Savannah in Georgia, 
 November ii, 1770, upon Heb.x\. 26. " Efteem- 
 " ing the reproach of Chrift greater riches than 
 ^' the treafurps of Egypt : for he had rcfpeft unto 
 " the recompenre of the reward." In which are 
 ^he following pafiages (0). 
 
 '* The receiving the melancholy news of the 
 "" much lamented death of a particular friend to 
 *• this Province, a perfon who was once miniftcr 
 " of this Church, is the reafon of this difcourfe •, 
 *' and my choice of this fubjeft before us, is to. 
 *' pay my grateful refpeft to the memory of this 
 *' vyell-known able minifter of the New Teila- 
 ** ment, and faithful fervant of the moft high God, 
 *' the: Rev. George PFhi I (field ', whof^ life was juftly' 
 ** efteemed, and whofe death will be greatly re- 
 *.' gretted, by the fincerely religious part of man- 
 *' kind of all denominations, as long as there is 
 
 (0) " Savannah church was decently hung wi:h mourn- 
 ^' ing, by the legiflative body of the Province." 
 
 The lame public marks of regard were fhewn at one of 
 the churches in Phlladt'iphu}^ of which Mr. Sproutt is 
 paftor, which, by defire of the feflion and committee, was 
 put into mourning. Alfo, at their dcfire and expence, / 
 the bells of Chriji-Church, in that city, were rung muffled. 
 
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 ^' one rcmalnln2 on earth, who knew him, to re- 
 ** colled: the fervor of fpirif, and holy zeal with 
 which he fpake, when preaching the everlafting 
 Gofptrl •, and every other part of his difinterefted 
 conduct, confiftent with the minifterial charafter 
 in life and converfation. Mr. fVbitefield*s Works 
 praife him loi:d enough j I am not able to fay 
 " any thing that can add greater luftre to them. 
 " May every one that miniflers in holy things, 
 " and all who partake of their miniftrations, have 
 " equal right to the chara6teri(lic in the text as 
 « he had. 
 
 " It is the ruling opinion of many, that the 
 " offence of the crofs is long fince ceafcd, and 
 *' that whatever evil treatment fome of a fingular 
 *' turn may meet with, it is only the fruit of their 
 *' own doings, and the reward of their own work, 
 *' whereby they raife the refentment of mankind 
 *' againft them for uncharitable flandcr, and fpiri- 
 " tual abufe. But whoever knoweth any thing of 
 " the Gofpel, and hath experienced it to be the 
 *' power of God unto falvation, knoweth this is 
 ** the language of perfons who are unacquainted 
 " with the depravity of their nature, and through 
 " the degeneracy of their hearts, are unwilling to 
 " be diflurbed •, therefore are faying to the mini- 
 " fters of Chrift, ' Prophecy unto us Imooth things. 
 But the minifters of the Gofpel are to be fons 
 of thunder, and fo to utter their voice, and con^ 
 " dud their lives, as to prove the nature of their 
 *^ work. 
 
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 " Our ck^ar and reverend friend was highly ho* 
 *' noured for many years in being an happy in- 
 " ftrumcnt to do this fuccelsfully. With what a 
 *' holy zeai he proceeded, long before he was 
 " publickly ordained to the facred office, has been 
 *' long attefteci •, and no perfon has been able to 
 *' contradict the teftimony. No fooner did he ap- 
 *' pear in the work of the fanduary, but he foon 
 convinced his numerous auditories, that his Al- 
 mighty Lord who had given him the commif- 
 fion, had by his grace wrought him for the felf- 
 " fame thing ; and through the Holy Spirit, at- 
 ** tending his endeavours, made him a workman 
 *' that needed not to be alliamed. One would 
 think his great fuccefs in his public labours, 
 the frequent opportunities he emibraced of do- 
 *' ing good, by the relief of people in diflreffing 
 " circumftances, every occafion he took to ufe 
 *' his infiaence for the good of mankind, and the 
 whole of his behaviour through a life of fifty-fiK 
 years, being (fo far as the frailty of our prefent 
 ftate will admit)unblamcableand unreproveable, 
 fhould have exempted him from contempt and 
 reproach. But, quite the contrary, there was 
 •' fo near a refemblance with his bleu'ed Mailer, 
 *' that obliged him to bear his reproach. Hr has 
 " fufTered with him on earth, and he is now glo- 
 " rifh'd with him in heaven. He has laboured 
 " abundantly, and he has been as liberally re- 
 *' proached and maligned from every quarter. 
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 fword againft him, and bent their bows to (hoot 
 their arrows; but the Lord, arnongfc all, has 
 '* known and approved his righteous fervant. 
 Though it is well known he has had opportu- 
 nity long fince to enjoy epifcopal emolument, 
 yet, in his opinion (and it will be found he 
 judged like a wife man in the end) finncrs, 
 through his inftrumentality, being turned unto 
 the Lord, and becoming his joy, and crown of 
 rejoicing, in the day of our Lord Jcfu?, was 
 *' efteemed a greater honour than any this world 
 " could afford him. His longing defire for the 
 *' falvation of immortal fouls, would not admit of 
 ** his being confined within the diftrift of any 
 " walls ; though it muft be acknowledged, lie 
 *'' never thought of commencing field-preacher, 
 " till his invidious enemies refuted him church- 
 *' pulpits, with indignation of fpirit unbecoming- 
 " the loweft and vulgar clafs of mankind, much 
 *' lefs men profefilng themfclves preachers of 
 " Godlinefs. Though he has, throughout the 
 whole courfe of his miniftry, given fufficient 
 proof of his inviolable attachment to our happy 
 " eftabliflimcnt, he was defirous to countenance "' 
 " the image of Chrift wherever he faw it, well 
 *' knowing, that political inftitutions in any narion 
 " whatever, Ihould not deftroy the blefled union, " 
 *' or prevent the communion which ought to fub- 
 " fift thoughout the Holy Catholic Church, be- 
 " tween real and fincere chriflians of all denomi- 
 •' nations. Some people may retain fuch a vene- 
 
 
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 *' ration for apoftolic phrafcs as to fuppofc they 
 ** ou(7Jit not to be applied to other perfons •, forry 
 ** am I to obicrve, tliac few deferve the application 
 *' of them. But of Mr. JVbilefeld we may fay with 
 *' the ftritftcft truth, in journeyings often, in pe- 
 ♦' rils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of 
 ** his own countrymen, in perils in the city, in 
 ♦' perils in the wilderncfs, in perils in the fea, in 
 *' perils among falfe brethren, in wearinefs and 
 " painfulnefs, he hath approved himfelf a mini- 
 " Her of God. All who knew and were ac- 
 " quainted with him, foondifcovered in him every 
 *' mark of good fenfe and good manners ; his 
 *' company and converfatjon was fo enlivening 
 ^' and entertaining, and at the fame time fo inftruc- 
 " tive and edifymg, that no perfon with the leaft 
 *' degree of common fcnfe, could behave impro-; 
 *' perly in his prcfence. In him met (which doi 
 ^'- not often meet in one perfon) the finilhed and 
 *' compleat gentleman, and the real and true 
 " chiilVian. Why then did he take pleafure in 
 " reproaches, and fubmit to the taunts and infults 
 " both of the vulgar and politer part of mankind ? 
 *' He had rcfpeft to the recompence of reward. 
 "• Though the believer's work will never intitle 
 " him to a reward of debt, yet the reward of 
 " grace will always cj^cite a holy dcfire to render 
 ^' fomething unto the Lord : What wouldft thou 
 " have me do ? is the inceflant inquiry of that 
 ** foul, who by the merits of the Redeemer's 
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 ^* redeemed from fin, and, made a partaker of the 
 " inheritance incorruptible, undcfiled, and that 
 *' facieth not away. Faith operates by good/^ 
 " works : and let all the men of the world fiy to 
 " the contrary, or put ever fo bale a conftruftion 
 '' upon our doftrine, it will evidence itfclf by 
 ^' thefe good fruits. It was from thefe principles 
 '' that Mr. IVhitefield aded, and they were pro- 
 " du<5live of the defired effects ; not only in alms 
 " giving, this was but a fmall matter, when com- 
 *' pared with the happier and more important at- 
 " tempt which he made for the good of mankind, 
 " at the hazard of his life, and the expence of Jin 
 f' unblemifhed character. How he has preached 
 ^* with (hovvers of ftones, and many other inftru- 
 ments of malice and revenge about his ears, 
 many of his furviving friends can witnefs ; but 
 " having the falvation of finners at heart, and a 
 " great defire to refcue them from the power of 
 ^' eternal death ; he refolved to fpend and be fpent 
 " for the fervice of precious and immortal fouls ; 
 f' and fpared no pains, and refufed no labour, {o. 
 ^' that he might but adminiftcr to their real and 
 " eternal good : And glory be to our good God, 
 ^' he hath perlevered and endured to the end of 
 " his life, having refpecft unto the recompence of 
 the reward. Surely nothing elfe could fupport 
 " him under fuch a weight of care, and enable 
 ^' him, amidft it all, for fo many years, to bear it 
 with fo much chearfulnefs. The worthy inha- 
 ^' bitants of this Province do not want my attef- 
 
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 *' ration, either to the lofs the Province has fuf- 
 taincd, or to the defire he has had for its prof- 
 perity. His indefatigable endeavours to pro- 
 mote it, and the many fervent prayers he has 
 night and day ofrered for it, fpeak loud enough. 
 Happy omens we would hope in favour of it, 
 both as to its temporal increafe, and fpiritual 
 profperity. May God raife up fomc ufeful men 
 *' to fupply his place, and carry on unto perfection 
 '* what he hath fo difintereftcdiy begun, that the 
 *' inflitution he hath founded in this Province 
 " may be of public utility to the latefl poftcrity ! 
 ** As to his death, little more can be faid of it, 
 than has been communicated to the public al- 
 ready. He died like a hero in the field of bat- 
 '* tie ; he has been fighting the battles of the 
 " Lord of Hofts upwards of thirty years, againft 
 ** the world, fin, and fatan ; and he hath been a 
 conqueror, he hath fought fuccefsfully •, many, 
 very many, converted finners are the trophies 
 of his vi6lory : but now his warfare is accom- 
 pli fl:ied, the Captain of his Salvation hath granted 
 '* him a difcharge, he is entered into his everlaf- 
 *' ting reft, and is reaping the benefits of a life 
 fmcerely dedicated to the fervice of the once 
 crucified, but now exalted Jefus. He preached 
 the day before his deceafe : though his death 
 was fudden, he was not furprized ; the morn- 
 ing of his departure, not many hours before his 
 fpirit took its flight to the regions of blifs, he 
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 " mitted his departing foul into his hands, as his 
 '* faithful Creator and all-merciful Redeemer. 
 Soon after he faid, I am near my end, then fell 
 afleep-, he fainted, and died ; not one figh, or 
 groan -, the Lord heard his prayer, and granted 
 him his requeft, and gave him an eafy difmilTion 
 out of time into eternity : fudden death was his 
 " defire, and fudden death was to him fudden 
 ** glory. He has fought the good fight i few, if 
 *' any, fince the apoftlcs, hath been more exten- 
 ** fively ufeful, or laboured more abundantly. 
 " Thoufands, I believe I may with propriety 
 ** fay, in England, Scotland, and America, have 
 *' oreat reafon to blefs God for his miniftrations t 
 •' for he hath travelled far and wide proclaiming 
 " the glad tidings of falvation, through faith in a 
 " crucified Saviour. Adorable Emmanuel, make 
 thou up the lofs of him to thy church and peo- 
 ple! Let a double portion of thy fpirit be 
 poured out upon the remaining minifters ! Let 
 " that holy fire which burnt fo bright in thy de- 
 ** parted fervant, warm each of their hearts I 
 " And, O thou Lord of the harveft, fend forth 
 " more fuch true and faithful labourers into thy 
 " harveft!" 
 
 A number of Funeral Sermons were preached 
 for him in England as well as in America. In one 
 by Mr. D. Edwards, November 11, 1770, upon 
 Heb. xi. 4. " By it he being dead, yet fpeaketh," 
 we have tiie following character of Mr. IVhitefield. 
 
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 " I. The ardent love he bore to the Lord ]t{\it 
 " Chrift was remarkable. This divine principle 
 *' conftrained him to an unwearied application to 
 *' the fervice of the Gofpel, and tranlported him, 
 " at times, in the eyes of fome beyond the bounds 
 " of fober reafon. He was content to be a 
 " fool for ChriiVs fake-, to be defpil'ed, fo Chrid 
 *' might be honoured •, to be nothing, that Jefus 
 " might be all in all. He had fuch a i'enfe of the 
 *' incomparable excellence of the perfon of Chrift, 
 " of his adorable condefcenfion in taking our na- 
 *' tore upon him, and enduring the curfes of the 
 *' holy law •, his compleat fuicablenefs and fuffici- 
 " ency 5 as the wifdom, righteoufnefs, fan6lifica- 
 " tion and redemption of his people, that he could 
 *' never fay enough of him. He was fo convinced 
 " of the happy tendency and efficacy of this prin- 
 " ciple in his own mind, that he made ufe of it^ 
 *' and propoied it to others, in the room of a 
 *' thoufand arguments, whenever he would in- 
 *' culcate the moft unreferved obedience to the 
 " whole will of God, or ftir up believers to a 
 *' holy diligence in adorning the doctrine of God 
 *' our Saviour in all things; infpired by this prin- 
 " ciple, nothing frightened or flattered him from 
 *' his duty. 
 
 " 2. Another pleafing ingredient in his charac- 
 " ter, and a fure evidence of the former, was love 
 ** to the fouls of mankind. He rejoiced in their 
 *' profperity as one that had found great fpoil j 
 •' and with St, Pcul was willing to fpend and be 
 
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 *' fpent in promoting their happinefs. He loved 
 '' all who loved Jellis Chrift in fincerity, however 
 they might differ in fome circumflantials. He 
 embraced all opportunities to expole the malig- 
 nant leaven ot a party, and to remove preju- 
 dices and mifapprelienfions which good people 
 too often entertain of one another, when under 
 " the influence of a fe^larian humour. 
 
 " 3. His attachment to the great do6lrines of 
 the Gofpel was inflexible j having known their 
 worth, and experienced their power in his own 
 heart, he plainly faw, that though they were 
 unacceptable to the carnal heart, yet they bore 
 the plain imprefs of the infinite wifdom of 
 God. Thole important truths, which tend to 
 humble the finner, to exalt Chrift, and promote 
 " holinefs in heart and life, were his darling fub- 
 *' jct^s. He did not difguife Gofpel -truths by 
 *' fome artful fweetening, to render them more 
 palatable to men of corrupt minds : he fl:udied 
 to preach the word in its purity, plainnefs, 
 *' and fimplicity. The v/armth of his zeal dif- 
 " gufted many who make a mighty outcry about 
 " candour and charity, and are willing to extend 
 " it to every fentiment, except the truths in which 
 " the Apoftles gloried. It was his love to the 
 " truths of God, and the fouls of men, that led 
 " him to expofe thofe who plead for the reiftitude 
 " and excellency of human nature j deny the pro- 
 " per Godhead of Jefus Chrift, juftification by 
 *' faith in his righteoufnefs imputed, or the New- 
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 Birth, and the abfolute necefllty of the opera- 
 tions of the Holy Ghofl:. Faith and holinefs 
 were ever united together in his fyftem, in op- 
 pofition to thofe who pretend to faith without 
 obedience to the law of God as the rule of lite- 
 He knew errors in the great truths of the Gol- 
 pel are not indifferent, but dreadful and fatal; 
 he knew it was not candor and charity to fay 
 that errors in judgment are not hurtful, but 
 the greatefl: unrncrcifulnefs and cruelty -, there- 
 fore lie often reproved iuch fliarply. 
 " Although he was fo tenacious of the founda- 
 tion-truths of the Gofpcl, yet none more candid 
 in things that are not eflential •, herein he v^-as 
 full of gentlenefs and forbearance. In things 
 indilTerent he became all things to all men (p), 
 " 4. To the foregoing particulars in ^x. White- 
 field's chara6ter, I may add his zeal. His chrif- 
 tian zeal was like the light of the fun, which 
 did Vv'arm, fhine, and cherilh, but knew not to 
 defcroy -, full of generous philanthropy and be- 
 nevolence, his zeal made him exceeding earned 
 and importunate in his addreffes to faints and. 
 finncrs. His zeal returned blefTings for curfes, 
 and prayers for ill treatment : it kindled in 
 him a becoming indignation againfl the errors, 
 
 (p) As to the difTerence between eflentials and non- 
 cfTeiKials in religion, Mr. Edwards refers to the Rev, Mr. 
 Newton s " Review of Eccleftaftical Hiftory, To far as it 
 ** concerns the progrefs, declenlions, and revivals of 
 ** Evangelical Do£lrine and Pradlice." 
 
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 *' follies, and fins of the times : it led him to 
 " weep bitterly over thofe who would not be per- 
 *' fuaded to fly from the wrath to come : it made 
 ** him bold and intrepid in the caufe of God, and 
 kept him from that flatnefs and deadnefs which 
 is too vifible in fome good minifters. In thelc 
 ** things he was an example to minifters of every 
 " denomination : and, if the limits of my dif- 
 " courfe v/ould adiliit, I could mention many 
 *' things, as to his great charity to the poor, his 
 " humility, ^c." 
 
 On Sunday y November 18, 1770, a Sermon was^ 
 preached on his death at the Chapel in Tottenham- 
 Court-Roady and at the Tabernacle near Mcorficlds^ 
 by the Rev. Mr. John Wejley (q). The Text was. 
 Numb, xxiii. 10. " Let me die the death of the 
 " righteous, and let my laixend be like his." And 
 in the fermon, after giving fome particulars of his 
 Hfe and death, Mr. IFeJley fays, 
 - " I. We are next to take fome view of his cha- 
 " rafter. A little (ketch of this was foon after 
 " his death, publiflied in the Bojlon Gazette : an 
 *' extrad of which is fubjoincd : ' Little cait be 
 
 (q) London Chronicle^ November ig, 1770. " Yefter- 
 *' day the Rev. Mr. iVrfley preached a Funeral Sermon 
 " on Mr, JVh'itefield\ death in the morning, at the Cha- 
 " pe! ; and in the afternoon, at the Tabernacle : the 
 *' infideofeach place was lined with black cloth, and 
 **^ an el'cutcheon hung on the pulpits. The multitudes 
 ** that went with a defign to hear the Sermon exceed all 
 *' belief. The Chapel and Tabernacle were both filled 
 " as foon as they were opened." 
 
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 faid of him, but what every friend to vital 
 chriftianity, who has fat under his miniflry, will 
 atteft. In his public labours he has for many 
 years aftonilhed the world with his eloquence 
 and devotion. With what divine pathos did he 
 perfuade the impenitent finner to embrace the 
 pradlice of piety and virtue : filled with the fpi- 
 rit of grace, he fpoke from the heart, and with 
 a fervency of zeal, perhaps unequalled, fince 
 the days of the apoftles, adorned the truths he 
 delivered with the mod graceful charms of rhe- 
 toric and oratory. From the pulpit he was un- 
 rivalled in the command of an ever-crowded au- 
 ditory. Nor was he lefs agreeable and inftruc- 
 tive in his private converfation : happy in a re- 
 markable eafe of addrefs, willing to communi- 
 cate, ftudious to edify ; may the rifing genera- 
 tion catch a fpark of that flame which fhone 
 with fuch diftinguilhed luftre in the Ipirit and 
 praftice of this faithful fervant of the molt 
 high God.* 
 
 *' 2. A more particular and equally juft charac- 
 ter of him, has appeared in one of the Englijk 
 papers (q). It may not be difagreeable to you 
 to add the fubftance of this likewife : ' The cha- 
 ra6ler of this truly pious perfon, muft be deeply 
 imprcft on the heart of every friend to vital re- 
 ligion. In fpitc of a tender and delicate confti- 
 tution, he. continued to the laft day of his life, 
 
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 ** preaching with a frequency and a fervor that 
 *' feemed to exceed the natural ftrength of the 
 ^' moft robuft. Being called to the exercile of his 
 function at an age, when moll young men are 
 only beginning to qualify themfelves for it, he; 
 had not time to make a very conliderable pro- 
 grefs in the learned languages : but this defe6l 
 was amply fupplied by a lively and fertile genius, 
 by fervent zeal, and by a forcible and moft per- 
 fuafive delivery. And though in the pulpit he 
 *' often found it needful, by the terrors of the 
 *' Lord, to perfuade men, he had nothing gloomy 
 ** in his nature, being fingularly chearful, as well 
 ** as charitable and tender-hearted. He was as 
 *^* ready to relieve the bodily as the fpiritual ne- 
 ceflities of thofe that applied to him. It ought 
 alfo to be obferved, that he conftantly enforced 
 upon his audience every moral duty, particu* 
 larly ihduftry in their feveral callings, and obedi* 
 ence to their fuperiors. He endeavoured by the 
 moft extraordinary efforts of preaching in diffe- 
 *' rent places, and even in the open fields, to roufsi 
 the lower clafs of people, from the laft degree 
 of inattention and ignorance,' to a fenfe of reli- 
 *' gion. For this, and his other labours, the name 
 *' of George JVhitefield will long be remembrcd 
 *' with efteem and veneration,' 
 
 3. That both thefe accounts are juft and im- 
 partial, will readily be allowed ; that is, as f^r 
 as they go : but they go little farther than the 
 outfides of his character ; they ihew you the; 
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 preacher, but not the man, the chriftian, the 
 faint of God. May I be permitted to add a 
 little on this head, from a perfonal knowledge 
 ** of near forty years ? Indeed, I am thoroughly 
 fenfible how difficult it is to fpeak on fo delicate 
 a fubjed: •, what prudence is required to avoid 
 both extremes, to fay neither too little, nor too 
 ^ much? Nay, I know it is impofTible to fpeak 
 " at all, to fay either lefs or more, without incur- 
 " ring from fome the former, from others the 
 latter cenfure. Some will fcrioufly think that 
 too little is faid ; and others, that it is too much^ 
 but without attending to this, I will fpeak jud 
 " what I know, before Him to whom we are all 
 '* to give an account. 
 
 " 4. Mention has already been made of his urn 
 " paralleled zeal, his indefatigable aftivity, his ten- 
 " der-heartednefs to the afRiifted, and charitable- 
 " nefs toward the poor. But fhould we not likc- 
 *' wife mention his deep gratitude to all whom 
 •' God had ufed as inftruments of good to him ? 
 Of wl cm he did not ceafe to fpeak in the moft 
 refpedful manner, even to his dying day. Should 
 " we not mention that he had an heart fufceptiblc 
 " of the moft generous and the moft tender friend- 
 " fliip .? I have frequently thought, that this, of 
 *•• all others, was the dillinguilliing part of his 
 •* charadlcr. How fev/ have we known of fo kind 
 ♦' a temper, of fuch large and flowing affetflions. 
 Was it not principally by this, that the hearts 
 of others were fo ftrangely drawn and knit to 
 
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 him ? Can any thing but love beget love? This 
 ** flione in his very countenance, and continually 
 •' breathed in all his words, whether in public or 
 *' private. Was it not this, which, quick and 
 *' penetrating as lightning, flew from heart tp 
 '* heart ? Which gave that life to his fermons, his 
 " converfations, hi? letters ? Ye are witnelTes. 
 
 " 5. But away with the vile mifconftruftion of 
 *' men of corrupt minds, who know of no love, 
 *' but what is earthly and fenfual. Be it rcmem- 
 " bred, at the fame time, that he was endued 
 
 with the moft nice and unblemifhed modefty. 
 
 His office called him to converfe very fre- 
 * quently and largely with women as well as men, 
 " and thofe of every age and condition. But his 
 *' whole behaviour toward them., was a praftical 
 " comment on that advice of St. Paul to Tinw- 
 " iby, ' Intreat the elder women as mothers, the 
 " younger as fillers, with all purity.' 
 
 " 6. Mean time, how fuitable to the fricndli- 
 *' nefs of his fpirit, was the franknefs and open- 
 " nefs of his converfation ? Although it was as far 
 *' removed from rudenefs on the one hand, as 
 *' from guile and difguife on the other. Was not 
 " this franknefs at once a fruit and a proof of his •' 
 *' courage and intrepidity ^ Armed with thefe, h^ 
 " feared not the faces of men, but ufed great 
 ' plainnefs of fpeech to perfons of every rank and 
 
 condition, high and low, rich and poor; en- 
 ' deavouring only by manifeftation of the truth, 
 
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 ^' to commend himlelf to every man's confcicnce 
 " in the fight of God. 
 
 " 7. Neither was he afraid of labour or pain^ 
 *' any rnore than of what rnan could dp unto hirn, 
 «^ being equally, 
 
 ' Patient in bearing ill aqd doing well.' 
 *' And this appeared in the fteadinefs wherewitl^ 
 ^' he purfued whatever he undertook, for his maf- 
 " ter's fake : witnefs one inftance for all, the Or- 
 " phan-houfe in Georgia^ which he began and per- 
 " feded, in fpite of all difcouraorements. Indeed, 
 ^* in whatever concerned himfelf, he was pliant 
 '* and flexible : in this cafe he was eafy to be in- 
 *' treated, eafy to be either convinced or per- 
 *' fuaded •, but he was immoveable in the things 
 ^' of God, or wherever his confcience was con- 
 *' cerned. None could perfuade any more than af- 
 frip-ht him to vary in the lead point from that 
 integrity, which was infeparable from his whole 
 " character, and regulated all his words and adi- 
 f' pns. Herein he did 
 
 * Stand as an iron pillar ftrong 
 
 * And fteadfafl: as a wall of brafs.* 
 
 " 8. If it be enquired, what was the foundation 
 '* of this integrity, or of his fincerity, courage, 
 ^f patience, and every other valuable and amiable 
 *' quality •, it is eafy to give the anfwer. It was 
 not the excellence of his natural temper ; not 
 the ftrength of his underftanding : it was not 
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 ** his friends. It was no other than faith in a 
 *' bleeding Lord -, faith of the operation of God. 
 *' It was a lively hope of an inheritance incorrup- 
 " tible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away. It 
 *' was the love of God fhed abroad in his heart 
 " by the Holy Ghoft, which was given unto him, 
 " filling his foul with tender, difinterefted love to 
 *' every child of man. From this fource arofe 
 " that torrent of eloquence which frequently bore 
 *' down all before it. From this, that allonifh- 
 *' ing force of perfuafion, which the moft har- 
 " dened finners could not refift. This it was, 
 *' which often made his head as waters, and his 
 eyes a fountain of tears. This it was which 
 enabled him to pour out his foul in prayer, 
 in a manner peculiar to himfelf, with fuch 
 " fulnefs and eafe united together, with fuch 
 *' ftrength and variety both of fentiment and ex- 
 " preffion, 
 
 " 9. I may clofe this head with obierving, what 
 an honour it pleafed God to put upon his faithful 
 (?rvant, by allowing him to declare his ever- 
 * lafting Gofpel, in fo many various countries, to 
 ' fuch numbers of people, and with fo great an 
 effed, on fo many of their precious fouls ! 
 *' Have we read or heard of any perfon fince the 
 " apoftles, ^c." (See the conclufion of this pa- 
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 (r) On the fame day {November i^, i77"o) the 
 Rev. Mr. Ve^m preached at the Countefs of Htm" 
 
 (r; « A N H Y M N. 
 
 ** Servant of God, well done ! 
 
 " Thy glorious warfare's paft. 
 '* The battle's fought, the race is woHj 
 
 " And thou art crown'd at laft j 
 *' Of all thy heart's defire 
 
 *' Triumphantly pofleft, 
 *' Lodg'd by the miniflerial quire 
 
 " In thy Redeemer's breaft. 
 
 II. 
 
 *' In condefcending love 
 
 " Thy ceafelefs prayer he heard, 
 *' And bade thcfe fuddenly remove 
 
 ** To thy compleat reward : 
 ♦* Ready to bring thee peace, 
 
 *' Thy beauteous feet were fhod, 
 ♦' When mercy Tign'd thy foul's rcleafe 
 
 *' And caught thee up to God. 
 
 III. 
 " With faints enthron'd on high 
 
 *' Thou dofl thy Lord proclaim, 
 '' And ftill to God falvation cry, 
 
 " Salvation to the Lamb ! 
 *' O happy, happy foul, 
 
 ** In extafies of praife, 
 ^ Long as eternal ages roll, 
 
 *' Thou feefl thy iiaviour's face. 
 
 IV. 
 
 •* Rcdeem'd from earth and pain, 
 
 *' Ah! when fhall we afcend, 
 *' And all in Jefus' prcfence reign 
 
 ** With our tranilated friend ! 
 " Come, Lord, and quickly come! 
 
 ** And when in Thee complete, 
 *' Receive thy longing fervants home, 
 
 *-^ To triumph at thy feet ! 
 
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 tingdon' s Chapel at B^lb, on 7/}?/^^ viii. 18. " Be- 
 " xhold I, and the children whom the Lord hath 
 *' given me, are for figns and for wonders in 
 *' Jfrael; from the Lord of Hods, which dwellcth 
 " in Mount Zion:' And of Mr. Wbitefidd he 
 fays, " Though the children of Chrift are all for 
 figns and for wonders in Ifrael., yet do they dif- 
 fer as one ftar differs from another ftar in glory. 
 Talents, grace, and zeal, eminently dignify 
 fome J and draw the eyes of men upon them. 
 " Jn the foremoft of this rank, doubtlefs, is the 
 Rev. Mr. JVhitefield to be placed ; for his doc- 
 trine was the doftrine of the Reformers, of the 
 Apoftles, and of Chrift: it was the dodlrine of 
 free grace, of God's everlafting love. Through 
 " Jefus he preached the forgivenefs of fins, and 
 " perfeverance in holy living, through his faith- 
 " fulnefs and power engaged to his people. And 
 '' the dodrine which he preached he eminently 
 *' adorned by his zeal, and by his works. For if 
 " the greatnefs, extent, fuccefs, and difinterefted- 
 " nefs of a man's labour can give him diftinftion 
 " amono-ft the children of Chrift, we are warranted 
 *« to affirm, that fcarce any one of his minifters, 
 " fince the Apoftles days, has exceeded ; fcarce 
 " any one has equalled Mr. Whitefield. 
 
 " What a fign and wonder was this man of 
 " God in the greatnefs of his labours! One can- 
 " not but ftand amazed that his mortal frame 
 " could for the fpace of near thirty years, with- 
 «* out interruption, fuftain the weight of them. 
 
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 For what is fo trying to the human frame, in 
 youth efpccially, as long-continued, frequent 
 and violent ftraining of the lungs? Who, that 
 knows their ftrudure, would think it pofTible, 
 that a perlbn, little above the age of manhood, 
 fhould fpeak in the compafs of a fingle week 
 (and that for years) in general, forty hours, and 
 in very many weeks, fixty, and that to thou- 
 fands ; and after this labour, inftead of taking 
 any reft, fhould be offering up prayers, inter- 
 cefTions, with hymns and fpiritual fongs, as his 
 manner was in every houfe to which he was in- 
 vited. The hiftory of the Church of Chrift af- 
 fords but very few inftances of men thus incef- 
 fantly employing their whole ftrength, and as 
 it were, every breath they drew, in the bufinefs 
 of their facred fundlion. And the truth is, that, 
 in point of labour, this extraordinary fervant of 
 God did as much in a few weeks, as moft of 
 thofe who exert themfelves are able to do in 
 the fpace of a year. Thus labouring not by- 
 fits and ftarts, but with conftancy and perfeve- 
 rance, and ardour unabated, his mortal frame, 
 about nine years fince, began to fink under the 
 weight of fo much work. If, with the length 
 and frequency of Mr. WTjitefieWs, preaching, we 
 confider the intfnfenefs of voice and fpirit with 
 which he fpoke, the greatnefs of his labours 
 will appear perfedlly aftonifliing : he knew not 
 how to fpeak with lefs zeal, in his whole man- 
 ner, than became the fubjeds of his difcourle. 
 
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 ^' The total ruin of the human race by the fall ; 
 ^' the complete recovery of believers in Chrift, his 
 ^' dying love, and the unfearchable riches of his 
 ^' grace, to be known experimentally in this life, 
 ^* though fully to be difplayed in the next ; and 
 ^' the infatuation of finners, led captive by their 
 ^' lufts down to the chambers of death : thefe 
 *' grand truths, of more weight than words can 
 ^' paint, fired his whole foul-, they tranfported 
 *' him as much as earthly fpirits are tranfported 
 ** into vehemence, when they contend peribnaliy 
 *^ for their own property ; he cried out therefore, 
 ?' as his dear Lord was wont to do, with a voice 
 f' audible to an amazing diftance ; hence, in a 
 *' thoufand inftances, where the caufe of God 
 *' more coolly pleaded, would have been neglected, 
 '' he gained it a hearing, and carried the day : for 
 •' the unufual earneltnefs of the fpeaker roufed 
 *' the mod ftupid and lethargic : it compelled 
 *' them to feel ; the matter muft be momentous 
 *' indeed, which the fpeaker was urging as a man 
 *' would plead for his own life. Early and often 
 " his body fuffered for this very violent exertion 
 *' of his ftrength : early and often his infide has 
 " bled a confiderable quantity, and cried out, 
 " fpare thyfelf : but, prodigal of life, in the beft 
 " of caufes, he would give himfelf no reil ; cx- 
 ** peeling very foon to finifh his courfe, and inB- 
 " nitely defirous to fave the fouls condemned to 
 ** die i he perilhed. Though this may be blamed 
 
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 as an excefs, it was an excels far above the reacfe 
 •* of a felfifli mind, or an ordinary faith. 
 
 " Equal to the greatnefs and intenfenefs of his 
 *' labours, was their extent. The abihties and 
 " grace of moft teachers, have full employ in a 
 *' fmall diftriift, nor have common men talents 
 " for more. But when God lights up in the 
 •* bread, an apoftolic zeal for his own glory, 
 ** an apoftolic love for the fouls of men, it feems 
 " reafonable to conclude, fuch an inftrument is 
 ** defigned for the moft extenfive ufefulnefs. 
 
 '* Accordingly the compafs of Mr. IVb/Ufeld^s 
 " labours, exceeds any thing that others can pre- 
 •' tend to. Not only in the fouth, the weft, and 
 ** north of England^ did he lift up his voice, 
 *' faying, ' Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven 
 • is come :* ** but in Wales^ in Scotland^ in Ire- 
 ^' land^ and America^ from Georgia to Bojtcn, vaft 
 *' multitudes in each country were witnefles of his 
 *^' zeal for the falvation of fouls. 
 
 •* And to crown all, he was abundantly fuc- 
 " eefsful in his vaft labours, and difinterefted too. 
 The feals to his miniftry, from firft to laft, I 
 am perfuaded, are more than would be credited, 
 ** could the number be fixed. This is certain, 
 •' his amazing popularity was only from his ufe- 
 ** fulnefs \ for he no fooner opened his mouth as 
 a preacher, than God commanded an extraor- 
 dinary blefling upon his word. The people 
 were fo deeply impreflcd with the fenfe of 
 divine things from what he delivered, that, to 
 
 " his 
 

 
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 ** his own great furprize, they followed him from 
 *' church to church, until the largeft churches in 
 " London could no longer contain a fourth pare 
 *' of the crowds, which prefled to hear the v/ord 
 " of God from his lips. 
 
 " Should any one fay, few in comparifon, be- 
 " fides the low, ignorant, common people were 
 " his followers •, I would anfwer, the fouls of the 
 " poor and ignorant, are to the full as precious 
 *' as thofe of the rich and learned : and the 
 *' mob have fhown the jufteft difcernment, and 
 " have received the truth •, whilft men of wealth, 
 •' and learning, and education, have trampled it 
 *' under their feet. Witnefs the chief Scribes and 
 •* Pharifees, who rejected both the Baptift and 
 " the Saviour, when the common people juilified 
 ** God, and gave them both the honour of being 
 ** fent from him. Indeed, in every age, we fee 
 " the Scripture fulfilled, not many rich, no; 
 ** many mighty, not many wife men after the 
 " fiefh are called ; but God hath chofen the poor, 
 *' rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom. 
 
 *' However, when the fiercenefs of prejudice 
 •* was worn off, numbers, who at (irft defpifed 
 
 him, taught to do fo by grofs flanders, were 
 
 happy under his miniftry. And this honour 
 *' was put upon him even to the lafl:. He had a 
 " much larger audience (latedly to hear him, than 
 
 any man in the whole kingdom, perhaps in 
 
 all Chrijlendom. 
 
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 " And thac this vail: multitude of people '^^tt 
 *' gathered, juft as the primitive churches of 
 " Chrijl^ by the truth they heard, and the fpi-' 
 "• ritual benefit they received under his word, iy 
 " evident beyond a reafonable doubt. For if 
 " you trace his progi'efs through the various' 
 *' cities and countries where he preached the 
 *' Golpcl, you will find, as the cafe was with 
 *' St. Paul^ fo it was with this fervaht of Chriji, 
 Many were turned by him from darknefs ta 
 light, from the power of Satan unto God, re- 
 *' ceiving remifTfon of their fins, and an inheri- 
 *' tance among thofe that are fandifiedy through 
 fr.itli i'! Cbriji. Enquire of the effcfts of his 
 la' ours, from the only proper judges, thofe 
 who live in the religious world, and they will 
 aver, that many within their own knowledge.^ 
 '* fmail HS that circle muft be, confefs they owe 
 " their own felves to this faithful witnefs- for his 
 *' Lord. Add to this, that the letters he re- 
 " ceived of grateful acknowledgment from per- 
 " fons of all ages and conditions in life, for the 
 ipiritual bleilings he had conveyed to them, 
 would fill whole volunjes. Nay, it is a well- 
 " known fail, that the converfion of men's fouls 
 '' has been the fruit of a fingle fcrmon from his 
 *' lips ', fo eminently v/as he made of God, a 
 " filhcr of men. But he w^s not more fuccefs- 
 *' ful than he was difintercfted in his labours ; 
 ** for thojgh a vaft multitude, (which muft ever 
 " be the cafe witli thofe whom God is pleafed 
 
 « " remarkably 
 
 
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 remarkably to own) followed him, he had ftill 
 
 no ambition to ftand as the head of a party. 
 
 His great objcdt was to exalt Chrijl crucified ; 
 *' and when his hearers were brought to the 
 " knowledge of falvation, his point was gained, 
 " and his foul was fatisfied. Hence neither in his 
 " fermons, nor more private exhortations, did he 
 ** caft difparaging refledlions upon other preachers 
 *' of Cbriji. No bafe fuggeftion dropt from his 
 '* mouth, as if to differ from him muft be 
 " owing to blindncfs in the judgment, or coldnefs 
 " of the heart for the interelts of holinefs. 
 *' Truly cordial and catholic in his love for all 
 ♦' who appeared to love the Lord Jefus in fm- 
 *' cerJty, he never defired to fee his congregation 
 ** increafed by thofe who had evangelical paftors 
 ** of their own. Further, in proof of his difin- 
 *' tereftednefs, confider what he gained by his 
 " labours. The fcourge of the tongue was let 
 " loofe upon him, and his name was loaded with 
 *' the fouleft calumnies ; he was often in tumults, 
 " and more than once in danger of his life, by 
 *' the rage of the people ; he wore himfelf awav 
 " in the fcrvice of fouls ; and when he died, he 
 " died quite exhaufted by much fpcaking ; but 
 " in his death, he received an impicdiate anfwer 
 *' to his own prayer, ' T hat if it were confident 
 " with the Divine Will, he might finilh that day 
 " his Mafter's work.' 
 
 " For fuch a life, and fuch a death, (though in 
 •' tears under our great lofs) we mu(t yet thank 
 
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 *' God. And though we are allowed to fori*ovv^ 
 *' bccaufe we fhall never lee or hear him again, 
 *' we muft rejoice that millions have heard him 
 *' ib long, lb often, and to fuch good effect; 
 that out of this mafs of people, multitudes are 
 gone before him, we doubt not, to hail his 
 entrance into the world of glory ; and that iri 
 every period of life, from childhood to hoary 
 age, many of his children in the Lord are ft ill ' 
 •* to follow i all to be his crown of rejoicing : 
 *' the only effectual, everlafting confutation of 
 " his adverfaries ; that he ran not in vain, nor 
 *' laboured in vain." 
 
 There were many other fermons preached on 
 occafion of Mr. Whitefielah death, in which the 
 defcriptions of his character are the fame in fub-* 
 fiance, with thofe already given (s). 
 
 To 
 
 {$) Such as, by the Rev. MefT. JFhltaker and Smith of 
 Charles-Town -y Sprout of Philadelphia-, Laiigford^ Elliott^ 
 IF. AI. and probably others, which have not come to 
 the Compiler's knowledge. 
 
 The Rev. Mr. De Courcy alfo wrote fome Elegiac 
 lines, among which are the following : 
 
 *' Soon as the Spirit's un6tion from above, 
 
 *' Throughout his foul diftus'd the Saviour's love, 
 
 *' A fire enkindled in his eager bread:, 
 
 *< With pity burn'd to finners loft 
 
 •♦ Straight, like a trumpet, he his voice did ralfe, 
 
 ** The wonders of redeeming love to praife ; 
 
 *' Of health regardlefs, all things did forego, 
 
 *' That Tinners Jefus' boundlefs grace may konw ; 
 
 *' Where'er
 
 the kev. Mr. George Whitefield. 337 
 
 To be the fubjedt of fo many funeral fermons^ 
 both at home and abroad, is fomething fingular % 
 
 though 
 
 *' Where'er he preachM, attentive crowds were ktUy 
 
 ** Aflonifh'd at his youth and zealous mein : 
 
 ** Let Kennington^ Blackhcath, Moorfields declare, 
 
 *' How oft the Gofpel- trumpet founded there. 
 
 *' Nor could his zeal the vaft Atlantic bound- 
 
 Throughout the weftern world he Chriji ciifplays, 
 *' And joyful news to Georgia's coaft conveys. 
 '^ There orphans yet unborn, fhall weeping tell 
 
 *' How mourn'd, the founder of Bethefda fell • 
 
 The love of yefut was his darling theme ; 
 An heaven he felt in that dear precious name : 
 Hence when his heart with facred ardor glow'd. 
 His tongue in prompteft elocution flow'di 
 *' With what compaiTion, energy, and fire, 
 *' Would he the guilty heart for Cbriji require ! 
 *' Oft while his matter's glorious grace he fhow'd, 
 " An arrow dipt in yefus' precious blood, 
 *' Th' afpiring finner in the duft brought low, 
 *' And forc'd him at the bleeding crofs to bow — 
 *' Whene'er he meant the power of fin to kill, 
 ** And carnal hearts with pureft love to fill, 
 *' TranfgrefTors he to Calvary's fummit led, 
 <« Where Jefus^ fpotlefs vidtim, bowed his head. 
 *' But, as a glafs, the finner's guilt to fhow, 
 -*' The Law he brought with all it's curfe and woe, 
 *' The confcience wounded with this flaming fwordj 
 *' While Sinai feem'd to thunder in his word. ' 
 ** But — whilll each terror of the Lord and threat, 
 ** With zeal and faithfulncfs he did repeat, 
 ** He all diiTolv'd in forrow would appear, 
 " While plenteous flow'd the fympathetic teat*; 
 *' Like "Jefus^ who o'er bloody Salem mourn'd, 
 " While wrath divine againft it vengeful burnM— * 
 *' In prayer, with a peculi;u" gift endcw'd, 
 *' Reverent before the throne of grace he bow'd ; 
 *' In tears, like Jacdb, with the Angel ftrove, 
 ♦* Prevail'd, like Ifraet^ with the God of Love, — 
 
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 though quite fuitable to his extraordinary marj" 
 ner of life. But it was llill more fingular, to 
 have a fermon preached upon his perfonal and 
 miniflerial character, in his own life-time, and 
 when he was but twenty-fix years of age. This 
 fermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Jofiah 
 Smith of Charles-toivn^ South Carolina^ and was 
 publiflicd at Bojlon^ with a recommendatory pre- 
 face by the Rev. Dr. Cclman and Mr. Cooper^ in 
 the year 1740. Of this it is worth while to 
 make a fliort extract f/j, after all that has been 
 
 *' For all he pray'd and all in love rereiv'd, 
 
 *' With heart capacious, who in C/;r/// bclicv'd. 
 *' In him there dwelt a fpirit generous, bold, 
 *' Unaw'd by threatenings, unallur'd by gold. 
 *' Preferments, honours, eafe, he deem'd but lofs, 
 *' Vile and contemptible for yt^fm' Crofs. — 
 *' Enur'd to fcandal, injuries, and pain, 
 *' To him to live was Chriji , to die was gain." 
 
 In a note upon the laft paragraph, the author Hiys,- 
 *' Whoever is acquainted with Mr. lVhitcficld\ life, 
 '* well knows that I have not exaggerated matters, 
 *' For in a vifit to Ireland^ be was folHcitcd by the Pri- 
 *' mate of that kingdom, to accept of fi)me confider- 
 *' able church preferment ; but declined the offer, be- 
 *» caufe he looked upon himfelf as called to an itinerant 
 ♦' life; and what makes this circumftance the more re- 
 ** markable, is, that Mr. jyhittfuld, at th.it time, had 
 *' no profpedt whatever, as to ternporals'\ 
 
 See alfo, a Paftoral on Mr. i^hhefield^ faid to be writ- 
 fen by the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Shirley, an Elegy, con- 
 taining a fhort Hiftory of his Life, by the Rev. Mr, 
 Knight of Halifax ; and another Elegy, and a Monody? 
 by anonymous authors. 
 
 (t) A large Extradl both of the Preface and Sermon, 
 is 10 be found in Princes Chriftiau Hiftory, No XCIX. 
 
 faid 's
 
 the kev. Mr. George Whitefield. 339* 
 
 faid ; that by comparing it with the funeral fer- 
 mons, the reader may fee how confiflent and 
 uniform Mr. IVhitefieWs condud was, from that 
 early period of his miniftry, till his death. 
 
 After fpeaking of his dodlrine concerning Ori- 
 ginal Sin — juftincation by faith alone- — Regene- 
 ration — The inward feelings of the Spirit — Mr. 
 Smith adds, " As to the manner of his preach- 
 ing—With what a flow of words did he fpeak 
 to us, upon the great concern of our fouls 1 
 In what a flaming light did he fet out eternity 
 before us ! How earneftly did he prefs Chriji 
 upon us! How clofe, ftrong, and pungent 
 were his applications to the conlcience ; mingle- 
 " ing light and heat \ pointing the arrows of the 
 Almighty at the heart of finners, while he 
 poured in the balm on the wounds of the con- 
 
 
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 " trite ! How bold and courageous did he look ? 
 " He was no flatterer. He taught the way of 
 •' God in truth, and regarded not the perfons of 
 " men. The politefl; and mod modifli of our 
 " vices he fl:ruck at, the mofl; fafliionable enter- 
 " tainments ; regardlefs of every ones prefence, 
 *' but His in whole name he fpake. 
 
 *' As to his perfonal chara6ler, while he preaches 
 *' up faith alone in our jufl:ification before God, 
 «' he is careful to maintain good works. Thefe 
 *' things the grace of God teaches us. And how 
 ** much of this doiflrine has he tranfcribed into 
 " his life I How rich has he been in all good 
 ** works ! What an eminent pattern of piety to- 
 
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 *' wards God ! How holy and unblameable in all 
 " converfation and godiinefs ! How feaibned, how 
 " much to the uie of edifying all his difcourfes ! 
 " How naturally does he turn them to religion ? 
 *' How much is he given to devotion himfelf, 
 " and how does he labour to excite it in others! 
 
 " He affefls no party in religion, nor fets him- 
 " felf at the head of any. He is not bigotted to 
 " the lefTcr rites and forms of religion, while 
 " zealous enough in all its efTentials. He pro- 
 ** fefies love to good men of every denomination. 
 *' His heart fecms fet upon doing good. He 
 " goes about his great Mailer's work with dili- 
 " crence and application, and with fuch chearful- 
 " nefs as would make one in love with a life of 
 " relicrion. He is proof againft reproach and in- 
 *' veflive. When he is reviled, he revileth not 
 " acrain •, but prays heartily for all his enemies. 
 
 " He renders to all their due. While zealous 
 " for the things of God, is a friend to Cafar. 
 " And for charity, as it confifts in compafTion 
 " and ads of beneficence, we have few men like- 
 " minded. Had he been under any criminal 
 " influence of a mercenary temper ; had he col- 
 *' leded monies for himfelf in his journeys, un- 
 der the pretext of doing it for the poor, as he 
 was ilanderoudy reported, he had certainly a 
 fair opportunity to enrich himfelf. But we 
 have feen ; and plain faifl cannot be denied ; 
 that he calls all into the Treafury, and ferves 
 the tables of the poor with it. Strolling, and 
 
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 the Rev. Mr, George Whitefield. 341 
 
 vagabond orphans, without father, and without 
 mother, without purfe, and without friend, he 
 feeks out, picks up, and adopts into his family. 
 " He is now building accommodations, and lay- 
 " ing the befl foundation for their fupport and 
 " maintenance." Thus far Mr. J. Smithy who 
 had the pleafure of feeing this character of his 
 friend verified in the whole of his future life ; 
 and who, in his Funeral Sermon upon him at 
 Charles-town^ Ocioher 1%^ I'j'jo^ has this remark- 
 able expreflion, concerning a vifit he made to Mr. 
 Whitefield at his Orphan-Houfe : " It was a fcene 
 *' that made me think I was in heaven." 
 
 By a paper, written with Mr. Whitefield's own 
 hand, of the contents of his imperfed manufcript, 
 frequently quoted in the above account of his 
 life, it appears, that if he had lived to finidi it, 
 the conclufion would have been, " Refiedlions 
 upon the whole, containing arguments to prove 
 the divinity of the work j and anfwers to ob- 
 jedlions againfl: Field-preaching — Lay-preacli- 
 " ing — Irregularities — And the bLemilhes that 
 " have attended it." 
 
 As he did not live to execute this defign, the 
 Reader is referred to what has been publifhed up- 
 on the fubject by the Rev. Meflleurs Jonathan 
 Edwards^ Hobb)\ Shurtliff, &c. The Rev. Mr. 
 Newton preached a fermon at Olne\\ November 
 II, 1770, on John v. '^^. " He was a burn- 
 " ing, and a fliining light." In which he 
 fpeaks of Mr. PVhitfield\ an extraft of which fol- 
 
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 *' would obferve, ill. Though he was very 
 ^ young when he came out, the Lord foon 
 *' gave him a very clear view of the Gofpel. 
 " In the lermons he publifhed foon after his 
 ** firft appearance, there is the fame evangchcal 
 *' ftrain obferveable, as in thofe which he preached 
 " in his advanced years. Time and obfervation, 
 " what he felt, and what he faw, enlarged his 
 " experience, and gave his preaching an in- 
 " creating ripenefs and favour, as he grew older 
 *' in the work •, but from firft to laft he preached 
 " the fame Gofpel, and was determined to know 
 " noLhn.g but Jefus Chrifi^ and him crucified. 
 " 2dly. His fteadinefs and perfeverance in the 
 " truth was the more remarkable, confidering 
 " the difficulties and fnares he was fometimes 
 *' befet with. But the Lord kept him fteady, 
 fo that neither the example, nor friendfliip, 
 nor importunity of thofe he dearly loved, were 
 *' capable of moving him. 
 
 *' 3dly. The Lord gave him a manner of 
 ♦* preaching, which was peculiarly his own. He 
 " copied from none, and I never met any one 
 ^^ who could imitate him with fuccefs. They 
 *' who attempted generally made themfelves dif- 
 " agreeable. His familiar addrefs, the power of 
 " his acVion, his marvellous talent in fixi ~he 
 ^' attention even of the moil carclefs, I need not 
 " defcribe to thofe who have heard him, and 
 " to thofe who have not, the attempt would be 
 *' vain, Other miniflers could, perhaps, preach 
 
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 the Rev. Mr, George Whitefield. 34^ 
 
 the Gofpel as clearly, and in general fay the 
 fame things, but, I believe, no man living 
 could fay them in his way. Here I always 
 thought him unequalled, and I hardly expedt 
 to fee his equal while I live. 
 " 4th. But that which finilhed his charafler 
 as a fliining light, and is now his crown of 
 rejoicing, was the fingular fuccefs which the 
 Lord was pieafed to give him in winning 
 fouls ; what numbers entered the Kingdom of 
 Glory before him, and what numbers are 
 now lamenting his lofs, who were awakened by 
 his miniflry ? It feemed as if he never preached 
 in vain. Perhaps there is hardly a place, in 
 all the extenfive compafs of his labours, where 
 fome may not yet be found who thankfully 
 acknowledge him as their fpiritual father. 
 Nor was he an awakening preacher only where- 
 ever he came •, if he preached but a fingle 
 difcourfc, he ufually brought a feafon of re^ 
 frefhment and revival with him, to thole who 
 had already received the truth. Great as his 
 immediate and perfonal ufefulnefs was, his occa- 
 fional ufefulnefs (if 1 may fo call it) was perhaps 
 much greater. Many have caufe to be thankful 
 for him, who never faw or heard him. I have al- 
 ready obferved that there was a fomething pe- 
 culiar in his manner of preaching, in which 
 no perfon of found judgment would venture 
 to imitate him. But notwithftanding this, he 
 was, in other refpeds, a fignal and happy 
 pattern and model for preachers. He imro- 
 
 " duced
 
 346 Memoirs of the Life of 
 
 " duced a way of clofe and lively application ta 
 
 
 the confcicnce, for which I believe many of the 
 moft admired and eminent preachers now livinw 
 will not be afhamed, or unwilling to acknow- 
 " ledge themfelves his debtors/* 
 
 There was alfo a Sermon preached on the occa- 
 fion by the Rev. Mr. Samuel Brewer^ of Stepney, 
 London^ which his modefty would not permit him 
 to print. And many others of the minifters, both 
 of the Church, and among the Diffenters in Eng- 
 la7id, in their Sermons and Prayers upon the news 
 of Mr. WhitefieU's death, bewailed the lofs of fo 
 great a man, and fo faithful and fuccefsful a fer- 
 vant of Chrift.f 
 
 On the 6th of February 1771, the executors 
 having received the probat of Mr. WhHefield\ 
 Will, Mr. Keen^ who was perfeftly acquainted 
 with every particular of his temporal affairs, im- 
 mediately publifhed it, with the following pre- 
 amble : 
 
 A S we make no doubt the numerous friends 
 of the late Rev. Mr. George Whitefield will be glad 
 of an opportunity of feeing a genuine copy of his 
 laft Will and Teftament \ his Executors have fa- 
 voured us with a copy of the fame, tranfmitted to 
 them froiri the Orphan-houfe in Georgia, and which 
 they have proved in the Prerogative Court of Can- 
 terbury. And as it was Mr. lVhitejield\ conftant 
 declaration he never meant to raile either a purfe 
 
 f Among thefe were the Rev. Mr. Romnine, Mr. 
 Madan, Dr. Cibbsr.s, and Dr. Trotter, 
 
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 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 347 
 
 or a party, it is to be remarked, that almoft the 
 whole money he died poffeiTed of came to him 
 within two or three years of his death in the fol- 
 lowing manner, viz. Mrs. Thomfcu, of Tower- Hilly 
 bequeathed him 500/. By the death of his Wife, 
 including a Bond of 30Q/. he got 700/. Mr. 
 Whitmore bequeathed him 100/. and Mr. Winder 
 100/. and it is highly probable, that had he lived 
 to reach Georzia from his late northern tour, he 
 would have much lefiTened the above fums, by dif- 
 pofmg of them in the fame noble and difintereftecl 
 manner that all the public or private fums he has 
 been entrufted with, have been. 
 
 ' Georgia, 
 
 * By his Excellency 'James Wright^ Efq-, Captain- 
 ' General, Governor and Commander in Chief 
 ' of his Majefty's faid Province of Georgia^ 
 * Chancellor and Vice-Admiral of the fame. 
 
 \ 'TpO all 10 whom thefe prefents ihall come, 
 ' greeting : Know ye, that Thomas Moodie^ 
 
 ' who hath certified the annexed copy from the 
 
 * original, in the Secretary's OfHce, is Deputy- 
 
 * Secretary of the faid Province, and therefore all 
 ^ due faith and credit is, and ought to be, had 
 ' and given to fuch his certificate. 
 
 ' In teftimony whereof, I have hereunto fet my 
 
 * hand, and caufed the Great Seal of this his Ma- 
 ' jelly's faid Province to be put and afRxed, dated 
 
 * at Savannah the tenth day of December^ in the 
 
 * yeaj- pf our Lord }77C»j and in the eleventh 
 
 ! year
 
 
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 duccd a way of clofe and lively application t(j 
 the confcicnce, for which I believe many of the 
 moft admired and eminent preachers now living 
 will not be afhamcd, or unwilling to acknow- 
 " ledge themfelves his debtors/* 
 
 There was alfo a Sermon preached on the occa- 
 fion by the Rev. Mr. Samuel Brewer^ of Stepney, 
 Londojiy which his modefty would not permit him 
 to print. And many others of the minifters, both 
 of the Church, and among the DifTenters in Eng- 
 kfid, in their Sermons and Prayers upon the news 
 of Mr. Whitejield's death, bewailed the lofs of fo 
 great a man, and fo faithful and fuccefsful a fer- 
 vant of Chrift.f- 
 
 On the 6th of February 1771, the executors 
 having received the probat of Mr. lVh'Uefield\ 
 Will, Mr. Keen^ who was perfedly acquainted 
 with every particular of his temporal affairs, im- 
 mediately publifhed ir, with the following pre- 
 amble : 
 
 A S we make no doubt the numerous friends 
 of the late Rev. Mr. George Whhe.jield will be glad 
 of an opportunity of feeing a genuine copy of his 
 lad Will and Teftament \ his Executors have fa- 
 voured us with a copy of the fame, tranfmitted to 
 them from the Orphan-houfe in Georgia^ and which 
 they have proved in the Prerogative Court of Can- 
 terbury. And as it was Mr. lVhttefield\ conftant 
 declaration he never meant to raifc either a purfe 
 
 f Among thefe were the Rev. Mr. Romalne^ Mr. 
 Madm^ Dr. Qibhoniy and Dr. Trotter, 
 
 or
 
 the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 347 
 
 or a party, it is to be remarked, that almoft the 
 whole money he died poffeUed of came to him 
 within two or three years of his death in the fol- 
 lowing manner, viz. Mrs. Tbomfon, oi Tower-Hill, 
 bequeathed him 500 /. By the death of his Wife, 
 including a Bond of 300/. he got 700/. Mr. 
 IVhitmore bequeathed him 100/. and Mr. Winder 
 100/. and it is highly probable, that had he lived 
 to reach Georgia from his late northern tour, he 
 would have much leflfencd the above fums, by dif- 
 pofmg of them in the fame noble and difinterefted 
 manner that all the public or private fums he has 
 been entrufted with, have been. 
 
 ' Georgia, 
 
 * By his Excellency James Wright^ Efq; Captain- 
 ' General, Governor and Commander in Chief 
 ' of his Majefty's faid Province of Georgia^ 
 ^ Chancellor and Vice- Admiral of the fame. 
 
 ! 'X*0 all 10 whom thefe prefents iliall come, 
 ' greeting : Know ye, that Thomas Moodie^ 
 
 ' who hath certified the annexed copy from the 
 
 * original, in the Secretary's OfRce, is Deputy- 
 
 * Secretary of the faid Province, and therefore all 
 ^ due faith and credit is, and ought to be, had 
 ' and given to fuch his certificate. 
 
 ' In teftimony whereof, I have hereunto fet my 
 
 * hand, and caufed the Great Seal of this his Ma- 
 ' jefty's faid Province to be put and affixed, dated 
 
 * at Savannah the tenth day of December, in the 
 
 * yeaj- pf our Lord 1770J ^nd in the eleventh 
 
 * ye«ir
 
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 ' By his Excellency's command, 
 
 ' J. WRIGHT. 
 'THO. MOODIE, D. Secretary.* 
 
 " TN the name of the Father, Son, and Holy 
 Ghoft, three Perfons, but one God ; I, George 
 PFhitefield, Clerk, at prefent refiding at the Or- 
 phan-houfe Academy, in the Province of Georgiay 
 in North- America^ being through infinite mercy 
 in more than ordinarily bodily health, and a 
 perfeflly found and compofed mind, knowing 
 the certainty of death, and yet the uncertainty 
 of the time I fhall be called by it to my long 
 " wifhed-for home, do make this my laft Will 
 " and Teftament, in manner and form following, 
 " viz. Imprimis, In fure and certain hope of a 
 " refurre6lion to eternal life, through our Lord 
 " Jefus Chrifb, I commit my body to the duft, 
 '' to be buried in the mod plain and decent man- 
 *' ner; and knowing in whom I have believed, 
 and being perfuaded that he will keep that 
 which I have committed unto him, in the ful- 
 left afliirance of faith I commend my foul into 
 the hands of the everloving, altogether lovely, 
 never-failing Jefus, on whofe compleat and 
 everlafting righteoufnefs I entirely depend, for 
 the juftification of my perfon and acceptance of 
 my poor, worthlefs, though, I truft, fincere 
 perform.ances, at that day when he (hall come 
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 " in the glory of his Father, his own glory, and 
 *' the glory of his holy Angels, to judge both the 
 " quick and dead. In refpeft to my outward 
 " American concerns, which 1 have engaged in 
 " fimply and folely for his great name's fake, I 
 " leave that building, commonly called the Or- 
 " phan-hcufe^ at Be the/da, in the Province oiGeorgtay 
 " together with all the other buildings lately 
 " eredled thereon, and likewife all other buiid- 
 " ings, lands, negroes, books, furniture, and 
 " every other thing whatfoever which I now ftand 
 " pofielTed of in the Province of Georgia aforefald, 
 " to that eled Lady, that mother in Ifrael^ that 
 " mirror of true and undefiled religion, the Right 
 *' Honourable 5£'//»^, Countefs Dowager o^ Hun- 
 tingdon-, defiring, that as foon as may be after 
 my deceafe, the plan of the intended Orphan- 
 houfe, Bethefda College, may be profecuted, or, 
 if not pra(5ticable, or eligible, to purfue the 
 prefent plan of the Orphan-houfe Academy, on 
 ** its old foundation and ufual channel ; but if 
 her Ladyfhip fliould be called to enter into her 
 glorious reft before my deceafe, I bequeath all 
 the buildings, lands, negroes, and every thing 
 before mentioned which I now ftand poflTeiTed 
 of in the Province of Georgia aforefaid, to my 
 *' dear firft fellow-traveller, and faithful, invaria- 
 " ble friend, the Honourable James Haherjliam^ 
 '-' Efq-, Prefident of his Majefty's Honourable 
 " Council : and fliould he furvive her Ladyfliip, 
 *-^ I earneftly recommend him as the moll proper 
 
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 *' perfon to lucceed her Ladyfhip, or to a6l fol' 
 ** her during her Ladylliip's life-timej in the affairs 
 ** of the Orphan-hoLife Academy. With regard 
 *' to my outward affairs in England \ whereas 
 " there is a building commonly called the Taber- 
 " nacle^ let apart many years ago for Divine Wor~ 
 " fhip, I give and bequeath the faid Tabernacle, 
 *' with the adjacent houfe in which I ufually re- 
 " fide, when in London^ with the liable and coach- 
 *' houfe in the yard adjoining, together with all 
 '* books, furniture, and every thing elfe whatfo- 
 *' ever that fliall be found in the houfe and pre- 
 " miffes aforefaid ; and alfo the building com- 
 " monly called Tottenham-Court Chapel^ together 
 " with all the other buildings, houfes, (lable, 
 *-'- coach-houfe, and every thing elfe whatfoevef 
 *' which I fland poffeffed of in that part of the 
 " town, to my worthy, trufty, tried friends, Da- 
 " niel IVeJl^ Efq-, in Churchjlreet^ Sfitalfields^ and 
 " Mr. Robert Keen, Woollen -Draper, in the Mi- 
 *' nories, or the longer furvivor of the two. As 
 *' to the monies, v/hich a kind Providence, ef- 
 *' pecially of late, in a moft uncxpe6led way, and 
 " unthought of means, hath vouchfafed to entruft 
 ** me with-, I give and bequeath the fum of one 
 " hundred pounds fterling to the Right Honou- 
 *' rable Countefs Dowager of Huntingdon afore- 
 " faid, humbly befeeching her Ladyfhip's accep* 
 tance of fo fmall a mite, as a pepper-corn of ac- 
 knowledgement for the undefcrvcd, unfoughc-* 
 '* for honour her Ladyfhip conferred upon me, in 
 
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 appointing me, lefs than the leaft of all, to be 
 one of her Ladyfhip*s Domeftic Chaplains. 
 Item, I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved 
 friend, the Honourable James Haber/Jic.m afore- 
 '* faid, my late Wife's gold watch, and ten 
 " pounds for niourning; to my dear old friend, 
 '* Gabriel Harris^ Efq-, of the city of Gloucefier, 
 *' who received and boarded me in his houfe when 
 I was helplefs and deftitute, above thirty-five 
 years ago, I give and bequeath the fum of fifty 
 pounds ; to my humble faithful fervant and 
 friend, Mr. Ambrofe Wrighty if in my fervice 
 and employ, either in England or America^ of 
 elfewhere, at the time of my deceafe, I give 
 and bequeath the fum of five hundred pounds ; 
 to my brother, Mr. Richard Whitefield^ I 
 give and bequeath the fum of fifty pounds j 
 to my brother, Mr. 'Thomas IVhitejield^ I give 
 and bequeath the fum of fifty pounds, to be 
 given him at the difcretion of Mr. Robert Keen; 
 to my brother-in-law Mr. James Smithy Hofier, 
 in the city of Brijlol^ 1 give and bequeath the 
 fum of fifty pounds, and thirty pounds alfo for 
 family mourning; to my niece, Mrs. Frances 
 HartfordyO^ Bath, I give and bequeath the fum 
 of fifty pounds, and twenty pounds for family 
 mourning -, to Mr. J. Crane, now a faithful 
 fteward at the Orphan-houfe Academy, I give 
 and bequeath the fum of forty pounds ; to Mr. 
 •' Benjamin Siirk, as an acknowjedgment of his 
 
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 " pall fervices at Bethejda^ I give and bequeath 
 " the fum of ten pounds for mourning; to I^eter 
 *' Edwards^ now at the Orphan-houfe Academy, 
 *' I give and bequeath the fum of fifty pounds •, 
 *' to William Trigg, at the fame place, I give and 
 *' bequeath the fum of fifty pounds -, both the 
 " fums aforefaid to be laid out, or laid up for 
 *' them, at the difcretion of Mr. Amhrofe IVrighti 
 '^ to Mr. 1'homas Adams, of Rodhorough in Gloucef- 
 *' terPiire^ my only furviving firft fellow-labourer, 
 *' and beloved much in the Lord, I give and be- 
 *' queath the fum of fifty pounds ; to the Rev. 
 " Mr. Howel Davis, of PembrokeJJiire, in South 
 " Wales, that good foldier of Jefus Chrift ; to Mr. 
 " Torial Jofs, Mr. Cornelius Winter, and all my 
 " other dearly beloved prefent ftated afTiflant- 
 " preachers at Tabernacle and Tottenham-Court 
 " Chapel, I give and bequeath ten pounds each 
 *' for mourning; to the three brothers of Mr. 
 " Arairofe Wright, and the wife of his brother 
 " Mr. Robert Wright, now faithfully and fkilfully 
 " labouring and ferving at the Orphan-houfe Aca- 
 " demy, I give and bequeath the fum of ten 
 *' pounds each for mourning-, to Mr. Richard 
 " Smith, now a diligent attendant on me, I give 
 " and bequeath the fum of fifty pounds, and all 
 *' my wearing apparel which I Hiall have with me 
 '" in my journey through America, or on my voy- 
 *' age to England, if it Ihculd pleafe an all-wife 
 " God to fhorten my days in either of thofe fitua- 
 
 " tionsv
 
 
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 " tions. Finally, I give and bequeath the fum of 
 " one hundred pounds, to be diftributed at the 
 *' difcretion of my executors, herein after-menti- 
 " oned, for mourning among my old London fer- 
 *' vants, the poor widows at 'Tottenham-Court 
 Chapeli and the Tabernacle poor, efpecially 
 my old trufly, difirlterefted friend and fervanr, 
 " Mrs. Elizabeth Wood. All the cither refidue, if 
 *' there be any refidue, of monies, goods, and 
 chattels, or whatever pfofits may arife from the 
 fale of my books, or any manufcripts that I 
 may leave behind, I give and bequeath *to the 
 *' Right Honourable the Countefs Dowager of 
 ** Huntingdon^ or, in cafe of her Ladyfhip's being 
 deceafed at the time of my departure, to the 
 Honourable James Haherjliam^ Efq; before- men- 
 tioned, after my funerd expences and juft debts 
 are difcharged, towards paying off my arrears^ 
 that may be due on the account of the Orphan- 
 houfe Academy, or for annual prizes as a re- 
 " ward for the bed three orations that fhall be 
 " made in Engli/fi on the fubjefls mentioned in a 
 paper annexed to this my will. And I do here- 
 by appoint the Honourable James Haber/Jiamj 
 Efq-, aforefaid, to be my executor in refpeft to 
 my affairs in the Province of Georgia^ and my 
 trufty tried dearly beloved friends Charles Har- 
 dy^ Efqj Daniel PFeJi, Efq; and Mr. Robert 
 Keen, to be executors of this my laft Will and 
 Teftament, in refpefl of my affairs in Eiiglandy 
 begging each to accept of a mourning ring. 
 
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 " To all my other chriftian benefaftors, and more 
 " intimate acquaintance, I leave my mod hearty 
 " thanks and blefTmg, aflliring them that I am 
 *■' more and more convinced of the undoubted 
 reality, and infinite importance of the grand 
 gofpel truths which I have from time to time 
 delivered \ and am fo far from repenting my 
 delivering them in an itinerant way, that had I 
 flrength equal to my inclination, I would preach 
 them from pole to pole, not only becaufe I 
 have found them to be the power of God to the 
 falvation of my own foul, but becaufe I am as 
 " much allured that the Great Head of the 
 " Church hath called me by his word, provi- 
 *' dence, and fpirit, to a6t in this way, as- that 
 the fun fliines at noon day. As for my ene- 
 mies, and misjudging, miftaken friends, I moft 
 freely and heartily forgiv^e them, and can only 
 add, that the laft tremendous day will foon dlf- 
 " cover what I have been, what I am, and what 
 " I fliall be, when time itfelf fhall be no more ; 
 " and therefore, from my inmoft foul, I clofe all, 
 '^ by crying, Come, Lord Jefus, come quickly; 
 *' even fo L.ord Jefus, Amen and Amen. 
 
 *' GEORGE WHITEFIELD.. 
 
 ^* This was written with the Teftator's own 
 " hand, and at his defire, and in his pre- 
 ** fence, fealed, figned, and delivered, at the 
 " Ofphan-houfe Academy, in the Province 
 
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 the Rev, Mr, George Whltefield. 355 
 
 " of Georgia^ before us vvitneiTes, Anno Do- 
 *' inini^ March iht twenty fecond, one thou- 
 ** fand feven hundred and feventy. 
 
 " Signed, 
 
 " ROBERT BOLTON, 
 
 " THOMAS DIXON, 
 
 « CORNELIUS WINTER. 
 
 " N.-B. I alfo leave a mourning ring to my 
 *' honoured and dear friends and difintcreftcd fcl- 
 *' low-labourers, the Rev. MelTrs. John and Charles 
 " TVeJle)\ in token of my indiflbluble union with 
 " them, in heart and chriftian affeflion, hotwith- 
 " ftanding our difference in judgment about feme 
 ** particular points of dodrine. — Grace be with 
 *' all them, of whatever denomination, that love 
 " our Lord Jefus, our common Lord, in fincerity." 
 
 ' Georgia^ Secretary's Office. 
 
 ' A true copy, taken from the original in this 
 
 ' office, examined and certified : and I do further 
 
 ' certify that the fame was duly proved ; and the 
 
 * Honourable James Haherjham^ Efq-, one of the 
 
 ' executors therein named, was duly qualified as 
 
 ' executor before his Excellency James Wright^ 
 
 ' Efqi Governor and Ordinary of the faid Pro- 
 
 ' vince this loth day oi December 1770. 
 
 'THO. MOODIE, D.Sec* 
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 356 Memoirs of the Life, of 
 
 Concerning the manner in which Mr. WhitefieU^ 
 TabernaiJe and Chapel are at prefent fupplied, 
 the compiler has received the following infor- 
 mation : 
 
 HAVING by his Will left both of his 
 places of worfhip, his houfes, library, a.';d all 
 things appertaining thereto, to two of hi<. execu- 
 tors in iiirvivorfhip, they have been enabled, 
 through the abundant goodnefs of God, to carry 
 on the work in the fame manner as in Mr. White- 
 field\ life-time, without the lead diminution either 
 of the largenefs of the congregations, or the via- 
 ble power of God attending the miniftry there. 
 And as neither of them are minifters, but en- 
 gaged in extenfive bufinefs, it appears the more 
 wonderful, and lliews the work to be begun and 
 carried on by the power of God alone -, and it is 
 their earneft prayer and ftudy that it may be tranf- 
 mitted down, and faithful minifters and upright 
 perfons raifcd to carry it on when their heads are 
 laid in the duit. Two of his fellow-labourers 
 were taken off by death, whilft he was laft abroad, 
 *viz. the Rev. Mr. Howel Davzes, a clergyman, 
 and Mr. Thomas Jdams, a layqian ; and a little be- 
 fore, Mr. Muidleton, all tried and faithful minifters; 
 but the Lord hath wonderfully railed up others in 
 their ftead. The prefent minifters are chiefly 
 thefe, the Rev. Mr. Kijtfman of Plymcuth, the Rev. 
 Mr. Edwards of Leeds., the Rev. Mr. Knight of Hal- 
 lifaXy and the Rev. Mr. Apiburncr., of Fool in Lor- 
 I Jetjhire :
 
 the Rev, Mr. George Whitefield. 357 
 
 JetfJiire : thefe vifit London once, and if wrote for, 
 twice a year. The conftant ones upon the fpot 
 are, Mr. Jop and Mr. Brookjhanks, The Rev. Mr. 
 De CQurcy\ and the Rev. Mr. Piercy^ and other 
 Clergymen, have often affifted. Befides thefe, 
 the proprietors have been favoured with the occa- 
 fional labours of Mr. Rovjland Hill, and Mr. Hcalb 
 i;)^ Plymouth : alfo of many worthy clergymen and dif- 
 fenting minifters from the country, who efleemed 
 it their privilege to preach to very large, ferious, 
 and attentive congregations, whofe hearts have been 
 filled with thankfulnefs, and at the fame time en- 
 gaged in prayer for every fuch miniller; and an un- 
 ufual blefiing has commonly attended bjrh fowers 
 and reapers i and it is the earneft d-^'r e of the 
 proprietors that the pleafure of the Lord may thus 
 profper in their hands. They purpofc, through 
 the bleffing of God, to let the pulpits be open to 
 every difinterefted miniftcr that may occafionally 
 come to town, of good moral chara6ler, found in 
 the faith, of moderate Calviniftical Principles, 
 without diftirdion of parties or denominations, 
 whofe talents are fuitable to preach with life and 
 power to large congregations. And hope for the 
 concurrence of all well-wifhers to the profperity 
 
 of Zion, 
 
 I- . 
 
 I N I S.
 
 Londo7i, July 2, 1772. 
 
 I N C E this work was finiflied, the following par- 
 ticulars have come to the Editor's knowledge, viz. 
 That Mrs. Rachel Wells^ of Philadelphia^ famous in 
 America for her ingenious performances in wax-work, 
 made a wax image of Mr. TVhitefield^ as large as life, 
 , properly drefied, before Mr. JVhitefield died : and (from 
 her regard to the memory of that great and good man) 
 foon after his death, carried it, at her own expence, to 
 Georgia y (upwards of qoo miles) and made a prefent of 
 it to Bcthcfda College. The likenefs is faid to be fo 
 ftnking, that it aftoniflies all who have (cen it. Her 
 fifter, Mrs. TVright, of Nezu-Tork^ who poffefles the fame 
 uncommon genius for wax-work, is lately arrived in 
 London^ and has brought over with her feveral of her 
 performances : among them is a wax image of Mr. Tl^nte- 
 fields drcfled in his own wig, band, ksc. fo like the ori- 
 ginal, that all who have {zcn it have in the flron2;cft 
 terms expreficd their approbation. It is faid fhe is come 
 over, at the defue of fome gentlemen in Nexv-Yorh, to 
 take off fome of the capital charailers in England^ viz. 
 Lord Chatham, Mrs, Alacaulay, Mr. Garrici, &c. and 
 from the fpecimen flie has given of her abilities in Mr. 
 fP'hiteJrehPs image, will no doubt meet with encourage- 
 ment fuitable to her merit,
 
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