Chapter VI: Whitefield's First Visit to New England

SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER, 1740.

State of religion in New England--Testimony of Prince--Dr.
I. Mather--Dr. Jonathan Edwards' success--Prevalence of
prayer--Whitefield's arrival and labors at Newport--Interview
with Clap--Honeyman--Letter from Barber--Journey to Boston--
Interview with the Commissary and the clergy--Preaches at
Brattle-street, Old South church, New North, Common, Roxbury,
Old North, Cambridge, First church--Interview with Governor
Belcher--Roxbury--Hollis-street--Old South church--
Brattle-street--Marblehead--Salem--Ipswich--Newbury--Hampton--
Portsmouth--York--Return to Boston--Frequent preaching--
Invitation to children--Interesting conversation with a
child--Anecdote of juvenile usefulness--Remarks on an
unconverted ministry--Whitefield's character of Boston--
Preaches at Concord, Sudbury, Marlborough, Worcester,
Leicester, Brookfield, Cold Spring, Hadley, Northampton--
Revival there--Whitefield's opinion of Mr. Edwards and
family--Important interview--Preaching at East Windsor,
Westfield, Springfield, Suffield--Opinion of Mr. and Mrs.
Edwards, Sen.--Relinquishment of appointments to preach--
Visit to New Haven--Interview with Principal Clap--Departure
from New England--Whitefield's character of it--Conversion
of Mr. Emerson--Prince's account of Whitefield's visit--Dr.
Baron Stow on its results--Anecdote, 148

CHAPTER VII.

LABORS IN NEW YORK AND THE MIDDLE AND SOUTHERN
STATES.

1740, 1741.

Whitefield's arrival and labors at New York, Staten Island,
and Newark--Mr. Burr--Meeting with Gilbert Tennent--Visit to
Baskinridge--Tennent's preaching in Cross' barn--Whitefield
preaches in the new house at Philadelphia--Franklin's advice
to Gilbert Tennent--Remarkable instances of conversion--
Success in Philadelphia--Apostrophe in a sermon--Visit to
Gloucester, Greenwich, Cohansey, Salem, Newcastle, Fagg's
Manor, Bohemia--Sails from Reedy island to Charleston--
Arrival at Bethesda--Remarkable escape from death--
Prosecution at Charleston--Preaching--Letters from Boston--
Departure for England--Separation from Messrs. Wesley--
Difficulties in London--Triumph--Howel Harris 196