Chapter VIII

FIRST AND SECOND VISITS TO SCOTLAND--LABORS
IN ENGLAND AND WALES.

1741-1744.

Scheme of comprehension--Account of Rev. John Cennick--
Voyage to Scotland--Letter to Rodgers--Visit to Erskine--
Preaching in Edinburgh--Labors at Glasgow--His sermons
printed--Return to England--Letter from McCulloch--Renewed
glance at Edinburgh--Public attention deeply riveted--
Execution of a convict--Improvement of the event in a
sermon--Conversion of a mimic--A drunken sergeant--Miss
Hunter--Marquis of Lothian--Conduct of Rev. Mr. Ogilvie--
Second visit to Scotland--Cambuslang--Kilmarnock--Glance
at subsequent visits--Orphan-house park, Edinburgh--
Glasgow--Increasing reputation--Extracts from letters--
Anecdotes--Visit to Wales--Letters from America--Visit to
Gloucester, Strand, Tewkesbury--Encouraging news from
America--Success in London--Awakening at the Tabernacle--
Visit to Gloucester and its neighborhood--South Wales--
Return to London--Bristol--Exeter--Mr. Saunders--Conversion
of Thomas Olivers--Birmingham--Kidderminster--Health--
Assizes at Gloucester--Plymouth--Deliverance from
assassination--Conversion of Mr. Tanner--Visits to the
poor--Anecdote--Embarkation for America 222