Chapter IX

WHITEFIELD'S SECOND VISIT TO NEW ENGLAND.

1744, 1745.

Incidents of the voyage from England--Prayer heard--General
alarm--Whitefield's illness--Arrival at York--Threatening
sickness--Rev. Mr. Moody--Preaching at York and Portsmouth--
Apparent danger of death--Departure for Boston--Constant
preaching there--Chelsea--Malden--Prince's account of his
preaching and conduct--Objections made to his administration
of the Lord's supper--Changes in New England--Opposition to
Whitefield in Connecticut, New Haven, Massachusetts, Harvard
College--Large meeting in his favor at Boston--Number of
signatures to the testimony--Progress of revival--
Proceedings of Harvard College--Whitefield's defence--
Subsequent act of the College--Expositions at Boston,
Ipswich, Portland, Exeter--Expedition against Cape Breton--
Sherburne's request--Sermon to the soldiers--Refusal of
chaplaincy--Conversion of a colored trumpeter--Of a noted
scoffer--Anecdote of Whitefield and Dr. Hopkins 254

CHAPTER X.

LABORS IN THE MIDDLE AND SOUTHERN STATES--THE
BERMUDAS.

1745-1748.

Whitefield's preaching in New York, New Jersey,
Philadelphia--Liberal offer declined--Usefulness of his
printed sermons in Virginia--Preaches at Hanover--Isaac
Oliver--Visit to Bethesda--His account of the Orphan-house--
His character as given by the New York Post-boy--Public
testimony as to Whitefield's integrity--Preaching tour in
Maryland--Visit to Charleston--Success of his preaching in
Maryland--Visits New York, Newport, Portsmouth, Boston--
Return to Philadelphia--Bohemia--Journey to North Carolina--
Embarkation for the Bermudas--His progress and labors--
Honored by the governor and others--Usefulness among the
negroes--Summary of his proceedings in the Bermudas--
Kindness of the people there--Voyage to England--His labors
on the voyage--Arrival at Deal 277

CHAPTER XI.

LABORS IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND--CHAPLAIN
TO LADY HUNTINGDON.

1748, 1749.

Triumphs and trials in London--Becomes chaplain to the
Countess of Huntingdon--Complimented by the great--
Bolingbroke and Rev. Mr. Church--Rev. James Hervey--Honors
conferred on Whitefield--Falsehoods of Horace Walpole--
Charged with vulgarism--Defence--Third visit to Scotland--
Return to London--Visit to the west of England--Conversions
in Gloucestershire--Tour in Cornwall--Brilliant assemblies
in London--Excursion to Exeter and Plymouth--Rev. Andrew
Kinsman--Return to London--Decline of health and visit to
Portsmouth and Wales--Arrival of Mrs. Whitefield from the
Bermudas--Visit to the north of England--Popularity there--
Intensely interesting services--Rev. W. Grimshawe--Solemn
instances of mortality--Return to London for the winter--
Usefulness 301