Category: Biographies
Low state of religion in Great Britain and its dependencies when Whitefield appeared--His birth in Gloucester--Hooper-- Raikes--Whitefield's early life--His entrance at the university of Oxford--Becomes connected with the Wesleys and other Methodists--Illness and mental trials...
The religious state of New England in the early part of the eighteenth century, was little better than the description we have already given of the state of Great Britain and it...
36. CHAPTER XVIII.In suggesting a few of the CHARACTERISTICS OF WHITEFIELD'S PREACHING, we are very greatly indebted to an excellent anonymous writer in the London Evangelical Magazine for 1853....
35. CHAPTER XVII."Last evening," says a letter from Boston, October 1, 1770, to the "Pennsylvania Journal," "we were informed by a melancholy messenger from Newburyport, that yesterday morning a...
26. CHAPTER VIII.We have seen the spirit in which Mr. Whitefield returned to London, and the cool manner in which he was too generally received. It is painful to say that this coldness was not c...
22. CHAPTER IV.As in the preceding chapter, for the sake of connecting the history of Whitefield's church edifices in London, we have anticipated the order of events, we go back to the period...
20. CHAPTER II.Whitefield, though thus prepared for action, was not impatient, but willing to wait till his duty was fully ascertained. On the Wednesday after his first sermon he went to Oxfor...
30. CHAPTER XII.At the beginning of the year 1750, Whitefield was still in London. At this time his intended college at Bethesda occupied much of his attention. He wrote to his friends in every...
19. CHAPTER I.That we may have a clear and comprehensive view of the labors and success of George Whitefield, it is important that we consider the moral condition of Great Britain and its dep...
25. CHAPTER VII.Whitefield was now again on his way to New York, preaching at Rye and King's Bridge on the road. At the latter place he was met by several friends from the city, with whom he pl...
21. CHAPTER III.Under the circumstances we have related in our last chapter, Whitefield paid another visit to Bristol, and soon found that he had to meet with new and very unexpected opposition...
31. CHAPTER XIII.On this voyage to America, Whitefield sailed for South Carolina by way of Lisbon. His health demanded repose; he thought that seeing Popery as it is when unrestrained by public...
32. CHAPTER XIV.Whitefield was now for the sixth time in America. He was twelve weeks on the voyage; but though tedious, it had done him good. "I enjoyed," he says, "that quietness which I have...
28. CHAPTER X.Leaving New England, Whitefield proceeded first to New York, where he preached as he had formerly done, and found that the seed sown in past days had produced much fruit. Procee...
27. CHAPTER IX.Mr. Whitefield commenced his third voyage to America in August, 1744. His health while crossing the Atlantic became worse, rather than better, the voyage lasting eleven weeks. H...
33. CHAPTER XV.Whitefield had abandoned the idea of a charter for a college at present, but he was yet ardently desirous of a public academy being added to his orphan-house, similar to what ex...
34. CHAPTER XVI.Whitefield now lost no time in proceeding to his beloved Bethesda, which at present wore a very inviting aspect. Writing, January 11, 1770, he says, "Every thing exceeds my most...
29. CHAPTER XI.On the evening of July 6, 1748, Whitefield again found himself in London, after an absence of nearly four years. Here he was welcomed with joy by many thousands. The large churc...
23. CHAPTER V.At the period when Whitefield laid the cornerstone of his Bethesda, his health was much impaired, and his spirits depressed. But it was necessary that funds should be obtained,...
18. CHAPTER XVIII.Prominence given by him to the truths of salvation--His ardent glow of feeling--His direct address--His habitual dependence on the Spirit of God--Dealt with men as immortal bein...
6. CHAPTER VI.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...
13. CHAPTER XIII.Whitefield's arrival and proceedings in Lisbon--Lands at Beaufort, S. C.--Voyage to New York--New Jersey--Interview with William Tennent--Accompanies President Burr to New Engla...
4. CHAPTER IV.Joseph Periam's release by Whitefield from Bedlam-- Whitefield's arrival at Philadelphia--Preaches to vast crowds in the open air--Testimony of Dr. Franklin and others--Account...
12. CHAPTER XII.Efforts made by Whitefield for Bethesda--His ardent love for America--Love to his mother--His mourning for sin--Dr. Doddridge--London ministers--Interview with Doddridge and Her...
15. CHAPTER XV.Letter to Keen--Whitefield preaches before the Book Society--Change in his style and manner of preaching-- Expulsion of six students from Oxford--Whitefield's letter to the Vice...
8. CHAPTER VIII.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-...
14. CHAPTER XIV.Improvement of Whitefield's health--Friends in Virginia-- Proceedings in Philadelphia--New Jersey--A collegiate hearer--New York--Letter from Boston Gazette--Opposition of Seabu...
9. CHAPTER IX.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-...
10. CHAPTER X.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...
11. CHAPTER XI.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 o...
2. CHAPTER II.Whitefield's return to Oxford--Usefulness there--Visits London--Great popularity--Georgia--His anxiety as to duty-- Invited to Georgia by the Wesleys--Preparation and departure-...
7. CHAPTER VII.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--Whitefi...
17. CHAPTER XVII.Funeral sermon by Dr. Cooper--Respect shown to his memory in Georgia--Whitefield county--Sermon by Rev. Mr. Ellington-- Arrival of the news in London--Sermon by Rev. J. Wesley--...
5. CHAPTER V.Feebleness of Whitefield's health--Again visits Charleston, Philadelphia, etc.--Extent of his former success--Extracts from Seward's journal--Extracts from newspapers--Whitefiel...
3. CHAPTER III.Whitefield's visit to Bristol--New opposition--Interviews with the chancellor of the diocese--Preaching at Kingswood-- Large congregations--Preaching at Bristol--Labors in Wales...
16. CHAPTER XVI.Arrival at Bethesda--Its prosperity--Honors paid him by the legislature--Letter at Charleston--Plan of the proposed college--Visits Philadelphia--Preaches at Burlington, New Yor...
1. CHAPTER I.Low state of religion in Great Britain and its dependencies when Whitefield appeared--His birth in Gloucester--Hooper-- Raikes--Whitefield's early life--His entrance at the univ...