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