CHAPTER XII.

LABORS IN GREAT BRITAIN--FOURTH VISIT TO AMERICA--NEW TABERNACLE IN LONDON, AND TABERNACLE AT BRISTOL.

1750-1754.

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 Hervey--Earthquake in London--Bishop Horne's sermon-- Universal consternation--Preaching of Whitefield at midnight in Hyde park--Whitefield and his friends at Court--Journey to Bristol--Taunton--Rev. R. Darracott--Preaching at Rotherham, Bolton, Ulverston--Conversion of Mr. Thorpe--Edinburgh and other places in Scotland--Testimony of Hume--Second visit to Ireland--Opposition on Oxmantown Green--Usefulness in Ireland--Rev. John Edwards--Fourth voyage to America-- Interview with Lady Huntingdon--Moravians--Lady Huntingdon's testimony--Letter to Dr. Franklin--Itinerant labors-- Revision of manuscripts--Erection of the new Tabernacle-- Again itinerates--Dedication of the Tabernacle at Bristol-- Somersetshire--Condolence on Mr. Wesley's sickness--Visit of Messrs. Davies and Tennent to England--Whitefield's fifth voyage to America 323