CHAPTER XV.

HIS LAST LABORS IN GREAT BRITAIN--COLLEGE AT TREVECCA--EARL OF BUCHAN--TUNBRIDGE WELLS.

1767-1769.

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-chancellor--Usefulness of the expelled young men--Letter to a gentleman at Wisbeach--To Captain Scott-- To Hon. and Rev. Walter Shirley--Death and funeral services of the Earl of Buchan--Whitefield's last visit to Edinburgh--Death of Mrs. Whitefield--Whitefield's own sickness--Dedication of the college at Trevecca--Improvement of his health--Letter to Mr. Shirley--Letter of Dr. Franklin to Whitefield--Whitefield's remarks on it--Dedication of church at Tunbridge Wells--Contemplated voyage to America-- His last sermon--Account of Rev. George Burder--Messrs. Wilson--Embarkation of Whitefield--Detained in the Downs-- Ordination and preaching at Deal--Anecdote of Dr. Gibbons-- Clears the Channel--Arrival at Charleston 400