CHAPTER II.

WHITEFIELD'S SUCCESS AS A PREACHER IN ENGLAND--FIRST VISIT TO AMERICA.

1736-1738.

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--Preaching and excitement at Deal--Labors and success on board--Arrival and labors at Gibraltar-- Interesting incidents on the voyage--Sickness and recovery-- His reception at Savannah--Visit to an Indian king--Origin of the Orphan asylum--Visit to Frederica--Return to Savannah--Visit to Charleston--Treatment by Garden-- Embarkation for Europe--Stormy voyage--Arrival in Limerick-- Journey to London--Meeting with the trustees of Georgia-- Ordination as priest--Return to London--First extempore prayer--First idea of open-air preaching 40