CHAPTER V.

CONTINUATION OF HIS SECOND VISIT TO AMERICA.

1740.

Feebleness of Whitefield's health--Again visits Charleston, Philadelphia, etc.--Extent of his former success--Extracts from Seward's journal--Extracts from newspapers--Whitefield's letter to England--His correspondence on marriage--Birth and death of his son--His funeral sermon for his wife--Franklin and others on Whitefield's eloquence--Anecdote--Extract from the New England Weekly Journal--Return to Savannah--Manner of his reception--Activity at Savannah--Again visits Charleston-- Cited into the Commissary's court--Various examinations-- Whitefield's appeal to the Court of Chancery--Interview with the Commissary--Usefulness at Charleston--Sails for New England 129