CHAPTER VII.

LABORS IN NEW YORK AND THE MIDDLE AND SOUTHERN STATES.

1740, 1741.

Whitefield's arrival and labors at New York, Staten Island, and Newark--Mr. Burr--Meeting with Gilbert Tennent--Visit to Baskinridge--Tennent's preaching in Cross' barn--Whitefield preaches in the new house at Philadelphia--Franklin's advice to Gilbert Tennent--Remarkable instances of conversion-- Success in Philadelphia--Apostrophe in a sermon--Visit to Gloucester, Greenwich, Cohansey, Salem, Newcastle, Fagg's Manor, Bohemia--Sails from Reedy island to Charleston-- Arrival at Bethesda--Remarkable escape from death-- Prosecution at Charleston--Preaching--Letters from Boston-- Departure for England--Separation from Messrs. Wesley-- Difficulties in London--Triumph--Howel Harris 196