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When I first heard him, Bishop Asbury, William Russell, and he were nursing the seed sown by John Wesley and George Whitefield, a little while before, upon the soil of Georgia. All but Pierce have long been gathered to their fathers, and have rest from their labors.

Possibly there has never been, in all the years of the Church, a greater preacher than this same Whitefield, and Whitefield's greatness has, to a large extent, its explanation in this, the last scene of his ministry. How many he led to God eternity alone can reveal. His spiritual descendants are numbered by multitudes as the sand on the sea-shore, the stars in the firmament, for number.

So universal is the ascendancy of the tinker- teacher, so world-wide the diocese of him whom Whitefield created Bishop Bunyan, that probably half the ideas which the outside-world entertains regarding experimental piety, they have, in some form or other, derived from him.

A friend said to him, "Sir, you are more fit to go to bed than to preach." "True, sir," replied Whitefield, and then, clasping his hands and looking up to heaven, he added, "Lord Jesus, I am weary in Thy work but not of it. If I have not yet finished my course, let me go and speak for Thee once more in the fields, seal Thy truth, and come home and die."

A man of simple, earnest, loving spirit, utterly devoid of self-consciousness and filled with only one thought how best to recommend the religion which he loves may produce a great effect without much theological learning. Such a spirit Whitefield had, if any man ever had.

Its scattered parts must be knit into a powerful and aggressive whole, to turn a solid front upon the evil of the world. The times are ripe for a successor of Peter the Hermit, of Luther, Knox, Calvin, Zwingli, Savonarola, Whitefield, Finney, Moody.

In his fifteenth year he was placed under the care of a neighboring clergyman, preparatory for college, which he entered about a year after. In 1740, the celebrated Whitefield visited New Haven, and awakened there, as elsewhere, serious inquiry on religious subjects. He was followed the succeeding spring by Gilbert Tennent, the New Jersey revivalist, a stirring and powerful preacher.

It still exists, as well as Boyle's Society for advancing the Faith in the West Indies. The Friends also, and then the Moravians, taught the Wesleys and Whitefield to care for the negroes. The English and Scottish Propagation Societies sought also to provide spiritual aids for the colonists and the highlanders.

Delegation of the Missionaries JOHN WESLEY stationed at Savannah Has a conference with Tomo Chichi His Preaching deemed personal in its applications He becomes unpopular Meets with persecution Leaves the Province and returns to England CHARLES WESLEY attends Oglethorpe to Frederica Finds himself unpleasantly situated Furnished with despatches for the Trustees, he sets out for Charlestown, and thence takes passage for England By stress of weather the Vessel driven off its course Puts in at Boston, New England His reception there Sails thence for England After a perilous voyage arrives BENJAMIN INGHAM also at Frederica Goes to Savannah to apprize John Wesley of the sickness of his brother Resides among the Creeks in order to learn their language Returns to England CHARLES DELAMOTTE at Savannah Keeps a School Is much respected GEORGE WHITEFIELD comes to Savannah His reception Visits Tomo Chichi, who was sick Ministerial labors Visits the Saltzburgers Pleased with their provision for Orphan Children Visits Frederica and the adjacent Settlements Returns to England Makes a second voyage to Georgia, and takes efficient measures for the erection of an Orphan House.

Indeed, if for no other reason, Charles Wesley occupies a most important place in the history of early Methodism, as forming the connecting link between John Wesley and Whitefield.