The illustrated history of Methodism [electronic resource]; the story of the origin and progress of the Methodist church, from its foundation by John Wesley to the present dayWritten in popular style and illustrated by more than one thousand portraits and views of persons . BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. 150 The Illustrated History of Methodism. whereby, as I now find, I misappliedseveral texts of Scripture. Upon thesegrounds I made no scruple of declaringthat I should have a son, and that hisname was to be John. I mentioned the was with him when he sailed from Plym-outh in the summer of 1744. He started
The illustrated history of Methodism [electronic resource]; the story of the origin and progress of the Methodist church, from its foundation by John Wesley to the present dayWritten in popular style and illustrated by more than one thousand portraits and views of persons . BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. 150 The Illustrated History of Methodism. whereby, as I now find, I misappliedseveral texts of Scripture. Upon thesegrounds I made no scruple of declaringthat I should have a son, and that hisname was to be John. I mentioned the was with him when he sailed from Plym-outh in the summer of 1744. He started inpoor health, on board the Wilmington,one of a fleet of a hundred and fifty shipsaccompanied by several convoys. The. WHITiJFIEXDS CENOTAPH IN THE; OLD SOUTH CHURCH, NEWBURYPORT. very time of his birth, and fondly hopedthat he was to be great in the sight of theLord. Mrs. Whitefield accompanied her hus- journey was a long and tedious one, ow-ing to continued calms. When the windat length sprang up, a collision occurredin which the Wilmington nearly sunk band on his next visit to America. She the vessel which ran her down. White- The Illustrated History of Methodism 151 field was singing a hymn on deck at thetime the concussion took place. Whenthe affair was reported to the convoy,the polite answer came back: This isyour praying and be damned. A gale springing up, they were sepa-rated from their convoy, and saw it nomore for the rest of their voyage. Atfirst Whitefield thought it no loss; butthe appearance of two strange sails in thedistance made him long for them again,for he was confessedly not of a martialspirit. Mrs. Whitefield rose to the oc-casion, and busied herself making car-tridges; while he
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