The history of Methodism . of hissuccessors. Hill was now at Cambridge, full of holy fire,persecuted by his fellow-students, and censured by his collegeauthorities for his fervent evangelism of the surrounding vil-lages. Goon, my dear man, go on, wrote Whitefield withmuch deliofht; the storm is too o;reat to hold is the time to prove the strength of Jesus yours. Durino- the last four vears of his life in England Whitefieldsfriendship with the Wesleys became very warm. John Wes-ley breakfasted with him, and sadly writes of him as anold, old man, fairly worn out in his Masters service,
The history of Methodism . of hissuccessors. Hill was now at Cambridge, full of holy fire,persecuted by his fellow-students, and censured by his collegeauthorities for his fervent evangelism of the surrounding vil-lages. Goon, my dear man, go on, wrote Whitefield withmuch deliofht; the storm is too o;reat to hold is the time to prove the strength of Jesus yours. Durino- the last four vears of his life in England Whitefieldsfriendship with the Wesleys became very warm. John Wes-ley breakfasted with him, and sadly writes of him as anold, old man, fairly worn out in his Masters service, thoughhe has hardly seen fifty years; and a month later: Mr. Friendship for the Wesleys 835 Whitefield called upon me. He breathes nothing but peaceand love. Bigotry cannot stand before him, but hides itshead wherever he comes. And in a letter to his wifeCharles Wesley wrote of two happy hours he and his brotherspent with their old friend. The threefold cord we trustwill never more be broken. Whitefield was conscious his. fOTTENHAM COURT ROAD IN 1776. work was drawing to a close, but the shout of a king, hesaid, is yet heard in the Methodist camp. Had I wings, Iwould gladly fly from pole to pole, but they are clipped bythe feeble labors of thirty years. . Pray that the lastglimmering of an expiring taper may be blessed to the guid-ing of many wandering souls to the Lamb of God. OnAugust 25, 1769, he held one of his last sacramental servicesin the Moorfields Tabernacle. Two thousand communicants 836 British Methodism were present; and on the following Sunday he preached hislast sermon in Tottenham Court Road Chapel from Genesisxxviii, 12-15. He closed with the words: God grant thatnone who weep now at my parting may weep at our meetingat the day of judgment! Come, sinner, come, see what it isto have eternal life ! Haste ! haste ! haste away to the great,the glorious Shepherd! I care not what shepherds you areunder, so that you are kept near the great Shepherd andBishop of souls
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