The history of Methodism . d people, young men, andmaidens, all sitting in the area of the Tabernacle. On fourweek-day mornings in succession he preached at six, and onfive evenings lectured. This involved thirteen sermons aweek! And all this while he carried on a correspondencewith people in many parts of the world. When away fromthe Tabernacle he traversed England from the Isle of Wightto Berwick-on-Tweed, and from the Lands End to the NorthForeland. He visited Scotland fourteen times, outlived the earlyprejudice of the kirks, and again and again made large Captain Torial Joss 833 collection
The history of Methodism . d people, young men, andmaidens, all sitting in the area of the Tabernacle. On fourweek-day mornings in succession he preached at six, and onfive evenings lectured. This involved thirteen sermons aweek! And all this while he carried on a correspondencewith people in many parts of the world. When away fromthe Tabernacle he traversed England from the Isle of Wightto Berwick-on-Tweed, and from the Lands End to the NorthForeland. He visited Scotland fourteen times, outlived the earlyprejudice of the kirks, and again and again made large Captain Torial Joss 833 collections for the Edinburgh orphans. On one occasion, ina letter to the Countess of Huntingdon, he wrote: Forabout twenty-eight days, I suppose, I did not preach inScotland to less than ten thousand every day. This hasweakened my body; but the Redeemer knows how to renewmy strength. I am as well as a pilgrim can expect to £yo were collected for the Edinburgh orphans; andI heard of near a dozen young men who were awakened. HERRIOTS HOSPITAL, EDINBURGH, IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. about ten years ago, and have since entered the ministry,and are likely to prove very useful. Praise the Lord, O mysoul! One of his popular helpers at the Tabernacle was CaptainTorial Joss. He had passed through many strange adven-tures, and had been converted by overhearing a religious con-versation and reading the works of Bunyan. Wesley foundhim at Robin Hood Bay, where he joined the society. Hebecame captain of a ship belonging to that port, named TheHartley Trader, but which was nicknamed The Pulpit onaccount of the captain preaching on board and in dock. 834 British Methodism Whitefield heard of him, and one day, when his ship was inthe Thames, announced that the captain would preach in theTabernacle. Whitefield was delighted with his sermon, andfinally persuaded the mariner to quit compass, chart, andocean for the pulpit. So in 1776 Captain Joss became anassistant preacher, attracting crowds by
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