The history of Methodism . the Gentlemans Magazine for May, in its List of Deaths,had the following: April: Rev. Mr. Whitefield, the famousitinerant preacher, and founder of the Methodists in time spent in Whitefields second and third visits toAmerica covered the entire period of what has been termed the Great Awakening, with the exception of the religiousmovement at Northampton in 1734. In the vicinity of Bos-ton not fewer than twentv ministers acknowledged White-field as the means of their conversion ; and in other parts ofthe country his protest against an unconverted ministry b
The history of Methodism . the Gentlemans Magazine for May, in its List of Deaths,had the following: April: Rev. Mr. Whitefield, the famousitinerant preacher, and founder of the Methodists in time spent in Whitefields second and third visits toAmerica covered the entire period of what has been termed the Great Awakening, with the exception of the religiousmovement at Northampton in 1734. In the vicinity of Bos-ton not fewer than twentv ministers acknowledged White-field as the means of their conversion ; and in other parts ofthe country his protest against an unconverted ministry borefruit. In the churches of New England alone from thirty toforty thousand persons were added permanently to theirmembership, and multitudes of unconverted members ex-perienced a saving change. We must not regard all theseas Whitefields converts, but he was a leading agent in thewonderful movement. He founded no society or churchacross the seas, but for his heart and tongue of fire all thechurches praise God to this CHAPTER XC Whitefield and the American Colleges Governor Belcher and Benjamin Franklin.—Whitefields Ameri-can Friends.—Father Abraham, Whom Have You in Heaven?—Later Histor\ of the Orphan House.—Whitefields View of Slavery. WHITEFIELD was deeply attached to the transat-lantic colonies, and did his utmost in England topromote their interests. One of his friends was theHon. Jonathan Belcher, governor of Massachusetts and NewHampshire, and later of New Jersey, who had becomedeeply interested in the recently chartered College of NewJersey (now Princeton University). Whitefield too wasgreatly interested in this institution, advocated its claims inScotland, and urged Governor Belcher to come over, or senda deputation, to appeal for help to the General years later two gentlemen were sent. Whitefieldpresented them to the Countess of Huntingdon, preachedsermons for the college, obtained signatures to a recommen-dation of Governor Belchers scheme
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