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 . At this day Bristol is acitv noted for the number of its charitable institutions; and one of them—a charity*school—was started by Whitefitld at thistime. On the Town Common and else-where he was able to preach to an audi-ence ten times more numerous than anychurch could hold; and the work pros-pered. When he pleaded for his
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 . At this day Bristol is acitv noted for the number of its charitable institutions; and one of them—a charity*school—was started by Whitefitld at thistime. On the Town Common and else-where he was able to preach to an audi-ence ten times more numerous than anychurch could hold; and the work pros-pered. When he pleaded for his Savan-nah Orphan House, his hat came backso full of coins that he had to ask for as-sistance to hold it. How did this greatest of modern pulpitorators appear to those hearers whom heso fascinated? Mr. Whitefields per-son, writes the Rev Doctor Gillies, acontemporary Scotch divine, was grace-ful and well-proportioned. His staturewas rather above the middle size. Hiscomplexion was very fair. His eyeswere of a dark-blue color, and small butsprightly He had a squint with one ofthem, occasioned either by the ignoranceor carelessness of the nurse who attendedhim in the measles when he was aboutfour years old. His features were, ingeneral, good and regular. His coun-. WARWICK, 102 The Illustrated History of Methodism. tenance was manly, and his voice ex-ceeding strong; yet both were softenedwith an uncommon degree of sweetness.
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