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ADAM GIB'S 'WARNING' 185
on account of the deliverances He had wrought out for me and His people,
I could enlarge ; but being about to embark in the Mary and Ann for
Scotland, I must hasten to subscribe myself,
' Yours, &c.
' G. Whitefield.
' P.S.—I cannot help adding that several little boys and girls, who were
fond of sitting round me on the pulpit while I preached, and handing to
me people's notes, though they were often pelted with eggs, dirt, &c,
thrown at me, never once gave way ; but, on the contrary, every time I was
struck turned up their little weeping eyes, and seemed to wish they could
receive the blows for me. God make them in their growing years great and
living martyrs for Him who out of the mouths of babes and sucklings
perfects praise !
Whitefield, accompanied by his wife, now went from the
excitement of London to that of Scotland ; and, happily, the
voyage afforded him a few days for quieter engagements, before
rushing into the heat of an immense revival. Most of his time
on board ship was spent in secret prayer. He landed at Leith
on June 3, 1742, amid the blessings and tears of the people,
many of whom followed the coach up to Edinburgh, again to
welcome him when he stepped out.
But all hearts were not glad for his return. The Associate
Presbytery— still smarting under the rebuff of the preceding
year, driven to the greater vehemence for their testimony the
more they saw it unheeded, and made the more contentious by
the ' foreigner's ' low estimate of their ' holy contendings '—
were full of wrath. Even the Erskines were unfriendly. But
the most conspicuous enemy was Adam Gib, of Edinburgh,
one of the venerable nine with whom Whitefield had the
amusing interview at Dunfermline. Gib was resolved to
expose Whitefield, and thus to deliver his own soul, and, it
might be, the souls of the poor deluded, devil-blinded people
that crowded to hear the deceiver. Accordingly he 'published,
in the New Church at Bristow, upon Sabbath, June 6, 1742,
" A Warning against countenancing the Ministrations of Mr