George-Whitefield-Field-Preacher

CHAPTER X
July, 1748-1752
APPOINTED CHAPLAIN TO THE C3UNTBSS OF HUNTINGDON—
THE
SLAVE-OWNER STONED BEFORE A BISHOP
English newspapers, Whitefield learned on his arrival
in England, had interred him as early as April in that
year. From the people he found a welcome the very reverse
of that which had pained him seven years before. Thou-
sands received him with a joy that almost overcame both him
and them. Their love and devotion to him humbled him to
the dust. The damaged fortunes of the Tabernacle instantly
revived when he resumed the pulpit and the management of
affairs. One church also, St. Bartholomew's, was open to him
and there he preached to immense congregations, and assisted
in administering the sacrament to a thousand communicants.
Moorfields was as white as ever to the harvest.
Many tender memories were awakened by the return home ;
and his affectionate heart yearned towards his family and
friends. Though his mother had remained silent during all
his long absence, and he had vainly entreated a letter from her,
one of his first acts was to remember her, and announce by a
fctler his arrival. A kindly greeting was sent to Wesley.
Hervey, one of Whitefield's converts, the author of 'Medi-
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