George-Whitefield-Field-Preacher

356
Open-air preaching, W. first thinks
of, 71 ; W. begins, 74 ; W. justi-
fies, 2195 W. induces Wesley to
adopt, 85, 99
; W. begins in
London, 89 ; W. exhorts others
to use, in ; in America, 126,
236-8 ; resumed in England by
W., 167; W.'s plan, 169; its
happy influence upon W., 313
W. glories in, 328
Oratory, W.'s estimate of, 60, 292 ;
characteristics of W.'s, 90,
Hume's estimate of W.'s,
331-2 ;
247
note ; Rolingbroke's, 246
Ordination, W.'s, 25-9; his change
; Lord Chesterfield's, 289
of view, 172, 175
Orphan-house, its origin, 62 ; the
scheme adopted by W., 63 ; its
influence upon W., 63; W. col-
lects money for the, 93 ; its site
131 ; work before the opening,
131 ; W. lays the foundation-
brick of, 133 ; W. sends for a
manager, 140 ; W. loved by the
children of, 142; opened, 160;
life at, 160, 199; W. in danger
of arrest for the debts of, 166
W. prays for help for, 167 ; W.'s
tender interest in the children,
171 ; subscribers to, 169 ; troubles
from debts, from managers, from
magistrates, and from the
Spaniards, 198; W. writes an
account of, 199
; Moorfields'
congregations and, 206 ; the
accounts audited, 238 ; W.'s
knowledge of the working, 293 ;
W.'s plan of paying the officials,
301 ; W. purposes to add a col-
lege to the house, 321-2, 324-6;
W.'s last visit to, 336 ; its history
after W.'s death, 343
Ottery church bells rung against
W., 208
INDEX
Oxford, W.'s life at, 10-24; W. is
threatened by the Vice-Chan-
cellor of, 87 ; expulsion of
Methodist students from, 326
Oxford, the Earl of, 203
Pearce, Dr. Z., and the Long Acre
disturbances, 296
Pemberton, Rev. Mr., W.'s apology
to, 124 ; W. preaches in the
meeting-house of, 157
Penn, Wm., son of, 140
Perfection, the doctrine of, 134,
150, 161
Periam, Joseph, is taken from Bethlehem
Hospital by W. , 95 ; sails
with W. to Georgia, 96
Philadelphia, W.'s first visit to,
117; W. leaves, amid a great
company, 126 ; the excitement
concerning W., 138-9 ; a hall
built for, 158; the conversion of
the recorder of, 15S-9 ; W. in-
vited to become a minister in, 236
Philips, Sir John, his annuity to W.,
28
Plymouth, W.'s adventures at,
221-4
Prayer, extemporaneous, W. first
uses, 69
Prisons, W. labours in, 31, 33, 45,
74, 81
Puritans and Puritanism in America,
148-51
Puritan theology, 115
Quakers and W. , 44, 102, 106,
113, 141, 184, 194
Queensbury, the Duchess of, 203
Quietism, W. and, 18, 19
Races, W. preaches at, 103-6
Reprobation, the doctrine of, W.
defends, 150-51; W. relinquishes,
241