Whitefield
GEORGE , an England, Dec. 16, 1714. At the age of 18 he entered as servitor at Pembroke College, Oxford, where he became acquainted with the Wesleys, and joined the small society Oxford, where he became acquainted with entered as servitor at Pembroke College, odists. He was ordained deacon in 1736, and soon became very popular as a preacher. In 1738 he went to the American settlement of Georgia, where his ministrations gave great satisfaction to the colonists. In the following year he returned to England to procure subscripcolonists. In the following year he re- istrations gave great satisfaction to the the settlement. Having taken priest's WHITE HOUSE orders, he repaired to London, where incapable of holding the crowds who assembled to hear him. He now adopted preaching in the open air, and visited the churches in which he preached proved various parts of the country, addressing vast audiences. In 1739 he again em- various parts of the country, addressing barked for America, and made a tour through several of the provinces, preaching with great effect to immense crowds. year, where for a time differences be- He returned to England in the following tween him and Wesley deprived him of many followers. After visiting many parts of England, Scotland, Wales he again returned to America, and remained there nearly four years. Soon he again returned to America, and reafter his return he was introduced to the Countess of Huntingdon, who made him one of her chaplains. A visit to the Countess of Huntingdon, who made Ireland and two more voyages to America followed, and for several years his labors were unremitting. He was the ica followed, and for several years his At length, on his seventh visit to America, he died in Newburyport, Mass., Sept. 30, 1770. See METHODISM: WES- LEY.