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wards finished it at a great expense. He returned to 

 England tlie same year. While preaching in aid of 

 the Orphan House Charity, one of his hearers had 

 gone resolved that he would give nothing ; but after 

 hearing the preacher a little, he determined to give 

 what copper money he had. Another stroke of the 

 preacher's eloquence made him ashamed of that 

 intention, and he determined to give his silver ; but so 

 completely was he won over by the admirable conclu- 

 sion of the sermon, that when the collector's plate 

 came round, he emptied his pockets of copper, silver, 

 gold, and all. In 1739, Whitefield visited America 

 again ; he landed at Philadelphia, and began to preach 

 in different churches. In this and his subsequent 

 visits to America, he visited most of the principal 

 places. Immense numbers flocked to hear him where- 

 ever he preached. Such was the eagerness of the 

 multitude in Philadelphia to listen to spiritual instruc- 

 tion, that there was public worship regularly twice a 

 day for a year, and on the Lord's day it was celebra- 

 ted three or four times. During his visit to Philadel- 

 phia, he preached frequently after night from the 

 gallery of the Court House. So loud was his voice at 

 that time that it was distinctly heard on the Jersey 

 shore, a mile distant. Whitefield was devoid of the 



