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the Orphan House, Commissary Garden preached a 

 remarkable sermon against him, and on Wednesday, 

 the 26th, the Bev. Josiah Smith, of the Independent 

 Church, defended him with much spirit and ability in 

 a discourse founded on Job xxxii. 17. 



Mr. Whitefield, after laying the foundation of the 

 Orphan House (March 25, 1740), left Savannah on the 

 30th of June, and arrived again in Charleston on the 

 2d of July. In his journal he writes: 



Sunday, July 6, Charleston. Preached twice yesterday and twice 

 to-day, and had great reason to believe our Lord got himself the 

 victory in some hearts. Went to church in the morning and after- 

 noon, and heard the commissary preach as virulent, unorthodox, 

 and inconsistent a discourse as ever I heard in my life. His heart 

 seemed full of choler and resentment ; and out of the abundance 

 thereof he poured forth so many bitter words against the Methodists 

 in general, and me in particular, that several who intended to re- 

 ceive the sacrament at his hands withdrew. Never, I believe, was 

 such a preparation sermon preached before. I could not help think- 

 ing the preacher was of the same spirit as Bishop Gardiner in Queen 

 Mary's days. After sermon he sent his clerk to desire me not to 

 come to the sacrament till he had spoken with me. I immediately 

 retired to my lodging, rejoicing that I was accounted worthy to suf- 

 fer this further degree of contempt for my dear Lord's sake. Blessed 

 Jesus, lay it not to the commissary's charge ! Amen and amen ! 



On Friday, the 11th of July, he received from him, 

 through William Smith, the following citation: 



You are hereby cited to appear at the Church of St. Philip's, 

 Charleston, on Tuesday, the fifteenth day of this instant (July), be- 

 twixt the hours of nine and ten in the forenoon, before the Kev. 

 Alexander Garden, commissary, to answer such articles as shall 

 there be objected to you. 



Accordingly, on the day appointed, the court assem- 

 bled at St. Philip's Church, and consisted of the com- 

 missary, and the Bev. Messrs. Guy, Mellichamp, Kowe, 

 and Orr. The prosecution was conducted by James 



