State of religion in New England--Testimony of Prince--Dr. I. Mather--Dr. Jonathan Edwards' success--Prevalence of prayer--Whitefield's arrival and labors at Newport--Interview with Clap--Honeyman--Letter from Barber--Journey to Boston-- Interview with the Commissary and the clergy--Preaches at Brattle-street, Old South church, New North, Common, Roxbury, Old North, Cambridge, First church--Interview with Governor Belcher--Roxbury--Hollis-street--Old South church-- Brattle-street--Marblehead--Salem--Ipswich--Newbury--Hampton-- Portsmouth--York--Return to Boston--Frequent preaching-- Invitation to children--Interesting conversation with a child--Anecdote of juvenile usefulness--Remarks on an unconverted ministry--Whitefield's character of Boston-- Preaches at Concord, Sudbury, Marlborough, Worcester, Leicester, Brookfield, Cold Spring, Hadley, Northampton-- Revival there--Whitefield's opinion of Mr. Edwards and family--Important interview--Preaching at East Windsor, Westfield, Springfield, Suffield--Opinion of Mr. and Mrs. Edwards, Sen.--Relinquishment of appointments to preach-- Visit to New Haven--Interview with Principal Clap--Departure from New England--Whitefield's character of it--Conversion of Mr. Emerson--Prince's account of Whitefield's visit--Dr. Baron Stow on its results--Anecdote, 148 CHAPTER VII. LABORS IN NEW YORK AND THE MIDDLE AND SOUTHERN STATES. 1740, 1741. Whitefield's arrival and labors at New York, Staten Island, and Newark--Mr. Burr--Meeting with Gilbert Tennent--Visit to Baskinridge--Tennent's preaching in Cross' barn--Whitefield preaches in the new house at Philadelphia--Franklin's advice to Gilbert Tennent--Remarkable instances of conversion-- Success in Philadelphia--Apostrophe in a sermon--Visit to Gloucester, Greenwich, Cohansey, Salem, Newcastle, Fagg's Manor, Bohemia--Sails from Reedy island to Charleston-- Arrival at Bethesda--Remarkable escape from death-- Prosecution at Charleston--Preaching--Letters from Boston-- Departure for England--Separation from Messrs. Wesley-- Difficulties in London--Triumph--Howel Harris 196 CHAPTER VIII. FIRST AND SECOND VISITS TO SCOTLAND--LABORS IN ENGLAND AND WALES. 1741-1744.