TESTIMONIES AND FACTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF WHITEFIELD'S CHARACTER. Funeral sermon by Dr. Cooper--Respect shown to his memory in Georgia--Whitefield county--Sermon by Rev. Mr. Ellington-- Arrival of the news in London--Sermon by Rev. J. Wesley-- Rev. John Newton--Anecdote--Reply of Bacon the sculptor-- Visits to his tomb--Old man in Ipswich--Whitefield's indifference to his reputation and ease--Institution at Georgia--Laborious life--Extraordinary voice--Use of common facts--Anecdotes--His solemnity of manner--Testimony of an American preacher--Of Winter--Anecdotes--Sermons in storms-- Appearance in the pulpit--Character of his printed sermons-- His devotional spirit--Visiting the sick--Intercourse with society--Neatness 445 CHAPTER XVIII. CHARACTER OF WHITEFIELD AS A PREACHER--CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATIONS. Prominence given by him to the truths of salvation--His ardent glow of feeling--His direct address--His habitual dependence on the Spirit of God--Dealt with men as immortal beings--Dr. Hamilton's estimate of Whitefield--Comparison of Whitefield and Wesley--Centennial commemorations--Hymns by Mr. Conder--Usefulness--Bristol Tabernacle--Mr. James' sermon--Character of Whitefield's ministry, by Mr. Glanville 479 PREFACE. The excellent Matthew Henry has very truly said, "There are remains of great and good men, which, like Elijah's mantle, ought to be gathered up and preserved by the survivors--their sayings, their writings, their examples; that as their works follow them in the reward of them, they may stay behind in the benefit of them."