Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-04-29

hear the distant thunder, and see the light
nings fash? The waves. rush and dash
against the sides of the ship !. the masts are
gone. What shall be done? The old tars,
reminded of similar scenes, rose simultane-:
ously upon their feet, and exclaimed: Take
to the life-boat, sirn 80 -
.White6eld was as bold in his apostrophes
as sublime in his impersonation. When
preaching from the balcony of the ,.oid
Court House in Philadelphia, in the midstof
his discourse he exclaimed in thunder tones,
looking up to heaven: s'Father Abraham,
who have you in heaven? Have you, any
Episcopalians ?"s~ The old man replied,
"No."1 aHave~ you any Presbyterians?"
"No.."',, 1ssAny Baptists?' -"No."' o"Any
Methodist, Independents, Seceders," ETC.
"No, no, NO. We do not know such party
names up here" "Who have you up there,
then r. awe have only; those who are
Christians; those who believe in Christ. -
If this be the case, said the preacher, God
help us to forget party names. o--,a .-F
1t is said that the celebrated historian,
Hume, was an occasional listener. to his
sermons. On one occasion, when he was
present, Whitefeld, addressing bis audience,
said: aThe attending angel is about to take
his flight; shall he leave without carrying
with him to heaven the news of one sinner
converted" Then, lifting his eyes and
hands TO- heaven, he burst into a flood of
tears, and exclaimed "Stop, Gabriel stop.
Gabriel! stop, ere you enter the sacred por;;,
tails carry with you the news of one sinner
converted from the error;of his ways" 4 :.
What must have been the. persuasive
power of his eloquence to elicit the encomi-i
ums bestowed upon him by Hume, Boiling
broke, Chesterfield, and Franklin; men
either in6del, or by no means remarkable for
personal piety. Hume said he. would go
twenty miles to hear Whieefeld preach
Lord Chester6eld's testimony was that he
was the most wonderful man Of his age;
that he had the eloquence of inspiration.-
Garrick, the celebrated actor, remarked that
be would give fifty guineas to be able topro-
nounce the interection "O!' as White6eld
did. DR.. Franklin states that, on one. &C.
casicu he went to hear him, having ip his
pocket handful Of copper, four or five
silver dollars, and four or five pistoles in
gold. At the commencement of his dis
course, White6eld intimated his inteu-
ton Of taking up a collection at the
close. The doctor, in his own mind, deter
mined not to contribute anything; but as the
orator proceeded in his discourse, be con-
cluded to give the copper. Another stroke
of his eloquence decided him to give the
silver, and he finished up so admirably that,
when the box came around, he turned gold,
silver, and all into it.
White6eld was eminently a. praying man.
He read in his kneelipg posture the six
euarto volumes of Henrys Commentaries,
praying God that he would eugrave upon
his heart the truths of that mighty man
1t is said that he went from his closet to the
pulpit; and his appearance direct from
communion with God gave him the name
of seraphic. 1t mattered not what class he
addressed, he spoke them the whole counsel
of God. From village to village, and city
to city, neglecting no district or town in his
journey through the country, be went pro.
claiming the great truths of the. Bible
The world was his. pulpit and the heavens,
his sounding: board He visited Ireland
four times, Scotland fourteen times; and in
the thirty four years of his ministry preach
ed $4,000 times. Once a day. every day
in the week, and three times every Sabbath
he considered short allowance Such con.
tinuous labor would not well have suited the
ministerial dyspeptics Of the present day,
who are exhausted ;from-'the laborof two
sermons on the Sabbath. - - =, :,
September25, 1863, Whitefeld sailed,from.
Gravesend, twenty miles from London, on
his last voyage across the Atlantic. 0cto-
ber 80, he arrived 10 Charleston, and hasten
ed to his dear orphans Of his beloved Be-
thesda. During the following spring and
summer he preached in Philadelphia, New
York, and Boston. 1t was during this sum-
mer that he made his memorable journey to
Albany, Schenectady, and to the mission of
the Oneida Indians. He was engaged to
preacha at Newburyport on Sunday, Septem-
Der 80. On his. way he was entreated to
preach at Exeter This was his:last sermon.
The people seemed. to have premouition
that they would hear their beloved brother
no more. They assembled in crowds to hear
his last sermon. In the, afternoon he rode
to Newburyport The people crowded his
lodging, and through the hall. Being much
exhausted in body, at an early hour in the
evening light was placed in his hand to
retire He ascended the stairs, the people
beseechiug him to speak one more word a.
bout Jesus and their souls. The words
flowed on until the light burned down to
the socket. Significant fact. Those were
his last words. ...
A FAMILY SUPPORTED BY EAGLES
Luckombe in his "Tour Through Ireland in
1779," says: "In most of these mountains
(the MacGilycuddy's Reeks of Kerry are
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