the
satisfaction to know that his adherents were numerous on both continents.

At Newburyport, the Hon. WILLIAM BARTLETT has erected an elegant marble
monument, on which is the following inscription:--

"This Cenotaph is erected, with affectionate veneration, to the
memory of the Rev. GEORGE WHITEFIELD, born at Gloucester, England,
December 16, 1714; educated at Oxford University; ordained 1736.
In a ministry of thirty-four years, he crossed the Atlantic
thirteen times, and preached more than eighteen thousand sermons.
As a soldier of the cross, humble, devoted, ardent, he put on the
whole armor of God; preferring the honor of Christ to his own
interest, repose, reputation, and life. As a Christian orator, his
deep piety, disinterested zeal, and vivid imagination, gave
unexampled energy to his look, utterance, and action. Bold,
fervent, pungent, and popular in his eloquence, no other
uninspired man ever preached to so large assemblies, or enforced
the simple truths of the gospel by motives so persuasive and
awful, and with an influence so powerful on the hearts of his
hearers. He died of asthma, September 30, 1770, suddenly
exchanging his life of unparalleled labors for his eternal rest."

During Mr. Whitefield's visit to Philadelphia, he preached often in the
evening from the gallery of the court-house in Market Street. So loud was
his voice at that time, that it was distinctly heard on the Jersey shore,
and so distinct was his speech, that every word he said was understood at
Market Street wharf, a distance of upwards of four hundred feet from the
court-house. All the intermediate space was crowded with his hearers. Mr.
Whitefield was truly remarkable for his uncommon eloquence and fervent
zeal. His eloquence was indeed very great, and of the truest kind. He was
utterly devoid of all affectation; the importance of his subject, and the
regard due to his hearers, engrossed all his concern. Every accent of his
voice spoke to the ear, every feature of his face, every motion of his
hands, and every gesture, spoke to the eye; so that the most dissipated
and thoughtless found their attention arrested, and the dullest and most
ignorant could not but understand. He appeared to be devoid of the spirit
of sectarianism; his only object seemed to be to "preach Christ and him
crucified."

The following anecdote respecting his manner of preaching will serve to
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