WHITEFIELD'S LIFE

December 16, 1714: Born at Gloucester, England. 1726-1729: Student at Saint Mary de Crypt School. 1730-1731: Worked at the Bell Inn.

1731-1732: Again at Saint Mary de Crypt School. 1732: Entered Pembroke College, Oxford.

May, 1735: Converted.

May, 1735-March, 1736: Out of college.
June 20, 1736: Ordained deacon.

June 27, 1736: Preached first sermon.
July, 1736: Graduated from Oxford.

August and September, 1736: Preached in London.
1737: Itinerant preaching in England.

February 2, 1738: Sailed first time for America.
September 9, 1738: Left America for England.
January 14, 1739: Ordained to the priesthood.

August, 1739-January, 1741: Second visit to America.
November, 1739: First visit to Philadelphia and New
York.

January, 1740: Opened orphan home in Georgia.

September and October, 1740: First visit to New England. 1741-1744: In Great Britain.

August-November, 1741: First visit to Scotland.
November 14, 1741: Married to Mrs. Elizabeth James.
August, 1744-June, 1748: Third visit to America.
July, 1748-August, 1751: Three years in Great Britain
and Ireland.

September, 1751-May, 1752: Fourth visit to America.
May, 1752-March, 1754: Itinerating in Great Britain.
March, 1754-May, 1755: Fifth visit to America.
1755-1763: Eight years in the United Kingdom.
June, 1763-July, 1765: Sixth visit to America.

July, 1765-September, 1769: Last years in Great Britain.
September, 1769-September, 1770: Seventh visit to
America.

September 30, 1770: Died at Newburyport, Massachusetts.

CHAPTER I

BORN AND BORN AGAIN

Lord Jesus, make us great proficients in the school of thy cross.1

I have put my soul, as a blank, into the hands of Jesus Christ my Redeemer, and desired him to write upon it what he pleases. I know it will be his own image.

1 The quotations at the opening of each chapter are chiefly from Whitefield's letters.