On my

hundreds, and God was with us of a truth. way to Pontypool I was informed by a man who heard of it that Counsellor H. did me the honor to make a public motion to Judge P. to stop Brother Harris and myself from going about teaching the people. Poor man! he puts me in mind of Tertullus in the Acts; but my hour is not yet come. I have scarce begun my testimony. For my finishing it my enemies must have power over me from above."

PERSECUTION AND TRIUMPH.

Carleon, celebrated as the last resting-place of thirty kings, as well as for having furnished three martyrs for the truth, was on one occasion visited by Mr. Whitefield from choice, he having heard that Mr. Harris had, when there, been greatly disturbed by some of the baser sort beating drums and hurrahing around him. Many thousands flocked to hear Whitefield, but there was no interruption whatever, though he prayed fervently for Howell Harris by name. He says, referring to this incident, "I believe the scoffers felt me to some purpose. I was carried beyond myself.”

Harris and Whitefield fought side by side the battles of the Lord, and had stupendous victories, Whitefield would preach in English, and Harris would follow immediately in Welsh. Whitefield had a wonderful baptism of Welsh fire. The whole principality was in a blaze, so that the two could sing :

"See how great a flame aspires,

Kindled by a spark of grace!"

The Tottenham Court Chapel.

Whitefield had built the Tabernacle some years before, and he now (May, 1759,) proceeded to build the Tottenham Court Chapel, which was erected on the opposite side of London from where the Tabernacle stood. Persecution at Long Acre led to the erection of this edifice. The Sabbath after he had taken the ground he obtained £600 toward the building. It was opened in November, 1759.

WHITEFIELD'S SOUL-TRAP.

A certain doctor, by way of ridicule, called the chapel "Whitefield's Soul-trap." Whitefield immediately after its dedication received a letter saying, "A thought came into my mind last Sunday morning to go and hear you at the new tabernacle, and to see what sort of a place it was. In one part of your discourse my heart trembled, and the terrors of the Lord came upon me. I then concluded that I must prepare for hell, and that there was no hope of salvation for me. I take this method to ask you one question, How can I be convinced that my past sins are to be forgiven? And O, what must I do to be saved? My sins are innumerable! God is just! I cannot think I have any interest in the Redeemer's blood. My soul is full of grief!" Whitefield says, in speaking of this letter, "I have answered my new friend, and pray the Friend of sinners to make the chapel a 'soul-trap' indeed to many wandering creatures." It so proved, for multitudes were there converted

and brought to "walk in the light," and when God writeth up the people it will be said that this and that man was born there. There Garrick heard him with profound admiration; there Shuter heard him, and was almost persuaded to be a Christian. Some of the nobility became his stated hearers, and took seats in the new chapel. Whitefield very often preached there when in London, and every time had fruit. He called it his Bethel.

This famous chapel-one of Whitefield's monuments-still stands. It is one hundred and twenty-seven feet long and the same in breadth, and is capable of seating nearly four thousand hearers. Upon its walls are tablets to the memory of Whitefield, Captain Joss, Toplady, and others. The old pulpit "hallowed ground!"—from which so often in days gone by rang out those clarion tones with which the gallant soldier of the cross was wont to marshal his forces for their glorious and successful charges upon the hosts of Satan, still stands, and in its mute eloquence carries us back to the time when Whitefield

"With blue orbs upthrown

Pleaded for sins that were never his own."

Whitefield and the Sea-Captain.

Captain Joss was a Scotchman full of life and energy. When he was a boy he went to sea, and soon rose to be the commander of a vessel. He embraced religion, joined the Methodists, and be

came acquainted with John Wesley, who beheld in him peculiar talents for usefulness, and greatly encouraged him. Young Joss, while pursuing his sea faring life, preached on board his vessel, and became known as an evangelist in all the harbors he visited, the sailors calling his ship "The Pulpit.” His first regular sermon produced a profound impression. On being appointed to the command of a ship he was not only captain but chaplain, and trained a band of his converted tars to publicly exhort and pray. He was successful in business, and became part owner of a ship; but soon afterward his voyages began to prove unfortunate, and he met with disaster after disaster, till it seemed as if the object were to drive him from the ocean. He was wrecked, his ship lost, and he and his crew were with great difficulty saved. Not at all disheartened, he went to Berwick for the purpose of building a still larger vessel, and while there preached to admiring crowds. After he had sailed, a friend without his knowledge wrote to London, giving an account of his successful labors. This letter fell under the eye of Whitefield, who, when he heard of the arrival of the preaching captain in the Downs, announced that Captain Joss would preach the next Saturday evening in his Tabernacle. Whitefield then sent a message to the ship informing the captain of the announcement he had made, and summoning him to London. This unexpected honor affected his modesty, and at first he declined to go; but the messenger continued to urge him, till at last he reluctantly consented. To wonder

ing masses the captain preached with surpassing eloquence from Whitefield's pulpit, not only on Saturday evening, but also on Sunday. Such was the impression the captain made upon the weeping, delighted audiences, that Whitefield insisted that it was his duty to abandon a sea-faring life, and devote himself wholly to the ministerial work. From this proposition his modest soul shrank, and he went on another voyage. This voyage also proved disastrous, so that Whitefield looked upon it as a warning to the captain of his being like unto the disobedient Jonah. On his return to London crowds gathered to hear him, and again he was urged by Whitefield to devote himself wholly to the ministry, but again he refused, and went on another voyage, during which he suffered more than on any former one. The third time he arrived in London greater multitudes than ever thronged to hear him, and the effect of his preaching upon his auditors was far greater than on either of his former visits. While he was in London his brother, a pious young man, fell overboard, and was drowned in the Thames. Then Mr. Whitefield made another appeal to him which proved irresistible. "Sir," said he, "all these disasters are the fruits of your disobedience, and let me tell you if you still refuse to hearken to the call of God both you and your ship will go to the bottom." Who can wonder that after such an appeal the captain bade farewell to a sea-faring life, and devoted the balance of his life to the great work of the Christian ministry? It was the influence of