Note 199 — COMMENCEMENT OF OUTDOOR PREACHING. (continued 2)
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Two days afterwards, Charles Wesley was similarly prohibited, and was told "the devil was in them all;" that is, in himself, Whitefield, and the vicar. Mr. Stonehouse waited upon the bishop; but had to leave him "close, shut up, and sour." In reference to Whitefield, Charles Wesley writes: "April 25. I heard G. Whitefield, very powerful, at Fetter Lane. April 27. I heard G. Whitefield in Islington churchyard. The numerous congregation could not have been more affected within its walls."