Note 222 — COMMENCEMENT OF OUTDOOR PREACHING. (continued 2)

Charles Wesley, who seems to have been present, designates the congregation "an innumerable multitude." The Craftsman, of June 9, says, On Sunday night, Mr. Whitefield preached his farewell sermon at Kennington Common, and collected £34 5s. for the Orphan House in Georgia. The total sum collected by him for several charities is as follows:—For the Orphan House, £966; for the poor in general, £150; for erecting a church for the Saltzburghers, £77; total, £1193.