...being rejected, he had refused to contribute towards its support. "I happened," says the Doctor, " soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course...get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of coppers, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften,...

...tells an anecdote equally characteristic of the preacher and of himself. "I happened," says Franklin, "to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived that he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me....

...the site to Philadelphia, refused to contribute to it. 'I happened soon afterwards,' says Franklin, 'to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which...I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give what copper I had in my pocket. Another stroke...

...Franklin; who was resolved to give nothing, because he was not pleased with the enterprise. He had a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five Louis-d'ors in his pocket, and the further the sermon proceeded, the more deeply did he grasp his money....

...Whitefield appealed to the congregation to help him in his project for the fatherless. Franklin says : " I silently resolved he should get nothing from me....or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold (a coin worth $3.00). As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another...

...Georgia orphans to it. But, says he, ' He rejected my counsel, and I therefore refused to contribute. I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons,...finish with a collection, and I silently resolved that he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver...

...Georgia orphans to it. But, says he, ' He rejected my counsel, and I therefore refused to contribute. I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons,...finish with a collection, and I silently resolved that he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver...

...rejected my counsel, and I, therefore, refused to contribute. I happened soon after t<> attend one of Me sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended...silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I bad in my pocket a handful of copper money, thr«e or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold....

...an anecdote equally characteristic of the preacher and of himself. " I happened," said the doctor, " to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which...perceived he intended to finish with a collection, aud I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money,...

...collection, resolved that he should get nothing from him — that he would not give a farthing. He says, " I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles of gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper ; another stroke of his...