THE SERVANT OF GOD. received at Donnington Park. He also went with her to the " society meetings" of the Methodists, in Fetter Lane, London ; where Whitfield, who had just returned from a triumphant course in America, frequently preached. The ministry of that eminent preacher excited a singular degree of attention, persons of all ranks crowding to hear him. The patronage of individuals of such high birth as Lord and Lady Huntingdon caused numbers of the aristocracy and gentry to attend ; for the Countess did not seclude herself from the active stir of common life in abandoning its gayer scenes. On the contrary, she sought those who had but slight partiality for religion, in order that she might endeavour to interest them in higher and in better things than those they generally engaged in ; and she was very successful in drawing round her most of the leading characters of the day. Her unaf- fected earnestness made a powerful impression upon many who were unaccustomed to think deeply on the subject of religion. The poor she especially strove to bring to a sense of religious responsibility; she talked and prayed with them, to the surprise of some and the admiration of others. The Prince of Wales, father of George the Third, one day asking a lady of fashion, Lady Charlotte Edwin, " where my Lady Huntingdon was, that she so seldom visited the Court circle ?" Lady Charlotte replied with a sneer, "I suppose, praying with her beggars." The Prince shook his head, and said, " Lady Charlotte, 13
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