...turned to his former trade, and shortly set up a print ing house of his own from which he published “The Pennsyl vania Gazette,” to which he contrib... ...gent for the colony, this time to petition the King to resume the government from the hands of the proprietors. In London he actively opposed the pro ... ...them for you. To which I have besides some other inducements. Having emerged from the poverty and obscurity in which I was born and bred, to a state o... ...nciple was inculcated or enforc’d, their aim seeming to be rather to make us Presbyterians than good citizens. At length he took for his text that ver... ...and enriching of the family. About the year 1734 there arrived among us from Ireland a young Presbyterian preacher, named Hemphill, who deliv ered wi... ...Those, however, of our congregation, who considered themselves as ortho dox Presbyterians, disapprov’d his doctrine, and were join’d by most of the o... ...se in which they began has been half consumed. In 1739 arrived among us from Ireland the Reverend Mr. Whitefield, who had made himself remarkable ther... ... house. It was to he for the use of a congregation he had gathered among the Presbyterians, who were originally disciples of Mr. Whitefield. Unwilling... ...ord and Edinburgh; returns to America. 1763 Makes a five months’ tour of the northern colonies for the Purpose of inspecting the post offices. 1764 De...