At New Brunswick he saw and heard with profound admiration Gilbert Tennent, thenceforth his friend and yokefellow.
Seeing the solemn eagerness of the people everywhere to hear him, he determined to make the journey to Savannah by land, and again he turned the long journey into a campaign of preaching.

Arriving at Savannah in January, 1740, he laid the foundation of his orphan-house, "Bethesda," and in March was again on his way northward on a tour of preaching and solicitation of funds.

Touching at Charleston, where the bishop's commissary, Dr.Garden, was at open controversy with him, he preached five times and received seventy pounds for his charitable work.

Landing at New Castle on a Sunday morning, he preached morning and evening.
Monday morning he preached at Wilmington to a vast assemblage.

Tuesday evening he preached on Society Hill, in Philadelphia, "to about eight thousand," and at the same place Wednesday morning and evening.