- thing before the blessed Jesus, my All in All. Next week I
hope to see Bristol, where I shall not fail to enquire about your minister, and send you word accordingly. I hope you do not forget Bethesda or Providence. O my dear yoke-fellow, how is she carried through the Summer's sultry heat? May the Lord be her helper! You will not fail to give my most cordial respects to Mrs. B, Dr. B, his wife, and all friends. Fail not, O fail not to pray heartily for,
Yours most affectionately in Christ Jesus, G. W.
LETTER DCLIV. To the Reverend Mr. D.
London, July 23, 1748.
My very Dear Mr. D.
GLAD was I, yea very glad to receive one more letter from such a valuable and dearly beloved friend and brother. I have often enquired after you since my arrival, and only multiplicity of business prevented your hearing from me. Glory be to the blessed Jesus, for supporting and carrying you through so many difficulties that necessarily attend the pastoral office. I find more and more, my dear Sir, that experience is only to be learned in the school of tribulation; and as we undergo the sufferings mentioned in the scriptures, so far and no farther do we understand the scriptures themselves. O that patience may have its perfect work, and we may be enabled to the end of our days to sanctify the Lord God in our hearts! As for poor Scotland, what shall I say? Our Lord's words must be fulfilled, "The first shall be last, and the last first." Awakening times are always like the Spring. Many blossoms appear, and perhaps but little solid fruit is produced after all. O that the Lord of the harvest, if I am to see Scotland again, may send me to call some backsliders to return. Glory be to God, affairs are taking a happy turn here. Old love, and old power, seem to be reviving among us. I preach to multitudes daily. Many are already brought under new awakenings. On Monday next I set out, God willing, for Gloucester, and intend returning in about three weeks.—How glad shall I then be to see Mr. D. My
