cannot well express what hath been done in the North. I
have preached above ninety times since I left London, and perhaps to a hundred and forty thousand people. It is amazing to see how people are prepared, in places where I never was before. What shall I render unto the Lord? I will beg him to make me humble and thankful. Here, I am received with as much affection as ever. Still I will cry, Grace! grace! Ere this reaches you, I suppose you will be thinking of London. Mr. C I believe wants a breathing. I hear he hath been blest much. You and Mr. C are the only persons I chuse to have at the tabernacle, as heads in my absence. Several of have offered to join me; but you know I hate taking other persons as helpers, and as I desire no party, I give no encouragement. But future things belong to Him, on whose shoulders the government is put. You must still remember me before Him. His word is indeed running, and like to be glorified day by day. How matters go on here, you will know hereafter. In the mean while pray for, and write to, my very dear Tommy,
Yours most affectionately in our common Lord, G. W.
LETTER DCCCL. To Lady H.
Edinburgh, July 7, 1750.
Ever-honoured Madam,
AFTER preaching at Cockermouth, and near Wigton, with great acceptance, last night I came here, and was received in a most loving and tender manner. At noon, I dined with a family that honours your Ladyship very much, and this evening I have been preaching to a great multitude of very attentive and affected hearers. At my return to my lodgings, I had the wished-for pleasure of your Ladyship's two letters. They both led me nearer to, and laid me lower before Him, at whose throne I am daily pleading for the welfare of your Ladyship, both in temporals and spirituals. Indeed, ever honoured Madam, I have confidence with you that your Ladyship shall have all the deliverance you long for. By divine grace, I will let the Lord have no rest, till he fulfils all your desires. I quite forget myself, when I think
