and prayer to God is, that you both may be saved.—Your wife was mourning when I saw her last. The Lord Jesus prepare her thereby for true, solid, and lasting comfort! The more we are humbled, the more will the glorious Emmanuel exalt us; but we must wait his time. Jesus is love, and never corrects us but for our own good. I find it is always thus with me. I am a stubborn, ungrateful, disobedient child, and often oblige him to strike me severely; but love, I find, holds the rod, and therefore his rod, as well as his staff comforts
me. Farewel; the Lord be with you both!—John S and all friends salute you. We live and walk in love. My tenderest respects await all that truly follow the Lamb. I beseech you forget not to pray for
Your affectionate friend, brother, and servant, G. W.
LETTER CXC. To Mr. G L, in London.
Reedy Island, May 22, 1740.
"ON Thursday last, in the evening, the Rev. Mr. Whitefield
went on board at New-Castle, in order to sail to Georgia,
after having been on shore thirty-three days, and travelled
some hundreds of miles, and preached fifty-eight times in the
provinces of New-Jersey, New-York, and Pensylvania.—His
congregations consisted sometimes of four, sometimes of five,
sometimes of eight, twelve, fifteen, and once at Philadelphia,
of twenty thousand people. He had gotten near five hundred
pounds sterling, in money and provisions, for the Orphan-house
at Georgia. Great and visible effects followed his preaching,
almost wheresoever he went, especially in Philadelphia.
There was never such a general awakening, and concern for
the things of God known in America before. He intended
to visit New-England soon after his arrival at Georgia, and to
come by land as far as Philadelphia, at the latter end of the
year."
The above Advertisement may suffice for the present, 'till I
have an opportunity of sending you my journal. That will
shew you wonderful things. I suppose ere this reaches you,
our dear brothers, S and G, will be arrived: I have
