may accompany me to Cambuslang! God willing, I hope to be with you the beginning of next week; but cannot exactly tell the day. In the mean while, forget not to pray for, reverend and dear brother,
Yours most affectionately in Christ, G. W.
LETTER CCCCXXV. To the Reverend Mr. E E, at Sterling.
Edinburgh, June 10, 1742.
Reverend and very dear Sir,
I Am now at Mr. G's house; and finding his wife about to set out for Sterling, the love which I bear you, for my dear Master's sake, constrains me to send you a line. It is some concern to me, that our difference as to outward things, should cut off our sweet fellowship and communion with each other. God knows my heart, I highly value and honour you. Reverend and dear Sir, I do assure you I love you and your brethren more than ever. I applaud your zeal for God; and though, in some respects, I think it not according to knowledge, and to be levelled frequently against me, yet indeed I feel no resentment in my heart, and should joyfully sit down and hear you and your other brethren preach. I salute them all; and pray our common Lord to give us all a right judgment in all things. I hope the glorious Emmanuel will be present at the sacrament, and make himself known to you in breaking of bread. I have made bold to send you the inclosed pamphlets, and should be glad to know your opinion of them. When I shall come to Sterling, I know not. However, I earnestly pray for you and yours. I could drop a tear. O when shall the time come, when the watchmen will see eye to eye? Hasten that time, our Lord and our God! But perhaps I am troublesome. Forgive me, reverend and dear Sir, being, without dissimulation, your
Younger brother and servant in the
gospel of Christ,
G. W.
