_Piscataqua, March 6, 1745._
_My very dear, dear J._
THIS comes by Captain _Darling_. I hear from _Boston_, a bookseller has
got the books you sent over. I have sent a letter to Doctor _C――――_,
with my answer to _Harvard_ college, which I would have you print, with
their testimony, (which is an original:) and my answer to the second
part of the observation and remarks upon the charge of the Bishop of
_L――――_. May JESUS give them his blessing. I would have them printed
so as to be sold cheap: you may collect or print them severally as you
will. I cannot yet get time to prepare my sermons, or the other part
of my life, for the press. I am writing another _New-England_ journal,
which I will send when I leave it; when that will be, I know not. I
expect Mr. _Habersham_ every hour. _W―――― N――――_ and _J――――_ are got
safe to _Charles-Town_. I heard from friends there last week. _America_,
I am afraid, begins to be too dear to me. The LORD smiles upon me and
mine, and makes us very happy in himself, and happy in one another.
Here is a very large field of action. A very fine and effectual door
is opened; my bodily strength is recovered, and my soul more than ever
in love with a crucified JESUS. I could write more to you and other
dear friends, but if I do, I shall neglect things of a more public and
immediate concern; neither can my dear wife write, because she is fully
employed in copying my letters. However, we do not forget our dear
_London_ and _English_ friends. We pray for them often, and sometimes
cannot help wishing some more may come over into this delightful
wilderness; it is a fruitful field. JESUS waters it with his blessings.
We expect sister _W――――_. Here are wars and rumours of wars, on this,
as well as your side of the water. But JESUS’s disciples may be at
peace. O that this may find thy dear heart quite swallowed up in his
amazing love! Be pleased to remember us most tenderly to _all_, and
lose no opportunity of sending a line in any _American_ ships. So, my
very dear dear man, I rest
Thy very affectionate happy friend, and servant in
JESUS CHRIST,
_G. W._