_To Mr. H―――― H――――._
_Hanover county, (Virginia) Nov. 16, 1746._
_My very dear Brother_,
ABOUT a week ago I had the pleasure of receiving a long letter from
you, which I immediately answered at _Anapolis_.――That you wrote to my
dear wife is gone to her, and I suppose will rejoice her exceedingly.
――She is well, and enjoys much of GOD.――I was glad to find that the
_Tabernacle_ was given up to your care.――Whether its breaches are yet
repaired, or whether it be entirely fallen down, I know not.――I suppose
when I come to _England_, I shall have all to begin again.――It is the
LORD, let him do what seemeth him good.――The account of dear brother
_H――――_’s trial affected me much. I rejoice that he comes bright out
of the furnace of affliction. I salute him and all my dear friends most
tenderly.――Sometimes affection works strong, and I almost determine
to come over.――But the cloud does not seem to move that way as yet.
――However, my eyes are to the LORD.――Whenever his providence points out
the way, the language of my heart is, “Lo I come.”――I wrote to brother
_H―――― J――――_ and _A――――_ lately, and since have received their kind
letters.――I have lately been in seven counties in _Maryland_, and ere
long think to preach in as many in this province.――There is a sweet
stirring among the dry bones.――I have a thousand tender things to say,
but time will not permit.――Well, my dear dear man, heaven is at hand;
――there we shall have talk enough.――O let us take as many souls with
us to that blessed place as we can.――Blessed be GOD, my soul springs
with fresh desires to hunt after poor straying sheep, which JESUS has
purchased with his dear heart’s blood.――O that I may begin now to do
something for him, who hath done and suffered so much for me! But I can
no more.――I am lost, I am quite overcome when I think of this.――LORD,
I believe and worship!――Pray remember me to _all_ most tenderly.
――Remember me before the LORD as the _chief of sinners_, but, my very
dear brother,
Ever, ever yours,
_G. W._