_To Madam P――――._
_Dover, (Pensylvania) May 8, 1747._
_Honoured Madam_,
THE great though unmerited regard you have always been pleased to
express for me, emboldens me now and then to drop you a line to inform
you, that you are not forgotten by me before that GOD whose mercy
endureth for ever. I trust, your latter end, like that of _Job_’s, will
greatly increase, and that you will, as it is said of the righteous,
“Bring forth much fruit in old age.” Your honoured husband (to whom
be pleased to present my dutiful respects) I suppose is now with you.
The LORD hath honoured you with many honours, and I hope, amidst all
outward favours, does not withhold the comforting influences of his
blessed spirit from your soul. I have reason to believe, you esteem
this above all earthly things whatsoever. O, dear Madam! how mean and
contemptible does every creature appear, when the soul gets a near view
of a crucified Redeemer! How easy to bear pain, when one meditates on
the agony and bloody sweat of an incarnate GOD! Here then, honoured
madam, fix your eye. Look unto JESUS continually. He hath been the
author, he will be the finisher of your faith. I find him to be a
GOD that changeth not, a tender and compassionate High Priest. Thro’
his help, I continue to this day preaching amongst poor sinners the
unsearchable riches of his dying love, I am as well in health as I
can expect to be, and more and more determined to spend and be spent
for the good of precious and immortal souls. Through grace, my labours
are rendered very acceptable in various places. Be pleased, Madam, to
remember me before the throne. I neither forget you nor the General.――I
pray that GOD’s loving kindnesses and fatherly corrections may make you
truly great, and beg leave to subscribe myself, honoured Madam,
Your affectionate, obliged humble servant,
_G. W._