_To the Rev. Mr. C―――― W――――._
_Philadelphia, Sept. 11, 1747._
_Very dear Sir_,
BOTH your letters and your prayers I trust have reached me. May mine
reach you also, and then it will not be long ere we shall indeed be one
fold under one Shepherd. However, if this should not be on earth, it
will certainly be effected in heaven. Thither I trust we are hastening
apace. Blessed be GOD that you are kept alive, and that your spiritual
children are increasing. May they increase more and more! JESUS can
maintain them all. He wills that his house should be full. Some have
wrote me things to your disadvantage. I do not believe them. Love
thinks no evil of a friend. Such are you to me. I love you most
dearly. I could write to you much more, but time and business will
not permit. You will see my letter to your dear brother. That you may
be guided into all truth, turn thousands and ten thousands more unto
righteousness, and shine as the stars in the future world, for ever and
ever, is the hearty prayer of, very dear Sir,
Yours most affectionately, &c.
_G. W._