_To Mrs. E――――._
_Glasgow, Sept. 28, 1748._
_Dear Madam_,
ALTHOUGH I fear it may be taking too much freedom, yet as I humbly hope
that the love of GOD is shed abroad in your heart, I trust you will
not be offended at my sending you these few lines. They are lines of
joy; for who can help rejoicing that hears what the blessed JESUS hath
done for your soul? O Madam, how much are you indebted to that grace
which hath made such difference between you and others. To see any one
converted is a miracle. But to see a rich person, one of the mighty,
one of the noble converted, is yet a greater. May the LORD JESUS add
more of your rank to his church, such as shall be saved! Never fear,
Madam; all things are possible to the glorious _Emmanuel_. Let him but
speak the word, and great shall be the numbers of new creatures. I hope
this will find you in good health, and upon the full stretch for him
who was stretched and bled upon the cross for you. Great multitudes in
_Scotland_ flock to hear. Some of my spiritual children, I hear, are
gone to heaven, and others come to me, telling what GOD did for their
souls when I was here last. I desire to cast my crown before the Lamb;
I desire always to be crying out, “Why me, LORD, why me?” In about a
fortnight I purpose setting out for _London_. I lead a moving life. In
heaven I shall have rest enough. Blessed be GOD for giving us to enter
into a little of that rest even here! That you may daily increase in
faith, and consequently enjoy more and more of this rest, is the hearty
prayer of, dear Madam,
Your most obliged humble servant,
_G. W._