_To Mr. E――――._
_Gloucester, Dec. 5, 1748._
_Dear Mr. E――――_,
WHY no letter from you all this while? I have written to you several
times. Lately I sent a case full of divers things for _Bethesda_. When
I return to _London_, I purpose to send more. I hear that my wife hath
lessened the family; but how it stands now, I cannot expect to know
for a certainty till I see her. I expect her daily, though I am apt to
believe she will not embark till she sees _Betty W――――_. I hope ere now
you have welcomed her to _Bethesda_ in the name of the LORD. I expect
to be over with you again by this time twelvemonth. In the mean while,
I trust we shall make some better advances towards heaven than we have
hitherto done, and be more conformed to the blessed and glorious JESUS.
Thanks be to his great name, he continues to deal bountifully with me.
I am pretty well in health, and hope to hear that you are so. I send
you all my blessing, and am
Yours, &c.
_G. W._