_To Governor B――――._
_Portsmouth, April 27, 1750._
_Honoured Sir_,
I Wrote to your Excellency last from _Plymouth_, where, as well as in
many other places in the west, the LORD of all lords has been pleased
greatly to bless my poor unworthy ministrations. I am now (after having
seen much of the Redeemer’s power in _London_) making a short elopement
to _Portsmouth_, and from thence I purpose to go into the North, where
I trust thousands are already awakened to seek after the things which
lead to life eternal. The harvest in _England_ is exceeding great. I
know that your Excellency will pray, that the LORD of the harvest may
thrust out more labourers into his harvest. I am glad your Excellency
hath been honoured by providence, to put _New-Jersey_ college on
such a footing, that it may be a nursery for future labourers. I
have had the pleasure of seeing Mr. _A――――_ and Colonel _W――――_, and
have introduced them to such of my friends, as I believe, under GOD,
may serve the interest in which they are engaged. Glad shall I be of
every opportunity offered me, of promoting the Redeemer’s cause in
_New-England_ or _New-Jersey_. By the divine blessing, I hope that
something considerable will be done in _England_ and _Scotland_ for
_New-Jersey_ college. I wish your Excellency joy of the relation into
which I hear you have lately entered. I hope my dutiful respects will
find acceptance with Madam _Bel――――_, and I earnestly pray that you may
live together as heirs of the grace of life. May GOD honour you both
to bring forth much fruit in old age! Here I would end; but the love
I owe to the bearer, Mr. _S――――_, for CHRIST’s sake, constrains me to
recommend him to your Excellency. He is I think an _Israelite_ indeed.
I pray the LORD JESUS to succeed and bless him. He can give your
Excellency an account, how the work prospers on this side the water.
That every wilderness in _America_ may blossom like a rose, and that
your Excellency’s province may be like the garden of the LORD, is the
hearty prayer of,
Your Excellency’s most dutiful but obliged humble servant,
_G. W._