_To the Rev. Mr. H――――._
_Kendal, June 21, 1750._
_Reverend and very dear Sir_,
I Guess this will find you returned from good Lady _H――――n_, with whom
undoubtedly you have taken sweet counsel, and been mightily refreshed
in talking about the things which belong to the kingdom of GOD.
This leaves me at _Kendal_, where I arrived this morning, and where,
GOD willing, I shall preach the everlasting gospel this evening. An
entrance is now made into _Westmoreland_; and pen cannot well describe
what glorious scenes have opened in _Yorkshire_, &c. Perhaps since I
saw you, seventy or eighty thousand have attended the word preached
in divers places. At _Howarth_, on _Whitsunday_, the church was almost
thrice filled with communicants, and at _Kirby-Steven_ the people
behaved exceedingly well. It was a precious season. In my way I have
read Mr. _Law_’s second part of _The Spirit of Prayer_. His scheme
about the Fall, &c. I think is quite chimerical; but he says many
things that are truly noble, and which I pray GOD to write upon the
tables of my heart. Several things at the end of his treatise on
regeneration, in my opinion, are entirely unjustifiable: but the sun
hath its spots, and so have the best of men. I want to see my own
faults more, and others less. It will be so, when I am more humble. If
mercies would make a creature humble, I should be a mirror of humility.
But I am far from the mind that was in JESUS. You must pray, whilst
I go on fighting. Though faint, I would yet pursue. Next week I hope
to reach _Edinburgh_. GOD willing, you shall have notice of my return.
Glad shall I be to meet such a friend upon the road. May the friend of
sinners bless and support you, and give you always an heart to pray for,
reverend and very dear Sir,
Yours most affectionately in our common LORD,
_G. W._