_To Mr. William L――――._
_Bethesda, Jan. 25, 1752._
_Very dear Sir_,
MAN appoints, but GOD disappoints. Though we missed seeing each other
on earth, yet if JESUS CHRIST be our life, we shall meet never to part
again in the kingdom of Heaven. Your kind letter found me employed for
the fatherless, in this wilderness, and am almost ready to enter upon
my Spring campaign. The news from _Ireland_, does not at all surprize
me. Weak minds soon grow giddy with power; and then they become pests,
instead of helps to the church of GOD. You have done well, dear Sir,
not to desist from doing good, on account of some rubs you meet with
in the way. _Benefacere et male pati, vere christianum est._ Go on,
therefore, to lay up treasures in heaven; and let the world see, that
you have been with JESUS, by imitating him in going about doing good.
I intend, by his assistance, now to begin; for as yet alas! I have done
nothing. Continue to pray for me; and be pleased to assure our _Irish_
friends, that they are not forgotten by me. Who knows but I may see
them once more on this side eternity? As soon as possible, some of
them shall hear from me. Thanks be to GOD, the Orphan-house flourishes.
That the work of CHRIST may flourish amongst all persons of all
denominations, and that you and yours may be always abounding in the
work of the LORD, is the earnest prayer of, very dear Sir,
Yours most affectionately in our common LORD,
_G. W._