_To the Reverend Mr. H――――._
_London, Nov. 14, 1752._
_My very dear Friend_,
I Am quite sorry that I missed seeing you, but glad and thankful that
you condescended to write to me. I find you are resolved to outdo me
in love; this I would prevent if possible. May the glorious JESUS shed
abroad his love abundantly in your dear heart, by the Holy Ghost, and
give you to increase with all the increase of GOD. He will bless you
for vindicating the honour of his sacred volumes in your last pamphlet,
for which, as well as for all other unmerited favours, I most heartily
thank you. I have just now read it, and doubt not of its being greatly
blessed and owned, and going through many editions. I cannot discern
any errata or inaccuracies in the composition. Surely GOD hath raised
my dear friend up, to let the polite world see how amiable are the
doctrines of the gospel. Why will you weary the world, and your friends,
by delaying to publish your other long wished-for performance? Glad
shall I be to peruse any of the dialogues. The savour of the last is
not of my mind. Pray let them see the light this Winter. They will
delight and warm many a heart. O that we may have a warm season at the
Tabernacle! My country circuit was exceedingly delightful. When the
weather altered, my health was much affected; but a little rest hath
already in some degree repaired it. You and I perhaps are not to see
heaven as yet: I have waited for it long, but alas! my appointed time
is not yet come. Thanks be to GOD, there is such a thing as having a
heaven upon earth; CHRIST in us is the heaven of heavens. My dear, very
dear friend, good night. I am called away. My love to the Doctor. O
that he was wise! How glad should I have been to have seen dear Mr.
_H――――_! My kind respects await your mother and sister. My wife, who is
quite an invalid, joins heartily with me, who am, my very dear Sir,
Yours most affectionately in our common LORD,
_G. W._