"_February 8, 1741._
"I expect to suffer great things. The Lord, however, is able
to deliver me out of all. I have just now had His Divine
assistance in composing a sermon. This is the sixth which I
have finished since I have been on board. O my dear brother,
love a precious Christ, and shew it by adorning His gospel in
all things. He has highly favoured you. If you and I think
anything too much to be done for Him, we are of all men the most
ungrateful. O the love of Christ! I feel it--I feel it. Write to
me. If in prison, my friends will bring the letter to me there.
God will hear me for you, even in a dungeon."