_To Lady H――――n._
_London, May 27, 1755._
_Ever-honoured Madam_,
IT hath given me great concern, that I have not been able till now,
to acknowledge your Ladyship’s most kind letter. I could almost say,
excess of business at my first coming over hath prevented me; but to
make the most of it, I do but little, and that little in so bad a way,
that if it was not for the compleat and all-sufficient righteousness of
the everlasting, ever-lovely JESUS, I could not lift up my guilty head.
And yet what a blessed week have we had! Surely, sinners have come
like a cloud, and fled like doves to the windows. In about a fortnight,
I hope to take the field in _Gloucestershire_, and shall endeavour
to make all possible dispatch in the west, in order to wait on your
Ladyship in my northern visit. Help me, thou friend of sinners, to be
nothing, and to say nothing, that thou mayest say and do every thing,
and be my all in all!――What a happiness is it to be absorbed and
swallowed up in GOD? To have no schemes, no views, but to promote the
common salvation. This be my happy lot! Your Ladyship will still add to
my innumerable obligations, by praying for me. How shall I express my
gratitude?――Tears trickle from my eyes, whilst I am thinking of your
Ladyship’s condescending to patronize such a dead dog as I am. But it
is because I belong to JESUS. He will, he will reward your Ladyship
openly. Ever-honoured Madam excuse me. Tears flow too fast for me to
write on. I must go and speak to GOD for you and yours, as being,
ever-honoured Madam,
Your Ladyship’s most dutiful, obliged, and
ready servant for CHRIST’s sake,
_G. W._