_To Mr. J―――― R――――._
_Bristol, May 21, 1756._
_My dear Sir_,
THIS morning, (which is the first leisure time I have had since my
leaving town) looking over my letters, I found one from you, who I
suppose to be the person whom I have taken notice of at _Long-Acre_
chapel. As your behaviour there, and your letter before me, bespeak
you to be in earnest about your soul, you will be quite welcome to come
to my house; and if GOD should vouchsafe to bless any thing that I may
drop for the furtherance of your faith, to him and him alone be all the
glory. I desire to bless him for what he hath already done. O amazing
mercy! to be translated from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom
of GOD’s dear Son; to be brought from the swine’s trough to feed upon
the fatted calf; what a heaven upon earth is this! Be not discouraged,
though you are obliged to fight every inch of your way. JESUS will pray
for you, and your faith shall not fail. He can and will enable you to
overcome yourself and the world. To his never-failing mercy do I most
earnestly commit you, as being, for his great name’s sake,
Your friend and servant,
_G. W._