_To the Reverend Mr. G――――._
_Edinburgh, September 21, 1756._
_Reverend and very dear Sir_,
I THANK you most heartily for your kind letter, and for all other
tokens of your regard and love. I can only send you a pepper-corn of
acknowledgment. My Master, my long-suffering, ever-loving, ever-lovely
Master, will pay you all. I hope he hath directed my steps. On
_Saturday_ I received a message from our new Governor of _Georgia_,
desiring to see and converse with me, before he embarks. This could
not have been done, if I had went to _Ireland_ now. Our LORD orders
all things well. O remember me before his throne. To-morrow I leave
_Edinburgh_. Your letter shall be delivered to Mr. _R――――_. Be pleased
to give the inclosed to Mr. _Scot_, to put in his _Philadelphia-Packet_.
I am busy, and yet, alas! I do nothing. Impressions seem to be
promising here. LORD, what am I? less than the least of all, but for
CHRIST’s sake, my very dear friend,
Yours indissolubly in the best bonds,
_G. W._