_To Mr. D――――._
_London, November 12, 1757._
_My dear Mr. D――――_,
I AM glad you have received my letter. I know not that I have one
of yours left unanswered. Blessed be GOD, for causing _Bethesda_ to
prosper. May it do so in every sense more and more! I hope you will
be preserved from the hands both of temporal and spiritual enemies.
GOD prepare us for all events! Pray let me know the names of all the
children. I wish they could be reduced this war time to the number of
fifteen; and I wish my nephew was not so hasty; and that the persons
you mention were (spiritually) shot through the heart. Many here seem
to be wounded in that manner. At _Tottenham-Court_ chapel, as well as
the Tabernacle, the word runs and is glorified. I am glad you have the
ordinance now and then. That the GOD of ordinances may bless you all
evermore, is the earnest prayer of, my dear Mr. _D――――_,
Yours most affectionately in our common LORD,
_G. W._
_P. S._ Pray be particular in the account of the family. The LORD
JESUS smiles upon us here. He can, and I trust will preserve you from
_French_, _Spaniards_, and every hurtful foe. This is my constant
prayer.