_To Mr. D――――._
_London, December 5, 1758._
_My dear Mr. D――――_,
NOTWITHSTANDING I wrote to you lately, another opportunity offers to
send you a line. I send you repeated thanks for your steadiness and
care in that house of mercy. With this also come the things you sent
for, except Bishop _Hall_’s select works, which cannot be immediately
procured. I should be glad if a little rice, indigo, &c. could be sent,
that friends might see some of the Orphan house produce. Pray be as
particular as you can in your account of every thing. To whom is _T――――
P――――_ bound out? I have sent to _B―――― W――――_’s father, about sending
for him home. If some are not worthy, others will be. Blessed be
GOD that the arrears will be paid off. You will see my letter to
Mr. _P――――_. The LORD direct me and all how to act! I hope my old
assistants will continue in their places; and I pray earnestly, that
_Bethesda_ may yet take deeper root downwards, and bear yet abundantly
more fruit upwards. Surely the GOD of the sea and the GOD of the dry
land will open a door for my embarkation by and by. Hasten, O LORD,
that wish’d-for time! The child lately sent over, is recommended by Mr.
_J―――― C――――_. That we all may continually be recommended to the Father
of Mercies, by his dear and all-prevailing Son JESUS CHRIST, is the
earnest prayer of, dear Mr. _D――――_,
Yours, &c. in Him,
_G. W._