_To Mr. D――――._
_Leeds, October 24, 1761._
_My very dear Mr. D――――_,
WHAT sudden changes here! O that my great change was come! Happy
_Polhill_: _Bethesda_’s loss is thy gain. “Be ye also ready,” is the
call of this awful providence. The LORD furnish survivors with double
strength! I thank you for the accounts. I see you are running in
arrears. Some way or other I trust they will be discharged. But I would
have the family reduced as low as can be. I think that the keeping of
those who are grown up, hurts them and increases my expence. I have
little comfort in many that I have assisted. But our reward of grace
is with the LORD. Come, LORD JESUS, come quickly! As you are most
conversant in figures, you will be pleased to continue in your usual
way; and as you go on in harmony, I trust you will do quite well. A
sea voyage seems more necessary to me now than ever. I know now what
nervous disorders are. Blessed be GOD that they were contracted in his
service. I do not repent my embarking in CHRIST’s cause. He seeth all
your disinterested toil in that new world. “Well done, ye good and
faithful servants,” shall be the salutation given to you all. My hearty
blessing and love to all. That great may be your happiness on earth,
and infinitely great your reward in heaven, is the earnest prayer of,
my very dear Mr. _D――――_,
Yours, &c. &c. in our glorious _Emmanuel_,
_G. W._