_To Mr. D――――n, &c._
_New-York, January 12, 1764._
_My very dear Friends_,
CAPTAIN _Bolitho_ is returned, and not one line from _Bethesda_! Surely
you were not informed of his sailing, or you expected to see me with
Mr. _H――――m_. That which lets will surely by and by be taken out of the
way. Blessed be GOD, the cold braces me up a little. I am enabled to
preach twice or thrice a week. Congregations continue very large, and
I trust saving impressions are made upon many. Some students also in
_Philadelphia_ and _New Jersey_ colleges, I hear are much awakened.
O for a blessed gale of divine influences when we meet at _Bethesda_!
From thence, or _Charles-Town_, I purpose to embark for _England_. But
future things belong to Him, who (whatever may be our thoughts) always
orders all things well. To his never-failing guidance and most tender
mercy do I commit you all, as being, for his great name’s sake, my very
dear friends,
Yours, &c. &c.
_G. W._