_To C―――― H――――y, Esq._
_Portsmouth, March 23, 1764._
_Very dear Sir_,
HOW was my heart eased by receiving yesterday your kind letter, dated
_October 22d_? If you and dear Mr. _K――――n_ will continue to manage
when I am present, as well as when I am absent, it may give another
turn to my mind. Who knows what a never-failing GOD may do in a few
months! At present, my way is clear to go on preaching till I can
journey southward. The inclosed will inform you what hath been done by
one sermon at _Providence_, formerly a most ungodly place, forty miles
south of _Boston_. At _Newbury_, which I left yesterday, is a stir
indeed. On Lord’s-day I shall begin here. O for daily fresh gales! That
they may every day more and more increase with you and all your dear
relations, and all dear friends, is the hearty prayer of, very dear Sir,
in great haste, but greater love,
Yours, &c. &c. &c. in JESUS,
_G. W._