_On board the Elizabeth, Gravesend, August 14, 1739._
_Dear Madam_,
YOUR affectionate parting, and the tears I observed you to shed, even
when I was at a distance from you, made me almost ready to cry out
“What mean you to weep and to break my heart?” Oh may our dear LORD
put your tears into his bottle, and reward you a thousand fold for all
the kindnesses you have shewn to me! Indeed I am less than the least
of his servants. But yet, so loving is my dear Master, that he will
not let a cup of cold water given in his name, to pass by unobserved
or unrewarded. When partaking of your bounty of flour, I hope I shall
pray that you and your’s may eat bread in the kingdom of GOD. You
have all good desires; I hope you are not far from the kingdom of
GOD.――Oh let there not be any thing lacking. Give GOD your hearts,
your whole hearts; let JESUS CHRIST’s be your whole wisdom, your
whole righteousness; and then he will be your whole sanctification
and eternal redemption. I write this from my floating habitation, to
assure you how sincerely I am
Your most obliged friend and affectionate humble servant,
_G. W._