_Philadelphia, Nov. 10, 1739._
_My dear brother in CHRIST_,
AS there has been joy in heaven at your conversion, so I can assure
you there has been on earth. I, and my friends, have not failed to
give thanks, that you our brother was dead, but is alive again; was
lost, but is found. Oh blessed be GOD for calling you at the eleventh
hour. Doth not this display the riches of his free grace; and ought
it not to fill you with his praise all the day long? I wonder not that
you are already become a fool for CHRIST’s sake. All that will live
godly in him must suffer persecution. But fear not man. The LORD OF
HOSTS shall be with you; the strength of that GOD who hath called
you shall be your refuge. As you have not long to live in this world,
Satan, no doubt, will rage most horribly against you. Watch and pray
that you enter not into temptation. Your case, GOD willing, I intend
to publish in my next journal. It is good to keep close the secrets of
a king, but it is honourable to speak of the works of the LORD. That
GOD may carry on and finish the good work begun in your soul, is the
hearty prayer of
Your affectionate friend and brother in CHRIST,
_G. W._