_To the Rev. Mr. D. R._
_Savannah, Feb. 4, 1740._
_My reverend and dear Brother_,
I Received your kind letter just on my arrival at this place.――My
journal, which I suppose you will have read ere this reaches _Wales_,
can best inform you what GOD hath done for my own and other people’s
souls.――Even here, he is pleased to be with and assist us. The Orphan-
house goes on bravely. I believe I shall take in near fifty children
before I return to _England_. He that feedeth the young ravens which
call upon him, will not suffer them to want.――I rejoice to hear that
the LORD JESUS is so publicly confessed among your countrymen.――If
the LORD is pleased to send me, I shall gladly take a tour into
_Wales_.――In this time of retirement, I expect many inward conflicts.
How otherwise shall I be prepared for future mercies? Experience of
GOD’s work upon our own souls, is the best qualification to preach it
effectually to others. In about two months I take another tour round
_America_. The gospel, I believe, will come with power in these parts.
I expect to suffer in the flesh for what hath been done already: But
what have we to do with the consequences of performing our duty? Leave
them to GOD. Oh, my dear brother, pray for me that my faith fail not,
and then I care not what persecution befals
Your weak unworthy brother in CHRIST,
_G. W._