_To Mr. H. G._
_Savannah, Feb. 4, 1740._
_My dear Brother_,
WHAT shall I say to your kind letter? I bless the LORD for awakening
you to see the necessity of trusting in a better righteousness than
your own, and I adore him for making use of so mean an instrument as I
am. It is a plain proof that the power is not of man, but of GOD alone.
Labour, dear Sir, to keep up these convictions in your heart. Now GOD
has called you, take care of lying down again.――Be always trimming
your lamp, as though you were in expectation every moment to meet the
heavenly Bridegroom.――Search more and more into the corruption of your
heart, and never rest till GOD’s spirit witnesseth with your spirit,
that you are a child of GOD. Let the deadness of those around you,
excite your zeal. See that you are a burning and a shining light
in the midst of such a crooked and perverse generation.――And let a
sense of GOD’s distinguishing love to you above others, excite you
to distinguish yourself by your obedience; still remembering that the
LORD JESUS is our whole and everlasting righteousness. That we both
may be found in him, is the hearty prayer of
Your sincere friend and servant in CHRIST,
_G. W._