_To Mr. I. R――――._
_Charles-Town, July 18, 1740._
_My Dear Friend_,
I Thank you for going with friend _E――――_ and _B――――_ to _Nazareth_.
May GOD bless you, and cause great good to come to that place!
GOD seems to be carrying on as great a work in _Charles-Town_,
comparatively speaking, as in _Philadelphia_. Surely our LORD intends
to set the world in a flame. O that the holy fire of his divine love
was kindled in every heart! Be pleased to read what I have sent to
Mr. _N――――_. If you please you may print that extract, which I sent
from my journal: GOD willing, I hope to be at _New England_ by the
beginning of _September_, and to be refreshed with your and my dear
friend’s letters. Indeed, I love you all in the bowels of my dear LORD
JESUS. Do not let us forsake him. Let us not be ashamed of him, though
we live in a crooked and perverse generation. I thank my dear friends
for their zeal in building a house;¹ but desire it may not have any
particular name, or be put to any particular use, till my return
to _Philadelphia_. I wish them good luck in the name of the LORD.
Last night I appeared a third time in a public court; but they not
accepting my _Recusatio judicis_, I appealed home; so that now I have
free liberty to embark when providence pleaseth. O my dear friend,
think of a bleeding, dying LORD. Keep close to him, and exhort all
friends to pray and give thanks for
Your assured friend and servant,
_G. W._
¹ This is now the college at _Philadelphia_.