_To Mrs. L――――, at Charles-Town._
_On board the Minerva, Feb. 11, 1741._
_Dear Mrs. L――――_,
YOU was upon the mount when I left _Charles-Town_; I hope you have
not thrown yourself down. Keep close to CHRIST, and cast not off your
first love. Remember what GOD has done for your soul. Forget not the
glorious discovery JESUS CHRIST has made of himself to your heart; and
though a cloud should overshadow you, let not Satan make you doubt of
your being a child of GOD. O Mrs. _L――――_, how holy ought you to be
in all manner of conversation and godliness! Why are you taken? Why
are you in the arms of everlasting love? Methinks I hear you cry out,
Grace! grace! And well you may; for indeed you are saved by grace. The
free grace of our LORD JESUS CHRIST be with you now and for ever more.
Blessed be GOD, I experience much of it in the ship. I hope divine
grace moves me to send you this small letter. If GOD blesses it to
your soul, put up a short prayer for
Your affectionate friend and servant in CHRIST,
_G. W._