_To Mrs. W――――, at James-Island._
_On board the Minerva, Feb. 11, 1741._
_Dear Madam_,
MY heart’s desire and prayer to GOD is, that you may be saved. I hope
you will find, it is not impossible for you to be born again when you
are old. GOD forbid. Though at the eleventh hour, I trust our LORD
will meet you, and cause you, whenever you depart, with good old
_Simeon_, to depart in peace. I heartily thank you, madam, for all
favours conferred on me and mine. We have not forgotten you on board.
I do not forget to mention you in my secret prayers. May GOD reveal
his dear Son in your soul, and fill you with all peace and joy in
believing! O what a staff will this be to you in your old age! How
pleasantly then will you walk by your vault, and say, “There shall
I lay my weary bones ere long.” I hope you do not startle at the
thoughts of death. Believe in CHRIST. Get a saving interest in his
blood, and then you may cry out, “O death, where is thy sting! O
grave, where is thy victory?” Blessed be GOD, the prospect of death is
pleasing to my soul. I would not live here always: I want to be gone.
That you and I, whenever our appointed time is come, may live with
CHRIST, is the earnest prayer of, madam,
Your obliged friend and servant in CHRIST,
_G. W._