_On board the Minerva, Feb. 12, 1741._
_Dear Mrs. T._,
MUST I pray for you in the language of _Martha_ and _Mary_, saying,
“LORD, she whom thou lovest is sick!” Or hath he who touched _Peter_’s
wife’s mother, rebuked the illness that was coming upon you, when
I saw you last, and caused it to leave you? But, however the LORD
has dealt with you, I hope he hath been glorified in and by you. I
heard he had by his word and spirit spoken to your soul, and given
you satisfaction, that he had loved you with an everlasting love. I
rejoice in it from my soul. The LORD increase your comforts daily,
and shew you all his glory. Dear Mrs. _T――――_, think often of your
departed sister. Follow her as she did CHRIST; and then shortly, where
she is you shall be also. O the happiness she now enjoys! It is too
dazzling for mortal eyes. I want to leap my seventy years, and fly
away to GOD. Well, it will not be long. Dear Mrs. _T――――_, let us
patiently tarry till our change come. Our LORD will carry us safe
through time, and waft us triumphantly into eternity. The love of
CHRIST constrained me to write these lines; accept them for his sake,
from
Your affectionate friend and servant in CHRIST,
_G. W._