_To the Rev. Mr. J._
_Bristol, May 23, 1741._
_My dear Brother_,
I Bless GOD for making any thing of mine useful to your soul. May
the blessed JESUS breathe upon you day by day, and make you eminently
useful to the church of GOD. I think you write with a kind of
prophetic spirit. The LORD only knows how he will be pleased to
dispose of me. Great afflictions I am sure of having, and a sudden
death, blessed be GOD, will not be terrible. I know that my redeemer
liveth. I every day long to see him, that I may be free from the
remainder of sin, and enjoy him without interruption for evermore. I
desire patiently to wait, till my blessed change shall come. The LORD
hath been with me here. There is a great awakening in _Wiltshire_,
and the work is most wonderfully carried on in _New-England_. I hope
to send you a letter, shortly, that will rejoice your heart. I leave
_Bristol_, and go through _Wiltshire_ to _London_ next _Monday_.――I
then purpose going to _Staffordshire_, and then through _Wales_
to _Scotland_. A wider door than ever is opened for preaching the
everlasting gospel. I have now only time to beg your prayers, and to
assure you that I am
Your most affectionate though weak and unworthy brother
and servant in CHRIST,
_G. W._