_To Mr. I―――― F――――, at Charles-Town._
_Greenwich, July 24, 1741._
_Dear Mr. F――――_,
I Rejoice to hear the LORD is carrying on a good work in your soul.
I hope you will not think all is done, because you have been baptized
and received into full communion. I know too too many that “make
a CHRIST of their adult baptism,” and rest in that, instead of the
righteousness of the blessed JESUS. GOD forbid that you should so
learn CHRIST. O my dear friend, seek after a settlement in our dear
LORD, so that you may experience that life which is hid with CHRIST in
GOD. _Dear Mrs. F――――_, I thank you heartily for your kind letter. It
rejoices my soul to hear, that you and Mr. _F――――_ are going on hand
in hand to heaven. This is the sacred end of marriage; to be helpers
of each other in the great things of GOD. I am not yet entered into
that state. I am looking up to CHRIST, and shall wait his direction.
The gospel runs, and is glorified. The work is beginning a fresh in
_England_. Never was my preaching attended with so great power on this
side the water. Our LORD pours his comforts into my soul, and rejoices
me with the glad news I hear from your parts. May you all increase and
multiply in every good word and work. My most tender love to all. As
fast as possibly I can, each shall hear from, my dear friends,
Ever yours,
_G. W._