_To the Rev. Mr. O――――._
_Edinburgh, Aug. 10, 1741._
_Reverend and dear Sir_,
I Thank you for your kind and obliging letter.――I had not time to
answer it before. GOD willing, I hope to come into the northern parts.
The precise time I cannot yet tell. For ever adored be the LORD for
his free grace! the word is accompanied with great power. Several
apply to me daily under convictions. I find it best simply to preach
the pure gospel, and not to meddle at all with controversy. The
present divisions are a sore judgment to _Scotland_. This is my
comfort, JESUS is king. He will either heal, or bring good out of
them. I have been with several of the associate presbytery; but I see
no hopes of accommodation. O that the power of religion may revive!
Nothing but that can break down the partition wall of bigotry. Dear
Sir, forget not to pray for me. I see more and more that I am nothing,
and that JESUS is all in all. Did I know how, I would send you some
papers; but I hope ere long to have a personal interview; and in the
mean while, I beg leave to subscribe myself, reverend and dear Sir,
Your affectionate brother and servant,
_G. W._