_To the Right Honourable Lord R――――._
_Gallashiels, Sept. 28, 1741._
_My Lord_,
YOUR letter I fear has been too long unanswered, but gratitude will
not permit me to defer answering it any longer. I have also received
your Lordship’s liberal benefaction for the orphans, for which and all
other favours, your Lordship hath my hearty thanks.――The innumerable
instances of GOD’s goodness quite melt me down. The word of GOD
prevails more and more. Every where JESUS CHRIST is getting himself
the victory in poor sinners hearts. Young and old from many quarters
fly to the gospel, as doves to the windows. I trust, your Lordship’s
daughters will feel the power of CHRIST’s blood. Happy they, who do
feel it. They rest in GOD. They are sons and daughters of the LORD
Almighty. What a rich person is the poorest christian? He is joint
heir with JESUS CHRIST. Supported with this thought, and feeling
the power of it in my soul, I can despise all sublunary enjoyments,
and long to be wholly swallowed up in GOD. Happy day, when we shall
converse with the world no more! I pray GOD to give me patience to
wait ’till JESUS comes. I would leap my seventy years, and fly upon
the wings of faith and love, into the blessed Redeemer’s presence. I
hope your Lordship is thus minded. May the glorious _Emmanuel_ keep
you so, ’till your soul is carried into _Abraham_’s bosom. This is the
hearty prayer of, my Lord,
Your Lordship’s most obedient and obliged humble servant,
_G. W._