_To the Reverend Mr. E―――― E――――, at Sterling._
_Edinburgh, June 10, 1742._
_Reverend and very dear Sir_,
I Am now at Mr. _G――――_’s house; and finding his wife about to set out
for _Sterling_, the love which I bear you, for my dear Master’s sake,
constrains me to send you a line. It is some concern to me, that our
difference as to outward things, should cut off our sweet fellowship
and communion with each other. GOD knows my heart, I highly value
and honour you. Reverend and dear Sir, I do assure you I love you and
your brethren more than ever. I applaud your zeal for GOD; and though,
in some respects, I think it not according to knowledge, and to be
levelled frequently against me, yet indeed I feel no resentment in
my heart, and should joyfully sit down and hear you and your other
brethren preach. I salute them all; and pray our common LORD to give
us all a right judgment in all things. I hope the glorious _Emmanuel_
will be present at the sacrament, and make himself known to you in
breaking of bread. I have made bold to send you the inclosed pamphlets,
and should be glad to know your opinion of them. When I shall come to
_Sterling_, I know not. However, I earnestly pray for you and yours.
I could drop a tear. O when shall the time come, when the watchmen
will see eye to eye? Hasten that time, our LORD and our GOD! But
perhaps I am troublesome. Forgive me, reverend and dear Sir, being,
without dissimulation, your
Younger brother and servant in the gospel of CHRIST,
_G. W._