_To Mrs. B――――, at the Orphan-house._
_Cambuslang, Aug. 18, 1742._
_Dear Sister B――――_,
HAS the LORD called for your dear lambs? If so, I trust you have been
enabled to say, “The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away: blessed
be the name of the LORD.” I am glad to find you was so well reconciled
to your dear husband’s imprisonment. It is sweet when wives are
strengthened to encourage their husbands in a suffering hour. Then
are they helps meet for them indeed. You do well, my dear Sister, to
lament the vileness of your heart. I find more and more that my heart
is desperately wicked. But, blessed be GOD, I have a fountain to go
and wash in every moment, even the blessed fountain of the Mediator’s
blood. There I can have free access; there I can wash, and daily be
made clean. Indeed, my dear sister, without dissimulation, I am a poor,
very poor sinner; but I am rich in JESUS, and rejoice in his great
salvation from day to day. I long to see you and my dear family, to
acquaint you what GOD hath done for my soul: and yet he is still doing
more and more. He does, he will delight to honour me. I thank you
for the great respect you pay me for his great name’s sake. I will
endeavour not to be behind with you, and the rest of my dear friends,
in humility and love. I am, my dear sister, most sincerely,
Your affectionate friend, brother, and servant in JESUS CHRIST,
_G. W._