PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The works of the Reverend George Whitefield, M.A., Vol. 2 (of 6) : Containing all his sermons and tracts, etc.
Whitefield, George, 1714-1770 · 175,502 words · 500 reading sections
LETTER DCCCCXLVII.
_To Governor B――――._ _London, Dec. 20, 1752._ _Honoured Sir_, WITH great pleasure and satisfaction, I received and read your kind letter, and took the first opportunity of transmitting the inclosed to good Lady _H――――n_, who is now near _Bristol_. If the ship which brings this, doth not sail soon, I believe your Exc…
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_Still hath his life new wonders seen,_ _Repeated every year;_ _Behold his days which yet remain,_ _We trust them to thy care._…
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_Cast him not off, should health decline,_ _Or hoary hairs arise;_ _And round him let thy glories shine,_ _Whene’er thy servant dies._ I doubt not but the LORD JESUS will say, _Amen_. Whether I shall have the pleasure of seeing you on this side eternity, is uncertain. It was no small self-denial for me to leave _Ameri…
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_To Captain G――――._ _London, Dec. 20, 1752._ _My dear Captain_, ONE would imagine, that you and I were never to meet any more on this side eternity. I often, often think of you, and long to see and converse with you; but GOD only knows when. We are now about to erect a _new Tabernacle_ eighty foot square, which I fe…
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_To Mr. C―――― W――――._ _London, Dec. 22, 1752._ _My dear Friend_, I Have read and pondered upon your kind letter with some degree of solemnity of spirit. In the same frame I would now sit down to answer it. And what shall I say? Really I can scarce tell. The connection between you and your brother, hath been so close…
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_To Lady H――――n._ _London, Dec. 22, 1752._ _Ever-honoured Madam_, WITH great pleasure I received your Ladyship’s letter, which hath drawn me to the Father of Spirits, that the meek, lowly, loving, zealous, and heavenly-minded temper which was in CHRIST JESUS, may be stamped more and more upon your Ladyship’s heart. …
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_To Mr. R――――._ _London, Dec. 22, 1752._ _My very dear Friend_, WITH great pleasure I received your kind and wished-for letter; and heartily bless GOD that your whole self is in such comfortable circumstances, and that honest _D――――_ is so blest in his work. I read his two letters about ten days ago, and many joined…
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_To Lady ♦H――――n._ _London, Jan. 1, 1753._ _Honoured Madam_, YOUR Ladyship’s kind letter hath added to the obligations already laid on me. I can only say, the LORD knows that you and yours, are remembered by me before his throne. This is the reward, which the Redeemer promises to those who do good to a disciple, in …
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_To Mr. L――――._ _London, Jan. 3, 1753._ _My very dear Friend and Brother_, THOUGH I am very much straitened for time, yet I must sit down, (since you so earnestly desire it) and answer your kind letter. My love does not shift with my scene of action; I would have it in some degree, like my LORD’s to me and his peopl…
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_To Mr. C――――._ _London, Jan. 7, 1753._ _My dear Mr. C――――_, I Received your kind letter, for which I send you most hearty thanks. I see that you strive, and I fear you will succeed, to outdo me in love and kindness. However, I will endeavour to copy after you, and, if possible, not die in your debt. But who can eve…
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_To Mr. H―――― B――――._ _London, Jan. 7, 1753._ _My very dear Friend_, BY this conveyance I send you a power of attorney to dispose of _Providence Plantation_, and leave it to your discretion to sell at what price you please. I would only observe, that I had rather it should be sold for somewhat less than its real val…
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_To Mr. S――――._ _London, Jan. 9, 1753._ _My dear Mr. S――――_, I Received your kind letter yesterday, and suppose, ere this can reach you, my last will be come to hand. What say you? If I should be detained in _England_ this year, are you willing to put your life in the Redeemer’s hands and go immediately? A ship is b…
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_To Mr. Z――――._ _London, Jan. 10, 1753._ _Honoured and very dear Sir_, THIS morning, before I received your kind packet, I was finishing my answer to the good Professor, and then intended to send it to you with the inclosed extracts. LORD, what am I, that any of thy faithful servants should write to, or concern them…
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_To Lady H――――n._ _London, Jan. 13, 1753._ _Ever-honoured Madam_, YOUR Ladyship’s very kind and christian letter, I have read over and over again. It drew my heart towards the Redeemer, and caused me to pray, that your present retirement, may be a glorious preparative for further, and yet more public usefulness in h…
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_To Mr. C――――._ _London, Jan. 15, 1753._ _My dear Mr. C――――_, I Owe you a letter and much love. The one I will now pay you, the other debt our ♦common LORD must discharge. I despair of doing it, because I run upon fresh arrears to him and his dear people every day and every hour. I willingly therefore own myself a d…
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_To C―――― W――――._ _Chatham, Jan. 19, 1753._ _My dear Friend_, A Multiplicity of business prevented my answering your kind letter, before my coming out of _London_. Lest I should be prevented by the same means at my return thither, I write you a few lines in the way. I have been among some new-awakened souls, who see…
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_To Mr. O――――._ _London, Jan. 23, 1753._ _My dear Mr. O――――_, I Received your kind letter, and have since shewn it to the secretary for _Georgia_, who approved of it very much. I am glad we are to have you in that infant province, and could heartily wish you was nearer _Bethesda_. I doubt not of its becoming a seat …
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_To Mr. V―――― B――――._ _London, Jan. 19, 1753._ _My very dear Sir_, A Few days ago I was with good Mr. _Z――――_, who assured me that Mr. _V――――_ had written him, that two hundred pounds sterling were ordered you to be disposed of as you should judge proper. I hope you will find this to be true, if you have not found i…
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_To the Reverend Mr. H――――._ _London, Jan. 27, 1753._ _My very dear Friend_, I Thank you a thousand times for the trouble you have been at, in revising my poor compositions, which I am afraid you have not treated with a becoming severity. How many pardons shall I ask for mangling, and I fear murdering your dear _The…
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_To the Reverend Mr. B――――._ _London, Jan. 31, 1753._ _Reverend and very dear Sir_, YOUR kind letter came safe to hand, and according to your desire, I send you a little bell, as a small token of my unfeigned love to your dear congregation. I have written strongly to Professor _Frank_ for some Negroes for you, and h…
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