PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The works of the Reverend George Whitefield, M.A., Vol. 3 (of 6) : Containing all his sermons and tracts, etc.
Whitefield, George, 1714-1770 · 178,550 words · 629 reading sections
LETTER MCCXXIV.
_To Mr. S――――._ _Bristol, May 25, 1759._ _My very dear Sir_, THIS day se’nnight, through divine goodness, I came hither. The next day the Spring campaign was opened: on the Lord’s-day we took the field. Thousands and thousands attended: full as many as in _London_. The power of the LORD was present at the three meet…
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_To Mr. S――――._ _Edinburgh, July 3, 1759._ _My very dear Friend_, THERE hath been a long interval between my last and this. My quick motions, and frequent preaching, have been the causes. O what am I that I should be employed for JESUS! In _Gloucestershire_ the cup of many of his people ran over. In _Yorkshire_ I pr…
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_To the Reverend Mr. G――――._ _Edinburgh, July 7, 1759._ _Reverend and very dear Sir_, GOD willing, I purpose to see _G――――_; but cannot as yet fix the day. I preach, and people flock as usual; but _Scotland_ is not _London_. The Redeemer is doing wonders there. Every post brings forth good news. GOD’s Spirit blows w…
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_To the Reverend Mr. T――――._ _Edinburgh, July 8, 1759._ _My very dear Friend_, I DO now begin to despair of seeing you, till we meet in that world, where spiritual children and spiritual fathers shall join in praising Him who sitteth upon the throne for ever. _O proclaram diem!_ Welcome storms which drive us nearer …
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_To the Reverend Mr. T――――._ _Edinburgh, July 12, 1759._ _My very dear Friend_, IT is well there is a heaven to make amends for all our disappointments here on earth. I long for a future state, where we shall all sit down together, and converse for ever without the least interruption. I know this will find you looki…
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_To Mrs. W――――._ _Glasgow, July 18, 1759._ _Dear Mrs. W――――_, MAKE no apology for writing your mind. I see the disease, but know not how to come at a cure. Labourers are wanting of the _old stamp_: but vines are very apt to degenerate. If I am not mistaken, we shall be purged with a witness. GOD grant it may be that…
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_To Mrs. C――――._ _Newcastle, August 16, 1759._ _Dear Mrs. C――――_, LONG before now I hope you have had the pleasure of seeing _Bethesda_’s debts all paid. _Bethesda_ (now outward burdens are off) I trust will be more agreeable every day. I do not want to change its present Governess. This, I fear, would be the case, …
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_Newcastle, August 16, 1759._ _My dear Mr. D――――_, I HOPE that soon after your writing in _February_ last, my _November_ letters came to hand, and that Mr. _P――――l_ hath been over with you, to discharge all _Bethesda_ debts. Blessed be GOD for causing his work to prosper in your hands. Pray be always as particular as…
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_To Mrs. C――――._ _London, August 30, 1759._ _Dear Mrs. C――――_, THE bearers of this are well known to Mr. _D――――n_. I trust, I can recommend them as the followers of JESUS CHRIST. I wish _Bethesda_ may be a comfortable asylum for them. I think that Mr. _S――――k_, for the present, might be employed about the lands roun…
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_To Mrs. C――――._ _London, September 12, 1759._ _Dear Mrs. C――――_, I CAN but send you my poor pepper-corn of thanks unfeigned, for your continued care of dear _Bethesda_. Now all is paid, I hope your best days are to come. Do not entertain a thought of leaving a place, in which you have your health, and are so useful…
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_To Mr. D――――._ _London, September 13, 1759._ _My very dear Mr. D――――_, YOUR letter dated _May 25_, which I received yesterday by the hands of Mr. _Vincent_, gave me unspeakable satisfaction. I can but thank you, as I do ten thousand times over, for all your care and faithfulness. He that seeth in secret will ere lo…
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_To Mr. D――――._ _London, February 5, 1760._ _My very dear Mr. D――――_, I AM waiting every moment for a line from you. I hope it will bring me the agreeable news of your being at peace with the _Indians_. Above all, I trust it will inform me, of your being filled with the peace of GOD, which passeth all understanding.…
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_To Mrs. C――――._ _London, February 7, 1760._ _My dear Mrs. C――――_, I SEND this to _Portsmouth_ after Mr. _R――――n_, to inform you, that last night we received your agreeable letters, dated in _August_ and _September_. Blessed be GOD that you are all so well. The bills shall be honoured. I have thoughts, that you and …
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_To Mr. S―――― S――――._ _Bristol, July 5, 1760._ _My very dear Sir_, WITH this, I have sent an order to Mr. _C――――_, to receive of you three hundred pounds sterling, to purchase bills of exchange from Mr. _S――――r_. One hundred Mr. _S――――r_ is to remit to Mr. _F――――y_. The other two hundred Mr. _C――――_ is to pay to Mr.…
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_To Mrs. C――――._ _Bristol, July 8, 1760._ _Dear Mrs. C――――_, I HOPE this will find you restored to more than former health and usefulness, and quite determined to continue at _Bethesda_. It makes me uneasy, to think you have the least inclination of returning, till you see me on your side the water. JESUS hath calle…
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_To Mr. D――――._ _Bristol, July 8, 1760._ _My dear Mr. D――――_, I OWE you much love for your letter and accompts. May _Bethesda_’s GOD bless and reward you! He doth, he will. I suppose you will see what I have written to Mr. _P――――l_ and Mr. _S――――k_. How doth the Redeemer bring his elect together, even in this world!…
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_To Mr. D――――._ _London, August 15, 1760._ _My dear Mr. D――――_, HOW do I long to hear of GOD’s appearing for _Georgia_ and _Bethesda_? I trust, the _Indians_ have not, and will not be permitted to disturb a family planted by his own right hand, and for his own glory. But the divine judgments are a great deep. LORD, …
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_To Mrs. C――――._ _London, November 14, 1760._ _Dear Mrs. C――――_, I CANNOT find any of your relations, but what are willing you should remain in _Georgia_, and settle there. What condition can be so useful for you? I have never varied in my opinion. The LORD JESUS direct, bless, and reward you! He will. The orphan se…
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_To Mr. K――――._ _London, February 21, 1761._ _My dear Timothy_, THE distance that _Plymouth_ lies from _London_, is one great cause of my coming there so seldom. What can I do, who have so many calls, and so few assistants? _London_ must be minded. For surely, there the word runs and is glorified more and more. I re…
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_To Mrs. C――――._ _London, February 23, 1761._ _Dear Mrs. C――――_, IT is almost an age now, since I heard from my dear family in the wilderness. How came I not to have one line by Mr. _Young_? Ere now I hope you have received my last by Captain _Ball_. When shall I get leave to come over? Perhaps my heart is too much …
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_To Mr. A――――s._ _London, March 3, 1761._ _My very dear Mr. A――――s_, MY last showed you that we are both of a mind. Let us have a little patience, and all will be well. As Mr. _B――――e_ cannot come up directly, I must defer my _Bristol_ journey till after _Easter_. The cold I catched there, I shall not easily get rid…
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_To the Reverend Mr. G――――._ _London, March 14, 1761_. _My dear Sir_, I HEAR that your little daughter is gone to heaven: a fine flower soon cropped. I thought she was too fine to continue long in this bad soil. She is now transplanted to an infinitely better. O that I may have patience to wait till my wish’d-for ch…
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_P. S._ One Mr. _Berridge_, lately Moderator of _Cambridge_, hath been preaching here with great flame.…
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_To Mr. S―――― S――――._ _Cannonbury-House (near London), April 11, 1761._ _Dear Sir_, BE pleased to pay to Mr. _Thomas Cox_ the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds, which, with one hundred and fifty paid to him before, and given (as this is to be) into the hands of the Reverend Mr. _Zingenhagen_, makes up the sum of f…
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_To the Reverend Mr. T――――._ _Cannonbury-House, April 27, 1761._ _My very dear Friend_, ACCEPT a few lines of love unfeigned from a worthless worm, just returning from the borders of an eternal world. O into what a world was I launching! But the prayers of GOD’s people have brought me back. LORD JESUS, let it be for…
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_To the Reverend Mr. G――――._ _Cannonbury-House, May 2, 1761._ SURPRIZING, that any friends of _Zion_ should be solicitous for the welfare of such a worthless worm! Indeed, my dear friend, the news you have heard was true. I have been at the very gates of what is commonly called death. They seemed opening to admit me,…
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_To Mr. S―――― S――――._ _Plymouth, June 5, 1761._ WILL not my very dear and valuable friend be glad to hear, that through divine mercy I am somewhat improved in my health since my leaving _London_. At _Bristol_ I grew sensibly better, but hurt myself by too long journies to _Exeter_ and hither. However, blessed be GOD,…
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_To Mr. R―――― K――――n._ _Bristol, June 11, 1761._ _My dear steady Friend_, ACCEPT a few lines of love unfeigned, from one who loves both you and yours in the bowels of JESUS CHRIST. They leave me rather hurt by my late western journey. I strive to put out to sea as usual, but my shattered bark will not bear it. LORD …
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_Cannonbury-House, July 11, 1761._ _My dear Timothy_, JUST as I was going to write you a few lines to come hither, Mr. _Rowand_’s letter informed me that you was very ill. But I hope this will find you better. LORD JESUS, prepare us for whatever thou hast prepared for us! Commending you to his never-failing mercy, I …
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_July 16._ Blessed be GOD I am better! Blessed be GOD that you are so likewise! Who knows what rest and time may produce? O to be blanks in the hands of JESUS! When shall this once be! What good news by sea and land! Grace! grace! Let me have another line, and cease not to pray for, my dear _Timothy_, Yours, &c.…
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_To Mr. K――――._ _London, October 13, 1761._ _My dear Fellow-prisoner_, I HOPE an all-wise Redeemer is teaching us to be content to be buried ourselves, and to bury our friends alive. This is a hard but important lesson. LORD JESUS, make us great proficients in the school of thy cross! I have not preached a single se…
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_To Mr. D――――._ _Leeds, October 24, 1761._ _My very dear Mr. D――――_, WHAT sudden changes here! O that my great change was come! Happy _Polhill_: _Bethesda_’s loss is thy gain. “Be ye also ready,” is the call of this awful providence. The LORD furnish survivors with double strength! I thank you for the accounts. I se…
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_To Mrs. C――――._ _Leeds, October 24, 1761._ _Dear Mrs. C――――_, I AM still in this dying world, but frequently tempted to wish the report of my death had been true, since my disorder keeps me from my old delightful work of preaching. But JESUS can teach us to exercise our passive as well as active graces. Fain would …
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_To Mr. R―――― K――――n._ _Newcastle, October 29, 1761._ _My dear steady Friend_, HITHERTO the LORD hath helped me. Surely his mercy endureth for ever. I bear riding sixty miles a day in a post-chaise quite well. Blessed be his name, friends both here and at _Leeds_ are prudent, and do not press me to preach much. But …
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_To the Reverend Mr. G――――._ _Newcastle, October 29, 1761._ _Reverend and very dear Sir_, THOUGH at a very unexpected, and seemingly unseasonable time, I am thus far travelled northwards. Hitherto the LORD hath helped me to hold out. Fain would I reach _Scotland_, to see some of my dear friends before I die. My spir…
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_To the Reverend Mr. G――――._ _Edinburgh, November 9, 1761._ THOUGH I have been very ill since my coming to _Edinburgh_, yet I must come just to see my dear friends at _G――――_. I cannot be there till _Thursday_ noon. Little, very little can be expected from a dying man. But I can now hear a little for myself. I write …
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_To Mr. R―――― K――――n._ _Leeds, December 1, 1761._ _My dear old Friend_, IT is near ten at night, and I am to set off to-morrow in the _Leeds_ stage for _London_. Your letter I received this evening, and thank you for it most heartily. Silence is enjoined me for a while by the _Edinburgh_ physicians. They say my case…
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_To Mr. K――――._ _London, January 8, 1762._ _My dear Timothy_, I THOUGHT my wife had written many letters to you before this time. Blessed be GOD, I am better. The _Scotch_ journey did me service. I preached on new-year’s day, and am to do so again, GOD willing, to-morrow. Who knows? who knows?――I may again see _Plym…
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_To Mr. R―――― K――――n._ _Bristol, April 17, 1762._ WILL not my dear steady friend be glad to hear that _Bristol_ air agrees with me, and that I have been enabled to preach five times this last week without being hurt? LORD JESUS, make me truly and humbly thankful! Was the door open for an _American_ voyage, I verily b…
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_To Mr. S―――― S――――._ _Bristol, April 18, 1762._ _My very dear Friend_, I WAS quite sorry that I could not take a parting dinner with you. Mr. _Z――――n_ begged me to come just at that time to converse with me about the suffering protestants, and in the evening I read letters. Blessed be GOD, I was not the worse for i…
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_To Mr. D――――._ _Bristol, April 29, 1762._ _My very dear Mr. D――――_, HOW have I been contriving to come over in one of the mast ships lately sailed for _New-England_? But the hour is not yet come. Hasten it, O glorious _Emmanuel_, for thy great name’s sake! Surely a sea voyage would help to brace up this relaxed tab…
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_To Mrs. W――――._ _Bristol, May 4, 1762._ _Dear Mrs. W――――_, I THANK you heartily for your kind letter, and desire to bless the LORD of all lords for the good news it contains. If the foot of pride doth not come against those that speak for JESUS, all will be well. I see it is always darkest before break of day. O th…
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_To Mrs. C――――._ _Bristol, May 4, 1762._ _Dear Mrs. C――――_, YOUR kind letter came to hand a few days ago. The convoy being driven back, gives me an opportunity of returning you hearty thanks. Mr. _R――――_’s draught will lie hard upon me; but I will endeavour to get it paid. I am glad _A――――w_ and _G――――r_ are put out…
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_To Mr. S―――― S――――._ _Rodborough, May 21, 1762._ _My very dear Friend_, THOUGH I hope to be in _London_ on _Tuesday_ or _Wednesday_ next, yet I cannot come thither without troubling you with another line. Blessed be GOD, it leaves me in better bodily health, than when I wrote last. Through divine mercy, preaching f…
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_To Mrs. C――――._ _London, May 28, 1762._ _Dear Mrs. C――――._ I AM just now come to town for a few days, sensibly better by my country excursion. Once more I have had the honour of taking the field, and have now some hopes of not being as yet quite thrown aside as a broken vessel. Help me to praise Him, whose mercy en…
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_To Mr. R―――― K――――n._ _Norwich, July 31, 1762._ _My very dear Friend_, THOUGH you never mentioned a word concerning the letter I sent you when at _Bristol_, yet this doth not discourage me from dropping you a few lines, now I am put into _Norwich-Dock_, in order to refit for another expedition. The _Holland_ one la…
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_To the Reverend Mr. T――――._ _Edinburgh, September 2, 1762._ I AM just this moment returned from _Glasgow_, where I have been enabled to preach every day, and twice at _Cambuslang_. Auditories were large, and JESUS smiled upon my feeble labours. GOD willing, I shall leave this place on _Wednesday_ next; but I despair…
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_September 9._ Thus far I went on _Friday_; but found that was the wrong day to send. Since then, I have been helped to preach every day. The Kirk hath been a _Bethel_. Grace! grace! On _Monday_, GOD willing, I shall set off. Follow with your prayers. Yours, &c. &c.…
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_To Mr. D――――._ _Sunderland, September 19, 1762._ _My dear Mr. D――――_, I CAN only send you a few lines: but I hope they will be acceptable ones. Your last packet came to my hands yesterday. Blessed be GOD that all is so well! You will be glad to hear, that I can preach once a day, and that I have now a prospect of e…
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_To Mr. R―――― K――――n._ _Leeds, September 25, 1762._ _Dear Sir_, WHAT a pity that I cannot answer your kind letter, by telling you where to meet me! but it is impracticable. I am just now setting forwards towards _London_, but fear I cannot reach it before _Sunday_. My chaise wanted repairing here. O how good hath JE…
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_To Mrs. C――――._ _London, October 15, 1762._ _Dear Mrs. C――――_, I WISH to answer your last in person. I hope the time is now drawing near. I count the weeks, and days, and hours. LORD JESUS, direct my goings in thy way. Blessed be GOD that you live in such harmony! A house thus united in JESUS, will stand. I shall b…
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_To Mr. A―――― K――――._ _Bristol, Numbers 29, 1762._ GOD willing, I shall set off for _Plymouth_ to-morrow morning, and hope to see you all on _Thursday_ evening, or _Friday_. Let grand preparations be made; as a candle, a book, and a table. Above all, much prayer, that I may not again relapse at _Plymouth_; as _Bristo…
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_To Mr. S―――― S――――._ _Plymouth, December 4, 1762._ HOW was I disappointed, two _Mondays_, of seeing and conversing with my very dear Mr. _S――――_! _London_, _London_, how dost thou weigh this mortal body down! If it be no odds, I would visit my dear friend again on a _Wednesday_. Perhaps on that day I may not be so f…
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_To Mrs. Elizabeth W――――d._ _Plymouth, December 5, 1762._ YOU did very wrong, in not letting me know of your mother’s necessities. She was a widow indeed. But now she is above the reach of every thing. O for patience to wait till we are sent for to that place, where the weary are at rest! I am weary of the world, of …
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_To Mr. R―――― K――――n._ _Plymouth, December 5, 1762._ _My dear steady Friend_, I MUST not be out of town, without sending my dear Mr. _K――――n_ a few loving lines. Blessed be GOD for a few steady friends! they are rarities even in the church of GOD. But the church is in a wilderness; ere long it will be in _Canaan_. N…
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_To Mr. A―――― K――――._ _Bristol, December 12, 1762._ THROUGH divine mercy, we got here yesterday about three in the afternoon, all well, excepting that I lost my watch in the way. If it teacheth me to be more on my watch in the best things, it will be rather a gain. LORD, help me in every thing to give thanks! I do no…
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_To Mr. R―――― K――――n._ _Thursday evening. January 15, 1763._ _My dear Friend_, DO meet me to-morrow by two o’clock, or rather one, at Mr. _B――――n_’s, at _Cannonbury-house_. I have something of importance to communicate. Not to keep you in suspense, it is to beseech you, jointly with Mr. _H――――y_ and Mr. _B――――n_, as…
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_To Mr. R―――― K――――n._ _Leeds, March 6, 1763._ _My very dear Friend_, YOU have heard, I suppose, of my progress to, and employ at _Everton_. JESUS was there. Last _Thursday_ evening we came to these parts, where I have preached twice, and been closely employed in writing my little piece entitled, _Observations, &c._…
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