_To Mrs. Elizabeth W――――._
_Savannah, Jan. 31, 1740._ _My dear Sister_,
I Have been just reading over your letter, and felt a sweet sympathy with the writer. Oh that it may increase till we are filled with all the fulness of GOD! Some passages in your letter were dangerous to my soul. Whenever you see any growth of grace, pray that I may grow in humility in particular. Oh that I was lowly in heart! Honour and dishonour, good report and evil report would then be alike, and prove a furtherance to me in my christian cause.――I believe the time is shortly coming in which I am to endure something for my LORD and Master; then will I cry out, Who is on the LORD’s side? Nothing supports me under a prospect of a trying time, so much as a sense of GOD’s everlasting love. I am persuaded, that neither men nor devils shall ever pluck me out of his Almighty hands. Let this support you, my dear Sister, in your change of life. Wherever you are, I am confident you will have reason to say, “Surely GOD is in this place.” That you may wax stronger and stronger, and ripen daily for glory, is the hearty prayer of
Your affectionate brother and servant in our dear _Emanuel_,