_To Mrs. L――――, at Charles-Town._
_On board the Minerva, Feb. 11, 1741._ _Dear Mrs. L――――_,
YOU was upon the mount when I left _Charles-Town_; I hope you have not thrown yourself down. Keep close to CHRIST, and cast not off your first love. Remember what GOD has done for your soul. Forget not the glorious discovery JESUS CHRIST has made of himself to your heart; and though a cloud should overshadow you, let not Satan make you doubt of your being a child of GOD. O Mrs. _L――――_, how holy ought you to be in all manner of conversation and godliness! Why are you taken? Why are you in the arms of everlasting love? Methinks I hear you cry out, Grace! grace! And well you may; for indeed you are saved by grace. The free grace of our LORD JESUS CHRIST be with you now and for ever more. Blessed be GOD, I experience much of it in the ship. I hope divine grace moves me to send you this small letter. If GOD blesses it to your soul, put up a short prayer for
Your affectionate friend and servant in CHRIST,