_To Mr. H―――― H――――._
_Hanover county, (Virginia) Nov. 16, 1746._
_My very dear Brother_,
ABOUT a week ago I had the pleasure of receiving a long letter from you, which I immediately answered at _Anapolis_.――That you wrote to my dear wife is gone to her, and I suppose will rejoice her exceedingly. ――She is well, and enjoys much of GOD.――I was glad to find that the _Tabernacle_ was given up to your care.――Whether its breaches are yet repaired, or whether it be entirely fallen down, I know not.――I suppose when I come to _England_, I shall have all to begin again.――It is the LORD, let him do what seemeth him good.――The account of dear brother _H――――_’s trial affected me much. I rejoice that he comes bright out of the furnace of affliction. I salute him and all my dear friends most tenderly.――Sometimes affection works strong, and I almost determine to come over.――But the cloud does not seem to move that way as yet. ――However, my eyes are to the LORD.――Whenever his providence points out the way, the language of my heart is, “Lo I come.”――I wrote to brother _H―――― J――――_ and _A――――_ lately, and since have received their kind letters.――I have lately been in seven counties in _Maryland_, and ere long think to preach in as many in this province.――There is a sweet stirring among the dry bones.――I have a thousand tender things to say, but time will not permit.――Well, my dear dear man, heaven is at hand; ――there we shall have talk enough.――O let us take as many souls with us to that blessed place as we can.――Blessed be GOD, my soul springs with fresh desires to hunt after poor straying sheep, which JESUS has purchased with his dear heart’s blood.――O that I may begin now to do something for him, who hath done and suffered so much for me! But I can no more.――I am lost, I am quite overcome when I think of this.――LORD, I believe and worship!――Pray remember me to _all_ most tenderly. ――Remember me before the LORD as the _chief of sinners_, but, my very dear brother,
Ever, ever yours, _G. W._