_Philadelphia, June 1, 1747._
_My dear Mr. H――――_,
I Make no apology for troubling you with the inclosed. I hear you have taken the Tabernacle outward affairs into your hands. I am glad of it, and pray the LORD of all Lords to make you a faithful steward of his manifold gifts. You will remember me most tenderly to dear Mrs. _H――――_, and to all friends. Perhaps I may see you yet before I die. GOD is delivering me out of my embarrassments by degrees. With the collection made at _Charles-Town_, I have purchased a plantation and some slaves, which I intend to devote to the use of _Bethesda_. When a sufficient fund for the future support of that house is raised, so that it may not lie as a dead weight upon me when absent, I shall think my call clearer to _England_. At present I have full work here; the congregations yesterday were exceeding large, and for this month past I have been preaching to thousands in different places. I am sick and well, as I used to be in _England_; but the Redeemer fills me with comfort, and gives me to rejoice in his salvation day by day. I am determined in his strength to die fighting, and to go on till I drop. He is a JESUS worth dying for. Once more, remember us to all. We remember you, and am, as much as as ever, dear Mr. _H――――_,
Your affectionate friend, brother and willing servant in CHRIST, _G. W._