_To Mr. B――――._
_London, August 20, 1748._
_My very dear Brother_,
I Thank you for your kind letter. It was put into my hands just as I was leaving _Bristol_, and ever since, I have been so busy, that till now I could not redeem a few moments to answer it. I am glad that you, and the dear brethren you mentioned, are so well and happy. They are my old hearty friends as well as you. I salute them tenderly, and long for that time when we shall all surround the throne, and throw our crowns before the Lamb who sitteth thereon for ever. There we shall be all unisons: there we shall have clear heads, and perfectly clean and purified hearts. Till then we must agree, to disagree in many things, except to love and serve him, who loved us and gave himself for us, who has redeemed us unto GOD by his blood, hath made us kings and priests unto GOD, and enables us to reign over sin, death, and hell, even whilst we are here on earth. O glorious mystery! Well may the angels desire to look into it. I could enlarge, but other affairs of our LORD’s kingdom call me away. For the present, adieu. I return your cordial salutations in the heartiest manner. If our LORD should call me to _Wiltshire_, I would come and see you. At present I am bound to _Scotland_. I trust we can say, JESUS is with us here. That he may be evermore with you and all his sincere followers, is the earnest prayer of, my very dear brother,
Yours most affectionately in him that was dead, but is alive again, and liveth for evermore, _G. W._