_To Mr. S――――._
_Edinburgh, Sept. 23, 1748._
_My dear Brother S――――_,
HOW good is GOD! Well may you say, that he never fails those that put their trust in him. How does he make my extremity his opportunity to help and relieve me. If the news about the legacy be true, I hope it will increase my faith, and make me more willing to be upon the stretch for Him, who was stretched upon the accursed tree for me. I thank you for sending my letters. My wife proposes to embark for _England_ in _October_. The climate will not agree with her. The physicians advise her to come over, and she entreats all friends to pray for her safe passage to _England_. Affairs here have now a comfortable aspect. I think more people than ever come to hear, and their hearts begin to be warm. Continue to write. My love to all. The not sending the late published account of the Orphan-house, has been of disservice to me. When will the children of light be as wise in their generation as the children of the world? I can now no more, but am, my dear Sir,
Ever yours, _G. W._