_To Governor B――――._
_Portsmouth, April 27, 1750._
_Honoured Sir_,
I Wrote to your Excellency last from _Plymouth_, where, as well as in many other places in the west, the LORD of all lords has been pleased greatly to bless my poor unworthy ministrations. I am now (after having seen much of the Redeemer’s power in _London_) making a short elopement to _Portsmouth_, and from thence I purpose to go into the North, where I trust thousands are already awakened to seek after the things which lead to life eternal. The harvest in _England_ is exceeding great. I know that your Excellency will pray, that the LORD of the harvest may thrust out more labourers into his harvest. I am glad your Excellency hath been honoured by providence, to put _New-Jersey_ college on such a footing, that it may be a nursery for future labourers. I have had the pleasure of seeing Mr. _A――――_ and Colonel _W――――_, and have introduced them to such of my friends, as I believe, under GOD, may serve the interest in which they are engaged. Glad shall I be of every opportunity offered me, of promoting the Redeemer’s cause in _New-England_ or _New-Jersey_. By the divine blessing, I hope that something considerable will be done in _England_ and _Scotland_ for _New-Jersey_ college. I wish your Excellency joy of the relation into which I hear you have lately entered. I hope my dutiful respects will find acceptance with Madam _Bel――――_, and I earnestly pray that you may live together as heirs of the grace of life. May GOD honour you both to bring forth much fruit in old age! Here I would end; but the love I owe to the bearer, Mr. _S――――_, for CHRIST’s sake, constrains me to recommend him to your Excellency. He is I think an _Israelite_ indeed. I pray the LORD JESUS to succeed and bless him. He can give your Excellency an account, how the work prospers on this side the water. That every wilderness in _America_ may blossom like a rose, and that your Excellency’s province may be like the garden of the LORD, is the hearty prayer of,
Your Excellency’s most dutiful but obliged humble servant, _G. W._