_To Mr. William L――――._
_Bethesda, Jan. 25, 1752._
_Very dear Sir_,
MAN appoints, but GOD disappoints. Though we missed seeing each other on earth, yet if JESUS CHRIST be our life, we shall meet never to part again in the kingdom of Heaven. Your kind letter found me employed for the fatherless, in this wilderness, and am almost ready to enter upon my Spring campaign. The news from _Ireland_, does not at all surprize me. Weak minds soon grow giddy with power; and then they become pests, instead of helps to the church of GOD. You have done well, dear Sir, not to desist from doing good, on account of some rubs you meet with in the way. _Benefacere et male pati, vere christianum est._ Go on, therefore, to lay up treasures in heaven; and let the world see, that you have been with JESUS, by imitating him in going about doing good. I intend, by his assistance, now to begin; for as yet alas! I have done nothing. Continue to pray for me; and be pleased to assure our _Irish_ friends, that they are not forgotten by me. Who knows but I may see them once more on this side eternity? As soon as possible, some of them shall hear from me. Thanks be to GOD, the Orphan-house flourishes. That the work of CHRIST may flourish amongst all persons of all denominations, and that you and yours may be always abounding in the work of the LORD, is the earnest prayer of, very dear Sir,
Yours most affectionately in our common LORD, _G. W._