_To Mr. G――――._
_London, December 27, 1753._
_Reverend and very dear Sir_,
I AM surprized to find by your last kind letter, that my poor journals are not come to hand. My wife informs me that they were sent to, or by one Mr. _E――――_, who was to send off goods the very next day. Perhaps it will please you to hear that Messrs. _T――――_ and _D――――_ supped with me last night; may the good LORD prosper the work of their hands upon them! I hope they will be introduced soon to the Marquiss of _L――――_, and by him to Lord _L――――_. I shall help them all I can. At the great day all things will be laid open. O how do I long for it! And yet, how ashamed shall I be to appear before my LORD, when I have done so little for him, and made such poor returns for his dying love! Would you think it? I am this day thirty-nine years of age. Did not my business require my attendance, I could lock myself up, and lie prostrate all the day long in deep humiliation before him, who hath vouchsafed to call me by his grace, reveal his son in me, and I trust made me the instrument, (O amazing love!) of calling some others to the experimental knowledge of the same unspeakable gift. My dear, very dear Sir, let none of my friends cry to such a sluggish, lukewarm, unprofitable worm, “Spare thyself.” Rather spur me on, I pray you, with an “Awake thou sleeper, and begin to begin to do something for thy GOD.” The LORD being my helper, I will. Do thou strengthen me, my LORD and my GOD, and I will go for thee, at thy command, to the uttermost parts of the earth! O break, break my heart, look to him, whom thou hast pierced.――Look and love, look and mourn, look and praise; thy GOD is yet thy GOD! Every day, Sir, we hear of fresh work; scores of notes are put up by persons brought under conviction, and GOD’s people are abundantly refreshed. Last night the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle; I cannot tell you half.――I am lost, I am lost in wonder. I must retire to give vent to my heart. For the present, my dear Sir, adieu! The LORD bless you and yours, and all my other dear friends. Ere long, I hope to spend an eternal new year with you in the _Jerusalem_ which is above. That in the mean time, all things belonging to the old man may die in us, and all things belonging to the new man may more and more live and grow in us, is the earnest prayer of, my very dear Sir,
Yours most affectionately in our glorious Head,