_To Dr. S――――._
_Boston, October 14, 1754._
_My very dear Doctor_,
SHALL I promise and not perform? GOD forbid.――Accept, therefore, a few lines of grateful love. They bring you good news. At _Rhode-Island_ and this place, souls fly to the gospel like doves to the windows. A divine power hath hitherto accompanied the word, and opposition seems to fall daily. Next week I purpose to go Eastward, and then I intend making as much haste as can be back to you. A Governor, I find, is appointed for _Georgia_, and my friend _H――――_ made Secretary. Those that honour GOD, he will honour. I have preached in four large meeting-houses, and the prospect of doing good is very promising. I was received with an excess of joy. LORD, what am I? Give me humility, for thy mercy’s sake! Adieu. Remember me to all enquiring friends, and believe me to be, my dear Sir,
Yours, &c.