_To the Reverend Mr. G――――._
_Wednesbury, Staffordshire, August 7, 1757._
_Reverend and very dear Sir,_
THOUGH Mr. _Hopper_ promised to write you an ♦historical, letter as last _Thursday_ from _Dublin_, yet I cannot help dropping you a few lines from this place. Blessed be GOD, we had a passage, and last night we had a pleasant season. At _Athlone_, _Limerick_, _Cork_, and especially at _Dublin_, where I preached near fifty times, we had _Cambuslang_ seasons. With the utmost difficulty I came away. O these partings! The blows I received some time ago, were like to send me, where all partings would have been over. But I find we are immortal till our work is done. LORD JESUS, help me to begin in earnest! My cordial love awaits my host and hostess. Be pleased to desire them to send my things by the first opportunity, directed to Mr. _David Brown_, at the Orphan-hospital, _Edinburgh_.――This morning our LORD hath met us.――I am to preach twice more.――Ere long we shall praise for ever. I hope dear Mr. _N――――_’s son is better. I commend your whole self, and all dear friends, to his never-failing mercy, and entreat you never to forget, my very dear Sir,
Yours most affectionately in the best bonds,