To Mrs. B——, at the Orphan-house.
Cambuslang, Aug. 18, 1742.
Dear Sister B——,
HAS the Lord called for your dear lambs? If so, I trust you have been enabled to say, “The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: blessed be the name of the Lord.” I am glad to find you was so well reconciled to your dear husband’s imprisonment. It is sweet when wives are strengthened to encourage their husbands in a suffering hour. Then are they helps meet for them indeed. You do well, my dear Sister, to lament the vileness of your heart. I find more and more that my heart is desperately wicked. But, blessed be God, I have a fountain to go and wash in every moment, even the blessed fountain of the Mediator’s blood. There I can have free access; there I can wash, and daily be made clean. Indeed, my dear sister, without dissimulation, I am a poor, very poor sinner; but I am rich in Jesus, and rejoice in his great salvation from day to day. I long to see you and my dear family, to acquaint you what God hath done for my soul: and yet he is still doing more and more. He does, he will delight to honour me. I thank you for the great respect you pay me for his great name’s sake. I will endeavour not to be behind with you, and the rest of my dear friends, in humility and love. I am, my dear sister, most sincerely,
Your affectionate friend, brother, and servant in Jesus Christ,
G. W.
LETTER CCCCXLV.
To Mr. B——.
Cambuslang, Aug. 18, 1742.