LETTER DCXVII.
To Mr. W——.
Philadelphia, Sept. 9, 1747.
Very dear Sir,
LAST night I heard of Dr. Coleman’s sudden death. I bless God for granting him such an easy passage. Soon after the news reached me, I bowed my knee before the God and Father of our Lord Jesus in behalf of your bereaved (and I could almost say desolate) church. O may the Lord of all lords direct you in the choice of another, who may rule and feed you diligently with all his power. I shall be glad to hear what the great head of the church does for you. You may direct to me at Charles-Town. God willing, I set forward on my journey Monday next. Our glorious Emmanuel has been pleased to open my mouth, and enlarge my heart in preaching the unsearchable riches of his grace,—I hope my dear Boston friends are warm and lively. I salute all most heartily. Pray remember the poor pilgrims; and if you write to Scotland or South-Carolina, let them know how affairs go. My dear yoke-fellow is gone to Bohemia, otherwise she would write. I intend writing to dear Mr. S—— by next post. In the mean while, I beg leave to subscribe myself, very dear Sir,
Yours most affectionately in Christ,
G. W.