G. W.
LETTER MCCXCIII.
To Mr. W——y.
Philadelphia, September. 29, 1763.
My dear Mr. W——y,
EBENEZER! Hitherto the Lord hath helped! I have been here above a week; but still an invalid.
Strange, that a harp of thousand strings
Should keep in tune so long!
Poor Wright is taking his American seasoning. He hath the ague and fever. This prevents his writing. Inform his relations of it. He wants for nothing. When you write, mention nothing but what relates to the eternal world. I have no thoughts to throw away on the trifling things of time. Tender love to all that are travelling to the New-Jerusalem. There, if no sooner, we shall meet and praise the never-failing Emmanuel, for whose great name’s sake I subscribe myself,