ACCEPT a few loving parting lines. Next Sunday, God willing, we sail in the Earl of Halifax packet. No ship offered at Philadelphia. I am almost too weary to write. Jesus made the wilderness to smile! Grace! grace! I have received letters from England, dated April 13, in answer to those sent from Georgia. All say, you must come, or Bethesda affairs cannot be finished. Expect the first intelligence after my arrival. In the mean while, cease not to remember us at the throne of that Jesus; in whose great name, I desire to subscribe myself, very dear dear friends,
Ever yours, &c. &c. in Jesus,
G. W.
LETTER MCCCXXXI.
To Mr. R—— K——n.
Plymouth, July 12, 1765.
My dear dear Mr. K——n,
PERHAPS I am arrived a little before the expected time. We have had but a twenty-eight days passage, in the Hallifax packet, from New-York, which got into Falmouth last Monday. I left the vessel near the Lizard, and by the blunder of a drunken fellow, missed the Post on Monday evening. The transition hath been so sudden, that I can scarce believe that I am in England. I hope, ere long, to have a more sudden transition into a better country. Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly! I want a gown and cassock. Child, in Chancery-Lane, used to make for me, and perhaps knows my measure. Amazing, that I have not been measured for a coffin long ago! Lord Jesus, thy will be done! I am very low in body, and as yet undetermined what to do. Perhaps, on the whole, it may be best to come on leisurely, to see if my spirits can be a little recruited. You may write a few lines at a venture to Bristol. dear Mr. H——y shall hear more particularly the next Post, whatever rout I take. Had I bodily strength, you would find me coming upon you unawares; but that fails me much. I must have a little rest, or I shall be able to do nothing at all. Let no one stir to meet me, it being uncertain what rout I shall take. The Lord Jesus be with all your spirits! Ten thousand thousand thanks await you and your dear collegue, and all your dear friends, for all assistance given to, my dear dear friends,
Ever yours, &c. &c. in Jesus,