LETTER MCCCXXXIII.
To Mr. E——s.
London, August 3, 1765.
Dear Mr. E——s,
I AM very weak in body, but gratitude constrains me to send you a few lines of love unfeigned, for your labours of love during my absence abroad. I rejoice to hear they were blessed. Our friends tell me, that the sound of your Master’s feet was certainly heard behind you. To Him, and Him alone, be all the glory! Is not this encouragement, my dear brother, to go on, and to be instant in season and out of season? If God will work, who shall hinder?
Give us thy strength, O God of power,
Then let winds blow and thunders roar:
Thy faithful witnesses we’ll be;
’Tis fix’d! we can do all through thee.
Thanks be to God, we do not go a warfare on our own charges; the Captain of our salvation will conquer for and in us. Let us but acknowledge him in all our ways, and He hath given us his royal word, that “He will direct and prosper all our paths.”