151. Letter Dcxlviii.
LETTER DCXLVIII.
T o Mr. K――.
London, July 12, 1748.
My dear Brother, AT my first arrival, you judged right that I am pretty much taken up; however, I must snatch a few minutes to answer your kind, very kind letter.
Blessed be God, that the mercies bestowed on hell-deserving me, have, through the thanksgivings of many, redounded to the glory of the blessed
Jesus. O that the same prayers that have drawn me hither, may draw down showers of blessings upon God's church. Now I am come, do you and my other friends continue to pray and hold up your hands, and in the strength of Jesus Christ I will go on fighting. The fields seem to be as white as ever. I trust the shout of a king is among us. O for humility, love and zeal! O for that mind, which was in Christ Jesus! I trust that the members of your society are copying after our great Exemplar. As soon as possible I purpose to come down and see you. I thank you for what you have done in respect to the Orphan-house. I could wish the cash was remitted to London
immediately, because I want to pay it away. Surely the time will come, when I shall owe no man any thing but love. Then, and 'till the day of my death, Poor, yet making many rich, shall be my motto. You will remember me in the kindest manner to all the followers of the Lamb; and that you may be filled with all his fulness, is the prayer of Yours, &c.
G. W.