247. Letter Mccx.
LETTER MCCX.
T o the Reverend Mr. T――.
Edinburgh, August 17, 1758.
My very dear Friend, IT is a little hard, that we should be so near, and not have a personal interview. But our Lord orders all things well. Most of my Christian meetings must be adjourned to heaven. Thither I have been in hopes of going for many weeks last past: but it will not do. This preaching is a strange restorative. I wish you may take it every day. If things are not right at home, it is well if we can take or catch fire abroad. Would strength permit, I could tell you much good news from London. But time is short, and this my body weighs me down. I have thoughts of leaving Edinburgh on Tuesday next, in order to return to England. Friends object much against it. May the friend of all, guide and influence. I find no diminution in the auditories, and I trust good is done. To the giver of every good gift be all the glory! I commend you and yours to his never-failing mercy, and beg the continuance of your prayers in behalf of, my very dear friend,
Yours most affectionately in our common Lord, G. W.