317. Letter Mcclxxx.
LETTER MCCLXXX.
T o Mr. S――.
Newcastle, March 13, 1763.
My very dear Friend, I CANNOT go further, without dropping you a few lines. They leave me thus far advanced in my journey to Scotland. My friends write me word, that the ship Jenny, Captain Orr, a very discreet person, sails from Greenock to Boston the middle of April. You will pray, that the God of the sea and dry land will give me a safe, and, if agreeable to his will, a speedy passage. On the road we have been favoured with some sweet seasons. I have preached at Everton, Leeds, Kippax, Aberford, and this place. Next sabbath I hope to be at Edinburgh. On my way, I was enabled to finish a little thing in answer to the present Bishop of Gloucester. If my friends think proper to print it, you will find a parting testimony left behind me for the good old Puritans and free-grace Dissenters, whom he sadly maligns.
Bless it, glorious Emmanuel, and it shall be blessed! Follow me, follow me, my very dear Sir, with your constant prayers. Mine will always be
ascending for you and yours. Indeed I owe you much love! You have often strengthened my hands in the Lord. Fain would I sing,
Lord, obediently I go, Gladly leaving all below; Only Thou my leader be, And I still will follow Thee.
And now, my dear friend, farewell. Ere long we shall meet in a better climate, where Pain and sin and sorrow cease, And all is calm and joy and peace.
Most cordial respects await dear Mrs. S―― and your daughter, if continued in this dying world. Expect to hear, from time to time, from, my very dear Sir, Yours, &c. &c.
G. W.