486. Letter Mccccxlix.
LETTER MCCCCXLIX.
T o Mr. B――n.
Charles-Town, February 27, 1770.
My dear Mr. B――n, I OWE you an answer to your kind letter. Blessed be God, I can send you good news from a far country! All things at Bethesda go on quite well. My bodily health is upon the advance, and the word, I trust, runs and is glorified. At present, my intended plan about returning continues the same: but all depends on news from home. Strange! that none could write a line or two by so many ships. Only one letter have I received from Mr. K――n since my arrival. Next week, God willing, I return to Georgia, and soon after I purpose to go to the northward. I know who will follow me with their prayers: they will avail much. The Lord Jesus be with all your spirits! I suppose you heard from Bethesda by Captain Anderson. Mr. Wright is the main spring with regard to the buildings, and all the other wheels move orderly and well. Praise the Lord, O my soul! O this pilgrim way of life! To
me it is life indeed. No nestling, no nestling, my dear Mr. B――n, on this side eternity. This is not our rest. Ere long we shall sing,
All our sorrows left below, And earth exchang'd for heav'n.
Leaving you to add Hallelujah, and sending most hearty greetings to your whole self, and all enquiring friends, I must hasten to subscribe myself, my dear Mr. B――n, Less than the least of all, G. W.
March 4.
Pray tell Mr. K――n, that I hope to write to him in a few days from Georgia. To-morrow, God willing, I return thither. I trust substantial good hath been done here. Grace! grace!