{"id":"jw/letters/1738/15-to-james-hutton","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"15 To James Hutton","title_alt":[],"text_basis":null,"date_composed":null,"date_precision":"unknown","date_note":null,"numbering":{"bicentennial":null,"jackson_running":null,"sugden":null},"source_edition":{"editor":null,"title":null,"edition":null,"place":null,"publisher":null,"year":null,"volume":null,"pages":null,"scan_url":null,"scan_page_ids":null},"transcription":{"derived_from":null,"corrected_against_scan":false,"corrector":null,"corrected_on":null},"modernization":"none","license_text":"Public Domain Mark 1.0","license_apparatus":"CC BY 4.0","wikidata":null,"prev":null,"next":null,"part_of":"jw-letters","editorial_note":null,"source_id":"jw-letter-1738-15-to-james-hutton","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1738-15-to-james-hutton-000","jw-letter-1738-15-to-james-hutton-001"],"word_count":472,"themes_auto":["christology","pneumatology","reign-of-god","works-mercy","works-piety"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1738-15-to-james-hutton-000","jw-letter-1738-15-to-james-hutton-001"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1738-15-to-james-hutton-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1738-15-to-james-hutton","source_title":"15 To James Hutton","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To James Hutton Date: HERRNHUT. August 4, 1738. MY DEAR BROTHER, I hope you and those with you stand fast in the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and are in no wise shaken from your purpose of declaring His goodness to the children of men. Ye are a few of those whom He hath chosen to be witnesses of the merits of His death and the power of His resurrection; and ye cannot too largely or too boldly declare the things He hath done for your own souls. If ye have, indeed, found mercy through His blood, you must 'use great plainness of speech'; not as Moses, and the judaizing Christians still among us, who put a veil over their face, to the intent that the glory of the Lord should not shine, which ought to shine in the eyes of all men. Many, indeed, will blaspheme, even though Paul speak, and speak only the words of truth and soberness. But ought Paul, therefore, to forbear speaking ' We have not so learned Christ.' Many also will persecute and revile you and say all manner of evil of you, for His name's sake. Why, then ye are heirs of the blessing; then the Spirit of God, the Spirit of glory, shall rest upon you. Then rejoice and be exceeding glad, that ye are partakers of the reproach of Christ; and when Christ, which is your life, shall appear, ye shall also appear with Him in glory.","word_count":247,"source_url":null,"themes":["christology","reign-of-god","pneumatology"],"created_at":"2026-01-29T18:40:50.896520"},{"id":"jw-letter-1738-15-to-james-hutton-001","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1738-15-to-james-hutton","source_title":"15 To James Hutton","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":1,"text":"We are here compassed about with a cloud of witnesses that the Ancient of Days waxeth not old; that His arm is not shortened, but still worketh mightily in and for those that believe. All of these are living proofs that Christianity, as its Author, is the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever; that the same gifts are still given unto men, the same holiness and happiness, the same freedom from sin, the same peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. These likewise bear witness with one accord that there is but one way under heaven given to men of attaining to a fellowship in these great and precious promises namely, faith in Him who loved us and gave Himself for us, and bare our sins in His own body upon the tree; and also that 'whosoever seeketh this findeth,' so he seek it humbly, earnestly, and perseveringly, absolutely renouncing all his own righteousness as well as his own works, and coming to Christ as poor, miserable, and naked! My dear friends, be lowly, be serious, be watchful. Let not any pretence to mental make you slack in vocal prayer. Be good stewards of the manifold grace of God. And the God of peace and love be with you even unto the end! Be not forgetful of praying much for Your weak brother in Christ.","word_count":225,"source_url":null,"themes":["christology","works-piety","works-mercy"],"created_at":"2026-01-29T18:40:50.896599"}]}