{"id":"jw/letters/1768/53-to-christopher-hopper","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"53 To Christopher Hopper","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-1768-53-to-christopher-hopper","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1768-53-to-christopher-hopper-000"],"word_count":102,"themes_auto":["free-will","social-holiness","works-piety"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1768-53-to-christopher-hopper-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1768-53-to-christopher-hopper-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1768-53-to-christopher-hopper","source_title":"53 To Christopher Hopper","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Christopher Hopper Date: LONDON, December 3, 1768. MY DEAR BROTHER, Regard not custom, but reason.Hopper was the preacher in the Birstall Circuit. I wish you would (1) Nowhere begin preaching later than seven in the evening; (2) Preach nowhere unless they can and will procure you a tolerable lodging; (3) Change the stewards as soon as may be, whoever is pleased or displeased; (4) Execute our discipline in every point without fear or favour; (5) Expect no thanks from Richard Taylor nor any man else for doing him good. I am, with love to Sister Hopper, Your affectionate friend and brother.","word_count":102,"source_url":null,"themes":["free-will","works-piety","social-holiness"],"created_at":"2026-01-29T20:03:38.550200"}]}