{"id":"jw/letters/1770/39-to-matthew-lowes","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"39 To Matthew Lowes","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-1770-39-to-matthew-lowes","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1770-39-to-matthew-lowes-000"],"word_count":100,"themes_auto":["christology","free-will","social-holiness"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1770-39-to-matthew-lowes-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1770-39-to-matthew-lowes-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1770-39-to-matthew-lowes","source_title":"39 To Matthew Lowes","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Matthew Lowes Date: LONDON, October 13, 1770. MY DEAR BROTHER, Health you shall have, if health be best: if not, sickness will be a greater blessing. I am glad you have Dr. Wilson near. A more skilful man, I suppose, is not in England. If you should continue weak (as I did from November to March), good is the will of the Lord. You are not a superannuated preacher; but you are a supernumerary. I believe one of your boys is rejoicing in the love of God. I am, with love to Sister Lowes, dear Matthew, Your affectionate brother.","word_count":100,"source_url":null,"themes":["free-will","social-holiness","christology"],"created_at":"2026-01-29T20:04:56.973884"}]}