{"id":"jw/letters/1772/20-to-mary-bishop","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"20 To Mary Bishop","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-1772-20-to-mary-bishop","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1772-20-to-mary-bishop-000"],"word_count":138,"themes_auto":["free-will","means-of-grace","trinity"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1772-20-to-mary-bishop-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1772-20-to-mary-bishop-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1772-20-to-mary-bishop","source_title":"20 To Mary Bishop","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Mary Bishop Date: LONDON, March 1, 1772. MY DEAR MISS BISHOP, That your every hour is crowded with employment I account no common blessing. The more employment the better, since you are not doing your own will, but the will of Him that sent you. I cannot see that it is by any means His will for you to quit your present situation. But I observe one sentence in your letter on which you and I may explain a little. On Tuesday morning at ten I am (if God permit) to preach at The Devizes. About two I have appointed T. Lewis from Bristol to meet me at the Pelican in Bath, where I should be glad to see you, were it only for two or three minutes. I am, my dear Miss Bishop, Your affectionate brother.","word_count":138,"source_url":null,"themes":["free-will","trinity","means-of-grace"],"created_at":"2026-01-29T20:05:59.029462"}]}