{"id":"jw/letters/1774/04-to-his-brother-charles","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"04 To His Brother Charles","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-1774-04-to-his-brother-charles","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1774-04-to-his-brother-charles-000"],"word_count":242,"themes_auto":["catholic-spirit","scriptural-authority","works-mercy"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1774-04-to-his-brother-charles-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1774-04-to-his-brother-charles-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1774-04-to-his-brother-charles","source_title":"04 To His Brother Charles","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To his Brother Charles Date: LONDON, January 13, 1774. DEAR BROTHER, Probably, if I live another year, I may need Mr. Wathen again; but as yet it is not easy to determine. However, I am at present perfectly well. Your advice with regard to Mr. Davis is good. He is very quiet, but not very useful To tell you my naked thoughts (which I do not tell to every one), I have talked with Ralph Mather again and again. I think verily I never met with such another man. I am much inclined to think (though he is not infallible, neither of an uncommon natural understanding) that he is now as deep in grace as G. Lopez was. I mean Dr. Boyce. I am glad Charles is at home. But why should you not have him to your hour is the question. You are a man! No truth in it at all. A mere Georgian story. I think God raised up out of the dust T. Olivers in the room of poor decrepit Walter Sellon. The conclusion of his book is noble: true, strong oratory. Goldsmith's History and Hooke's are far the best. I think I shall make them better. My view in writing history (as in writing philosophy) is to bring God into it. When I talk with Ralph Mather, I am amazed and almost discouraged. What have I been doing for seventy years! Peace be with you and yours! Adieu.","word_count":242,"source_url":null,"themes":["works-mercy","scriptural-authority","catholic-spirit"],"created_at":"2026-01-29T20:07:08.597798"}]}