{"id":"jw/letters/1774/63-to-thomas-wride","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"63 To Thomas Wride","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-1774-63-to-thomas-wride","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1774-63-to-thomas-wride-000"],"word_count":120,"themes_auto":["assurance","catholic-spirit","experience"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1774-63-to-thomas-wride-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1774-63-to-thomas-wride-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1774-63-to-thomas-wride","source_title":"63 To Thomas Wride","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Thomas Wride Date: TAUNTON, August 29, 1774. Alas! Alas! You have now confirmed beyond all contradiction what many of our preachers, as many as have had any intercourse with you, alleged concerning you. I am persuaded, had I read your last letter (that of the 17th instant) at the Conference, condemning, with such exquisite bitterness and self-sufficiency, men so many degrees better than yourself, the whole Conference as one man would have disclaimed all connection with you. I know not what to do. You know not what spirit you are of. Therefore there is small hope of cure. I have no heart to send you anywhere. You have neither lowliness nor love. What can I say or do more","word_count":120,"source_url":null,"themes":["assurance","catholic-spirit","experience"],"created_at":"2026-01-29T20:07:37.697165"}]}