{"id":"jw/letters/1775/12-to-thomas-wride","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"12 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-1775-12-to-thomas-wride","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1775-12-to-thomas-wride-000"],"word_count":162,"themes_auto":["assurance","pneumatology"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1775-12-to-thomas-wride-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1775-12-to-thomas-wride-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1775-12-to-thomas-wride","source_title":"12 To Thomas Wride","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Thomas Wride Date: LONDON, February 24, 1775. DEAR TOMMY, Beware of your own spirit! You bite like a bull-dog; when you seize, you never let go. I advise you to think of William Hunter no more; go on your way as if he was under the earth. At a Quarterly Meeting, if the collection is only six pounds and two preachers are present, they commonly share it between them. In this case I do not say they defraud a third preacher who is expected; but I say they act unkindly. But you should tell me without fear or favor who has neglected the round. Part of the books which I borrowed of Mr. Hammond I left at Waterford with one who has promised to send them back directly. The other part one promised to send from Dublin. I am ashamed of their vile negligence. I hope to be in Dublin next month; and am, dear Tommy, Your affectionate friend and brother.","word_count":162,"source_url":null,"themes":["pneumatology","assurance"],"created_at":"2026-01-29T20:07:57.551979"}]}