{"id":"jw/letters/1776/36-to-william-severn","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"36 To William Severn","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-1776-36-to-william-severn","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1776-36-to-william-severn-000"],"word_count":244,"themes_auto":["free-will","reign-of-god","social-holiness"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1776-36-to-william-severn-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1776-36-to-william-severn-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1776-36-to-william-severn","source_title":"36 To William Severn","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To William Severn Date: WHITBY, June 23, 1776. DEAR BILLY, I had some thoughts of your remaining another year in Bristol, where I know your labor has not been in vain; but first one, then a second, and afterwards a third preacher desired to be stationed there, and each of them gave such reasons for desiring it as appeared to be of weight. You judge right concerning George Snowden: he is ' a sensible and upright man,' ' and you justly observe the Wiltshire circuits are not so convenient for him. I agree with you, too, that Gloucestershire will suit him well it will be a comfortable situation for him, provided you will bear him company; for you will go hand in hand. Next year, if we live and you desire it, you may be in Nottinghamshire. But I must lay one burthen more upon you (if a labor of love may be termed so); observe, I speak in your ear! Sister Snowden is good-natured, but is a consummate slut: explain with her largely on this head; convince her that it is both a sin and a shame. She came into a clean house at Stroud; let her take care to keep it clean for the honor of God for the honor of her husband for the honor of her country! I am, dear Billy, Your affectionate brother. If Christopher Walker is willing to go into Gloucestershire, you may take his place in Nottinghamshire.","word_count":244,"source_url":null,"themes":["free-will","social-holiness","reign-of-god"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:13:18.114711"}]}