{"id":"jw/letters/1777/34-to-mrs-barton","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"34 To Mrs Barton","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-1777-34-to-mrs-barton","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1777-34-to-mrs-barton-000"],"word_count":145,"themes_auto":["christology","prevenient-grace","social-holiness"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1777-34-to-mrs-barton-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1777-34-to-mrs-barton-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1777-34-to-mrs-barton","source_title":"34 To Mrs Barton","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Mrs. Barton Date: BRISTOL, July 29, 1777. MY DEAR SISTER, It is well that you have learned to say, ' The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away.' Your child is gone but a little before you. How soon shall we overtake her! It is no way inconsistent with Christian resignation to ask conditionally, ' Let this cup pass from me '; only with the addition,' Nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou writ.' Rapturous joy, such as is frequently given in the beginning of justification or of entire sanctification, is a great blessing; but it seldom continues long before it subsides into calm, peaceful love. I believe, if Miss Hurrell See letter of Oct. 28. were to spend a little time with you, it might be of great use to many. I am, with love to Brother Barton, Your affectionate brother.","word_count":145,"source_url":null,"themes":["christology","prevenient-grace","social-holiness"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:13:52.719293"}]}