{"id":"jw/letters/1777/53-to-walter-churchey","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"53 To Walter Churchey","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-1777-53-to-walter-churchey","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1777-53-to-walter-churchey-000"],"word_count":122,"themes_auto":["catholic-spirit","free-will","works-mercy"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1777-53-to-walter-churchey-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1777-53-to-walter-churchey-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1777-53-to-walter-churchey","source_title":"53 To Walter Churchey","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Walter Churchey Date: LONDON, October 18, I777. MY DEAR BROTHER, You see how 'good wits jump.' We agree that no politics shall have a place in the Arminian Magazine. But poetry will; only my brother and I are the judges what pieces shall be admitted. It may be some will think us too nice in our choice; but that we cannot help. As to a review of religious books, it might be well; but I have two objections: (1) I scruple my own sufficiency for the work; (2) I would not at any price be bound to read over all the present religious productions of the press. Peace be with you and yours, young and old! I am Your affectionate brother.","word_count":122,"source_url":null,"themes":["free-will","works-mercy","catholic-spirit"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:14:02.149629"}]}