{"id":"jw/letters/1778/09-to-mrs-johnston-annandale-lisleen","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"09 To Mrs Johnston Annandale Lisleen","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-1778-09-to-mrs-johnston-annandale-lisleen","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1778-09-to-mrs-johnston-annandale-lisleen-000"],"word_count":286,"themes_auto":["assurance","catholic-spirit","experience"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1778-09-to-mrs-johnston-annandale-lisleen-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1778-09-to-mrs-johnston-annandale-lisleen-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1778-09-to-mrs-johnston-annandale-lisleen","source_title":"09 To Mrs Johnston Annandale Lisleen","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Mrs. Johnston, Annandale, Lisleen Date: LONDON, February 14, 1778. MY DEAR SISTER, - The fact was true. And there was a grievous mistake with regard to the time of it for that letter (which was wrote, I suppose, a year and a half ago); since that time I have had no complaint of the kind. See letter of Jan. 8. If I had, I should have let you know. But you need not be under any apprehension of my being offended at you either on this or any other account. I am not easily offended at those I love, and I have loved you ever since I saw you for your artlessness and sincerity; and I believe you will never quit that character, though it be ever so much out of fashion. I cannot doubt but Robert Swindells' stay at Lisleen was of use to others as well as himself. As Shakespear's 'the man of exceeding honesty,' one may take his word. Therefore I am strongly persuaded he is no Calvinist; yet I do not wonder that it should be imputed to him, for he was leaning toward it for many years. This all our preachers know; but they did not all know that he now sees more clearly. In about a fortnight I purpose to set out from London, and probably about the end of next month I shall be in Dublin. I intend with God's help to visit the South of Ireland first start, make Londonderry beginning of June. If so, I will have the pleasure of seeing you and your dear family before the end of May. Peace be with all your spirits,-I am, my dear sister, Your affectionate friend and brother.","word_count":286,"source_url":null,"themes":["assurance","catholic-spirit","experience"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:14:14.716849"}]}