{"id":"jw/letters/1778/40-to-cornelius-bayley","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"40 To Cornelius Bayley","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-1778-40-to-cornelius-bayley","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1778-40-to-cornelius-bayley-000"],"word_count":129,"themes_auto":["prevenient-grace","social-holiness","works-mercy"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1778-40-to-cornelius-bayley-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1778-40-to-cornelius-bayley-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1778-40-to-cornelius-bayley","source_title":"40 To Cornelius Bayley","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Cornelius Bayley Date: NEAR LONDON, October 12, 1778. MY DEAR BROTHER, - I will read over and consider your MS. the first opportunity. Before I read it I cannot but mention a little remark which I have frequently made. There are many good-natured creatures among the Methodists who dearly love to make matches; and we have many other good-natured creatures who dearly love to make authors. Whereas it is the glory of the Methodists to have few authors. And a young man can hardly be too slow in this matter. To save her postage I write a line or two in yours to poor Sister Bastable. The widow of Cornelius Bastable, See letter of Dec. 15, 1763. Peace be with your spirits! - I am Your affectionate brother.","word_count":129,"source_url":null,"themes":["social-holiness","works-mercy","prevenient-grace"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:14:27.218425"}]}