{"id":"jw/letters/1780b/18-to-john-valton","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"B 18 To John Valton","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-1780b-18-to-john-valton","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1780b-18-to-john-valton-000"],"word_count":212,"themes_auto":["assurance","free-will","pneumatology"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1780b-18-to-john-valton-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1780b-18-to-john-valton-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1780b-18-to-john-valton","source_title":"B 18 To John Valton","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To John Valton Date: BRISTOL, October 1, 1780, MY DEAR BROTHER,-I expected the state of Manchester Circuit to be just such as you have found it. But the power of the Lord is able to heal them. I fear Sister Mayer was left unemployed because she loved perfection. If you find a few more of the same spirit, I believe you will find them employment. The accommodations everywhere will mend if the preachers lovingly exert themselves. I am glad you take some pains for the new chapel. Our brother Brocklehurst will do anything that is reasonable. In one thing only you and I do not agree; but perhaps we shall when we have prayed over it: I mean the giving me an extract of your Life See letters of April 21 and Dec. 19. I cannot see the weight of your reasons against it. ' Some are superficial.' What then All are not; Brother Mather's and Haime's in particular. Add one to these; a more weighty one if you can. You know what to omit and what to insert. I really think you owe it (in spite of shame and natural timidity) to God and me and your brethren. Pray for light in this matter. I am Your affectionate friend and brother.","word_count":212,"source_url":null,"themes":["free-will","pneumatology","assurance"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:16:10.139313"}]}