{"id":"jw/letters/1781a/24-to-thomas-rutherford","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"A 24 To Thomas Rutherford","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-1781a-24-to-thomas-rutherford","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1781a-24-to-thomas-rutherford-000"],"word_count":160,"themes_auto":["prevenient-grace","trinity","universal-redemption"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1781a-24-to-thomas-rutherford-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1781a-24-to-thomas-rutherford-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1781a-24-to-thomas-rutherford","source_title":"A 24 To Thomas Rutherford","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Thomas Rutherford Date: CARMARTHEN, May 8, 1781. DEAR TOMMY, You do well to break up fresh ground. We are 'sent to disciple all mankind.' If Mr. Abraham continues as he is, I shall be glad after a while to have him nearer me. See letters of Feb. 20, 1781 (to Rutherford), and Feb. 20, 1782. After tossing up and down two days and two nights in a violent storm, finding it impossible to proceed, our captain was glad to take shelter in Holyhead harbor. I believed it to be the hand of God, and was content. So I give over the hope of seeing Dublin for the present; but I do not despair of seeing Londonderry within this month, if I should find an opportunity of getting over to the Isle of Man two or three weeks hence. I am, dear Tommy, Your affectionate friend and brother. I expect to be at Whitehaven before the end of this month.","word_count":160,"source_url":null,"themes":["universal-redemption","trinity","prevenient-grace"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:16:32.361894"}]}