{"id":"jw/letters/1783a/20-to-hester-ann-roe","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"A 20 To Hester Ann Roe","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-1783a-20-to-hester-ann-roe","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1783a-20-to-hester-ann-roe-000"],"word_count":278,"themes_auto":["catholic-spirit","free-will","universal-redemption"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1783a-20-to-hester-ann-roe-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1783a-20-to-hester-ann-roe-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1783a-20-to-hester-ann-roe","source_title":"A 20 To Hester Ann Roe","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Hester Ann Roe Date: BRISTOL, March 16, 1783. MY DEAR HETTY, I shall not be able to come to Macclesfield quite as soon as usual this year; for the preaching-houses at Hinckley and Nottingham are to be opened, which I take in my way. I expect to be at Nottingham April 1; but how long I shall stay there I cannot yet determine: thence I shall probably come by Derby to Macclesfield. It has frequently been upon my mind of late that my pilgrimage is nearly at an end; and one of our sisters here told us this morning a particular dream which she had two months ago. She dreamt the time of Conference was come, and that she was in a church expecting me to come in; when she saw a coffin brought in, followed by Dr. Coke and Mr. Fletcher, and then by all our preachers walking two and two. A fortnight ago she dreamt the same dream again. Such a burying I have ordered in my will, absolutely forbidding either hearse or coach. I intended to have wrote a good deal more; but I am hardly able. For a few days past I have had just such a fever as I had a few years ago in Ireland. But all is well. I am in no pain; but the wheels of life seem scarcely able to turn any longer. Yet I made a shift this morning to preach to a crowded audience, and hope to say something to them this afternoon. I love that word, 'And Ishmael died in the presence of all his brethren.' Still pray for, my dear Hetty, Yours most affectionately.","word_count":278,"source_url":null,"themes":["catholic-spirit","universal-redemption","free-will"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:18:35.099349"}]}