{"id":"jw/letters/1783a/26-to-mrs-barton","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"A 26 To Mrs Barton","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-26-to-mrs-barton","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1783a-26-to-mrs-barton-000"],"word_count":159,"themes_auto":["free-will","reign-of-god","trinity"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1783a-26-to-mrs-barton-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1783a-26-to-mrs-barton-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1783a-26-to-mrs-barton","source_title":"A 26 To Mrs Barton","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Mrs. Barton Date: DUBLIN, April 23, 1785. MY DEAR SISTER, It has pleased God for many years to lead you in a rough and thorny way. But He knoweth the way wherein you go; and when you have been tried, you shall come forth as gold. Every proof you have had of God's care over you is a reason for trusting Him with your children. He will take care of them, whether you are alive or dead; so that you have no need to be careful in this matter. You have only by prayer and supplication to make your requests known to God; and whenever He sees it will be best for you, He will deliver you out of your captivity. In two or three weeks I hope to be in England again; but it is all one where we are, so we are doing the will of our Lord. I am, my dear sister, Your affectionate brother.","word_count":159,"source_url":null,"themes":["free-will","trinity","reign-of-god"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:18:38.982608"}]}