To Mrs. Bradburn Date: SHEERNESS, November 27, 1783. My DEAR BETSY, Although our brethren at Birstall were not so admirable as I could have desired, yet I do not repent me of my journey: I am well pleased that I did my part. See letter of Sept. 3. You are now among a teachable and a loving people. And as you have fewer crosses, I expect you will have better health. Yet crosses of one kind or another you must still expect. Otherwise you must go out of the world. But every cross will be proportioned to your strength; and you will always find His grace is sufficient for you. When I talked with Mrs. Karr about your affair, See letter of Feb. 26 to Mrs. Bradburn. I did not observe that she resented anything. She spoke of you with much tenderness; but if she does not write, she is certainly a little disgusted. It seems you have nothing to do but to sit still, and in due time God will order all things well. I am glad you have had a little time with my dear Miss Ritchie; there would be no jar between her spirit and yours. I am, with love to Sammy Bradburn, my dear Betsy, Yours most affectionately.