{"id":"jw/letters/1784a/12-to-victory-purdy","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"A 12 To Victory Purdy","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-1784a-12-to-victory-purdy","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1784a-12-to-victory-purdy-000"],"word_count":166,"themes_auto":["primitive-christianity","reign-of-god","trinity"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1784a-12-to-victory-purdy-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1784a-12-to-victory-purdy-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1784a-12-to-victory-purdy","source_title":"A 12 To Victory Purdy","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Victory Purdy Date: LONDON, February 1, 1784. MY DEAR BROTHER, - Your father was one of our first Society, which met at Fetter Lane, and one of the first that found peace with God. When it was thought best that I should go to Bristol, we spent a considerable time in prayer, and then cast lots who should accompany me thither. The lot fell upon him; and he was with me day and night till he judged it proper to marry. But I had no curiosity; so that I scarce ever asked him a question concerning his parents, birth, or former way of life. I first saw him when he came to Fetter Lane and desired to be admitted into the Society. He was a man of eminent integrity and simplicity, 'fervent in zeal and warm in charity'; both in his spirit and behavior greatly resembling Joseph Bradford. Be you a follower of him, as he was of Christ! - I am Your affectionate brother.","word_count":166,"source_url":null,"themes":["primitive-christianity","trinity","reign-of-god"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:19:22.418077"}]}