{"id":"jw/letters/1785a/03-to-john-johnson","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"A 03 To John Johnson","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-1785a-03-to-john-johnson","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1785a-03-to-john-johnson-000"],"word_count":153,"themes_auto":["free-will","prevenient-grace","works-mercy"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1785a-03-to-john-johnson-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1785a-03-to-john-johnson-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1785a-03-to-john-johnson","source_title":"A 03 To John Johnson","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To John Johnson Date: LONDON, January 26, 1785. My DEAR BROTHER, - It is plain the time is come for God to lift up the light of His countenance upon poor Lisburn; this is the answer of many prayers offered up by good Sister Gardner and many others. His providence brought both you and Sister Johnson thither in good time; she was more wanted now in Lisburn than even in Dublin, as Hetty Rogers was enabled in a great measure to supply her place there. You will prevail upon more and more to meet in band and more and more backsliders will be healed, I expect; you will in a little time have a Select Society also. If my life and health are continued, I hope to cross the sea about the beginning of April; but how many blessings may you receive before that time! - I am Your affectionate friend and brother.","word_count":153,"source_url":null,"themes":["free-will","prevenient-grace","works-mercy"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:19:59.747623"}]}