To his Brother Charles Date: MANCHESTER, April 6, 1785. DEAR BROTHER, - I am glad you are again able to officiate at the chapels. Let us ' anage wisely the last stake.' See letter of June 27, 1755. For some years John Davis was a mere mule; he would neither lead nor drive. But it is enough that he finished his course well; and we are sure Nancy Sharland did so. See letter of Nov. 15, 1780. Sammy Bradburn thought of going further with me. But the frost and snow drove him back. I believe the loss of his wife will be one of the greatest blessings which he has ever met with in his life. On March 13 he had taken Bradburn to travel with him. On the 2ist at Gloucester he proposed marriage to Sophia Cooke (who suggested to Raikes his Sunday-School efforts), and they were married on Aug. 10. See letters of Feb. 14 and June 20. Mrs. Fletcher will not be in haste to remove from Madeley, though her light is there almost hid under a bushel. Mr. Ireland will give me no help with regard to writing Mr. Fletcher's Life, 'because he intends to publish it himself!' He was at Madeley on March 26. See letters of Oct. 2 and Dec. 31, 1785. Let him do it, and I will follow him. Where is your elegy See letter of Dec. 9 to Mrs. Fletcher. You may say as my father in his verses on Mr. Nelson Robert Nelson, the Nonjuror, who did much to promote schools and parochial libraries. See letter of June 13, 1733, n. Let friendship's sacred name excuse The last effort of an expiring muse. Can you or I ever have such another subject Melville Horne hopes to be ordained on Trinity Sunday. Indeed, I love the Church as sincerely as ever I did; and I tell our Societies everywhere, 'The Methodists will not leave the Church, at least while I live.' I doubt I shall not half agree with our friends in Scotland; but I shall know more and you will hear more when I see them.

While I live Dr. Coke and I shall go through Ireland by turns. He will have work enough this year with gentle Edward Smyth. Smyth opened Bethesda Chapel, Dublin, on June 25. I doubt Edward 'needs a bridle'; but who can put the bit into his mouth I am not sorry your concerts are come to an end. The concerts given by his sons in their father's house; Wesley attended one on Jan. 25, 1781. Samuel had become a Roman Catholic; his father's dream probably had been on this subject, and the text points to Wesley's hope of a coming restoration. See Journal, vi. 303; and letters of Aug. 19, 1784, and March 18, 1788, to his nephew. Remember 'your dream concerning Sammy! 'The damsel is not dead, but sleepeth!' Mr. Pennant's I know, and Dr. Johnson's I know; but I know nothing of Mr. Boswell's Tour to the Hebrides. Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides was published in 1786. I should imagine it was worth reading. Peace be with all your spirits! Adieu!