{"id":"jw/letters/1786b/16-to-william-robarts","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"B 16 To William Robarts","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-1786b-16-to-william-robarts","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1786b-16-to-william-robarts-000"],"word_count":114,"themes_auto":["christology","communion","free-will"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1786b-16-to-william-robarts-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1786b-16-to-william-robarts-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1786b-16-to-william-robarts","source_title":"B 16 To William Robarts","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To William Robarts Date: BRISTOL, September 25, 1786. MY DEAR BROTHER, - I doubt not but you could say in the hour of trial, 'The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: blessed be the name of the Lord!' Still, I really think you are not in your place. You are called to better things than standing behind a counter. Your spirit, your understanding, your gifts of various kinds, point out to you a more excellent way! O when will you break loose, and join heart and hand with, See letters of Dec. 6, 1785, and Dec. 9, 1786, to him. dear Billy, Your affectionate brother. I set out for London this afternoon.","word_count":114,"source_url":null,"themes":["christology","communion","free-will"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:21:23.185255"}]}