{"id":"jw/letters/1787/18-to-jonathan-crowther","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"18 To Jonathan Crowther","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-1787-18-to-jonathan-crowther","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1787-18-to-jonathan-crowther-000"],"word_count":157,"themes_auto":["catholic-spirit","reign-of-god","universal-redemption"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1787-18-to-jonathan-crowther-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1787-18-to-jonathan-crowther-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1787-18-to-jonathan-crowther","source_title":"18 To Jonathan Crowther","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Jonathan Crowther Date: NEAR BATH, September 25, 1787. DEAR JONATHAN, The sum of the matter is, you want money; and money you shall have, if I can beg, borrow, or anything but steal. I say, therefore, 'Dwell in the land and be doing good, and verily thou shalt be fed.' See letter of Aug. 31, 1775. I should be sorry for the death of Brother Burbeck but that I know God does all things well; and if His work prospers in your hands, this will make your labors light. Oar preachers now find in the North of Scotland what they formerly found all over England; yet they went on; and when I had only blackberries to eat in Cornwall In Sept. 1743. See Wesley's Veterans, iii. 81. still God gave me strength sufficient for my work. I am, dear Jonathan, Your affectionate brother. PS. To Mr. Atlay: Pay to Jonathan Crowther or his order, five guineas.","word_count":157,"source_url":null,"themes":["reign-of-god","catholic-spirit","universal-redemption"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:21:48.956701"}]}