{"id":"jw/letters/1788a/36-to-mrs-charles-wesley","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"A 36 To Mrs Charles Wesley","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-1788a-36-to-mrs-charles-wesley","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1788a-36-to-mrs-charles-wesley-000"],"word_count":151,"themes_auto":["christology","communion","prevenient-grace"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1788a-36-to-mrs-charles-wesley-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1788a-36-to-mrs-charles-wesley-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1788a-36-to-mrs-charles-wesley","source_title":"A 36 To Mrs Charles Wesley","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Mrs. Charles Wesley MACCLESFIELDD, Friday, April 4, 1788. DEAR SISTER, Half an hour ago I received a letter from Mr. Bradburn informing me of my brother's death. Charles Wesley died on March 29. See letter of April 12 to her. For eleven or twelve days before, I had not one line concerning him. The last I had was from Charles, which I delayed to answer, expecting every day to receive some further information. We have only now to learn that great lesson, 'The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord!' If it had been necessary, in order to serve either him or you, I should not have thought much of coming up to London. Indeed, to serve you, or your dear family, in anything that is in my power, will always be a pleasure to, dear sister, Your affectionate friend and brother.","word_count":151,"source_url":null,"themes":["christology","communion","prevenient-grace"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:22:24.318735"}]}