{"id":"jw/letters/1788b/46-to-william-stephens","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"B 46 To William Stephens","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-1788b-46-to-william-stephens","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1788b-46-to-william-stephens-000"],"word_count":86,"themes_auto":["free-will","prevenient-grace","reign-of-god"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1788b-46-to-william-stephens-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1788b-46-to-william-stephens-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1788b-46-to-william-stephens","source_title":"B 46 To William Stephens","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To William Stephens Date: LONDON, October 31, 1788. MY DEAR BROTHER, You do well to write without disguise. Otherwise I should not be able to judge. As you state the matter I cannot but agree with you that you are called to marry. But 'tis pity that you had not told me these things as plainly before the Conference. Then I could have made the way plain for you which now will be attended with some difficulty. I am, dear Billy, Your affectionate friend and brother.","word_count":86,"source_url":null,"themes":["prevenient-grace","free-will","reign-of-god"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:23:13.616271"}]}