Wesley Corpus

To Alexander Knox Date: LONDON, July 31, 1779. Source: The Letters of John Wesley (1779) Author: John Wesley --- DEAR ALLECK, - Come when they will, whether I am more or less busy, your letters are always welcome.... If you had firm and constant health, I do not see how you could have been saved; you would have been so admired, caressed, and applauded by your well-meaning relations, and perhaps by others, that it would have been next to impossible for you to have escaped the depths of pride and the height of vanity. But God was merciful to you, and sent this affliction to humble and prove you and show you what was in your heart. In the meantime nothing is more sure than that all these things will work together for some good. Far, far beyond thy thought His counsel shall appear, When fully He the work has wrought Which caused thy needless fear! Doubtless He may give you an earnest of it now. Does not a beam of hope break into your soul Can you help saying, God is love I I know, I feel! Jesus weeps, but loves me still Peace be with all your spirits! - I am, dear Alleck, Yours affectionately.