Wesley Corpus

To Mrs. Bradburn Date: LONDON, February 26, 1783. Source: The Letters of John Wesley (1783) Author: John Wesley --- MY DEAR BETSY, -- This morning I have wrote to Mrs. Karr; and I do not despair of its having some effect, especially as I have added that ' I hope to see her in a month or two.' For I believe she would not easily do anything that might make her ashamed to see me. You did well in dissuading Mr. Bradburn from writing. Let us try all fair means first. Any harshness might afford a pretense for refusing, or at least delaying, the payment. It has pleased God hitherto to lead Sammy and you in a rough and thorny way. But it is happy when you have learned to say, ‘Not as I will, but as Thou wilt.’ It is a beautiful saying of Mr. Herbert's: Grant or deny me ease; This is but tuning of my breast To make the music please. [See letter of Jan. 10.] -- I am, my dear Betsy, Yours most affectionately.