Wesley Corpus

1778 THREE CROWDED YEARS JANUARY 6, 1780, To MARCH 12, 1780 To Mr. -- [1] [1780.] DEAR BROTHER, - -You are indeed out of your place, for you are reasoning when you ought to be praying. - I am Your affectionate brother. To Mrs. Rose [2] MY DEAR SISTER, - It has pleased God to prove you for many years in the furnace of affliction. But He has always been with you in the fire, that you might be purified, not consumed. You have therefore good reason to trust Him. Do not reason, but believe! Hang upon Him as a little child, and your eyes shall see His full salvation. - I am Your affectionate brother. To Mrs. Eliz. Rose, in Sheffield. To Thomas Carlill LONDON, January 6, 1780. DEAR TOMMY, - I have received a very good letter from William Gill, [Gill had been received on trial in 1778. His name does not appear on the Minutes for 1780. See letter of March 2, 1782.] who does not seem to have been much to blame. I therefore leave him entirely to you. You may employ him either as a local or a traveling preacher. I hope he will be useful; and am, dear Tommy, Your affectionate friend and brother. To Mr. Carlill, At Mrs. Cumberland's, Near Lisburn, Ireland. To William Church LONDON, January 6, 1780. DEAR BILLY, - Every quarter you are to send me a plan of your circuits. Then we can see whether we increase or decrease. Be watchful! Be zealous! Then you will save both your own soul and them that hear you. I send you a draught on Mr. Pawson. [Mrs. Church received her maintenance from the Society at Bristol, of which Pawson was Assistant in 1780. The rest of the letter was cut off and given away as an autograph.] . . . To Mr. Will. Church, at Mr. John Church's, In Brecon. To the Printer of the 'Public Advertiser' [3] CITY ROAD, January 12, 1780.