Wesley Corpus

DEAR ALLECK, - It will certainly be worth your while to make a trial of that mineral water; it is highly probable God will make it a means of lessening if not removing your bodily disorder. That this is in a considerable degree scorbutic I cannot make any question; as one almost constant symptom of the scurvy is a great depression of the spirits.... I cannot advise you in the meantime to shut yourself up at home; it is neither good for your body nor your mind. You cannot possibly have bodily health without daily exercise in the open air; and you have no reason to expect the spirit of an healthful mind unless you use the means that God has ordained. You well know faith cometh by hearing; I should therefore advise you to lose no opportunity of hearing, and trust God with the event. You are not likely to be in a more uncomfortable state than you are already. And which is the greater evil of the two, even supposing the worst Certainly your having two fits is a less evil than your losing fifty precious opportunities. O break through that fear, which is a mere snare of the devil. I commend you and yours to Him that is ready to save you in soul and body; and am, dear Alleck, Yours affectionately. To William Tunney LONDON, January 29, 1780. DEAR BILLY, - You have done well with regard to the Hymn-Book. But in the meantime do not forget the Magazine. See letter of Jan. 16 to Lancelot Harrison. Take every opportunity of strongly recommending this both in public and in private. All we can do is, we will have no smugglers in our Societies See letter of March 21, 1784.; and I think Brother Condy will convince many of them of the advantage of meeting in band. William Tunney (who desisted from traveling in 1781) and Richard Condy were colleagues in Cornwall East. O watch and pray, that you enter not into temptation! - I am, dear Billy, Yours affectionately. To Samuel Bardsley LONDON, January 30, 1780.