Wesley Corpus

1786 JANUARY 2, 1786, To DECEMBER 27, 1787 To Rev. Mr. Root [1] LONDON, January 2, 1786. DEAR SIR, - I am glad you are connected with so good a man as Dr. Stonhouse and that you do not want employment. But I am not at all of your mind that you will be useless therein, although you do not immediately see the fruit of your labor. I could send you a clergyman directly, but I won't, because he is a dead man. But I have another in my eye whom I will send to immediately to know if he is willing to accept the offer. [Peard Dickinson.] If I can get time in going to or returning from Bristol, I will call upon you at Cheverell. Peace be with your spirits! - I am Your affectionate friend and brother. To the Rev, Mr. Root, At Great Cheverell, Near the Devizes. To Joshua Keighley [2] LONDON, January 8, 1786. MY DEAR BROTHER, - Poor James seems to have lost al] conscience. You may speak of him in the congregation pro. vided you do not name his name. But I think he will soon have spent his fire. Go you calmly and steadily on your way. Brother Hoskins is a good man and not a bad preacher. He may change with Brother Warrener for a month or two. - I am, dear Joshua, Your affectionate friend and brother. To Mr. Keighley, At the Preaching-house, In Carmarthen. To Mrs. Fletcher [3] LONDON, January 13, 1786. MY DEAR SISTER, - When I receive letters from other persons, I let them lie perhaps a week or two before I answer them; but it is otherwise when I hear from you. I then think much of losing a day, for fear I should give a moment's pain to one of the most faithful friends I have in the world. The circumstance you add respecting the behavior of those Custom House officers is very well worth relating. Oh, what pity that it was not then made known to their superiors, that those inhospitable wretches might have been prevented from misusing other strangers! I think your advice is exactly right. With the materials I have already, or can procure in England, I will write and publish as soon as I conveniently can. - I am, my very dear sister, Your ever affectionate brother.