Wesley Corpus

If Michael Fenwick has a mind to go to Dumfries and assist Robert Dall, [See letters of Dec. 1, 1787, and Feb. 11, 1788.] you may give him three guineas, which he must husband well. He may write to me from thence: -- I am, dear Duncan, Your affectionate friend and brother. To Mrs. Barton LONDON, January 11, 1788. MY DEAR SISTER, -- You have indeed had a series of trials one upon the back of another. It is well you know in whom you have believed; otherwise you would have been weary and faint in your mind. For it is not an easy thing always to remember (then especially when we have most need of it) that 'the Lord loveth whom He chasteneth and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth.' Who could believe it, if He had not told us so Himself It is well that He never fails to give us strength according to our day; and that we know these 'light afflictions, which are but for a moment, work for us a more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.' -- I am Your affectionate brother. To Joseph Pescod LONDON, January 13, 1788. DEAR JOSEPH, -- Why should you sell the house Is not the yearly rent of it equal to the interest on the money you would receive for it If it wants repairing, [Pescod was Assistant in the Oxfordshire Circuit. He notes that the expense of repairing the house is 25.] the Conference will allow money to repair, and also to renew the lease whenever it expires. By-and-by we should bitterly regret the selling of it.--I am Your affectionate friend and brother. To Mr. Jos. Pescod, At the Preaching-house, In Oxford. To Henry Moore LONDON, January 18, 1788. MY DEAR BROTHER, -- This is an unprecedented thing. I never before saw or heard of such a flow of grace as was seen [in] Dublin three years together without a proportionable ebb succeeding. [See letter of April 6.] Whereas to this hour we have no ebb at all. We can only say, 'It is the Lord: let Him do what seemeth Him good.'