Wesley Corpus

MY DEAR SALLY, -- How often does our Lord say to us by His adorable providence, 'What I do thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter'! And how unspeakable is our gain if we learn only this, To trust God further than we can see Him! But this is a stroke that you have long expected. One of fourscore has lived out his date of years; and it is not strange that he is taken away, but that I am still left! The great lesson which you have now to learn is, 'Take no thought for the morrow.' If you do, your fault brings its own punishment. You are to live to-day; you have still a friend, the medicine of life! And you have your great Friend always at hand. There is a role for you; 'When I am in heaviness, I will think upon God.' And it is not lost labor. May the peace of God rest upon you! So prays Yours in tender affection. To the Millbourn Society SUNDERLAND, May 31, 1788. MY DEAR BRETHREN, -- All that you desire (unless I mistake) is the very thing that I desire and design to do. I desire that your house shall be just as the other, and our preachers shall meet the Society, hold lovefeasts, and keep watch-nights in them alternately. If in anything I should give the preference to either, certainly I would to the house in Millbourn Place. [See letters of Jan. 20, 1787, and in Oct. 1788 (to Peter Mill).] What do I want but to do you all the good I can in my few remaining days We have loved one another long, and God forbid that anything should now part you and Your affectionate brother. To Mrs. Blachford [17] SUNDERLAND, June 3, 1788.