Wesley Corpus

MY DEAR SISTER, -- You do well to write to me with all freedom. There does not need to be any reserve between you and me. When I broke my rule formerly in favor of Pawson, by letting him stay a third year at Bristol, I did not hear the last of it for several years. I will not, cannot, dare not, break it again, only in favor of a wife near the time of lying-in. I believe it will be expedient for all the preachers to remove from Leeds. It is a cruel thing for preachers to disparage one another. [A short sentence follows which is illegible.] . . . I am in better health than when I left Dublin.--I am, dear Sally, Your affectionate brother. To George Flamank PORTAFFERRY, June 9, 1789. MY DEAR BRETHREN, -- 'Heaviness may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.' I hope to set out for the West immediately after the Conference, and probably I shall bring with me one or two men of peace, by whom all these misunderstandings will be removed. [See letters of May 21 and July 21 (to Richard Bunt).] In your patience meantime, possess ye your souls. And those that suffer all will surely conquer all. -- I am, my dear brethren, Your affectionate brother. To Mr. George Flamank, Officer of Excise, In Plymouth. To Anne Moore [26] RATHFRILAND, June 11, 1789. Has my dear Nancy quite forgotten me If you have, I have not forgotten you; and if you think I ever shall, you will be mistaken: I shall remember and love you till we meet in a better place. To Walter Churchey DUBLIN, June 20, 1789. MY DEAR BROTHER, -- Michael [Fenwick] is an original. He tells lies innumerable, many of them plausible enough. But many talk full as plausibly as he, and they that can believe him may. I do not doubt but some part of your verse as well as prose will reach the hearts of some of the rich.