Wesley Corpus

It is probable Dr. Priestley himself may be at length sated with controversy, and may choose to have a little interval between fighting and death. It may be such a contrast as you mention between the Doctor and the inspired writers may convince some gainsayers. -- I am, with love to Sister Benson, dear Joseph, Your affectionate friend and brother. To Robert Carr Brackenbury [7] LONDON, February 24, 1790. DEAR SIR -- Is the bailiff the same gentleman who subscribed to the chapel and let us have a lease for building If so how came his mind to be so changed But his heart is still in God's hand. And therefore you take the very best way possible to allay the present storm by seeking Him that turneth the hearts of men as the waters. Without His help human means will not avail. It has pleased God to give me more strength than I had in the autumn; but my eyes continue weak. It is enough that we are in His hands. -- I am, dear sir, Your very affectionate friend and brother. To Whom it may Concern LONDON, February 25, 1790. In August 1788 Mr. Atlay wrote me word, 'I must look out for another servant, for he would go to Dewsbury on September 25.' So far was I from 'bidding him go,' that I knew nothing of it till that hour. But I then told him, 'Go and serve them'; seeing I found he would serve me no longer. He sent me word that I had in London 13,751 18s. 5d. stock in books. [See letter of Sept. 4, 1788.] Desiring to know exactly, I employed two booksellers to take an account of my stock. The account they brought in, October 31, 1788, was: Value of stock, errors excepted, 4,827 10s. 5d. John Parsons, Thomas Scollick. Why did John Atlay so wonderfully overrate my stock Certainly to do me honor in the eyes of the world. I never approved of his going to Dewsbury; but I submitted to what I could not help. With respect to Dewsbury House, there never was any dispute about the property of preaching-houses (that was an artful misrepresentation), but merely the appointing of preachers in them.