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 more unworthy I am, the more fit to work for, because he will get much glory in working by such mean instruments; and the more he has for given me, the more I ought to love and serve him. Fired with a sense of his unspeakable loving-*kindness, I dare to go out and tell poor sinners that a lamb was slain for them; and that he will have mercy on sinners as such, of whom indeed I am chief. I wish my dear friend was in this respect not almost, but altogether such as I am. Well would it be with him, and happy would he then be. Upon the receipt of yours, I prayed the to open your mouth. The language of my heart for you, myself, and all the Redeemer's witnesses, is this;

Ah!, enlarge their scanty thought, To see the wonders thou hast wrought; Unloose the stammering tongue, to tell Thy love immense, unsearchable. I bless our  for giving you such freedom with himself, though you cannot speak so freely to others. Prayers wrought by his own spirit, he will hear and answer. It is most god-*like to be frequent in intercession. It is the constant employment of the Son of in heaven. I rejoice to hear the work of goes on among you in Scotland. Blessed be, it prospers in our hands here, in Wales, and in various places. That it may prosper more and more, and be daily carried on in your precious soul, is the hearty prayer of, dear Mr. R, Yours most affectionately in, G. W.     LETTER D.  To Miss S, in Edinburgh.

Dear Miss S,        London, Dec. 24, 1742.

CONTINUAL avocations about my master's business, has prevented my answering your kind letter. It gladdened my heart, because it brought me the glad tidings of your being accepted in the beloved; and knowing that you are so, what does the require of you now, but to walk humbly with him? Beg him to shew you more and more