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 *ful! I am just now going for Chatham. Last 's day I was at Portsmouth. Next week, willing, I go to Gloucester. I hope good Lady D and her beloved son and daughter, &c. are prospering in soul and body. I send them my most dutiful respects, and ten thousand thanks, and beg you, my very dear Sir, to accept the same from, Yours most affectionately in our blessed, G. W.     LETTER DCCCLXI. To Lady H.

Ever-honoured Madam,           London, Sept. 17, 1750.

THOUGH it is a cross to me to be detained so long from coming to Ashby, yet I trust hitherto my steps have been guided by an over-ruling providence for good. Yesterday afternoon I returned from Chatham, where I think there is as promising a work begun as almost in any part of England. Last night the Redeemer's glory was seen in the tabernacle, and your Ladyship's letter revived my heart, and gave me some fresh hopes for ungrateful Ashby. My heart's desire and prayer to the of all Lords is, that your Ladyship may live to see much of the travail of the Redeemer's soul. I am glad Mr. M is ordained, and hope Mr. B will be the next, soon. By Mr. L's letter to him, I find your Ladyship has acted in the affair like yourself. Your Ladyship shall have a copy of it, and you will then see how matters go. Mr. B is much for embarking in 's cause, and if the D would but help him at this juncture, he might be a useful and happy man. Both he and Mr. H have the most grateful sense of your Ladyship's great kindness. The latter I believe intends to winter with me in London. If possible, I will prevail on Mr. Hly, at my return, to come and pay him a visit. To-morrow morning, willing, I set out for Gloucester, and intend coming to Birmingham, and so to your Ladyship's. In my way I hope to write to Lady B, and be as particular as circumstances will admit. I am surprized at your Ladyship's doing and going through so much. But what cannot a believer do, when strengthened by the blessed ? Your Ladyship will be remembered most heartily before him this afternoon, it being our letter