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 I hear you say, ''Amen, Amen. Hallelujah!'' I must have done. Bodily strength fails me. My love to all that love. Brethren, pray for us, is the earnest request of, my dear Mr. S, Yours most affectionately in our dearest, G. W.     LETTER DCCCLXXVI. To Mr. L.

Dear Mr. L,     London, Jan. 13, 1751.

BEFORE I had the pleasure of your letter, I had heard some particulars of the late commotion at Canterbury. Ere now I hope you have been directed to the choice of such means, as may, under, open the door wider than ever for preaching the everlasting gospel in your parts. Satan has done at Canterbury as he always does elsewhere; I mean, he has overshot his mark. Such proceedings are too violent to hold long. Exhort, therefore, my dear Sir, your fellow-soldiers, to quit themselves like men, and be strong. Put ye on the whole armour of ; and always remember, that through much tribulation we must enter into glory. Now is the time for you to prove the strength of to be yours. Your way to fight, is upon your knees. That weapon all-prayer will do wonders. The devil has lost some servants, and he is afraid of losing more. Therefore he rallies his forces as Pharaoh harnessed his chariots, and wants to bring you back to Egypt. Your business is to go on. Though Pharaoh is behind, and a red-sea before you,—ere long you shall pass through the one, and see the other totally destroyed. In patience possess ye your souls. God is able to bring the counsel of every Achitophel to nought. You know in whom you have believed. He never did, he never will, he never can fail those that put their trust in him. Think of those farewel words, which he spake in the days of his flesh to his dear disciples, "Let not your hearts be troubled; in the world ye shall have tribulation:—But I have overcome the world." That is enough to raise every drooping heart. He hath overcome for us; he will overcome in us, and ere long call us to reign with him for ever in glory. O blessed hope! Whilst I am musing