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 them! How would the spirit of and of glory rest upon his soul! Arise, arise, my dear brother, and gird up the loins of your mind. Arise, arise, and be not of the number of those who only fleece their flocks. Lift up your voice like a trumpet, and preach the truth as it is in. Dear Mr. T. forgive this freedom. My heart is full. I long to have the pure scripture truths, as delivered in our homilies and our articles, preached up universally. This is all that is contended for, by Your most unworthy friend, brother, and servant in our dear, G. W.     LETTER XCIX. To the Rev. Mr. D. W.

Reverend and dear Sir,     Philadelphia, Nov. 10, 1739.

I Love you, though I have been so ungrateful as not to write to you. I love you in the bowels of our common Master whose name we bear, and in whose glorious service we are both employed. Oh, dear Sir, what are we that we should be so highly favoured! Why are we honoured? Why are we called to the ministry, and others that are effectually called by grace, yet advanced no higher than private christians? I can only cry out, Oh the depth of 's sovereign, electing, unmerited love. Even so Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight! Surely, dear Sir, the love of must constrain us to spend and be spent for the good of souls. Never was the harvest greater; never were the labourers fewer. If we do not now lift up our voices like trumpets, the very stones would cry out against us. I could almost say, "the glory is departed from Israel; the ark of the is fallen into enemies hands." Oh let us endeavour, dear Sir, let us endeavour to bring it back, by preaching and living the truth as it is in . The light that has been given us, is not to be put under a bushel, but on a candlestick. Satan, indeed, by blasts of persecution, will do all he can to put it out. If our light be the light of, those blasts will only cause it to shine the brighter. You have happily, dear Sir, experienced this. You, I believe, was both in and in the