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 LETTER CXCIV.

To Mr. J H, in London.

My dear, dear Brother,     Savannah, June 7, 1740.

WITH great comfort I received your long wished-for letter. It warmed my heart, and knit my soul to you much more than ever. Whenever I see the child-like simplicity and love of, it quite melts me down. Let all former misunderstandings between me and your friends be entirely forgotten. I always pitied your parents, and most earnestly prayed for them and you. Blessed be that you are come home. You are now, I believe, as I always did believe, in your proper station. May give you a settled habit of devotion, and so fill you with his spirit, that whilst you are working for on earth, you may be like those blessed angels, who, though ministring to us, yet do always behold the face of our Father who is in heaven,. My dear brother, let the love of constrain you to love him with all your soul. A sense of his divine love now melts down my heart, and draws tears from my eyes. O what wonderful things is doing in America! Savannah also, my dear Savannah, especially my little orphans, now begin to feel the love of. I arrived here but about two days ago, in an hour quite unexpected by my friends. How did we weep over one another for joy! Perhaps I may never feel the like again, till I meet with the sons of in glory: But oh what a scene was to be seen last night in the congregation! How did the stately steps of our glorious Emmanuel appear! His glory shone with exceeding brightness. The power seemed to be coming on all the day. My soul has been much carried out in behalf of this place, and now the is about to answer my prayer. T D was yesterday in a glorious agony. I prayed with three of the girls before I went to church, and their hearts were ready to break: I prayed also, with strong cryings and tears, with my other dear friends, and was much with us then; but when we came to church, oh what was to be seen, and heard, and felt there! The power of the came as it were upon all. Most of