Chapter CCXVII: Letter MCLXXXIII: To Mr. D――――

_London, November 12, 1757._

_My dear Mr. D――――_,

I AM glad you have received my letter. I know not that I have one of yours left unanswered. Blessed be GOD, for causing _Bethesda_ to prosper. May it do so in every sense more and more! I hope you will be preserved from the hands both of temporal and spiritual enemies. GOD prepare us for all events! Pray let me know the names of all the children. I wish they could be reduced this war time to the number of fifteen; and I wish my nephew was not so hasty; and that the persons you mention were (spiritually) shot through the heart. Many here seem to be wounded in that manner. At _Tottenham-Court_ chapel, as well as the Tabernacle, the word runs and is glorified. I am glad you have the ordinance now and then. That the GOD of ordinances may bless you all evermore, is the earnest prayer of, my dear Mr. _D――――_,

Yours most affectionately in our common LORD,

_G. W._

_P. S._ Pray be particular in the account of the family. The LORD JESUS smiles upon us here. He can, and I trust will preserve you from _French_, _Spaniards_, and every hurtful foe. This is my constant prayer.