Chapter CDLXXXII: Letter MCCCCXLIX: To Mr. B――――n

_Charles-Town, February 27, 1770._

_My dear Mr. B――――n_,

I OWE you an answer to your kind letter. Blessed be GOD, I can send you good news from a far country! All things at _Bethesda_ go on quite well. My bodily health is upon the advance, and the word, I trust, runs and is glorified. At present, my intended plan about returning continues the same: but all depends on news from home. Strange! that none could write a line or two by so many ships. Only one letter have I received from Mr. _K――――n_ since my arrival. Next week, GOD willing, I return to _Georgia_, and soon after I purpose to go to the northward. I know who will follow me with their prayers: they will avail much. The LORD JESUS be with all your spirits! I suppose you heard from _Bethesda_ by Captain _Anderson_. Mr. _Wright_ is the main spring with regard to the buildings, and all the other wheels move orderly and well. Praise the LORD, O my soul! O this pilgrim way of life! To me it is life indeed. No nestling, no nestling, my dear Mr. _B――――n_, on this side eternity. This is not our rest. Ere long we shall sing,

All our sorrows left below,
And earth exchang’d for heav’n.

Leaving you to add _Hallelujah_, and sending most hearty greetings to your whole self, and all enquiring friends, I must hasten to subscribe myself, my dear Mr. _B――――n_,

Less than the least of all,

_G. W._

_March 4._

Pray tell Mr. _K――――n_, that I hope to write to him in a few days from _Georgia_. To-morrow, GOD willing, I return thither. I trust substantial good hath been done here. Grace! grace!