London, August 1, 1793

DEAR SIR,

I PURPOSE, if the Lord please, to leave London the 8th instant, for a few weeks. I go into Hampshire, but letters sent in the usual way will follow me, wherever I may be. I would first thank you for your last agreeable letter with the account of and ****, and the copy of his letter, which is a very good one indeed.

Mr. G r informed me himself of his happy

relief. I have not written to him since, but I sent him my congratulations in one I wrote to Mr. Black.

I believe the Letters to a Wife by the Author of Cardifihonia, printed for J. Johnson, will be published in a few days, perhaps within a fortnight. I beg you to pray for the Lord’s blessing upon them. Both Ebenezer, and the last copy of verses which I sent you, will be in an appendix. But if you choose to print any of the latter, I have no objection, provided, like the former, they may not be sold.

A lady of my acquaintance here, who I believe

was much more distressed than Mr. G r, has

been relieved. She was in a state of despair for eight years, all which time she was never out of bed, but to have it made. She lay, till by dis = it

ease, she had lost the use of her legs, and could stand no more than an infant. She is now cheerful and comfortable, and can walk from her house to my church (the distance is near a mile.) So true it is, that our Lord is able to save unto the

uttermost. Mr. ’s case is singular, and so,

in a different way, is mine. We are proofs, not easily set aside, that grace reigns.

Dr. Robertson had great talents, and a great name in the world, but I doubt not but he saw at last, he might have been more useful as a minister, than as a historian. It is a poor thing to gain the applause of men. One page of John Bunyan is of more real value than many volumes of high estimation in the judgment of those wh« know not the worth of the soul.

I commend you to the Lord — and remain
Your affectionate friend, &c.

J. N