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by John Newton

Letter XIV

London, January 4, 1794

DEAR SIR,

I MUST put you off for the present. My little leisure has been wholly exhausted in writing the two letters which I now enclose to your care.

If the third song* I send is worthy your notice, you are quite at liberty to do with it as you please. I believe it is the last I shall attempt to sing upon the occasion.

Miss C*** and I are still favoured with good health. The new year is begun. It will probably prove an eventful one. But the Lord reigns, and it shall be well with them that fear and trust in him. May it prove a happy year to you. If we are kept close to him, it may be the happiest year we have seen, however things may go in the world abroad, Psal. xlvi. 1, 2. Let us meet often at a throne of grace.

I am

Your very affectionate,

J. N.

* Third anniversary of Mrs. Newton’s death.

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