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by John Newton

Letter VIII

London, March 22, 1793

DEAR SIR,

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I WILL now thank you for yours of the 4th; but I am not responsible for your dream. I certainly was not with you on the night you mentioned; and if I had, I should not have made the speech you heard from my representative. What the Lord might justly do, I know not; but at present my thoughts are not so gloomy. The gospel is with us, yea increasing among us, and I trust there is a goodly number, who are mourning over their own sins, and the sins cf the nation, and are standing in the breach by prayer. For their sakes I hope mercy will still be afforded. I rely more upon their prayers, than upon all our fleets and armies. I thought I saw a wonderful interposition of providence in our favour about the beginning of December. Since that time I have been in tolerable spirits.

The christian politicians are to be pitied, and I have time for no more than pity. May the Lord bless you. I am sincerely yours,

J. N.

N. B. Now in the press, and will be published (I hope) before August, Letters to a Wife, in 2 vols. 12mo. by the Author of Cardiphonia. — Pray for a blessing on this publication.

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