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Title	Letter to The Revd. Mr. [Thomas] Haweis.
Post Date	November 27, 1775
Author	Huntingdon, Selina Hastings, Countess of, 1707-1791.
Recipient	Haweis, Thomas, 1734-1820
Date	1775-11-27
Physical Description	4 pgs total; 3 pgs text; 1 pg address
Dimensions	23 x 38 cm.
Address To	Aldwinkle, Thrapston, Northamptonshire
Country To	England
Address From	St. Agnes, Cornwall
Country From	England
Transcriber	Wanda Smith
Plain Text Transcription	Letter 87 [Nov 17, 1775] [Address panel:] To The Revd Mr Haw[e]is at Aldwinkle Thrapston Northamptonshire [Postmarked from Truro; letter arrived in the London postoffice on December 1.] My d[ea)r Friends Your kind letter follow'd from Bath to this place where by the wise providences of God I yet own[?] a severe relapse of my illness with the inclemency of the weather for travelling has been the visible cause of my continuence & to your affec[tiona]t[e] concern for my better health. I can assure you that this last week has so raised me that for now near one whole year I have not found myself so sensibly better in thoughts & spirits. I can't but think the Lord has shewn his own arm in this matter & in answer to yours & my other precious friends['] prayers. May his mercy enable my few remaining evil days to be fitted with labours to his praise & be an afforded comfort to such whose love would yet for a small moment redeem me from the grave. The fears of not being thus by surviving my late fatherly corrections renders every view of longer life an humbling object to me. O! it is well all power in heaven & in earth are in the hands of the almighty Saviour whose love is as great as his Omnipotence. Our hearts fainted when (mine in particular) read your resolutions of not being at Bath so soon as I [p. 2] I wisht to have you there. Mr Wills seems to have his heart more drawn out to the Bristol Chapel that it cannot interfere in the least with his ministry & perhapps a time is coming when such testimoneys unitedly borne may have a wise & gracious meaning. Xmas our fine people (as at the recess of Parliament) have idle time for Bath & that being a good time (as they term it) may be a waiting time for us to be ever usefull but may the Lord who is the wise & teaching prophet of his servants direct your gracious soul most for his praise & your comfort. Many things unite to make me suppose my way must be to London when my health & strength is sufficient to follow my summons there. The work spreads greatly. Maidstone Chapel is opened & a great prospect of wonderfull success attends it & in consequence of this eighteen miles arround gather for to hear & so more openings will follow. Our friend we are so interested about has been absent on a visit to his sister. One hour only we have spent together since I last wrote & this too much mixt to judge of effects. He is a very unhappy man at present or I am quite out in my little penetration. It cannot be [p. 3] otherwise. He is too honest not to be something & he cannot be what his prudence would call the best for him & that prayer that he puts up in scorn[?] will ever counter act all contrary views of things. I expect him often here now he is returned. O! may the Lord enable me by wisdom & from that love my heart bears to him to spreak in that spirit that may best bring the Lord's best purposes about for him. My d[ea]r Mrs Haw[e]is may depend upon my observance of her kind injunctions as far as is consistent with my possible observation of them. The d[ea]r Wills have by a kind of an affe[ctationa]t[e] violence restrain'd me from going to church. I have but twice been within the walls & tho well able yesterday no intreating could engage their consent. I mention this to shew my preference to my kind friends['] will to that of my own. The influenza that is now so epidemical makes them urge my present longer stay & as at Bristol it is the more terribly[?] universal. Mr Shirley & Mr Glascott both lay’d up at Mr Ireland's. Nevertheless[?] I am the Lord's poor waiting servant & ready one even to meet that or any thing else if he calls. [p. 4 (across address panel)] I will with the Lord's leave write upon the road to tell[?] you I when I leave this place as I shall much wish to see & speak with you & communicate a new ________ matter relative to a principle labourer in God's church & think I am lately informed of & when wisdom & caution & with divine charity only can sufficiently serve & only known to a very few but I undeniably true. I am in great truth of affection my d[ea]r Friends. ever devoted friend, &c., &c Every aff[ectiona]t[e] wish of the hearts of all here. S. H. St Agnes Ner 17, 1775
Notes	Letter postmarked from Truro, arrived in the London post office on December 1.
Catalog Link	http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=196940
Unique Identifier	Huntingdon 11271775
Digital Resources Type	Image
Digitization Date	Digitized: 2011
Digital Publisher	Bridwell Library, Special Collections; Perkins School of Theology; Southern Methodist University
Rights	Permission to publish materials must be obtained from the Head of Special Collections of the Bridwell Library.
Decade	1770-1779
Location (Box, Folder)	Box 1, File 28