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Title	Letter to Mrs. Wadsworth at the Hon[oura]ble Mrs. Carteret's
Post Date	1765
Author	Huntingdon, Selina Hastings, Countess of, 1707-1791.
Recipient	Wordsworth, Judith, 1738-1786
Date	1765
Physical Description	4 pgs total; 1 pg address; 3 pgs text
Dimensions	25 x 38 cm.
Address To	St. James Place, London
Country To	England
Bibliographic Reference	Tyson, John R., In the midst of early Methodism: Lady Huntingdon and her correspondence. (Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2006), p.193-4.
Transcriber	Wanda Smith
Plain Text Transcription	Letter #58 [Handwritten] [?1765?] [Address panel:] To Mrs Wadsworth at the Honble Mrs Carteret’s in St James place London [1765?] My d[ea]r Friend I could have wept over your kind & tender letter this morning. Lord help poor me for being an instrument of torment to one I feel ready to fly any where to comfort or relieve for a moment. O! I don’t wonder at your burden since you went. I bear mine so much that yesterday & to day I am __________ almost to death. Your letter explain’d why I did suffer & so patiently to endure to the end must be our point. It is the Lord’s burden for these who will not either feel or see their own danger. By privet [private] letters I find matters are very bad indeed, in the opinion of all. This violence being used what may snatch him out of the burning & the[n] you suffer. I am sure you will be glad—as soon as I had your letter I sent away to Mr Andrews a special messenger last night’s post carried [p. 2] rather a doubtfull answer to Mr M--- About Mr Andrews as I was to have sent it by the Cross Post but this gives time enough for all things. Yet my dearest Mrs Wadsworth there is a something in Mr M---‘s letter to me that has still some of the sham in it, & seeing thro this I left it a little open but my letter to day that goes by the same Lady this does, is a kind of certain Invitation & do tell him things will be worse then ever if he disappoints her now by to morrow’s post I shall send Andrews positive answer & that according to His promise must be to set out forthwith. Then must be an extraordinary something under all this, either for my punishment or to bless the work most eminently. Hoping against hope was Abraham’s honour. I am sure it must be mine in this matter & thro this I yet faint not. On Wednesday you may depend upon a letter directed as this is which will be [sufficient?] time for you to make your attack. Your sentiments makes me [p. 3] thus active. Otherwise I should yet stand still. O! the multitudes that would scarce take a denial at the Chappel door this morning would have grieved you to see turn back. Till Mr M--- is in Bath I will not give him out if the power of darkness can hinder he will not even come now. Indeed I suffer allways but the cross shall ever lead to the crown is my constant faith & maxim. I am in great pain for your health. I am glad you are to be with my two d[ea]r friends so much. They are truly the excellent of the earth. They[?] will feel for you & with you & can be [a] comfort to you. I am sure d[ea]r Mr Whitfield would say joy [? Meaning “rejoice”?] over you. It is just such hearts he wants more here of for his master. Without fail write on Wednesday night whether Mr M--- comes or not. I have had some conversation with some of the better sort & with one clergyman that promise all well & the awakened souls we are looking after with all diligence. As I write by tomorrow’s post again I can only add I expect my d[ea]r Mr Townsend to morrow & that you will believe all here & my self most _______ your ever & ever affectionate friend S:Huntingdon
Notes	Letter delivered by Martin Madan
Catalog Link	http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=196874
Unique Identifier	Huntingdon xxxx1765
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	1760-1769
Location (Box, Folder)	Box 1, File 07