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Title	Letter to [Ann Avison]
Post Date	April 20, 1767
Author	Wesley, John, 1703-1791
Recipient	Avison, Ann, b. 1744
Date	1767-04-20
Physical Description	4 pgs total; 2 pgs text; 2 pgs blank
Dimensions	19 x 21 cm
Address From	Londonderry
Country From	Ireland
Collection (Provenance)	Leete Manuscript Collection
Transcriber	Wanda Smith
Plain Text Transcription	[To Ann Avison] Londonderry April 20, 1767 My dear sister Certainly the point we should always have in view is what is best for eternity? And I believe it would be best for you to change your condition if a proper person offers. But I should scruple doing this without a parent’s consent. If your mamma is willing, I see no objection to your marrying one that fears God and is seeking salvation by Christ. Such an one is not an unbeliever in that sense wherein that word is taken in the seventh [chapter] of the first epistle to the Corinthians. It will be a point of after-consideration where you should settle, whether at Hull or London. Only I am a little afraid, if you should settle at London, the intercourse between you and me will be short. For if Mr Terry is a follower of Mr Whitefield (much more, if he is an hearer of Mr Romaine or Madan) probably you will very soon be so too. And then you will soon be weary of your old friends. You will see [last line obliterated]. I did not receive yours till the day before yesterday, or I should have wrote sooner. I love to think of you and to hear from you. I want you to be always holy and happy. And why not? You have a strong helper. And shall not his strength be made perfect in your weakness? Why then should you stop short of his whole promise? Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart. Hold him to his word! And let not your hope be weakened by the subtle reasonings of men. Still let the language of your heart be, Big with earnest expectation See me sit at thy feet, Longing for salvation! As long as you are in this spirit, you will not forget, my dear Nancy, Your affectionate brother J Wesley
Published Transcription	John Telford, ed. The Letters of the Rev. John Wesley, V. February 28, 1766, to December 9, 1772. (London: Epworth Press, 1931), pp. 45-6.
Notes	Recipient formerly identified as Ann Foard by John Telford; corrected by Randy Maddox, 2012. Ann Avison, b. 1744; daughter of William Avison; niece of Charles Avison (1710-1770) the organist of Newcastle; she married Richard Terry of Hull in 1768.
Catalog link	http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=195848
Unique Identifier	JWesley 04201767
Digital Resource Type	Image
Digitization Date	Digitized: 2003
Digitization Process	Digitization process: Derivatives resized at 4037 pixels in height or width.
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