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Title	Letter to Mary Stokes
Post Date	February 11, 1772
Author	Wesley, John, 1703-1791
Recipient	Stokes, Mary
Date	1772-02-11
Physical Description	4 pgs total; 3 pgs text; 1 pg address
Dimensions	21 x 30 cm
Address From	Dorking
Country From	England
Transcriber	Wanda Smith
Plain Text Transcription	To Miss [Mary] Stokes At Mr Freebury’s In Stroud Glo[u]cestershire Feb. 11, 1772 My dear sister I am glad you have an opportunity of spending a little time with that lovely company. The day I leave Bristol (Monday, March the ninth) I hope to be at Stroud myself. You are not sent thither for nothing, but in order to do, as well as to receive good. And that not to one family only or to three or four of th your acquaintance. Nay, but you have a message from God (you and Ally Eden too) to all the women in the Society. Set aside, my dear Molly, all evil shame, all modesty, falsely so called. Go from house to house. Deal faithfully with them all. Warn every one; exhort every one. God will every where give you a word to speak and his blessing therewith. Be you herein a follower of Nancy Bolton, as she is of Christ. In doing and bearing The will of our Lord, We still are preparing To meet our reward. I have great hope for Sally James. In the company which commonly surrounds her, it is best to use reserve. And this is apt to form an habit, which it is not easy to conquer, even with those she loves well. But I trust she will conquer this and every enemy. Perhaps we shall soon rejoice over her. It is good for you to be emptied that you may be filled. But how is this, my dear friend, that you have never given me an hour’s pain since I was first acquainted with you? Do you intend to be always going forward without standing still or going backward at all? The good Lord enable you so to do and all those that are with you! So fulfill the joy of, my dear Molly, Yours affectionately J Wesley [Written sideways on p. 3:] I hope to write next post to S[ister] Iles.
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. 305-6.
Catalog link	http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=195916
Unique Identifier	JWesley 02111772
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	1770-1779