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Title	Letter to Mrs. Elizabeth Bennis
Post Date	February 12, 1773
Author	Wesley, John, 1703-1791
Recipient	Bennis, Eliza, d 1802
Date	1773-02-12
Physical Description	2 pgs total; 2 pgs text
Dimensions	19 x 15 cm
Address From	London
Country From	England
Collection (Provenance)	Leete Manuscript Collection
Transcriber	Wanda Smith
Plain Text Transcription	[To Elizabeth Bennis] Feb. 12, 1773 My dear sister When we draw near unto God in his appointed ways, he will surely draw nigh unto us. Pray remind Mr Glasbrook of using the same means, and you will find the same blessing. And when you write, encourage Mr Slater to do at Waterford as he did at Limerick. I am glad Mr Scott has so much courage as to receive the preachers, and still more so that [MS “than”] Mr Fleury is rather a friend than an [MS “at”] enemy. This hath God wrought! I can observe by Mrs Dawson’s manner of writing a very considerable change in her spirit: more acquaintance with God, more humility, and more artless, simple love. She is an amiable woman. I love her much, and so I do all of the family that I know. Charles Harrison does not see with my eyes or he need have gone no farther than Athlone. I wish he does not make a foolish bargain at last, one that he will repent of as long as he lives. He surely will if he does not acknowledge God in his way but lean to his own understanding. As long as you trust, not in yourself but in him that has all power in heaven and in earth, you will find his grace sufficient for you and his strength made perfect in your weakness. Look to him continually and trust on him that you may increase with all the increase of God! I am, my dear sister, Your ever affectionate brother J Wesley
Published Transcription	John Telford, ed. The Letters of the Rev. John Wesley, VI. December 11, 1772, to March 12, 1780.(London: Epworth Press, 1931), pp. 16-17.
Catalog link	http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=195929
Unique Identifier	JWesley 02121773
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