{"id":"jw/letters/1769/28-to-ann-bolton","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"28 To Ann Bolton","title_alt":[],"text_basis":null,"date_composed":null,"date_precision":"unknown","date_note":null,"numbering":{"bicentennial":null,"jackson_running":null,"sugden":null},"source_edition":{"editor":null,"title":null,"edition":null,"place":null,"publisher":null,"year":null,"volume":null,"pages":null,"scan_url":null,"scan_page_ids":null},"transcription":{"derived_from":null,"corrected_against_scan":false,"corrector":null,"corrected_on":null},"modernization":"none","license_text":"Public Domain Mark 1.0","license_apparatus":"CC BY 4.0","wikidata":null,"prev":null,"next":null,"part_of":"jw-letters","editorial_note":null,"source_id":"jw-letter-1769-28-to-ann-bolton","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1769-28-to-ann-bolton-000"],"word_count":176,"themes_auto":["free-will","prevenient-grace","reign-of-god"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1769-28-to-ann-bolton-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1769-28-to-ann-bolton-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1769-28-to-ann-bolton","source_title":"28 To Ann Bolton","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Ann Bolton Date: LEEDS, July 30, 1769. MY DEAR SISTER, You see, God gives you a token for good. But I doubt whether your sister will recover. It is probable He gives her this reprieve both that she may be ripe for glory and that she may bear a faithful testimony to Him before He calls her hence. So she has not a moment to lose. With regard to her paralytic disorder, I wonder they have not advised bathing; that often avails when nothing else will. After the Conference I have to traverse all Wales; so that I do not expect to see Bristol before September. I have then all the West of England to visit, which will take me up at least six weeks longer. In October, if it please God to prolong my life, I am in hope of seeing you at Witney. I was almost afraid you had forgotten me; but I think you will not soon. I think death itself will not separate you from, my dear Nancy, Your affectionate brother.","word_count":176,"source_url":null,"themes":["free-will","reign-of-god","prevenient-grace"],"created_at":"2026-01-29T20:03:54.460639"}]}