{"id":"jw/letters/1775/57-to-his-brother-charles","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"57 To His Brother Charles","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-1775-57-to-his-brother-charles","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1775-57-to-his-brother-charles-000"],"word_count":218,"themes_auto":["assurance","means-of-grace","social-holiness"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1775-57-to-his-brother-charles-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1775-57-to-his-brother-charles-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1775-57-to-his-brother-charles","source_title":"57 To His Brother Charles","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To his Brother Charles Date: RAMSBURY PARK, October 17, 1775. DEAR BROTHER, It takes time to set people's heads right; but we must despair of nothing. I have cast my bread upon the waters, and should have been content though there had been no present fruit. Some hours this morning I devote to 'Americanus.' What is material I shall endeavor to answer. It is well if I can give as good an account of everything else as of my change of judgement. I find a danger now of a new kind a danger of losing my love for the Americans: I mean for their miserable leaders; for the poor sheep are 'more sinned against than sinning,' especially since the amazing informations which I have received from James Ireland. Yet it is certain the bulk of the people both in England and America mean no harm; they only follow their leaders, and do as they are bid without knowing why or wherefore. On Friday I hope to be in London and to talk with the committee about building a new Foundery. This is a lovely spot and a lovely family. 'Tis pity but you could call here. It is four miles from Marlborough, and only a mile north of the London road. Peace be with you and yours! Adieu!","word_count":218,"source_url":null,"themes":["assurance","means-of-grace","social-holiness"],"created_at":"2026-01-29T20:08:19.435771"}]}