{"id":"jw/letters/1779/49-to-thomas-carlill","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"49 To Thomas Carlill","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-1779-49-to-thomas-carlill","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1779-49-to-thomas-carlill-000"],"word_count":211,"themes_auto":["catholic-spirit","free-will","universal-redemption"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1779-49-to-thomas-carlill-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1779-49-to-thomas-carlill-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1779-49-to-thomas-carlill","source_title":"49 To Thomas Carlill","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Thomas Carlill October 1779. MY DEAR BROTHER, - An Assistant at the last Conference said, 'I will do as my predecessor has done. I will leave those as members that never met; they are as good members as I found them.' Whoever does this for the time to come I will exclude from our Connection without delay. To prevent this vile practice I desire you will (I) Take an exact plan of your circuit at Christmas, and send it me in January; and do the same every quarter. (2) If you live till August, leave for your successor an exact list of the Societies in your circuit. I desire likewise that at the next Quarterly Meeting you would change at least one of the stewards in every Society where there are two. One thing more I desire, that you would read the proposals for the General Hymn-Book in every Society and procure as many subscribers as you can. By your diligence and exactness in these particulars I shall judge whether you are qualified to act as an Assistant or not. - I am Your affectionate friend and brother. Pray send me word in January how many subscribers you have procured in your circuit. Mr. Carlill, At Mr. Roberts', Tiverton, Devon.","word_count":211,"source_url":null,"themes":["free-will","catholic-spirit","universal-redemption"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:14:57.109541"}]}