{"id":"jw/letters/1780a/27-to-ann-bolton","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"A 27 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-1780a-27-to-ann-bolton","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1780a-27-to-ann-bolton-000"],"word_count":240,"themes_auto":["catholic-spirit","christology","universal-redemption"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1780a-27-to-ann-bolton-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1780a-27-to-ann-bolton-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1780a-27-to-ann-bolton","source_title":"A 27 To Ann Bolton","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Ann Bolton Date: LONDON, February 26, 1780. MY DEAR NANCY, - Have you forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children,-Despise not the chastening of the Lord, neither faint when thou art rebuked of Him Can anything possibly occur wherein we may not say, 'This is the Lord; let Him do what seemeth Him good' In every circumstance we may adopt our Lord's words, 'The cup which My Father hath given Me, shall I not drink it' In your patience possess your soul. Watch against all unprofitable reasonings. Hold that fast, whatever instruments are employed, - Sufferings are the gift of God to you! See letters of Jan. 14 and June 22. And they are all intended for your profit, that you may be a partaker of His holiness. I believe volatile tincture of guaiacum would ease the pain in your face. I do not remember if I mentioned it before or no. Drop a teaspoonful on a lump of sugar, and take this in a glass of fair water four times a day. But it would be likewise well to steep your feet in warm water for some minutes before you go to bed. On Monday next I am to set out for Bristol. On Monday fortnight, March 13, I hope to be at Stroud. If it be possible, let me see you there. No person will be more welcome to, dear Nancy, Yours most affectionately.","word_count":240,"source_url":null,"themes":["christology","catholic-spirit","universal-redemption"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:15:53.726773"}]}