{"id":"jw/letters/1785a/37-to-his-brother-charles","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"A 37 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-1785a-37-to-his-brother-charles","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1785a-37-to-his-brother-charles-000"],"word_count":266,"themes_auto":["assurance","catholic-spirit","experience"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1785a-37-to-his-brother-charles-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1785a-37-to-his-brother-charles-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1785a-37-to-his-brother-charles","source_title":"A 37 To His Brother Charles","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To his Brother Charles Date: DUBLIN, June 19, 1785. DEAR BROTHER,-I came hither (as I proposed when I set out) yesterday. This week I am to meet the classes. Next week we have our little Conference. The week following I hope to cross the Channel. The work of God, almost in every part of the kingdom, is in a prosperous state. Here is a set of excellent young preachers. Nine in ten of them are much devoted to God. I think, number for number, they exceed their fellow laborers in England. These in Dublin particularly are burning and shining lights. James Rogers and Andrew Blair. See letters of Feb. 1 and June 26 (to Elizabeth Ritchie). I am glad you have paid them one more visit at Shoreham. What the poor people will do now I know not; but the Great Shepherd knows, and will order all things well. But what becomes of Betsy Briggs Miss Briggs stayed at Shoreham for a time, where she was very useful. She then moved to Hoxton Square, and married Peard Dickinson on April 30, 1788. See letter of Sept. 24, 1786; also letters of March 1771, and June 2, 1785. Would not her shortest way be to marry him But I doubt he hangs back. The letter from Rome is curious enough. Fine words! And you know the Italians are famous for sincerity. I should be sorry indeed if Sammy Tooth See letter of Sept. 27, 1778. were a sufferer; but surely he knows his own business. Many here know and love you well. My love to all. Adieu!","word_count":266,"source_url":null,"themes":["assurance","catholic-spirit","experience"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:20:18.983987"}]}