{"id":"jw/letters/1788a/27-to-his-nephew-charles-wesley","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"A 27 To His Nephew Charles Wesley","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-1788a-27-to-his-nephew-charles-wesley","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1788a-27-to-his-nephew-charles-wesley-000"],"word_count":70,"themes_auto":["free-will","reign-of-god","trinity"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1788a-27-to-his-nephew-charles-wesley-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1788a-27-to-his-nephew-charles-wesley-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1788a-27-to-his-nephew-charles-wesley","source_title":"A 27 To His Nephew Charles Wesley","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To his Nephew Charles Wesley Date: BRISTOL, March 16, 1788. DEAR CHARLES, Before going down to preach I just snatch time to write two or three lines. I think your persuasion is not of man but of God. Let none reason you out of it. But, whenever it pleases God to call your father, Sammy and you while I live will find a father and friend in Your affectionate Uncle.","word_count":70,"source_url":null,"themes":["trinity","free-will","reign-of-god"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:22:19.840479"}]}