Your christian, & very kind Letter
(Dated
Lebn
Nov.r 21—) I received — For which, & all o‐
ther Tokens of your Friendship, I return you my
Sincere & hearty thanks — And pray the Bleſsings of
Heaven, may long rest on your Perſon, Family, and
school: And deſird
ſucceſs accompany all your under‐
takings, to promote The Cauſe, & kingdom of Chriſt on
Earth — I have, ſir, done all within my power, to
promote, & set forward, this great, & glorious deſign, ſince
I came this way — As to what paſs’d at the Con‐
greſs relative herunto (either as to my Character
or Conduct) I deſire nothing more, I ask for no‐
thing more, nor indeed wish for any thing
for than more than to exhibit that proceſs, with the Facts, &
doings theron
attendent, in their own proper Lights;
which (thanks to God) I am well able to do (without
boaſting) And at our next Interview, I will (if it plea
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^[left]God^) let you fully into that affair — and I doubt not
you will be satiſfied, I did every thing that was proper
to be done, or Indeed coud be done — As to any ill
Conſequences touching your selfe, ſir or, the Laboring
Cauſe, I am by no means whatsoever ſufficent to pro‐
vide againſt
‘em; but muſt humbly, & meekly ſubmit
them to Him, who brings about all things according
to the Councel of his own will, & finally for his own glo‐
ry, & Zio’ns weal, &
proſperity: and
[illegible]will without all doubt,
or controverſie to me, iſſue the preſent dependent cauſe
(as far as it reſpects my character, or Conduct) to the ſame
happy, & glorious purpoſes: “For He will (ſooner or later) bring
forth my Judgment as the Light, & my Righteouſneſs as
the noon day” As to the Preſent
ſituation — I am
here with
Mr Kirkland
moſt of the Time; Preparing, and
ripening things for action: and waiting a
favorable
opportunity for embodying, & building up a ch-h here:
Tho I have not been favord with an Interpreter (onely
oc‐
caſionally, & Providentially) which in ſome respects has
been a great diſadvantage to me, in others perhaps an
advantage, for it has put me the
^more^ upon ſtudeing their
Language, cuſtoms
&c and perhaps, I ſhall be able to
speak to them in their own Languge, before I leave
them; Tho’ I expect an Interpreter next week, and
hope to regain, & if poſsible, more than regain my
seemingly loſt Time —
[illegible]Upon receiving your laſt
letter, I felt much concernd, leſt you ſir
ſhoud think
unprob hard of me, thro’
ſome innuendo’s, or falſe
ſuggeſtions —
From some quarter an-other — and tho’t whether
it might not (on the whole) be beſt to come
down to
New Engd
and ſatiſfie your mind, ſir in
theſe things; but conſulting, &
adviſeing with
Mr
K–d,
He thinks it will by no means do at this Time.
Mr Kirtland will write to you alſo — and you ſir
will pleaſe to give me your mind farther upon
the return of
Dn Thomas — I am ſir as Clay in
the hands of the great Potter — I have no cla
[illegible]im upon
The Deity, But for chriſts
ſake; & none upon you ſir
but in Chriſt, & for his ſake, & the cauſe of his Kingdom, &
glory: To which (Tho’ unworthy) I ſubmit
myſelfe;
& am ſir, with great eſteem, & hearty affection
& brotherly Frindship,
NB. I was going to have given you a view of the state &
proceſs of ye
Congreſs in writeing but per‐haps it may be better to do it by a perſonal
Repreſentation at a private Interview — If it be the will of God I return to ſee you ſr