The Life and Times of the Rev. John Wesley, Vol. I - Enter His Rest

all, we shall pick up a few crumbs for you before the end of the
year.
"Dear Jacky, I beseech Almighty God to bless thee!
"SUSANNAH WESLEY."
The following also, from another unpublished letter by his mother,
refers to the same subject.
"WROOTE, September 10, 1724.
"DEAR JACKY,—I am nothing glad that Mr. —— has paid
himself out of your exhibition; for though I cannot hope, I do not
despair, of my brother's coming, or, at least, remembering me
where he is.
"The small-pox has been very mortal at Epworth most of this
summer. Our family have all had it except me, and I hope God will
preserve me from it.
"I heartily wish you were in orders, and could come and serve
as one of your father's curates. Then I should see you often, and
could be more helpful to you than it is possible to be at this
distance."
We subjoin an extract from another letter, written shortly after the
above, and for the first time published in the Wesleyan Times of January
29, 1866.
JOHN WESLEY TO HIS MOTHER.
"OXON, November 1, 1724.
"DEAR MOTHER,—We are most of us now very healthy at
Oxford, which may be in some measure owing to the frosty
weather we have had lately. Fruit is so very cheap that apples may
be had almost for fetching; and other things are both plentiful and
good. We have, indeed, something bad as well as good, for a great
many rogues are about the town, insomuch that it is exceedingly
unsafe to be out late at night. A gentleman of my acquaintance,