A Letter To A Sister In Christ – August 6th, 1869
My dear Friend, Mrs. Peake — We had, I trust, a good day at Calne Anniversary on Wednesday. The large chapel which was lent to us was thronged with people, and the collection for the Aged Pilgrim Friend Society was £30 12s. 4d., reduced by necessary expenses to £27 17s. 6d. Mr. Taylor preached an able and faithful sermon from Micah 6:8. I had preached from the same text at Gower Street this visit, and W___, who heard both sermons, said how much we ran in the same track. I preached from my old text, part of Jer. 15:19, and had some life and liberty. My texts here on Lord’s-day were, John 16:33, Exod. 33:15, 16. It was generally considered a good day, one of the best we have had at Allington for some time. I may, D.V., preach from the texts in London—so that they may be published, as I had some sweet thoughts and feelings on and in them. I seemed to see, as I never saw before, the connection between our dear Lord’s overcoming the world — and the path of tribulation.
Tell dear — that, in overcoming the world, the Lord has overcome all in it, therefore her bodily tribulation, which He holds in His hands as a conquered foe and lets out just enough of its power to afflict but not overwhelm.
Such a desire was expressed at Calne for the publication of my “Meditations on the Ephesians,” that I think of doing so. I found the same feeling in London.
Yours in love,
J. C. P.
Jesus is LORD! 
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