A Letter To Mr Grace – July 3rd, 1863
My dear Friend, Mr. Grace,
Will you kindly thank Mr. L____ for his donation of £1 for publishing works of truth in Holland, as I have not time to write to him. I have just heard from Mr. Los, Gz. He tells me that through the aid of the donations of English friends he is bringing out a cheap edition of Huntington’s “History of Little Faith,” and intends from time to time, if the Lord enables, to bring out other works of the immortal coalheaver; I would think his “Bank of Faith,” or his “Posthumous Letters,” would be very suitable. He seems to be a man of a warm heart, and an earnest contender for the faith once delivered to the saints.
I am glad to find that your health is so much restored. It is indeed a precious gift of God, but, like most others, never really prized until lost. Of all men ministers seem most to need strong bodily health, having so much labor to perform of body and mind. But the Lord knows best how to deal with us both in body and soul.
I go to London in great weakness, but have often found the Lord’s strength made perfect in it. I preached twice at Oakham last Lord’s-day to one of the largest congregations I ever saw in the chapel—as large, I believe, as you saw there. I was comfortably brought through, and afterwards administered the ordinance. We all seem much to feel the loss of those members who have been taken out of our midst. I never seemed to realize their loss before. As they were aged, experienced men, we shall much miss their counsel and their prayers. I would gladly see more of the young raised up to fill up the place of those who are passing off the stage of life.
We had a pleasant visit at Leamington; I spoke there on the Lord’s-day, in a lecture-room, to about fifty people.
Yours affectionately in the Lord,
J. C. P.
Jesus is LORD! 
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