Reflection 83

On God’s hand in the promising outlook of abolition – in a letter to James Stephen*...

My dear Stephen,

One line in answer to your kind letter, to say that I thank God all looks very promising, and I receive such marks of cordial affection as can only proceed from the overruling influence of Providence. I have little, if any, doubt of ultimate success, so far as one may speak of any such thing as certain.

Ever affectionately yours,

W. Wilberforce

*James Stephen (1758-1832) was an English lawyer, abolitionist, and parliamentarian 

Date: October 28, 1806

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