Reflection 64

On gratitude to God for his part in abolition, the need of prayer for ending it, and a recognition that God might make England suffer in doing so – in a letter to Lord Muncaster…

In truth, my dear Muncaster, amid the many, many mercies, for which I have reason to be thankful to a gracious Providence, I often think it is one, and not the least, that I have been honoured with the foremost place among those who have taken part in this holy warfare. May the Almighty hear our prayer, and put a period to that system of wickedness and cruelty in which our country has too long been the chief agent. I fear, however, that the Supreme Being is taking the matter into His own hands, and that He will bring about the same ends by means far more terrible. We deserve the worst which we can suffer. Let me only remind you once more, my dear friend, that time is most precious to us, and therefore, whatever you do—cito.*

*do it quickly

Date: December 18, 1804

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