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NEWJ.740.009
18 Mar 1740:11,12 (673)
Part of a letter from Charlestown, South-Carolina, Jan. 9.
1739.
To the Rev.---- in Boston.
Sir, I presume you can be no stranger to the name of the
Rev. Mr. George Whitefield; since there is no speech nor
language, I may almost say, where his sound is not heard. .
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--I can't conclude, without wishing success to Mr.
Whitefield's publick and repeated censures upon our balls
and mid-night assemblies; especially in the present
[situation] of our province. To bid such open defiance to
heaven, to turn such a season of mourning, under its
judgments, into publick dancing, has such a mixture of
impiety and infatuation, that I can't see, how any minister
of Christ who desires to be found faithful, dare to shew any
indifference to it; nor will I ever believe, that religion
and virtue can thrive under the shadow of a Theatre---I fear
I have trespass'd upon your patience, in the length of my
letter; but I hope, the contents of it will give some new
life to our correspondence; which for want of opportunity,
has suffer'd an intermission, sufficiently painful to, Rev.
Sir. Yours, &c. J----- S----
[in mss] Josiah Smith
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