April 7th, 1876.
My Dear Sister In The Lord,-Your letter was a very welcome one to me, telling, as it seems to me to do, of the presence and action of the living God at Beloved W—-'s departure, too, was characteristic of the mercy that had found him-mercy which, like water, accommodates itself to every shaped vial that is opened for it.
I reached this—-yesterday from Barbados, sailing hither in the same ship with your note to me. The S—-s well. The Lord was very gracious to me in my visit there, as He always is. I am, through mercy, well in body; but seventy-one past, one is not as strong as one was. The compliments, however, paid to me on my clear, bright skin, springy walk, and walks (which for W. I. are thought to be not for a white man) would satisfy any grandma or nurse, or should do so, I am sure.
I have no light as to my next anchoring-ground, but I have stopped any more letters from leaving London until I do know. Love in the Lord to all in the Lord.
Affectionately in the Lord, G. V. W.