Olinthus Gregory, Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, to W. B. Gurney, London, 26 March 1832.

Royal Mil. Academy

Woolwich.  26 March 1832.

My dear Sir:

               If you will kindly favour me with the notes transcribed in long hand, of the sermons to which you refer, as taken down by your excellent father in March 1793, and Feb. 1799, I shall be very glad to have an opportunity of examining them—though I fear that I shall not be able to obtain other copies of them by which to improve the notes.  Should you, also, fortunately find the notes of the sermon on “he must increase”, I shall be greatly obliged if you will get them transcribed.  I find that there will be ample matter for a seventh volume, as I have several sermons by me already, which cannot be introduced into the 6th.  There will be about 20 excellent sermons in vol. vi., among which will be those on “John fulfilled his course”, “thought it not robbery to be equal with God”, “Evil communications corrupt good manners”, and the beautiful missionary Sermon at Cambridge, in 1819.

               I am sadly perplexed about Sir James Mackintosh, from whom I have not yet obtained a line towards the Memoir!  I have written to him again this morning; but with what success I cannot conjecture.  Foster says “he is worth waiting for.” This may be—but we must not wait too long: and yet who can undertake his part of the task, if he fail?

               Mrs. Gregory unites in best regards with

                                 My dear Sir,

                                                                     Yours most cordially

                                                                                       Olinthus Gregory.

We have about half finished the printing of the new edit. of vol. i.

               Should not the Baptists move and do something in favour of the Government plan of education for Ireland?  The Independents, I understand, are preparing some resolutions, and probably a petition.  You may learn what they are doing from M.r Burnett.

Text: Joseph Angus Autograph Letters, Vol. 2, acc. no. 24.h.33, Angus Library, Regent's Park College, Oxford.