《The Correspondents of J.N.D. 1800~1882 (Vol.1-1)》
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Letter No., Language, Page No., Recipient, Place Written, Date Written.
1E 1 B. & S. Plymouth, Dublin, May, 1832
2E 4 Plymouth, Granard, Ireland, October 15th, 1832
3E 9 Brother, 1832
4E 12 Miss Kingdom, Limerick, 1832
5E 15 G V Wigram, 1833
6E 16 Bro. & Breth'n, Ireland, Rec'd April 30th, 1833
7E 19 J L Harris, Limerick, Rec'd August 19th, 1833
8E 24 Mr H Borlase, Dublin, July 24th, 1834
9E 27 Mrs Ord, Hereford, 1838
10E 29 G V Wigram, Stafford, January 31st, 1839
11E 31 G V Wigram, Edmondsbury, August 2nd 1839
12F 31 Mr Maylan, Neuchâtel, November 22nd, 1839
13F 33 Mr Maylan, Geneva, January 2nd, 1840
14E 35 unknown, 1840
15E 36 Mr H Don, 1840
16E 36 G V Wigram, Lausanne, March 23rd, 1840
17F 38 Mr E Maylan, Lausanne, July 5th, 1840
18E 40 G V Wigram, Lausanne, September 15th, 1840
19F 42 Mr E Maylan, Geneva, October 8th, 1840
20E 43 G V Wigram, Lausanne, January 11th, 1841
21E 45 G V Wigram, Lausanne, February 3rd, 1841
22F 46 September 12th, 1841
23F 47 G V Wigram, October 7th, 1841
24F 48 G V Wigram, Lausanne, January, 1842
25E 50 G V Wigram, Lausanne, July 14th, 1842
26F 51 E Maylan, Lausanne, October 10th, 1842
27F 53 E Maylan, Lausanne, October 11th, 1842
28E 54 G V Wigram, Lausanne, January 21st, 1843
29E 56 Gillett, Lausanne, 1843
30E 59 Mrs Darnell, Yverdun, March 25th, 1843
31F 63 Mrs Monthenez, London, August 3rd, 1843
32F 65 Miss Monthenez, Kendal, November, 1843
33F 67 1843
34F 70 Mrs Monthenez, London, 1844
35F 71 Mrs Monthenez, Montpellier, March 15th, 1844
36F 72 Mons Eynard, St Hippolyte du Fort, April 11th, 1844
37F 76 Sister, March 5th, 1845
38F 78 Plymouth, April 19th, 1845
39E 79 G V Wigram, Plymouth, April 21st, 1845
40F 80 Mrs Monthenez, Plymouth, September 24th, 1845
41E 81 G V Wigram, Somerton, May 27th, 1845
42E 84 W Kelly, Plymouth, November 12th, 1845
43E 86 1845
44E 88 W Kelly, Plymouth, January 20th, 1846
45F 91 Sisters, Plymouth, January 22nd, 1846
46E 93 Brother, Plymouth, [Rec'd] February 5th, 1846
47E 97 Mr Chlow, (see also 164E), about 1845
48F 97 Mr Meylan, Hereford, July 4th, 1846
49E 100 W Kelly, Plymouth, July 16th, 1846
50E 103 W Kelly, 1846
51E 107 W Kelly, 1846
52E 112 Brother, September 24th, 1846
53E 114 Brethren at Plymouth, London, November 6th, 1846
54E 116 W Kelly, Guernsey, January 30th, 1847
55E 116 G V Wigram, Montpellier, April 3rd, 1847
56E 117 G V Wigram, Montpellier, June 1st, 1847
57F 118 July 1st, 1847
58E 119 A poor brother at Bath, From abroad, [Date uncertain]
59E 121 [Year uncertain, Published in 1859]
60E 125 G V Wigram, Plymouth, October 25th, 1847
61E 126 G V Wigram, Montpellier, January 11th, 1848
62E 127 G V Wigram, Montpellier, February 16th, 1848
63E 128 G V Wigram, Montpellier, March 3rd, 1848
64E 128 G V Wigram, Montpellier, March 8th, 1848
65F 129 E Maylan, Montpellier, March 24th, 1848
66E 131 Major Lancey, Plymouth, May 1st, 1848
67E 133 Mrs Monthenez, Leeds, May 31st, 1848
68F 134 Plymouth, June 17th, 1848
69E 137 G V Wigram, Plymouth, July, 1848
70E 138 Ralph Evans, Plymouth, July 15th, 1848
71E 140 G V Wigram, Plymouth, July 18th, 1848
72F 141 Keswick, August 14th, 1848
73F 142 Hull, August 20th, 1848
74E 142 G V Wigram, Geneva, December 8th, 1848
75E 144 W Kelly, Vernoux, March 17th, 1849
76E 144 G V Wigram, Montpellier, April 3rd, 1849
77F 145 Mrs Monthenez, Orthez, May 6th, 1849
78F 146 E Maylan, Pau, May 1849
80F 149 Mons Eynard, Montpellier, May 29th, 1849
81F 158 E Maylan, Montpellier, June 12th, 1849
82F 160 E Maylan, June 29th, 1849
83E 162 Brother, August 5, 1849
84F 163 Mons Eynard, October 1st, 1849
85F 167 E Maylan, Nismes, October 23rd, 1849
86E 171 Nismes, November, 1849
87F 174 November, 1849
88E 174 G V Wigram, Nismes, November 21st, 1849
89E 176 G V Wigram, Nismes, December 4th, 1849
90E 177 G V Wigram, Nismes, December 9th, 1849
91F 180 185..
92E 181 G V Wigram, Lausanne, July 26th, 1850
93E 182 J E Batten, Lausanne, [Rec'd] November 30th, 1850
94E 185 J E Batten, [Rec'd] February 25th, 1851
95E 187 W Kelly, Montpellier, February, 1851
96E 188 G V Wigram, London, July 14th, 1851
97E 189 1851
98E 190 J G Deck, [Rec'd] August 29th, 1851
99F 195 J Favez, 1851
100F 196 J Favez, 1851
101F 197 J Favez, September, 1851
102F 197 E Maylen, Bristol, September 12th, 1851
103F 199 E Maylen, Hereford, October 6th, 1851
104F 203 Mons Eynard, April 5th, 1852
105E 204 J E Batten, London, [Rec'd] May 15th, 1852
106F 206 Mons Eynard, June 16th, 1852
107E 207 J E Batten, London, [Rec'd] July 13th, 1852
108F 209 Mme Monthenez, London, July, 1852
109E 210 Brother, July, 1852
110E 212 Brother, July 16th, 1852
111E 214 Brother, London, July 26th, 1852
112E 217 1852
113E 217 G Gausby, July 27th, 1852
114E 218 G Gausby, July 30th, 1852
115E 223 G Gausby, London, August 6th, 1852
116F 225 Mons Eynard, London, October, 1852
117F 226 L Favez, 1852
118F 226 L Favez, 1852
119E 227 W Kelly, London, 1852
120E 228 G V Wigram, Hereford, December, 1852
121F 229 Mons Eynard, March 29th, 1853
122E 229 J G Deck, Montpellier, early in 1853
123E 231 G Gausby, [Date uncertain]
124E 232 G Gausby, Dublin, May 16th, 1854
125E 234 W Kelly, Dublin, May, 1854
126F 235 Mons Eynard, London, May 27th, 1854
127F 239 E Maylen, London, August 10th, 1854
128E 240 G V Wigram, Elberfeld, [about] Jan 25th, 1855
129F 242 Mons Eynard, Elberfeld, February 10th, 1855
130E 242 G V Wigram, Elberfeld, April 20th, 1855
131F 243 Prof Tholuck, July, 1855
132F 243 November, 1855
133F 245 Mme Monthenez, Bath, November, 1855
134F 246 Mons Eynard, December 13th, 1855
135F 247 1856
136F 247 [Date unknown]
137E 249 G V Wigram, Nismes, June 2nd, 1856
138F 252 Mons Eynard, February 12th, 1857
139E 253 G V Wigram, Rotterdam, September 2nd, 1857
140F 253 Mons Eynard, Rotterdam, September 7th, 1857
141F 254 Mons Eynard, Elberfeld, October, 1857
142E 254 G Gausby, Elberfeld, October, 1857
143E 256 G Gausby, 1858
144E 258 G Gausby, London, January 21st, 1858
145E 260 T Smith, Lausanne, November 23rd, 1850
146F 261 Mons Eynard, March 15th, 1858
147F 263 Mons Eynard, 1858
148F 263 unknown, August 14th, 1858
149F 264 Mons Eynard, 1858
150F 265 E Maylan, Bristol, October, 1858
The Correspondents of John Nelson Darby 1800-1882
PREFACE
We have available to us over one thousand of the letters which Mr Darby wrote. These are full of the most spiritual guidance, and in a special way show the heart of the author towards his Lord and his brethren. Knowing the names of the recipients at this distance of time is of considerable help in understanding the contents of the letters.
The following list has been compiled, after careful comparison with an early Morrish edition of Mr. Darby's letters, from a list of the correspondents of Mr. Darby which was in the possession of John S Blackburn, Keswick, England. The page numbers given are those of the later Heijkoop/Stow Hill edition which will be the edition on the bookshelves of most of the saints.
John Blackburn comments, 'The copies of JND's Letters from which I copied the information evidently were originally in George Davison's possession. No-one knows who wrote the names of the recipients, but Mr Morrish's daughter informed me that her father wrote the names of the recipients in his personal copies of the three volumes, and then sent the original letters back to the families concerned.'
Note for users of the booklet version: Some of the names (and a few of the dates) exhibit what appears to be considerable variation, e.g. Maylon, Meylan, Maylan; this may be due to the quality of the writing in the originals. It would have been easy for the compiler to make them all the same as a known brother, but I resisted the temptation as I have not evidence that there were not three different people involved. Similarly Brown spelt with or without an -e, but with the same initials is fairly conclusive, in a few cases I have suggested a correction in brackets, but again I thought it good to leave the names as originally copied and leave any conclusions to the reader. (These have been changed in this web edition)
Mostly the layout of the pages should be self-explanatory:
The first column is a numbering of the letters in each volume.
The alphabetic character states the language in which the letter was written: E-English, F-French, G-German, I-Italian.
The second column gives the page (as S. H./Heijkoop editions).
The third column gives the name of the recipient.
The fourth column gives the place from which it was written.
The fifth column gives the date on which it was written.
About 3 in 4 of the correspondents are given. Where possible when the name is unknown an indication is given as to whether the recipient was a brother or a sister. Where no date is written against a letter, the date at the head of the page under which it was originally catalogued is given.
Published September 1995 by: L. J . L. Hodgett©
p1 DEAREST BRETHREN AND SISTERS [at Plymouth], - Grace and peace be to you, and mercy from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I cannot write to you altogether as I could wish, for though my heart should flow out towards you all as it does before God, I write with some restraint, for though but slightly ill in itself, yet constant walking on hot sunny flags in a town, relaxes and weakens my eye. I feel, brethren, deeply, all your love towards me, and rejoice to feel it, not for my own sake only, though it has been comfort and refreshment to me, and put thus something of a new feature on my christian life, nor yet for your sakes, dear brethren, only, though I rejoice in it yet more abundantly for that, but yet more because our common Master is honoured, and He rejoices in the prosperity of His people. He must delight in their love, for "he that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God." He must delight in the manifestation of the Father, as He says, "that they may be one in us - made perfect in one." And I beseech you, the rather, brethren, earnestly to maintain this spirit of love, which is the presence of God. I rejoice, exceedingly, that I have any fellowship with you in it. I know, brethren, that we all have it in great weakness, but though - brethren, I have felt it the rather, because, though I have met with abundant individual kindness, and many dear children of God, yet I have not met the children of God dwelling together so much in unity, but have been a man of contentions rather. God is my witness whether I loved it or not. But it has made me the more anxious that you should bear witness to the power of the principle, yea, of the healing power of God - I mean, in love. For the disease of sin is separating, and God is uniting, for He is love; and this will be the healing of all things, for they are to be gathered together into one in Christ. Some now of His sheep are scattered abroad. Walk then in love, dear brethren, and you will walk in power, and in the glory of God.
I did rejoice for your sakes, that you sent, as I learned, the money to poor Mrs. - (and indeed, it was greatly needed, for he, having served the Lord in his generation, had left simply nothing, and a sickly family): as you had all known him, I meant to have mentioned him to you, but need I say how much happier I was that it came unmentioned? and it bore witness to your love here, and to the power of it amongst you, and as the blessed apostle says, did not make me ashamed in my boasting of you, so that I was the rather rejoiced. We have done what we could here also. And, dear brethren, how shall I thank you for all your kindness to me and care of me? I felt to the utmost some of your provision for me, that I might not destroy the memorials of your kindness, but I knew this would be hardly meeting it, and I bear witness to your kindness in it amongst our brethren here.
The brethren who meet in Aungier Street are going on in much unity and sweetness of spirit amongst each other. I should only fear their getting too comfortable amongst themselves, and sitting quietly down, but they all labour in the Lord as far as I know. In the Bridewell, where cholera broke out, and the first cases very virulent, the matron, a sister, sent for some of them to pray, and they did, and all, when I last heard, were recovering. Two out of them have died here of those attacked, though the number of these are comparatively, under God, few. A good spirit seems shewn about it, but the people are enraged, and the doctors are in consternation, as far as I see, as to their feeling about themselves. The hand of the Lord is manifest; there have, I find, been two cases of persons recovering under prayer here: in the second, the attending physician requested it might be done, in consequence of the former case, which he had been attending; and medicine was relinquished, and the person grew better - as far as I collected, it was gradual.