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A Journal Of The Life, Gospel Labors And Christian Experiences Of That Faithful Minister Of Jesus Christ, John Woolman (1774)
A Journal Of The Life Gospel Labors And Christian Experiences Of That Faithful Minister Of Jesus Christ John Woolman - 1774 Author:John Woolman Subtitle: To Which Are Added His Last Epistle and Other Writings General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1903 Original Publisher: The Macmillan company Subjects: Religion / Christianity / Quaker Social Science / Slavery Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there... more » may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: LIFE OF JOHN WOOLMAN CHAPTER I His birth and parentage with some account of the operations of Divine grace on his mind in his youth -- His first appearance in the ministry -- Considerations while young on keeping slaves. I Have often felt a motion of love to leave some hints in writing of my experience of the goodness of God; and now, in the thirty-sixth year of my, agel begin this work. I was born in Northampton, in Burlington county, West Jersey, in the year 1720; and before I was seven years old I began to be acquainted with the operations of Divine love. Through the care of my parents, I was taught to read nearly as soon as I was capable of it; and as I went from school one seventh-day, I remember, while my companions went to play by the way, I went forward out of sight, and sitting down, I read the twenty-second chapter of the Revelation: " He showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the lamb," etc.; and in reading it, my mind was drawn to seek after that pure habitation, which, I then believed, God had prepared for his servants. The place where I sat, and the sweetness that attended my mind, remain fresh in my memory. This, and the like gracious visitations, had such an effect upon me, that when boys used ill language, it troubled me; and through the continued mercies of God, I was preserved from it. The pious instructions of my parents were often fresh in m...« less