This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 edition. Excerpt: ... rs in our brother's eye, and doth not let us see the beam that is in our own, our misses and neglects. Perhaps this has been the reasoning of thy mind at seasons. If so, dear friend, my desire is that thou may no longer reason with flesh and blood, but give up to the heavenly vision. Give up in ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 edition. Excerpt: ... rs in our brother's eye, and doth not let us see the beam that is in our own, our misses and neglects. Perhaps this has been the reasoning of thy mind at seasons. If so, dear friend, my desire is that thou may no longer reason with flesh and blood, but give up to the heavenly vision. Give up in faithfulness to the pointings of Truth in thy own heart; follow thou in true obedience the Captain of thy soul's salvation, who will lead thee in the way of safety, and in the end give thee an admittance into the mansions of rest and peace, which only is prepared for the righteous: that this may be thy happy experience is what my spirit breathes for. From thy well wishing friend, Elizabeth Collins. In the ninth month, I attended our Select and Quarterly meetings, which in the main were solid, although some deep and painful exercises were passed through. Then attended the Yearly meeting at Philadelphia, which was large; wherein many weighty matters were feelingly and pertinently spoken to, and nothing more fully than that of love and unity, the badge of true discipleship; the want of which, I believe, is a great loss and hurt to many. This subject brought great weight and exercise over the meeting, and over me as an individual. Great was my desire for friends in general, and more for our particular meeting, but especially my dear offspring, that they might be more and more partakers of that love and unity, that becomes and distinguishes Christ's followers; that they may not only be his by creation, but by redemption also: for God is love, and they that dwell in him, dwell in love. Many other matters claimed the care of society, as that of the superfluity of the hair and head dress, the unnecessary long trails to their gowns, that many of the youth...
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