Memoirs and Letters of John Simpson; A Minister of the Gospel in the Society of Friends (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 Excerpt: ...the service of the Church, it is joyful to me; hoping that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above thehills, which signifies that the gospel church and the service thereof, ought to be above all worldly gain or glory in the minds of Christians, so as to seek the welfare of one another, and invite to come up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, and He will teach us of His ways and we will walk in His paths; for surely religion leads into a travel, not to sit down and take up a rest short of the true rest, lest it should become polluted; for I believe this to be the principal reason why so many visited ones seem to totter, some on one hand and some on the other; for assuredly there is good seed sown; but we have an enemy as desirous to have us and sow tares as ever he was; the likeness of religion sown in the heart, causing poor mortals to believe they can see the heavenly kingdom without being born again, and trusting in being the children of Abraham; whilst nothing short of sincere repentance will do. If they have lived a life of seeming innocence, and not improved their talents in the fear of the Lord; when truly awakened, how sincerely will they repent and lament having spent their precious time in a state of ease. Repentance is the door wherein all must enter into baptism, so as to have the answer of a good conscience; and this work is so visible, so powerful, that the experienced prophet compared it to the refiner's fire and fuller's soap; then why should any suffer the enemy to deceive them and cause them to believe a lie? In the First month of 1808, John Simpson bronght to Falls Monthly Meeting, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, a certificate of removal from Abin...