A Word Of Encouragement To The Friends Of Truth

Reprint of the original, first published in 1859.

Excerpt from A Word of Encouragement to the Friends of Truth The Gospel dispensation being a dispensation of mercy to the souls of men, those who are living under it are bound by the very nature of it to the exercise of kindness, forbearance, and love, even to our enemies, and to those who oppose themselves by the enter tainment and indulgence of the spirit of the world, which is at enmity with God, leading into errors upon the right hand as well as on the left and any other course is sure to bring down the judgments of heaven upon us for assuming to ourselves the preroga tive of Him who hath ordained that we should avenge not ourselves, declaring that vengeance is his, and he will repay - that as we mete to others, so shall it be measured to us again - that with what judg ment we judge we shall be judged, and that they shall receive judg ment without mercy, who have shown no mercy. Seeing, then, that these things are so, how vain is all our out ward profession of love for the truth, and of standing for its testi monies, while the spirit of vindictiveness, accusation, and fault huding is found lurking in our bosoms, leading us to defame and persecute those who may have erred from the truth, or by whom we may have been slighted or injured, under the profession of con tending for the faith, while we are practically denying it by a re sort to carnal weapons, instead of obeying the Divine injunction to overcome evil with good What will all our adherence to out ward simnlicity and plainness, and pleading for them, and all our outward show of worship avail us, if our hearts are set upon seek ing worldly riches, honor, and pleasures, or punishing our own, or Truth's enemies, even to the trampling under foot of our Christian Discipline and sacrificing the peace of society to the accomplish ment of our own wills? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Advices and queries designed to challenge and inspire Australian Quakers in their personal lives and in their life as a religious community.

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