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Excerpt from Brief Remarks on Some of the Charges Recently Made Against the Early Writers: Of the Society of Friends
Many, indeed, as they have approached the confines of the grave, have had to wade through bitter conflicts, which might have been avoided, by a more entire submission to the Cross of Christ and to the purifying influence of those blessed principles in which they have been instructed - even the eu lightening rays and powerful operation of the Holy Spirit of Truth. I have seen several die, and have read the death-bed annals of hundreds more - and this is my conviction, as to the members of our Religious Society, after an attentive con sideration of the subject, that a large proportion are mercifully favoured to end well. It is impossible, within a brief compass, to do more than make a few general remarks. The first three lines of the Appeal by E. Bates, might seem to afford ample scope for animadversion and reply, viz. The question, whether Christianity, as plainly set forth in the Holy Scriptures, shall be received, or even tolerated by the Society of Friends, is now fairly at issue. -appeal. 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.
