A MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL IN THE

SOCIETY OF FRIENDS.

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"Blessed is the man who walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth
in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is
in the law of the Lord, and in his law doth he meditate both day and night.”—
PSALM i. 1, 2.

STEREOTYPE EDITION.

PHILADELPHIA:

FOR SALE AT FRIENDS' BOOKSTORE,

No. 304 ARCH STREET.

1866.

TO THE READER.

THE Christian experiences of the faithful being useful to direct such as are desirous of following them in the path of true religion and virtue, and their good examples shining with the greatest clearness, when they have, with the flesh, put off all human infirmities; justice to their memory, and a concern for the benefit of their survivors, demand our grateful remembrance of them, and the contributing of our endeavors to render their labors useful to posterity.

These considerations engage us to preface the writings of this our esteemed friend and elder in the truth, with this testimony concerning him.

He was a member of our Monthly Meeting above forty years, so that some of us had opportunities of being intimately acquainted with him, and of knowing his fidelity and diligence in promoting the cause of truth and the edification of the church of Christ; this having been the principal engagement and concern of his mind, and which he preferred to any other consideration, as will evidently appear to those