Memoirs Of The Life Gospel Labours And Religious Experience Of John Wigham

Reprint of the original, first published in 1842.

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. 1842 edition. Excerpt: ...deep, and in it marvellous mysteries are discovered. May thy trust be in Him, and thy heart devoted to Him; and He will never leave thee. My dear John, thy beloved husband, will I trust be a true helpmeet, --and that you will be travellers together, take sweet counsel together, and go up to the house of God in company;--and unite in giving the preference to the Lord's work and service at all times and on all occasions. I know the advantage of such a union; thy mother and I were united in desire to serve the Lord, above all and before all: and in this union we were often concerned to encourage and strengthen one another in dedication of heart. Thy dear John's letters I have received; he seems to think I am slack about writing; but he mistakes, --in these remote places where I have been, there is rarely any opportunity of conveying letters; Friends are scattered very wide, and far back in the woods. There are also many people of other societies in similar situations, whom the Lord seems to be peculiarly visiting: --many have been added to our Society by convincement, especially in these back settlements, and several have requested to be received, who are situated several hundreds of miles from any settlement of Friends. As to the time of my return, you must keep in the patience; give me up freely, and pray for my preservation. If I am but favoured to finish well, --no matter when or where. I never felt more love to you all; yet I believe it best to resign you to the keeping of the Shepherd of Israel; believing, if you are faithful to Him, He will keep you. About this part of his travels, John Wigham gives a list of a number of places at which he had meetings; he also states having attended the Quarterly Meetings at Concord and London-grove

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Excerpt from Memoirs of the Life, Gospel Labours, and Religious Experience of John Wigham: Chiefly Written by Himself John Wigham, the author of the following pages, was the son of William and Rachel Wigham of Hargill House in Cornwood, in the county of Northumberland; and the grandson of Cuthbert Wigham of Burn House, in the same township. Respecting his grandfather there is a short account in the second volume of 'Piety Promoted by John Field, ' at page 462, from which the following is extracted: - 'He was educated in the way of the Church of England; and was in his youth addicted to many youthful follies, and some gross evils. But it pleased God, who is rich in mercy toward sinners to call him by His grace, and to reveal His Son in him; whereby about the year 1734, he was convinced of the blessed Truth as it is in Jesus, and received it. Being thus brought into deep judgment for his transgressions, and sensibly feeling God's wrath poured forth, he durst no longer follow his old courses and ways of living, nor durst longer associate with his old companions; but joined in Society with the people called Quakers: and several of his neighbours being about the same time convinced of the Truth, he was made instrumental in settling a meeting at Cornwood, in the year 1735. 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.

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