Essay On the Society of Friends Being An Inquiry Into the Causes of Their Dimin
Essay On the Society of Friends Being An Inquiry Into the Causes of Their Dimin
Samuel Fothergill
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The character of the man, the results of his ministry, the testimony of those who knew him to the truly spiritual character of his labours, all combine to rebuke that whole- sale condemnation of paid ministry and stated services which results from the views of the Friends on this subjeet. The following extract from a letter from Dr. Steinkopff might have been perused with advantage and instruction by Robert Barclay and his followers. " I cannot describe the veneration I felt on approaching Mr. ...Oberlin, that servant of God and benefactor of man, who, in his eightieth year, is still full of health, vigour, and activity, and gladly spends his remaining strength in doing good. Serenity and cheerfulness are depicted in his countenance ; and he delights in communicating to his Christian friends something of that peace of God which possesses his own soul. " One of the favourite passages of the Friends against a paid ministry is, " freely ye have received, freely give. " But there is a higher sense in which it may be taken and in which perhaps no man more fully than Oberlin carried out the injunction while the Friends, with their literal view of the subject, have so limited their own supplies, and hedged themselves round with artificial hindrances, SOCIETY OF FUIENDS.
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