Excerpt from A Letter Addressed to the Members of the Society of Friends: Chiefly on the Subject of Prayer Feeling something more than an inclination to lay a few of my thoughts before some of the members of our religious society at the present time, chiefly on the subject of prayer, I yield to the impression under a desire, that neither the weakness of the instrument, nor the inadequate manner in which he may express himself, may prove a reason in the mind of the reader, for slighting the tes timony I am about to bear. Let us, in the first place, commemorate with feelings of thanks 'ving the goodness of a longsuffering and gra cious god. I believe there are not a few within the borders of our religious society, who are prepared to join me in such an acknowledgment. I mean those who are deeply sensible that they have deserved only evil at the Lord's hand yet has he rewarded them with good: whose many acts of disobedience have laid them open to his severe chastisements; et has he laid his hand on them with gentleness, as a thither who pitieth his children and remembers they are dust. Indeed, may not this whole people wonder at the gracious dealings of the Lord towards them, in that, notwithstanding the degree in which they have departed from his counsel, and been un faithful in his covenant, he is still preserving them as a distinct community; still calling to them by his mes sengers to return unto him; still visiting them by the inshining of his light in their consciences, and making many of them sensible, that they are not the people he designed them to be? Well then, let us bless his holy name thus far, and account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation, seeing that his designs towards us are'still good and gracious. But let us also bear in mind. 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.