LONDON: PUBLISHED by J. M. DENT & SONS Ltd AND IN NEW YORK BY E. P. DUTTON & CO All rights reserved From the days of Charles Lamb to those of Dr. Eliot of Harvard, the unique charm and worth of the Journal of John Woolman have been signalled by a thinker of distinction here and there, and the book, if not widely known, has quietly found its way to many hearts and been reprinted in sundry editions. The more formal works, however, in which this gentle and audacious eighteenth-centu

The manuscript JOURNAL of our late Friend John Woolman , was ended in England ; where he also finished all his Labours. It appears, by a Letter which he sent, in his last Illness, to a Friend in London , that he did not intend the whole should be printed, and that he desired the said Friend to revise what he had written in this Nation, and leave out such Parts as he should think proper. It was, notwithstanding, sent entire, without any Alteration, to America ; where it was soon after printed, to

At their Quarterly-meeting held at York, the 24th and 25th of the third Month 1773, concerning JOHN WOOLMAN Of Mount-Holly, in the Province of New-Jersey, in America; who departed this Life at the House of our Friend , Thomas Priestman , in the Suburbs of this City, the 7th of the tenth month 1772, and was interred in the Burying-ground of Friends, the 9th of the same, aged about fifty-two Years This our valuable Friend, having been under a religious Engagement for some Time to visit Friends in

Held in Burlington, the first Day of the eighth Month, in the Year of our Lord 1774, concerning our esteemed Friend, JOHN WOOLMAN, DECEASED He was born in Northampton , in the County of Burlington , and Province of West-New-Jersey , in the eighth Month, 1720, of religious Parents, who instructed him very early in the Principles of the Christian Religion, as professed by the People called Quakers , which he esteemed a Blessing to him, even in his young Years, tending to preserve him from the Infe

His Birth and Parentage, with some Account of the Operations of divine Grace on his Mind in his Youth — His first Appearance in the Ministry — And his Considerations, while young, on the keeping of Slaves I have often felt a Motion of Love to leave some Hints in Writing of my Experience of the Goodness of God; and now, in the thirty-sixth Year of my Age, I begin this Work. I was born in Northampton , in Burlington County, West-Jersey , in the Year 1720; and before I was seven Years old I began t

My Mind hath often been affected with Sorrow, on Account of the prevailing of that Spirit, which leads from an humble waiting on the inward Teaching of Christ, to pursue Ways of Living, attended with unnecessary Labour, and which draws forth the Minds of many People to seek after outward Power, and to strive for Riches, which frequently introduce Oppression, and bring forth Wars and grievous Calamities. It is with Reverence that I acknowledge the Mercies of our Heavenly Father, who, in Infinite

And the Remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many People, as the Dew from the Lord, as the Showers upon the Grass, that tarrieth not for Man, nor waiteth for the Sons of Men , Micah v. 7. LONDON : Re-printed by Mary Hinde . As Mankind from one Parent are divided into many Families, and as Trading to Sea is greatly increased within a few Ages past; amidst this extended Commerce how necessary is it that the professed Followers of Christ keep sacred his Holy Name, and be employed about Trade a

LONDON : Re-printed by Mary Hinde . Beloved Friends,—Feeling at this Time a renewed Concern that the pure Principle of Light and Life, and the righteous Fruits thereof may spread and prevail amongst Mankind, there is an Engagement on my Heart to labour with my Brethren in religious Profession, that none of us may be a Stumbling-block in the Way of others; but may so walk that our Conduct may reach the pure Witness in the Hearts of such who are not in Profession with us. And, dear Friends, while

LONDON : Printed by Mary Hinde . On loving our Neighbours as ourselves When we love the Lord with all our Hearts, and his Creatures in his Love, we are then preserv'd in Tenderness both toward Mankind and the Animal Creation; but if another Spirit gets Room in our Minds, and we follow it in our Proceedings, we are then in the Way of disordering the Affairs of Society. If a Man successful in Business expends Part of his Income in Things of no real Use, while the Poor employed by him pass through

LONDON : Printed by Mary Hinde . Being in the Course of his religious Visit at York , and having attended most of the Sittings of the Quarterly-Meeting there, held in the Ninth Month, 1772, he was taken ill of the Small Pox , in which Disorder he continued about two Weeks, at Times under great Affliction of Body, and then departed in full Assurance of a happy Eternity, as the following Expressions, amongst others, taken from his own Mouth, do plainly evidence. One Day being asked how he felt him