Excerpt from A Collection of Memorials Concerning Divers Deceased Ministers and Others of the People Called Quakers, in Pennsylvania, New-Jersey, and Parts Adjacent, From Nearly the First Settlement Thereof to the Year 1787: With Some of the Last Expression and Exhortations of Many of Them With this view, our yearly - meetmg con fidering that manymemorials of our depart cd friends lay dormant 011 the records, . Di rec'ced a Colleelion to be made of fach of them as were molt likely to be of general benefit by publication, which the committee appointed for the fervice having pe1fo1med to the bell oftheirjudgme11t, it is now pre fented to the readers, iome of whom will be leminded of the fincere piety and virtue of their ancefiors, who through the dangers and difficulties to which they were fubjeeled, in theii removal from theii native la11d, a11d forming a new' fettlement in a wildeinefs, Were happily preferved in a Ready attention toitheir religious duty, and many of them faithfully, engaged in promoting the caufe of truth and lighteoufnefs among mankind, to whom others fucceeded, who througli obedience to the powe1 {111 irifitience of Di vine grace, became alike eminent 111 theii day, and ferviceable 111 the chin eh. 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.