Excerpt from The Doctrines of the Society of Friends: As Set Forth in the Life and Writings of Thomas Story OF all those firm upholders of the truth, whose writings have come down to us out of the half-forgot ten past, we know of few, if any, better adapted to illus trate the Christian principles of the religious society of Friends than Thomas Story, - one in whom seem to have been combined the earnest, unwavering faith of a true gospel minister, with the sound reason ing and clear discrimination of a man of high intel lectual attainments. In offering to the reader a brief outline of his biography, with selections from his writings, our hope is to draw to them the attention and thoughtful consideration of some who might not have time or inclination to peruse them at large. 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.