Excerpt from The Quakers: A Study, Historical and Critical The writer is not a Quaker, nor is the book especially addressed to Quakers. Its central truth is, according to his belief, the very foundation of the Christian faith, which, in this sceptical age, it behoves every Christian to know clearly, as well as to possess experimentally. Therefore, if he has had any class of readers in his thought more than another, it has been those who have had to pass through, or are now in the midst Of a conflict with unbelief. But this he can honestly say and let the reader judge - the history is, as far as his utmost endeavour could attain, pure history. Not a word, not a line, of the history is accommodated to the exigency of an apologetic argument. Much there is in the narrative which the writer could have wished other wise, but the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, has been his aim. 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.