George Fox, a leader of the Friends movement in the 1600s, encouraged Friends to listen to God speaking to them directly. In these tracts, Friends testify of God’s presence and movement in their lives.
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May He Find Rest in Me
I was listening a Bach’s St. Matthew Passionwhile working, not concentratingmuch on the music, when suddenly this bassaria, “Mache dich, mein Herze, rein,” sung afterrecounting Jesus’ death, caught myattention. My German being so-so, I lookedup the translation: Make Thee my heart pure, [for]I would inter Jesus [in] myself.May He find rest in me,Ever in eternity,His…
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A True Testimony Concerning My Faith in Christ
“I believe in Him, as he is the Minister of the sanctuary, and true tabernacle which God hath pitched, and not man; who by his power and spirit hath fitted and made many able and faithful ministers. He is the Minister of ministers.”
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In Prison, Yet Free
A German Friend writes of her experience in a Nazi prison and how prayer and hardship became sources of strength and freedom.