I believe in the same Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, for remission of sins, and the salvation of my soul, who “was conceived of the Holy Ghost, born of the virgin Mary, made a good confession before Pontius Pilate, and was crucified without the gates of Jerusalem; was dead and buried, and rose again the third day, and ascended into glory, far above all heavens,” that he might fill all things, according to the testimony of the holy Scriptures; for which I have a godly and reverent esteem.

It may seem paradoxical for me to say that I would not have missed the experiences of these two years of my life in a Nazi prison for anything. But it is so.

Thomas B. Gould (1813-1856) was a minister in the “Wilburite” New England Yearly Meeting, and served for many years as clerk of the Yearly Meeting. Though he left no journal, selections from his writings were collected after his death by William Hodgson. The following two anecdotes, striking evidences of immediate inspiration in the gospel ministry, are taken, slightly edited, from these writings.