. Men and women of deep piety. r. Fletcher was a luminary. A limiinary, did I say?He was a sun. I have known all the great men for these fiftyyears, but I have known none like him. I was intimately ac-quainted with him, and was under the same roof with himonce for six weeks, during which I never heard him say a sin-gle word which was not proper to be spoken, and which hadnot a tendency to minister grace to the hearers.—HenryVenn. I was intimately acquainted with Mr. Fletcher for thirtyyears. I conversed with him morning, noon and night, withoutthe least reserve, during a journey of many hundre
. Men and women of deep piety. r. Fletcher was a luminary. A limiinary, did I say?He was a sun. I have known all the great men for these fiftyyears, but I have known none like him. I was intimately ac-quainted with him, and was under the same roof with himonce for six weeks, during which I never heard him say a sin-gle word which was not proper to be spoken, and which hadnot a tendency to minister grace to the hearers.—HenryVenn. I was intimately acquainted with Mr. Fletcher for thirtyyears. I conversed with him morning, noon and night, withoutthe least reserve, during a journey of many hundred miles, andin all that time I never heard him speak an improper word orknew him to do an improper action. To conclude, withinfourscore years I have known many excellent men, holy inheart and life; but one equal to him I have not known—oneso uniformly devoted to God. Sd unblameable a man in everyrespect I have not found either in Europe or America, nor doI expect to find another such on this side eternity.—JohnWesley. ^i. George Fox GEORGE FOX GEORGE FOX, the founder of Quakerism, wrought agreater revolution and transformation, in England, thandid Cromwell. The two men were friends, and George failednot to tell the great Commoner of his sins and of his duty toGod. Then when invited to dine with him, he sent the mes-sage, **Tell him I will neither eat of his meat nor drink of hisdrink.* He suffered not position or reward to dull the edgeof his Gospel sword. Fox had no intention of founding a sect. He simply hun-gered and sought after the Lord for weary years. Indeed, inhis childhood he was not as other children. Sober, medita-tive, solitary, he sat quietly and listened to his elders, everpondering on Divine things, and trying to grasp their was persuaded that there was more in real salvation thanthe common ranks of professing Christians experienced. Hewandered from place to place, being convinced that he wascalled to be a pilgrim and stranger in the earth. His k
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