The Journal of Joseph Edgerton

by: Joseph Edgerton

Joseph Edgerton (1797-1875) was one of the few faithful Friends in the mid 19th century that held fast to the Truth, even as the long-favored Society of Friends crumbled to pieces on the right hand and on the left. He was acknowledged a minister of the gospel in 1833, and travelled extensively in that capacity a great part of his life. He was valiant for the Truth in his day, standing forth in unflinching support of the original doctrines and testimonies of the Society of Friends. The cleansing, purifying power of the Lord Jesus in His inward and spiritual appearance in the heart was frequently the subject of his preaching, and his greatest desire was that all would experience a growth in the true grace of God, and so be continually “taking root downward, and bringing forth fruit upward.” (Original title: Some Account of the Life and Religious Services of Joseph Edgerton, a Minister of the Gospel in the Society of Friends. With Extracts from His Correspondence.)